A Few Of My Favorite Things
This week I have a few more things to add to my favorites list so let's look shall we?
Previously, I disclosed my love for all thing Van's and being the casual shoe whore I am, this week I give praise to my second fav shoe, the low top
Chuck Taylor by Converse. These things come and go in fashion but the truly dedicated never let them off their feet - eventually everyone starts wearing them again - it happened in the 70's, then the 80's, then the grunge groupies and now it continues... plus they come in a ton of colors and I think I have about six pairs and counting.
Every year the TV Land Awards lets us view the best of TV past with insane awards and strange little ditties plus my favorite part - the reunions of the casts from old shows and this year they celebrated the
30th anniversary of Knots Landing! You can bet your sweet cul-de-sac I was watching when Reba cross eyed McIntire introduced the gang including the resident 'rock singer'
Lisa Hartman Black and for a special bonus frickin'
Contance McCashin even showed up! My second fav character ever her character of Laura was one the best thing for the 9 years she was on the show. (she may get her own favorite thing post someday).... oh and this occured just in time for the DVD release of Knots Landing's second season - buy it on Amazon.
and then there's
the lists - I love Cracked.com and their crazy lists of all things insane but everyone and their mother (and anyone with a blog) seems to come up with their own top 100 lists of everything. And though no one will agree on every thing on anyone's list it's always fun to see what people think is the best of something... and Bradley's Buzz is no exception since I've done the top 100 Singles of the 70's and the 80's - According to Bradley - and soon very soon I'm adding a few more including the Top 100 Albums of all time - According To Bradley; the Top 100 TV shows of all time - According to Bradley and the top 100 Movies of all time - of course, According to Bradley.
Labels: Converse All Stars, Knots Landing, My Favorite Things, Top 100 Lists
bubbaTUNESday - New Tanya!!
Well it's been about 7 years since that Texas Tornado I like to call Ms. Bad Ass, Ms. T and a whole lotta other names is back! Wait, who? Oh yeah Tanya Tucker has a new song out! In fact come next month she'll have a whole new album out called
My Turn. It's actually her take on a whole bunch of old style country songs made famous or semi famous by men singers. The first single "
Love's Gonna Live Here" is now available on Itunes and
Amazon so check it out!
Labels: BubbaTUNESday, Tanya Tucker
Monday Random Photo
MONDAY RANDOM PHOTO -
I give so much attention to my nephew Evan it was about time I gave a little photo time to my nephew Jared - who graduated from Basic Training in the Marines on Friday! Here he is!
Labels: Jared, Monday Random Photo
Monday Random Photo
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Well we are back from the Mexicana Riviera and I even have proof - no not the extensive sunburn, instead a pic of me and the Leivas with our new friend Nanook, though I just called her Nanoo, cuz we were tight like that.
Labels: Monday Random Photo, My Life In La La Land, The Leivas
Vacation... all I ever wanted
Well I'm off for awhile kiddies... tonight we are heading to the Leivas' and spending the night before being shipped off to the Mexican Riviera, where I will swim with dolphins, go kayaking on a glass bottom kayak, do a little murder mystery dinner and spend lots and lots of time drinking margarittas by the pool (complete with a slide)... so I'll talk to all of you in a week...
til then head over to
Swivek's website and download my music, or re-read all 13 brilliant episodes of
Carlton Heights cuz when I get back I may just have some ideas for season 2!
Labels: Carlton Heights, Life In La La Land, Swivek, Vacation
My Favorite Things
This week I have so many things that have become my favorite things and now it's time to share...
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First,
equality is a favorite thing of mine - namely the wise courts of Iowa and Vermont who in one week decided that not allowing gay people to marry is discrimination. Also, Washington DC has decided to honor gay marriages (though I guess it would now be all marriages) from other states and of course Sweden (my ancestor peeps) who have also instated gay people the right to marry.
