Rants from the man who brings you DobberHockey and the Dobber Sports Network
I am taking a quick moment to update you on my battle with leukemia and my recovery from a stem-cell transplant. I state the words “quick moment” and that’s a good thing. It’s not to gloss over anything that I went through or that others are going through, but to state emphatically that I am better, I am healthy and I am strong. I literally have no news to share, and in this case no news truly is good news.
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While reviewing all music, year by year, I was curious about certain groups and artists and how I feel about their music today. I decided to rank the songs of some of the greats and after kicking things off with the Beatles, Zeppelin, and Nirvana, I have decided to do The Rolling Stones next. The band with the most longevity.
Continue reading “My 30 Favorite Songs by The Rolling Stones”
In late 1998 I met a woman who would become my girlfriend of over four years. It was at a bar in London called GT’s. She moved in with me relatively quickly, because circumstances (on her end) expedited things. We moved quickly in a lot of ways, but slowly in others, not the least of which was emotional attachment. No need to get into that, but she was a big part of my 1999. I got a dog in January, a husky I named Sable. We got the dog, actually. I paid for her, but after our breakup in 2003 I let my (ex) girlfriend have the dog for reasons I may explain in the 2003 segment if I feel it’s relevant to my life in music for that year.
While reviewing and cataloging all music, I was curious about certain groups and artists and how I feel about their music today. I decided to rank the songs of some of the greats and after kicking things off with the Beatles and Zeppelin, I settled on Nirvana, one of the greatest bands of all time.
Look at this bullshit headline:
“Beer in corner stores could cost Ontario taxpayers $1 billion, industry sources say”
Uh, no.
And I’m not some ignorant hack spewing an argument based on gut reaction. Well, okay, it’s a gut reaction. But I really was in the inventory distribution business (I was a planner and an analyst) before quitting to work for myself in the hockey world. I do know what I’m talking about. And logistics and operations took up several courses in University.
“industry officials argue that adding thousands of small retail outlets would dramatically increase distribution costs, lowering profit margins for brewers and leading to higher beer prices for consumers“
I call bullshit.
Continue reading “No, corner store beer won’t cost taxpayers $1 billion. Scare tactics!”
At the start of 1998, at the turn of the New Year, I had moved to London and returned to school. This time it was college. Some close friends and family were in this city so it was an easy transition. My mind and heart were still reeling from the breakup that was a good 14 months prior. As always, I turned to music.
As I go through all the popular music released, year over year, some names of course came up a lot. One of them – Led Zeppelin.
The band that easily made the most appearances on my year-by-year lists. Does anyone dislike The Beatles? Is that even possible?
Continue reading “My 55 Favorite Songs by The Beatles”
By popular demand, I have added 1964 and now 1963 (originally the rankings started with 1965).
Things people have said about this, that I don’t care about