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Just When I Needed You Most Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2004 - 7:00 a.m. I keep mentioning my friend over in Paris. His name is Laurent Koleda. Did I tell you he makes music? --- Speaking of music -- I'm just getting the news that Randy VanWarmer died. This is kind of sad for me, because his best known song -- "Just When I Needed You Most" -- was one of my all time favorite songs when it came out some twenty-five years ago. He was just 48 years of age. He died of leukemia and had been ill for about a year. Even though that was the only song he sang that charted, he was still a very good songwriter. "Just When I Needed You Most" reached No. 4 on Billboard's pop chart in 1979. He'd had written it when he was 18. From the obituary: "More recently, VanWarmer wrote "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)," a No. 1 hit by the country group Alabama in 1992, and "I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes," No. 1 by the Oak Ridge Boys in 1984." I lost my virginity on the Fourth of July, 1979, to a guy who then disappeared for the rest of the summer. So that song became a mantra for awhile. Deep peace on the running wave to you, Randy. --- On a lighter note, I enjoyed the most recent episode of Mythbusters. They recreated the accident described in the poem / song called 'Murphy and the Bricks':
Whilst working on the 14th floor, some bricks I had to clear
Now shifting all those bricks by hand, it was so very slow And so when I untied the rope, the barrel fell like lead The barrel broke me shoulder, as to the ground it sped Now when these brick had fallen, from the barrel to the floor Now the force of this collision half way down the office block I lay there, groaning, on the ground, I thought I'd passed the worst The barrel then grew heavier and started down once more � 1983 - Words and music P. Cooksey. At the end of the demonstration of the accident, their crash test dummy, nicknamed 'Buster', was in pieces. --- I think that's it for now. Persistent but unsubstantiated rumors have the seventh season of South Park continuing tonight! Woo!... ---
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