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anumberofhobbies · 1 month
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Aug 14, 2024 A photographer in the “right place at the right time” captured a series of incredible images of bobcat kittens playing with golf balls near the fairway of the Arrowhead golf course.
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drdamiang · 5 months
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YES YANIS
YES YANIS
"the surreal colonizing the real"
Yanis Varoufakis
Columbus would have made it
if he had not traded
his ships in for jet skis
and surf boards
would have made it
to the Pacific
if he had not
stopped off in DC
to watch the
Army Navy game
his progress tracked
by GPS satellite, with
constant updates on
FOX, CNN and
alternate media
(outside Columbia and
MIT braves from
the seven nations having
set up
protest encampments)
Zadie so worried
whether her hypothetical
Zionist student would
not be bound
to feel aggrieved, suffer
horrific identity collapse
if hole in your vessel
easy to find a plug in DC
use a member of the house
the Hatter would tell Christopher
as the tenor got weirder
and the teapots all ran out
tea enough
still perhaps
after a previous party
floating in the harbour, but
for a great teapot at
this time of writing, a
wanderer did inform him,
you might
have to consult Boeing and
the military
industrial complex
Ah, the logic, the methodology,
suffice it to say, pure area 51
pure Man Ray,
pure
little girl without arms
bullet
through her head this
tale of Wonderland
is not about
you came to these shores and did
not expect to find palaces
did not expect to
encounter castles
golden dubloons maybe,
perhaps
a golden gate bridge
but not a landscape of
golf course and tenement
and cloud
saturated with capital
dodging those Lakota arrowheads
they said that
here there
would be no King
everybody would be a king
as
many kings on deck
as playing cards
Christopher somehow now
up in the Rockies inside
the Overlook Hotel
ghostly overseer Stanley
whispering in his ear
an adage that
colonization is
the heart
of the horror
colonization
the name
of the original sin
Yes, Yanis
still waiting for the cartoon
version of what I scribbled
down here
have commissioned Salvador Dali
have pleaded with Picasso
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arp1advocate · 6 months
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3. Irrigation System
           The irrigation system for our community uses re-claimed water from rain runoff and other sources and not the city supplied drinking water we use in our homes. The water is stored in lakes throughout our property and the golf course property. As needed the water is passed from lake to lake to replenish the lakes as water is used (irrigation). The source for our irrigation system water is managed by the Golf Course and is the feeder lake for our lakes and thus our irrigation system. Though not the same as our “drinking” water, the re-claimed water is still precious and must be conserved as dictated by City and State law. Without this water it would be difficult to maintain the golf course, common area lawns, trees and shrubs within our community.
           More than $120,000.00 has been spent on the irrigation system (repairs/enhancements) over and above the landscape contract through October 2023. Most damage to the system is caused by debris (snail shells, silt, decaying matter, etc. from the lake bottom) in the water that is drawn from the lake system. The former Landscape Company owner suggested “Scrubber Valves” which have been installed in our irrigation system (some valves remain to be converted). Scrubber Valves have a moving part which attempts to break-up the debris into smaller pieces. Instead of eliminating the debris problem, Scrubber Valves simply move the problem further down the line to smaller valves or the sprinkler heads themselves. Regularly flushing the system helps to clear the debris.
Note 7: I made a proposal to the Board and to the Landscape Committee Chair, two years ago, to retain the services of a Civil Engineer with specific experience in reclaimed water systems to perform a study to determine if: 1) raising the intake in the lakes, 2) adding a filter to the intakes, or 3) some other approach, would eliminate or reduce the amount of debris entering the system. It should be noted that repairing sprinkler systems is a major cost to our HOA and a source of revenue for landscape companies and thus it’s not in their best interests to resolve the debris issue.
I also contacted the company that initially planned the irrigation systems for Arrowhead Ranch (Coates Irrigation an Arizona company, plan covers more than one community) and received a proposal to conduct a study to determine the current state of our irrigation system and how to reduce/eliminate debris in the system that damages the system parts. Though the proposal was forwarded to the HOA President, no action has taken place to date.
The problem (debris in water) should be stopped at the intake. There is some concern that the Golf Course people being in control of the irrigation system may not want to make changes, consequently, there is some hesitancy for the Board to approach the subject. Eliminating the debris from the system, could dramatically reduce our irrigation system expenses (reduce valve and riser repair/replacement costs) and the projected savings could be used to “fix” the problem (raise or filter the intake).   
Our contract with the landscape maintenance company does not define limits, as an example most service contracts define charges for services in the range of simple, moderate, and complex. As an example, this would mean we would agree (ARPI HOA and the maintenance company) that they would charge us for valve replacement and/or riser replacement dependent on a pre-defined scale: simple valve replacement $, moderate valve replacement $$, and complex valve replacement $$$, and a similar scale for risers or perhaps a set price for all risers. At present the prices we pay for these services vary greatly and do not appear consistent with the work effort.      
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remaxlasvegas · 9 months
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Azure Ridges Summerlin Homes
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Azure Ridges Summerlin homes for sale in The Ridges upscale neighborhoods in Summerlin offer a tremendous master-planned community decision for luxury 24-hour guard gate real estate for sale.
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The Ridges Custom Homesites in Summerlin The Azure is a guard-gated community within the master-planned development of The Ridges in Summerlin, Las Vegas. The Azure is known for its luxury homes and amenities, including a guard-gated entrance, community pool and spa, fitness center, and parks. Homes in The Azure range in size from 3,600 to over 8,000 square feet and offer a variety of features, such as gourmet kitchens, spa-like bathrooms, and outdoor living spaces. The Ridges is a prestigious community in Summerlin that offers access to many amenities, such as hiking and biking trails, top-rated schools, and shopping and dining options. Azure Ridges is a neighborhood in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada. The community is known for its luxury homes and views of the surrounding mountains. Homes in Azure Ridges typically feature high-end finishes, pools, and outdoor living spaces. If you are interested in purchasing a home in Azure Ridges, it's a good idea to work with a local real estate agent who has experience in the area and can help you find the right home to meet your needs. An agent can also help you navigate home-buying and provide valuable insights and guidance.
