The College Crowd Digs Me

"She came onto him like a slow movin' cold front. His beer was warmer than the look in her eyes. She sat on a stool... He said, "What do you want?" She said, "Give me a love that don't freeze up inside." John Hiatt This is the musical medicine I take when I'm coming loose. Feeling out of step. When I need the occasional, but necessary, emotional jumpstart. ..to feel connected with the world again. John Hiatt provides the perfect prescription with his joyous and sometimes heart-aching classic... "Slow Turning" (1988). Up-tempo songs like "Drive South"..."Trudy And Dave"..."Georgia Rae" are guaranteed to throw a smile on your face. Wonderful ballads like "Is Anybody There"..."Feels Like Rain"..."Icy Blue Heart" hits the mark. And crank-it numbers like "Slow Turning"..."Ride Along"..."Paper Thin" balances it all out. John Hiatt - "Slow Turnin...

"Cause I know you'll live forever. And I know we're still together... through your music and your love. Take me back." 38 Special NO SPOILERS: The title refers to the amount of time a soldier...drafted or otherwise...had to pull in Vietnam before being allowed to return home. Ronald J. Glasser ...an Army doctor during the Vietnam War ...recounts the physical and mental challenges young combat veterans regularly faced...through his all-to-intimate conversations with injured soldiers he tried to mend. Dr. Glasser also learned quickly how a diagnosis and recommendation for an injured soldier could sometimes create negative consequences. For instance, a soldier might lose some or all his days served if sent home early to recuperate. Thus, many doctors tried to loophole this unfair treatment, especially when a hurt soldier was close to his end of tour. "365 Days" (288 pages) reads very fast and leaves the reader with a dreadful sense of helplessness. A powerf...

"Und now, are you ready for this one? You will like it, kiddies. We present for your fervent felicitations, the fabulous, futuristic, far-fetched feats of the fearless Fidgety Queen!" Nektar NO SPOILERS: Often lost in the film shuffle, Director Joseph Mankiewicz (winner of 2 best director Oscars) creates an odd dramedy/comedy in his 1951... "People Will Talk" . Cary Grant ...this time cast as the unbelievable caregiver... Dr. Pretorious . Again, Grant plays the pompous character he has come to define so well...and solves medical problems in a rather unconventional, if not far-fetched manner. Far-fetched, perhaps...but Cary Grant pulls it off where lesser actors might have failed. Although beloved by most of the medical staff, jealousy still rears its green, quirky head in the form of Professor Elwell, played by the great character actor Hume Cronyn . While Cronyn tries to uncover dirt on the good doctor... Pretorious is busy mending a particularly sensitive ...

" Well he loved and laughed and floated past the echoes of a velvet mind. That whispered fairy tales untold ... That kissed his mind, caressed his soul." Mahogany Rush" Mahogany Rush ...led by guitar buzzmeister Frank Marino ...was/is a classic psychedelic blues/rock band heavily influenced by the legendary Jimi Hendrix. And listening to this 1974 offering...one can easily hear the vocal cantation and guitar stylings of Jimi. However, Marino shreds and caresses with his own throwback guitar magic and gives the listener ten original tracks that will pleasantly surprise the uninitiated. "Chains Of Space" quickly comes to mind as well as "Talkin' 'Bout A Feelin" ...being lost classics in need of rediscovery. Track 4 is "Child Of The Novelty" ...a gentle tale about a young man's innocence and the ugly world of greed-leeches . I didn't want to like this one for some reason...but I had this song swirling in my b...

"They know me for my common sense. They know they can't please all of me . They know I can't be fooled...all of the time . I am what I am and I'm happy to be ... Joe Public, that's me . Joe Public, that's me . I put my faith in the powers that be . Joe Public...that's me." The Rutles NO SPOILERS: "Americans have been trained by media to go into Pavlovian giggles at the mention of...conspiracy." Gore Vidal. And isn't that the common knee-jerk reaction we get...when suggesting that our own government just might be covering up something? Richard Belzer is not ranting that..."everything"...is a conspiracy in "UFOs, JFK, and Elvis..." . (He's not ranting at all). Only, that we...as "Citizens of the Earth"...not bury our heads in the sand. In this top-notch, highly readable and completely fascinating page-turner... Belzer first focuses on the JFK assassination . Well researched, (with quite an extensive bib...

"Can you hear my microphone singing to you darlin'? As you sit all alone by your gramophone? Can you almost feel my heartbeat in your lonely room? Oh darling...you pray my face will fit together soon." Fabulous Poodles I'm somewhat of a DVD geek. I watch everything included in my movie purchase. I'll watch the movie the first night...and all the added bonus features...the next. Bonus features...for the most part...are a crapshoot. The majority of DVD extras are merely pedestrian at best. A sad DVD trend...ad nauseum. However, occasionally the movie moguls get it right. Such is the case with legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's ---> "Psycho" (Collector's Edition) (1960) . I'll assume all have seen (or heard) of this classic thriller and skip the obvious props...and get right to the impressive bonus desserts. Along with the interesting ad posters and production stills...are the detailed story boards for the infamous shower scene . The...

"In the beginning all you wanted was the calm before the storm. If the bluebird plays the eagle... he finds his song will turn to stone." Deep Purple Many Purple Fans were thinking this classic rock band was... jumping the shark ...releasing a Deep Purple album after legendary axe swinger... Richie Blackmore had departed. After all...lead singer... Ian Gillian had left the band 2 years earlier...so surely it was time to move on. But with David Coverdale handling most of the vocals...and the traveling minstrel... Tommy Bolin providing some tasty jams with his trademark Strat ... "Come Taste The Band" was taking Purple Fans in a more hard rock direction. Track 4 is "Dealer" ...a solid number about the dangers of addiction. "If you're snowblind...Madonna can hold you, But if you don't understand...there is nothing she can do for you." Coverdale nicely wails out warnings...until the two-minute mark...when Tommy Bolin breaks in to d...