Dropping like flies
We’ve lost a couple of greats recently.
Auto legend Carroll Shelby died Thursday night at Baylor Hospital in Dallas at the age of 89.
From Autoweek:
Carroll Shelby’s shadow stretched out Texas tall across nearly the whole of the world’s automotive landscape. A natural as a race driver, he won three U.S. sports-car championships in Ferraris and Maseratis, and for Aston Martin he won the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans with British co-driver Roy Salvadori.
From The Washington Post:
Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as “In the Midnight Hour,” ‘’Hold On, I’m Coming” and “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” died Sunday at 70.
Dunn, whose legacy as one of the most respected session musicians in the business also included work with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s Blues Brothers as well as with Levon Helm, Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, died while on tour in Tokyo.
And apparently, none of you fuckers had either of them in the pool. I am disappoint.
A Bit of Music
I ran across this in my internet travels:
I certainly understand the intent behind this image. I also agree that Bohemian Rhapsody is a great song. I have to take issue with the comparison of lyrics though.
You want good lyrics in a song?
Here:
And completely different, but always one of my favorites:
Merry Christmas, Y’all!!
We hope that you have a wonderful Christmas!!
May you be blessed in the coming year, and thank you all for making H&B a fun place to be 
Booze of the Year
Only the coolest thing since chocolate-covered cherries!
They’ve sold millions of albums as one of the greatest all-time bands and now AC/DC hope to do a similar trade in wine.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees have teamed up with Australian winery Warburn Estate for a national release of AC/DC The Wine.
(Insert “ZOMG!!!” here)
Photo courtesy of Warburn Estate.
There will be four wines issued: Back in Black Shiraz, Highway to Hell Cabernet Sauvignon, Hells Bells Sauvignon Blanc, and my favorite, You Shook Me All Night Long Moscato. The first issue will be solely in Australia come August 18th. I can only hope they launch them here in the US.
The only thing that would make this even more perfect would be to have a Whole Lotta Rosie Rosé.
Saturday Groove
Once again, I got nuthin’. But it’s Saturday, and since I’m cleaning, I will have some music playing. So, I thought I would share my awesome taste in music with y’all 
Now, for something with more pep:
And finally, winding down after a long day of laundry and scrubbing toilets:
And yes, I’m drinking coffee in a cup with a saucer, and my pinky is out!!
Have a great Saturday
Citizen Soldier
(Guest post by LC Draco)
As a soldier who has been Reserve, National Guard and Active….this video (yeah, it’s a bit old) still makes my eyes mist a bit. It used to be (Pre 9-11) that the Guard and Reserves were considered second class soldiers. I know, because when I went from Active Duty to a short stint in the Guard, I had the same opinion. We all used to hear stories of Reservists and the Guard guys taking beer chests and coolers to their two week AT (Annual Training). And hell, they only met one weekend a month!! How can you be ready for combat with THAT limited time?
But I can assure you that mentality WILL never be like that again. Some Guard and Reserve units have deployed more than most Active units. I have personally trained Guard and Reservists on going on their third, fourth and fifth deployments. (I also deployed as a Reservist, so I have seen the look we get from Active soldiers! Little did they know I still had more Active and combat time than they did!!)
But to the video….and BTW, 3 Doors Down did this video for FREE!!! They did not ask for ANY money from the National Guard!!! TRUE PATRIOTS!!!
(I personally love the Blackhawk coming in with an Apache package support!! Been there, done that!!! And it IS a rush!!)
“Hope and pray that you never need me,
but rest assured I will not let you down….
I walk beside you, but you may not see me….
The strongest among you may not wear a crown!”
Bonus points if you can name the left shoulder patches in the first scenes without Google!! HINT- it is NOT New Mexico! And I trained this unit!
There Are Signs Everywhere
Yesterday, I was taking the kids out for dinner, and Eldest brought up a group whose music she and her brother enjoy. I was tickled by the band’s name, Five Finger Death Punch, and we were talking about the origins of the name, and the movies where we had heard the term. She came home, and pulled up YouTube for a bit, to listen to it. As I sat there, listening to it, I started thinking of those far away from us, doing a job some Americans are too bitter to do. And my heart hurt.
This morning I find a YouTube link in my email. Same group, same song, and my heart broke all over again:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBMT3OMEPwk
Thanks to LC Draco.
Weekend Playlist
Hookers and Booze Radio is up!
Click Play on the Radio widget in the upper right sidebar.
I’m not sure yet if H&B Radio will be up all week or just on the weekends. It totally depends on the server load. The contest is a real deal, I’m just not sure what the prize will be yet. I’ll have to discuss that with my coblogger.
If you have requests, feel free to email me.
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I nuked the youtube stuff to prepare this space for the new Hookers & Booze Radio!
Ok. If you look on the upper right sidebar, you’ll see the music player. It should be fairly self-explanatory although it doesn’t work just yet. I’m still uploading music and I still have to tie in the IceCast server.
Soon…
Also, intermixed with the songs are 17 15 (i miscounted) movie quotes. I’m considering a prize for the first commenter to correctly identify all of the quotes. I’ll be adding more as time goes by.
Song for Sunday!
Saw this video at H2, and just had to share.
No, I don’t wear the pants in the house. I do wear the apron 
Gerry Rafferty, RIP
We lost one of the greatest singer/ songwriters today. Gerry Rafferty died at the age of 63 after a long illness. He will be missed. My absolute favorite of his:
And who can forget this one:
I think I’ll go cry in my beer.
Thanks to JohnD.
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