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AROUND & AROUND WE GO......

Seaside Oregon Turn-A-Round

WHILE THE OREGON ECONOMY SHRINKS...SPENDING SKYROCKETS

 
In the 14 years that unemployment has been above the national average, the state all-funds budget has grown by 161 percent. You read right....161 percent.

IF YOU ARE NOT WATCHING THE WORLD SERIES......"FEAR THE BEARD"!

THIS FINAL PHOTO REALLY PAINTS A PICTURE OF WHEN THE WORLD SERIES WAS IMPORTANT IN AMERICA.

What has happened to Americas favorite sporting event, The World Series? Take this from a guy who has very little interest in sports, but is slam dunked hooked on this San Francisco-Texas series. The Fox network paid 246 million for the rights to air the World Series and must have cringed when they knew it was not going to be the Yankees, but this series is one of the best ever because the Giants have made it so. Fans are dressed up wearing costumes inspired by one of the best pitchers in baseball, Brian Wilson and the Kung Fu Panda, Pablo Sandoval along with the other colorful players on this team. Kids don't have much interest in the World Series anymore. I have asked kids and adults and they could care less. I remember the days when cool teachers would wheel a black & white TV into the class room so we could watch Mickey Mantle at bat. If you had a not so cool teacher we would conceal our transistor radios and listen to the games while passing notes to friends alerting them about changes. This San Francisco team has heart and passion. It will be worth your time to get into this series. Game 3 plays at 3:30 today. Be There.

ON THIS DAY IN 1999 TOM MICHAELS PASSED AT 57 YEARS

 He was a special guy, great on the air, terrific looking for TV and the best radio production talent ever to work in this city. He was talking to his lady friend on the phone from his beach cabin in Manzanita and died. Nobody could believe it. When I was a kid, the hounding this man took from me was almost criminal. I would drive him nuts about getting signed on Kisn. He finally told me that I was hired if I would not call him anymore! Tom Michaels was loved by listeners, family and the star struck kids that came through that building at 10 NW 10th. 

KOIN RADIO AIRED "WAR OF THE WORLDS" ON THIS DAY IN 1938

FILL ER UP IN 1920

Thanks to Lars Larson for sending me these terrific black & whites.

BIG BUZZ ON STREET THAT THE FIRST MERCEDES DEALER IN USA WAS SOLD TO LITHIA MOTORS

 

GREAT STORY FROM BILLY HINSCHE OF DINO-DESI & BILLY FAME

From: William Hinsche
Subject: A Buffalo Tale...

Dave,

I went to a birthday party for my friend and schoolmate, Deana Martin, at her family's home in Beverly Hills circa '66 - '67.  I think it was her (significant) eighteenth birthday and she wanted the Buffalo Springfield to perform at the party; so the band showed up, set up and played out by the pool.  It was real bare bones: no stage, not even a riser, just drums and amps on the asphalt in front of the length of the pool; of course, no special lighting whatsoever.  Dino, Desi and I were already enjoying a modicum of success and I was a big fan of this new LA group.  I had listened to their eponymous album, loved the songs, studied it closely and learned a lot of new guitar technique; like on "Rock 'n' Roll Woman" I even started employing my amplifier's vibrato / speed function during some of our own live performances and recordings - so I couldn't believe they were playing in the Martin's back yard.  I'll never forget how Neil was dressed in his full-on fringe jacket regalia that was his signature look.  They did "Clancy," "Sit Down, I Think I Love You" and more - they sounded great.  

So the story goes, at one point in the evening, Dean, who was in his upstairs private den / bedroom area of the house and within earshot of the concert, couldn't handle the "loud music" anymore, so he anonymously called the BHPD and complained of  "a lot of noise at the Martin's house."  The cops arrived shortly thereafter and shut everything down.

Epilogue:  Deana was not happy about it when she found out, but Dean got a big kick out of this stunt and used it a few more times whenever a party got too loud for him.

True story,

Billy Hinsche

 

 

FRIDAY SURPRISE FROM THE STUMPTOWN BLOGGER

THE LORD OF NORTHWEST 23RD

Friends call him "Dickie Singer", and they regard him as the mavin who re-created Northwest 23rd Ave from a slum to the hottest strip in Stumptown. Singer could of done it the easy way by leasing to McDonalds and Taco Bell, but Singer had a vision of independent trendy shops and cool restaurants. Mission Accomplished! On the other side of the coin we have Terry Currier, owner of Music Millennium who was first to take the plunge by opening a record store in the neighborhood. Terry built a store the area and the city adored with a great vibe and over one hundred (free) live shows a year. When retail took a hit and the downloading craze went off the charts, Terry needed some help from Singer. The counter offers were lousy placements that did not work for Currier. The end of the story is we lost a Northwest 23rd icon . If Singer would of reduced the rent and made it work he would of stuck $360,000 smacks in the bank. The store has been dark since 2007. Singers Grandfather was legendary jeweler Harry Zell who gave Dickie his first building at age three (building is on 23rd Ave)......and then we have Currier who does it all for the love of music. I would bet that Harry Zell would of told Dickie to make it work and give the kid a haircut! In this months Oregon Business Magazine, Singer was quoted "We are very specific about who we bring in. I approach most of these people. And until we get somebody (to fill the Music Millennium corner) we'd rather be empty"  YEAH RIGHT!

SHOW ME THE MONEY

Nike Corporation gave Dr. John $22,500 and Dudley received $15,000 for the election efforts. Phil Knight wrote a personal check to Dudley for $200,000 smacks. I wonder who Phil is voting for?

GOOGLE THIS:

Googles international operations are located in Dublin. The office  houses 2,000 employees, and they hauled in a whopping 12.5 billion in sales. Most of the profits, however, went to the tax haven of Bermuda where there's no corporate income tax at all. These Google boys are no dummies.

STUFF

Typhoon opened in West Linn. They have been allegedly under fire for slave labor charges. Here's a good one to make you stay away, when they first opened downtown a regular customer busted a glass by accident. When the bill arrived they socked it to them good. The customer complained and the owner would not budge. The customer has never been back and has told the story a thousand times.....Dudley by three points....Why did the motion picture Nowhere Boy leave the theaters after a week? It was the rave at Sundance. I can't wait to see the film "Inside Job" opening today at the Fox. We will see the faces of all the crooks who almost took this country down....Phil Stanford's book is on the stands at Powell's and selling fast!  The Peyton-Allan Files is just plain fascinating......The Broadway Cigar Co gets to light up again next week after the Smoke Police gave them a spanking for nothing. I mean NOTHING!  This town better get their priorities straight soon.  

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