Monday, November 22, 2010

Here's my latest project, a rockumentary about my 80s Fresno punk band, Capitol Punishment - Pure Punk Pragmatists - 1981-1995 - CP1 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpeRdko55sA

Saturday, August 28, 2010

C-SPAN had a good update this afternoon of the Al Sharpton rally and march that was a reaction to the Glenn Beck rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. There was some video of the event but the link froze up. I suspect because there were so many people trying to access it. They already had over 600 views of just the phone report from Bob Cusack from The Hill.

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/231823
Reclaim the dream rally and march report on cspan

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Starve the Beast
http://soundcloud.com/dale-stewart/starvethebeastpmix3dec1067

Starve the Beast by Dale Stewart

V1
To help the weak and right the wrongs
I need my state to be very strong
Raise a tax to pay for it all
To benefit both big and small

Destroy the government by making it weak
And it becomes ineffective
Then point and say I told you so
That’s the way that it usually goes

Cho
In my heart I hear a sound
The search for truth I have found
The voice of reason diversity

V2
Sign a pledge not to raise a tax
And yet a tax would save the state
Starve the Beast and break it’s back
That’s the way they legislate

Monday, June 14, 2010

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Friday, April 09, 2010

The Blogger software is quite difficult to learn to use. I have a complete story, with photos I took myself and I can't quite get it posted on here. Once I have uploaded my photos, it's impossible to move them around on the page. Then, when I add my text that also cannot be easily moved around on the page.

Blogger is more like a very simple diary. Text only is the best with Blogger. Multiple photos makes it all too unwieldy. If you have multiple photos and would like to put a text box next to or under that photo it just can't be done. Now, I'm sure if I was much better at writing html it would all be easy as pie. But, that's what Blogger brags about: User-friendly software.

On my paid Yahoo website, with their SiteBuilder software it's quite simple and intuitive. But, my subject matter is more appropriate for a blog not a commercial website.

If I could quickly and easily make a page like this on Blogger I would do it:
http://www.stagedive-records.com/cajonhomemade.html

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Saturday, February 06, 2010



THINGS GROW IN FRESNO


Monday, February 01, 2010


The Grammys are a bought and sold scam product of Payola - Always has been always will be and have nothing to do with what is really going on in the world of music.

There is a much, much bigger world of musicians, venues, recordings and promoters out there creating and playing music for a vastly larger audience than that of the Grammy artists.




Examples of NARAS bias:

  • In the 1950s, when Elvis was the biggest pop culture icon in the world they ignored him and gave awards to singers like Domenico Modugno and Percy Faith.

  • In the 1960’s when the Beatles were an even bigger pop culture phenomenon Grammys were given to Henry Mancini and Herb Alpert while the Fab Four were hung out to dry.

  • In the 70’s they dug their heels in further and refused to acknowledge Punk, New Wave and Metal and gave awards to artists like The Starland Vocal Band and Debby Boone.


  • In the 90’s they famously ignored Grunge and the massive impact of Curt Cobain and Nirvana to give awards to Whitney Houston and Eric Clapton. After that I lost interest in the Grammys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Awards
http://openlibrary.org/b/OL9224402M/Contemporary_Music_Almanac

Friday, January 15, 2010

Fresno Fresh & Easy opening day 13JAN10



This is a good thing no matter how you slice it. And the best thing is the location: another grocery store in downtown Fresno!

We just did our grocery shopping on sunday so I didn't really need anything except cookies and a 24oz. bottle of beer. No single bottles of beer but they did have my favorite Loacker cookies for $2 a bag.

I was disappointed to see their reluctance to go below the $3 an item price point, something that The Joe does well.

We will definitely shop there from time to time, but I was disappointed in the stocking of major brands like Coca Cola and Fruit Loops, which I think is somewhat responsible for the fattening up and dumbing down of America.

A piece in the Fresno Bee yesterday said that "Americans are still among the chunkiest folks on the planet, with 68% of adults overweight or obese."

New data based on surveys by the AMA and published by the Center for Disease Control says that not only are adults overweight but 17% of children are obese, too.

40 years of advertising, telling the American people that eating cold cereal and drinking soda pop is good for you is partly to blame for this epidemic. That's why I look for foods that are low in fat, salt and sugar. But, it's an acquired taste.
It takes a long time and a lot of will to get off the unhealthy diet and start to enjoy healthier foods.

One way is to try to find foods that are healthier but are just as satisfying. But, it is difficult to do that when your choices are so slim as are found in most chain store supermarkets. There are about 5 corporations that sell most of the food in the US and they are the kings of high fat, high salt and high sugar content.

That's why I appreciate the selection at Trader Joes. They are the kings of Budget
Gourmet, quite unlike Whole Foods which is king of Expensive Gourmet. The Joe consistently finds ways to include fiber and reduce fat, salt and sugar in great tasting foods that have a relatively low price.