WABC Top 100 Songs of the Year

 
WABC compiled year end surveys of the ranking of 
the songs that were played during that year, 
The list is referred to as "the top 100 of the year"
WABC was Top 40 Music radio station. 



The WELL's Woodstock Conference



Woodstock



Woodstock at 25



Woodstock! Music Festival 



The Woodstock Nation wants to preserve the 
site of the famous festival for further gatherings 
and observances. 



Read one Woodstock-goer's firsthand account: 



 
 Best Boomer Web Site for this month: 

http://boomersint.org/BDPoe/bookrev.htm

 Books, Music and Commentary.
B.D. Poe is our new Music Editor.
Check out B.D.'s reviews of Books, Music albums, CDs Review
and Commentary.

Excerted from of of BD Book Review:

BE MY BABY:

HOW I SURVIVED MASCARA, MINSKIRTS
AND MADNESS or MY LIFE AS A 
FABULOUS RONETTE
Ronnie Spector with Vince Waldren

Harmony Books.

BE MY BABY is the title of both the smash
1963 hit single by the Ronettes and Ronnie
Spector's autobiography. Full of amusing
anecdotes about John Lennon, The Rolling
Stones, Bowie, Springsteen and others.

IT is a rare glimpse into the private life
and character of Rock's legendary
Producer Phil Spector, the man whose
WALL OF SOUND influenced the entire
music industry in the early 60's

Sonny & Cher got their start with Phil
Spector and provided backing vocals for many
of Spector's Artists' hits. Strangely, Phil and
Ronnie's marriage was even more tragic than 
Sonny & Cher's.
 
Ronnie Spector's story could be described
as The rock and roll Cinderella meets the
Phantom of the Opera! It is the story of a 
black teenage girl's rise to stardom at the 
top of the industry; her fairy tale like
interracial romance, marriage and it's
horrific undoing.

Be MY BABY is about personal discovery,
transition, and recovery. It is a kiss and tell
book in which Ronnie candidly recounts some
of her most intimate moments. It is a rare
glimpse behind the scenes of Rock's most
exciting era.

Visit BD's web site for the full review. 




 

 SECTION TWO - Media / Entertainment!

"ABC News Of The Century" will air next March 1999.
also accompany on History Channel.
BY Peter Jennings 

  
 CNN Cold War
The show that defines the time.  This landmark TV 
documentary series air every Sunday and Friday night
until early December. This documentary took 3 years 
to produce.  
Episode 17 -  
Good Guys, Bad Guys
1968 - 1978
February 14, 1999 - Sunday 8pm ET/5pm PT

Episode 18 -  
Backyard 
1954 - 1990
    The United States employs
    covert action and economic
    leverage to keep communism out
    of Latin America.
February 21, 1999 - Sunday 8pm ET/5pm PT

Episode 19 -  
Freeze 
1977 - 1981
    The Spirit of Detente,
    SALT accords,
February 28, 1999 - Sunday 8pm ET/5pm PT

Episode 20 -  
Soldiers of God
1975 - 1988
    December 1979
    Soviet Union invaded Afkranistan     
March 7, 1999 - Sunday 8pm ET/5pm PT

Episode 21 - 
Spies 
1944 - 1994
March 14, 1999 

Episode 22 -  
Star Wars
1968 - 1978
March 21, 1999  - Sunday 8pm ET/5pm PT

Episode 23 - 
The Wall Comes Down
1989
March 28, 1999 - Sunday 8pm ET/5pm PT

Episode 24 -  
Conclusions 
1989 - 1991
April 4, 1999  - Sunday 8pm ET/5pm PT


 CNN coldwar


The CNN coldwar experience
and culture web site.

FLASHBACKS 
The 60's mini-series was a big
hit on NBC in January.

FROM ABC

"The Beat Goes On"
The Sonny And Cher Story aired 
on 21 February, 1999 
on ABC 9:00pm PST, 8:00pm CST 




 The new Del Shannon CD "The EP Collection," 
now available from See For Miles Records.

Visit their website for more information:   
www.seeformiles.co.uk

The CD features 28 tracks from 7 original 
EP's from England and France.  Sound quality 
is good with GREAT pictures and five-page 
sleeve notes.

You will be receiving more information on 
the latest news within two weeks.

Keep Rockin'!

Brian Young for delshannon.com
TheWamboo@aol.com



 Come Celebrate the Century with the United States
Postal Service! This is the official 20th century
commemorative stamp series that YOU get to vote
for.

You've already voted for the nifty fifties, the groovy
sixties, and the rockin' seventies. Now it's time to
vote for the awesome eighties! 

Form for StampVote for the 80's are at your 
local post office.

StampVote Web Site is up for voting now!!
Stampt Vote





 
  SECTION THREE: 
Link to Alzheimer's Linked to Strokes
Aging is a strange phenomenon. You might say it's 
a good news, bad news situation.
The good news is that medical science makes daily 
progress on fighting the diseases of aging. 
The bad news is that no matter how long you live, 
you're gonna die of something, sometime. Well, 
if you're the type that gets rattled by good news,
bad news scenarios, you just might want to skip 
this article, because it's a bad news, worse news 
scenario. Meaning, some folks suffering from stroke 
are at an even greater risk to alzheimer's disease.
(Have a nice day.) 

