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Coming up this week on DR. BLOGSTEIN'S RADIO HAPPY HOUR: (Live on Tuesday November 20th at 9PM ET and forever archived at BlogTalkRadio.)

Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry dribbles his way into the Radio Happy Hour.

Barry, named to the exclusive list of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, is as outspoken and controversial as he is a talented basketball player. We'll talk hoops and underhanded free throws with this sports legend.

Also, Alex Boylan, winner of CBS's The Amazing Race II, will call in from somewhere in South America to discuss his latest adventure. Evidently, winning a race around the world was not challenging enough for him, now Alex is attempting to make it around the world for free!

Alex left New York from CBS’s “The Early Show” on September 18 in an attempt to travel the world with no credit cards or cash, bringing along lone cameraman Zsolt Luka to document the unprecedented journey for the unique travel/reality web series “Around The World For Free.” Alex is relying on the web community at www.aroundtheworldforfree.com to set his itinerary and guide him around the world for free.

Sorry about that folks...see what happens when we leave the computer for an hour?

Another song we caught on our ride home the other night that brought back memories was by Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina.

In 1971 Jim Messina, formerly of POCO and BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD was working as a producer for Columbia Records. He met a studio musician who had written some songs. His name was Kenny Loggins.

It was decided Messina would produce Loggins' first album, but by the time they were finished Messina had appeared on so many songs, as a composer, singer and instumentalist that the album was entitled Kenny Loggins With Jim Messina - Sittin' In...it became known simply as Sittin' In...

Between 1971 and 1977 the duo released 9 albums; two were live recordings and the last a compilation album. The both went on to successful solo recording careers.

They were the leaders in the soft rock genre which was smacked with the name 'yacht rock' by some.

"Danny's Song", was written by Kenny Loggins and reached #82 on the Pop Singles chart in 1972. In 1973 Anne Murray released her version of the song which reached # 7 on the Pop Singles chart, #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #10 on the Country chart.



"House At Pooh Corner", also on the same album, can certainly be called a 'novelty song', but the song composed by Kenny Loggins has one of those hooks that stays in your head...

We ended up at the Grizzlies home opener against the World Champion San Antonio Spurs. Griz played a pretty decent game, though we think the Spurs could have been had tonight. They opened last night at home and had the ring ceremony and raised the banners and all... Then after the game, they HAD to celebrate right?

NOW, MAYBE THEY DID NOT CELEBRATE KNOWING THERE WAS A GAME TONIGHT.
ARE YOU KIDDING? WE'RE TALKING BASKETBALL PLAYERS HERE...THOSE GUYS PROBABLY EACH HAD FOUR WOMEN...
NOW NOW, BE NICE...THAT IS VERY MEAN...
CLAMP IT SHUT GOODY-TWO SHOES..EVEN THIS GUY KNOWS I KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT...

Will you two PLEASE calm down ...it is late and we need to finish some kind of a post today...

Well, anyway...we are not huge pro basketball fans, but the seat were cool...got the tickets at the last minute and with it being Halloween, people had kids to deal with or plans, so we ended up going alone. First time we were ever in the Fed-Ex...

Someone please tell me, I know that the last pro game we went to was in San Antonio 2 years ago. We have watched it here and there on TV...BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the Fed-Ex, whenever the Grizzlies are on defense there is the obligatory da da clap da da clap sound effect...or the DE-FENCE chat over the P.A. system...We've got that, but what we are used to is a more reserved use of sound effects when the home team has the ball.

At the Fed-Ex, when the Grizzlies have the ball, they play MUSIC...not sound effects, but pieces of MUSIC! We are talking about rock and roll and light rap, and for no apparent reason other than to make sure there is noise...BUT WHILE THE OFFENSE HAS THE BALL????

Sorry, we are 'more mature' than most of you, but we remember going to basketball games and yes, you had the organ...and it did many of the sounds we hear recreated digitally now, but they were more filler then a constant soundtrack...Like the sound of sneakers scraping the floor, and being able to hear the players talking to each other (even in the higher seats in some of the old arenas)...

WHERE THE HELL DID THIS RANT COME FROM?
WILL YOU JUST PLEASE HUSH...HE IS ON A ROLL AND I AM TIRED.
HUSH UP?? WHAT THE HELL IS HUSH UP? TIRED? C'MERE AND I WILL KNOCK YOU INTO TOMORROW...

Will you PLEASE!

Where were we? OH yeah... the need to have constant entertainment...and it is really not just at basketball games, it is at football and hockey and YES!!! even at baseball games. Thought there is no use of sound effects while the ball is actually in play.

Why can't the American sporting public be entertained by what is going on during the game.

With golf, you actually have the total opposite...total silence.

With NASCAR, it is so damn loud from the cars that sound effects would be pretty incidental.

Football, hockey and baseball use the 'crowd chant' sound effects between plays, but this new thing we experienced last night during a basketball game was just a bit too much for us...

THAT'S IT? THAT'S ALL YA GOT DUDE?
WILL YOU PLEASE JUST ALLOW HIM TO FINISH.
HE IS FINISHED...THE GUY HAS NOTHING..
I AM SURE HE DOES...

WELL...MAYBE ALL THEY ARE TRYING TO DO BY PLAYING SO MUCH MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS IS TO DROWN OUT THIS GUY: