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Bennie And The Jets

As recorded by Elton John

Hey kids shake it lose together
The spotlight's hitting something that's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight so stick around
You're gonna hear electric music, solid walls of sound.

Say Candy and Ronnie have you seen them yet, oo but they're so spaced out
B-b-b-Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and wonderful, oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine, oh
B-b-b-Bennie and the Jets.

Hey kids plug into the faithless maybe they're blinded
But Bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets to find out who's right and who's wrong.

Oh Candy and Ronnie have you seen them yet, oh but they're so spaced out
B-b-b-Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and wonderful, oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine, oh
B-b-b-Bennie and the Jets.

Oh Candy and Ronnie have you seen them yet, oh but they're so spaced out
B-b-b-Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and wonderful, oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine, oh
B-b-b-Bennie and the Jets.

You know, folks, I noticed that ehBeth was listening to Ian and Sylvia's Four Strong Winds, and when I searched it out, found Jim Ed Brown had done that as well.

What a surprise to find this song with an alternate French title.


Jim Ed Brown
Lyrics for Song: Three Bells (Les Trois Cloches)

There's a village hidden deep in the valley among the pine trees half forlorn
And there on a sunny morning little Jimmy Brown was born
All the chapel bells were ringing in the little valley town
And the songs that they were singing was for baby Jimmy Brown
And the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
Lead us not into temptation bless this hour of meditation guide him with eternal love
There's a village hidden deep in the valley beneath the mountains high above
And there twenty years thereafter Jimmy was to meet his love
All the chapel bells were ringing twas a great day in his life
For the songs that they were singing was for Jimmy and his wife
And the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
Lead us not into temptation bless oh Lord this celebration
May their lives be filled with love
From the village hidden deep in the valley one rainy morning dark and grey
A soul which wait in the heaven Jimmy Brown had passed away
Just the lonely bell was ringing in the little valley town
Twas there well it was singing to our good old Jommy Brown
And the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
Lead us not into temptation may his soul find this salvation of Thy great eternal love.

Love it!

yes he was very convincing, and reese witherspoon was fantastic as june carter, see it if you get the chance

Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
(As recorded by Gladys Knight & The Pips)

I've had my share of life's ups and downs
But fate's been kind, the downs have been few
I guess you could say that I've been lucky
And I guess you could say it's all because of you.

If anyone should ever write my life story
For whatever reason there might be
You'd be there between each line of pain and glory
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me
You're the best thing that ever happened to me.

Lord there have been times when times were hard
But always somehow I made it through
'Cause for ev'ry moment I've spent hurting
There was a moment spent loving you.

If anyone should ever write my life story
For whatever reason there might be
You'd be there between each line of pain and glory
'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me
You're the best thing that ever happened to me.

Why, thank you, Try. I'm the best thing that ever happened to me as well. Big smile.

dj, and all, I saw some clips of Joaquin doing some of the Cash stuff, but he sounded a little bored to me. I adore the man and feel he should have won an award for his part in Gladiator.

Wow, listeners, I have just discovered that I am bit tired after stuffing myself with crab cakes and fresh apricots.

What better way to say goodnight than with a little Irish humor.


Three Irishmen, Paddy, Sean and Seamus, were stumbling home from the pub
late one night and found themselves on the road which led past the old
graveyard.

"Come have a look over here," says Paddy, "It's Michael O'Grady's grave,
God bless his soul. He lived to the ripe old age of 87."

"That's nothing", says Sean, "here's one named Patrick O'Tool, it says
here that he was 95 when he died."

Just then, Seamus yells out, "Good God, here's a fella that got to be
145!"

"What was his name?" asks Paddy.

Seamus stumbles around a bit, awkwardly lights a match to see what else
is written on the stone marker, and exclaims, "Miles, from Dublin.

Thanks to my Irish friend for that laugh.

From Letty with much love

here is an old english folk song - not a particularly cheerful one .
seems that the soldier is always at the bottom of the totem pole .
hbg

You Madcaps of England
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You mad caps of England who merry would make,
And for your brave valour would pains undertake,
Come over to Flanders and there you shall see,
How merry we'll make it, how frolic we'll be.

If you've been a citizen broke by mischance,
And would by your courage your credit advance,
Here's stuff to be won by venturing your life,
So you leave at home a good friend by your wife.

But if upon wenches you've spent all your means,
And still your mind runs upon whores and queans,
Here's wenches enow that with you will go,
From leaguer to leaguer, in spite of your foe.

Your serjeants and officers are very kind,
If that you can flatter and speak to their mind,
They will free you from duty and all other trouble,
Your money being gone, your duty comes DOUBLE!

As soon as you've come to your enemies' land,
Where fat goose and capon you have at command,
Sing take them or eat them or let them alone,
Sing go out and fetch them or else you get none.

And when you break an arm, or a leg,
You shall have your pass thro' the country to beg.
Your officer promises you some other pay,
But the soldier ne'er gets it, no, not 'till DOOMS-DAY!

