Because you're mine

One-of-a-kindness is THIS guy. Why not feature him on spooky day. Also, in the early 80s, who was the young guy working Chicagofest in the hot summertime on Navy Pier and who, lo and behold, rose out of a coffin to perform on stage each year right behind his food booth (close enough to say hello more than once)....me n Jay.

BIG RETRO TOY BLOG part 1

You've been hearing about it. You've been reading about it. You've maybe been salivating for it. ITS -- The -- BIG RETRO TOY BLOG -- in three parts. This is part 1. Note: parts II and tres will be in Nov and dec respectively. In this part we will provide some retro toys from childhood you may have forgotten about, shaded slightly toward Halloween. Part two will be titled 'Robots' and land in mid-November; part three will simply be titled 'Simplicity' and have a decidedly Christmas holiday time slant, coming in early December. There was lots and lots of music reviewed and believe me, there were some beuts! Even a Rankin-Bass 'Island of Misfit Toys' tune got a momentary listen. But in the end the Milkshake deserved something to remind us about Time. So we went to the Ramones to get us there because as we ventures back to the past we then realize our own cherished memories and also the ticking clock of time which marches on.....and........has.........come............today!

crazy some say

This wasn't what was planned for a post tonight. The first part of a three-parter called "The Big Retro Toy Blog" was going to roll out....but....when one stumbles over this cool, cool tune on a friday, one has to abide. This is certainly an '11' situation. Stand tall and brace yourself. "Ordinary World" is flying out at you.

Mono

T.B.B.T. -- I.S.S. -- A.T.A.L. -- b.l.o.o.p.e.r.s

7 Years Itchy

October 9, 2005....the day the world was changed forever! Two things happened of gigantic import on that day. One) the tv world changed when Stephen Colbert debuted; Two) the blogvironment changed when this blog debuted. Some of you have been here since the beginning (you know who you are). Then it was called 'the Insider' and for three+ years it thrived. It went dark on March 1, 2009, only to reformulate after 51 "dark" days on April 22, 2009, as the blog you sip from today: "the milkshake". The first post back in 2005 was about my backstage experience with my buddies the Ides of March. To reminisce a moment, here is a photo from that time and one of their lesser known but delightful rock n roll hits circa the late 60s. Groove it!

Stat-tastic: 2,378 days of blogging (minus 51 dark days); 500 blog posts; a couple thousand replies via text, email and comments; 88,000 views; lots of smirky fun.

Rocket Groceries

Tonight the US brought its cargo resupply missions back home to our soil with the launch of the SpaceX CRS-1 to the International Space Station (ISS). Here's a cool video of the launch:

eyes here

When you get a choice between two things: such as a video without graphics or a video of a live performance from THIS GUY, it's pretty easy to choose the live performance. To wit: As you rock out keep in mind this blog is most likely being scrutinized by minds much bigger than ours. Possibly aliens. They are said to hone in on strange noises and activities. The Milkshake, therefore, qualifies. Here's more material for them: bubbles. There. I said it. Anyone chewing Hubba Bubba's new Mystery? It's addictive . Bubbles are available under the water, airborne and now, deep space. Deeeeeep! And the icee is simply because me-is-jones'n for it. Rebl-On 'Shakers.

Go Fruit Yourself

So you've maybe heard about the goldilocks zone; where life can exist around a star--not too hot, not too cold--in other words....us! And if we can do it, maybe other earths exist too? Here's an image of the zone and an image of an 'earth' candidate. Scientists are gazing hard to see if they can spot another earth out in space residing in the goldilocks zone. I'm thinking they're making it way too hard on themselves. All they have to do is find the three bears house and WHA-LA, they'll find what they're looking for. If they have any more tough questions, the Milkshake is here for them. Just like the goldilocks zone here is a song that was hard to find too. But the Milkshake always delivers, doesn't it? The tune features fruit. That's okay. This beach in SoCal seems familiar. Seeing the ocean reminds me of a philosopher's words: "it's hard to describe the sea with the mouth." There's no way to tie this saying, this video and the goldilocks zone together no matter how hard we try. Except they r rare.