Sometimes people are so long-lived that when they pass on I feel like, “gee, I thought he died years ago” I just learned that Ed Reimers from the Allstate Commercials in now in good hands <g> Well kiddles, back when there were only three television networks, people like Ed and John Cameron Swayze (”we’re [...]
Songwriter Ellie Greenwich has passed on- a heart attack at age 68. She and her former husband, Jeff Barry, wrote an amazing number of hit records in the early 60’s: http://www.elliegreenwich.com/musicography.htm
They wrote the soundtrack for a whole generation. RIP, Ellie
Young Seb Neale, 26, of Wales, UK accidentally died last month. Seb was also a happy Doctor Who fan. In the midst of their loss, his parents generously let his friends organize his funeral and they gave him a send off worthy of a Time Lord.They made over his blue coffin to resemble [...]
70’s beauty Farrah passed after a long illness. Mr Michael Jackson died unexpectedly. Also, Sky Saxon (great name) of the flower band, The Seeds, died this week. Here is the band on a dreadful ancient videotape doing their hit. It was the TV show, The Mothers-In-Law, circa 1967. (The dancing blonde is Deborah Walley- Gidget [...]
We have a custom around here, now it its second generation. If you use a big word in conversation- 3 or 4 syllables or more, you need to look up on the off chance the duck is coming down. Groucho always said “if you say the secret woid, the duck will come down and [...]
Well I finished my second go round with Anna Karenina. , The first time I 1 was 19, in college and taking a class where I had to read a bunch of Russian novels. It’s interesting going back there almost 40 years later. Since there’s a love story, I remember that from the first time. [...]
Which is the title of an album by Steely Dan. I take it to mean when your thoughts run round and round, twist and turn, and don’t come up with any conclusions.
I just did pretzel logic shopping. I was putting laundry away and realized I had some underpinnings which had reached the truly funky stage. [...]
For like the FIFTH DAY in a row! Caught a little news item that the Drought is officially over. This isn’t doing a thing for the garden ‘cept making the weeds grow. Come back Mr. Sun!
May 5 is Tammy Wynette’s birthday. Back when Country Music was a whole lot cooler than it is these days, [...]
Gary (who doesn’t blog, why ever not?) sent an e-mail with great songs for aging Boomers:
Splish, Splash, I Was Havin’ a Flash
Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Walker
I Get By With a Little Help From Depends
How Can You Mend a Broken Hip
The First Time Ever I Forgot Your Face
I Can’t See Clearly Now
Fifty Ways [...]
It’s Friday, let’s dance! This is Tony Orlando and he must have been about 17! It was written by Barry Mann (”who put the bomp in the bomp, etc”) and Cynthia Weil who had all kinds of hits in the early 60’s. They don’t write ‘em like this any more!