[Editor’s Note: This is the latest edition of Tick’s Notes and Tunes. It is a transcript of a fictional radio broadcast with direct links to the tunes being played. The transcript is in 3 parts.
(1.)The first is the first half of a transcript of the radio broadcast with tune links; (2.) The Editorial: (which normally deals with the subject in the title of this post) Today it’s about the Southern Border, Ukraine is Dead and the Cashless Society ; and (3.) The second half of the radio broadcast with tune links.
The purpose of this blog is to discuss, enlighten and educate the reader about relevant political, economic and business matters and to help maintain both a record and an appreciation for good old man-made music before AI makes man and real music a mere afterthought. ]
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Good mornin’
Good evenin’
Or whatever time of day it is
Wherever Yinz are
This is Stony Riva
And the folks here at DJ Ltd
I know Yinz are a bit tuckered out
We sure are
After all a 23 extra inning baseball game
is a tad much to sit through
Poor poor Buck
He’s back in the control booth trying to figure out
Exactly how much time we have to do the show
Bottom line is
We are gonna have to play this by ear
In terms of the amount of time we have
So bear with us
As we muddle thru
But one thing for sure
We’ll put on
Nothin’ but the best
For your listenin’ pleasure
And if I do say so myself
I think we’ve got a great lineup.
We start off with a duo
Whose musical roots go back to Chicago
In the 60s and early 70s
And they did appear one time
On Soul Train in 1971.
This is a cool tune
Here’s
Simtec & Wylie with Bootlleggin’
https://youtu.be/ql0iXrzzorA?si=p95fRH_G32oYeu_I
Okay speakin’ of baseball
, let’s get down and do a double header
for yinz Soul fans out there
Here’s a tune that back in 1982
Got all the way up to number 4 on the Billboard Soul chart.
Here’s
One Way doing their tune Cutie Pie
https://youtu.be/c24g4xZhHXQ?si=Q1LnzzspmBcz4AzA
Well…
, now that we got our Fix
Let’s leave some of that soul food
for later
I mean we don’t want to hog it all now
Besides some other folks may want some
Naw…
Let’s sample some other musical delicacies
Next up is a gal
Who was all over the airwaves
For a couple of years back in the early 80s
Her style was very engaging because it seemed
To blend country, pop and rock
And she had a great voice.
This may have been her most famous tune
Here’s
Juice Newton singin’ her big big hit
Queen of Hearts
https://youtu.be/P0DK-0fIKCw?si=je-tOY-zfsFEb-HJ
I know
Call me crazy
But actually one of Juice’s other hits
“Break It to Me Gently”
Sorta put me in a country frame of mind
And anyone that knows ole Stony
Knows that he’s a sucker for
Country tunes from the 50’s and 60’s.
So…. All this brings to mind
the greatest “Pea picker” of all time
Doin’ what I believe is his earliest hit
He was originally from Bristol Tennessee
Was a radio announcer in his early career
And Is probably most famous
For his signature hit “Sixteen Tons”
But here ole Tennessee Ern is going to take us
Further back and
In a more upbeat direction
Here’s
Tennessee Ernie Ford with
Shotgun Boogie
https://youtu.be/_IGhyPB0NAw?si=kcduoo3uxnd7WXAP
Alright !
Folks Buck is pointin’ behind him
And I can see from the man back there
And the clock on the wall
That’s it’s time once again
It’s time For DJ Ltd’s edition of
“The World According to Rufus”
So….Take it away Rufus !
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Hey folks Rufus Coldwater here.
Only the Almighty knows how much time Buck is gonna give me, because of the ballgame and all but here goes…
I’m going to cede at least some of my allotted time to the fella on the following video, because his video expresses my opinion regarding Donald Trump’s statement to the effect that Ukraine was dead and that they should not have resisted the Russian invasion to begin with. Here’s the guy who expresses fully my opinion on the matter:
Well, I was going to sign off after that video but Buck is over there in the control booth miming the feeding of his face. That can only mean that he wants me to eat more time. And, as luck would have it, I have another video that addresses yet another important concern of mine. It has to do with the credit card companies and many businesses trying to force everyone into using credit and debit cards instead of cash. Meanwhile the banks are telling us that they are going to a digital dollar system. In other words they want a cashless society.