Scientists already know that people who have 
inherited the E-4 variant of the apolipoprotein 
(apo) gene are at high risk for developing 
Alzheimer’s disease. Now they say that having 
the gene may also signal a higher likelihood 
of having stroke or another vascular disease 
in the brain. The study’s lead scientist, 
Charles DeCarli, M.D., says that people who 
have the apoE-4 gene variant and high blood 
pressure have smaller brain volumes and more 
abnormal white matter in the brain and thus 
may be more susceptible to "silent strokes," 
which take a toll over time. 

The research findings were presented at the 
24th American Heart Association International 
Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation. 
Not only do the brain changes lead to a gradual 
deterioration of memory and motor skills, they
also may place the person at risk for Alzheimer’s
disease, says Dr. DeCarli. "When you go swimming, 
you wear a bathing suit instead of pants so that 
you won’t be weighed down when you get in the 
water," explains DeCarli, of the University of 
Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas. 
"By the same token, a smaller brain volume,
excess white matter abnormalities or silent 
stroke, can ‘weigh you down’ and make
you more susceptible to the effects of early 
Alzheimer’s disease." 

DeCarli says people who have the apoE-4 gene 
variant and high blood pressure or other vascular 
risk factors are at particularly high risk of 
having a stroke. Vascular disease affects the 
blood vessels in the brain, says DeCarli. 
"People who do not have vascular disease and 
apoE-4 are not harmed, but if you have high blood
pressure or other vascular disease and this apoE-4 
gene allele, it really hurts your brain," says 
DeCarli. "It sets you up for some cognitive 
impairment. It reinforces the genetic risk for 
brain injury related to hypertension and vascular 
disease as you age." 

Researchers are not sure how apoE-4 affects the 
brain, but DeCarli notes, "The apoE-4 may impair 
brain recovery from injury of any type, whether it’s
Alzheimer’s or other vascular disease or head trauma. 
Having apoE-4, therefore, may increase one’s chances 
of a poor outcome following any brain injury." In silent
strokes, people don’t have any of the classic warning 
signs such as sudden headaches, dizziness or loss of 
motor skills. Silent strokes occur when smaller
blood vessels in the brain are blocked or rupture. 
Silent strokes aren’t as damaging, at least initially, 
as strokes that occur when the carotid arteries in the 
neck are blocked or burst. But silent strokes do take 
their toll over time. When the smaller vessels are 
unable to deliver oxygen and blood to the brain, 
cells die. Over time, brain cells that control 
functions such as memory and motor skills die off, 
leading to difficulty in memory, concentration 
and even walking. 

Men who did not have the gene variant had 3.3 cubic 
centimeters of their brains affected by silent stroke. 
Those who had apoE-4 had more than three times -- 10.4
cubic centimeters -- the amount of white matter 
hyperintensities in their brain. 
See related articles in the AgeVenture archives. 
Aspirin Alone Protects Some Against Stroke 
Can Super-Aspirin Prevent Alzheimers? 
Genetics Offers New Clue to Alzheimer's 
AgeVenture News Service, www.demko.com 


By Dr. David Demko,  
AgeVenture News Service, 
21946 Pine Trace, Boca Raton, FL 33428 USA
Voice-mail: 561-482-6271. 
E-mail: demko@demko.com
http://www.demko.com/
AgeVenture News Service 

SECTION FOUR: VIRTUAL FRIENDS

OUR COMMUNITY


       
       Boomers International Web Site opened up another venue for 
       our boomer friends to meet, exchange ideas, chat with each
       other and networking. We have been busy and are having
       fun meeting many new boomer friends.

       Check us out by going to this Boomers International Club:

       http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/boomersinternational
       

       You need to obtain a YAHOO id to log into our member club's
       chat room, message posting and to check the calendar.

       Single Boomers! Check out and join Boomers Love Connection Club:
       http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/boomersloveconnection
  

 
Boomers International Club

 Boomers Chat!
          Our next scheduled chat is: Saturday 27 February 1999
				5:00pm PST, 7:00pm CST, 8:00pm EST	
                          Moderators: Dr.Toula and Dr. Guilfort
                                      (mfguilf98)
                               Topic: Medical and Health Chat

          		  TBD:  at 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm EST
                          Moderators: bdpoe  
                               Topic: Music and Trivia Chat

           		  TBD at 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm EST
                          Moderators: boomersint and RV_Roadie
                               Topic: Singles Forum / Chat

Chat room open daily at: 6:00pm PST, (5:00pm PST Weekends).



 
 SECTION FOUR: BOOMER FACTS 

7 Feb 1959      A thousand people show for Buddy Holly's funeral 
		in Lubbock, Texas, 1959 

7 Feb 1964      Amid scenes of mass hysteria, the Beatles pop
                group arrived in the United States, in New York for 
                the first time. 
	
8 Feb 1964      Today in 1964, the Beatles appeared on 
                the "Ed Sullivan Show." and made history.

		Peter and Gordon 
		("World Without Love", 
		"Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying") 
		split up, 8 Feb 1967

8 Feb 1967 	Jean-Claude Killy won the downhill event 
		at the Winter Olympic games in Grenoble, France. 

8 Feb 1969	Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood form their band, 
                Blind Faith in 1969.

7 Feb 1989      A bill is sponsored to make "Tutti Frutti" the official
  		Georgia state song, 1989 

8 Feb 1990	Del Shannon ("Little Town Flirt", "Run Away") died.    
  

     
 
SECTION SIX: BOOMERS OF THE MONTH
     
   FEBRUAY 1999
   

   Derek Gore Jr. aka RV_Roadie




 

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