Sportsmanship and Instant Karma

The Associated Press has reported Micah Grimes, the head girl's basketball coach of Covenant School in Dallas, has been fired after his team's 100-0 victory over Dallas Academy. On Sunday Grimes was quoted saying:

"We played the game as it was meant to be played. My values and my beliefs would not allow me to run up the score on any opponent, and it will not allow me to apologize for a wide-margin victory when my girls played with honor and integrity."

Kyle Queal, the headmaster for Covenant School, did not respond when asked if this quote is why Grimes ws released.

Let me begin saying: Oh, come on! Skunking a team 100-0 and popping treys in the 4th quarter shows integrity? Dr. Neismith is rolling in his grave right now. If Grimes' values won't allow him to run up the score I would hate to see what the score would have been if they had tried to run it up. 130-0? 150-0?

Evidently Covenant quit trying hard as soon as the score hit the century mark with four minutes to go. Thank God for Grimes' gracious mercy.

Still, I have mixed emotions about Grimes being released as coach. I believe people can learn more with structure. Letting him go removes that. I would like to see him--and every coach who runs up the score--get rolled over in a game. I also believe the old "and see how you like it" has value.

John Lennon told us instant karma's gonna get you right between the eyes.

Blogging for Blagojevich

The impeachement of Rob Blagojevich begins in Springfield, Illinois today, so where is he? That's right, the most important place he could be--the talk show circuit. He's making his case on The View instead of wherever Illinois does its impeachments. Good Morning America!

In these interviews, he said that he considered Oprah Winfrey to replace President Obama in the Senate, but decided against it when he decided it would look "like a stunt."

Give him credit, he knows what a stunt looks like.

Blogland Coincidence

Yesterday and the day before were wonderful days of coincidence here in my little corner of the internet.

Saturday--this blog and Time Loves a Hero both had 129 postings each. Since I update this blog daily (or try to) and Time Loves a Hero gets updated weekly, both of them got an entry on Sunday. So yesterday, both blogs had 130 entries each.

Today, Fat Man officially has more entries than Time Loves a Hero. If this is what passes for momentous in my life...

Sportsmanship in Inaction

ESPN reported a Dallas Girls High School basketball game ended with a score of 100-0. With a lead of 59-0 at the half, the coach of the offending high school kept pressing the other team until the score hit the century mark.

This is the opposite of the Rick Reilly story from ESPN the Magazine.

When I worked at Lamar Community College in rural southeast Colorado, I did PA work for the athletic department. While I was there, the baseball team was good--very good. One day they played a club team (not varsity-even JUCO varsity) from Arapahoe Community College.

JUCO baseball has a mercy rule, 7 runs after 5 1/2 innings if I remember properly. Anyway, the game got that far out of hand in the second inning. Finally, the coach gave his batters a directive, swing at everything. If you got a hit, leg it out. If you strike out, so it goes. But swing--or everyone will be running until the cows came home.

It ended thirty-some to nothing. It was the dullest game I ever called from the press box. I wonder how boring a 100-0 basketball game is--where's "the human drama of athletic competition" in that?

Here's to the team who got shelled--you stuck it out when poor sports--the team wearing the other uni's--tried to stick it to you. You may not have won--but they're the losers.

Alas Poor Herm, I Knew Him, Lamar

Herm Edwards has been punted by the Chiefs. What struck me in his announcement is that he spoke of how wonderful it had been to coach "Lamar's Team."

Lamar Hunt, first owner of the Chiefs and inventor of the American Football League (1960's edition), died in December 2006. Herm had been with the Chiefs when Lamar owned the team, but he was head coach of "Lamar's Team" for less than a year before Hunt died.

Nice dig at Lamar's son Clark who has taken over the managing partner role of the team. Herm worked for Carl Peterson (who was with the Chiefs for 20 years) and Clark for two, but it was still "Lamar's Team" that Herm was glad to be a part of.

I love a sly insult, and this one seems pretty darn sly to me.

Another Story from My Misspent Youth

This story comes from Kevin Kincaid's bachelor party. I remembered it as I was remembering K's life.