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Azure Ridges Summerlin Homes In addition to working with an agent, you may also want to research and visit the neighborhood to get a sense of the location and available homes. It would be best to consider your budget and what features and amenities are important to you in a home. The Summerlin area offers residents a range of amenities, including several parks and recreational areas, a variety of shopping and dining options, and access to a range of recreational and cultural activities.  Luxurious houses in design and style for residents of Summerlin homes for sale gain access to the many great amenities in The Ridges. Summerlin has to offer: - swimming pools - tennis courts - state-of-the-art fitness room - Club Ridges The luxury home prices in Azure Ridges Summerlin homes for sale are now exceeding the million-dollar home price. Custom lot sizes will range from a quarter to one acre. This will give you ample construction space to build your dream Las Vegas luxury property. This luxury community offers multiple choices of million-dollar real estate options for many lifestyles. Summerlin homes for sale are located in the 89135 Zip Code.
The Ridges Luxury Residential Community
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The Ridges is a luxury residential community located in Summerlin, Nevada. It is known for its stunning views, upscale amenities, and luxury homes. The Ridges is located in the western part of Summerlin, with easy access to shopping, dining, and recreational opportunities. The community has several exclusive gated neighborhoods, each with a unique character and style. The Ridges feature a variety of home styles, including single-family homes, townhomes, and custom estates. Many of the homes in The Ridges offer breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains and the Las Vegas skyline. The Ridges also boasts several amenities, including walking and biking trails, parks, and a private golf club. Many luxury real estate property listings in the master-planned community of The Ridges, including: - Arrowhead - Boulder Ridge - Fairway Hills - Fairway Pointe - Falcon Ridge - Promontory - Redhawk - Rimrock - The Pointe - Silver Ridge - Sterling Ridge - Topaz Ridge
Summerlin Homes Community & Lifestyle Recreation
Summerlin residents of Azure Ridges Summerlin homes enjoy the Jack Nicklaus-designed "Bear's Best" Golf Course and full access to Club Ridges at The Ridges. Club Ridges is a stunning community center built for individuals and families. The private club, reserved only for residents of The Ridges and the Azure community, features: - state-of-the-art fitness center - resort-style pool - professionally designed tennis facilities Azure Ridges Sumerlin homes offer views of the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, situated east of the community. Residents can visit the recreational area, which is only a short walk or drives away. Dining Azure Ridges Summerlin homes residents enjoy fast food, gourmet dining, and many other options. Local area favorites include: - Due Forni Pizza and Wine - Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill - LBS Burger Joint - Feast Buffet - Hokkaido Teppanyaki Steakhouse - Fatburger Azure Ridges Summerlin homes are for sale near the Las Vegas Strip and are top world-class restaurants worldwide. Shopping Shopping centers are located a short distance from Azure Ridges Summerlin homes gates. Several grocery stores are located just a few blocks or miles from the community and include: - Albertson's - Walmart - Supercenter - Vons - Glazier's Food - Marketplace Health Care Health care is abundant in the Azure Ridges Summerlin homes community - Southern Hills Pediatrics - Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center Azure Ridges Summerlin homes are proud of the finest health facilities in Clark County, Nevada. Interstate 215 are several local and chain: - pharmacies - dentists - specialty services Women's healthcare facilities and pediatric offices are within a two-mile radius of the Azure Ridges Summerlin homes gates. Drug stores, such as CVS and Walgreen's located in the community. Azure Schools Clark County School District is the best school system in Nevada. The following schools are close to Azure Ridges Summerlin homes for sale community. Public Schools Elementary Schools: - Judy & John Goolsby - Alexander Dawson School - Faith Lutheran Academy Middle Schools: - Alexander Dawson School High Schools: - West Career - Technical Academy
Azure The Ridges Summerlin
Azure is a residential neighborhood in The Ridges community of Summerlin. The Ridges is a village in Summerlin, in Southwest Las Vegas, Nevada. Built into and upon Las Vegas' rolling hills, jutting ridges, and rising mountains, The Ridges offers luxury real estate with alluring views of landscapes, cityscapes, and golf capes. Azure at The Ridges in Summerlin is a breathtaking guard-gated golf course luxury neighborhood located in highly desirable The Ridges in Summerlin.
Summerlin Master-Planned Community
Summerlin is a master-planned community located in the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada. It is known for its upscale neighborhoods, high-quality schools, and numerous recreational amenities. The community is located on the western side of the Las Vegas Valley, near the Spring Mountains and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. It is a short drive from the Las Vegas Strip and the Las Vegas McCarran International Airport. Summerlin covers more than 22,500 acres and is home to over 100,000 residents. The community is divided into numerous villages with distinctive characters and amenities. Summerlin is known for its extensive network of parks, trails, and open space, as well as its many golf courses and country clubs. It also has several shopping centers, restaurants, and other amenities. Azure Ridges Summerlin Homes When buying or selling Las Vegas homes for sale. Top Realtor! Bob and Diana Robert Ratliff RE/MAX Reliance 702-508-8262 Azure Ridges Summerlin Homes Read the full article
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borggolf · 9 months
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My Golf 2022-23 Catch-Up
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[Skunk on the 1st tee box - an omen? Glen Erin]
I received zeros and zeros of messages asking why I didn’t write up a golf blog last year. In lieu of answering that question, I’m just going to combine last year’s golf season with this year’s. The catch will be remembering all that happened just by looking at the scores, but here goes nothing.
