Blow Out the Candles -- Jan 24

HOF sportscaster Jack Brickhouse was born on this date in 1916.

Jack was the TV voice of the Cubs for this kid growing up in Chicago.

Jack with Ernie Banks and future Chicago sportscaster Chet Coppock in August of 1959.

Jack with Ted Williams

A statue of Jack on Michigan Avenue outside the Tribune Tower.

Singer/songwriter Warren Zevon was born on this date in 1947.

I never get tired of this song.  Great riff.  Great sense of humor.  Great alliteration.

I want to live alone in the desert
I want to be like Georgia O'Keefe
I want to live on the Upper East Side
And never go down in the street

Splendid Isolation
I don't need no one
Splendid Isolation

Michael Jackson in Disneyland
Don't have to share it with nobody else
Lock the gates, Goofy, take my hand
And lead me through the World of Self

Splendid Isolation
I don't need no one
Splendid Isolation

Don't want to wake up with no one beside me
Don't want to take up with nobody new
Don't want nobody coming by without calling first
Don't want nothing to do with you

I'm putting tinfoil up on the windows
Lying down in the dark to dream
I don't want to see their faces
I don't want to hear them scream

Splendid Isolation
I don't need no one
Splendid Isolation

Splendid Isolation
I don't need no one
Splendid Isolation 

Singer/songwriter Neil Diamond turns 70 today.