Building a Better Dave

I can tolerate a sappy romantic Christmas movie, but this one takes the cake. I will give them the credit they through in a ghost story (so kudos for creativity) but the message of this movie was hideous.

I love that the ghost is not freaked out by anything when he reappears every year.

IMDB Page The Spirit of Christmas

Trailer on YouTube

I decided to put up my Christmas Tree, and at times when I do this solo, it makes me a little melancholy. So when I did it tonight, I didn't do as good a job of "spinning it" in my head.

But I'm not dating anyone. So I guess that means I do it solo.

I'm not sure why, but I know someone who loves old traditions and is easy to entertain. I had plan C sitting in front of me the whole time but my tunnel vision left me decorating a tree alone.

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Harry Belafonte Christmas Album on Spotify

Harry Belefonte Christmas on Apple

I was interviewed for a show about not being able to have kids. That's not a door I open often.

I was just interviewed to talk about #metoo and how guys can understand how to talk to women without being creepy. I'm not creepy, but I'm worried I might say something that I feel is nice, but it could be taken as harassment. In the end, never comment on someone's appearance.

I've always been the night in shining armor. She pointed out that maybe somewhere I learned that "love is when Dave helps someone" and I thought that might've been my Mom who was home alone a large amount of time during her marriage as my Dad was a long-distance truck driver.

I love to dissect me to see why I do what I do, so I can be a better person. Have you ever taken any time to better understand why you do what you do and see if there is a way to do it better.

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have you ever been so mad you can't fall asleep? I can't believe they are replacing another Akron Ohio landmark Stricklands Ice Cream with the chicken shack. This is insane...

While its fun to pick on your little brother, little brothers don't stay little forever. We remember the times when we got hit in the head with your class ring, the swirlies, and more.

You know what they say about payback...

Scott and I went to Al's house. He put on this song and we looked at each other. How is he doing that? Wait, play it again (and again, and again).

Clueless. Like put a gun to my head and I couldn't tell you how Eddie Van Halen was playing eruption. Now every seven year old at Guitar Center can play it with their eyes closed.

Eruption, Ain't Talking About Love, Jamie's Cryin, Ice Cream Man, my favorite was Atomic Punk in which David Lee Roth makes noises that much like Eddie's guitar it had me going, "Wait, how did he do that?"

Another great memory from this album is my mom walked in and heard Ice Cream Man (an electrified Boogie) and said "I could jitterbug to this" so we moved the coffee table and she taught me how to jitterbug. The best part is I could see my remembering what it was like to be in her 20's in the 1950's and just have fun. It's one of my top 10 memories.

This album is so good, I don't play it. I save it for days when I need a pick me up. It never fails to put a smile on my face

Van Halen I on Spotify

Van Halen I on YouTube

Van Halen I on iTunes

I was three years old when my brother called me into the "Rec Room" and put an album on, turned out the lights, and locked me in the room. I was three, and this was easily the most scared I had ever been in my life.

The album was Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland and the "song" was ...And the God Made Love.

This contains one the guitar tone that was so rude, so angry, I didn't understand what I was hearing.

Electric Ladyland on Spotify

Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) on YouTube

Electric Ladyland on Apple

I walked into my basement to shoot some pool in 1978 and the sounds of Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo and where you hear some guy say, "Anybody wants to get mellow you can turn around and get the F*ck out of Here."

About the time I recovered from that he said, "This is a love song. I'd like to dedicate it to all that Nashville P*ssy."

Besides the potty mouth, there is some AMAZING guitar work on this album. The song Wang Dang Sweet Poontang has a great solo where Ted has the rhythm guitar come in and out of the solo and it builds up.

I also learned that Ted didn't do ANY drugs (and hence neither would I) and yet he was CRAZY. Over the years I've learned every Ted Nugent Lick.

Ted Nugent Double Live Gonzo on Spotify

Ted Nugent Wang Dang Sweet poontang

Double Live Gonzo on YouTube

Double Live Gonzo on Apple

While all the other songs on the radio were soft and fluffy, I found an album that had some of the heaviest music I had heard, and they were unapologetic. Yes, we play heavy music - it's no Fragile - Straight at you.

The Band was Bachman Turner Overdrive and the album was Not Fragile.

I think the album made a special impact on me as it wasn't second had music. It wasn't my brother or sister's music. It was mine.

Not Fragile on Spotify

Not Fragile Album on YouTube

Not Fragile on Apple

While Queen's a Night at the Opera has hits like "Your My Best Friend" and "Bohemian Rhapsody " but the AMAZING song is The Prophet song and it somewhat gets overlooked because of Rhapsody, and it's a musical masterpiece in my opinion.

Here is a YouTube video of the prophet song.

A Night at the Opera on Spotify

A Night at the Opera on Apple

Here is a video about the making of the Prophet Song

The fun part is I have no idea what the song is about besides a prophet who has a vision.

I dreamed I saw on a moonlit stair Spreading his hands on the multitude there A man who cried for a love gone stale And ice cold hearts of charity bare I watched as fear took the old men's gaze Hopes of the young in troubled graves I see no day, I heard him say So grey is the face of every mortal

Um Sure...

You HAVE to listen to this song with Headphones