In the early 50’s Alan Freed (pictured) a white Dee-Jay started introducing black music to his white listeners which caused the explosion called Rock&Roll.
The music was already being played on the radio elsewhere but the black Dee-Jays who were playing it were talking to black folk so white people never listened. What we need now is for some black Dee-Jay to introduce white music to his black listeners.
SOME ABSTRACT THOUGHTS I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT…
In every picture you ever see of Adam and Eve they have belly buttons, I wonder what they used them for.
Occasionally I’m asked why I still date women and the answer is because I think I can. A lot of them end up with short fat business guys or athletes from the ghetto so why not me.
Women will give up “Eye Candy” in a heartbeat for intellect, men are not so smart.
Husbands never brag to their buddies what great lovers their wives are, in fact it’s quite the opposite.
Falling in love is still the best and worse thing that will ever happen to you.
Love doesn’t have to be perfect it just needs to be true.
I know very few men who are actually looking for wives.
There’s an old adage that claims that you will do well with women if you treat a lady like a whore, and a whore like a lady. I get that but what I don’t get is how you figure out which is which.
There’s no sense in learning something new if you ain’t using what you already learned.
After visiting the DMV or the Post Office which way would you vote on increasing their benefits.
What we know is true but don’t understand is the most puzzling of all.
Have you ever noticed that people who have a financial interest in something never notice if it’s evil.
I truly believe that Trump is only running for president just to see if he can do it.
My Father never bothered to tell me what kind of a man he was, he showed me and I pale in comparison.
The reason there are so many deaths each year from malpractice is because most Doctors didn’t graduate anywhere near the top of their class.
Usually when you out people for being stupid or crooked they fight back. Politicians never do so they must agree with our opinion of them.
Most Lawyers need to be investigated but seeing as most politicians are lawyers, ain’t gonna happen.
Do you trust the rich guys in congress to fairly decide what kind of taxes rich guys should pay.
You are usually only real good at things you love to do.
I think the geeks should resist inventing any new hardware or software before making our computers run as good as cars.
He who controls the language controls the budget, for example we Google it, we don’t Yahoo or Bing it.
The radio stations that actually have people listening to them make more money than those that just have people who hear them.
You can do it if you can dream it, but dreamin’ it is the hard part.
Thomas Jefferson said peace is that glorious moment when people are all standing around reloading.
The moment you enter the building your work place is in you start losing your rights.
You are measured for success by how much more you did after doing what you were expected to do.
I tuned into “The Voice” last week and sadly noticed that over the summer Christina Aguilera had not only lost all her cleavage but her great ass too. I discovered later that Christina had been replaced by Gwen Stefani.
The weaker your radio signal the stronger your programming must be.
There is no such thing as a quiet drunk.
There are two types of people, those who make promises and those who keep them.
When things get real bad the only thing you can count on is that they could still get much worse.
Is a Zebra black with white stripes or white with black stripes.
Former football coach Marv Levy once said that the reason Hitler lost the war was because he couldn’t win on the road.
I’ve been a grandfather now for almost 11 years and both my daughters are still wondering when I’m gonna start acting like it.
One of the scariest things you’ll ever hear is … I NEED TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW!
Boy the Dolphins Jaguars Niners sure stunk it up huh!
When in doubt about whether a legendary story is true or not, always go with the legend.
With Bama going down the weekend before last I wouldn’t want to be hanging around the Gold household a lot.
What day would it be that there was not a mattress sale going on.
Wow, Yogi’s gone. I think my favorite quote of his may be, “I didn’t say all the things I said”. I know the feeling Mr. Berra.
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