A Very Special Playlist...

 Good morning, everyone. Especially to the folks at the Wall Street Journal. Why, you ask? Because last night, they blew the cover off this whole Jeffrey Epstein saga that's been infiltrating the news cycle for the past week. First, came the news that there was no client list. Then came the furious backlash from the right. Now comes this bombshell. Oh, did I mention that the guy that runs WSJ also runs Fox "News" Channel?

Yesterday, I wanted to play MIA's "Double Bubble Trouble" over a CEO of some tech company being busted of having an affair by a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert. But it appears that ol' Mr. Byron and his sidepiece took a backseat, because uh-ohhhhhhh, Trump's in trouble.

Come to think of it, there are plenty of songs that I could play on Spotify (or whatever music service you use) that could perfectly encapsulate this scandal. Let's go over a few of these songs:

"Moi Lolita" by Alizee

"You're Sixteen" by either Johnny Burnette or Ringo Starr

"Sweet Sixteen" by Billy Idol

"Seventeen" by Winger

"Into the Night" by Benny Mardones

of course, "Double Bubble Trouble" by M.I.A.

and especially, "Breaking The Law" by Judas Priest.

Oh, Trump says he doesn't do drawings. If that's the case, explain this one that's been floating around on social media within the last 24 hours?

I said back in January that I didn't think Trump would survive this term. That prediction may actually come to fruition sooner than a lot of folks thought.

Get your popcorn ready, friends and neighbors.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

BonyScribe

It's That Time Of Year Again...

 Good early early morning as of me writing this. I saw something on Facebook yesterday that I guess would send horror and fear amongst some of you: a picture of a frozen Mariah Carey beginning to thaw out because we are beyond the halfway point to Christmas. Hide the women and children y'all. 

That being said, now is high time to start looking for Christmas gifts, and I already have a couple in mind, and I've noticed some stores and sites on social media that I will certainly be checking out over the next several weeks.

Of course, this will have implications on how I decide to go out...WHEN I decide to go out and get out of my house. It will disappoint some (while some will be muttering to themselves "thank goodness"), but I think that in the long run, it will definitely be worth it.

Come to think of it, why can't Christmas season be from Halloween to New Year's? Oh, wait. Some institutions already do that. This means another month of putting up with HER. Oh well. Like she says though, "it's TIIIIIiiiiime!!!"

Please don't curse us with Mariahgeddon (or Whamageddon) this season.

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It's 7/11...Oh Thank Heaven...(Flashback)

 Hello again everyone, except for TEMU Fred Durst and the management at Crazy Squirrel Bar. You may shut me out from patronizing your establishment, but you aren't shutting me down. And with that, it's 7/11 day, which will score you a free small Slurpee at 7-Eleven, if they still have that offer. Hell, with the way things are going in the world, I doubt that even they would be free. Thanks, Trump.  

Anyway today, I thought I would publish my second flashback this week, and third this year. Usually, I would have several more flashbacks under my belt this year, but this hasn't been your usual year by any stretch of the imagination. My mental and emotional health have been on a roller coaster to say the least, first sky high, then down in dumps. I'm trying to get back to the way things were in February and March. Kind of like my mental state in the summer of 1994, which is what this flashback is going to cover today. Here are the Top 40 songs according to Radio & Records Magazine of the week of July 11, 1994.

40. All I Want Is You by U2. Not my dream woman's genre of music per se, but a song I would definitely send to her. I think you know who it is...

39. Longview by Green Day. Incredibly, "Basketcase" was not the first top 40 hit from Green Day, this was.

38. It's Over Now by Cause & Effect

37. I Need Your Love by Boston. Kind of random since their heyday was about two decades earlier.

36. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden. As I remember, Z104 in Norfolk, VA was all over this (as was MTV) that summer, too bad within two years, the station would go away from playing rock music that crossed over to pop altogether.

35. Selling The Drama by Live. Much like Green Day, one of their signature songs ("Lightning Crashes") didn't debut first. On a side note, as a younger man at the time and quite possibly naive, I thought that the voiceover dude from WDCG G-105 in Raleigh, which I would listen to on liberty from the Navy Base at the time, was actually the lead singer of Live because they had similar voices. Looking back, I could have done a lot of things differently back then...

34. When Can I See You Again? by Babyface. I liked this song at the time because I had met someone from Puerto Rico that spring while on port call, and this kind of applies now to the woman of my dreams; I haven't seen her since Mother's Day weekend...