At last when you've come to your enemies' walls,
Where many a brave gallant and gentleman falls,
And when you have done the best that you can,
Your captain rewards you, "There dies a brave man!"

If Not For You
Bob Dylan © 1970, 1985

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If not for you
Babe i couldn't find the door
Couldn't even see the floor
I'd be sad an' blue
If not for you.

If not for you
Babe i'd lay awake all night
Wait for the mornin' light
To shine in thru
But it would not be new
If not for you.

If not for you
My sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love
I'd be nowhere at all
I'd be lost
If not for you
An' you know it's true.

If not for you
My sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love
I'd be nowhere at all
I'd be lost
If not for you.

If not for you
Winter would have no spring
Couldn't hear the robins sing
I just wouldn't have a clue
Anyway it wouldn't ring true
If not for you
If not for you.

Jim Thorpe
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Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox Nation: Wa-Tho-Huk) (May 28, 1887 - March 28, 1953) is considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports. He won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon, starred in college and professional football, played Major League Baseball and also had a career in basketball. He subsequently lost his Olympic titles when it was found he had played two seasons of minor league baseball prior to competing in the games (thus violating the amateur status rules). In 1983, thirty years after his death, his medals were restored.

Early life

Information about Thorpe's birth, full name, and ethnic background vary widely. What is known is that he was born in Indian Territory, but no birth certificate has been found.

Thorpe was born on May 28, 1887 near the town of Prague, Oklahoma. His full name is often said to be James Francis Thorpe, but this cannot be confirmed; "Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe" is the name on his christening certificate.

His parents were each of mixed descent. His father, Hiram Thorpe, had an Irish father and a Sac and Fox Indian mother, while his mother, Charlotte Vieux, had a French father and an Aboriginal American mother. He's also the grandson of the great Sac Warrior, Chief Black Hawk. Thorpe was raised as a Sac and Fox, and his native name was Wa-Tho-Huk, meaning Bright Path. As was the custom for Sac and Fox, Thorpe was named for something occurring around the time of his birth, in this case the sunlight brightening the path to the cabin where he was born. Some accounts suggest that Hiram Thorpe had 19 children with five different wives, of which no fewer than eleven were with Vieux.

Together with his twin brother Charlie, Thorpe went to school in Stroud, Oklahoma at the Sac and Fox Indian Agency School. Charlie died of pneumonia when they were eight years old. Thorpe did not handle his brother's death very well, and ran away from school on several occasions. Hiram Thorpe then sent Jim to what is now known as Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, so that his son would not run away again. When his mother died two years later, Thorpe fell into a depression. After several arguments with his father, he ran away from home to work on a horse ranch.

In 1904, Thorpe returned to his father, and decided to join Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania where he was coached by Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner, one of the most influential coaches in early American football history. Later that year, Hiram Thorpe died. Thorpe once again dropped out of school. He resumed farm work for a few years and then returned to Carlisle, where his athletic career commenced.

A rising star

Jim Thorpe in Carlisle Indian Industrial School uniform, about 1909Legend has it that Thorpe began his athletic career at Carlisle in 1907 when he walked past the track and beat the school's high jumpers with an impromptu 5'9" jump, still wearing plain clothes. Whether this is true or not, Thorpe's earliest recorded track and field results are indeed from 1907. But track and field were certainly not the only events in which Thorpe engaged at Carlisle?-he also participated in football, baseball, lacrosse and even ballroom dancing.

He gained nationwide attention for the first time in 1911. As a running back, defensive back, place-kicker, and punter for his school's football team, Thorpe scored all of his team's points - four field goals and a touchdown - in an 18-13 upset against Harvard. His team finished the season 11-1. The following year, he led Carlisle to the national collegiate championship, scoring 25 touchdowns and 198 points (over 12 games). Carlisle's 1912 record includes an impressive 27-6 victory over Army. In that game, Thorpe scored a 92-yard touchdown which was annulled because of a penalty incurred by a teammate. Thorpe then scored a 97-yard touchdown on the next play. Thorpe won All-American honors in both 1911 and 1912.

Also during the game future President Dwight Eisenhower injured his knee while trying to tackle Thorpe.

Eisenhower recalled of Thorpe in a 1961 speech. "Here and there, there are some people who are supremely endowed," "My memory goes back to Jim Thorpe. He never practiced in his life, and he could do anything better than any other football player I ever saw."[1][2]

Football was?-and would remain?-Thorpe's favorite sport, and he only sporadically competed in track and field. Nevertheless, track and field would become the sport in which Thorpe would gain the most fame.

An Olympic hero

For the 1912 Summer Olympics, two new multi-event disciplines were on the program, the pentathlon and the decathlon. A pentathlon based on the ancient Greek event had been organized at the 1906 Summer Olympics, but the 1912 edition would consist of the long jump, the javelin throw, 200-meter dash, the discus throw and the 1500-meter run.

