Elway

Sometimes you find music that, when you hear it for the first time, it just has you in it's grip and it will not let go. On the other side, it's familiar in a way that you have not seen or heard in years and you really enjoy the vibe. 

Elway, a band from Fort Collins, Colorado, is the band that band I speak of.

I saw them a few years ago as an opening band, who I later had a chance to talk to, and are just a great group of musicians. They were on tour for their first full album "Delusions" released in 2011.

From the get go I felt and saw something I had not in years. It took me a few songs later to realize what I felt and saw was a mid 80's Minneapolis Replacements, Husker Du, Soul Asylum kinda thing. All in a very GOOD way. The music, the way they joked on stage, the way sometimes they just don't give a f*ck and man do I miss those days.

Here is how I saw the band first...live.

Listen to "Delusions" 

The bands most recent release called "Leavetaking" was released in 2013 and is a great follow up.

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Toon Tunes

I know as a kid, one of my greatest memories, just like any other kid, was watching cartoons. Growing up in the late 60's and early 70's  is  also something that was sort of perfect timing for many of what would later be called classic cartoons.

These days, some those classics have either ended up on YouTube or on DVD. While many others still have yet to seen official release, they find their way to the public by collectors of cartoons and animation.

Of course, I had my favorites and in the late 90's a CD was released titled "Toon Tunes".
It contained MANY cartoon theme songs on it. On first listen, a lot of favorites popped out, giving me many flashbacks, in a good way, but I also heard others that I forgot about but thought ...Oh Yea and starting singing within a few seconds later. These songs are something that when you just hear them, they can bring an old fashioned grin or a big smile as you remember some of those great childhood memories. Oh, by the way...I still watch cartoons.

What follows are some of my favorites (not in any order)

Spiderman     MP3
Speed Racer     MP3
The Banana Splits     MP3
Underdog     MP3
The Jetsons     MP3
Jonny Quest     MP3
The Pink Panther Theme     MP3
Peanuts     MP3
Atom Ant   MP3
Secret Squirrel     MP3
George Of The Jungle     MP3
Super Chicken     MP3
Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines     MP3
The Flintstones   MP3
Rockin' Bird     MP3
Bedrock Twich     MP3
Way Outs     MP3
Open Up Your Heat And Let The Sunshine In     MP3
I'm Just A Bill     MP3
Conjunction Junction     MP3
Tom & Jerry     MP3
Woody Woodpecker     MP3
Mighty Mouse     MP3
Casper The Friendly Ghost     MP3
Huckleberry Hound     MP3
Quick Draw McGraw     MP3
Fractured Fairy Tales     MP3
Peabody's Improbable History     MP3
Felix The Cat     MP3
Yogi Bear     MP3
The Bullwinkle Show     MP3
Dudley Do-Right     MP3
Wally Gator      MP3
Magilla Gorilla     MP3