NOTE: This is a bachelor party story. If you are expecting a story of a Yahatzee game with grape Nee-Hi you're very, very wrong. This would be a hard PG-13 story or maybe R. If you want to think less of me for this story, please remember a few things:

1. These are the stories that shaped me. History is history.
2. There are lessons to be taken, take them for what they are worth; and if possible don't repeat them yourselves!
3. I'm much better now.

As a crew of guys, about twenty of us piled into several cars and headed to downtown Kansas City. There we went into the Dove Theater. Let me just say if "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" was the movie on the marquee, it isn't the one you saw with your folks when you were six.

Anyway, after the movie we headed back to K's house for more party. A couple of the party goers made it back about a half-hour later than everyone else--and they came back with two hookers and their pimp.

K was LIVID! He was outraged that some of his friends would bring prostitutes to his house and even imagine that he would sleep with one or both of them in the bed he would share with his wife a couple days later. He told the guys to get them out of the house and do it now, then he headed to the deck to wait until it was done.

After it was all done, someone said that we should just forget this ever happened. I said no.

You see, forgetting means you never learn the lesson. These are the sort of lessons we need to make sure are learned so that our sons don't become the guy who brings the hookers.

I learned a long time ago you don't have to make every mistake in the book as long as you can learn the mistakes of others. What did I learn--K loved the woman who was about to become his wife. He was angry with his friends who didn't realize what this "gesture" would mean to him. I learned not to be the guy who brings the hookers. I learned forgiveness is good, forgetting not so much, and learning is very good.

Jumping the Gun--Just a LITTLE BIT

Dr. Phil has just come on here in the Ozarks. Today Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity are discussing the Obama presidency. The man has not been in office 52 1/2 HOURS and the pundits are discussing his presidency. I'm basing my count of hours from the inaguration until this very moment--if it was taped this morning this punditry is being based on two whole days-give or take five minutes.

Politics and the future of our nation is being made tedious. I used to think people who didn't watch the news are uninformed. Now I find more value in Scrubs reruns on Comedy Central than in the evening news.

Risky Business

When I was in college, I used to play a lot of Risk with my sister, my next-to-last-ex-brother-in-law, and some of their friends. We always used to play on my birthday because another member of the group, Kevin Kincaid, had his birthday on the day before mine.

Anyway, I was lousy, but if you're not playing it's really boring. So to play you attack and get attacked. I discovered a long time ago if you want to be in the action, the three regions to get into are Southern Europe, Egypt, and the Middle East. Anyone who secures these countries will be sure to play often because to get from one side of the world to the other, you had to go through these nations. There was no way around it.

I was just a 20 year old kid taking too many math and science classes-not enough history, theology, or literature classes; and a board game taught me an important lesson of politics. If you want to get attacked, this is the place to be because everyone is going through there.

Thank you Parker Brothers (a division of Hasbro) for teaching history to people who don't suspect a thing.

On another note, my sister told me that Kevin Kincaid died last week in Texas. About 50 years old and he died of a heart attack on a friend's front porch. God bless, K. May God bless your family.

You Are Cordially Invited!

Thursday January 22, I will be facilitating a discussion called "The King of Kings and The Lord of The Rings in Song and Story." It is a discussion of Tolkien's LOTR series through the glasses of its songs and poetry.

Tolkien did not write LOTR as a Christian alegory as some believe. It was written to provide a British Mythos. Tolkien believed the Brits really had no mythology of their own. He (and he was a professor of literature) contended the King Arthur mythology was a French divice implanted into the British conscienceousness. He wanted to change that.

But while Tolkien did not want to write a Christian alegory, he could no sooner write outside of his believer's world view than a fish could breathe on dry land.

Reading the series, I was taken by the poetry and songs sung by all of the Characters. I believe there are parallels between Tolkien's songs and verse; and the psalms, verse, and even the hymns we sing today.

The party is at Sow's Ear Antiques on the Berryville Square at 6:30 tomorrow night. If you're in town please drop in, wine and snacks will be served.

Lessons from a Sound Democracy

I once read that the lesson of Watergate is that the government changed hands after a major scandal and tanks weren't rolling in the streets. In this time, over 35 years ago, there was a lot of uncertainty. There was significant civil unrest. It was not so long before that the National Guard was deployed in about a dozen major American cities to quell the unrest. Still the government changed hands and it was not by a coup.