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[A disturbing number of geese on the 13th tee box, Majestic Oaks]
My golf game in 2021 featured my best calculated handicap, but the index began creeping up toward the end of the year. That trend continued into 2022 despite starting out with a few decent rounds at Hawk’s View and Grand Geneva; I had six terrible scores in a row in the spring (including a couple triple digit scores), spiking my handicap from 11 to 19. It took me until August to bring it back down to 13. 
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[Sandhill Cranes and assorted waterfowl, 6th hole Hawk's View]
My worst round of the year came in mid-September when we decided to take advantage of a coupon for The Bull at Pinehurst Farms. Located near Sheboygan Falls, this course is notorious for being possibly the toughest in the state. If you don’t come with your A game, you’re going to walk away hurting…and I definitely did not have my A game that day. I managed 13 penalties and didn’t card a single par for a score of 113. 
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[Oscar's approach shot on hole 17, The Bull at Pinehurst Farms]
My best round of 2022 was just 3 weeks later at Glen Erin in Janesville. It was the first time I’d ever finished 9 holes under par (two birdies, six pars, one bogey), then I scored a 44 on the back nine (which is still pretty good for me as I’ve never scored better than 41 on the back nine at Glen Erin). Shooting a 78 anywhere is impressive but Glen Erin isn’t exactly an easy course.
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[Hole 15, Lake Arrowhead - The Lakes Course]
Another first for me was going on not one but two multi-day out of town golf trips. In late June my golf buddies and I stayed in Wisconsin Rapids and played all 36 holes at Lake Arrowhead on Saturday, then Sunday we drove to the Dells to play Wild Rock. The Lake Arrowhead courses were pretty nice (maybe a little overpriced due to their proximity to the Sand Valley resort), but Wild Rock was instantly my favorite course I’ve ever played. The views, valleys, and challenge made it worth the $100 price.
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[Hole 6, Wild Rock]
In August we went up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for our 2nd golf trip. Along the way we stopped outside of Green Bay to play a round at Royal St. Patrick’s, where I lost at least 4 balls in the drink. Then we played the two flagship courses at the Island Resort Casino; Sage Run and Sweetgrass. I’d been wanting to play these courses since hearing about them during commercial breaks of Brewers games. Sage Run was the tougher of the two courses, but I loved it almost as much as Wild Rock. Before heading home, we played a round at Timberstone in Iron Mountain. This was another gorgeous course with big elevation changes but more of a northwoods feel. My scores weren’t very good that weekend, but it was a great time at some great courses.
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[Hole 18, Timberstone at Pine Mountain Resort]
I was able to try out 15 courses I hadn’t played before 2022. Aside from the 7 played during those two trips, I played Hayward Golf Club (very nice, but not quite Big Fish), Oshkosh Country Club (nice, but maybe not worth the long drive), Washington County (a very impressive links course; definitely want to go back), Currie Park in Milwaukee (while I was waiting for the dealership to fix my car), The Bull (hopefully never again), and three Illinois courses: Renwood (a fun course I’d play again), Bittersweet (very nice but tougher), and a Thanksgiving weekend round on the north course at Eagle Ridge in Gurnee. 
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[Hole 8, the north course at Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa]
For the first time in seven years, I joined a simulator league in the offseason. I was playing twice a week; at Brighton Dale in Kenosha County and the Wisconsin Indoor Golf Center in Waukesha. While it can be rightfully argued that it’s not very realistic, I felt like I was able to tweak a few things in my drives, fairway woods, and even my short game after playing 29 simulated 18 hole rounds over the winter. When March 2023 arrived, I wasn’t rusty at all.
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[Hole 10, Foothills Golf Club]
My golf buddy Oscar talked me into taking a trip to Arizona in March. There we played four rounds: Foothills, Ocotillo, Devil’s Claw at Whirlwind Resort, and Dinosaur Mountain at Gold Canyon (see more pictures of these courses near the end of the blog).  Foothills was nothing to write home about and was overpriced, as Ocotillo was much nicer and cheaper…but it didn’t really feel like Arizona as there were many lakes surrounding the course. Devil’s Claw was very expensive but I enjoyed the course a lot and shot very well. Dinosaur Mountain was also very expensive and I shot like complete trash, but it was the most picturesque course I’d ever played (being that it was on the side of a mountain). I really enjoyed the experience of golfing great courses in early March when there was still snow on the ground in Wisconsin, but the greens fees for the 4 rounds alone totaled nearly $800.
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[Hole 9 & clubhouse, blue course, Ocotillo]
After a few more simulator rounds back home, I hit the ground running with very good scores on Wisconsin courses in April. Late in the month I had a work trip to Las Vegas, where I made time to get in one round at Siena Golf Club (see pictures near the end of the blog). I took advantage of other for-work travel by playing White Deer Run and Pine Meadow in Mundelein IL, Wild Ridge in Eau Claire and Trapper’s Turn in the Dells when I had to make road trips to Minneapolis, and I was invited to play in a company scramble at Irish Waters outside of Green Bay. I also played a Cincinnati municipal course, Glenview, when I was there on vacation meeting up with co-workers.
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[Hole 1, Wild Ridge]
My golf buddies and I once again made trips to Lake Arrowhead and the U.P.  This time after we played 36 at Lake Arrowhead, we played Christmas Mountain in the Dells. It was a pretty fun course at a good price, but we all agreed that it was no Wild Rock. On our way up to Michigan we stopped at Thornberry Creek, the official golf course of the Green Bay Packers. I thought it was great and I’d love to play it again. I carded a terrible round at Sweetgrass the next day, but played Timberstone much better than I did the previous year.
