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Posted elsewhere but meant for @Hopstretch who might not go there

Way late but I don't get 'round these parts as often as I should. Thank you for the kind wishes. It was a nice birthday.

30 years since this album, Murder Ballads, came out. 🫣

Continues to be the number one album to fry my brain in an attempt to think straight. The Lounge Lizards No Pain for Cakes. Ex.

They were a favorite group of mine. The idea of three lead singers was interesting. It made their sound quite varied. They were also one of the first big groups to come to Anchorage. They did a tour of drive-in movie theaters. I couldn't afford a ticket at 11 years of age, but we sat outside of the drive-in and heard the concert as well as saw it.

Chuck Negron had a storied past for sure. He developed a bad heroine habit, was dropped from Three Dog Night, and became a junkie living on the streets for many years. Then he cleaned up and re-joined the group. Kind of amazing. R.I.P. Chuck.

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RIP Chuck Negron (3 Dog Night) & LaMonte McLemore (The 5th Dimension)

Sports legend, Detroit Tigers pitcher from the 60s and 70s, Mickey Lolich. He was 85. Most well known for pitching 3 complete game wins in the 1968 World Series, the last two, in Games 5 and 7, were wins over the great Bob Gibson, who had an incredible 1.12 ERA in 1968. Lolich was a somewhat improbable hero, as teammate Denny McLain had won 31 games in the regular season that year, which was the last time that will ever happen. All a bit ahead of my time, as I was a 6 year-old. But I've heard it recounted many times by Tigers fans, not the least of whom is our friend Todd 'the Vinyl Junkie' Green out in Three Forks, MT.