Look what they’ve done to my town…
Lovely downtown Hespeler has been turned into Bear Valley NY while the TV crews shoot werewolve drama, Bitten
So, who stars in this Bitten
To quote the late great Warren Zevon, Aooooo.
In honour of Hunter Spanjer, the 3-year old deaf boy whose parents were told to get a different sign for his name, as his was too scary for his teachers, today we are doing the all Hunter Fluffernutter Friday.
First up, Ian Hunter in his prime (and yes, that’s Mick Ronson on guitar).
Here’s a question: how long until the former Mrs. Rod Stewart and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Rachel Hunter has to change her name to Rachel Hooter, and go to the Sports Illustrated photo hug to get her picture taken?
In honour of Ron Woods 65th birthday, we present The Faces, a full concert from the BBC show Crown Jewels. These guys were brilliant.
More recently, Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider has done an album of broadway songs. Here’s a fun video of Mack the Knife.
And speaking of Ronnie Wood, here’s the fine woman he threw over for some Kalashnikoff.
Yea, that was true genius.
RIP to Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, who passed yesterday after a battle with cancer.
Meanwhile Kristen Stewart stepped out London this week to promote her new movie, Snow White and the Huntsman, wearing Led Zeppelin.
Bruce Springsteen (and audience) pays tribute to Levon Helm.
“Both his (Levon Helm’s) voice and his drumming were so incredibly personal. ” Bruce Springsteen: May 2, 2012
Meanwhile George Costanza wants to join the 1%.
Everybody is talking Davy Jones this week, and rightfully so. Everybody is singing Daydream Believer, myself included, so here it is:
I’m at the age where I first heard of Davy Jones from The Brady Bunch, one of the few shows in the history of TV that was cheesier than The Monkees.
Rest in Peace Davy Jones, gone too young at age 66.
It’s Festivus, and what is more Festivusy than Calvin??? This video is way cool, and really, is there a cooler cat than Calvin?
Here’s a quiz: how do you own The Band’s Islands album for years and not realize this beautiful Christmas song is on it?
There is an alternate version from Northern Lights Southern Cross (another album I’ve owned for years and &tc.).
Don’t know why, but songs that specifically refer to the Baby Jesus seem to have me this year. So here’s one that’s better than I remember:
Dear Santa: I have been a good boy and for Christmas, I would like:
And lest I be accused of forgetting the fairer sex.
Merry Christmas to everyone who has visited At Home in Hespeler the last year. Thank you for coming and reading my stuff.
I was planning on doing this in reverse order, but after seeing the first video, I changed my mind and thought it deserved to be first.
Winnipeg teenager Sean Quigley proves that, in spite of what us geezers like to think, the kids are alright. Having a house full of teenagers myself, I can attest that the next generation is not as lost as the damned media often makes them out to be. This may become my favourite version of one of my absolute favourite songs, Christmas or otherwise.
Of course, the classic rock version is Bob Seger, whose interpretation of this song is one of the big reasons I like it so much. Sadly, the only full versions of this video I could find involved extraordinary house light displays, causing my irony meter to explode.
Speaking of Bob Seger, last Friday in New York City an old friend joined him on stage.
Coming this week, Tenor Alfie Boe and Robert Plant, duetting on Tim Buckley’s Song to the Siren. Here’s a sample of what it will be like (he does a good Robert Plant impersonation, for a line or two).
You know what it needs? Saxophone.
Candy Dulfer
Here’s a sneak preview of what I write about in this weeks Freedom of Music. Bottom line thesis, there’s more to Jimmy Buffet than Margaritaville and drunk fans.
Ballad: False Echoes, a song about his father, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s at the time he wrote it.
Boats: This is a gorgeous song, one of my all time favourites and Discover Boatings #1 boating song.
Beach: the beach Buffet called home for a long time was the Florida Keys, and what better way to celebrate the keys but Lauren Becall, just because she made the movie Key Largo a must watch movie:
Bars: since we’re on the subject of Bogie movies, “of all the gin joints, in all the towns…”
Was there ever a more beautiful woman than Ingrid Bergman?
Of course, we can’t finish a Jimmy Buffet post without his most known beach and bar song, Margaritaville, at my favourite beach, Manhattan:
Alec Gross’ first album, Strip The Lanterns
Meanwhile, over n England a Cool for Cats Friday favourite, Abbey Clancy (now Crouch) created a stir when she stepped out this week in a see through-ish dress.
Personally, I don’t see the problem.
Finally, I’ll be thinking of my favourite city as it prepares to remember it’s worst ever day this weekend.
In support of Gibson guitars on their battle with big government this week, it is Gibson Guitar day:
Nobody defines the Gibson Les Paul like Jimmy Page, and one was rarely played better than Page played it in 1973.
Gibson isn’t just about Les Pauls, although it may seem it sometimes. Not my favourite band, but AC/DC’s Angus Young simply rocks the Gibson SG, while brother Malcolm is rock steady on his Firebird:
As a kid I would read the album covers like they had the secret to the world in them. This was always on the back of the Kiss albums, “Kiss uses Gibson guitars and Pearl drums.”
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