AFCHonestly...who really cares? We’re an NFC family! But I’ve got the Chiefs and Bills hooking up for the AFC Championship with KC once again returning to the big game.NFCI’m gonna go ahead and cover all three of the family teams with predictions:Bears...much improved with the new rookie #1 pick at QB. Maybe...MAYBE...a one-and-done wildcard teamPackers...not gonna catch anyone by surprise this year. Might not make the playoffs. Might get in as a wildcard. They’ll be taking a step backwards this year.Cowboys...it’s opening weekend. Don’t we pretty much ALWAYS feel good on opening weekend? Look...they have the talent to go all the way. That’s not a homer take. It’s a fact. The question is the same question that comes up every year. What will keep them from reaching their potential? I honestly feel better about this year than I have in a while. I like them to the NFC Championship where they will eek out a 4 point victory over Detroit.
It’s been a pretty big summer for the house that the mouse built. Disney movies have been driving movie fans to the theaters in droves with movies like Inside Out 2, Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes, Alien: Romulus, and of course...Deadpool & Wolverine. It’s odd to see a movie with both the Disney brand and an R rating. In fact, with the exception of Deadpool & Wolverine, Disney never releases R-rated films under the “Disney” brand. You will always see one of the Disney sub-brands such as Hollywood Pictures or Touchstone Pictures listed as the production company. But as they say...times they are a-changin’. Disney now has the honor of having the most successful rated R film ever. Here are the top 5 movies with an R rating of all time...
It was 1981. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was time to go “collecting” for my paper route. That meant riding my bike door to door to collect the money that my customers owed for their newspaper delivery. With the money I already had, I knew I would be able to collect enough to then ride up to the mall and buy Journey’s “Escape” album at Musicland. The second I got home...I had it out of the plastic and was listening to it over and over on the crappy little record player I had in my room. I was 12 years old...and it was the greatest thing I had ever heard! I have been a HUGE fan ever since...having seen them a number of times in concert over the years. On Friday night at The Alamodome...it felt like they just couldn’t quite get the sound dialed in properly. Drums and keys were buried in the mix...while Schon’s guitar and Pineda’s vocals seemed overdriven for much of the night. Accepting it as something that was simply out of my control...I was still able to sit back and enjoy a 90 minute hit-filled setlist that spanned their entire career.
For some reason during all of my concertgoing years...I had never seen The Steve Miller Band until this past Friday night. And that’s a shame...since I thought their performance was outstanding. As the third act on a bill with two bands who are global superstars...it would have been easy for Miller to phone it in as the early opening act. But that was not the case at all. Steve and his band tore through a 60 minute greatest hits setlist that had the packed Alamodome rockin’ indeed! Full setlist and performance video of “The Joker” below.
I thought Def Leppard was the highlight of the show Friday night at The Alamodome. They sounded great and played an amazing 90-minute set of their greatest hits. Check out the video I shot of “Animal” at the show.
Born in Amsterdam in 1955, Eddie’s first instrument was actually the piano, then followed by drums...while his brother Alex took up the guitar. They realized pretty quickly that each was born to play the other instrument...which turned out to be a pretty good decision. The brothers actually put their first band together in elementary school called “The Broken Combs.” In 1972, Eddie and Alex formed the band “Mammoth”...then two years later recruited David Lee Roth to be their singer and changed the name to simply “Van Halen.” While often being credited with inventing the tapping technique of guitar-playing...it was actually created by Genesis guitarist at the time Steve Hackett who was a huge influence on Eddie. He then took the technique to an entirely different level....frustrating many guitar players who have tried unsuccessfully to duplicate it for years. I’ve always considered “Fair Warning” to be Van Halen’s best work as a band...so I’ve featured a great live performance of “Unchained” from their 1981 tour to give you your Eddie fix for the day.
Born Saul Hudson in England in 1965...Slash and his father move to the US to join his mother when he was around six years old. At the age of 20...Slash joined Guns N’ Roses...replacing original founding member Traci Guns. Skyrocketing to success with GnR from 1985-1994...Slash quickly became thought of as one of the top guitar players in Rock. When the whole Guns thing began to fall apart in ‘94, Slash was the one who didn’t miss a beat...creating other projects like Slash’s Snakepit, Velvet Revolver, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators...and finally back to Guns N’ Roses in 2016. He’s also collaborated on projects with a who’s who of the music industry...including such icons as Lenny Kravitz, Madonna, Bob Dylan, and Michael Jackson. Having seen him perform live with all four groups...I can honestly say that he is my all-time favorite to see in concert. It’s almost impossible for me to choose a favorite Slash riff...so I’ll share my favorite from his time with Velvet Revolver.
Getting his professional start as a session studio musician...Jimmy Page was first approached about replacing his friend Eric Clapton in The Yarbirds...which he declined out of loyalty to Clapton. After eventually joining the band following Clapton’s departure...Jimmy was faced with replacing a number of other departing members in order to finish their current tour. He recruited both Robert Plant and John Bonham...with John Paul Jones actually contacting him with a request to join the group. They quickly dropped the name “The New Yarbirds” in favor of “Lead Zeppelin”...but their manager Peter Grant suggested shortening it to “Led” to avoid any possible mispronunciations. The rest....as they say is history. Enjoy this amazing unplugged performance by Page and Plant of my favorite all-time Zeppelin tune...accompanied by the London Metropolitan Orchestra.
A new study at CNN.com shows that San Antonio is the second hottest city in the US. Literally. So far in 2024, San Antonio has had 54 days where the temperature as reached or exceeded 95 degrees. That’s second only to Las Vegas which has seen a whopping 83 days of 95+ heat. And that’s the good news.In 1976....San Antonio averaged only 7 days per year where the temperature hit 95 degrees. Compare that with our current average of 89.3 days per year. So if you think it just seems like it’s getting hotter....think again. And it’s only August 13th. Ugh.Stay cool.....
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