Upon further review........

Scroll down a little and you see the setlist from the Zeppelin show. Sure, it looks good. But how did it sound?

Well, two sources(a.k.a. bootlegs) have popped up on the internet and no I'm sorry I won't get you a copy. Find a kid,they'll do it for you for a 6-pack of RED BULL.

Anyway, back to the show. I am amazed(not a word I use often) at how strong Robert Plant's voice sounds. Let's face it, he has sounded pretty weak lately. Namely the 2nd Plant/Page album, his solo offering last year, and his new one with Allison Krause. Not a bad album, by the way, but gave you no clue what he still had hidden in that golden throat of his. He still has it and proved it on "Whole Lotta Love" "Kashmir" "Song Remains the Same" "Since I've Been Loving You" "No Quarter". Lisitening to the tape I thought of Phil Rizzuto going"HOLY COW!!!!!!"

John Paul Jones did what he did best. Anchor the background and keep it going. What's really funny is that if you look on the cover of ROLLING STONE with Zep JPJ looks like he's 35 while the other 2 look like their 95.

Jimmy Page. He's a guitar legend he's not going into a big, no gigantic gig like this and not bring his "A" game. He brought the riffs, he brought the violin bow, he brought the effects, he brought everything. Clapton is God???? um........NO!!!!

And that leaves Jason Bonham. Not only did he have to fill in for one of the greatest drummers in rock history....HE ALSO HAD TO FILL IN FOR HIS DAD!!!!!!!! Granted his drumming had a style that was his own, but he absolutely held his own behind the drum set. They made a good call in not playing "MOBY DICK". That drum solo can be only played by one guy and he's currently playing in a band with JIMI HENDRIX and "DIMEBAG" DARRELL.

So to sum it up. I was very pleasantly surprised. And I've been listening to it every day. Once again I say.......GIVE ME A TOUR....at the very least play in PHILLY or A.C.(Borgata will pay you millions....just say YES!!!!!!!)

Thanks........and ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you just say "Happy Holidays"??????

Twas the month before Christmas*
*When all through our land,*
*Not a Christian was praying*
*Nor taking a stand.*
*See the PC Police had taken away,*
*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*
* The children were told by their schools not to sing,*
*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*
*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*
* December 25th is just a 'Holiday'.*
*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*
*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*
*CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod*
*Something was changing, something quite odd! *
*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*
*In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.*
*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*
* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.*
*At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears*
*You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.*
*Inclusive, sensitive, D i-ver-si-ty*
*Are words that were used to intimidate me.*
*Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*
*On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!*
*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*
*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*
*And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith*
* Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*
*The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*
*The reason for the season, stopped before it started.*
*So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'*
*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*
*Choose your words carefully, choose what you say*
*Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS , not Happy Holiday!*

Ouch!!!!

Sent to me from a through and through Eagles Fan!!!!


Subject: Fwd: Eagles, 2007
Q: What do you call 53 people sitting around a TV watching the Super Bowl? A: The Philadelphia Eagles.

Q: How do you keep a Philadelphia Eagle out of your yard? A: Put up goal posts.

Q: Where do you go in Philadelphia in case of a tornado? A: The Linc - they never have a touchdown there.

Q: What do you call a Philadelphia Eagle with a Super Bowl ring? A: A thief.

Q: Why do esn't Camden have a professional football team? A: Because then Philadelphia would want one.

Q: What's the difference between the Philadelphia Eagle & a dollar bill? A: You can still get four quarters out of a dollar bill.

Q: What do the Philadelphia Eagles and possums have in common? A: Both play dead at home and get killed on the road!

Q: How many Philadelphia Eagles does it take to win a Super Bowl? A: Nobody knows and we may never find out.

And Finally : Q: What do the Philadelphia Eagles and Billy Graham have in common? A: They both can make 70,000 people stand up and yell "Jesus Christ".


Funny......but yet not so funny.....maybe!!

Now That Is A Setlist!!

Zep Onstage In London For the First Time in 19 Years.

