As I’ve previously said, an army wife’s life is long periods of boredom punctuated by brief bursts of frenetic activity.
Today’s activity is pretty frenetic. We’ve just learned that the CFB Trenton base commander Russell Williams has been charged with 2 counts of murder.
I feel like I’m watching a CSI episode unfolding in my back yard. My heart goes out to the families of the deceased young ladies. My heart also goes out to Mrs. Williams who must be going through hell at the moment.
Right now I’m waiting for my husband to arrive home to see if he has any more news but I think the OPP media release says it all.
This is a picture of a CC-177 Globemaster. They are loud when they take-off and land. But I don’t mind as they have been flying in and out of the airport sending supplies and personnel to Haiti.
Please donate money to disaster relief at the Canadian Red Cross. Send as many prayers as you can for free.
My sister loaned me The Complete First Season of WKRP in Cincinnati on DVD. WKRP is one of my all-time favourite TV shows. One of the things I loved most about the show was the music. I loved the “modern” rock music that they played on the show at the time (1978-1982).
I was shocked and extremely disappointed that the DVD version of WKRP does NOT contain any of the original classic rock hits that were in the TV show. Wikipedia explains that the music was subject to licensing agreements and royalty payments which were too expensive for the DVD production company.
Now I’m not Seth Godin, marketing guru but it seems to me that if I were a really popular classic rock musical group, (say Pink Floyd), I would want my music to be heard anywhere and everywhere.
Actually I would insist that my music be kept IN the show and that extra credits be rolled at the end of each episode detailing the name of my song, my group and where to buy the song.
People buy music based on the exciting times in their lives. When they play that music it brings back all sorts of emotions. And here is a generation of people (like me) who would purchase the DVDs of WKRP and watch them with my children thereby introducing them to a whole new genre of music…classic rock! And then BUY the music that I heard in the show from iTunes.
All you record companies, you missed the boat on this one. Thanks to you my memories of an all time classic TV show have been trashed, I can’t remember what music it is that I really loved from the show and you’ve lost a new generation of listeners.
What can I say. My last post of 2009 is the same as my first post of 2010 – another repatriation ceremony. This time for four heroes who gave their lives for peace and freedom and one journalist who gave her life so we could know their stories.
RIP
As we prepare to attend another repatriation ceremony today I’d just like to thank Jonathan Fields for putting things into perspective.