The decathlon was an entirely new event in athletics, although there had been a decathlon competition held during American track meets since the 1880s, which had featured on the program of the 1904 St. Louis Olympics. However, the events of the new decathlon were slightly different from the U.S. version. Both events seemed a fit for Thorpe, who was so versatile that he alone had formed Carlisle's team on several track meets. Therefore, Thorpe entered the U.S. Olympic trials for both the pentathlon and the decathlon.

He easily won the Eastern Trials, winning three events, and was named to the pentathlon team, which also included future IOC president Avery Brundage. There were only a few candidates for the decathlon team, and the trials were cancelled. Thorpe would contest his first?-and, as it turned out, only?-decathlon in the Olympics.

Thorpe's competition schedule for the Olympics was crowded. Along with the decathlon and pentathlon, he also entered the long jump and high jump competitions. The first event scheduled was the pentathlon. Thorpe was the class of the field, winning four events. He only placed third in the javelin, an event he had not contested before 1912. Although the competition was primarily decided on place points, points were also calculated for the marks achieved in the events. Thorpe scored 4041.530 points, 400 points more than second-placed Ferdinand Bie of Norway.

The same day he won the pentathlon gold, Thorpe qualified for the high-jump final. In that final, he placed fourth, and took seventh place in the long jump. Thorpe's final event was the decathlon, where tough competition from the local favorite, Hugo Wieslander, was expected. But Wieslander was no match for Thorpe either, finishing some 700 points behind Thorpe. Thorpe placed in the top four of all ten events.

As was the custom of the day, the medals were presented to the athletes during the closing ceremonies of the Games. Along with the two gold medals, Thorpe also received two challenge prizes, which were donated by king Gustav V of Sweden for the decathlon and Nicholas II of Russia for the pentathlon. Legend has it that, when awarding Thorpe his prize, Gustav V said "You sir, are the greatest athlete in the world," to which Thorpe replied, "Thanks, King."

Thorpe's successes had not gone unnoticed at home, and he was honored with a ticker-tape parade on Broadway. He later remembered: "I heard people yelling my name, and I couldn't realize how one fellow could have so many friends."

Apart from his track and field appearance, Thorpe also played in one of two exhibition baseball matches held at the 1912 Olympics, which featured two teams made up of U.S. track and field athletes. It was not Thorpe's first try at baseball, as would soon become known to the rest of the world.

Declared a professional

In 1913, strict rules regarding amateurism were in force for athletes participating in the Olympics. Athletes who received money prizes for competitions, were sports teachers or who had previously competed against professionals were not considered amateurs, and were not allowed to partake in the Olympics.

In late January 1913, U.S. newspapers published stories that made claims Thorpe had played professional baseball. It is not entirely certain which newspaper first brought the story; the earliest article found is from the Providence Times, but the Worcester Telegram is usually mentioned as the first. Thorpe had indeed played semi-professional baseball in Rocky Mount, North Carolina in 1909 and 1910, and had received a small amount of money for playing.

Although the public did not seem to care much about Thorpe's past, the Amateur Athletic Union, and especially its secretary James E. Sullivan, took the case very seriously. Thorpe wrote a letter to Sullivan, in which he admitted playing semi-professional baseball:

...I hope I will be partly excused by the fact that I was simply an Indian schoolboy and did not know all about such things. In fact, I did not know that I was doing wrong, because I was doing what I knew several other college men had done, except that they did not use their own names...
His letter did not help, and the AAU decided to retroactively withdraw Thorpe's amateur status, and requested the IOC to do the same. Later that year, the IOC unanimously decided to strip Jim Thorpe of his Olympic titles, medals and awards, and declared him a professional.

While Thorpe had indeed played for money, his disqualification was in fact not according to the regulations. In the rulebook for the 1912 Olympics, it was stated that any protests had to be made within 30 days from the closing ceremonies of the Games. The first newspaper reports only appeared in January 1913, about six months after the Stockholm Games had concluded. However, AAU and IOC officials were apparently ignorant of this rule, or chose to ignore it. There is also some evidence that Thorpe's amateur status had already been questioned long before the Olympics, but that this had been (deliberately) ignored by the AAU until they were confronted with it in 1913.

The only positive side to this affair for Thorpe was that, as soon as the news got out that he had been declared a professional, offers came in from Major League Baseball teams to join them.

Baseball, football, and basketball

Thorpe played football for Canton from 1915 through 1920. He also played 52 NFL games.He signed with the New York Giants in 1913 and played sporadically there as an outfielder for three seasons. After missing the 1916 season completely, he came back to play again for the Giants in 1917, but was sold to the Cincinnati Reds early in the season. Late in the season, he was sold back to the Giants. Again, he played sporadically for the Giants in 1918 and was traded to the Boston Braves on May 21, 1919 for Pat Ragan. In his lackluster career, he amassed but 91 runs scored, 82 runs batted in and a .252 batting average over 289 games. He continued to play baseball with teams in minor leagues until 1922.