And what to do after you get married, well take your pals and head to my new favorite bar, the
Normandie Room, just down on the corner from my home. I have had a good time every time I've been there. Though I think I left my umbrella ella ella hey hey there on Tuesday. Oh well I'll just have to stop in for one of there $2 happy hour drinks to get my ella ella on.
Then when I get home I can jam to the tuneful tunes that
Wounded Bird Records keeps putting out. In the past they've been responsible for releasing all of Ellen Foley's albums on CD, re-releasing Deborah Harry's
Debravation and
Def Dumb & Blonde, releasing all of Melissa Manchester's albums on CD, recently releasing not one but four Juice Newton albums on CD and of course they were so wise when earlier this year they released Lisa Hartman's Til My Heart Stops on CD - I'm sure it's just a matter of time til the rest of Mrs. Black's albums hit the street thanks to the those peeps at Wounded Bird. Maybe they're hiring!!!
Labels: Gay Marriage, Juice Newton, Life In La La Land, Lisa Hartman, My Favorite Things, Normandie Room, Wounded Bird Records
Odd Song Choice Of The Week
Here's something you have probably never heard or seen in all your days - it's the fantabs song "Hit & Run Lover" by Charlene - yes the very Charlene who declared she had been to paradise but had never been to me...
and it's all filmed by some little fan who just earned himself a fan of his own.
Labels: Charlene, Hit and Run Lover, Odd Song Choice
Monday Random Photo
Monday Random Photo -
my pals and I - Marc, Luther and Devin
Labels: Life In La La Land, Monday Random Photo
Swivek News
SWIVEK is gearing up to release some new music late spring or early summer of '09 so hold onto your wigs and keys kiddies! After about a year of recording and mixing and all that hooplah I have 25 songs I like to think of as completed, so now I'm sending them off to my music executive Patrick of Orange Television so he can give his no nonsense and hack the 25 down to about 10-12 songs. I know you're just itching to hear the songs that have been completed but for now all I'm gonna give you is the song titles: "Accelerate", "Art Attacks", "Can't Stop Killing You", "Cry Baby", "Dead In The Water", "Everybody Hates You", "First Born Son", "Get Hurt", "Get My Man", "Havoc", "He Said", "Hey You", "It's Not That Simple", "Little World", "Melted Away", "Never See You Again", "Rock Hard", "Runnin'", "Suck Out The Sun", "Take My Heart", "The Time Has Come", "This Is A Town", "Urban City", "Whenever" and "Wounded." Whew!
Also in the works, our good pal and old Flexible Records co-signee
Warmer is working up a new remix cover version of our single FABULOUS and it's going to be well, fabulous! Until all this new stuff is out and about - there's some new features on the
Swivek website including our
MUSIC page where you can download some classic Swivek tunes as well as full albums (including artwork) or buy Swivek CDs - check it out and check back for more news!
Labels: Orange Television, Swivek, Warmer
Every year the TV Land Awards lets us view the best of TV past with insane awards and strange little ditties plus my favorite part - the reunions of the casts from old shows and this year they celebrated the 30th anniversary of Knots Landing! You can bet your sweet cul-de-sac I was watching when Reba cross eyed McIntire introduced the gang including the resident 'rock singer' Lisa Hartman Black and for a special bonus frickin' Contance McCashin even showed up! My second fav character ever her character of Laura was one the best thing for the 9 years she was on the show. (she may get her own favorite thing post someday).... oh and this occured just in time for the DVD release of Knots Landing's second season - buy it on Amazon.
and then there's the lists - I love Cracked.com and their crazy lists of all things insane but everyone and their mother (and anyone with a blog) seems to come up with their own top 100 lists of everything. And though no one will agree on every thing on anyone's list it's always fun to see what people think is the best of something... and Bradley's Buzz is no exception since I've done the top 100 Singles of the 70's and the 80's - According to Bradley - and soon very soon I'm adding a few more including the Top 100 Albums of all time - According To Bradley; the Top 100 TV shows of all time - According to Bradley and the top 100 Movies of all time - of course, According to Bradley.
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