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http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0510-old-rockersmay10,0,1746745.story Here is an interesting article from today's Chicago Tribune about the main players out there on the rock scene are basically 60 somethings. Actually Bruce Springsteen is one of the younger ones at 59! So the question is why do these more mature rockers get the best money making tours and successful reviews? It has to be in at least some cases the quality of what is there.....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4595384/ This came out in 2004 but what do some of you think? I don't have a problem with the Beatles being #1..everyone agrees but some of these other names in the top 10???? You have got to be kidding!

Hey...everyone...Our beloved Blackhawks have now tied the best of 7 series 2-2 and head to Vancouver in what now is a best of three..... GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!! Phil

We all need to take a break from things at times. This is one of the things that is included in our needed break.. So study hard and good luck.

He also stated recently on the election of "Barack Obama"...that "this is proof that we live in a great country". a very introspective and smart man.

Jack Kemp was a really nice and respectable public servant. A great quarterback back in the old AFL days with Buffalo Bills. I did not support his trickle down fiscal poliices...But I will never forget the interview that Sean Hannity had with him during the last election. Sean was just ripping on obama when he had Jack on the phone. Jack finally spoke up after all the bad mouthing by Sean of Obama and said...."He really is a self made man". That just shut up Sean really fast. He really did not know how to respond and the interview was over! Great job Jack!!!! RIP

Tom, Thanks guy!!! Oh well ....yes I will see you at Arlington and I will make my own decisions... Hey you owe me a cold one at DC Cobbs in downtown Woodstock at my nephew's night spot. I will have to check it out sometime. Phil

Okay Tom, I picked West Side Bernie to win....

Great article in the current Newsweek by Fareed Zakaria. It is called "Secret of His Success". Here is an piece of it: Conservative commentators have made much of a recent Pew survey showing that public reaction to Obama has been more polarized than to any previous president: Democrats really like him, and Republicans really dislike him. But the poll's most striking statistic was how few Americans now self-identify as Republicans. For the past year it has hovered around 24 percent, the lowest in three decades. It's not so much that the Republican base has shrunk, as Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz points out in a recent essay: the Democratic base has expanded. When Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, the Democratic base was 30 percent of the electorate; swing voters were 43 percent and Republicans 27 percent. Last year Democrats made up 41 percent; swing voters dropped to 32 percent and Republicans stayed put at 27 percent. Because party loyalties tend not to shift quickly, an 11-point rise for the Democrats is astonishing. Abramowitz argues that since these changes are largely rooted in demography—particularly the growing nonwhite population—they are likely to persist for a while. It's not only that Obama has inherited a more liberal country. How true this is. Not that many months ago we had Rush Limbaugh bragging about being able to make visits to the Oval Office. That is now history thankfully. You also have a very good sign in that Sen. Arlen Specter is now a Democrat and the Dems are getting close to the Filbuster proof Senate. The word "prgressive" is no longer taken the way it was in the past with certain members of the media constantly trying to trash anyone who dare followed a progressive agenda. The GOP has basically become a party of very littel identity which is sad. Fewer and fewer citizens identify with what the party has turned itself over to recently which are the Fundamentals and Christian Right. I am a practicing Christian and have been all my life but I do not agree with most of the twisted beliefs of these individuals. Thankfully things have changed and we have a President that can read those changes and knows how to effectively work his way through it for the betterement of all citizens.

Hey....for the first time since 1996 the Chicago Blackhawks have advanced in an NHL Playoff! The Hawks beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 last night in Calgary. This should be an interesting series with them Vancouver Canucks. So we shall see.......Stay tuned for more madness!!!!! Phil

Jay, You and your family will be in my prayers. Phil

Our beloved Blackhawks turned in a really good game back on the ice at the United Center by winning 5-1. This now takes it down to 2 games left for the Hawks to only have to win one. Lets all root for the good guys!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0419-dennis-deyoungapr19,0,1135149.story This is a really good article about Dennis DeYoung as he talks about songwriting for a band and on his own and his new projects... Quite a talented guy!

Enjoy, Phil

Paul McCartney - October 2005 United Center Chicago....Just a great concert that Sir Paul performed with no intermission for 3 hours and ran through 37 songs Raspberries - January 2005 Chicago HOB - Just a totally electric concert that the entire crowd was wired to a really tight band. Beach Boys, The Left Bank, Electric Prunes and Keith - February 1967.. Bradley University Peoria, IL....another classic concert with a diverse set of performers The Four Seasons - October 1967 Bradley University Peoria, Il ...What can you say about this classic American band. Doc Severinson Band - Bradley University March 1972 Bradley University Peoria, IL....wow what an entertainer and trumpeter!