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| Current Website Projects, Creations, Topics and Issues UPDATED 10/24/25 The "End of the Endless Summer Tour" - Part II - Bob & the Beachcombers Hang Up Their Surfboards  What is "Grok"? - And what is Elon Musk's AI Grok? Bringing Beach Party Summertime Fun to the Midwest - With No Town Left Behind! Dueling perspectives on the Ukraine-Russia War - Taking Tangle to Task What the Bleep Do We Know? - The cellular, molecular and quantum worlds that lie beneath everything Growing Old - There's a discrimination nobody talks about. Best Quotes From "Stranger In a Strange Land" Is This the Last Invention? - The Future of Artificial Intelligence What is the best explanation of the 4th dimension you have ever heard of? The Many Worlds Theory - What is meant by the term "You create your reality?" Do Rich People Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes? The "End of the Endless Summer Tour" - Part I - Bob & the Beachcombers Hang Up Their Surfboards Twenty Years of Beach Party Fun - Graphs and charts of 2,513 shows from 2006 to 2025 "I Am Iron Man" - Not quite, but I've got a high tech pacemaker... Is Live Music Dead? - Is a choreographed, pre-engineered production masquerading as a concert really live music? Billy Joel - And So it Goes - An excellent two part documentary about the Piano Man on Amazon The SolTec Lounge Chair - Picking up some of those good vibrations! "A Brian Wilson Tribute" - An excellent hagiography that explores the genius of Brian Wilson by music blogger Bob Lefsetz What's the hardest part about getting older that no one ever talks about at all? - Excerpts From Quora HITZ on PM Magazine - A WCCO TV broadcast featuring the band HITZ It's Not Just You - There Are No Good New Songs This Summer More AI Generated Art & Videos - And a special report on "Where Are They Now?" Beachcomber Bob "Tribute to Elvis" Upgrade - A new & improved Elvis show! What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? - The rise and fall of David Clayton Thomas and Blood, Sweat & Tears. Beachcomber Bob "Back to the '50s" Upgrade - Rockin' the Oldies was never more fun! Stalked By a Rock & Roll Fan! - She warned me, "Don't let your wife read this!" New AI Generated Family Art and Videos - NightCafe Studio Digital Art and Luma Dream Machine videos Saturday Night Live Predicts the Future - With help from a talking dog... Planning a Wedding? - You have options! Beachcomber Bob Seniors Show Upgrade - New music, new props, and new beach party fun! "We Didn't Start the Fire" 1985 - 1995 - From the archives! "We Didn't Start the Fire" 2010 - 2025 - Updated! Conversations With God - An uncommon dialogue revisited AI Generated Family Art - NightCafe Studio Digital Art and Luma Dream Machine videos Dome Sweet Dome - Geodesic domes and "The Sphere" in Las Vegas Music, Memories & Madness - My Substack music blog River of Dreams - An unfinished website merging religion, science and philosophy "Goodnight Saigon" - An adaptation of Billy Joel's song about the Vietnam War "Leningrad" - An adaptation of another Billy Joel song about his shows in Russia and WW II The WorldWide Scam Network - The original Laundry CD parody from 1997 featuring "Structured Water Technology" The WWSN Lifewave Scam Website - That prompted a 137 page lawsuit in Federal District Court Graphic Novel - WWSN vs Travelogia.com MLM Scam - And the $7.6 million dollar lawsuit (spoiler alert - they lost!) Music History Bob the Beachcomber home page Bob & the Beachcombers home page Beachcomber Bob home page Minnesota Music History - A musical career in photos and text The Midwest History of Rock & Roll - 1,800+ photos of regional R&R and artists from the '50s - '70s in alphabetical order Original Songs - Songs written & recorded Video Projects & Compilations Bob & the Beachcombers - A playlist of the Beachcombers band videos "Minnesotaville" - A playlist of nine Minnesotaville songs by Bob & the Beachcombers Gangbusters - The Blues Brothers show Gangbusters - "Sunday Morning Fever - Where Did the Disco?" Monroe Wright III - "Memories of the Mills Brothers" and "The Bachelors" Cedar Avenue Live - Short videos performing at the Amsterdam Bar Riding the Root River Trail - Biking in Lanesboro Politics Gaza Starvation Photos Tell a Thousand Lies - Hamas propaganda exploits seriously ill children, and Western media go along. The Ukrainian Crisis - It's Not All Putin's Fault Mr. Maher Goes to Washington - Kid Rock, Bill Maher and President Trump at the White House "Larry David's Dinner With Hitler" - Bob Lefsetz warns, "We're going to be slaughtered like all those Jews in the forties!" "Tesla Backlash" - Music blogger Bob Lefsetz attacks Elon Musk Lefsetz Letters - A blog challenging the political nonsense of music and entertainment critic Bob Lefsetz CNN - News of the Future - A parody of the CNN network Music Parodies "If I Had a Trillion Dollars" - Barenaked Ladies parody "American Town" - A parody of Billy Joel's "Allentown" about the mortgage crisis of 2008 "Hotel Minnesota" - A parody of "Hotel California" Website Clients Trumpy Homes - Home builders and basement refinishing Frontline Firearms and Training - Private instruction for individuals, couples, and groups The Rockin' Hollywoods - The best oldies band in the Midwest! Loss Prevention Services - Precondition surveys and vibration monitoring services Dave Olsen Photography - Professional photography services Brad James - The Voice - Professional voice services Family Matters Burtis Family Christmas Cards 2008 - 2024 Burtis Family Videos on YouTube - A playlist of online family videos Burtis Early Family Videos - Six large files of family videos from the 1950s. Burtis/Stadick Family Tree - Going back to Alberto Alberti in 1290 with 3,141 relatives and growing! "Love Letters" - Letters sent from Dad to Mom while in the army Mixbook Family Photo Albums - Semi-annual family photo books "Worms" - A story by young Shawn Burtis "Where's Fond?" - A fishy story by young Shawn Burtis |