Someone called my name

you know I turned around to see
It was midnight in the Mission and the bells were not for me.

Come again, walking along in the Mission in the rain,
Come again, walking along in the Mission in the rain, ( Garcia/Hunter)

And tonight we indeed have a mission in the rain as we pregame in the venerable MollyWee Pub and truck on over to the Worlds most famous arena for a Halloween special....I’m thinking this past week about 2 shows in particular...my first show was at the Nassau Coliseum in spring of 81...with Steve Mac, Dermott, Whitey, Freddie Roc and Stephen McCormack......38 years later it’s never gotten old..... and I am thinking about a show that was only me and Chris Cogs....Sept 92.....MSG ....a cold rainy night. The Garden has just completed a mini renovation and had a new sound system......the Dead opened with RAIN by the Beatles and went straight into Shakedown Street....the best two song opener I have ever seen in person, I was blown away.....I hope this ride never ends although we know someday it will.....I hope down the road a spell I reflect back on Halloween 2019 and can share my reflections as I prepare for another show, in another venue, in another year and another lifetime.

“When the RAIN comes, they go and hide their heads,

They might as well be DEAD,

When the Rainnnnnnnnn comessssssss ( Lennon/McCartney)

Just like crazy Otto

Just like Wolfman Jack
Sittin' plush with a royal flush, aces back to back.
Just like Mary Shelly, just like Frankenstein,
Clank your chains and count your change and try to walk the line. ( Garcia/Hunter)


In case you missed it, 1980
USA gold medal winner and former NY Ranger Mark pavelich ruled incompetent to stand trial.....that's good news for me, it shouldn't be too hard to cop an insanity plea.....I'll just show them my 20 year sweater nite scrapbook.

Did you say your name was Ramble on Rose ?

Thursday night we return to the Worlds Most Famous Arena to see DEAD &Company in their element on All Hallows’ eve, it really doesn’t get any better than that !

Al Baghdadi .... DEAD

Isis uses the internet better than anyone in the world, with the exception of Donald Trump ( Donald Trump quote)

He died like a dog, he died like a coward (Donald Trump)

Baghdadi and the losers that worked for him ( Trump)

I only drink three days a week......yesterday, today and tomorrow ( author unknown, seen on a sign at the North Dakota vs South Dakota game day)

Hypocrisy unmatched

Lebron jame$$ gets the Emmy for the most hypocritical statement of the decade......but first , let’s go back in time to back to April of 2018, on the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luthier King assasination....and lebron tweeted this quote “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter “....wow that’s heavy, that sounds like a guy who’s really ready to risk EVERYTHING for something he believes in.....lebron is going to stand UP for the protesters in Hong Kong even if it costs him (and Nike) endorsement $$$$ in China........right?  WRONG.......Lebron instead called out Houston Rockets GM for his tweet supporting Hong Kong.....lebron said Daryl Morey was misinformed and his tweet hurt feelings in China .......he whined about what a tough week he had in China playing basketball while people in Hong Kong were fighting the Chinese regime for basic freedoms........I geuss lebron life has begun to end, because he’s quieter than a MUTE when it comes to speaking against the Chinese communist murdering regime......social justice warrior at his best, fake, phony, fugazy and fraud.

Small wheel turn by the fire and rod

Big Wheel turn by the Grace if God ( Hunter/Garcia)

The wheels of injustice keep spinning in this once fair city....insanity rules the day....Randy Santos was tormenting his own family, so they threw him out of the house, he was arrested numerous times for assault, resisting arrest, sexual battery, all the popular crimes in this day and age....he shouldn’t have been out on the streets....but TWICE he was bailed out by liberal non profit groups...The Washington Square legal services fund for NYU and the Bronx Freedom Fund both used their own cash to bail him out ...their mission according to the NY Post is to end cash bail and subvert the cash bail system by bailing out as many people as possible....apparently no criteria exists....no review or discussion of the charges, just post bail and let them walk.....and of course this miscreant didn’t bother to show up for his court dates......but you know what he did do ?  He murdered 4 homeless guys in their sleep in Chinatown by beating them to death with a crow bar.......what a terribly misunderstood young lad he must be.

“ if the thunder don’t get ya, then the lightning will “

knockin off my neighborhood savings & loan

To keep my sweet chiquita in eau de cologne....she wants money, its what she wants ( Weir/Barlow)

The best things in life are free
But you can keep them for the birds and bees

Now give me money, that's what I want ( b.gordy & the Beatles)

Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
Money, it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream
Think I'll buy me a football team ( Roger Waters/Pink Floyd)

"20 years on the Rock Pile and what do I got ? "  ( Kevin Woods)

30 years ago this morning I walked into 77 Water Street (4th floor) and began my career on Wall Street. I can't Thank Cliff Pascale enough for giving me a chance. I found more than a source of income...I found a career in Margin....I found something I am good at ( arguing, debating and fighting  with people over money and ultimately telling people to go fuck themselves and have them thank you for that). I made incredible friendships along the way and met my wife in the Margin Dept as well. A never ending scroll of crazy characters , an impressive list of gin mills in lower manhattan, midtown, Hoboken and even jersey city ( RIP Iron Monkey)….along the way I have had a front row seat for the Dot.com bubble, the September 11th terrorist attack and Financial meltdown of 2008-9....and I couldn't imagine a path that would have been better for me than this one....there is a lot of truth in the statement that whatever doesn't kill you...makes you stronger...….I've seen a lot of people come and go in the financial business these past 30 years...and I am humbled and grateful to still be plugging away....I ain't done yet.....I will continue to milk this cow for as long as they will let me or until I turn 60....whichever comes first ……...as the underated Miss Cyndy Lauper said.

"I said money, money changes everything
You think you know what you're doin'
We don't pull the strings
It's all in the past now
Money changes everything" 

How to stop vaping cold turkey

In the most recent sad example of American politics going down the toilet, and the media eagerly following; we bring you the Vaping CRISIS!!!! New Jersey just had their First vape related death ( finally some proof that the Governor was right back in August when he insisted we “BAN” Juul and all of their flavored pods....one death is surely enough to bang the drum......except......the deceased was 17 years old.....a full 4 years before the time he sb allowed to purchase the products (obviously pre-existing laws are not working) but even more damaging is the fact he was using THC marijuana pods in his vaping device ( that has nothing to do with Juul and everything to do with his dealer) but why let the facts get in the way of a good headline/sound bite........banning Juul is the equivalent of taking Jack Daniels off the shelf of every liquor store because because some teenagers in Alabama drank moonshine and went blind.

No easy transition here, so I’ll just jump right in....... Turkey ?  Big mistake by our Commander in Chief......Erdogan is not our friend, but the poor bastard Kurds ARE.......we have abandoned and left for slaughter a true allie....I somewhat understand the President’s’ rationale, but when push comes to shove I side with the likes of Gen Mattis and John Bolton.....there is a right time and a right way for America to pull out of Syria (and Afghanistan) sadly this is neither.

I hope history proves me wrong.....,but it won’t