Music List Is Updated!

Hi Gang!

One of the "fun things" I got to do while in treatment for cancer, and then again in recovery, was to put together a list of YouTube music I found enjoyable. Well, I'd like to add to this list from time-to-time, and tonight is the first in that series. Here are the first dozen of the new songs I like, and why:

Africa, Toto - Link

I like this because it's concert footage, and I've gained an appreciation for this band over the past few months. 

At Seventeen, Janis Ian - Link

What a wonderful, meaningful song, both in the past (when I was young) as well as today. Janice Ian is older in this video, but still sings with feeling, and explains what the song has meant to her, in connecting with so many people.

End of the Line, Traveling Wilburys - Link

This song came up into the mix just after Tom Petty passed away. This was a great group - Petty, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan. Say no more!

The Fool on the Hill, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Link

From 1968 . . . Yes, this is dated. Yes, the girls are wearing, well, whatever you call those dresses. Yes, it is lip-synched. But what a nice arrangement!

Karn Evil 9, First Impression, Part 2, An International Collaboration - Link

This is the second part of a piece I previously listed, notable, once again, for the presence of Rachel Flowers. 

Smooth Operator, Sade - Link

Just cool . . . with a capital "K".

Solisbury Hill, Peter Gabriel - Link

This retrospective of a song from Peter Gabriel's first album, with concert footage throughout the years, struck a chord in me. Look at the fun they're having! And catch Peter's "crazy eyes" at about 1:28-1:29 into the song ("my friends would think I was a nut"). 

Speedball Tucker, Jim Croce - Link

C'mon. Jim Croce. JIM CROCE!

Take the Long Way Home, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) - Link

Love this group and this song, and really, really wish I could hit the high notes like Hodgson does.

These Dreams, Heart - Link

A beautiful song which I did not realize was sung by Ann and not Nancy. From a concert a few years ago. Time has been kind to Ann - she's still lovely. 

Top of the World, The Carpenters - Link

Speaking of lovely, and a girl whose voice is pure sugar . . . I tear up every time I think how soon Karen Carpenter was taken from us. 

A Whiter Shade of Pale, Procol Harem - Link

Loved this song years ago. Love the orchestral accompaniment. Wish I could have been there!



According to Plan, Carolyn Arends - Link
Africa, Toto - Link
Alabama Jubilee, the Firehouse Five Plus Two - Link

And I Love Her, The Beatles - Link
Angelina, Earl Klugh - Link
Apollo 11 launch - Link
Ashokan Farewell, Jay Ungar - Link
Astronomy, Blue Oyster Cult - Link
At Seventeen, Janis Ian - Link

Atmospheres, Gyorgy Ligeti - Link

Back In You Own Back Yard, Al Jolson - Link

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic, The United States Army Field Bank - Link
Because We've Ended As Lovers, Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather - Link
Blessings, Laura Story - Link
Blue Collar, Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Link
The Blue Skirt Waltz, Frankie Yankovic - Link
Brandy, Looking Glass - Link
Brotherhood of Man, Matthew Broderick and Lillias White - Link
By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Glen Campbell - Link
Chapel of  Love, Bette Midler - Link
Chicago Bears fight song - Link
Chicago Blackhawks song - Link
Cold, Cold Heart,The Quebe Sisters - Link
Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd - Link
Cross Road Blues, Robert Johnson Link
Crossroads, Eric Clapton and Cream Link
Cry Me A River, Joe Cocker - Link
Cry Me A River, Diana Krall - Link
Dancing in the Moonlight, King Harvest - Link
Dixie - Link
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Link, Steve Goodman
Eat It, Weird Al Yankovic - Link
Eclipse, Pink Floyd - Link