Yesterday, we inagurated an African American as president. Dare I say 35 years ago when the National Guard was being deployed this was unthinkable. Dare I say two years ago it was still quite novel. And still, tanks did not roll--neither to usher in the coup nor to calm the civil unrest.

Oh, and I do mean "we inagurated." Barack Obama is the American president.

Inaguration Day

So as we celebrate Inaguration Day, I posted two church signs. On Monday, it said "Pray for President Bush." At 11:00 (Noon eastern) I changed the sign to "Pray for President Obama."

It is important that we should pray for our leaders, whether you worked hard to elect them or the other candidates. John McCain said it best, "he is my president." Sure, McCain would have rather he had been elected president, but that wasn't in the stars. His attitude is a good one for those whose candidate lost this year, and the one for whose candidate looses four years from now--be they Republican or Democrat.

Partisan politics means there is a winner and a loser. My momma always told me not to be a sore loser or gloat when I win. Sportsmanship is important-especially when the stakes are higher than a plastic trophy.

Congrats President Obama, I will pray for you--and President Bush too.

More Oldies

Leave your mind behind, Baby James

Not Since 19 & 47!

In 1947, Harry Trumn was in the White House. The British were still in India. Romania still had a king for crying out loud. In the NFL, the Cardinals played in Chicago.

In Phoenix for the last 20 years, the Cards had a stint calling St. Louis home between being the Chicago Cardinals and the Arizona Carninals. Two weeks ago the Cards won their fist home playoff game since they played in Chicago. Today, winning their second, they earned their first trip to the championship game in the Super Bowl Era, their first trip to the championship game since 1947.

Cards fans everywhere rejoice! Congrats to the Cards.

At a Store Near You!

I could not believe it when I saw this in the store today. That's right, New Hannah Montana Cereal from Kellogg's. The itsy bitsy tiny print under the HM name says it's a "Multi-Grain Secret Identity Cereal."

I'm not sure I want my cereal to have a secret identity.

It's Always a-Little-Somethin-Something

Marie found a blog on FanHouse about a company denied the opportunity to put a print ad in the Super Bowl program. It was an ad for a website called AshleyMadison.com. Their pitch was a scantilly dressed woman hovering aluringly over a football with the tag line "WHO Are You Doing After the Game?"

As far as I can tell, this is not a hoax. The company's web site says that since 2001 they have set up halves of married cuples for a-little-somethin-somethin on the side. Their slogan says it all, "Life Is Short, Have an Affair."

They even have a guarantee! This comes from their website:

Under the AshleyMadison.com Affair Guarantee Program, (the "Affair Guarantee Program" or the "Program") if you don't find someone within the initial 3 months after purchasing the "Affair Guarantee" Membership Package, we'll refund you $249, being the amount you paid for participating in the Program (the "Refund").

First of all, this is not a promotion for the services of AshleyMadison.com. If you're thinking of having an affair, tell your spouse. When your partner asks for a divorce, you'll be able to beat the rush and find that someone new.

Second, and here's the genious, buying an ad in the Super Bowl Program gets your "product" into say, 100,000 programs, many of which won't be cracked open because collectors want unblemished spines. What's the use of buying the ad space with that kind of exposure.

But by applying and getting rejected, the company now has all the free publicity it wants. People are talking about it, yes even little old me. That's genious.

The Foot Bone's Connected to the Heart

Ron Hunter is the head coach of the Men's Basketball team at Indiana University Purdue University of Indiana (UIPUI) There was a time when the most famous thing about this school was the way people pronounced initials when it was UIPUI, Ooie Pooie.

But one January night last year, the folks at Samaritan's Feet asked coach Hunter to spend "a game walking the sidelines without shoes or socks to raise awareness for a charity which collects shoes for impoverished children around the world. It was a simple act, intended to generate 40,000 pairs of sneakers for African children to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's death." (this quote from an ESPN.com article)

On Wednesday alone, Samaritan's Feet received 80,000 pairs of shoes. Over 300 basketball coaches from Pee-Wee to NCAA Division I will participate between Thursday January 15 (King's birthday) and Monday January 19 (King Day Holiday).

This morning I wrote (rather curtly too, my bad) do something good, do something right. Here's a gesture that is so wonderful, so simple, and so glorious. What can happen with one pair of bare feet, a little TV coverage, and the internet is amazing.

