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Here I am your host with the big ego but often just the janitor cleaning up after things all these years Jim Croce sang a song back in the 1970's and he'll explain it to you reminds me of myself a little...
"CAR WASH BLUES"-JIM CROCE (LIVE)
"NOTHING FROM NOTHING"-BILLY PRESTON
"AT SEVENTEEN"-JANIS IAN
THE MUSIC OF THE FIRST 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' 50 YEARS AGO TODAY
Welcome to this weekend's post Saturday October 11th, 2025 50 years since Saturday October 11th, 1975 when the first "Saturday Night Live" was presented and those last two songs by Billy Preston and Janis Ian were sung on that show.
The late Billy Preston has since been called out as gay.
Janis Ian's "At Seventeen" was talked about hyped in the media back in 1975 when it was a Top 10 hit I read the newspapers, listened to the radio and watched television voraciously.
And the message I got was that this song was about "lesbianism" but when I actually listened to it on the radio I had nothing to argue about too close to the reality I was living.
Too close to the events that I had experienced up to that point in my life.
Janis Ian described the song as very personal when Dutch public broadcasting interviewed her two decades ago this video features some of her "SNL" performance 50 years ago today...
'SNL' BROUGHT WHAT AMOUNTED TO A FORM OF 'ASSASSINATION' TO TELEVISION NAMELY 'CHARACTER ASSASSINATION'.
MY VIEW OF WHAT 'SNL' MEANT TO ME 50 YEARS AGO...
"THE 'TRAUMA' OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 50 YEARS AGO TODAY (SATURDAY OCTOBER 11, 1975) AND THE PARODIES OF PRESIDENTS THAT SUCKED ME IN"
The China Update our theme "Kung Fu Fighting" Carl Douglas on French television 14 years ago...
"Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile..."-Donald J. Trump Truth Social October 10, 2025
"The Chinese Ministry of Commerce today imposed strict export restrictions on certain rare earth metals, lithium batteries, superhard materials (such as industrial materials) and related technologies. Several companies involved in anti-drone technology have also been placed on the so-called Unreliable Entity List.
It appears to be a response to last week's US measures, which also expanded the US Unreliable Entity List, affecting many Chinese companies..."-NOS Netherlands October 9, 2025 (Translation Prompt)
There you have it the US was going after China when it comes to tech related exports from here.
The US also chipping away at China over its business dealings with Russia and Iran with "secondary sanctions".
And so here we are President Trump promising 100 percent tariffs on November 1st for China.
But still at the last moment the possible meeting between Trump and President Xi Jinping at the APEC summit in South Korea right around that time.
Stay Tuned for What Comes Down three weeks from today.
But for now a big shock to the stock markets, the oil markets, the currency markets etc. etc.
A segment of Classic Christian Music from 40 plus years ago...
"JESUS IS EVERYWHERE"-DENNY CORRELL
"THE RACE IS ON"-MICHAEL W. SMITH
"WITCH HUNT"-PETRA
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