Freddy Fender ALMA Awards Show on ABC

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPx9EsvGqxs

Video when I played with Freddy Fender on ABC at the 2002 ALMA awards (American Latin Music Awards). He was starting to be very ill in 2002 and had a kidney transplant the same year (and a liver transplant in 2004). Freddy passed away on October 14, 2006. Vaya Con Dios Freddy!

FREDDY FENDER RECIEVING PIONEER AWARD ON NATIONAL BROADCAST ON ABC. BAND MEMBERS CHRIS JURADO (BASS) AUGIE MEYERS (PIANO) CONRAD ASKLAND (DIGITAL KEYS) RHYS CLARK (DRUMS) MARK TATE (LEAD GUITAR)VERN MONNETT (STEEL) 

Sven and Ole Joke #274

Two young men from up in Minnesooooota were looking at a Sears catalog and admiring the models.Ole says to Sven ‘Have you seen the beautiful girls in this catalog?

‘Sven replies, ‘Yes, they are very beautiful. And look at the price!’ Ole says, with wide eyes, ‘Wow, they aren’t very expensive. At this price, I’m buying one.

‘Sven smiles and pats him on the back. ‘Good idea! Order one and if she’s as beautiful as she is in the catalog, I will get one too.’

Three weeks later, Sven asks his friend Ole, ‘Did you ever receive the girl you ordered from the Sears catalog?’

Ole replies, ‘No, but it shouldn’t be long now. I got her clothes yesterday!’

Opera

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Det er temmelig hårdt at gå på arbejdet efter en dejlig lang ferie. Men i morgen er det weekend og vi skal til Svendborg, ja nærmere Valdemar slot og hører opera.

Her i huset er vi store fan af opera, min mand mere end andre. Men især disse udendørs operaer er dejlig at gÃ¥ til. Sidste weekend var vi til opera i Teater Hedeland (tæt ved Roskilde), og se Turandot. Det er den med arien”Nessun dorma”, som Pavarotti udødeliggjorde. Lyt til den via youtube linket i højre side af bloggen.

Men altsÃ¥, udendør opera er dejligt. Vi medbringer picnic kurv og sidder og hygger os et par timer før forestillingen, læser om handlingen i “Bogen om opera”. Stemningen til disse arrangementer er meget afslappet, glade, positive folk der er interesseret i opera. Og denne gang bemærkede vi at mange unge mennesker havde fundet vej. Det er mÃ¥ske ved at være moderne at hører opera.

Website Outages

A handful of sites in my networks are currently down. They will resume operation by middle of September. Thank you for your patience. Most of the free public service sites are currently running and accessible.

Askland CD Distribution

I’ve received quite a few emails lately from longtime retailers that want to continue selling my CD’s but have run out of stock. I’m giving thought to options about the direction to take for distribution in the future. Will keep you updated.

Silverlit Sky Challenge Attack Helicopters

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eEden1guIA

I think the Silverlit Sky Challenge attack helicopters are so awesome. A couple weeks ago I got a remote control helicopter at Toys R Us. It was just a small one to goof around with indoors. But the controls worked great and you could really fly it with the remote controls.

Today I’m in Toys R Us again and see this new pair of attack helicopters. They are both on seperate remote controls and have infrared firing guns so you can have air battles with another person. When you score a hit the helicopter goes flying to the ground. It’s very fun! I hope you enjoy the video which shows a couple tips on flying them. There are many more videos on YouTube of these in action too.

Price for the pair of remote control helicopters? Under $50 – now that’s awesome!