But Thorpe had not abandoned football either. Back in 1915, Thorpe had signed with the Canton Bulldogs. They paid him $250 a game, a tremendous wage at the time. The independent team was successful, and won titles in 1916, 1917 and 1919. In 1920, the Bulldogs were one of the fourteen teams to form the American Professional Football Association, which would become the National Football League two years later. Thorpe was named the APFA's first president, but continued to play for Canton, coaching the team as well. Between 1921 and 1923, Thorpe played for the La Rue, Ohio (Marion County, Ohio) Oorang Indians, an all native American team.

Thorpe never played on a championship team, although he played for six different teams between 1920 and 1928. He retired from pro football aged 41, having played 52 NFL games.

Thorpe continued to be active in sports. Recently, evidence has come to light that he began a career in basketball. "Jim Thorpe and His World-Famous Indians" barnstormed for two years (1927-1928) in parts of New York, Pennsylvania, and Marion, Ohio. This period of his life is not well-documented, and until 2005 even Thorpe's biographers were unaware of Thorpe's basketball career.[3]

Later life and death

In 1913, Thorpe married Iva Miller, whom he had met at Carlisle. They had four children: Jim Jr. (who died at age 2), Gale, Charlotte and Grace. Thorpe was a heavy drinker at times, which was probably the main reason the couple divorced in 1924.

Thorpe remarried in 1926 to Freeda Kirkpatrick, and had four sons with her: Carl, William, Richard, and John. After the end of his athletic career, Thorpe struggled to support his family. He found it difficult to work outside sports, and never could hang on to a job for a very long time. The Great Depression didn't make things easier, and Thorpe went from job to job. Among other jobs, he featured as an extra in several movies, usually playing an Indian chief in Western movies. But he also worked as a construction worker, a bouncer and briefly joined the Merchant Marine in 1945. Four years earlier, his second wife had divorced him, as she was fed up with Thorpe regularly being away from home for weeks.

By the 1950s, Thorpe had no money left, and when he was hospitalized for lip cancer in 1950, he was admitted as a charity case.

Three years later, Thorpe suffered his third heart attack while eating dinner with his third wife, Patricia Askew, in his trailer home in Lomita, California. Artificial respiration briefly revived Thorpe, but he lost consciousness shortly afterwards, and died on March 28, 1953, at age 65.

Legacy

Initially, Thorpe's family wanted to bury him in Oklahoma and erect a monument there, but the governor did not allow this.[citation needed] When Thorpe's third wife, Patricia, heard that the small Pennsylvania town of Mauch Chunk was desperately seeking to attract business, she struck a deal with the town. Mauch Chunk bought Thorpe's remains, erected a monument to him, and renamed the town in his honor (see Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania). Thorpe's monument, featuring the quote from Gustav V, can still be found there.

Thorpe also received great acclaim from the press. Before his death, in 1950, an Associated Press poll among sportswriters voted Thorpe the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century, while another poll elected him as the best football player over the same period. By the end of the century, memories of Thorpe had faded a little, but he still was listed near the top of many "athlete of the century" lists.

In 1951, while Thorpe was still alive, a feature film about his life was released. Jim Thorpe: All-American starred Burt Lancaster, and was directed by Michael Curtiz (the director of Casablanca). Thorpe did not earn any money for the movie, as he had already sold the film rights to MGM in 1931 (for $1500). The movie was titled "Man of Bronze" when released in the UK.

In 1963, Jim Thorpe received the NFL's highest honor, induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In addition, Thorpe is also memorialized in the Pro Football Hall of Fame rotunda with the larger-than-life Jim Thorpe Statue.

In 1986, the Jim Thorpe Award was established, awarded to the best defensive back in college football.

Reinstated

The USPS recognized Thorpe's achievements with a postage stamp.Over the years, several attempts have been made to reinstate Thorpe's Olympic titles, most started by one of Thorpe's seven surviving children. Most persistent were Robert Wheeler and Florence Ridlon. They succeeded in having the AAU and United States Olympic Committee (USOC) overturn their decisions and restore Thorpe's amateur status prior to 1913.

In 1982, they set up the Jim Thorpe Foundation, and managed to get support from the US Congress. Armed with this support, and evidence from 1912 showing Thorpe's disqualification had occurred outside of the 30-day limit, they finally got attention from the IOC, which had not made any attempts to reinstate Thorpe.

In October 1982, the IOC Executive Committee approved Thorpe's reinstatement. In an unusual ruling, however, they declared that Thorpe was now co-champion with Bie and Wieslander, even though both athletes had always said they considered Thorpe to be the only champion. In a ceremony on January 18, 1983, two of Thorpe's children, Gale and Bill, were presented with commemorative medals. (The original medals had both ended up in museums, but were stolen and are still missing.)

Ian Fleming
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Ian FlemingIan Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 - August 12, 1964) was an English author and journalist, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as the children's story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.


Biography

Ian Fleming was born in Mayfair, London, to Valentine Fleming, a Member of British Parliament, and his wife Evelyn St. Croix Fleming (née Rose). Ian was the younger brother of the travel writer Peter Fleming and the older brother of Michael and Richard Fleming.

