The Grand Dude

  I don't know man, all I remember is that 20 years ago, things were never this bad.  People weren't as mean to each other.  If politicians hated each other, they were at least civil to each other and the news, if they lied to you, did so in such a way you believed them.  This can't be good for the American Civilization what's going on today.    We just had a tragic shooting in Las Vegas, immediately, people politicize it in to some anti gun bullshit.  Without even giving the victims and the shocked American public a chance to mourn.  What the fuck?   Look at pop culture. It's fucking awful.  95% of the music that is out there is for 12 year olds.  I mean, that's ok, it's always been that way, but the problem is, it's been this way since the mid 90's!  I mean whatever happened to record companies letting artists release material that is universally loved by people of all ages? Now all you hear is music for whiny brat punk s...

  Monday was a very rough day for the dude.  First off if it wasn't that the shooting in Vegas was bad enough (I should NEVER have watched the video of that carnage), but to come home from work and get a text from my sister that Tom Petty passed way mde me feel like I was living in the 'Twilight Zone'.  It got worse when the initial reports of Tom Petty's passing proved to be untrue and then to add to that, he probably won't make it through the night.     Tom Petty was like a real American hero to me.  He provided the soundtrack to most of my youth.  I saw Petty live 4 times.  Just the other night, I was at a local internet radio station singing 'I Won't Back Down' to karaoke on the air.  I just learned guitar.  My first song was 'Free Falling'.  I owned every Petty album, seen all his music videos.  The news made me want to jump out of a fucking window (I'm exaggerating, but not by a whole lot!).  I tried listening...