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A Very Eddie Christmas...

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

I love Christmas and appreciate all the gifts I’ve been given and enjoy even more those that I give. But there’s always a gift or two that is really special. These were mine this year, though I confess one of them was a gift I gave myself — hey, it was a rare item and I ran across it on eBay and got it for a bargain price.

Now, without further ado, here they are:

Pacific Ocean’s Purgatory LP

Now, this was the gift to myself, one my dear friend had tried to find and had no luck. Thankfully, I had a fortunate troll through eBay to come away with this virtually mint LP. It’s the white-label promo version with a little wear on the sleeve, but the album itself looks just amazing.

For those who don’t understand the significance of this find, let me fill you in:

Back in the 60s and 70s, there was this kid from the barrio in East L.A. named Edward James Olmos who was part of a band called Pacific Ocean. He went by the stage name of Eddie James and they performed in some of the hottest clubs on the Sunset Strip. They released only one album — the one you see here — before the acting bug bit Eddie and he went on to earn a Tony nomination for his role in “Zoot Suit,” an L.A. theater play that ended up on Broadway. Then came other films, including the cult classic “Blade Runner” and a host of other projects leading up to the Ronald D. Moore reboot of “Battlestar Galactica.”

Needless to say the album is very rare and I’m excited to have gotten my hands on one.

Now to order a USB turntable…

Walk, Don’t Run … a book by Steven “Rusty” Johnson

It may have never been on any bestseller list — heck, I’d never heard of it until I opened the package — but I’m glad to add it to my personal library as it features Mr. Olmos and two of his pals and their paths to success.

I can’t wait to read it.

Thanks, Deb!

And thank you for trying to find the LP! Your efforts are appreciated!

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Adama: Are they the lucky ones? That's what you're thinking, isn't it? We're a long way from home. We've jumped way beyond the Red Line, into uncharted space. Limited supplies, limited fuel. No allies, and now, no hope? Maybe it would have been better for us to have died quickly, back on the Colonies with our families, instead of dying out here slowly, in the emptiness of dark space. Where shall we go? What shall we do? Life here began out there. Those are the first words of the sacred scrolls, and they were told to us by the Lords of Kobol, many countless centuries ago. And they made it perfectly clear that we are not alone in this universe. Elosha, there's a 13th colony of humankind, is there not?
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