My Daley Rant

Rick Daley is known in the contact center industry for taking names and kicking ass, although not necessarily in that order.  His qualificat...

Frank Zappa is a unique musician.  Many only know of his song "Valley Girl," but there's so much more to his catalog.  His ins...

Yeah, I'm doing it again.  Consolidating letters and bands.  For the last time, though, I promise. X if for Xanadu.  Not the disco ver...

I'd like to say a few short words about Victor Wooten: I am much taller than he is.  (NOTE: Ha!  Get it?  Short, words...I'm taller....

Quick post today.  For more information, see yesterday's post . Bono has a very distinct voice.  He's up there with Petere Gabriel...

Time.  I'm going to tackle this one from multiple angles. For starters, I've been short on time lately.  Work is busy.  It's a...

I'm still a letter behind, so I'm bending the rules and covering R and S in one shot today with the Rolling Stones.  It may be again...

Sure, Queen may be a cliche band to use for the letter Q, but let's face it, our options are somewhat limited here.  Besides, they were ...

I've only seen Peter Gabriel in concert once (not counting the DVD of his Secret World Tour) and it ranks as one of the top 5 shows I ha...

Do you have a desert island song? You know...if you were stranded on a desert island and could only listen to one thing for the rest of yo...

I've covered several of my favorite bands / artists...Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton....here's one more: Pearl ...

Well, I've derailed from my music theme twice now (Ebert, Legs) although half of my deviations at least contained a gratuitous mention t...

Okay, time is short so I'll just get to the point. My freaking legs hurt.  Feet too.  Not agonizing pain, but that dull ache that sets...

This letter was a struggle.  I'm not a huge KISS fan.  Kansas has a few great songs and I've seen them live twice, but I can't c...

I'm going to focus on one of my favorite singers and songs for "J." Brent Mydland joined the Greteful Dead in 1979, and play...

I was fifteen when I saw Billy Idol in concert in Dallas.  It was the first real rock concert of my somewhat grown-up life.  I had seen conc...

Heart spent a long time trying before they made it big.  Their roots go back to 1963-64, the same time many other giants of classic rock wer...

I have some really fond memories of the Grateful Dead, and of going to shows during my college years, when I was indulging in many of the in...

Ever heard of a Flecktone? Well, you should.  Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are an incredible group of musicians.  They are almost beyond ...

I first started reading Roger Ebert's reviews back in 1997. I was working as a trainer at an outsourced call center company, on the Comp...

I think Pink Floyd’s Animals is a great work of art, even if George Orwell did it first.  My favorite song on the Album is “Dogs,” a 16-minu...

I almost used Conundrum, which is no band or song I ever heard, but rather a cry of distress because I have too many C-options.  My first pi...

Many times, songwriting is the work of a team of musicians and producers.  Sometimes, though, all that songwriting talent condenses in an in...

Last year I used movies for my A-Z Theme.  This year it's music, and to kick off the letter A, I'm focusing on The Beatles (specific...

The bundle of verbal awesome that is Sue Quinn tagged me in a blog meme.  If you follow this blog, you know it has been neglected worse tha...

No, not here...Over at Sheryl Hart's blog! She's hosting an interview with yours truly and I'm giving away a signed copy of R...

Back in the spring I participated in the A-Z blogfest challenge, posting almost every day for a month and writing about my favorite movies. ...

Ever wonder why kids are so fascinated with potty humor? Me too, and luckily for me, awesome YA Author Sue Quinn let me pontificate on the...

Thanks to D.G. Hudson for the inspiration / suggestion.  An open book, indeed...along with a reader absorbed in its pages. What book its i...

Many pictures of one sculpture today.  This sand mermaid is probably the most intricate sculpture I've attempted to date.  It took about...

If you've been following this blog for a while, you know I love to make sand sculptures at the beach.  I'm no professional sand arti...

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