What is your favorite "one hit wonder"???

Is it "Come On Eileen"?

Ice Ice Baby?

Cars?

Turning Japanese??

Warning - thinking about these songs will make them play OVER & OVER & OVER in your head.......

There are so many one hit wonders to choose from - what's yours?

Who do you want to find????

Who from the past do you want to track down? While Jeff Kampert was down this weekend, we started talking and going thru my yearbooks and going "what ever happened to ????"

In the past month or so i've tracked down Andy Scinski and Jeff Sablom (who's now Jeff Johnston) who's living in Japan.

I'll start with who i'd like to track down and maybe someone has info that I don't - you post who you would like to find and let's see who we find.........


UPDATED

Andy Delgado - I have an address, will be sending him a note
Sandy Black
Paul "Pooh Bear" Taylor
Alfredo Martinez - I have an address, will be sending him a note
John Baker
Ellen Bird
Ron Orsini - I have an address, will be sending him a note

Whatever happened to Saturday night?

Whatever happened to Saturday night? When you dressed up sharp and you felt alright. It don't seem the same since cosmic light came into my life and I thought I was divine. I used to go for a ride with a chick who'd go and listen to the music on the radio. A saxophone was blowing on a Rock and Roll Show and you climbed in the back and you really had a good time.

Cookie's no longer a virgin.

Happy Birthday Cathy.

The Best One

We have heard so many stories about what went on at parties. But which one was the best party of all time?

Around the Horn

Around the Horn is a sports show I like to watch. The host, Tony Reali, moderates discussions of various topics and awards points for good arguments. The awarding of points is done at the discretion of the host. In addition, he can punish them by muting contestants for 10 seconds, which also subtracts a point from their score. He can also subtract points for poor arguments or when contestants try to change the subject. Panelists are frequently rewarded by Reali with points for quoting pop culture movies, as long as they are on topic.

So, here's what we are going to do. Paula will be our host. She is the most straight-forward person I know. I will post the questions, she will moderate and award points. We will follow the same rules as the show, but instead of muting, your next comment will be deleted.

First word: What was the most memorable moment in one of our shows?

Your Favorite Song

No, this is not the same question. This time, tell us the song you loved to perform. It can be from Jazz, Marching, or Concert band. Make sure you tell us why.

It's Your Life Game

Here's our latest game, "It's Your Life." I will start us out with a question about an event or a person from the band. Whoever answers, will post the next question.

Name two trumpet soloists.

Useless things

So i get an email today - It's 480 Crockpot recipes!!!!!!

a) I live alone
b) I'm a lousy cook
c) Cooking for 1 sucks
d) I'm not about to leave something turned on all day while I'm at work.

Tell me some of the useless things you've received either as a gift or a email

oh and by the way - she send me the email and said - I saw this and automatically thought of you......wtf?????

and let me know if I should forward the "useless" email to you

Claim to Fame

What can you do that most people can't?

What is your "claim to fame?"

What's your most

embarassing moment???

While in high school


After high school

Band Reunion Enquirer

If you were to appear on the front cover of a tabloid like the National Enquirer what would the headline read?

Ask Cookie

Go ahead. Ask.

The Biggest Difference

For the most part, we all seem pretty much the same. Most of us look the same and we pretty much act the same. But, it just can't be. What do you think is the biggest difference in you since high school?

We're #1

I just heard that Miami has been rated the city with the most cel. phone usage in the entire United States. I don't know if that's good or bad. Why do you think we do this?

Our Next Get Together

Cathy's Birthday Bash

Saturday, September 23
California Pizza Kitchen at 8:30 pm
11401 Pines Blvd
Pembroke Pines, FL 33026
(954) 432-1498

AND

Rocky Horror at 11:30 pm
Flippers Cinema 10
7001 Taft st.
Hollywood, Fl 33024

For more information, you may email me. So, who's going?

Who do you most admire?

and why?

What's up with that?!

I have blogger's block. So, I asked my friend, Omar, for a random, but bizarre question. Get ready. Omar is a nut. Here's his question: If the Statue of Liberty was given to us by the French, why doesn't it have any armpit hair?

Because We Love You

I was trying to find a new question for my profile page. I loved this one:

Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?

What Makes You

Happy?

Sad?

Laugh?

Cry?

Celebrating Differences

Alright guys. This time, I need your help. I am planning another event, and I have no idea where to get started. The topic is, married couples celebrating each other's differences. What are some of these differences and how do you celebrate them?

Sweet Love

At Paula's party, I learned some interesting things about some of us. For example, Debby's husband, Tony brought up how George used the same song to prepare his date for a special night of love. :) What was it? "Sweet Love" by Anita Baker. I know. Funny.
What song always does that for you?

