Grouchy Mark Productions

06/02/2024

Instrumentals · Playlist · 27 songs

06/02/2024

Do you have a favorite instrumental or two? I have a Spotify playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/57r9RWYZv9znEfHvjzujje and there are some notable omissions. Working in radio, as a mobile/club DJ and even being in a band can sort of ruin certain songs I once really enjoyed. "Wipeout" by The Surfaris and "Frankenstein" by the Edgar Winter Group would probably fall into that overkill category for me.

Love many Herb Alpert tunes from his Tijuana Brass days in the '60s to songs like "Rise" in the '80s. I've only included "Respect the Wind" by Van Halen on my Spotify playlist, but still dig "Spanish Fly" and "Eruption" from time to time.

The first instrumental I remember really liking was probably the title theme to "Hang 'Em High." When discovering songs from my parents' era, (working in radio with an oldies format) I thought "Sleepwalk" by Santo & Johnny was fantastic -- many great instrumental tunes from every decade, (even big band songs by artists like Glenn Miller from the '30s & '40s) but for me, it really doesn't get any better than "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams! I remember as a kid that the Catholic Church had a push-button speaker that played announcements and Classical Gas was the music bed -- loved it ever since! What about you? What am I missing or should discover?

Instrumentals · Playlist · 27 songs

11/12/2023

11/12/2023

In honor of this Veteran's Day, here are a few pages from the 1946 EHS Devil's Diary. Both the 1942 and the 1946 Devil's Diaries stand out because of mentions of World War II -- '42 acknowledging the United States at war, and '46 honoring all who served, some who gave the supreme sacrifice and our Nation's hope for the future in times of peace.

I did colorize the pages with images of EHS Alumni as active duty and veterans at the time, but not pages containing names only. For some unknown reason, FB is not allowing me to add the colorized photo pages so hopefully I can add those images to this honorary post once it's initially posted.

06/29/2022

An original scan from the 1977 EHS Devil's Diary showcasing the EHS E-Club and a colorized version -- it's far from perfect, as I don't believe Don Liechty and the O'Driscoll Brothers, Clay and Rick, were part cyborg or wearing KISS-type makeup. And the "blood" on the arms? Much can be attributed to the resolution of the original image, along with the scan quality, as far as high-quality colorization is concerned. This original image is not as good as it could be, but I'll continue to experiment...