This is what Aquinas meant when he said to spread the gospel, and when necessary use words.

For more on this story follow this link to ESPN.com.

MLK Day

Today is the birthday of Martin Luther King. Do something to make King's dream come true today. And everyday for that matter.

Does Mitch Mustain Have a Chance Next Season?

As I post, nothing is official, but ESPN is both reporting (see video) and denying (see article) USC Quarterback Mark Sanchez is going to go pro. If he does, Mitch MuSTAIN, the pride of Springdale, actually has a chance of being the Trojans' starting QB next season.

Of course, to get the start he'll have to beat out Aaron Corp, the next USC stud QB on the depth chart. Good luck Mitch, here's hoping you didn't write a check your talent can't cash.

There's a New Sheriff in Town

Scott Pioli has been selected to replace Carl Peterson as Chiefs GM. Hooray! I can still remember about 20 years ago when King Carl took over the Chefs from Jack Steadman. Steadman was such a bad GM that there was a guy selling T-Shirts that said "Dump Steadman" on the front and "Fifteenth Annual Year of the Rebuilding" on the back. This is what the Chiefs had evolved into.

Pioli has a great track record at New England, and the Pats have a record any team would like to duplicate over the past ten years or so. What this also means is that Coach Herm Edwards and most/all of his assistants will be an unemployment statistic Bush can't be blamed for. Herm, all the best.

It still makes me wonder what will happen to Tony Gonzales. I hope he goes to a winner and the Chiefs make a trade that makes the Hershel Walker to Minnesota deal look good for the Vikes.

When Words Just Don't Fit

Whenever crafting a sermon, one of the best pieces of advice the teachers give is don't try to tell the congregation everything you learned about the passage. Yes, sir, yes ma'am. Always leave 'em wanting more.

Yesterday was Baptism of the Lord Sunday. The sermon was titled "New Beginnings". These paragraphs lasted for a couple of drafts of the sermon, but were edited from for length and because they do not belong to this sermon. I may write that sermon someday. This would have been inserted after the paragraph ending “with whom God is well pleased.”

Just a quick note about our reading, the way this piece of Mark’s gospel is written, Jesus alone sees the heavens torn apart. Mark is very specific about this. Nobody in the valley of the Jordan can see this.

But as for the voice, this sentence is less specific. It would not be too far of a stretch to think that Jesus alone heard this voice. There is no reason to automatically assume that we go from Jesus seeing the blessing alone to everyone hearing the blessing. Still, there is nothing in the writing that prevents us from taking this leap. Did everyone hear the voice that came from heaven?

Different evangelists see this event differently, as we see this presented by Matthew and Luke. Is one more right where the others are more wrong? Well, maybe, maybe not. This is the sort of thing biblical scholars, theologians, and everyday people have discussed since this was first put to scrolls, but that discussion is for another day.

The Yoke I Bear

Scripture tells us to take the yoke the Lord offers. This is my yoke, my stole.

A lovely lady named Mary from Genesis Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas offered to make it for me after I taught a Sunday School class on the role of proclamation in the reformed confessions. When she made the offer, I had to choke back a tear and give her a very big hug.

There was one thing though, she wanted me to design it. I thought about it, and before long, it I decided that I wanted the stole to be green. Green is the liturgical color for the majority of the year, and I wanted to share this gift as often as possible.

The other elements were trickier. Then it came like a lightning bolt. I asked her to put on the viewer's left a font, and on the right a chalice. I wanted to display the vessels of the sacraments year 'round.

Because I wanted his feedback, I asked the Rev. Dr. Stan Hall, Parish Associate at Genesis and Professor of Worship and Liturgics at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, what he thought about the design. It made Stan smile.

The first time it was put upon me, during my ordination and installation service, there was great joy. I still wear it with Joy.

Today is Baptism of the Lord Sunday. Celebrate the day Christ chose the baptism of water not for his sake but for ours. Thanks to Mary for making the offer and the stole. Thanks to Stan for teaching me what to show the people of God in worship and on the yoke I bear.

Thanks be to God for everything.

Busy Saturday Night

Yes it was, busy, busy, busy.

The Berryville Alliance of Churches sponsored a show called "New Beginnings." A sort of a "Faith Based Happy New Year" show at the community building. It was great!

