"party in the house" or, "the art of optimism"

Anyway,


Now that is what all the bands I grew up with kinda looked like.

(Well, except Kiss.)

I wish hats were societally acceptable again.

Anyway, the J. Geils Band, Anthology: Houseparty

Picked this one up at Amoeba last spring, & it went over really, really well with the boys.

We spent much of the summer (well, at least before we bought the Iron Man 2 soundtrack, & AC/DC took over) partying in the house with the J. Geils Band, just about the world's greatest white-boy blues-funk band.

You have heard "Love Stinks" on that commercial, & you may have come across "Musta Got Lost," "Freeze-Frame," or "Centerfold" in your travels.

I got into them late, when "Centerfold" hit in the early '80s. But their best stuff comes from the '70s & is found on the live albums, so check out Full House, Blow Your Face Out, & Showtime!

I had to dig through boxes of stuff to find my harmonica so Cedric & Finbar could play along w/ "Whammer Jammer," perhaps the greatest of all harmonica-centered instrumentals.

SIDE NOTE:
Harmonicas RULE--you can't get "out of tune" . . . excellent instrument for kids.

Juniors:
FORWARD!!!

Seriously, "The Art of Optimism" simply rules, right?

Mixing the grammatical with a life lesson?

Excellent.

Best.

Forward Friday.

Ever.

Sophomores:
FORWARD!!!

Student-written drafts, we checked.

Multiple-choice questions, we answered.

Like Yoda, he wrote.

cool, be