So Close, Yet So Far... - Ordinary Times I have not given up on America or the American Dream. I never will.

I decided to share a piece I wrote 7 yrs ago about public service and division. I still have hope for all of us in these uncertain times. Check it out… ordinary-times.com/2019/07/29/s...

Jimi Hendrix "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" 1968
Opens with a wah-wah pedal intro, the wah-wah pedal was fairly new in 1968. Hendrix used it to spine-tingling effect on the song, switching between rhythm & lead, with the riffs & solos swaying left to right in a hypnotic fashion.

Earned a follow and a vote when the time comes.

Won one in Pittsburgh first!😂

Not everyday you can make a snow angel in your front yard down here in South Carolina🥶

Not the best weather for my Palmetto Palm here in SC tonight…🥶

Here we go… I’m sure the cardinal that showed up the other day that you can hear is chirping WTF in bird…

Really?

Not a flake has flown yet and I’ve already been told to work from home on Monday. It’s the End of Days in South Carolina. Nice knowing you🥶😂😂😂

I got called a boomer… That’s damn funny. I have 2 older brothers that are boomers, we are separated by 7-8 yrs. Parents were Silent Generation. GenX and I’m cool with that..

I now live not far from the hometown of Ronald McNair. He was a courageous human being coming out of Lake City, SC; overcoming the barriers he faced to become an astronaut. I watched his final flight as a kid in school. I will never forget him. www.winthrop.edu/mcnair/ronal...

40 years after Challenger: Lingering guilt and lessons learned Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.

40 years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.

Science correspondent Miles O’Brien says the Challenger disaster 40 years ago was a "collective tragedy."

40 years after Challenger disaster, NASA faces safety fears on Artemis II Many of the team behind NASA’s Artemis II mission were children 40 years ago, when the space shuttle Challenger disaster reshaped spaceflight

Many of the team behind NASA’s Artemis II mission were children 40 years ago, when the space shuttle Challenger disaster reshaped spaceflight

Ohio, Fortunate Son, What’s Going On, Blowin In The Wind, For What It’s Worth… just to name a few. Not hearing the same thing out of the popular young artists of right now. It’s brave to possibly alienate half ur audience when trying to make a point. Just an observation…

Not my point. Think of the protest songs written in the 60’s and 70’s. Musicians in their 20’s wrote most of them. Those same musicians now are writing songs. Where are the current young musicians? Why aren’t they stepping out? Musicians..not actual protesters.

Just heard it’s too early to tell, could be 1/2”, could be 6” 😂

I was just thinking the same thing on my way to work this morning. Where are the musicians? The ones who wrote protest songs long ago were kids. Where are the kids now that are musicians?

Was a JR in HS. Watched it on TV in class. I remember not really grasping what I saw & teachers crying. I remember the bell ringing & being sent to the next class, not home. Reagan’s speech that night (he didn’t write it) actually comforted me. This was GenX’s 1st Kennedy Moment.

Last real warm beach day was back in October…I’m ready for these days to return!

DK's Daily Shot of Penguins: All boxes checked! YouTube video by DK Pittsburgh Sports | Penguins

The Tuesday morning @dejankovacevic.bsky.social DAILY SHOT OF #PittsburghPenguins podcast can be found right here on Bluesky:

DK's Daily Shot of Steelers: Will Howard for QB1? YouTube video by DK Pittsburgh Sports | Steelers

The Tuesday morning @dejankovacevic.bsky.social DAILY SHOT OF #PittsburghSteelers podcast can be found right here on Bluesky:

I plan on reposting some of my old writings related to music here in the near future in the hopes that some like minds come along for the ride… and maybe get inspired to write again as well.

When I wrote about Phil Lesh’s death & the song Box of Rain, it was a tribute to him but it was more about me letting go of things I carried as weights on my soul for yrs. Bob… he’s just too big to write about as number 2. The songs that he wrote resonate with me but not in the way Box of Rain does.

Looks Like Rain: Cloudbursts, Pittsburgh, and the Grateful Dead - Ordinary Times It seems fitting to me now that The Grateful Dead's “The Rain Show” would be the last time I would ever hear Jerry Garcia’s voice live.

Reposting my first published piece.. ordinary-times.com/2019/07/01/l...

Founding Parliament-Funkadelic Bassist Billy Bass Dead at 74 In addition to performing on the group's first three groundbreaking albums, he reportedly gave Funkadelic its name.

Given how thoroughly they were shut out of classic rock consideration for decades, it's bitterly funny to see an obituary for Billy "Bass" Nelson of Funkadelic on Ultimate Classic Rock:
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Happy Birthday
Nick Mason

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Stevie Wonder - Superstition (1974) YouTube video by Musikladen

January 27, 1973

“Superstition,” the lead single from Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book LP, became his second No.1 single in the US, 10 years after his first chart-topping hit. The funky track’s instantly-recognizable drum beat was conceived by guitar legend Jeff Beck. 🎶🎤

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