Ian was educated at Eton College and Sandhurst military academy. He won the Victor Ludorum, at Eton, two years running, something that had only been achieved once before him. After an early departure from Sandhurst which he found uncongenial, he was sent by his mother to study languages on the continent, first at Kitzbühel, Austria, at a small private establishment run by the Adlerian disciples, Ernan Forbes Dennis and his American-born wife, the novelist Phyllis Bottome, to improve his German and prepare him for the Foreign Office exams then at Munich University, Germany and finally to improve his French at the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

Fleming was unsuccessful at the attempt to join the Foreign Office and subsequently worked as, firstly as a sub-editor and journalist for the Reuters news service, including for a time in 1933 in Moscow, Russia and later as a stockbroker with Rowe and Pitman, in Bishopsgate.

World War II

In 1939, on the eve of World War II, Rear Admiral John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence of the Royal Navy, recruited Fleming (who at the time held the rank of reserve subaltern in the Black Watch) as personal assistant. Initially commissioned as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve lieutenant, he was subsequently promoted to Lieutenant commander, then as Commander. Fleming travelled to Whitby, Ontario to train at Camp X, a top secret training school for Allied forces. While in Naval Intelligence, Fleming conceived, and was author of Operation Ruthless, a plan ?- left unexecuted ?- for capturing the German naval version of the Wehrmacht's Enigma communications encoder. He also came up with an attempt to use British occultist Aleister Crowley to trick Rudolph Hess into attempting to contact a faux cell of anti-Churchill Englishmen in Britain. This plan wasn't used, however, as Rudolph Hess had flown to England and parachuted in an attempt to broker peace behind Hitler's back. Anthony Masters's book The Man Who Was M: The Life of Charles Henry Maxwell Knight asserts Fleming conceived the plan that successfully lured Hess into flying to Scotland ?- in May 1941, to negotiate Anglo-German peace with Churchill ?- and consequent captivity; this claim has no other source.

Writing career

As the DNI's personal assistant, Fleming's intelligence work was the background and experience for writing the James Bond novels. The first Bond novel was Casino Royale, published in 1953. It is believed the woman character, Vesper Lynd, was inspired by real-life SOE agent, Christine Granville; likewise, various inspirations for James Bond, the protagonist, have been suggested. Besides writing the twelve novels and nine short stories featuring James Bond, secret agent 007, Ian Fleming also is known for writing the children's novel, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The James Bond books became wildly successful and part of 1950s popular culture even before being filmed, permitting Fleming to retire comfortably to his home he had in Jamaica, a small cottage he called 'Goldeneye' where he wrote all the Bond novels.

It is not known specifically why Fleming chose that name, however, it could have been done so for a number of reasons. The first is that the estate is located in Oracabessa, which is Spanish for 'golden head'. Fleming is also reported to have read Carson McCullers' novel Reflections In A Golden Eye around the time he had his house built in Jamaica. More notably, Fleming was in charge of the defence of Gibraltar during the Second World War; the operation dubbed by Fleming, Operation Goldeneye.

His 1962 Bond novel, The Spy Who Loved Me was somewhat of a departure from the other books in the series as he wrote the book in first person from the point of view of a female protagonist, "Vivienne Michel". Fleming actually gave the fictitious character co-author credit; this predated by 40 years a similar innovation employed by the screenwriter of the film Adaptation. who similarly gave co-writing credit to one of his characters.

In 1961 Fleming sold the film rights to his existing and future James Bond novels and short stories to Harry Saltzman who eventually co-produced with Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli a film based on Dr. No (1962). Fleming suggested his neighbor, actor Sir Noel Coward to play Dr. Julius No and David Niven for the role of Bond. Some sources make claims and wild speculation to other Fleming favourites such as Roger Moore for the role of Bond and Fleming's cousin Christopher Lee for the role of Dr. No and even Bond himself. Although Lee was not selected for either role, he was later cast as the eponymous villain from The Man with the Golden Gun, Francisco Scaramanga. Dr. No became a huge hit, and was followed by From Russia with Love (1963), which would be the last Bond picture Fleming would live to see released.

He was seen during the Istanbul Pogroms, which many Greek and some Turkish scholars blamed Britain's secret hand behind its orchestration. His account, entitled "The Great Riot of Istanbul", appeared in Sunday Times on 11 September 1955.

Later life

Ian Fleming was also a noted bibliophile, and put together an important library on the theme of significant books in the history of western civilization, books which had "started something". He particularly collected books relating to science and technology such as On the Origin of Species, but also included such milestones as Mein Kampf and Scouting for Boys. He was a major lender to the 1963 exhibition Printing and the Mind of Man and 600 books from his collection are now in the Lilly Library at Indiana University.

Early on the morning of August 12, 1964, Ian Fleming died of a heart attack in Canterbury, Kent, at age 56, and is interred in the churchyard cemetery in the village of Sevenhampton, near Swindon, next to his wife Ann Geraldine Mary Fleming (1913-1981) and their only son, Caspar Robert Fleming (1952-1975). Ian's heart attack was most likely the result of his lifestyle of heavy drinking and heavy smoking in addition to the added stress of the Thunderball court cases of the early 60s in which Fleming was sued by Kevin McClory for adapting a screenplay that was co-written by, most notably, Fleming, McClory, and Jack Whittingham

Carroll Baker
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Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American actress. She is known for her famous platinum blonde hair, although her natural hair color is dark brown.

