Yessongs

Dam Force, yeah I want to run so badly here outdoors, but I can tell, at my age, that is not a good proposition. These are the times I miss Calif you know and that nice, smooth, cushioned track at the High School.....and no oppressive humidity. Wifey told me the same. Stay safe...

Few of my buddies I see pretty much every Sunday at the gym. Guy on the left, 33 years old, Motorcycle Cop here in Bangkok. The guy on the right is 31 years old, owns a machine shop here locally. Both of these guys are totally cool....real class acts you know. They are both incredibly strong. They both told me if anyone fucks with me or my wife, let them know, they will take care of it. These guys are nice, but you can just tell, if anyone fucks with them, it is not going to end well for who ever that might be. Just for your point of reference, I am the 67 year old "hack" in the middle, trying to hang with the younger generation💪

Glad you made it back safely Stu, you had a good tour for sure and enjoyed your pics. Great to finally meet you and perhaps we can do it again in the future. All the best...

I will be in Pattaya April 9th -13th. Wifey's B-day, her request to go to Pattaya, which was quite shocking to me. What ever the situation there, busy or not, we will have a good time. I picked the hotel.......reviews are good. We'll see. https://www.agoda.com/arbour-hotel-and-residence/hotel/pattaya-th.html?finalPriceView=1&isShowMobileAppPrice=false&cid=1891451&numberOfBedrooms=&familyMode=false&adults=2&children=0&rooms=1&maxRooms=0&checkIn=2023-04-9&isCalendarCallout=false&childAges=&numberOfGuest=0&missingChildAges=false&travellerType=-1&showReviewSubmissionEntry=false&currencyCode=USD&isFreeOccSearch=false&tag=cbb2b501-fa48-41af-bc1a-0d0ef0ee005d&isCityHaveAsq=true&tspTypes=-1&los=4&searchrequestid=3cb3fe07-8817-41ab-9dda-bfcc98abdda5

Gord, glad you made it home safely again. You certainly had a great time here and was great to meet up with you again. Normal for this time of year to get that much snow? Did you leave any broken hearts here in Thailand again? LOL! All the best......are you a Bryan Adams fan? He is from Canada you know?

Last night met up with a former gal pal of mine for dinner that I met from the gym I joined here when arriving in Jan 2016. Have not seen her in 4 years. So finally got to catch up with her. She is now at another gym and not the one I am at now...sadly. Great gal, Masters Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Air Traffic Control at Swampy, works both the Main Tower and Radar Control Room. After dinner we all went over to "Promenade" and saw "John Wick, Chapter 4" Dam, Keanu Reeves is one bad ass Mother Fucker in this movie! Next Thursday on one of her days off, she is meeting us at the tower and will show us the entire operation, no cameras or video of any kind are allowed. I am looking forward to see this operation for sure.

My buddy of 53 years called me last night, he still lives in San Jose Calif. Met him in 1971 right? He went on to get his PHD in Clinical Psychology. We hit the club scene a ton back in the day, yep every Friday/Sat night, especially during the summer when he was not going to UCLA. Always talk about the club scene back in the day and the girls of course. He always reminds me of this tune that they played at every club, every night, even 2-3 times per night back in the early 80's. It was at one of these clubs that I met my first wife......seems like yesterday. Just so you all know, your boy Yessongs was a "bad ass" dancer back in the day LOL! Midnight Star indeed....

Hostess Twinkies Cliff....Aroy Mak LOL!

Jesus Christ, sick people is putting it mildly. How do these people get to this point in life?

Just a few more thought about Bryan Adams ( if anyone cares) like I said, it was his last night of the tour in Bangkok. Told everyone how much he appreciated everyone coming out to see his show. He last played here 30 years ago in 1993 and he was only 33 years old then. Had to cancel a show here in Jan 2017 he was scheduled to play at Impact Arena as the King had passed away. He again thanked everyone for coming out and said that he realizes that the traffic in Bangkok is tough and for everyone coming from other places in Thailand dealing with that, he saw first hand. Told everyone that he had arrived from the show in Manila he did on Wed, then flew in here on Thursday and the traffic was tough even at 3:00pm getting to the hotel. Seems like a real humble guy and loves his fans. Here is how they deal with ticket scalpers here etc.....your name is on the ticket and you have to show ID before entering the venue to make sure you are who you say you are. No ticket brokers here, no re-sellers and no secondary outlets.....at least that I am aware of.

