Right now with all this eating and cooking going on at the house, we want to make sure that the food we are buying is lasting as long as it can.  Here's some cool info to help.

Save Your Food - Last Longer !

Learned a bunch here!

OK, so for the past few months we have all been home a ton, and cooking up a storm.  BUT, can you/and I REALLY cook?  Let's take the quiz and find out!

BUZZFEED - Can You Really Cook Test~!

Well?  How did you do?

Jumpstart June is just about here! Every weekday in the month of June, WQMX is giving away a $100 cash card courtesy of Stoney Creek Nashville. Want to get in on the winning? Just click here!

Good Luck!!

WOW - Three JULY movie releases - Mulan (7/24) / Tenet / Unhinged

New DVD – 21 Bridges / The Hunt / Jeffery Epstien (Netflix)

Drive Ins – Locally they are open!  (Some hosting High School Graduations)

Live Nascar - Lots of racing on the next few days check your listings

 Number One Steaming - Dead to Me

Moana 2 - Is officially in the works.

Planet Of The Apes – Again! Another reboot is in the works

MLB.com - Is still letting us access their streaming service free of charge for a while.

NCIS – Is the #1 show on all of television!

The TODAY Show announced their summer concert series earlier today and it's full of your favorite country artists! As expected, the shows will not be held in Rockefeller Center, but virtually. The series kicks off tomorrow morning (Friday, May 29) with Lady Antebellum, and Blake Shelton is confirmed for July 24th. Dixie Chicks and Rascal Flatts are also on the bill to perform, those dates are TBA.

It's here! Check out the 2020 Citi Music Series on TODAY lineup! pic.twitter.com/T6WxMAEQ4c

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) May 28, 2020

So, do pandemics end abruptly with a vaccine or treatment? Do they just go away overnight? Probably not. In fact, usually, pandemics really don't "go away" at all. But instead, society just gets used to them and a "new" normal becomes just "normal" eventually.

I came across an interesting article from the New York Times a couple weeks ago that shares more insite on this. To take a look click here!

Yesterday a very nice woman named Amy sent me a note through messenger asking me (since I've been playing country music 40 years LOL),  if I knew of a country band "named after a railroad or something"  from many years ago.  She said her mom loved them, but she passed a few years ago and the family wanted to find out who they were. 

Amy, that's an easy one, Southern Pacific is the group you're looking for.  And even though they didn't have HUGE success, they recorded some really fantastic songs.  They were simply way ahead of their time. Many hard core country fans may not have been completely ready for them in the mid-1980's.  Their sound was reminiscent of the Eagles many thought at the time.

SP, were former members of the Doobie Brothers, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Pablo Cruise, all rock bands from the 1970's.  Members came and went from the band during their run. As I remember, there were many members. They also had some affiliation with Tom Petty who wrote some songs for them, and Emmylou Harris sang with them on records and at some shows. They were exceptionally talented musicians and their harmonies were enviable.

They never had a number one, but should have.  They charted a bunch of great songs, including, Honey I Dare You #5, Thing About You, #14 (written by Petty)  New Shade Of Blue #2, and there were many, many others.  Any Way The Wind Blows, was in the Clint Eastwood movie Pink Cadillac and I think that song was a work of art, as it went to #4. That should have been a slam dunk #1. I felt it was one of the really great country performances of the decade,  (1989). I also felt that song was a great example how far country had come since the start of the 80's, and songs like this set the stage for what was next in country, as every river needs a bridge.  They disbanded in the early 1990's.

Any Way The Wind Blows   (Yeah, the video looks like the 80's LOL)  But take a listen and turn it up! (Harmonies!!)

They were in the same league as The Desert Rose Band and others in that era.  Really talented players and singers and great music. Country was just not ready for them at the time for gigantic success. We had a band already, it was Alabama, and they were king!

Thanks for the memory, Amy.   It was good to look back on Southern Pacific.  They were great! And I was a fan!

I am very, proud to be the voice of Universal Windows Direct on WQMX!   You know, you don't make a purchase like new windows very often, and you want to get it right.  And I did!

My job was not a typical one either.  My home, in an historic area needed a special clearance to get permitted for the job.  They went with me and spoke at the board meeting in city council chambers on a cold and snowy night to help me get permission for the job. That was very impressive and made me know I had made the right decision.  That really meant a ton to me.  They quoted me easily the best price and made the windows custom for my house.  All 36 of them!  They ordered them to be made, and a couple weeks later, came out and installed them.  In ONE day!

This Was A Big Job! This Is Just One Side They Were Installing!

After - Same Angle  - Looks So Much Better Inside And Out!

Of course the house is way better now.  Warmer, cooler, and looks great!  I've done many big things to that house in the years I owned it, but this was the best by far.  I should have done it years ago, for every reason there is.  If windows have been on your mind, I say do it. Mine was a big job, and it made a world of difference. 

Lots Of Windows!

You don't make large purchases like this very often, so let's get it right. I am proud to put my name next to theirs and recommend them to you.

Great people, great product, great work and a great LOCAL company. 

Universalwindowsdirect.com

While many of us have been staying home a lot more in the past few months (and some of us still will be for who knows how long), it seems we should have had more time than ever before to excersize and get in better shape! But a "stay at home order" is sometimes just the thing that will make us move less we usually do.

How important is it to get moving? Well, here's a short article from getpocket.com to explain what happens when you walk 10,000 steps a day everyday.

To read it, click here!

Memorial Day, the official start of Summer! But it's so much more. Here are a few things you may have known about Memorial Day and maybe a few things you didn't know...courtesy of history.com.

To check out some cool info, click here!