"Good Times, Bad Times"

"Ramble On"

"Black Dog"

"In My Time of Dying"

"For Your Life" (first time ever played live)

"Trampled Underfoot"

"Nobody's Fault But Mine"

"No Quarter"

"Since I've Been Lovin' You"

"Dazed and Confused"

"Stairway To Heaven"

"The Song Remains the Same"

"Misty Mountain Hop"

"Kashmir"

Encore:

"Whole Lotta Love"

"Rock and Roll"

If there is a God.....a summer tour should happen..PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've never been one to buy into the whole "remastered" thing when it comes to music. Most of the time they just bump up the bass and treble and say it's "remastered". Dude, I can do that in my car. If you want my money get the master tapes and completely redo it. And that is exactly what Jimmy Page did on the "remastered" SONG REMAINS THE SAME SOUNDTRACK. This recording is phenomenal. Now included is all of the missing songs from the original. BLACK DOG, MISTY MTN. HOP, SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU, OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY, etc. But the songs that were there have been remixed to sound incredible. Wait till you hear Plant's vocals on NO QUARTER(that song always was the highlight of the soundtrack for me). Trust me when I say that this "remaster" is worth every penny. And since it's Christmas Time get it as a gift so it's someone else's penny. GO GET IT!!!!!!

Why Phish?

This is why......

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M0zq2ZJO4fg&feature=related



And why Dave w/ VH....this is why...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jYgLaCjau40

Oh Come On!!!!

From Sean Patrick's blog about the VH show:

Though I would have loved to hear Poundcake, When it's Love, Right Now, or Best of Both Worlds......



This is just rediculous. Everybody knows that DLR Van Halen is the only Van Halen. When Sammy showed up the word "catchy" went out the window. I'm tired of arguing about this but if you take the best Sammy/VH show you saw and put it up against the DLR/VH show you just saw. I think you know the winner.

I'll update in another month.....MAYBE SOONER!!!!!

The return Of The Blog and the Return of VH!!!!!!!

Alright, I'm going to start focusing on this blog more. Here I have an outlet for my wacky thoughts, beliefs, ramblings, etc. and I ignore it. Well, no more!!!

VAN HALEN IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For those keeping track, when I first started on ZXL back in 1995 I made no secret that I believed VH was Dave not Sammy. Most of you agreed. However there was the occasional douchebag listener whose whole purpose in life was to worship at the altar of Spammy. Eventually they just gave up and moved on. Good Riddance.

So time passes and Dave and VH are standing onstage at the VMAS. That reunion lasts one night. VH keeps putting out crappy albums. Dave puts out decent enough albums but nobody's buying. Time goes on and the likelihood of me seeing Dave and Eddie onstage are getting slimmer than Valerie Bertinelli's waistline on Jenny Craig.

It was then that fate intervened. Eddie and Spammy have a COMPLETE falling out. Michael Anthony gets caught up in the wake and goes to. DLR loses his radio job. Eddie goes into rehab. And then like manna from heaven the press release falls from the sky.....TOUR.....VAN HALEN....WITH DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flash forward to Roctober 3rd. Wachovia Center 8:30pm. Lights go out.....Eddie makes his way to the stage...starts playing some random riffs....lasesrs....smoke....black curtain comes down....and there it is!!! DAVID LEE ROTH AND EDDIE TOGETHER AGAIN!!!!

Now you're thinking it can't be as good. Well, you'd be wrong!! Don't believe me? Here's the setlist:

01. You Really Got Me

02. I'm the One

03. Runnin' With the Devil

04. Romeo Delight

05. Somebody Get Me a Doctor

06. Beautiful Girls

07. Dance the Night Away

08. Atomic Punk

09. Everybody Wants Some

10. So This Is Love?

11. Mean Street

12. Pretty Woman

13. Drum Solo

14. Unchained

15. I'll Wait

16. And the Cradle Will Rock

17. Hot for Teacher

18. Little Dreamer

19. Little Guitars

20. Jamie's Cryin'

21. Ice Cream Man

22. Panama

23. Guitar Solo (incl. "Women in Love" intro, "Cathedral", "Eruption")

24. Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love

25. 1984

26. Jump

Not one questionable song in the bunch. Dave is still the perfect frotman for Eddie's playing. I walked away very happy!!!!!! The 20 year wait turned out to be worth it!!!

On a side note this is also the first concert since 1991 that I haven't had a number of beers to go with it. Not because I quit. Christ, i do that and my whole schtick is done. My career will be over. I'm the guy who drinks!!!

Anyway, last week I got a cold and it became so bad I had to go to the doctor and get some antibiotics and cough medicine with codeine in it so I could get to sleep. So I still have some of this medicine floating through me. So I offered to drive my buddies and not drink. Suprisingly I had just as good a time. Go Figure!!! I can pretty much guarantee it will never happen again.

I promise I will update this blog more often. Keep checking back.

Peace Out!!!

ROCK ON!!

TBONE ROCKS!!

Not enough complaints yet!!!!!