Steve, fully understand. Bryan Adams and many other bands/groups get overplayed on FM radio to death. “Hotel Calif” "Sweet Home Alabama” "Brown Sugar” “Roundabout” “Pour Some Sugar On Me” “You’ve Got A Friend” “Imagine” “Sweet Child of Mine” “Iron Man” and thousands and thousand of songs are beat to death. It’s just the way it is. I just tune to another station if this happens. Mostly though these days, I choose what I WANT to hear you know. Well said Mr. Smooth, these are the times we live in these days and at the end of the day we all have "personal choices" to make our decisions on how much money we want to spend for what we like and what we don't like. For us in the USA, we all know Ticketmaster who merged with Livenation, has been a "monopoly" for years. Like you referred to, love it when I saw the CEO of Ticketmaster was called to DC to explain what went wrong with the Taylor Swift fiasco. Was good seeing our congress people like Amy Klobuchar, grilling him about Ticketmaster and him telling everyone that merging with Livenation was actually a "good thing" for everyone?? Yeah right. Perhaps him and George Santos should get together for dinner huh and maybe he can get him some seats and Santos can tell everyone he has been a " Swiftie" for years now LOL! Unfortunately it is not just concerts, took wifey to see The Warriors play back in March 2022. Jesus, $14 for a Corona, $50 to park your car, and I am going to pull a "George Santos" and tell you I got tickets to this game for $90 LOL! Ok, OK, Ok....just let it go. Again, we all have choices. Sometimes though, I just want to do some things, and I throw the " it's too expensive" out the window and just deal with it you know?

Sorry to all: it appears that the lovely "true vision" we use here for Internet, had some sort of problem they "forgot" to tell everyone about here locally in our area. Wifey got them on the phone and read the riot act to them and we got the usual " solly" Something to do with one of the new 5G applications or something. She got me on the phone and the guy apologized too. Amazing Thailand!

Or in my case back in the day, Hostess Twinkies....just saying.

Yeah some of the shows in America are just way overpriced. So any idea how much that ticket in the area you wanted to sit the day they went on sale, with out having to buy from a ticket "broker" was going for? My last 2 concerts that I went to, Mc Cartney in Oakland and Aerosmith in Las Vegas were the 2 most expensive shows I have ever paid for. As long as people pay it, the promoters are going to get it......that simple. Just a side note here, Livenation here in Bangkok was the promoter for the Bryan Adams show right? Thaiticket major sold the tickets. There are no secondary markets here ( that I am aware of) checked Craigslist here too. No one sells tickets here as a secondary provider. Why is that? When you buy your tickets online here, you pay for them, they send you a PDF file to your e-mail right? That ticket has your name on it and your wife/gf etc. They say that the person entering the venue has to show ID to make sure that the name on the ticket, matches the ID. At least that is a somewhat of a good way of having big shows, and thousands of scalpers buying them, then re-selling at much higher prices. Spot on assessment...

The last 3 days I have been unable to see pics from about 3 days ago. When I click on a topic that has pictures, the wheel at the top of my Mac just turns, nothing shows up, screen is blank. Anyone else getting that? Thanks.... Also, tried to send a pic via PM and it loads, says it is "done" but no picture is sent as it does not go through at all.

Geez matt, busy day for sure. Hang in there...

How did you fall? Just curious. Man, the elbow is incredibly sensitive to say the least. Glad you're on the mend.

Thanks Matt, hey he is at Chase Center July 30th, right in your backyard. This tour he is doing and the setlist he is playing, is a winner for sure. Take your Daughter, it will cost you alot less then "Twice" "Please Believe Me" LOL! Thanks Cliff, yeah this guy is the real deal STILL. Saw him 2 times, both in the 90's and his voice is still right there. By the way, the women there....they like him alot.....dressed to the 9"s. Thanks Roomark, concerts and great music, still a winner after all of these years. Thanks Lemondrop, yeah you only live once. Try to get good pics you know. Wifey is amazing to say the least.....no one messes with her in the "hood" here. She is doing 7, 8 and 9 lb dumbbells these days LOL! Thanks buddy, appreciate that. Oh Derek, you are way too kind. Would you have bought your wife a "Prada" purse for $162k baht? Just curious LOL! Thanks Alan, hope all is well with you and we got to hit a concert one day together before you have to push me in a wheel chair LOL!

Celebrated my b-day downtown for 2 nights as wifey surprised me with that and seeing Bryan Adams in concert. Nice hotel, great grounds in and around the place. 1 1/2 blocks to Siam Paragon/MBK. Did a little shopping, place is always busy. Always an “ adventure” with her. Every purchase will be scrutinized, analyzed, looked at, looked at up in the air, on the ground, and of course, the cell phone will be used to verify its authenticity LOL! I finally had enough of her shit, told her “ I am going to give you exactly 1 minute to decide which fucking eyebrow pencil you want, if you cannot make a decision after looking at everyone of these fucking things after 15 minutes, I am going to put you in a Guillotine Choke Hold. The girls at Sephora will then call the Police and I will be wanted by Interpol” I always leave these places kind of feeling sorry for her you know? Dreaming of the “Prada” purse she will never get…….at least by me! You should see some of the ridiculous prices for some of this shit. Maybe Vin Diesel can buy it for her LOL! So dinner at the Hotel was really good to say the least, same as the Breakfast Buffet in the mornings. 10 minute walk over to “Royal Paragon Hall” where the show was. Got to give it up to the local promoter “Livenation” Want to know how to stop the ticket brokers etc from buying all the tickets, then re-selling them at triple the price? You put your name on the tickets itself and show that the person that bought that ticket, is the one going to the show. Well done to them. 9 shows on this particular tour for Bryan Adams. Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and last night of the tour in Bangkok. Wifey did good, 4th row reserved seats bit to the left of the stage and great sightlines. 8:15pm out he comes and launches into “ Kick Ass” off his new album. Great opener…well after 40+years of music, he has an extensive catalog of material to play. He did not disappoint at all. His voice is STILL great after all of these years. I think we would all agree, there are a few lead singers you just know their voice and who they are…..even if you don not know ahead of time who it might me. Rod Stewart, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson, Roger Daltrey and a few others. I definitely put Bryan Adams in that category. 2 hour performance non stop, again, played all the material we all wanted to hear that evening. His band is tight, the music was crisp and clear. “Please Forgive Me” “Heaven” “ Go Down Rockin” “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman” “Here I Am” “Everything I Do, I Do It For You” “18 Till I Die” “Summer of 69” “Cuts Like a Knife” and many others and closed the show with a blistering version of “Run To You” As they were bowing, he throws tons of Guitar picks out to the crowd. Jesus Christ, wifey does a full vertical leap in 4” heels looking like Draymond Green posting in the “paint” against LeBron going for a rebound! She not only got 1 pick, she got 2 right out of the air. I was swatting at flies, I got nothing! She is a beast. She gave 1 to the Thai girl sitting next to her husband…..he was older then me LOL! Cultural thing you know? One hell of a good time.