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[Hole 17, Timberstone at Pine Mountain Resort]
Other first-time courses for me this year that I haven’t mentioned: Lakewoods Forest Ridges near Namakagen Lake was very picturesque with big elevation changes. Autumn Ridge near Manitowoc had some good elevation changes as well, and I was very close to an ace on the last par 3 (hit the flag stick on a bounce). I finally played Evansville and Kettle Moraine, neither of which were bad but I really wasn’t impressed. I played the par 3 course Creekview (seen along I-90 north of Edgerton) and it was a typical par 3 nine; great for beginners but I didn’t care for it. Finally, I played a November round at Steeple Chase in Mundelein with Oscar, and that course impressed me. Very well maintained course despite it being very late in the year.
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[Hole 13, Forest Ridges at Lakewoods Resort]
Unlike most years, I kept my handicap fairly level throughout 2023. I was able to get it just under 12 at one point, but it never went much higher than 14. I only had two triple-digit rounds all year, and two rounds under 80. I played fewer 18-hole rounds in 2022 (90) than I did this year (98), and I spent WAY more money on golf rounds this year ($5360) than in 2022 ($3650). That doesn’t include the $850 I spent on the simulators, or the $800+ I spent on club upgrades (Callaway Rouge ST Max driver, 5w, 5h). Not to mention I burn through over 120 balls a year, which likely costs me another $300-400. 
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[Jeff lining up his approach shot on hole 18, Sweetgrass]
It was a very expensive year for me, but I may have enjoyed the game more than ever. Consistency is getting better, and I'm no longer afraid to shell out more money for nicer courses. I don't think I will be making another early spring golf trip in 2024, but we are planning another Lake Arrowhead trip as well as a stay at the Gull Lake View Golf Resort near Kalamazoo, MI.
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[Eric, getting tired of waiting for slow golfers. Hole 6, Sweetgrass]
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[Sunrise at Ocotillo]
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[Hole 2, The Devil's Claw at Whirlwind Golf Club]
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[Dinosaur Mountain at Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa]
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[Hole 1, Dinosaur Mountain at Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa]
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[Hole 2, Dinosaur Mountain at Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa]
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[Hole 4, Dinosaur Mountain at Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa]
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[Hole 7, Siena Golf Club]
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[Hole 12, Siena Golf Club]
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[Hole 17, Siena Golf Club]
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[Hole 18, Siena Golf Club]
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[Hole 14, Naga-Waukee War Memorial Golf Course]
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[3rd green, Hawk's View]
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[Lake Como, seen from hole 17 tee box, Hawk's View]
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[Final round of 2023, hole 2, Majestic Oaks at Lake Lawn Resort, Christmas Eve]
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esoutherngolf · 1 year
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The Peaches along the Georgia Golf Trail
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Of the 20+ golf courses on the Georgia Golf Trail, nine of them are tucked away in nine of Georgia’s state parks.  While some of these golf courses may be off the beaten path, so to speak, they are worth making the effort to go play. “Our state park golf courses in Georgia are terrific golf destinations.  They are incredible designs which are very well maintained and fairly priced,” said Doug Hollandsworth, Founder, Georgia Golf Trail.  “The affiliation of these golf courses with amenity filled state parks makes them a perfect place to visit, especially with your families.” HIGHLAND WALK - There are many scenic selfie ‘hot spots’ at Highland Walk Golf Course (706-245-6770) at Victoria Bryant State Park in Royston.  At Highland Walk, there are many uphill and downhill tee shots.  The best photo ‘opp’ locale is the tee box of the signature hole -- the 17th. Arrowhead Pointe Golf Club overlooking Lake Russell ARROWHEAD POINTE - At the Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course (706-283-6000) in Elberton, visiting golfers will discover a 6,800-yard course situated on a peninsula within the Richard B. Russell State Park.  Arrowhead Pointe deserves to be called the ‘Crown Jewel’ of the Georgia Golf Trail.  Here, 10 of the 18 holes border Lake Richard B. Russell. THE CREEK - The Creek Golf Course (706-557-3006) at Hard Labor Creek State Park in Social Circle is a joy to play.  Here, the sternest test is the tee shot on the par-four 10th hole, formerly the opening hole, which used to be considered “the hardest first starting hole in Georgia.” BRAZELL’S CREEK - The Brazell’s Creek Golf Course (912-577-7745) at Jack Hill State Park in Reidsville is a well-designed par-71 layout.  At Brazell’s Creek, a 1,500-yard winding bridge through a canopy of trees connects the front nine with the back nine. The back nine was built on a windswept, open landscape with a links-style look.  The front nine is tree-lined, and the greens have some creative contours. THE LAKES - The Lakes Golf Course (912-285-6154) at Laura S. Walker Park in Waycross is the southernmost golf course on the Georgia Golf Trail.  It features large, undulating greens. The fairways and landing areas are defined with gentle, links-style mounds that accent the course’s three large lakes.  Loblolly pines are a common sight at the Lakes GC, which is an easy course to walk. MEADOW LINKS - The Meadow Links Golf Course (229-768-3714) opened in the George T. Bagby State Park in Fort Gaines in 1998.  Golf Digest ranked Meadow Links as “the nation’s sixth-best new affordable public course.”  Each day, when the sun sets in the west, the views resemble a picture postcard. Explore The Wonders Of Nature and experience the comfort Of Brastown Valley Resort and Spa. BRASSTOWN VALLEY RESORT & SPA - Golf at Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa (706-379-9900) is refreshing, delightful, and scenic.  The views of the surrounding mountains from the golf course are stunning.  This golf course is in terrific shape.  Afterward, get a massage at the Equani Spa, swim in the indoor pool, eat at Brassie’s Grill, spend the night at the resort, and wake up next door and do it all again!  It's a total escape! WALLACE ADAMS - Once you arrive at the Wallace Adams Golf Course (229-868-7474), located in the Little Ocmulgee State Park outside McRae, you’ll quickly see that you’ll want to play this course more than you had originally intended.  This golf course has an Augusta National Golf Club look and feel to it.  And it’s true.  The only things missing are patrons, leaderboards, and cameras from CBS.  This golf course is nicknamed ‘Little O.’  You will enjoy the chance of going low at Little O! GEORGIA VETERANS - The Georgia Veterans Memorial Golf Course (800-459-1230), located at the Lake Blackshear Resort and Golf Course near Cordele, has been labeled the “best value in the South.”  Once you walk off the 18th green, head to the Cypress Grill.  You can relive your experiences on the “best value in the South.” For more information about these golf courses in many of Georgia’s state parks, access gastateparks.org or GeorgiaGolfandTravel.com. Read the full article
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keyescompany · 1 year
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Why You Should Consider Moving to Cooper City?
