It's Happy Hour again; what an excellent place to be! Before you clock out and hit the scene, we've got highlights for your consideration. Inspiration from a 20-something willing to take chances and winds up on tour with Blink 182. Based on our recent Tahoe trip, the best name for a bear and a story landed in our feeds. Words and pictures from poets with thoughts on reflection versus reaction. We don't weep for the youth; they give us energy; we finish with Terri Nunn, who has been rocking with her band Berlin for 40 years and doesn’t look like she’s slowing down. 

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Travis Barker, working on his second life, is a producer, and when his band Blink 182 was locked down with the rest of the world, he decided to work with many young artists like; Machine Gun Kelly, Yungblud, and Halsey. The mix of Barker and his punk rock roots, with the energy and genre-redefining sounds of the new artists, made for a new sound and energy in the music scene. Another artist Barker worked with is KennyHoopla, a 26-year-old from the Midwest (Cleveland and Oshkosh), and KennyHoopla was on Barker’s fellow bandmate’s Apple Music show After School Radio.

Throughout the interview with Hoppus, Kenny Hoopla was grateful and humble for the opportunities he'd been given over the past few years. When asked how he met Travis Barker, he responded that he reached out via social media and DM’d Barker. This proactive effort probably works once in one thousand attempts, but KennyHoopla took the chance, and the result was working with Travis Barker and opening for Blink 182 this year at some of the North American tour dates this summer.

Your dreams can come true if you are willing to do the work and take a few chances. The odds are stacked against you, but if you don't take any chances, your odds are zero – don't be a zero.

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After spending a couple of weeks in Lake Tahoe and hearing about Hank the Tank, the story of this bear heading to safer fields needed a shout. The story says the massive bear has been captured and will be relocated to a sanctuary in Colorado. 

The story will have a happy ending; however, relief is probably a better word if you were a homeowner invaded by the big bear and her family. The article estimates this clan is responsible for over 20 "invasions" in the Tahoe area over the last several years. The bear and story look better on a tee shirt; we also think Hank the Tank is an excellent name for this beast.

A new newsletter to us called Karma Gaia gave us this cool combination of words and art. The quote is from Nobel Prize Winner Albert Schweitzer, and it's a quote we should know more about than we do. Instead of doing more research, here are the initial thoughts based on reading the quote and the image.

On the first look and read, the meaning may have been missed – the first thought was to keep dancing in the rain, no matter the external forces. The second reading says you can't put your head in the sand or ignore what's happening around you – the ocean is vast, we are all a part of it, and every move we make moves the wave. The difference between being in the wave and making waves is a reaction. Can you reflect, or do you have to react? The answer might help you handle the day.

Even before Terri Nunn and Berlin sang for movies like Top Gun, we loved them as a tremendous new wave 80s band. 40 years later, Berlin is on the road again and starting to tour. Think Nunn's still got the chops? Check this out.

Friday is for Happy Hour!

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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!

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