We had about 200 people, free food and music, and received a couple of shopping carts of food for the Loaves and Fishes Food Bank of the Ozarks.

The music was great, the stories were fine, and the skit was on. Char French, the wife of the Rev. Skip French found the skit and Skip and I starred. We got some laughs too, it was pretty fun. Thanks to Miss Yvonne Sutter and Mr. Frank Robertson for my high school drama training. I remembered to cheat (turn so the house can see me, not just my acting partner) and to project.

Thanks must go to the Community of Christ church who urged the Alliance to take this on (and did the lion's share of the work) and the folks from Little Portion Hermitage who did the kitchen.

Thanks to the bands, Dash 33 and Whitehorse.

Thanks to Walt and Acra from Ozark Mountain Jamboree for their skills as MC.

Also a big thanks to the folks from the First Christian-Disciples and Berryville Church of the Nazarine for their hard work too. Above all, thanks be to God who makes all things possible.

Dick Clark & Joe Paterno

Marie and I were in Springfield yesterday for a doctor's appointment, and on the way home I saw a billboard for Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater in Branson, and it got me thinking about Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

We watched some of it this year, especially around midnight eastern time for the ball drop. Just before it was time, Ryan Seacrest made several cuts to the studio to talk to Dick. Dick Clark has been sick, I am only trusting my memory here, but I think he missed a couple of the New Year's shows a few years ago because of the illness. By the way he was talking, it was pretty obvious he is still recovering from a stroke or some such thing.

It started me thinking about "forced retirement" and people who refuse to go away quietly into the good night. Joe Paterno is the coach of the Penn State football team and I think this year he turned 215. He has not only coached the football team, he and his wife have given a significant amount of money back to the university. At most football power houses, coaches aspire to have some football facility named in their honor. At Penn State, there's a library with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pa's names on it.

Dick Clark invented new years eve. Joe Pa invented college football. Not really, but go with me here. Dick is recovering, and his speech may not get any better. Joe Pa now coaches from on high in the press box because of his ailments. Should they go? Perhaps, but what the hey, let them go on their own time. They have both given too much to be shown the door. In this day of disposable things and people, let's remember that there are institutions.

Welcome Back John Stewart!

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Ordinary Pupils

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

A hearty welcome back to John Stewart and The Daily Show as they return from their Holiday Break. I still find it refreshing that The Daily Show crew is willing to take on anyone with their tongue firmly in their cheek.

If you think they pick on just FoxNews, check out how they skewer MSNBC.

Best Album Titles

In my opinion, Warren Zevon has the best titles for albums ever. For example:

• Wanted Dead Or Alive
• Excitable Boy
• Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
• Stand In The Fire
• The Envoy
• A Quiet Normal Life
• Sentimental Hygiene
• Transverse City
• Hindu Love Gods (with Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry)
• Mr. Bad Example
• Learning To Flinch
• Mutineer
• I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
• Life'll Kill Ya
• My Ride's Here (Next to last studio recording)

My personal favorites are "Sentimental Hygiene" and "Learning to Flinch." Great music too. As Warren encouraged us all to do, enjoy every sandwich.

The Future of 3D Cinema

My Bloody Valentine in 3D is being released in theaters. It has made me wonder about other 3D releases. Most of the 3D movies I can think of are in either the horror or action/adventure genre.

Sure, James Cameron did a pseudo-documentary in 3D with "Ghosts of the Abyss." Falling in love with the 3D now, Cameron is doing two more 3D releases, "Avatar" in 2009 and "Battle Angel" in 2011.

Robert Rodriguez released "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over" in 2003. While it could be classified a children's film, it could also be classified action/adventure.

Looking at a list of 3D films, most of them seemed to be horror or action. These genres would seem to work well in 3D. But it made me wonder, how would other genres work in 3D?

Period Piece: "The English Patient" in 3D? I don't think so.

Drama: Ugh.

Romantic Comedy: Uh, no.

Comedy: Slapstick, maybe. Others, maybe not.

Porn: No. Just. Plain. No.

Try getting that image out of your head before going to sleep tonight.

More Eucharist Yucks

I was on the phone today with a represenative of a major religious supplies company. She and I are phone friends who have a common friend here in Berryville and we make each other laugh. Giving her a chuckle with "Jesus Jerky," she offered this story.