Cooper City, Fl is one of the fastest growing cities in South Florida, with a population that has more than doubled. If you're considering relocating to Cooper City, here's what you need to know about this master-planned community. Cooper City is a master planned community in Broward County, Florida. It was developed by Harry G. Cooper and his family as they bought up land north of Miami and settled into their new home. Their vision for Cooper City was to create a place where families could live, work and play together. Today, this vision lives on with more than 50 years of history behind it!
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Cooper City is a master-planned community in Broward County, Florida. It was incorporated in 1996 and has since earned the reputation as one of South Florida's most livable cities.
Cooper City is located north of Miami and south of Fort Lauderdale. The city is bordered by Sunrise on its east side, Davie on its west side and Southwest Ranches on its north side.
Davie Golf Club
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Davie Golf Club, owned by the Town of Davie since 2011, is the only public golf course in Davie, Fl and is considered by many as the best value in the region. Discover South Florida’s Most Fun Greens, which offer fun undulating slopes that will challenge you, maybe frustrate you at times but also reward you with an experience like no other in the Ft Lauderdale golf region. Davie Golf team members are ready to greet you with a smile and welcome you like a local. Davie Golf Club is just a 10-15 minute drive from Fort Lauderdale or Hollywood beaches, 10 miles from Fort Lauderdale Airport, and just minutes from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood.
Park City Estates
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To find the perfect home in Park City Estates, you can research the current market trends and home values, what schools and school districts are in the area, and what homes are on the market all on realtor.com. Park City is located within the city of Davie in Broward county, FL. In the city of Davie, there are currently 203 homes for sale, with 14 of those being in Park City. The properties in this subdivision have a median days on market of 87 with a median price per sq-ft. of 200.
If you're interested in other neighborhoods with homes for sale that have similar amenities you might want to consider some of these options. Arrowhead Golf And Tennis is priced similarly and the homes there were built in the 1980 decade. Another great option might be Pine Island Ridge which includes homes built in the 1980 decade that have a median price of $289,000. If you can't find anything there then Forest Ridge might be for you. There are recent home sales in Forest Ridge at a median price of $809,000. Here's a quick summary of those neighborhoods and a few others near Park City.
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Broward Homes by The Roni Sterin Group | Keyes Company is a Cooper City Real Estate Agent in FL. We have helped many people find their new homes and we look forward to helping you! We specialize in assisting clients with all of their real estate and Homes For Sale Cooper City needs. Whether you are looking for a home or land, we can help you find the perfect property. We understand that buying or selling a home can be an overwhelming process, so our team is here to make it as easy as possible. When you choose us as your agent, you will receive personalized service from start to finish.
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youblogzz · 1 year
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Russell Wilson drives into bunker, flips golf cart
The jokes write themselves.Photo: AP Even if it’s not true — and this rings of being “too good” — I had to write about Russell Wilson maybe flipping a golf cart into a bunker during an outing at Arrowhead Golf Course in Littleton, Colo. The possibilities for jokes are endless, and honestly, the pressure of finding the best one is making me anxious. So, I’m going to share the tweet about Wilson’s…
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orangewoodmo123 · 2 years
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Orangewood Inn & Suites
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Kansas City, Missouri is a remarkable city. It’s the 36th most populous city in the United States with more than half a million people – plus there are more in its Kansas neighbor. Its central location makes it the home of many businesses and a great vacation destination too..
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NaNoWriMo Day 10
Likely the last 70-degree day this season, so I got right on it writing in two sessions: in the early morning session, I took a walking break to the Franciscans, then I wrote more for a total of 2,426 in the late morning session. I had to wrap it up after the second break at the Arrowhead Golf Course. My brain refused to function anymore. I stuffed myself with a nut mix and chocolates. I drove…
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Azucena + Masaru | Arrowhead Golf Course Wedding Photos
Some weddings the tears don’t stop coming. They are those golden tears of joy. They started as soon as I got there, and I will tell you, it wasn’t just Mas and Azucena. I was already balling too. Mas and Azucena put so much intention into their wedding. I mean, really, they put so much intention to their relationship. The first thing Azucena told me when I arrived was the number of days they had been together. They had been counting it from the beginning because they knew. Somehow, they were “oddly perfect.” As they like to say.
I appreciate and love this sentiment. I do think, however, they are “perfectly perfect”. Everything about them makes me smile. I remember when I first met them and the way that Mas looked at Azucena, just when she was talking to me answering some question. He looked at her with intent, listening to everything she had to say and really internalizing it. It struck me. They are so good together because of this intent.