End of the Line, Traveling Wilburys - Link

Evergreen, Barbra Streisand - Link

The Fool on the Hill, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Link

Galveston, Glen Campbell - Link

Gentle On My Mind, Glen Campbell - Link
Get Back, The Beatles - Link
Glen Campbell-hosted country music special - Link
Go, Cubs, Go, Steve Goodman - Link
Going For The One, Yes - Link
Groucho Movie Clips - Link
Heart Of The Heartland, Peter Ostroushko - Link
Hello in There, Bette Midler - Link
I'm Alright, Kenny Loggins - Link
I Love A Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbit - Link
I Love Being Here With You, Diana Krall - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman, from the movie Here Comes the Groom  - Link
In Good Hands, Carolyn Arends - Link.
Invercargill, United States Air Force Concert Band - Link
Jailhouse Rock, The Blues Brothers - Link
Josie, Larry Carlton - Link
Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 1, An International Collaboration - Link

Karn Evil 9, First Impression, Part 2, An International Collaboration - Link

Lay Down Sally, Vince Gill and a cast of All Stars - Link

Lazy River, Dave McKenna - Link
Let It Ride, BTO - Link
Limbo Jazz, Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington - Link
Living in the Past, Jethro Tull - Link
Little Ones, Phil Keaggy - Link
The Logical Song, Supertramp - Link
Lookin' At The World Through A Windshield, Bill Kirchen - Link
Montana/We Are Not Alone, Univ. of Montana Percussion Ensemble - Link
My Baby Loves Lovin', White Plains - Link

My Funny Valentine, Kristin Chenoweth - Link

My Funny Valentine, Miles Davis - Link
My New Philosophy, Kristin Chenoweth and Stanley Wayne Mathis - Link
Neighborhood, David Hidalgo - Link
No Time, The Guess Who - Link
On The Street Where You Live, Dean Martin - Link
One Is The Loneliest Number, Three Dog Night - Link
One More Last Chance, Vince Gill - Link
The Pennsylvania Polka, Frankie Yankovic - Link
Popular, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Powdermilk Biscuit Break, Garrison Keillor, et al - Link
Questions 67 and 68, Chicago - Link
Rain, Uriah Heep - Link
Reaching, Carolyn Arends - Link
Redwing, Tiny Little, on the Ed Sullivan Show - Link
Rollin' Down The Highway, BTO - Link
Roly Poly, Don Kelley with Johnny Hiland - Link
Route 66, Asleep at The Wheel - Link
Runnin' Down A Dream, Tom Petty - Link
She Used To Be Mine, Sara Bareilles - Link
Shim, Sham, Shimmy (dance) to Tain't What You Do, Jimmy Lunceford - Link
Sister Golden Hair, America - Link
Sisters, Bette Midler and Linda Ronstadt - Link
Sisters, from White Christmas - Link
Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford - Link
Slang of Ages, Steely Day - Link
Slow Poke, Pee Wee King - Link
Smile, Kristin Chenoweth - Link

Smooth Operator, Sade - Link

Solisbury Hill, Peter Gabriel - Link

Sometimes in Winter, Blood, Sweat and Tears - Link

Speedball Tucker, Jim Croce - Link

St Louis Blues, Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi - Link
Standing at the Crossroads, Elmore James - Link
Stars and Stripes Forever, United States Marine Band - Link
Stuck In The Middle With You, Stealers Wheel - Link
Subdivisions, Rush - Link
Sunday's Child, Phil Keaggy - Link
Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot - Link
Sweet Georgia Brown, Wynton Marsalis/Mark O'Connor - Link
Sweet Lorraine, Uriah Heep - Link
Take Me Out To The Ballgame, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Link

Take the Long Way Home, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp) - Link

That's Jazz, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - Link

These Dreams, Heart - Link

Time, Pink Floyd - Link

Time to Blow, From That Thing You Do - Link

Top of the World, The Carpenters - Link

The Too Fat Polka, Frankie Yankovic - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Buck Owens - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, the Don Kelley Band - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Link
University of Michigan Fight Song, UM Marching Band - Link.
US National Anthem, US Marine Band - Link
Village of the Sun and Echidna's Arf (Of You), Frank Zappa - Link
Walk Away, James Gang - Link
War, Edwin Starr - Link
A Whiter Shade of Pale, Procol Harem - Link
Vonetta, Earl Klugh - Link
Yankee Doodle, The Marine Band - Link
You Are My Sunshine, JoAnn Castle and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra - Link
You Can't Do That, Beatles - Link
Your Love Is My Saving Grace, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Zappa Medly, George Duke - Link

A Rude Intrusion :: Das Ist Das Ende! (This Is The End!)

