Let your soul stand cool and composed in front of a million universes. — Walt Whitman “Song Of Myself, 48”
Today's 97X Wavelength
Let your soul stand cool and composed in front of a million universes. — Walt Whitman “Song Of Myself, 48”
Give me love … Give me peace on Earth … Give me life … Keep me free as a bird. — George Harrison
Many, many men can’t see the open road. — Led Zeppelin “Over the Hills and Far Away”
Can! — Buzz Lightyear
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. — Henry David Thoreau “Walden”
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2. Unexpected Death Of Saint Louis Wrestler Dreddin Villalpando On The Eve Of The State Tournament Hit The Crusaders' Brotherhood Hard (March 31) |
3. A Difficult Story To Write: OIA 186-Pound Final Illustrates That Safety Is Job No. 1 (March 2) |
4. Moanalua's Karter Nitahara And Blaze Sumiye Are Bedrock's Nos. 1 And 2 Pound-For-Pound Wrestlers For 2022 (March 13) |
5. Erin Hikiji, Haley Narahara And Blaze Sumiye Are Two-Time State Champs And Moanalua Rolls In Rip-Roaring Finals (March 6) |
6. State Wrestling Brackets Are Here; Bedrock Looks At The Expected Hotly Contested Divisions (Feb. 28) |
7. Bedrock's Video- And Photo-Palooza From The Texaco/HHSAA Wrestling State Championships (March 7) |
8. Arizona State Wrestling Champion Jesse James Octavio-Callejo Is From A Long Kauai Lineage (March 25) |
9. Saint Louis' Boston Opetaia And Mililani's Tristan Nitta Enter p4p Rankings Just In Time For States (March 2) |
10. State Wrestling Finals Are Set: Freshmen Joseph Lathwood, Jax Realin And Mikah Labuanan Are Big Semifinal Winners (March 5) |
ZZ Top “CHEAP SUNGLASSES”
I remember going to see ZZ Top one summer in the early 1980s at the Cape Cod Coliseum. Most of it is a blur now, but I recall doing the obligatory floor-level walk with my friends ALL THE WAY to the front row. I don’t remember them playing “Cheap Sunglasses” or really caring about what they were playing. It was a party and they were rocking. Through the years, I’ve really gotten to like this song. After all, I used to wear sunglasses at night from time to time. It may have been stupid to most people, but I didn’t care. Peter Reynolds, a good friend, remembers the time when a young woman walked up to me, did not say hello and just blurted out something like, “You’re a tool!!!” I gotta ask Pete what the exact wording was. It was not an expletive, and looking back, it was, however, great diction. I digress from the main point here, which is that “Cheap Sunglasses” is a solid, rocking song, and it’s partly about being who you are. And something that did not really hit home until I heard it the other day — it has really incredible guitar work.
— Nick Abramo, Bedrock Sports Hawaii