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Congratulations Mas and Azucena! Here’s to years and years of “oddly perfect”!
–Katie
Thank you to all the great vendors:
Venue & Catering | Arrowhead Golf Course
Planner | Harper Bond Events
DJ | Encore DJ Services
Florist | Joy Blooms LLC
Cake | Azucar Bakery
Hair & Make-up | BelViso
Lighting and Cold Fireworks | Lighting and Design by Scott
Azucena + Masaru | Arrowhead Golf Course Wedding Photos was originally published on Denver Wedding Photographers - Elevate Blog
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‘He’s our Satan’: Mega music manager Irving Azoff, still feared, still fighting
(x)PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. —  
This is not Irving Azoff’s house. Irving and his wife Shelli own houses all over, from Beverly Hills to Cabo San Lucas, but right now in the last week of October it’s too cold at the ranch in Idaho and too hot at the spread in La Quinta, so he’s renting this place — a modest midcentury six-bedroom that sold for $5 million back in 2016.
From the front door you can see all the way out, to where Arrowhead Point juts like the tail of a comma into the calm afternoon waters of Carmel Bay. More importantly, the house is literally across the street from the Pebble Beach Golf Links, where Azoff likes to play with his college buddy John Baruck, who started out in the music business around the same time Azoff did, in the late ’60s, and just retired after managing Journey through 20 years and two or three lead singers, depending how you count.
(Via LA Times) 
Azoff is 72, and this weekend he’ll be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Bruce Springsteen’s longtime manager Jon Landau. Beatles manager Brian Epstein and Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham are already in, but Azoff and Landau are the first living managers thus honored. Azoff is not only alive — he’s still managing. As a partner in Full Stop Management — alongside Jeffrey Azoff, his oldest son and the third of his four children — he steers the careers of clients like the Eagles, Steely Dan, Bon Jovi and comedian Chelsea Handler, and consults when needed on the business of Harry Styles, Lizzo, John Mayer, Roddy Ricch, Anderson .Paak and Maroon 5. Azoff has Zoom calls at 7, 8 and 9 tomorrow morning, and only after that will he squeeze in a round.
The work never stops when you view the job the way Azoff does, as falling somewhere between consigliere and concierge. “My calls can be everything from ‘My knee buckled, I need a doctor’ to ‘My kid’s in jail,’” Azoff says. “I mean, you have no idea. The ‘My kid’s in jail’ one was a funny one, because the artist then said to me, ‘Y’know, I’ve thought about this. Maybe we should leave him there for a while.’”
Golf entered Azoff’s life the way a lot of things have — via the Eagles, whom Azoff has managed since the early ’70s. Specifically, Azoff took up golf in the company of the late Glenn Frey, the jockiest Eagle, the one the other Eagles used to call “Sportacus.” By the time the Eagles returned to the road in the ’90s they’d left their debauched ’70s lifestyles largely behind, but Azoff and Frey got hooked on the little white ball.
“Frey would insist on booking the tour around where he wanted to play golf,” Azoff says. “We made Henley crazy. Henley would call me in my room and he’d go, ‘Why the f— are we in a hotel in Hilton Head North Carolina and starting a tour in Charlotte? Is this a f— golf tour?’”
Trailed by Larry Solters, the Eagles’ preternaturally dour minister of information, Azoff makes his way down the hill from the house for dinner at the golf club’s restaurant. He’s only 5 feet, 3 inches, a diminutive Sydney Pollack in jeans and a zip-up sweater. In photos from the ’70s — when he was considerably less professorial in comportment, a hipster exec with a spring-loaded middle finger — he sports a beard and a helmet of curly hair and mischievous eyes behind his shades, and looks a little like a Muppet who might scream at Kermit over Dr. Teeth’s appearance fee.
His father was a pharmacist and his mother was a bookkeeper. He grew up in Danville, Ill., booked his first shows in high school to pay for college, dropped out of college to run a small Midwestern concert-booking empire and manage local acts such as folk singer Dan Fogelberg and heartland rock band REO Speedwagon. Los Angeles soon beckoned. He met the Eagles while working for David Geffen and Elliot Roberts’ management company and followed the band out the door when they left the Geffen fold; they became the cornerstone of his empire. “I got my swagger from Glenn Frey and Don Henley,” he says. “No doubt about it.”
Azoff never took to pot or coke. The Eagles lived life in the fast lane; he was the designated driver. “Artists,” he once observed, “like knowing the guy flying the plane is sober.” This didn’t stop him from trashing his share of hotel rooms, frequently with guitarist Joe Walsh — whose solo career Azoff shepherded before Walsh joined the Eagles, and who was very much not sober at this time — as an accomplice.
“This was a different age,” Walsh says of his time as the band’s premier lodging-deconstructionist. “We could do anything we wanted, so we did. And Irving’s role was to keep us out of prison, basically.” He recalls a pleasant evening in Chicago in the company of John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, which culminated in Walsh laying waste to a suite at the Astor Towers hotel that turned out to be the owner’s private apartment. “We had to check out with a lawyer and a construction foreman,” Walsh remembers. “But Irving took care of it. Without Irving, I’d still be in Chicago.”
Azoff became even more infamous for the pit bull brio he brought to business negotiations on behalf of the Eagles and others, including Stevie Nicks and Boz Scaggs. He didn’t seem to care if people liked him, and his artists loved him for that. Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker said they’d hired Azoff because he “impressed us with his taste for the jugular … and his bizarre spirit.” Jimmy Buffett’s wife grabbed him outside a show at Madison Square Garden, pushed him into the back of a limo and said, You have to manage Jimmy, although Buffett already had a manager at the time.
