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 Way back in 1980 Sid and Marty Kroft, the makers of H.R. Pufnstuf and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, somehow convinced the folks over at NBC that a prime-time comedy/variety show starring Japan's hottest singing duo Pink Lady (Mie and Kei) and comedian Jeff Altman would be something that Americans would want to watch on a Friday nights instead of getting drunk. Unfortunately being drunk would end up being the only way anyone could make it through an episode of this poorly conceived mess of bad stand-up comedy, bad sketch comedy and Pink Lady lip syncing American disco hits. The fact that Pink Lady were indeed trying to mouth the words to English songs was so obvious that the makers of the show just gave up after a couple of episodes and let the duo just sing their hit Japanese songs instead. The comedy routines weren't funny, more guest stars than an episode of Love Boat didn't interest anyone and American audiences understood about as much Japanese as Mie and Kei did Engli...

 The Los Angeles gave up a lot of draft capitol to acquire quarterback Matthew Stafford from the Detroit Lions believing he was the missing piece to take their offense to another level. On Sunday Stafford showed everyone that the Rams were right by shredding the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense for 343 yards and 4 touchdowns (no interceptions). Stafford was obviously jittery as the game began, missing several wide open receivers, but after his nerves wore off the Rams passing game became all but unstoppable from the beginning of the second quarter on scoring on every possession until late in the fourth quarter. From The Official Rams Website: A strong offensive performance led by quarterback  Matthew Stafford  and wide receivers  Cooper Kupp  and  DeSean Jackson  powered the Los Angeles Rams (3-0) to a 34-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1) Sunday afternoon at SoFi Stadium. Stafford finished 27 of 38 for 343 yards and four touchdowns, Kupp nine catches for 96 yards and...

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 This week I received this email from Rio Grande Foundation President Paul Gessing about their efforts to derail a proposed $70 million soccer stadium that would be built in downtown Albuquerque. I have to admit that when I first heard about these stadium plans I was torn. On one hand Albuquerque could use another attraction to draw possible new residents and tourist dollars for the city. After I thought about it further and I listened to RGF's argument that tax dollars could be better allocated for other more pressing needs like hiring more police to help fight the city's crime problem I changed my mind on the matter.    From Paul Gessing: Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller has decided that, despite rampant crime and a homeless problem that has grown dramatically worse on his watch, building a new soccer stadium for New Mexico United should be a top city priority. The stadium itself, to be located somewhere in the vicinity of Downtown, will cost taxpayers in excess of $70...

Stu Jackson - therams.com The highly-anticipated debut took only two pass plays to deliver what fans wanted to see and and ended in a near-perfect performance. In his first game in a Rams uniform, quarterback Matthew Stafford began the night recording his first touchdown with his new team on his second pass attempt – a 67-yard bomb to wide receiver Van Jefferson – and later ended it with a career-high passer-rating of 156.1, 2.2 points shy of a perfect one. Overall, Stafford was 20 of 26 for 321 yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions, engineering an explosive Los Angeles offense in a 34-14 victory over the Bears Sunday night at SoFi Stadium. "It was awesome," Stafford said postgame. "It was a complete team win." Acquiring Stafford on March 18 displayed arguably the strongest signal ensuring Rams head coach Sean McVay would meet his goal of creating more explosive plays this season. Nearly six months later, Stafford had completions of 67, 56, 37, 19...

Somebody over on Facebook posted this page from April 28, 1968 Albuquerque Journal yesterday. Being a huge movie buff I found the page to be rather interesting because it shows all the films that were being exhibited at local movie theaters. Several of these advertisements jumped off the page because they are some of the most iconic films produced in the 1960s.  Needless to say, if you wanted to go to the movies in late April 1968 you had a lot of quality movies to choose from! If only the choices were so good today right. I decided to take a more in depth look at the films featured here and to perform an excercise on choosing just what movie I would pick for an inaginary movie night with my girl. Well I think the first choice is obvious, we will be heading over to Bob's on Central for that $1.95 Rib Eye Steak dinner. You really have to give some credit to the folk's over at Bob's for one the best newspaper add placements of all time. Anyone looking to go to the show is goi...

 Here is something I thought I would never post here, the words "ABBA" and "New Music" in the same sentence.  Way back in 1983 the Swedish super group ABBA called it quits when the two couples that formed the group went through a couple of nasty divorces.    Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad all hated each other so much that they couldn't stand to be in the same room with each other. Well here we are almost forty years later and apparently time has healed enough wounds for the the members of ABBA to burry the hatchet and record new music. The band's latest single Don't Shut Me Down is really quite good and reminds me of the good old late 70s and early 80s when life was simple.  In case you are too young to know who ABBA is, this should get you up to speed: Check Out: New Music Friday: Chvrches - California Hot Traxx: Sedona Hot Traxx Rewind: Mayer Hawthorne - A Long Time Hot Traxx Rewind: Band of Skulls - We...