I know we've posted about the Civic Auditorium before, the scene of many a great concert. The Civic struck the perfect balance between the intimacy of a bar and the energy of a concert hall. I'd trade it for all the ridiculous venues we have now in a heartbeat.
Here's a couple of snaps from back in 83 or 84, not long after my first wife, Gayle, and I had moved to Albuquerque from Tacoma.
Happy birthday Rick. Let's see, what is it now....103 years old?
Thankfully, The Moonpie Chronicles has given us an outlet for serious topics and rants.
Hope you are having a great day and many more to follow. And as one old friend to another, what says Happy Birthday like a naked woman laying on a wooden floor.
Cheers my friend, I'm glad we are both still kicking. Peace.
Each year, Willie has a "picnic' on the fourth of July on his ranch in Texas.
David Allan Coe and other invited guests sing and party for several days each July.
Leon and many other guests are invited to Willies party to play and have a grand time at the annual event. In the 70's, the Watermelon Mountain Jug Band was invited to attend and wrote a song about the experience.
About the same year Rick and I met each other, there was a series of detective shows that aired every Wednesday. They included Columbo, Hart to Hart and McCloud. Peter Falk played Columbo, the rumpled rain coat detective who always got on everyones nerves with his 'last minute' questions. "Pardon me, there's one last question I have." Gone today but not forgotten.
Dennis Weaver played the charactor of McCould. He was a New Mexico law man moved east to the Big City. Riding his horse through town and causing his boss to scream his trademake line, "McCloud!"
Then there was the loveable couple of Hart to Hart....."together, they spelled MURDER!". Today, all the shows are NCI and other bullshit that doesn't really hit home with the armchair detective at home. Oh well, Peter is gone and I will miss his stupid ways and mannerisms. Peace.
The word has finally gotten out that The Moonpie Chronicles is here to stay. Rick and I have tried to bring some small piece of humor to everyone who stops by Moonpie. The great thing is that we would and could never be too serious with this blog. Sure, there have been some good times and some real bummers the past few years, but we keep plugging along. Rick has a real life and so do I...perhaps that brings us to the need for Moonpie.
At our recent Moonpie Chronicles World Conference, Rick and I worked for hours trying to come up with fresh ideas, new page layouts and new spiffy T-shirt designs. The fact that almost 20,000 times, someone has checked out the Pie, well, that blows our mind. Thanks again for stopping by and looking around for 3.2 minutes per visit. See you at 30,000 visits....this is fun.
For a limited time you can get this limited edition "Stormtroopers International" baseball shirt thing. If you were ever part of this conglomeration of folk back in the 70s and 80s, you NEED this shirt. Available now at our Moonpie Online Store.
