On A Pale Horse

I’ve always idolized strong powerful women. I hated that whole damsel in distress scenario…it just pissed me off to think that men were the only one that could save the world – Thbbbt! I think this has something to do with my upbringing. I always watched my mom take care of pretty much everything around the house while my dad sat in the basement and played with his toys and to some extent my Grandma who took care of a house & three kids while, and cooked, and cleaned, and washed my Grandpa’s back. Some people might find those two examples as women being subservient to men but in my little world it just meant that men couldn’t do a damn thing by themselves and women were pretty much in power. So as I wrote earlier…I’m drawn to strong powerful women. My favorite shows when I was a kid were The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, Nancy Drew, Pinky & Leather Tuscadero…later on I was drawn to Suzi Quatro (who was doing double time I my list), Joan Jett, Lita Ford and obviously the Runaways.

I wasn’t too familiar with Sandy West…I kinda backed into The Runaways. She along with Joan, Lita & Cherie Currie were pioneers of female rock bands. Sandy was only 16 in 1975 when she and Jett formed the The Runaways. After they disbanded Sandy continued to play with her former band mates and also formed her own band The Sandy West Band as well as releasing some of her own materials.

Sandy was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005 and ultimately passed away on October 21, 2006 at a hospice in San Deimas, CA.

RIP

Labels: 2006 October deaths, cancer, musician

Remember MTV when they used to play music?
Remember what VJ's were?
Remember that they had 40 videos?
Remember that Herbie Hancock song 'Rockit'? We have Robert Moog to thank for that. Robert Moog is best known for being the pioneer of the modern synthesizer. The New York native schooled in electrical engineering and engineering physics was facinated with sounds at an early age and began selling custom 'spooky' sounding electronic instruments as a hobby.
His work has had a huge impact on music with groups like Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and the Beatles.


Mr. Moog passed away from brain cancer.

RIP
May 23, 1934 - August 22, 2005

Labels: 1934 births, 2005 August deaths, cancer, musician

When I was a my parents both worked back then so I spent A LOT of time with my Grandparents and in the days before Cable TV or Channel 20's ON there was a whole hell of a lot of TV programs that we could chose from which meant I was at the mercy of their old school tastes. There was a ton of variety shows to choose from back then: The Osmonds, my favorite, the Sonny & Cher show, One of the programs that they absolutely loved was the Lawrence Welk show...god did I hate that shit. It was too hard on the eyes - the pastels the bubbles the damn polka music with the Lawrence Welk dancers. I would rather spend my time playing Monopoly solo...but I could hear that music down the hall of their East Detroit bungalo.
Myron Floren was the main guy on the Welk show, I don't remember him though. Something about accordians makes my ears bleed. But

RIP
November 5, 1919 - July 23, 2005

Labels: 1919 births, 2005 July deaths, musician, television, undisclosed causes