The WEEKEND is here!  Live well, live right, and do it without breaking the bank!

Expected Weather 

Saturday  - Sun 61

Sunday - Sun 68

Music

Read My Country Music Memory Lane This Week  - (Janie Fricke)

Read My Song Of The Week -  (Just About Over You)

Wynn's Weekend Breakfast! 

How about a delicious breakfast -

Food And Drink

Wynn's Wine Of The Weekend - Intermingle  (Red)

Wynn's Cheese Of The Weekend  - Honey Goat Cheese with Jerky!

Wynn's Weekend Menu  - This Looks Good!  (Recipe)

Treat Yourself This Weekend Or Next  - Tavern At Twin Lakes (link)

Saturday is - Chocolate Mousse Day

Sunday is   -  Cordon Bleu Day

Viewing

In Theaters  -  Theater listings  (listings)

Drive- Ins  -  Most Drive Ins are opening this weekend

HBO Max  - Godzilla VS. Kong

Weekend Golf?  - 

Courses Improving Quickly -  Valleaire in Hinckley  (Link)

This Weekend -  Bunker Hill In Medina (Link)

PGA Tour  -  TPC San Antonio  (Golf Channel and Local TV)

Sports

NCAA - This Weekend Final Four (Local TV CBS FAmily)

NASCAR - OFF No RAce (Easter)

The Tribe  - Regular Season in Detroit (Local TV)

The Blue Jackets - Saturday and Sunday In Miami (Local TV)

Cavs Play - Saturday In Miami  (Local TV)

Have a GREAT weekend!

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Now this is how you slide out of bed to start your day.

 

 

 

 

 

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How many of you have a pair of shoes/boots for yard work?  

These ancient relics could probably walk by themselves.  They are relegated to the garage or tucked under the stairs.

They are usually green and are falling apart. 

Mine had no laces, they fit my feet perfectly from 11+ years of just yard usage and I recently had to throw them away. 

Think how many miles you have put on that pair of boots/shoes.  How many steps counted?   That would be the true adult-ometer. 

Any and every family celebration, (Graduations, Parties, Receptions, Gender Reveals, Birthdays, Cookouts) many of life's milestone moments to a regular old weekend started with those shoes and a walk over that yard...  The mowing season is coming... when do you start?

There's spring cleaning, and that always feels good to overhaul a room or the whole house. But you also still have to do the every day tidying. The Kitchn has put together a list of 15 small habits that will turn you into a "clean as you go" person. Click here to check them out! You may find that you do a lot of these already, yay, but you may find a new trick or two!

Who ever thought these two would be very important characters in today's real life world?  Funny how two movie legends that have spent decades destroying things suddenly have a new charge.  Now we are relying on Godzilla and Kong to help us put an entire industry back together. Big jobs requires big.....well, monsters. Seriously, Hollywood is betting a lot on them this week- and this month.

 In Theaters And On HBO Max - TODAY!

In case you are living under a rock, you know that today the new Godzilla VS. Kong opens today in theaters, and is a major reason many theaters chains and Drive-Ins are re-opening this weekend.  These two are icons. Godzilla will be starring in his 37th movie role....as himself, (he's always type-cast) after debuting in 1954.  The original was a big movie making breakthrough at the time, and it also made a very loud statement within the story, against Nuclear testing and weapons.  Godzilla's genesis was a product of man's Nuclear quest and test in the original film, and he was portrayed as a victim, as much as a terror.

Original Godzilla Movie - Starring Raymond Burr - A Big Star At The Time!

Kong is a bit older, born on screen in 1933, and there have been 13 Kong flicks.  The original looks so technicaly silly by today's standards, but was honestly very scary to people in the 30's, as that type of movie had never been seen before. This was a major movie making achievement at the time, compare it to Jurrasic Park as far as film making was concerned.  Talking movies were only 6 years old at the time.  Kong was a sympathetic character in the original because of man's greed, and still is today.  So between them, 50 flicks.

King Kong - 1933 - A Classic!

James Bond has only been in 26. And in case you're wondering, Sherlock Holmes holds the all time record, appearing in 254 movies!  I think Godzilla is second.

Jackie asked about Janie Fricke and I was glad she did. She, along with Kathy Mattea have the two most mispronounced names in format history. (Frick-y or Frick-ee). Janie Fricke was extremely popular when I got my start in country music and country radio. She was also the first star I met backstage as a pro at my first country station, WOBL in Oberlin, Ohio. She was at the Lorain County Fair early 1980's.  (I doubt she remembers me LOL)

This Song Was Very Popular When In First Got My First Country Radio Job.

To accurately give you an overview, Janie Fricke was a pure singer, a sensational vocalist, and an incredible talent that literally did everything a singer can possibly do. And she did it all very well. Yes, we'll remember her as an award winning country star which she was, but believe it or not that's only the beginning. Being honest, time has not been overly kind in remembering her legacy, or many other's legacy's from that era (1980-1986 or so) as country has dramatically pivoted so much since then. Her chart run happened during a time we were really trying to find our way.  But that doesn't mean she wasn't great, because she was.