33. You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast by The Spin Doctors. Well, maybe I did. I always do that.

32. I'll Be Loving You by Collage. The last gasp of the freestyle dance format, which was wildly popular amongst radio stations in Florida during the early 1990s but quickly fell out of favor. Could it be because it was popular in Florida???

31. Hard Luck Woman by Garth Brooks. Yes, you read that right. Garth Brooks hit the pop radio Top 40 thanks to a cover of a song first released by Kiss.

30. Backwater by The Meat Puppets

29. Fall Down by Toad the Wet Sprocket. Speaking of falling down, I'm feeling a bit down all of a sudden. I have an inkling as to why, but I'd rather not talk about it on here for now...

28. Sleeping In My Car by Roxette. This was the final top 40 hit for the Swedish duo. Reminds me of one of their iconic songs. It must have been love, but it's over now. Rest in peace, Marie Fredrikssen.

27. Misled by Celine Dion. With the exception of "That's The Way It Is" in 2000, I think every other song she released after this was a ballad.

26. The Way She Loves Me by Richard Marx

25. Round Here by Counting Crows. Round here lately, here being social media, I've seen posts about profiles being "stalked." I have a few thoughts on that.

24. I'll Take You There by General Public. One, isn't one the purposes of social media is to put yourself out there? Hell, I WANT my social media pages to be stalked to an extent, as long as I control what I put out there so that everyone can see...

23. Ain't Got Nothing If You Ain't Got Love by Michael Bolton. Two, if you're so paranoid about your social media being "stalked," there's always the "block" button. Just saying.

22. The Sign by Ace of Base. Now that I have that rant out of the way, this song was ubiquitous in 1994. Hell, Ace of Base was ubiquitous. You couldn't get away from them.

21. Return To Innocence by Enigma. I remember that the video was kinda like time going in reverse, with a white horse with a unicorn horn poorly attached to its forehead.

20. Back & Forth by Alliyah

19. Come To My Window by Melissa Etheridge

18. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World by Prince. I wonder who that might be??? 

17. Prayer For The Dying by Seal

16. Wild Night by John Mellencamp f/Meshell Ndegeocello. This was an amazing song that somehow didn't reach number one. It peaked at #3 on both R/R and Billboard.

15. Until I Fall Away by The Gin Blossoms

14. Baby I Love Your Way by Big Mountain. Loved this one as well.

13. Mr. Jones by Counting Crows. Gonna be big stars...

12. Always by Erasure

11. Shine by Collective Soul. Debut hit for a group that would help define mid-90s rock.

10. Can You Feel The Love Tonight? by Elton John. No, I actually can't. Not since March to be honest.

  9. Anytime, Anyplace by Janet Jackson

  8. Crazy by Aerosmith. Alicia Silverstone was so hot back in 1994. Why did she throw it all away and support RFK, Jr.???

  7. Anytime You Need A Friend by Mariah Carey. It's just a DM away.

  6. You Mean The World To Me by Toni Braxton. If only I meant the same to her...

  5. If You Go by Jon Secada

  4. I'll Remember by Madonna

  3. Stay (I Missed You) by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

  2. I Swear by All-4-One. Without going into too much detail, I hated this group because at the time I thought they flat out stole it from John Michael Montgomery. Turns out there were two versions of the same song by two artists release concurrently, one for pop radio and one for country radio. I thought the country one was better.

...and the number one hit this week 31 years ago was...

  

1. Don't Turn Around by Ace of Base. See, I TOLD you that you couldn't get away from them in 1994.

Well, that puts a wrap on this week's second flashback. Long before there was such a thing as social media, or Jet2 Holidays, or TikTok. I'm going to spend part of Saturday meeting new friends and running other errands before possibly watching wresting tomorrow night. I might have another entry in me for later this weekend, that is if I'm feeling up to it. Until then, take care.

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A Jet2 Holiday Flashback

 Greetings once again. If any of you have gone onto the TikTok app in the course of the last month or so, you have more likely than not ran across content of video of an epic failure or some other blooper, that's accompanied by the audio from a British commercial from Jet2 Holidays. If you don't know what it is I'm talking about, here's the actual ad:

Of course, the meme has become viral over the course of the past couple of months, and the song that's used in the advertisement, "Hold My Hand" by Jess Glynne, is the subject of today's flashback.