Just finishing up 2 nights here in Bangkok, off to breakfast shortly. Wifey surprise b-day as I am now closer to 70, then 60 LOL! Took me to see Bryan Adams concert. 40 years of his catalog, was just outstanding. This guy is the real deal!! Pics/narrative soon.

The Tubes indeed.....well what can I say? New Years Eve 1976, I was 20 years old then ( I think) these guys in the bay area were not to be missed. Winterland in SFO on NYE? What could go wrong? LOL! Saw 3 bands that night: 1. Flo and Eddie ( from The Turtles perhaps)? 2. Eddie Money 3. The Tubes They played until 2:00am that night, talk about debauchery! They had this "NYE costume contest" before The Tubes came out right? Each girl came out in some well...rather sultry looking outfits. Fee Waybill was one of the judges. The last girl comes out stark naked, her butt facing the crowd, we were that close as it was general admission show right? She turns around, throws some "glitter" on her coochie, laughs and walks off the stage. Fee Waybill really liked it. Good lord me and my buddies had probably had 850 "bong hits" in the parking lot outside on Post and Steiner St waiting on the sidewalk all day before the show started at 8:00pm. Good God, how I survived that day and many others in the 70's is still a mystery. San Francisco and the bay area in general was THE PLACE to be in the 70's, no doubt about it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane Glass... I go crazy 'cause my folks are so fucking rich Have to score when I get that rich white punk itch Sounds real classy, living in a chateau So lonely, all the other kids will never know We're white punks on dope Mom & Dad live in Hollywood......

Ok May from Bangkok would get my vote....just saying. https://www.hootersasia.com/vote/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=ads-cta&utm_campaign=finalevote_march_31

Did mine too a few weeks ago from here. I was worried, since my Brother and I had the Living Will Trust from my parents estate to deal with and the sale of their home, 401k etc. About a month before I left, my Brother and I spent $500 for a 1 hour consultation with a tax attorney to discuss just this. We got lucky, no taxes we are responsible on this what so ever! One other thing, at least in Calif where I file. There may be alot of things wrong in America these days but....I have to give kudos to The Franchise Tax Board in Calif......4 days after I filed, the refund money was in my Wells Fargo Account, 8 days after the Federal was in their too.....pretty impressive I think....with all the Gov't red tape these days you know?

Steve, fully agree with your assessment for sure. For me for McCartney, he is one guy for some reason that I have missed for many years and many tours here in USA. He is 80 years old now and with us leaving USA to come back here, I just WAS NOT going to miss seeing him. I was just so livid thinking that he was only playing one show as the first one sold out in 39 minutes. I got in line, verified fan on Ticketmaster, I was like the 1,700th person in line waiting for the first show. When my turn came up, it was sold out. I just knew somehow, that he would add a second show. He did, and I scored the tickets. He is the ONLY guy at this point in life I would pay top dollar to see. It is amazing though, what people will pay if they want to see their " favorite" Matt, these K POP girl bands are huge..I had no idea that they were all that big! Ever heard of "Black Pink"? Bet your Daughter knows how they are. Another K POP girls band, lead singer is Thai. Moved to Korea, speaks fluent Korean and is now a national treasure here amongst young girls. This band is " headlining" at the Coachella Festival in April. I kid you not. They are doing a huge world tour, 2 shows at Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok here in May. Crazy huh? Well things could be worse I guess....if you wanted to see Taylor Swift.

@coxyhog Fully agree Coxyhog...Last May I went to see Paul McCartney back in Calif. Most I have ever spent face value for any event. But....it was worth every penny. There are few "legends" in my mind that are worth that kind of money you know? No since in being the richest corpse in the cemetery? Not that I have to worry about that LOL! Just my opinion of course.