There is a product on the market that is a self-contained single-unit wafer and juice packet. (As for the name of the product, I am having a hard time in rememberence of its name.) I have always gotten a laugh out of this product, but I could see its use. For example, in a military situation where carrying bread and wine may not be convenient this may be a good idea. But to see it in a catalog or in the stores makes me wonder what war we're going to be fighting in Arkansas any time soon.

Oh wait, some folks are still fighting the War of Aggression.

Back to the story, she said that they sampled this product in the office. According to my friend, the wafer tasted like the plastic it was wrapped in and the grape juice had a tendency to ferment and the packaging blow up. Ewwwwwwwww....... This supply company quickly removed the product from the shelves.

I laughed out loud! I told her that I could only imagine the story that came with the person making the return; and I would love to hear it. She told me that she didn't have the pleasure of the experience, she found out about it in a memo from the national headquarters.

That's funny. We just laughed. Could you imagine the product recall notice coming in on law firm stationary with a corporate memo attached saying the elements of the Lord's Supper may be dangerous? That's funny.

Of course, from a liturgical point of view, the Lord's Supper is dangerous--even revolutionary! It must be received seriously and reverently, but liturgy and theology are for another post.

This is funny.

At the Risk of Being Struck by Lightning...

Today's bread for the Lord's Supper was more than a little tough. Let me just say, extending the metaphor, if the bread represents the Body of Christ, we celebrated the Eucharist with Jesus Jerky.

A Bowl worth Watching

As I type, the International Bowl is being played in Toronto. This qualifies as a "so what" bowl game, but this one is special.

Today, the State University of New York/University at Buffalo Bulls are playing the University of Connecticut Huskies (U Conn Huskies--Yukon Huskies--get it!). This is Buffalo's first bowl game ever. In the past several years this team has been a perennial #1 on ESPN.com's "Bottom Ten" list. In the last three years they have gone from worst to MAC Champions. Good for Buffalo. But this isn't the only reason.

The Bulls were invited to the 1958 Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, but there was a hitch. The Orlando High School Athletic Association, the Tangerine Bowl Stadium's leaseholder, didn't let blacks and whites play on the field together. The Elks lodge that sponsored the bowl was on board with all of the Bulls playing, they even protested the OHSAA decision, but to no avail.

The Bulls declined the invitation, unanimously. Follow this link for the full story.

Today, after 102 years of football and 50 years since their only other invitation, the Bulls make their first appearance ever in a bowl game. Maybe a story like this is worth 33 bowl games. Go Bulls.

Bowl Me Over

I love football. Pro, college, pee wee, I love football. Baseball has my heart and soul, but football has my voice. But there is too much of a good thing.

College Bowls--I really have come to hate most of bowl season. There is honestly so much that going bowling isn't as special as it once was. Starting in 1902 with "The Grand Daddy of them All," The Rose Bowl, and rolling down to 2008's newest bowls, The EagleBank Bowl and The St. Petersburg Bowl; this year there are a total of 33 bowl games. This means 66 out of the 132 (give or take a school or two). Half go to a bowl game. It kind of makes special take a back seat to ordinary.

On top of that, the bowl season isn't going to end until January 8th! I remember the first time the bowl season didn't end on January 1st, and how scandalous that was.

Throw in nine college football All-Star games and we have a new record.

Yes, I love college football, but this is getting silly.

New Year--New Blog

Today I premier a new blog: A Rock and Roll Devotional. It is said that there is a difference between the sacred and the secular, the holy and the profane. As for me, I say those are false separations. If we believe that all things come from the Lord, we must believe all things come from the Lord.

Popular music has often been considered unholy, regardless of the era. But I believe there is something poetic and magical in the musical that transcends what can be said in prose alone. This is my opportunity to share that.

And I want your help. Comments are of course needed and welcomed on the posts, but I am also looking for suggestions of songs and scriptures. My expertise is the "Classic Rock" era. (I believe the music you hear in your teen years becomes imprinted on the psyche. The "Soundtrack of Life" if you will. It is true in my case.) So I need help especially with music recorded since 1990. Before 1962 is helpful too.

So here is my hope that ARRD will be a blessing to you, and me too. I also hope that you will be willing to help.