It wasn't until the meme became popular that I realized that the song in question reached the US Top 40 late in 2015, so with that in mind, here were the Top 40 hits roughly based off Mediabase 24/7 for October 11, 2015, which was the date that this particular song peaked on the chart:

40. That's How You Know by Nico & Vinz f/Bebe Rexha

39. Cake By The Ocean by DNCE

38. Break A Sweat by Becky G

37. Something Better by Audien f/Lady A(ntebellum)

36. 679 by Fetty Wap f/Remy Boyz

35. Marvin Gaye by Charlie Puth f/Meghan Trainor

34. El Pedron (Forgiveness) by Nicky Jam f/Enrique Iglesias

33. Lay It All On Me by Rudimental f/Ed Sheerhan

32. Confident by Demi Lovato

31. Feelings by Maroon 5

30. Fight Song by Rachel Platton

29. Hold Me Up by Conrad Sewell

28. Hold Each Other by A Great Big World f/Futuristic

27. HOLD MY HAND by Jess Glynne. Nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday!

26. Hide Away by Daya

25. Like I'm Gonna Lose You by Meghan Trainor f/John Legend

24. Powerful by Major Lazer f/Ellie Goulding

23. Same Old Love by Selena Gomez

22. Here by Alessia Cara

21. Hotline Bling by Drake

20. Uma Thurman by Fall Out Boy

19. Ex's & Oh's by Elle King

18. Cheerleader by OMI

17. How Deep Is Your Love by Calvin Harris + Disciples

16. Levels by Nick Jonas

15. On My Mind by Ellie Goulding

14. Love Myself by Halie Steinfeld

13. Renegades by X Ambassadors

12. Cool For The Summer by Demi Lovato

11. Downtown by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

10. Drag Me Down by One Direction

  9. Lean On by Major Lazer

  8. Photograph by Ed Sheeran

  7. Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd

  6. Good For You by Selena Gomez f/ASAP Rocky

  5. Stitches by Sean Mendes

  4. Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift

  3. What Do You Mean? by Justin Bieber

  2. The Hills by The Weeknd

and the number one song on October 11, 2015 was...

  1. Locked Away by R. City f/Adam Levine

To be honest, I kinda stopped listening to pop radio for the most part in 2015, because in my opinion it had turned into a crap payola scheme pushed onto us by ClearChannel (iHeart Media), of which the majority of pop stations across the USA were part of. Oh, and who controls Mediabase 24/7? iHeartMedia, the same nitwits that have enabled blatant right-wing misinformation across their various stations (Rush, Glenn Beck, Hanniturd) for decades. But I digress.

I recognize some song on this list, but not all of them, including "Hold My Hand." Still though, nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday!

Until later this week...

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Strange Frequencies

 Hello once again. I alluded to this briefly in the post I wrote last Tuesday, but it seems like there is something strange going on with life in general. For a hot second, I thought things were slowly getting back to normal, but after last night I suddenly realized this wasn't the case. 

Last night, I was out on our lanai with my sisters, drinking a Twisted Tea. A nice rainstorm was wrapping up, when suddenly the younger of my sisters mentioned how things weren't quite normal and haven't been for a while. She's not the only one. A friend in Pasco County said the same thing. Another friend in Brevard County said it as well. So, something is amiss. I of course have felt it myself since the middle of March. Especially from a personal standpoint.

Things I have noticed lately associated with what's going on: longtime friendships being busted apart. Family friends now going through addiction issues. Wacky weather. And of course, war, destruction, tumult and upheaval. A few months ago on TikTok, some influencers over there were warning about a cosmic shift that was occurring with Pluto entering Aquarius. Now, you probably should take that news with a grain of salt, however things have indeed been lets' just say different over the past several weeks.

I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing.

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Everybody Hates Chris...

 Good evening. Yes, it was the title of a show from the late 2000's that portrayed a younger version of Chris Rock. Well before Will Smith slapped the shit out of his at the Academy Awards in 2023. It's also kind of how I'm feeling this week. When people you don't know arbitrarily block you on social media for no apparent reason, and nobody else really wants to chat with you or ask how you're doing. You tend to feel that way. I could sense it a little bit on Thursday when I went out. I kind of alluded to it in my last post, but I felt that the energy was a bit...off. Oh, and that vindictive bar manager actually banned me from that one place. To quote the Spin Doctors, I hope them cigarettes are gonna make you cough, I hope you (read this blog), and it'll piss you off.

