Little Richard dead at 87.
But R&R does go away, in pieces: Little Richard dead at 87
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Rock and roll can never die
Robert Johnson was born today in 1911.
I dance like Dan. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing.
Rock and roll and fiddleheads
I gave my contractor three rock and roll music videos yesterday. They are the best and all Canadian.
The Last Waltz (sure the drummer and vocalist was from Alabama, but one spent his summers on the Six Nations reserve in my hometown of Brantford, Onatrio, that’s in Canada, and the bass player was from Simcoe, Ontario, also in Canada, about 30 miles south).
The other’s were Neil Young and Tragically Hip.
Every time we played hockey in Simcoe, me, the goalie, would get in a brawl.
I had a Last Waltz revival yesterday, and it made me ask, how do individuals or groups get so good, to create stuff that last for 50 years or longer.
And why do goalies get in fights?
To bring it back to Canadiana, the fiddlehead season is out there.
Julia Bayly of the Bangor Daily News reports that as foragers take to the woods and riverbanks in Maine to collect the spring’s first tender fiddlehead shoots, their counterparts across the border are being warned of health risks associated with this year’s wild crop.
Last week the New Brunswick Department of Health issued a warning that fiddleheads found growing in areas hit by the provinces’ record floods this spring may be contaminated and unfit to eat.
According to a report by the CBC, the ferns may have been exposed to raw sewage, fuel and chemicals leaked into the rivers during the flooding.
Maine fiddleheads are safe to eat.
Yeah, and it’s safe to play goalie with shitty equipment.
Keith’s got aways to go: Chuck Berry turns 90, will release first new album in four decades
In conjunction with his 90th birthday today, rock ’n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry has announced the release next year of his first new album in nearly 40 years.
Titled “Chuck,” the album consists largely of new songs written and produced by the man considered one of the founding fathers of rock music.
As a singer, songwriter, guitarist and performer, Berry helped create the template for the rock ’n’ roll star still widely emulated 60 years later.
In a statement, Berry said, “This record is dedicated to my beloved Toddy,” the nickname for his wife of 68 years, Themetta Berry. “My darlin’ I’m growing old! I’ve worked on this record for a long time. Now I can hang up my shoes!”
He is backed for the album by two of his children– guitarist Charles Berry Jr. and harmonica player Ingrid Berry. Other players include bassist Jimmy Marsala, pianist Robert Lohr and drummer Keith Robinson.
Berry has been telling interviewers for years that he was working on a new album, and he has finally completed it, having recorded in various studios around his longtime home in St. Louis. His most recent studio release prior to “Chuck” was “Rock It,” issued in 1979.
He and his band for years had a residency at the St. Louis club Blueberry Hill.
Berry was among the original 10 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when it opened in 1986, and he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 1984. He also was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 2000.
NASA chose “Johnny B. Goode” as the only rock recording to be sent into outer space on the Voyager space probe in 1977.
Paying attention to risks at food festivals
I like rock and roll. I like ribs. Rock ‘n Ribs in Campbell Springfield, MO seems like a pretty great place to get your fingers sticky and listen to cover bands play songs from Sticky Fingers. Spring signifies the start of festival season, when tourism dollars pump into towns; the local kids will drink underage; and, hopefully no one gets sick from foodborne illness.
Festivals and temporary events have had their share of outbreaks in the past (Taste of Chicago in 2007, Folklorama in 2010 and numerous fundraisers and community dinners). Often there are folks at booths who are not full-time food handlers, dealing with lineups, makeshift heat sources and poor access to handwashing facilities. 
These events need to have someone who is paying attention, inviting the health inspectors in to point out potential issues and have lots of portable restrooms/handwashing stations available for vendors and patrons.
As I told the venerable Portable Restroom Operator, the type of festival I want to go to as a patron is a place that doesn’t need to be regulated. They welcome inspectors as a second set of eyes but they should already have the mindset of ‘making 700 people sick would be bad for our festival’.
Rock ‘n Ribs sounds like they are paying attention.
In Ozarks First, Mike Brother of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department was cited as saying, "We’re asking them to police themselves to work with the people doing the sampling to keep proper hygiene wash their hands and wear gloves."
"These kind of events these sampling events we can’t bring an inspector out to inspect all 50 or 60 or 100 of the booths out here giving samples," said Brothers.
Jim McLeod of Southwest Rotary says they’ve been in the competition for 12 years and always make sure they’re handing out safe food.
"Every time we get into the food we’ll wear gloves when we touch it we got the restaurant inspector out here just like anywhere else and we’re doing the same thing as restaurants," said McLeod.
Long live rock and roll. And ribs.
Pat Boone launches mail-order steak line
Would you buy a steak from Pat Boone? Maybe this is a reason for tougher U.S. food safety oversight.
Singer and actor Pat Boone – the man who made rock and roll safe for white people – has launched a line of mail-order meats called Pat Boone All-American Meats.
The line includes filet mignon, ribeye, top sirloin, New York strip, T-bone and porterhouse steaks, all made with U.S.-raised beef. The meats ship frozen.
The brand officially launches today at www.patboonemeats.com.
Boone was inspired by Paul Newman.
“I’ve been so impressed by what Paul was able to accomplish with his incredibly successful line of salad dressings, that this seemed the perfect way for me to build a legacy that will carry on in the spirit of giving for generations. What better way to enjoy time with family and friends than over a tender, juicy steak and know that your hard-earned money is going to support American ranchers and help feed the hungry all at the same time?”