The Bluish Greenish Tinge of it all

Spring will become summer. And how delightful that is. It's coming our way. Here's a little midnight surprise from the Milkshake team while we're up and hangin' with our good buddy Dick Biondi and rockin' with his midnight radio show on 94.7 WLS fm. He's the original Rock n Roll DJ and still rockin' 60 years on. Go Dick Go! Now play this cool eye-opener in the ever-warming sunshine from Antonio Carlos Jobim. Captain Bacardi! And that's all we need say! Let's let April's froth fizz off and bubble right out til it becomes May.

Hello World

If we flash-forward, well, isn't it time travel then? So what is it if we flash-back? Isn't it merely another 'form' of time travel as well? You decide. We can't. But good news, our staff is back at the Milkshake command center doin' what they do. We set our crack crew on the task of giving you some summer feel-good tunages. Here's what they discovered surfing the 'inter-tubal super-thruway'. A weekend two-fer for all you-fer. Thanks John and The Runaways for all the cherry bomb firecrackers flyin' in the air n poppin' in our ears. (Admit it, who doesn't like to see women rockin' out in lingerie, and who for the love of god doesn't enjoy the shredding from the "Fox That Rocks" Lita Ford?!). Yum! PS we noticed thousands (yes thousands) of you came by to check us out a couple weeks ago. That has never happened. And you seem to keep a-coming. So welcome....and dunka....and merci....and have a good ol time ya hear. Now go play the tunes, think of good ol 70s summer memories and good ol a.m. transistor radio at the beach, and double clutch popsicles and of course....fireworks....ahhh yes....especially cherry bombs!

try a lil flying

Space. What does it mean to you? It means so much to everyone, that's probably why the new Star Wars sizzle clip is getting so much traffic. And why The New Horizon ship's photos of Pluto are getting so much attention. We love space. That's for real. We love whatever is up there. It's dangerous and new. Danger, historically, is what we do to move our civilization forward. We risk all. We dream. Then we fly. Let's let R. Buckminster Fuller fill us with quotables: Such as, "I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself." And, "The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual." And, "People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things." After all, if you want to get up there, just be a bird, it doesn't take much. Does it? The Holy Modal Rounders didn't think so. Nice n loud for a Friday, you know what number to dial it up to, after all, you're a bird....

learn from the ocean

April shouldn't be anything more special than any other month. Yet it's called environmental awareness month. How 'bout we just always be conscious of our world all the time. We put feet to pavement recently and walked our block again this year, and found the usual garbage people decided to decorate the world with. Thank you people! And we noted the usual 80 percent of tobacco products leading the way as the most items discarded. Thank you again human race! Muchas gracias!! And the april rain showers help wash everything into a noticeable little pile of humanity. Water does that. It equalizes. It humbles. NASA helps us remember that water is prevalent not only on 70 percent of earth but on other moons as well....Europa, Titan, etc. We live on islands here on earth. And we love the ocean from which all life springs. So lets tip a cap to Jacques Cousteau and his spirit of discovery in the seas and his magical ship that took us places never before seen. Remember when we watched his adventures?! He paved the way for all nature geeks to come after. So thanks Jacques! Thanks earth! Thanks water! And thanks ocean for the awe you inspire. Fly Calypso....

50,000 Krankeits of voltage up your kilt

We will double you up on this first post of April. Soften up your day with The Rascals and then get your Bugs fix with Piker's Peak from 1957. Enjoy it all. Note: why does Sam get so crazy all the time???