Baker was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania to Virginia and William Baker, a traveling salesman.[1] She began her film career in 1953, with a small part in Easy to Love. After appearing in television commercials, her big break came in 1956, when she not only appeared in the big feature Giant, but starred in Baby Doll, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

In 1964 she starred in The Carpetbaggers, and in 1965 in Harlow. Afterwards, she moved to Europe, where she appeared in several films in Italy, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as in Mexico.

An apocryphal story has it that a Masai chief offered 150 cows, 200 goats, sheep, and $750 for her while she was on location in Africa for the 1965 movie Mister Moses.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1719 Vine Street. She converted to Judaism when she married director Jack Garfein.

Gladys Knight
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The cover to Gladys Knight's 2001 album At Last.Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a legendary American R&B/soul singer and actress. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, the most famous incarnation of which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and her cousins Edward Patten and William Guest.

Biography

Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight was born to Merald Woodlow Knight and Sarah Elizabeth Woods. She first zoomed to minor fame by winning Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour TV show contest at the age of 7 in 1952, due to her powerful singing voice. The following year, she, her brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Elenor Guest formed a musical group called The Pips. By the end of the decade, the act had begun to tour, and had replaced Brenda Knight and Elenor Guest with Gladys Knight's cousins William Guest and Langston George.

Gladys Knight discovered she was pregnant in 1960, and married her boyfriend Jimmy Newman. After a miscarriage, Knight returned to performing with the Pips. In 1961, Bobby Robinson produced the single "Every Beat of My Heart" for the group, which became a #1 R&B and #6 pop hit when released on Vee-Jay Records. In 1962, Langston George left the group, which at that time renamed itself Gladys Knight & the Pips and continued as a quartet.

In 1962, after scoring a second hit, "Letter Full of Tears", Knight became pregnant again, and gave birth to a son, Jimmy, Jr., that year. She retired from the road to raise a family, and The Pips toured on their own. After giving birth to a daughter, Kenya, in 1964, Knight was forced to return to recording and the Pips in order to support her family.

Gladys Knight & the Pips joined the Motown roster in 1966, and, although regarded as a second-string act, scored several hit singles, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (1967), "The Nitty Gritty" (1969),"Friendship Train" (1969), "If I Were Your Woman" (1970), "I Don't Want To Do Wrong" (1971), the Grammy winner "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (1972), and "Daddy Could Swear (I Declare)" (1973).

The act left Motown for a better deal with Buddah Records in 1973, and achieved full-fledged success that year with hits such as the Grammy-winning "Midnight Train to Georgia" (their only #1 pop hit), "I've Got to Use My Imagination", and "The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me".

During this period of greater recognition, Gladys Knight made her motion picture acting debut in the film "Pipe Dreams," a romantic drama set in Alaska. The film failed at the box-office, but Knight did receive a Golden Globes Best New Actress nomination.

Knight and the Pips continued to have hits until the late 1970s, when they were forced to record separately due to legal issues, resulting in Knight's first solo LP recordings--Miss Gladys Knight (1978) on Buddah and Gladys Knight (1979) on Columbia. During this period, Knight divorced Jimmy Newman, and in 1976 married record producer Barry Hankerson (future uncle of R&B singer Aaliyah). Knight and Hankerson remained married for three years, during which time they had a son, Shanga Ali. Upon their divorce, Hankerson and Knight had a heated custody battle over Shanga Ali.

After a dry spell, they returned to the charts in the 1980s with the #1 R&B hits "Save the Overtime (For Me)" (1983) and another Grammy winner--"Love Overboard" (1987). During this period, Knight became addicted to gambling and the game baccarat. She finally called Gamblers Anonymous when she lost $45,000 in one night and was near bankruptcy.

After a successful 1988 tour, the Pips retired and Gladys Knight began a career as a solo artist. Gladys Knight & the Pips were later inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.

Solo career

While still with The Pips, Knight also joined with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John on the 1986 AIDS benefit single, "That's What Friends Are For" which won a Grammy for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal. In 1989, Gladys Knight recorded the title track for the James Bond movie License to Kill, a top 10 hit in the UK.

Knight made guest-starring television appearances throughout the eighties and nineties with roles on Benson, The Jeffersons, Living Single, The Jamie Foxx Show and New York Undercover. In 1985 she co-starred on the CBS sitcom Charlie and Co. with comedian Flip Wilson. It lasted for one season.

Gladys Knight's third solo LP, Good Woman, was released in 1991. It rose to #1 on the R&B album chart and featured the #2 R&B hit "Men". Her fourth solo LP, Just for You, went gold and was nominated for the 1995 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. During this period, Knight was briefly married to motivational speaker Les Brown.

