Fat Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday, because of the primary elections.
Fat Tuesday, because this is after all, Mardi Gras (French for Tuesday Fat).
And throw in the Winter Storm Warning for the Kansas City area, plus Mike's mention of late sixties music, and we could call it Psychedelic Fat Super Tuesday Blizzard.

But I don't have to do that, so I won't.

Item: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In), by the First Edition (Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell and others whose names escape me). Their first hit, and certainly not their usual country / rock / pop sound. Made it to number three on the "WHB 40 Star Super Hit Survey" here in K. C., the first week of March 1968 (and made it to number two on the "KUDL Boss 30 Survey" a week later).

You guessed it, I got out my shoebox of surveys...

Anyway, there are several songs from that Psychedelic era that I like when I'm in the right mood, but I always thought that one was trying too hard to be "relevant". Kenny Rogers settled into the more country sound right after that, and I was a bit surprised to find that "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" was recorded in 1969. I thought that one was from the early to mid seventies.

Mike, I'll bet I could jog your memory on sixties music, but that would call for a whole lot more typing than I'm motivated to do now. Maybe later. Similar to your comment about remembering sixties songs from when you heard them in your youth, you could ask me what fifties music I remember from that time - not from later on the oldies stations. My list from that era would be short.

Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons"
Chuck Berry "Johnny B Goode", "Maybelline"
Elvis Presley - probably two or three of his songs I could pin down as actually remembering from back then, not from later. I'll have to ponder that.
Buddy Holley "Peggy Sue", "That'll Be The Day"
Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues"
And some novelty songs. Lonnie Donagan "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose It's Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight?", also the Alvin And The Chipmunks stuff.

On the subject of getting decades confused, a while back I ran across mention of The Everly Brothers songs from the fifties. I would have sworn their music hit in the early sixties. Just goes to show you.

Item: Super Tuesday. I left for work extra early this morning, what with the dire forecast for the evening rush hour. I thought it might be wise to be able to leave early and get to the polls before the roads got icy (more on that in a moment). Before I got on the interstate, mention was made on my car radio of the polls being open, so I changed plans and voted in the morning. I did vote for Mitt Romney, but if John McCain gets the nod, I'll vote for him in November.

Item: Winter Storm Warning. So far today it's been just cold and rainy - after yesterday's 71 degrees, no less! No trouble on the drive home, and then my wife and I made a quick trip to the grocery store, no problem. I haven't looked out in an hour, so for all I know the freezing rain has begun. Then we're supposed to have sleet, then changing to snow overnight and into the morning "rush". We could have three to six inches of snow here in the metro, and somewhere nearby there could be 10 inches, with drifts to two feet and blizzard conditions for a while. Of course, if the storm track changes a bit, that "somewhere nearby" could end up right on top of us.

Item: Mardi Gras, then Ash Wednesday tomorrow. This year, Easter falls on as early a date as it can, so the Lenten season is upon us. Us Lutherans aren't required to "give up something for Lent", but some of us like the idea anyway. Starting tomorrow, I'm cutting way back on the junk food, especially sugar. I don't expect to cut out sugar entirely, but I hope to I'll be able to take a step in the right direction and start to notice some improvement.

Well, I've sit here long enough. Guess I'll go downstairs and turn on the TV - maybe there will be some election results or weather updates.

Or...I could search for my Beausoleil tape and listen to some Cajun Zydeco music for Mardi Gras. Sounds like fun.