In any event, here’s another video that pretty much gives everyone an idea of what our opinion is on the matter.
[Readers can see this video at the very bottom of this blog post.]
By dingies, when these baseball games go into extra innings it really drives old Buckaroo crazy trying to manage time. He’s still feeding his face and tellin’ me to eat more time.
Let’s see here.
Oh yes. Immigration and the southern border. A big, big, big issue. Here’s a very interesting article by Berenice Garcia and several others in the Texas Tribune where very recently they actually went to the border, visited several sites and did an extensive report on what they saw. And for all of you folks that place bigtime priority on the border and immigration issue, you’ll definitely want to read this. Here’s the link:
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/25/texas-border-24-hours-trump-harris-migrants/
All I can say Buck is that’s all I got. There ain’t no more. So, I hope that’ll do.
This is Rufus Coldwater
Have a nice what’s left of your day everyone.
Back to you Stony…
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Okay thanks Rufus we’re back
Well, folks Suzi
Yinz know her
She’s our handy dandy
A-1 Assistant Executive Producer of Everything here at DJ Ltd
Well….seems she’s under the weather
Which, of course means,
I didn’t have anyone to go into the garage
To find us some second half tunes
All of which means
That yours truly
Has to dip into his own private collection
…meaning my memory
And frankly, I’m down to go
to the hard and heavy side tonight
So everyone should strap themselves in
Because we are gonna rock.
https://youtu.be/J_MZ9fJ5NYg?si=j-O-3glAZIBCkkWI
and that folks was
Mott the Hoople with
One of the Boys
I don’t know about Yinz
But I’ve always been a huge Mott fan.
I think David Bowie who wrote
All the Young Dudes for them
Was their biggest fan
Okay, If Yinz thought that rocked
Yinz ain’t heard nothin’ yet.
Our next band started way way back in the mid
To late 60’s
They pretty much disbanded
But reformed albeit with
Different members at the turn of the this century
And I believe that they still perform
Anyway
They are an interesting blend of
Garage and psychedelic rock
Probably their two biggest hits are
I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
And
Get Me to the World on Time
But we’re going with
What we think is another great tune by them
This is the kinda tune just grows on ya
And it takes no prisoners
I’ll just shut up and let these dudes do their own talkin’
And boy can they…. Here’s
The Electric Prunes with
You Never Had it Better
https://youtu.be/rK0BwsROf94?si=M8PiEqLgZ-9LBel-
Okay Okay Buck
I see ya
Folks it’s just heck to be
Just startin’ to get’ into the groove
But then ya look up and Buck
is givin’ ya the wrap up signal
But unfortunately,
when it comes to keepin’ us on time
The clock and Buck rule the roost.
So we’ll send Yinz all home
With one of my all-time favorite rock tunes
One that I would listen too way way way back
In the 70s whizzin’ up and down I-95 on cold dark nights
From trips to see my GF
Hole in the floor board
Not even sure if my 64 Fairlane would make it
Ewwww….I get the shivers
Just thinkin’ about it.
In any event
Hittin’ cleanup tonight
Here’s Uriah Heep to take us home
with Easy Livin’
https://youtu.be/H7qPoPBNu7Q?si=ldx8xIeqGs9EcZ9b
My my, what good times
Kinda scary
But lot’s of fun and adventure.
Anyway, I’m Stony Riva
For Buck
Suzi
And even GURU, wherever he is
Wishin’ everyone
boatloads of
Whatever floats your boat.
Just remember….
Don’t you ever
Ever
Ever
let them nasty bed bugs bite
See Ya Later
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