His outsized reputation as an advocate not just willing but eager to scorch earth on behalf of his clients became an advertisement for his services, a phenomenon that continues to this day. In August 2018, Azoff’s then-client Travis Scott released “Astroworld,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and occupied that slot again the following week, causing Nicki Minaj’s album “Queen” to debut at No. 2. On her Beats One show “Queen Radio,” Minaj accused Scott of gaming Billboard’s chart methodology to keep her out of the top slot and singled his manager out by name: “C—sucker of the Day award,” she said, “goes to Irving Azoff.” Azoff says he reacted as only Azoff would: “I said, ‘I’m really unhappy about that. I want to be c—sucker of the year.’” In 2019, Minaj hired Azoff as her new manager.
Most of the best things anyone’s ever said about Azoff are statements a man of less-bizarre spirit would take as an insult. When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted the Eagles in 1998, Don Henley stood onstage and said of Azoff, “He may be Satan, but he’s our Satan.”
An N95-masked Azoff takes a seat on a patio with a view of hallowed ground — the first hole of the Pebble Beach course, a dogleg-right par 4 with a priceless view of the bay. He cheerfully admits that he and his partners at Full Stop are “obviously, as a management business, kind of losing our ass” this year due to COVID-19. In another reality, the Eagles would have played Wembley Stadium in August before heading off to Australia or the Far East. Styles would have just finished 34 dates in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. As it stands Azoff is hearing encouraging things about treatments and vaccines and new testing machines, and is reasonably confident that technology will soon make it possible for certified-COVID-free fans to again enjoy carefree evenings of live music together; he doesn’t expect much to happen in the meantime.
“What are you gonna do,” Azoff says, “take an act that used to sell 15,000 seats and tell them to play to 4,000 in the [same] arena? The vibe would be horrible, and production costs will stay the same.”
He knows of at least six companies trying to monetize new concert-esque experiences — pay-per-view shows from houses and soundstages, drive-in events and so on. But he’s not convinced anybody wants to sit in their parked car to watch a band play. More to the point, he’s not convinced it’s rock ’n’ roll.
“Fallon and Kimmel, all these virtual performances — people are sick of that,” he says. “Your production values from home aren’t that good. And they’re destroying the mystique. I mean, Justin Bieber jumping around on ‘Saturday Night Live’ the other night without a band, and then he had Chance the Rapper come out? It made him look to me, mortal. I didn’t feel any magic. So we’ve kinda been turning that stuff down to just wait it out.”
In the meantime, he says, Full Stop is picking up new clients during the pandemic. Artists with time on their hands, he believes, “have taken a hard look at their careers— so we’ve grown. No revenues,” he adds with a chuckle, “but people are saying, ‘We need you, we need to plan our lives.’”
“IN HIGH SCHOOL,” Jeffrey Azoff says, “I wanted to be a professional golfer, which has obviously eluded me.” He never expected to take up his father’s profession. “But my dad has always loved his job so much. There’s no way that doesn’t rub off on you.”
The younger Azoff got his first industry job at 21, as a “glorified intern” working for Maroon 5’s then-manager Jordan Feldstein. After a week of filing and fetching coffee, he called his father and complained that he was bored. According to Jeffrey, Irving responded, “Listen carefully, because I’m going to say this one time. You have a phone and you have my last name. If you can’t figure it out, you’re not my son.”
“Direct quote,” Jeffrey says. “It’s one of my favorite things he’s ever said to me. And it’s the spirit of the music business, by the way. There are no rules to this. Just figure it out.”
Over dinner I keep asking Irving how he got the temerity, as a kid barely out of college, to plunge into the shark-infested waters of the ‘70s record industry in Los Angeles. He just shrugs.
“I never felt the music business was that competitive,” he says. “It’s just not that f—ing hard. I don’t think there’s that many smart people in our business.”
It’s been written, I say, that once you landed in California and sized up the competition, you called John Baruck back in Illinois and said —
“We can take this town,” Azoff says, finishing the sentence. “Where’d you get that? John told that story to [Apple senior vice president] Eddy Cue on the golf course three days ago. It’s true. I called John up and said, ‘OK, get your ass out here. We can take this town.’”
In the ensuing years, Azoff has occupied nearly every high-level position the music industry has to offer, surfing waves of industry consolidation. He’s been the president of a major label, MCA; the CEO of Ticketmaster; and executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment, the behemoth formed from Ticketmaster’s merger with Live Nation. In 2013 he and Cablevision Systems Corp. CEO and New York Knicks owner James Dolan formed a partnership, Azoff MSG Entertainment; Azoff ran the Forum in Inglewood for Dolan after MSG purchased it in 2012.
Earlier this year Dolan sold the Forum for $400 million to former Microsoft CEO and Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, who’s since announced plans to build a new stadium on a site just one mile away. Despite the apocalyptic parking scenario that looms for the area — two stadiums and a concert arena on a one-mile stretch of South Prairie Boulevard — Azoff is confident that the Forum will live on as a live-music venue. “People are going, ‘They’re going to tear it down’ — they’re not going to tear it down,” Azoff says. “It’s going to be in great hands. I have many of the artists we represent booked in the Forum, waiting for the restart based on COVID.”
The holdings of the Azoff Co. — formed when Dolan sold his interest in Azoff MSG back to Azoff two years ago — include Full Stop, the performance-rights organization Global Music Rights and the Oak View Group, which is developing arenas in Seattle and Belmont, N.Y., and a 15,000-seat venue on the University of Texas campus in Austin. Azoff describes himself as increasingly focused on “diversification, and building assets for the family that aren’t just dependent on commissions, shall we say.”
