► I’m thinking we (as a general society) have afforded Olivia Newton-John more credit than her talents actually deserve.
► I bought a bag of candy called “cream savers orange and cream.” I don’t 
understand why someone combined artificial orange and artificial vanilla and wrapped the flavors into something called “soft candy.” As an ice cream novelty - of course. As a chewy lozenge; no. I’m firm on this.
► I’ve made a major decision in my life. When a banjo is the primary instrument providing the accompaniment of a song, I hate it. For instance: this would include anything by Roy Clark. Now - when the banjo is a member of an accompanying ensemble … not featured you understand - but just one of many sounds … then each song must be judged on a case by case basis. For instance: Amie by Pure Prairie League. I have nothing against the banjo. Included … ok. Featured? No.
February 14, 2007
June 27, 2008 at 7:30 pm
why can i not see what you have recently written?
-j9
June 28, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Oh … I ran out of words so I stopped writing at the end of April. I reversed the order of this blog because I wanted it to be in chronological order. Yeah, I was in a mood. To read the last posts in their original order I have a mirror blog at markrtrost.com
August 1, 2008 at 2:51 am
I had a phenomenal crush on Olivia Newton-John when I was a kid. I had a poster of her (it came from a kids magazine called “Dynamite” I think). I would watch her videos all the time (I wasn’t so young that I didn’t know about “getting physical”), and I sat through Grease, just because she was in it.
So, that was then and this now.
I made an ELO mix CD a while ago. I put “Xanadu” and “Magic” on the end of it and justified it because she performed them with ELO. To preserve some macho manliness, I turn the volume way down when they come on.
I never realized how cheesy the video for Xanadu was. I saw it on YouTube not long ago and my brain turned into Velveeta.
True story.