In My EMAIL the other day:

Despite all of my nagging at Emily's party, you continue to ignore your blogsite. How are the millions of fans able to keep up with your doings??? We all had a good time at that party. Go Eagles.


Until the complaints reach a fever pitch. I'm not blogging.


Peace


Tbone!!!!!

I DO CARE!!!!!(you bastards)

Granted, American Idol is a pretty cheesy show. Simon and his T shirt....Paula and her drug addicted ways....Randy never mentioning he played bass for Journey during that Raised on Radio phase(ooooooooooh.......chills)!!!

(I can't figure out how to get this font back to normal so this is what you get till the end!!!!)

Tonight, however, Idol did their show plus raise money for AFRICA...Katrina victims....poverty in general.

HEY I THINK I FIXED IT!!!

If you watched the show and saw the vignettes on all of the above you couldn't help but feel very very bad about the state of the world especially AFRICA. It's just very, very sad what's going on there(keep your Racist jokes to yourself!!!!).

So anyway, none of the contestants got kicked off tonight( I called that at the beginning of the show when Seacrest said "a SHOCKING VOTE!!!!")So some of the performances will be available on iTUNES and the cost will be donated to charity. Most of the performances were..........not worth the money. But Jeff Beck was onstage with Kelly Clarkson with a great blues tune. I'm willing to pay for that. It will probably be 1.99. I figured I did my part. Then Mrs. TBONE said something to the effect of...."Way to unloose those purstrings..Mr. Miser!!!!"

Then I went and found the website for donations and threw in $20.00. Tell me I don't care. That 20 dollars paid for malaria medicine for 5 children. I feel as good as when I went to the National Aquarium in Baltimore and bought ten acre of rainforest with each quarter I put in the machine there. ( I swear a Holiday Inn is on the way to that spot. Once I figure out exactly where that spot is. I'll have STING play the grand opening!!!)

Anyway, for those of you who think it's all about beer and rock in my world......well, it is. But every once in a while...I do care.


So Should You.


Rock On!!
TBONE

This is why I take "happy" pills!!!

Why is it I have to raise my children in this absolutely crazy fucking world!!!!!!!!???????

1."To Catch a Predator-Dateline NBC"--When Chris Hanson and crew were just in Ocean County a guy about 2 MILES from me was arrested for trying to have sex with a minor!!!!!

2. Pedophiles stalk out kids on MYSPACE.

3. Graphic television is on 24 hr. a day.

4. 33 People are dead at VIRGINIA TECH for just being in the wrong place at the wrong time!!!

5. Philadelphia is trying to take Detroit and Camden out of the top spot as #1 crime ridden city.

6. High school GIRLS are the #1 abuser of steroids!!!

The list can go on and on and on. I think I need to call my doctor and up the dosage!! I'm beginning to lose control!!!

It comes in threes!!!!R.I.P

1 Brad Delp(singer from Boston)

2 Richard Jeni(comedian)

3. Who Can It Be????????

True, Perhaps

The Who Gives A Sh*t File!!!

1. Britney Spears----WHO GIVES A SH*T

2. Anna Nicole----WHO GIVES A SH*T

3. The Oscars---WHO GIVES A SH*T

4. American Idol---WHO GIVES A SH*T

5. $370 Million Lottery---If I Don't Win...WHO GIVES A SH*T

These are just 5 quick examples. Come up with your own list and I'll post them here. Email is TOMMY@WZXL.COM

The "HERO" campaign hasn't made it to Australia yet

Today's "drunk driver shows up drunk for a DUI hearing" story comes from Brisbane, Australia, where a 54-year-old woman arrived at a courthouse so wasted, she registered a blood alcohol level more than five times the legal limit.Authorities say it was easy to spot the drunken woman arriving for her hearing -- she crashedher vehicle into a row of parked cars outside the courthouse. She was released on bail after being charged with a second DUI, but was jailed later in the day when she was caught driving under the influence for a third time.


Now I may drink alot, but I'm nowhere near that bad!!!!!

PEACE!!!

An Old Favorite Returns After Fire!!!!

The Anchorage in Somers Point is going to reopen on Thursday!!!(Feb. 1) I'll be honest in saying that I'm a Charlie's guy when it comes to bars in Somers Point!! It's nothing personal to the Anchorage, it's just that I have had a lot of fun times at Charlie's. I'm just there more.

Kudos to owner Don Mahoney who promised to have it reopened ASAP. And even though he had to deal with contractors(hee, hee)..did just that. I just might show up Thursday night. It should be a pretty good party. And that's the name of the game in my world!!

Peace!!