This is my blog for day 112+ of cancer treatment and recovery, Monday, 3 Oct 2017 through Tuesday, 12 Dec 2017.

I apologize for the lack of blog postings as I moved more into the recovery phase, returning to work, doing more around the house and generally finding I did not have time to sit and write. This post will be referenced from Facebook, where I will finally discuss what's been going on. I had not posted much of anything about this on Facebook as I didn't really wan to "advertise" what was going on.

Now - the good news. I had a PET scan last Monday which came back with the finding that I had "No evidence of disease". So the radiation treatments (all 35 of them) and the two rounds of chemotherapy have done their work. I am very happy, and am grateful for the care I received from Dr. Najeeb Mohideen, radiation oncologist at Northwest Community Hospital, Dr. Gary Gordon, oncologist with Northwest Oncology and Hematology, Dr. Kirk Clark, ENT with Suburban ENT, their staffs - nurses, technicians, aides, administrative and support staff - and everyone I worked with at Northwest Community Hospital while receiving treatment.

I had outpatient surgery today to remove my feeding tube and medi-port, both if which we put in place in an outpatient surgical procedure back on 5 Jul 2017. Hopefully, the stomach will simply close itself up (as it's supposed to) and that will be that. I have a little pain in the shoulder area, where the port had been, but no real pain where the feeding tube had been placed.

Things at work have been going well. I also want to mention that the folks I've worked with there - in Human Resources, as well as my boss and our department's management team and Associate staff - have also been kind and caring during this illness. I've been back full-time since 29 Sep 2017, and should finish this year with education in SAP ABAP tops on the list of what I need to do.

On the eating front - well, I can eat just about anything, but I don't have nearly the appetite I used to have. And my weight has now dropped below 230 for the first time in decades. I was 228.6 the other day; I was 227 when Nancy and I got engaged in 1980! But I feel good, so I don't really have any worries on that account.

Taste has pretty much returned completely, and my dry mouth is getting better, too. But I still have improvement to make, especially on the latter. I'm told that it could take up to a year, and at that point I've probably gotten as close to normal as I'm ever going to get.

Would also like to send a big "thank you" out to everyone who supported me through this "rude intrusion" into my life: relatives, friends from everywhere - work, church, the neighborhood, the "old" neighborhood. Thanks for the cards, the phone calls, the messages, the hugs . . . it has really meant a lot!

Let's stay in touch. too.

God Bless You All!


For convenience sake, here a running list of all of the links I've posted to YouTube in the past many days:

According to Plan, Carolyn Arends - Link
Alabama Jubilee, the Firehouse Five Plus Two - Link

And I Love Her, The Beatles - Link
Angelina, Earl Klugh - Link
Apollo 11 launch - Link
Ashokan Farewell, Jay Ungar - Link
Astronomy, Blue Oyster Cult - Link
Atmospheres, Gyorgy Ligeti - Link
Back In You Own Back Yard, Al Jolson - Link

