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Our Essential Guide To Early CCR : NPR
It's not surprising that TV producers didn't get Creedence Clearwater Revival. During its rapid ascent in 1969, even those inside rock culture didn't really know what to make of the band. Here was a group from San Francisco that was pointedly not interested in, or aligned with, the city's most intriguing (and best-known) export, psychedelic rock. A band that was not into drugs, that positioned itself as counter to the counterculture. A band that mythologized the American South with an exotic mixture of blues, New Orleans R&B and rockabilly, despite being a product of California. A band that had a sound built for FM radio, but songs that adhered to the tight verse/chorus requirements of AM.
The commercial rise of Creedence seems torrid, almost paranormal, in hindsight — by the end of 1969, Creedence had three top-10 albums on the Billboard 200, and four top-five singles on the Billboard Hot 100. But that pales in comparison to its artistic evolution: During an incredibly prolific 18-month stretch — approximately from the recording of Bayou Country around October 1968 to the recording of Cosmo's Factory around May 1970 — the band developed a distinct and instantly recognizable sonic signature. It applied that soundprint to direct, tuneful, incandescent songs that enchanted pretty much everybody – hippies and new suburbanites, Vietnam protesters and war veterans.
Lead-Acid Battery Backup
A simple lead acid battery, connected to a battery charger and an inverter, and some planning can make a decent back up for light energy use when your power goes out. And maybe it's a gateway drug to off-grid living or something like that. While I knew most of the stuff in this video, still Technology Connections does a good job of explaining basic lead-acid battery technology.
Our Essential Guide To Early CCR : NPR
August 2, 2019 Morning
Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! A nice day before a nice weekend comes up. Four weeks to Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨🏭. Get out and enjoy it — summer ain’t going to be around forever. Sunny and 72 degrees in Albany, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 58 degrees. Absolutely beautiful day for sure!
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 86 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 58 at 10am. Fantastic! Light west wind. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It was very sticky. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1975.
After work today, I plan to head up to the Adirondacks ⛰ for some camping, hiking, swimming and paddling. It’s funny, I’ve been out every weekend for the past five weekends now. This kind of a change from June, when I only got out on weekend, due to weather and working on various things on my truck. New headlight bulb is continuing to work fine, 💡 I was able to get things packed and ready fairly quickly when I got home, and should be a nice weekend. 🏕 I will have to stop and buy some milk and maybe a few other things on the way up, but it’s not a big deal.
The sun will set at 8:14 pm with dusk around 8:45 pm, which is one minute and 11 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 58 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 13 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 64 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11pm. Light south wind. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 72 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1976.
Tomorrow will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1pm and 5pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny 😎, with a high of 84 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 11am. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It was very sticky. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1975.
Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 83. 🌞 Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the morning. Maximum dew point of 62 at 9am. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.
Definitely looks like a great weekend! 😎 I can’t wait until I’m out of here. Especially as I have the dentist to go to on Monday to get that filling done which I heard involves a drill which doesn’t sound like fun. 🦷 I’ve definitely been stepping up my brushing and flossing lately. It will be nice to get away — I’ve been so busy lately.
Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨🏭 when the sun will be setting at 7:32 pm with dusk at 8:01 pm. On that day in 2018, we had humid, partly sunny and temperatures between 82 and 62 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 78 degrees. We hit a record high of 98 back in 1953.
