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HILLY KRISTAL OPENS A CBGB IN HEAVEN - JOEY RAMONE OPENING ACT

Hilly Kristal founder of CBGB's died at age 75. Hilly brought new music to his club. Punk and New Wave flourished in the bowery, at the underground CBGB's. Bands that might not have been heard were able to play at Hilly's club.

"Kristal, who lost a bitter fight last year to stop the club's eviction from its home of 33 years, died Tuesday at Cabrini Hospital after a battle with lung cancer, his son Mark Dana Kristal said Wednesday." Link

"Those Are The People Who Died" - Jim Carroll

"Free Money" - Patti Smith - Last Night at CBGB Oct. 15

CBGB GOODBYE Link

OLDER WOMEN RUNNERS ARE BEATING EVERYONE IN ALL AGE GROUPS

Donna Aldrich, over 50 runner, is really fast. Link

Women over forty are tearing up the running scene in all age catagories. They are taking thier running seriously and becoming fierce competitors.

..."with older women beating younger women in almost every age category. The fastest woman was 37 years old; the fastest woman in the 45 to 49 age group beat the fastest woman in the 20 to 24 and the 40 to 44 age groups. The same thing happened in another five-kilometer local race, the Eden Family Run, in Princeton, N.J. There, the top female runner in the 50 to 54 age group beat the top females in the 20 to 24, 25 to 29, and 40 to 44 age groups.

Susan Loken,44, a single mother Link

And it’s not just a New Jersey effect. Others have noticed it elsewhere and when I did a random check of race results in California, I saw it there too. On Aug. 8, in a 10-kilometer race in Alameda, the 53-year-old woman who won in the 50 to 54 age group was faster than the woman who won in the 25 to 29 group." Link

BABY BOONER CARNIVAL #36

Baby Boomer news and interests are all the rage at The Boomer Chronicles one of the most popular Boomer headquarters on the net. Rhea has the pulse of Boomer work, lifestyle and culture. Link

IF WORKER BEES CAN RENEW THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM SO CAN SLY

Worker bees can renew their immune system and live ten times their normal life expectancy.

"The antioxidant protein vitellogenin reverses the aging process in some worker bees. This may eventually lead to breakthroughs in the research on aging in humans." Link

This may explain, Empty Hive Syndrome, and the strange disappearance of bees.

Sly: Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my war! You asked me, I didn't ask you! And I did what I had to do to win.

STAY TRIM WITH TRICKY DIET TIPS YOU WOULD NEVER BELIEVE

Even though swimsuit season is nearing an end. You might want to stay slim for your health and mental disposition.

Here are two posts on interesting diet info. Some of the information you already know but there are some good tips on staying trim.

Here's one use a salad plate instead of a dinner plate for portion control. Link

Or drink warm water (tapwater) instead of cold and you'll lose an additional 200 calories a day. Link

BOP TILL YOU DROP - MAX GONE - BIRD LIVES THIS WEEKEND IN NYC

Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker

I'm listening to a "Study in Brown" with Clifford Brown and Max Roach. It still sounds great. A classic jazz recording.

"Max Roach, a founder of modern jazz who rewrote the rules of drumming in the 1940’s and spent the rest of his career breaking musical barriers and defying listeners’ expectations, died Aug. 16, 2007 in Manhattan. He was 83." Link

This weekend is the 15th annual Charle Parker Jazz Festival. I've been a jazz fan for over forty years. Jazz opened my ears and sent my mind in creative riffs that soared with every solo.

"Parker, whose mercurial genius galvanized jazz in the 1940s and ’50s, and whose influence endures more than half a century after his death. An equally fitting homage is offered by the 15th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, which takes place this weekend at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem and Tompkins Square Park in the East Village, places that bear some relevance to the life Parker led in New York." Link

Rare Charlie Parker Video 1950

Max Roach

BLOGGING BOOMER CARNIVAL #35

Fabulous after 40 is hosting this week's Blogging Boomer Carnival. As usual there is a terrific array of Boomer oriented stories - from coloring your hair to how to be happy to the selling of Woodstock Festival land. Link

THE ROLLING STONES WILL STOP TOURING AFTER 45 YEARS

The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, 64, Keith Richards, 63, Charlie Watts, 66 and Ronnie Woods, 60, will call their touring days over, after the last of their A Bigger Bang concert in England. Link

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" A Bigger Bang Tour Milano

The Rolling Stones could tour for another 45 years based on the electicity of this performance.

FOURTEEN FOODS WHICH WILL LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL AND GIVE YOU A HEALTHIER HEART

Here are fourteen foods which will help lower your cholesteral. "26 of the 30 grams of fat in an avocado are heart-healthy, unsaturated fats that can increase your levels of HDL (good) cholesterol. " Link

The good cholesterol HDL replaces the bad cholesterol LDL.

"LDL or “bad” cholesterol deposits itself on the walls of your arteries, forming plaques that make them hard and narrow. HDL or “good” cholesterol removes excess LDL in your blood and brings it to your liver for disposal. The more HDL you consume, the less LDL you’ll have in your blood. "

Goji Berries are another source of food which helps eliminate bad cholesterol. Link

MONEY MONEY MONEY RULES - YES THESE ARE THE TIMELESS RULES ABOUT MONEY

If you'd like to know twenty timeless rules about money, it may help you acquire your first million or at least start you in the right direction to having a better relationship with money on the plus side.

"Money Magazine collected the best advice from some of the smartest investors (and other people) who have ever lived." Link