It’s Tuesday. Well, damn. I woke up yesterday to the news of Ric Ocasek’s death. Ric was the lead singer of the rock band The Cars. They hit it big in the late 70s and early 80s with songs like “My Best Friend’s Girl”, “Since You’re Gone”, “Magic”, “Let’s Go”, “Drive”, “Just What I Needed”, “Good Times Roll”, “Bye Bye Love” and “Shake It Up”. They were very much a part of the soundtrack of my highschool years. When CDs first came out, their album Heartbeat City was one of the first I ever purchased.

Ric Ocasek was known for his mop of black hair and black sunglasses and was the band’s primary song writer, though often sharing lead vocals with bassist Benjamin Orr. Ocasek married supermodel Paulina Porizkova after the two met while shooting the video for 1984’s “Drive” and had two children together.

The band had 13 Top 40 singles and four Top 10 LPs and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.

Ric was 75 years old.

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It’s Monday. Had another good weekend. The weather was beautiful on Saturday so I went out to the Route 66 Dragstrip where they were hosting the Super Chevy Show. They had a huge car show, drag races, swap-meet, food, and music throughout the weekend. There was so much automotive goodness that I will have a very hard time picking out my favorites to share with all of you. Aside from the incredible collection of cars, I’d have to say my second favorite attraction was the jet cars. One cannot describe what it’s like of seeing and feeling these things race down the dragstrip at well over two hundred MPH—it has to be experienced. Absolutely unbelievable.

After leaving the Super Chevy Show, I met a friend out at a marina on the Des Plaines river. It was a gorgeous day so there were plenty of people out on the water. It was nice just hanging out and having some drinks while watching an endless parade of boats. In another month or so it’ll be too cold to be out there and all those boats will be put away for the winter. Damn.

My Sunday was fairly uneventful. I caught the Bears/Broncos game which was actually pretty good. They nearly blew it at the end but got it together in time to win 16-14. 

Back to work…

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It’s Sunday! This is some amazing footage of an EF2 tornado that struck Spartanburg, South Carolina. Though no one was seriously injured, it caused millions of dollars in damage in just a few terrifying  seconds.

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