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Lost Gem: "Hell No I Ain't Happy" - Drive-by Truckers (2003)

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"She's an overnight sensation after twenty-five years." ~ Drive-By Truckers ~ Drive-By Truckers deliver up refreshing "new century" southern rock. Well-written songs...terrifically gritty with a heart-strong urgency to bring it. Their album... "Decoration Day" (2003) is a favorite...and ended up on several... "best of" lists . DBT are good...and don't they love proving it! Lost Gem:--> "Hell No I Ain't Happy" ...is an on-the-road bluesy thunder-bucket of rock-n-roll .  And the expressive title catch-phrase makes for a dandy crank-it-up & pop-another-beer sing-a-long . Have you heard this gem? There’s a lot of bad wood underneath the veneer She’s an overnight sensation after twenty five years Sharp fast curves, power steering unroll that twenty, buy me some beer Ain’t too bad, too bad at all, pick up the phone if I ever call Hell No, I ain’t Happy. There’s a purdy little girl outside

Lost Gem: "Time Out" - Joe Walsh (1974)

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"The maids are in the hallway  bangin' on the door askin' what the funny smell was. " --> Joe Walsh <-- Wichita breeze... Joe Walsh ...was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998...as a member of The Eagles. But most Classic Rock aficionados agree, Joe's earlier work as leader of the legendary James Gang ...and... Barnstorm , along with several accomplished solo albums should easily provide more than enough cred for induction on his own merits. Once you factor in his achievements as a producer , along with the ticker-tape list of session work he's done over the years.... and I guess ol' Joe can make as many goofy guitar faces as he wants while laughing all the way to the RnR Hall of Mugs...I mean Fame. Forever adored by his Wichita, Kansas family... Joe Walsh is the real mccoy. Accept no substitute. Lost Gem:--> "Time Out" ...from Walsh's first solo album... "So What" (1974) ...has that

Lost Gem: "Nothing's Free" - Alice Cooper (1994)

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"Sign upon the bloody line.  A drop of yours, a drop of mine." --> Alice Cooper <-- Sometimes people forget. Maybe it's all his hobnob golfing. Maybe it's his friendly classic rock radio program. Or maybe it's because he once allowed himself to be tenderized by the dangerous...Muppets! I get it. Alice Cooper is a nice guy. But DO remember this. On stage... Alice Cooper is an original Rock and Roll bad ass! Long before there was a Marilyn Manson...Kiss...or...Rob Zombie, there was Alice. For over 40 years, he has been delightfully creeping us out. Trapping his fans in an unsettling Rock and Roll web. Both musically and theatrically...Alice is (and always will be) the "Showman of Nightmares" . Embarrassingly overlooked by the  RnR HoF , Alice Cooper was finally inducted in 2011. LOST GEM:--> "Nothing's Free" ..is from a must own and highly underrated... "The Last Temptation" (1994).   The band   s

Lost Book Gem: "The Time Machine" - H.G. Wells

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"I danced myself right out the womb. Is it strange to dance so soon?" --> T. Rex <-- "The Time Machine" -   H.G. Wells   (1895) ...is a classic sci-fi tale about a gentleman discussing his latest invention with a small and unbelieving group of dinner guests. Of course this intricate contraption is called...a time machine. (btw...the 'time machine' term we have all become familiar with was first coined by Wells .) The inventor tells of his strange traveling experiments that carried him off into the future where he finds himself way the 'H' in the 81st century. H.G. Wells H.G. Wells' thought provoking ideas on evolution are worthy of discussion...and appreciating the fact this novel was written nearly 120 years ago makes it all-the-more amazing. Long before our man Gene-O was writing about explorers " boldly going where no man had gone before " ...legendary sci-fi author, H.G. Wells was dreaming of doing a litt