AND PARTY ON!!!

Get Stoned At 4:20

3 song set of the Stones at 4:20 everyday.

I'm thinking about putting together a Top 15 list. But it's up to you the listener to vote. Let me know your three favorite Stones tunes.

Either respond to this blog or email me through WZXL.COM

And be honest...START ME UP should not be on your list. It's overplayed and done!!!!

Let me know...and tell your friends.

PEACE!

Ron "Tater Salad" White

Since it's been a while since I blogged on a semi-regular basis, there are some stories I never got to.

Back in the fall I got tickets to see Ron White over at the Tropicana. Out of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour bunch he is without a doubt the funniest. Jeff Foxworthy, other that the "you might be a redneck" stuff...not funny. Bill Engvall......absolutely not funny. Even Larry the Cable Guy's act can feel stale after about a half hour.

Here's what I like in my comedians.

1) Sarcasm...and the more of it the better.

2)a feeling that it's the two of us sitting around and telling funny stories.

3) No "what's the deal with airline peanuts jokes"!!!! Be creative. I paid good money for this.

If you've never seen Ron White's act. You must be living in a cave. Comedy central pretty much puts it on and hits the repeat button once a month.

Ron has all three of the above categories taken care of. And as an added bonus he appaers to be drunk. Which adds a certain class to the festivities. I used to think the"drinking" was an act, but he is starting to really get that "i Drink Too Much look".

The whole show was good. One of the highlights was that there were these two seats right in the middle....empty. It's a sold out show. So about 30 minutes into it. Two people come in and guess where there seats are? Yep, those two seats. Now i don't know about you. But if I had those seats for a comedy show I would not show up late. You're going to be ridiculed. Sure enough they head for the seats. Ron stops what he was talking about......says"Oh! Hey ! Glad you could make it!! Is the anything I can get you?...........LIKE A FUCKING WATCH!!!!" Bang!!! The whole crowd erupts.

Anyway, if you haven't seen his act find one of his DVDs. Sit back and get ready to laugh. I promise you won't be dissappointed.

PEACE!!!

Alright. You can stop with all the e-mails about how I never blog. I promise starting now, and every day there will be something new here. This however is no guarantee...I've said the same thing before.

First topic.....

Dec. 30th I saw the greatest show I have seen in a very long time. Trey Anastasio at the HOUSE OF BLUES. Just a little history. In 1993 I saw a band at the Tower Theater in Philly. That band changed the way i listened to music for the rest of my life. I realized songs don't need to be be packaged in 4 minute bursts. It's OK to let them be free and open and go wherever the music takes it. Sure the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead figured that out a long time ago. But this band did it different, some might argue..better. That band was PHISH. I was amazed at this band and quickly embraced it as the greatest music i ever heard. So I saw them twice in 1993 once again in 1995 at the Spectrum. Phish had a huge following that followed them from town to town, but I had neither the resources nor the money to pull that off. I also didn't know anyone to trade tapes with(like the Dead, Phish would allow recording at their shows).

So as the 90's went by my interest in PHISH started to wane. Mainly because I was out of the loop as to what they were up to live. I moved on to Blues Traveler and claimed they were the greatest band in the land. I stuck with that belief for a while. Then around 2001-2002 Hi-speed internet started to come into its' own. Which made downloading music a lot less tedious and time consuming and lo and behold i come across all of these Phish shows. I download a show just to see what I missed out on.....AND MY HEAD EXLPLODED!!! Not only did I miss out...I missed out on the peak of this bands' career. So I turn into this downloading junkie trying to get hold of as many shows as possible.

Flash forward to 2006. Phish has called it quits 2 years before because they knew it just wasn't as good as it was before so why tarnish a great legacy(I can respect that). But I haven't seen them live since 1995 and I'm an addict now!!! Lucky for me Trey is out on the road and coming to A.C.!!!!

My sister in law works at the HOB and gets me primo seats in the balcony front row dead center. Trey comes out on stage starts plaing his guitar and I am once again smiling in enjoyment at a concert. The music is loose, danceable, and just plain fun. Second song of the night was one of my favorite PHISH tunes("STASH") and I almost lose it with happiness. The whole show goes like this and I had a great time.

Sure enough two days later, on the Internet, The show has been posted by one of the tapers!!!

I've never hidden my love for the jam. Some people get it others don't. That's cool. To each his own.

I promise I'll try to write something every day. Maybe nest time I'll talk about how RON WHITE is the funniest comedian on the face of the EARTH.

Til next time!!!

PEACE!!!!