Great Ballad Sung With Heart  - Fantastic Song!

Before she ever had her own songs on the radio, she did some incredible things in the mid to late 1970's.  She sang backup for Dolly, Barbara Mandrell, Ronnie Milsap, Crystal Gayle, Conway Twitty, Tanya Tucker, and Eddie Rabbitt, a serious "A" List at the time.  And Oh yeah....Elvis.  She was also one of the most sought after jingle singers anywhere, recording jingles for numerous ad campaigns. She then recorded a series of background vocals/duets with country singer Johnny Duncan that really catapulted her to a new level. She also did duets with Vern Gosdin, and later with Merle Haggard. She deserved and got her own deal, but it would be a couple years before she would really take off.

I Always Loved This Song - Very Vulnerable - Well Done

But solo success did come, and ran through about 1986.  A bunch of number one songs, touring with Alabama, and winning the CMA Female Vocalist Of The Year  in 1982 and 1983, and ACM Female Vocalist Of The Year  1983 as well.  She also did some TV acting on various shows, and was very popular within our format. But truth be told, country was getting ready to explode in a brand new direction about 1986, and many of the stars popular early in the decade were about to be replaced by neo traditional stars on the charts.  Even Alabama. 

Big Song For Her - Early 80's - Clearly

The new Mashalls in town were, George Strait, Randy Travis, Dwight Yokam, Keith Whitley, Patty Loveless, Holly Dunn, Reba, Kathy Mattea and others. They were the start of the flood that would follow.  Country was rapidly shedding "pop country,"  and a far more traditional sound was in.  But I really want to say this. There are alot of singers, both past and present in many different formats that wish they could sing as well as Janie Fricke.  She's blessed with the ability to make any song sound great.  I think she could sing a refrigerator owners manual -  and make it sound good.

Terrific Duet With Merle Haggard  - A live Version

Janie Fricke had a nice run.  I am proud to say I played all of Janie Fricke's songs on the radio for many years.  Her talent was amazing, her voice powerful, clean, pure and very versatile. She never got lost in a song, you heard her right up front, she owned it, and her singing was always very confident.  She was as confident of a singer as we've ever had.  She knew exactly where the notes were and nailed them with skill of a singing marksman.  No matter what changes were happening in country, or the rest of the music world Janie Fricke could flat out sing most of the competition in any format.

Later In Her Run - Loved This Song  - Another #1

I remember talking with her at the Lorain County Fair backstage with my Program Director Dave Lenahan from WOBL.  I couldn't believe I was talking with a real star that I played on the radio that very morning.  I was about 20, and was mesmerized by this beautiful and talented woman, wearing her signature headband, and concert outfit who was telling us stories about singing with Elvis. It's a memory I will never forget.

When you add it all up, Janie Fricke did it all. She's from a very different era that had way more limits for huge success for all of our stars.  No social media, and almost no TV exposure. Heck, most of us didn't have cable TV.  No YouTube, no internet, no downloading music, and hardly any country music videos. You had to buy the album at the store and for the most part, we were not selling a lot of those then. But she was a star, and led our format when we needed leaders.

Janie Fricke.  Amazingly talented.

It's Kenny Chesney's birthday today and what better way to celebrate than with one of my Top 5 lists? If I have to narrow it down, and I guess I do because I said Top 5, these are my picks: 

5. "Better Boat" 

4. "Summertime"

3. "American Kids"

2. "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems"

1. "Anything But Mine"

The word play of the name on this one is great.  

With March Madness in full swing...He seems fun and innovative!!!

After investigating this ball-er Will Hartzell has a lot of fun it looks like on his I-G (dunking a fireball below is a don't try at home.)

Do you think the jersey comes with suspenders and those kicks?  I love it!

LeBarn James really built his own rebounding machine ?

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These kinds of videos are so fascinating to watch and you learn something new. Check out how candy is made from Tasty Junior: 

With warmer weather here, or at least teasing us a bit from time to time, it's Treat Season!  I think that going to your neighborhood ice cream place for an evening cone, (or cup as I am anti-cone), is a simple pleasure that you never outgrow and will always be a part of who we are. 

The other day, The Beautiful Windy and I went out and had a happy hour on the outdoor patio at River Merchant  (Great Place) in Kent. It was a fantastic day, and as we left she said, "Let's go to Strickland's, my treat."  Okay!  There was no decision to be made and I was thrilled at the idea.  We had an ice cream treat and it capped off a good day.

Delish!!

This season, make sure you support your local ice cream place as many of them are just small businesses trying to make a living and be a part of the community.  Maybe make a few extra trips there this year.  We live in Streetsboro, and Strickland's is our most local shop.  But we don't live too far from Handel's, so we'll head there a few times this summer too.

If we all do that, not only will we be full and happy, but support local biz too.