The Battle Hymn Of The Republic, The United States Army Field Bank - Link
Because We've Ended As Lovers, Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather - Link
Blessings, Laura Story - Link
Blue Collar, Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Link
The Blue Skirt Waltz, Frankie Yankovic - Link
Brandy, Looking Glass - Link
Brotherhood of Man, Matthew Broderick and Lillias White - Link
By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Glen Campbell - Link
Chapel of  Love, Bette Midler - Link
Chicago Bears fight song - Link
Chicago Blackhawks song - Link
Cold, Cold Heart,The Quebe Sisters - Link
Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd - Link
Cross Road Blues, Robert Johnson Link
Crossroads, Eric Clapton and Cream Link
Cry Me A River, Joe Cocker - Link
Cry Me A River, Diana Krall - Link
Dancing in the Moonlight, King Harvest - Link
Dixie - Link
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request - Link, Steve Goodman
Eat It, Weird Al Yankovic - Link
Eclipse, Pink Floyd - Link
Evergreen, Barbra Streisand - Link
Galveston, Glen Campbell - Link
Gentle On My Mind, Glen Campbell - Link
Get Back, The Beatles - Link
Glen Campbell-hosted country music special - Link
Go, Cubs, Go, Steve Goodman - Link
Going For The One, Yes - Link
Groucho Movie Clips - Link
Heart Of The Heartland, Peter Ostroushko - Link
Hello in There, Bette Midler - Link
I'm Alright, Kenny Loggins - Link
I Love A Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbit - Link
I Love Being Here With You, Diana Krall - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman - Link
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening, Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman, from the movie Here Comes the Groom  - Link
In Good Hands, Carolyn Arends - Link.
Invercargill, United States Air Force Concert Band - Link
Jailhouse Rock, The Blues Brothers - Link
Josie, Larry Carlton - Link
Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 1, An International Collaboration - Link
Lay Down Sally, Vince Gill and a cast of All Stars - Link
Lazy River, Dave McKenna - Link
Let It Ride, BTO - Link
Limbo Jazz, Coleman Hawkins and Duke Ellington - Link
Living in the Past, Jethro Tull - Link
Little Ones, Phil Keaggy - Link
The Logical Song, Supertramp - Link
Lookin' At The World Through A Windshield, Bill Kirchen - Link
Montana/We Are Not Alone, Univ. of Montana Percussion Ensemble - Link
My Baby Loves Lovin', White Plains - Link

My Funny Valentine, Kristin Chenoweth - Link

My Funny Valentine, Miles Davis - Link
My New Philosophy, Kristin Chenoweth and Stanley Wayne Mathis - Link
Neighborhood, David Hidalgo - Link
No Time, The Guess Who - Link
On The Street Where You Live, Dean Martin - Link
One Is The Loneliest Number, Three Dog Night - Link
One More Last Chance, Vince Gill - Link
The Pennsylvania Polka, Frankie Yankovic - Link
Popular, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Powdermilk Biscuit Break, Garrison Keillor, et al - Link
Questions 67 and 68, Chicago - Link
Rain, Uriah Heep - Link
Reaching, Carolyn Arends - Link
Redwing, Tiny Little, on the Ed Sullivan Show - Link
Rollin' Down The Highway, BTO - Link
Roly Poly, Don Kelley with Johnny Hiland - Link
Route 66, Asleep at The Wheel - Link
Runnin' Down A Dream, Tom Petty - Link
She Used To Be Mine, Sara Bareilles - Link
Shim, Sham, Shimmy (dance) to Tain't What You Do, Jimmy Lunceford - Link
Sister Golden Hair, America - Link
Sisters, Bette Midler and Linda Ronstadt - Link
Sisters, from White Christmas - Link
Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford - Link
Slang of Ages, Steely Day - Link
Slow Poke, Pee Wee King - Link
Smile, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Sometimes in Winter, Blood, Sweat and Tears - Link
St Louis Blues, Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi - Link
Standing at the Crossroads, Elmore James - Link
Stars and Stripes Forever, United States Marine Band - Link
Stuck In The Middle With You, Stealers Wheel - Link
Subdivisions, Rush - Link
Sunday's Child, Phil Keaggy - Link
Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot - Link
Sweet Georgia Brown, Wynton Marsalis/Mark O'Connor - Link
Sweet Lorraine, Uriah Heep - Link
Take Me Out To The Ballgame, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Link
That's Jazz, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - Link
Time, Pink Floyd - Link
Time to Blow, From That Thing You Do - Link
The Too Fat Polka, Frankie Yankovic - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Buck Owens - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, the Don Kelley Band - Link
Truck Drivin' Man, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen - Link
University of Michigan Fight Song, UM Marching Band - Link.
US National Anthem, US Marine Band - Link
Village of the Sun and Echidna's Arf (Of You), Frank Zappa - Link
Walk Away, James Gang - Link
War, Edwin Starr - Link
Vonetta, Earl Klugh - Link
Yankee Doodle, The Marine Band - Link
You Are My Sunshine, JoAnn Castle and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra - Link
You Can't Do That, Beatles - Link
Your Love Is My Saving Grace, Kristin Chenoweth - Link
Zappa Medly, George Duke - Link