On top of that, one of my bartender friends had her car illegally towed before work on Thursday. Fortunately, she did get it back free of charge. But I wound up going there soaking ass wet thanks to a rogue thundershower that hit Port Richey (I thought the rain had already passed). On top of that an earlier shower caused me to miss the bus to my destination by a minute or so. Dammit. 

Then came yesterday, the Fourth. No, I didn't feel like celebrating thanks in part to the Big Stupid Bill passing in Mango Mussolini signing it into law. At least thundershowers temporarily delayed the Battle of Spring Hill, even though some idiots shot off fireworks while there was lightning around (MAGA, man) 😒. But they did come out in masse once the storms passed through, and they didn't stop until 2:30 in the morning.

Yes, the Universe hasn't been kind to me this last week. Yes, everybody hates Chris.

Oh, and the fireworks are back for night two. I hate it here.

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It's July. Yay, I Guess.

 Hi everyone, except for Pam Bondi, RFK Jr, other members of the Free-Dumb Caucus, and a rather vindictive bar manager in Pasco County, Florida. Apparently, you must think I'm the worst person on Earth. Trust me, there are a lot of hombres and mujeres MUCH worse than I'll ever be. And on a somewhat related note, to the guy I call the TEMU Fred Durst, fuck you.

Anyway, it is now July, which means Hurricane season is just ramping up. We've already had two named storms (which didn't amount to much) and we have a possible third right over the Gulf Coast of Florida as I write. No, I'm not referring to the perpetual Tropical Depression that's my love life, but a blob of storms that will cause rain, rain, and more rain for the remainder of this week. According to some forecasters, it may develop into a tropical system, but for now I'm not worried. Heck, if it cancels the "Battle of Spring Hill" this year, all the better. I'd rather watch fireworks at home on my computer. That said, Happy Independence Day. 

Now, as to why I haven't been active on here lately. The last blog I wrote I deleted because I didn't want to potentially face repercussions that the aforementioned bar manager might try to pin on me. Let's just say that a potential reset of an episode of the Jerry Springer Show could have potentially happened, and nobody wants that. Heck, I kinda blame that show for playing a part of the downfall of American civilization over the past thirty years. Even though I have friends that have been on that show. I also have a friend who was a Jeopardy! champion, so there is that. But I digress. The reason I haven't been active lately because I didn't want to be Negative Nate on this blog and piss and moan about everything and anything. Yes, it has been a difficult couple of months, but life goes on. But I didn't want this blog to be a typical 90's rock song: rather depressing. So, I stayed away for the most part.

Another reason is that the main source of motivation was kind of taken away from me. If you remember what I did write in my deleted post, you might know why. Love is my biggest motivator, and I felt it was swiped from me. Plus, the geopolitical situation was tenuous to say the least. One week, Iran and Israel are at war with another, the next week, a hastily pieced together cease-fire is put into place thanks to Mango Mussolini. I think the real reason the cease fire was installed wasn't told to us by the press, but for now the cease fire is holding. I guess all of WWE's employees that were in Saudi have left there by now, so I think Iran and Israel will be like Itchy and Scratchy again in no time.

Something else I've noticed the last couple of days that the frequency is a little off kilter. Yesterday was my sister Carmel's birthday, and we went out to a local Longhorn Steakhouse to celebrate. Usually the food there is amazing, but yesterday it wasn't that good, except for the ice cream. I didn't even finish my baked potato, and I NEVER leave my plate other than clean when I eat. The steak wasn't cooked correctly and full of gristle. Not like Longhorn at all. Maybe we should have gone to that new Olive Garden further up Cortez Blvd. 

Then this morning me and my sisters found out that the last living sibling of our father died on April 15. I don't know if that's why the last two months plus have been substandard as compared to February and March, when I was incredibly happy and for good reason. But after hearing about it, the frequency kind of turned around a bit. The sun came out, the clouds cleared, and I'm back to writing again.

Oh, one more thing before I go, because I get the sense that something didn't happen, I thought I'd post this photo as a "F You" to TEMU Fred Durst.

To paraphrase a line from John Mellencamp, "I saw her first."

Yes, I might be a little off kilter myself.

Until next time

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OH, BY THE WAY...I'm back on Twitter! (I still refuse to call it X, just like I refuse to call the Gulf of Mexico that other name)