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I’m experimenting with streaming a few videos off my website that aren’t on YouTube. Not sure what volume the site can handle, but these experiments should say. What I like about doing it is that I can put up higher quality videos than YouTube allows.

Singer Benton Blount claims he was kicked off a tour with Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top after posting a photo of himself wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and an “I Voted” sticker on election day. The photo, which also shows Blount holding food items from Chick-Fil-A was captioned, "Someone reading this just got offended multiple times. My work here is done! #Vote" Blount, from Greenville, was a contestant on the TV show America’s Got Talent. ...“I was banned from Facebook (for 24 hours) and now I’ve just been banned from my opening spot on the Billy Gibbons tour....

TGIFF! its Fiddle Friday and Billy Garland, the brother of legendary guitarist Hank Garland, has requested another Tommy Jackson tune where Garland is playing the mandolin. The tune is the 1957 recording Tomahawk, which Billy says was written by Jackson and Garland. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

I bought a new Dodge 3500 Ram Tri-Flex Fuel Truck It'll run on hydrogen, gasoline, or E85. Had to go back to the dealer because I couldn't get the radio to work. The service technician explained that the radio was voice-activated. 'Nelson', the technician said to the radio. The radio replied, 'Ricky or Willie?' 'Willie!' he continued, and 'On The Road Again' came from the speakers. Then he said, 'Ray Charles!', and in an instant 'Georgia On My Mind' replaced Willie Nelson. I drove away happy, and for the next few days, every time I'd say, 'Beethoven', I'd get beautiful...

Jimmy Page's announcement of new signature Telecasters comes almost exactly 30 years since Fender released its very first signature models, although even then the idea of a signature or artist model was hardly a new one. Way back in the 1920s, it was Gibson who jumped on the popularity of Nick Lucas, the first American to become a big star through guitar-and-vocal hits. Nick's bestsellers included "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" (1927) and "Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me" (1929), and he also cut some fine guitar-centric stuff like "Pickin' The Guitar" and "Teasin' The Frets." Gibson's Nick...

Video Link Blurb from the video: Context to this video: The opening night of the 32nd Israeli Film Festival in L.A, November 6, 2018. The recipient of the IFF Award this year was Jason Blum. He was introduced on to the stage as someone who "Dresses up as Ivanka Trump and then Stormy Daniels on Halloween," as if that is the crowning achievement of his life. He then gets on stage, and mentions how he's always checking his phone to see the election results, and that "We're winning." Upon hearing this, I said aloud: "Who's we?" Several people around me...

He was best-known for winning the prize for composing the memorable piano theme to the 1970 film Love Story. Crooner Andy Williams also released (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story in 1971, which was a hit single, peaking at number nine in the US chart. Lai also wrote the score for the 1966 film A Man and a Woman, with one song later chosen as BBC's Panorama's dramatic theme music.

Recorded in Hollywood on 6/6/1946 here is Spade Cooley & Tex Williams with You Better Do It Now.

Controversial Irish singer Sinead O'Connor faced a huge backlash on social media after publically declaring that she sees white people as "disgusting."

Steely Dan put out their last studio album -Everything Must Go- in 2003. This video was included in the deluxe package plus was used to promote it The first girl is the funniest but it's all good Walter Becker is animated and having the best time.

DJ and liberal activist Moby has vowed that he will move out of the United States and flee to Canada if the Democrats fail to take the House after the midterms and Donald Trump is reelected in 2020. The electronic music star warned the crowd during a recent get-out-the-vote concert that he's already researching how "you become an expat," and if things don't swing for Dems, then he's "done" with the US.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has bee described as the future of the democrat party. I through my full support to the young, well educated, well spoken, Latina to replace Nasty Pelosi. Ocasio-Cortez, affectionately known as Occasional Cortex, is a natural fit the new and improved democrat, socialist party. That is all. Got to head to work. Have thousands depending on my toil.

The Broadway show Hamilton is horrible Rap Music. If you are like me and can't stand angry Rap music, don't go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmnYnYX4soI a great DJT song set to Greenwood's classic

Mesdames et Messieurs, le Quintette du Hot Club de Hopalongville. For a free download of "Catwalk" click here, click on Buy Now, and choose $0.

Pete Davidson is in hot water for some comments he made on “Saturday Night Live” about Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican running for Congress who lost an eye while serving in the U.S. military. On Saturday’s episode of the sketch series, Davidson appeared on the “Weekend Update” segment, the 24-year-old comedian gave his “first impressions” of some candidates ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. He giggled as an image of former Navy SEAL Crenshaw, who wears an eye-patch on his right eye after being injured by an I.E.D. in Afghanistan, flashed across the screen. “You may be surprised to hear he’s...

Patrick Rooney of PRRooney.com breaks down recent Kanye West Tweets about why he's leaving politics, and the key moments of the Kanye—Trump White House meeting almost nobody reported.

If we cut the cord, what is the best way to get TV via the web?

I interviewed Don Randall in 1992, when I was researching my first book about Fender. In the beginning, Don had worked for Fender's distributor, Radio-Tel, but in the early '50s he joined Fender as the head of sales, staying there until a few years after CBS' takeover in 1965. I met Don at his office in Tustin, California, and spent a couple of enjoyable hours chatting about the old days, necessarily concentrating on his view from the business side of Fender—and, in particular, discussing the controversial CBS purchase. Sitting in his wood-paneled office, he looked to me a little like...

When President Trump was asked for comment regarding the arrest of Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin for assault charges on Friday, he responded with just four simple words. Baldwin, who dresses up and mocks Trump on Saturday Night Live, was arrested and charged for attacking a man over a parking space in the West Village area of Manhattan. Liberal 60-year-old Baldwin has a history of arrests related to his anger management issues.