Greatest Moment

This morning, I was scrolling through the radio stations and I heard an interesting question. It was, "What is your greatest moment of all time?" The DJ's made sure to say that people couldn't give the obvious answer, like "the day my child was born." So, tell me, what is YOUR greatest moment of all time?

Once upon a time...

It's story time! Here's how you can participate. I will start off the story, and you guys will continue. But, you may only answer by using a song lyric. Let's see how far the adventure will go.

One day, a group of old friends were

What will they think of next?

My niece's birthday is in two months, so she's already started asking for stuff. You will NOT believe what is on her list. This is a real toy, and she really wants it! Check it out. http://barbie.everythinggirl.com/activities/btv/as_seen_on_tv/index.aspx
Then, let me know what you think.

Pictures from Jordi

Hey Gang!

Sorry I have not posted pictures to www.hmlbandalumni.com for a bit...work seems to get in the way of my personal life. I do have some to post to do this week and should have some cycles to do so. In the meantime, Jordi sent some in which I just posted so Enjoy!

If you want to "play with" the new blogging site you can get to it at blogs.hmlbandalumni.com

Believe it or not this picture was not staged, how I got between Niki's legs and popped up without her knowing I don't quite remember!

E!

Our VMA's

This year's VMA's were a little disappointing, but I still love watching them. I love hearing who the judges pick for best male/female artist, best new group, and so on. I agree with their choices sometimes, but a lot of the times I don't. On many occasions, I think that the nominees are wrong, and that they have missed some worthy talent.

Thinking back since the first one, I realized that there sure have been a lot of videos since MTV started on August 1, 1981. If you were a judge, which videos, since that first one aired, would you choose? What category would you put that video in and why?

What's it all about?

I have a confession to make. I have never been to Rocky Horror, nor have I ever seen the movie. Yes, it's crazy, but it's true. I have heard some of the songs, and I remember hearing the stories about what goes on there. I have even seen pictures of you guys dressed up, ready to perform, but I just don't get it. Why would you dress up? What went on there?

How "Important" is it to you?

Recently we received an advertisement for digital cable that stated "Connecting you to what's important in your life". I freaked out when I read it! "important", TV-to us, NO WAY! specially all those hundreds of channels. I don't get it. We live without cable, digital or whatever, satellite or any other kind of "special" television connection; our TV connection isn't the greatest (we get some local channels) and to be honest with you--we don't miss it. I recently asked my kids if they do and they said "not really". They hate all the commercials. We do, on the other hand, have a nice DVD and video collection (we get to watch what we want, when we want).

So, my question to you is...How important is television to you and your family and what do you like to watch?

Getting to Know You Game

Here's how to play. I'll start us out with a comparison. The next person to comment answers which of the two items he/she prefers and then follows up with a new comparison or question. Ready. Here we go.

ocean or pool?

Hello. Anyone Home?

Has anyone been watching the Marlins? Man, they are playing some ball! Tonight's game is incredible. Anibel Sanchez, a 22 year old rookie, just pitched a no-hitter. We won 2-0. The first rookie to do it since 2001. The Marlins are also only two down for the Wild Card. The sad thing is, when they show the stadium, there is no one there. Anyone up for a game?

Is there a difference?

Alex just turned 40. Sorry for bringing it up, buddy, but it's kind of freaking me out. It just hit me when I was getting him a card. Oh my God, Alex is 40! One of us is actually 40. Then, I started thinking, oh my God, some of us are over 40!!! Then, I was listening to the Today show, and they were talking about mid-life crises, and how both men and women go through them, but they go through them in totally different ways. Women become introspective and reflect on their lives and what they have always wanted to do. Men have a strong desire for attention. I'm not making this up. That's what they said.

So, here are my questions: Is there really a difference? And, here's the big one...are any of you going through this now?

What a weekend

This was such an awesome weekend. On Saturday, a group of band girls got together at Paula's house. What a time we had. We looked through Paula's yearbooks and took a walk down memory lane. Each picture helped us recall old stories. Then, on Monday, there was Alex's tailgate party. I'll quote Byron to sum it up, "What a trip." It was like 20 years had not gone by, high school all over again. If any of you have pictures, be sure to post them.

Got Some Cheese?

My brother and I were talking about things we used to say in high school, that people outside of Miami probably would have never said. For example, when he was in high school, they would say, "Got some cheese?" which really meant, "Do you have any good gossip?" You see, they were speaking Spanglish. I'll let you try and figure it out before I reveal where it comes from. But, there were so many things like this. Try ordering an Ironbeer soda in Hialeah in English. I did, and I was told they didn't have it, but when I asked for un Ironber, they quickly brought it over. Any more like this?

6 Degrees of What?!

Recently, when talking about the "good old days" someone told me that band was like one big orgy. This person said, that if a guy kissed a + b + c + d, and a girl kissed m + n + o + p, and so on, that eventually, this would lead to everyone kissing the same people. Strange, but I guess that makes sense. What do you think?