This and That

December 28, 2020

Four notes at end of the bridge

Cold as Ice (Foreigner) has notes I wait for at the end of the bridge. I used to listen to this and Dust in the Wind (Kansas) before I joined the Navy.

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December 28, 2020

Lightening Strikes – Lou Christie

Love the chorus bass part. I am going to have to find the bass tabs for this. Or write them myself. Other songs by Lou Christie include My parents divorced first. Then, my dad’s sister divorced her husband, my uncle. We did not meet that often. But, after their divorce she gave me one 45, Two Faces Have I. I...

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December 28, 2020

Gary Lewis and The Playboys – Count me In & Others

I am starting to select songs to learn on my UBASS. This one seems to have a fun bass line. This is one of my favs, also.

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December 28, 2020

Songs I played over and over that drove Debbie nuts

I played Surfer Girls by the Beach Boys and This Diamond Ring by Gary Lewis & the Playboys until finally one day, my sister Debbie said, “Stop playing these songs over and over and over and over…”. One day my Gary Lewis record broke. She sat on it “by accident”. I also listened to Reflections of my Life (The Marmalade)...

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December 28, 2020

Keep on Dancing

I owned the 45 of this. We had a great baby sitter who brought 45 records to our house to listen to. Debbie Jardine (I think), her sister Jackie was on Bandstand when it was in black and white. I think she used cardboard toilet paper tubes for big hair rollers. I think they wore flips like the “girl” in...

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December 28, 2020

It’s a Sin

I could dance forever to this! What a great beat. I am not into lyrics — I love strong syncopation, songs that slow or even stop and speed up – Like in Keep on Dancing by the Gentrys. My ex, Pat told Cliff how I have favorite measures or even just notes in songs. One day I will have to...

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December 28, 2020

It’s Raining Men

Mark (brother Mark) remember this one? Great song. Great times. I remember we went clubbing on Thanksgiving one year. Apparently, so did lots of people :-).

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December 28, 2020

Peels & Spinners

The next decision after the oven was which pizza peel or peels. My brother Dean said always wood fire over all others. I liked the controllability of gas but want the char of wood. Some pizza guys on Reddit said that the pizza is not in the oven long enough to benefit flavor-wise from the wood. It was between the...

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December 28, 2020

Does flour and cold ferment make a difference for pizza?

I think the 00 is best but the Peter Pan AP flour from SamsClub is pretty darn good. Videos on the web discuss the differences between 00, bread and regular flour. I do not know what is true for certain. But, it seems like I need more water for bread versus 00 flour. How to Calculate Pizza Dough Hydration  You...

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December 27, 2020

My Pizza Journey

I have been obsessing over which pizza oven to buy. I finally got the Ooni Fyra to make 12″ New Haven style apizza. Yes, that is not a typo. Below is a rare photo of me wearing shoes. I use my Zojirushi BB-PAC20BA Home Bakery Virtuoso breadmaker’s homemade cycle to make the dough. I do not know where I found the...

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