Thursday, November 09, 2023
Wednesday, November 08, 2023
PERFORMANCE: Take Me to the River - Al Green
Al Green was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. B.B. King and Lenny Kravitz join him for this clip from the telecast.
( 04.57, song at :55 )
Song: Al Green, Teenie Hodges
LOST SONGS: A Song's Gotta Come From The Heart
Jimmy Durante gives Frank Sinatra a music lesson in this giddy song-and-dance number.
Clip: Frank Sinatra And Jimmy Durante - It Happened in Brooklyn ( 1947 )
Song: Sammy Cahn
( 04.57, song at :40 )
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It's X-Ray Vision Day
For Superman,
every day is X-Ray Vision Day.
And my Space Monkeys
made fine, affectionate pets.
Tuesday, November 07, 2023
Things I learned over the weekend
. The average North American owns eight cars in their lifetime.
. During the trial of crypto kid Sammy Threenames, crypto was described as "Everything you don't know about money combined with everything you don't know about computers."
. Pickleball Paddle Battle is in production for streamers, based on the idea that people who love pickleball will love it, and people who hate pickleball will hate-watch it.
. When rebel ex-Royals Harry and Meghan need Honey It's Me Time without the kids, they go to Canouan. It's a tiny island off St. Vincent of private jets, villas and megayachts. Also famed as "where billionaires go to escape millionaires."
. There's a herd of 50-60 Spirit Moose living near Timmins, Ontario. A recessive gene causes their color. They're not an A.I. concoction.
Image: Patrick Brennan (Cannon Powershot SX70HS)
Helicoprion, the Chainsaw Shark
Stumbled across Chainsaw Sharks yesterday.
The dreaded Helicoprion.
Maybe I'd rather meet a Great White.
Clip: Ray Troll / Paleonerds ( 7 mins )
High Fashion Holsters
_Stefanie Powers was TV's The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
It was a short-lived sequel to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. spy series on NBC.
Robert Vaughn was the original Napoleon Solo, an American 007. David McCallum co-starred as Ilya Kuryakin.
Monday, November 06, 2023
"A Crappie Sunrise"
--Ray Troll
Alaskan artist Troll hosts
Paleonerds, a fishy podcast
about dinosaurs, fossils and science
Sunday, November 05, 2023
Nils Landgren _ Just The Way You Are
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There are over 200 recorded cover versions of Billy Joel's hit from his 1977 album.
This is the one I play again.
Is it the reedy voice? The phrasing?
The hypnotic piano?
Nils Landgren is a Swedish R&B, funk, and jazz player and singer. He plays a red trombone.
Clip: Nils Landgren / Four Wheel Drive
Song: Billy Joel ( 1977 )
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