09/06/2010- Oh, Phil Collins... You too???

::Extra Goodies::The ::WIKI "FACTS":: in this morning's Ocho-rific Song o the Day referenced Another Day in Paradise-Phil Collins.   I went to YouTube to get the video and embed it here .... but sadly; you can add Phil Collins to the list of people who don't want their videos embedded.

09/06/2010 - Right Now - Van Halen - 1992

Happy Labor Day!
In the video below, The History Channel takes a look at the origins of Labor Day,  changing methods of manufacturing and legislative gains made by labor unions.

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::Extra Goodies::When I was in the whirlwind of that Bill St. James fiasco a couple of weekends ago, I think I may have happened across a wonderful thing .....

09/05/2010 - Come Sail Away - Styx - 1977

A Note From the Author: 
I did FULLY intend to get this posted before midnight of last night and the evening got away from me. 
It's my goal to have these written ahead so that I can just choose the song, add some "daily" thoughts and post them every

morning at 6am like clockwork.  I promise, we're almost there :)

For those of you who are reading along on a regular basis, I'm open to your suggestions, thoughts and feedback regarding the Ocho-rific Song o the Day and things you'd like to see featured ... you can address them to kjackson808@comcast.net. Please put "Ocho-rific", "Song of the day", etc in the subject line.

I do want to assure you that the Ocho-rific Song o the Day will return to it's usual WIDE variety of music just as soon as my "Styx Fever" has worn off.  :)   In fact, I'll go ahead and promise you now that tomorrow WON'T be Styx.  For those of you who can't get enough of Styx, please don't panic ... we'll revisit them soon ... :)

And YOUR First Concert Was?

Happy Saturday!!

I'm still editing pics from Thursday Night's Styx show in DuQuoin. 

09/03/2010 - A Lunchtime Quickie - Nicely Done, Pop Bumper!!

I have a very few minutes to turn out this little blog and get out the door and back to work, but this just can't wait.  I searched You Tube at lunch to see if I could find any video from the Styx show in DuQuoin, Illinois last night.  I found this one, made by popbumper.  Fabulous job!

Popbumper, whoever you are .. If you do this sort of thing often; I hope you'll get in touch.  I thoroughly enjoyed this  I'll post it below as well as a link to the Styx website ... be sure to visit!!

Lots of pics and groovy stories from last night's trip to DuQuoin in tomorrow's
Ocho-rific Song o the Day!!

http://www.styxworld.com/
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Have a Grand and Groovy Day!!

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If you happen to read along with my marketing thoughts,
you may have seen the blog last Sunday regarding Flashback with Bill St. James....

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Dear .. dear Bill St. James,

You and I have now shared more Sunday mornings than I did with my former hubby.

This morning I woke and came to my sun-filled kitchen, flipped the button on the java pot and went to turn my radio on. My Sunday morning routine, Flashback, a pot of java and creative thinking time. I thoroughly enjoy it!!

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If you're reading along with the Ocho-rific Song o the Day, it's obvious that you're fans of random information and great music.  Flashback is the Ocho-rific Song o the Day is absolutely groove-tacular!!

You can click here to LISTEN LIVE!
It routed me to KVVL out of Maryville, Mo.

Enjoy!!

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 Until next time...
Have a Grand and Groovy Day!!
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August 28th, 2010 - Run Runaway - Slade - 1983

Good morning and Happy Saturday, Cats, Kittens and little dahlings!!

You can thank Mary 6-name for this Ocho-rific extravaganza about running away!!

We've both been dying to take off on a Thelma & Louise adventure ... however we do not plan to shoot out any police radios or anything like that on our adventure. Anywho, we're running away in just a tad over 83 days and I'm terribly excited!

August 26th, 2010 - If You Leave - OMD

Well I certainly know where I was at this moment twelve years ago today. 


I was sitting on a balcony in Ocho Rios, Jamaica having a ciggie and a cuppa java on what was ...
my wedding day.  Wow!  That seems like an absolute lifetime ago. 

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice..."

What a crummy day to be running a day behind on the Ocho-rific Song o the Day!

I never did get this song posted yesterday, so I'm backposting it for 11:59pm :) ...
I chose it because of a Facebook status message on the page of a friend.  I may revisit this and update it on Saturday because I DO have a LOT to say on the topic of FREEWILL! :)  

Tuesday - 8/24/2010 An Ocho-rific Cover Tune - that'll show YOU, David Bowie...

Modern Love

David Bowie

1983

David Bowie and his people don't want me to embed his video,
so you can click here to open it in a new window on youtube. =)

And by the way, David Bowie ... should you or your people happen to wonder back over here to my Ocho-rific little world (after you notice the spike in views on your 27ish year old song!!) .. please note that it's a total pain in the arse to not be able to embed a video.  Good Grief!! Natalie Merchant is the worst!! She just wears me out with her anti-online-socialness.  For the love of Peter, Paul and Mary ... it's MARKETING, you dingle-dwarfs!!
It's for the benefit of you!!

The Ocho-riffic Song o' the Day - 8/17/2010 - A La Tears for Fears

((Well it doesn't feel very Ocho-riffic to me now because it's four days late.  I intended for this to be the Ocho-riffic song of the day on Friday the 13th.  Needless to say, the morning got away from me and by the end of the night, the LAST thing on earth I felt was Ocho-riffic.  And so, I'll take another run at making this a daily feature ... to challenge myself, if nothing else ...))Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears -

The Ocho-riffic Song of the Day, A La Peter Gabriel

At one time I made a pretty good run of posting an Upbeat hit of the day on Myspace. Myspace seems so vintage now.  I still log on once every week or two ... and honestly, still prefer the format of myspace where creative tweaks such as page design and music are concerned...but everyone's on the doggone FB now ... so I spend most of my social networking time there.

Overkill by Men at Work

I hate to have to remind myself why I'm exhausted and feel craptacular. 

It's amazing the path we can take when we sit down to get online.  Just as I was off to bed last night, I logged onto youtube to hear a song that'd been stuck in my head all day.  It all began as I was brushing my teeth around 8:40 central time.  It would've been fine for me to still be brushing my teeth at 8:40 if I worked in the same time zone.  My workplace time clock is ten minutes ahead of the central time zone, therefore it was actually 8:50 "workplace time" and my estimated travel time to work is eight minutes.