In 1995 Knight was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in Los Angeles.

Knight joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1997. She has occasionally teased the LDS Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley, that his flock needs to inject some "pep" into their music. Ms. Knight created and now directs the LDS (Mormon) choir Saints Unified Voices [1]. SUV has released a Grammy Award-winning CD entitled One Voice, and occasionally performs at LDS stake firesides.

Knight's 2001 LP, At Last, won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.

From February 2002 until November 2005, Gladys Knight performed five nights per week as headliner of her own showroom at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was voted Best Show on the Las Vegas Strip in 2003 by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Following a turn as a celebrity guest-judge on the popular TV talent show American Idol, Knight served as one of three regular judges on the spin-off American Juniors for the Fox television network in 2004.

In 2005 Knight won a Grammy for Best Gospel Performance for "Heaven Help Us All," her duet with Ray Charles, taken from Charles' album, Genius Loves Company. She was also among the 25 African-American women honored for their accomplishments and influence by daytime television star Oprah Winfrey at a "Legends Ball." In that same year Knight was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BET cable network.

In 2006 Knight won her seventh Grammy award in the category of Best Gospel Choir or Gospel Chorus for the "One Voice" CD with the Saints Unified Voices

Gladys Knight is ranked number eighteen in the 2005 Guinness Book of World Records' list of the most successful female musical artists of all time.

The Best Thing(That Ever Happened To Me) :: Gladys Knight

I've had my share,
Of life's ups and downs,
but fates been kind,
the downs have been few,

I guess you could say,
I've been lucky,
Or I guess you could say,
That it's all because of you.

If anyone, should ever write, my life story,
for whatever reason there might be,
you'd be there,
between each line of pain and glory,
cos your the best thing that ever happened to me,
Oh your the best thing that ever happened to me.

There have been times,
when times were hard,
but always somehow I made it, I made it through,
But for every moment that I've been hurtin',
there's been a moment, that I've spent.....
Oh just loving you,

If anyone should ever write my life story,
for whatever, for whatever reason there might be,
you'd be there, between each line of pain and glory,
Cos your the best thing that ever happened to me,
Oh your the best thing that ever happened to me,
don't you know, your the best thing....
Oh that ever happened,
to me.

A scroungy dirty lookin guy goes into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender says
"No chance. I don't think you can pay for it."
The guy says "You're right. I don't have any money, but if I show you something you haven't
seen before, will you give me a drink?" The bartender says "Only if what you show me ain't risque."
"Deal!" says the guy, as he reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a hamster. He puts the
hamster on the bar and it runs to the end of the bar, down a barstool, across the room, up to the
piano and starts playing Elton John songs. And the hamster is really good.
The bartender says, "You're right. I've never seen anything like that before. That hamster is truly great on the piano."
The guy downs the drink and asks the bartender for another. "Money or another miracle else no drink,"
says the bartender. The guy reaches into his coat again and pulls out a frog. He puts the frog on the
bar, and the frog starts to sing Michael Bolton numbers. He has a superb voice and great pitch. A
stranger from the other end of the bar runs over to the guy and offers him $400 for the frog.
The guy says "It's a deal." He takes the 400 bux and hands the frog to the stranger, who runs out
of the bar with it. The bartender says to the guy, "Are you nuts???! You sold a singing frog for $400?
It must have been worth millions. You must be crazy!"
"Not so," says the guy. "The hamster is also a ventriloquist!"

Good morning, WA2K radio fans and contributors.

First, allow me to thank our hamburger for the song that so obviously explains a rather sad tribute to the fallen soldier. "Here lies a brave man."
I am certain that his family took great comfort in that. Also, my Canadian friend, the penguin pixes were adorable.

edgar, we all love your Dylan music. Thanks, Texas.

Well, folks, our hawkman is up early today. We do appreciate all the celeb background, Boston, and your delightful story about the hamster and the frog reminds us what a man will do for a drink and a buck. Nice to start the day with a smile.

The saddest story in the world is the story of Jim Thorpe. The injustice that was done that man can never be rectified. He is rather like the soldier on the field in Flanders.

Well, let's hear a song for Ian Fleming since our Bob has already done Gladys.


Paul McCartney
» Live And Let Die

"LIVE AND LET DIE"
Words and Music by Paul McCartney
When you were young and your heart was an open book,
You used to say live and let live.
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did.)
But if this ever changing world in which we live in
makes you give it a cry, say Live and Let Die!
Live and Let Die, Live and Let Die, Live and Let Die
What does it matter to ya,
when you got a job to do, you gotta do it well
You gotta give the other fellow Hell!

I just posted this on my thread, Tears of Rage. But it's so powerful, I want others to hear it too.


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Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan

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Seen the arrow on the doorpost, sayin', "This land is condemned.''
All the way from New Orleans to Jerusalem.
I travelled thru East Texas where many martyrs fell
An' i know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell.

Well, i heard that hoot-owl singin' as they were takin' down the tents
The stars above the barren trees was his only audience.
Them charcoal gypsy maidens can strut their feathers well
But nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell.