But as both a manager and a co-founder of a lobbying group, the Music Artists Coalition, he’s also devoting more time and energy to a broad range of artists’-rights issues, from health insurance to royalty rates to copyright reversion to this year’s Assembly Bill 5, which threatened musicians’ independent-contractor status until it was amended in September. (“That was us,” Azoff says, somewhat grandly. “I got to the governor, the governor signed it — Newsom was great on it.”) He describes his advocacy for artists — even those he doesn’t manage — as a “war on all fronts,” and estimates there are 21 major issues on which “we’ve sort of appointed ourselves as guardians.”
He does not continue to manage artists because he needs the money, he says. (As the singer-songwriter and Azoff client J.D. Souther famously put it, “Irving’s 15% of everybody turned out to be more than everyone’s 85% of themselves.”) Everything he’s doing now — building clout through the Azoff Co., even accepting the Hall of Fame honor — is ultimately about positioning himself to better fight these fights. “I’d rather work on [these things] than anything else,” he says. “But if I didn’t have the power base in the management business, I couldn’t be effective.”
The recorded music industry, having fully transitioned to a digital-first business, is once again making money hand over fist, he points out, but even less of that money is trickling down to artists. That imbalance long predates Big Tech’s involvement in the field, but the failure of music-driven tech companies to properly compensate musicians is clearly the largest burr under Azoff’s saddle.
“These people, when they start out — whether it’s Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, whatever — they resist paying for music until you go beat the f— out of them. And then of course, none of them pay fair market value and they get away with it. Your company’s worth $30 billion and you can’t spend 20 grand for a song that becomes a phenomenon on your channel? Even when they pay, artists don’t get enough. Writers don’t get enough. Music, as a commodity, is more important than it’s ever been, and more unfairly monetized for the creators. And that’s what creates an opportunity for people like me.”
AZOFF’S FIRM NO longer handles Travis Scott, by the way. “Travis is unmanageable,” Azoff says, nonchalantly and without rancor. “We’re involved in his touring as an advisor to Live Nation, but he’s calling his own shots these days.”
I ask if, in the age of the viral hit and the bedroom producer, he finds himself running into more artists who assume they don’t need a manager. Ehh, Azoff says, like it’s always been that way. “There’s a lot of headstrong artists,” he says. “I haven’t seen one that’s better off without a manager than with,” he says, and laughs a little Dennis the Menace laugh.
We’re back at the house. Azoff takes a seat on the living-room couch; Larry Solters sits across from him, his back to the sea. Azoff recalls another big client. Declines to name him. Says he was never happy, even after Azoff and his people got him everything on his wish list. “He hit me with a couple bad emails. Just really disrespectful s—. I sent him an email back that said, ‘Lucky for me, you need me more than I need you. Goodbye.’”
He will confirm having resigned the accounts of noted divas Mariah Carey and Axl Rose. Reports that he once attempted to manage Kanye West have been greatly exaggerated, he says, although they’ve spoken about business. “Robert [Kardashian] was a good friend of mine. The kids all went to school together,” Azoff says. “What I always said to Kanye was, you’re unmanageable, but we can give you advice.
“A lot of people could have made a dynasty on the people we used to manage,” Azoff says, “let alone the ones we kept.”
But he still works with many artists who joined him in the ’70s — with Henley, with Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen and with Joe Walsh. Walsh has been sober for more than 25 years; it was Azoff, along with Henley and Frey, who talked him into rehab before the Eagles’ 1994 reunion tour. “Irving never passed judgment on me,” Walsh says. “And from that meeting on, he made sure I had what I needed to stay sober.” If he hadn’t, Walsh says, there’s no chance we’d be having this conversation. “All the guys I ran with are dead. Keith Moon’s dead. John Entwistle’s dead. Everybody’s dead, and I’m here. That’s profound to me.”
The first client Azoff lost was Minnie Riperton — in 1979, to breast cancer when she was only 31. Then Warren Zevon, to cancer, in 2003. Fogelberg, to cancer, four years later.
“And then Glenn,” says Azoff, referring to the Eagles co-founder who died in 2016. “I miss Glenn a lot. And now Eddie.”
Van Halen, that is. I ask Azoff if he can tell me a story that sums up what kind of guy Eddie Van Halen was; he tells me a beautiful one, then says he’d prefer not to see it in print. It makes perfect Azoffian sense — profane trash talk on the record, tenderness on background.
I ask if he’s been moved to contemplate his own mortality, as his boomer-aged clients approach an actuarial event horizon. Of course the answer turns out to involve keeping pace with an Eagle.
“Henley and I are having a race,” he says. “Neither one of us has given in. Neither one of us is going to retire.”
Henley was born in July 1947; Azoff came along that December. Does Don plan to keep going, I ask, until the wheels fall off?
“I don’t know,” Azoff says.
Do you ever talk about it?
“Yeah! He’ll call me up and he’ll go, ‘I really feel s— today.’ And I say, ‘Well, you should, Grandpa. You’re an old man. You ready to throw in the towel? Nope? OK.’”
Azoff says, “I contend that what keeps us all young is staying in the business. I’ve had more people tell me, ‘My father, he quit working, and then his health started failing,’ and all that. Every single — I mean, every single rock star I know is basically doing it to try and stay young. And I think it works. I really think it works.
“I have this friend,” Azoff says. “Calls me once a week, he’s sending me tapes, it’s his next big record. Paul Anka! He’s 80 years old. OK? And my other friend, Frankie Valli …”
“Do you know how old Frankie Valli is?” Solters says. “Eighty-six. And he still performs.”
“Not during COVID,” Azoff says. “I told the motherf—, ‘You’re not going out.’”
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