See them big plantations burnin', hear the crackin' of the whips
Smell that sweet magnolias bloomin', see the ghost of slavery ships
I can hear them tribes a-moanin', hear that undertaker's bell
Nobody can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell.

There's a woman by the river with some fine young handsome man
He's dressed up like a squire, bootleg whiskey in his hand
There's a chain gang on the highway, i can hear them rebels yell
An' i know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell.

Well, god is in his heaven an' we all want what's his
But power an' greed an' corruptible seed seem to be all that there is
I'm gazin' out the window of the St. James hotel
But i know no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell.

Good morning, edgar. Yes, Texas, that is a powerful song. Odd how Bob can cover history in so few verses. Thanks for reminding us.

Well, folks, speaking of history, I watched Hallmark last evening about the curse of King Tut, and did they ever play fast and loose with stuff. I really was hoping to see further exploration of the young king, and instead I witnessed the supernatural. It was a good presentation, and the ending was wry, but the personification of evil was a mite unbelievable.



Bangles
Walk Like An Egyptian

All the old paintings on the tomb
They do the sand dance, don'cha know?
If they move too quick (Oh-Way-Oh)
They're falling down like a domino

And the bazaar man by the Nile
He got the money on a bet
For the crocodiles (Oh-Way-Oh)
They snap their teeth on a cigarette

Foreign types with their hookah pipes sing:
Way-oh-way-oh-way-ooo-aaa-ooo...
Walk like an Egyptian.

The blonde waitresses take their trays
Spin around and they cross the floor.
They've got the moves (Oh-Way-Oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (Oh-Way-Oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say:
Way-oh-way-oh-way-ooo-aaa-ooo...
Walk like an Egyptian.

Line your feet astreet, bend your back,
Shift your arm, then you pull a clock
Like Sergeant O (Oh-Way-Oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

If you want to find all the cops,
They're hanging out in the donut shop.
They sing and dance (Oh-Way-Oh)
They spin their clock and cruise on down the block

All the Japanese with their Yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
The Chinese know (Oh-Way-Oh)
They walk along like Egyptians

All the cops in the donut shops say:
Way-oh-way-oh-way-ooo-aaa-ooo...
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian

Ah, the fad songs, folks

Forty years back ...


On our block all of the guys call her flamingo
Cause her hair glows like the sun
And her eyes can light the sky
When she moves she walks so fine like a flamingo
Crimson dress that clings so tight
She's out of reach and out of sight

When she walks by she brightens up the neighbourhood
Oh every guy would make her his if he just could
If she just would

Some sweet day I'll make her mine, pretty flamingo
Then every guy will envy me
Cause paradise is where I'll be

Pretty flamingo, pretty flamingo

When she walks by she brightens up the neighbourhood
Oh every guy would make her his if he just could,
If she just would

Some sweet day I'll make her mine, pretty flamingo
Then every guy will envy me
Cause paradise is where I'll be

(Sha la la, la la la la pretty flamingo)
Some day I?ll make her mine,
(Sha la la, la la la la pretty flamingo)
Yes I will, yes I will, make her mine
(Sha la la . .

Well, folks, there's our Walter in the company of a flamingo. Great song, buddy, sorta reminds me of The Girl from Ipanema.

You know, Walter, around four years ago, I was standing in my back yard and saw two pink flamingoes in flight. Haven't seen one since. Nothing is more beautiful.

Flamingoes
Clark Ashton Smith
On skies of tropic evening, broad and beryl-green,
Above a tranquil sea of molten malachite,
With flare of scarlet wings, in long and level flight,
The soundless, fleet flamingoes pass to isles unseen.


They pass and disappear, where darkening palms indent
The horizon, underneath some high and tawny star?-
Lost in the sunset gulfs of glowing cinnabar
Where sinks the painted moon with prows of orpiment.

Good morning folks. Is it just me or is it getting hot in here?


Burning Love

As recorded by Elvis Presley

Lord almighty, I feel my temperature rising, hmm
Higher, higher, it's burning through to my soul, hmm
Girl, girl, girl, girl, you've gone and set me on fire, hmm
My brain is flamin', I don't know which way to go, yeah.

Your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
You light my morning sky
With burning love, hmm.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, I feel my temperature rising
Help me I'm flamin', I must be a hundred and nine
Burning, burning, burning, and nothing can cool me, yeah
I just might turn to smoke, but I feel fine, hmm.

'Cause your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
And you light my morning sky
Burning love.

(Ah, ah, ah, with burning love.)

It's coming closer, the flames are now lickin' my body
Won't you help me, I feel like I'm slippin' away, yeah
It's hard to breathe, my chest is a-heavin', hmm, hmm
Lord have mercy, I'm burning a whole where I lay, yeah.

Your kisses lift me higher
Like the sweet song of a choir
And you light my morning sky
With burning love
With burning love.

I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burning love
I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burning love
A hunk-a, hunk-a burning love

Good day, WA2K.

Good morning, Try and Raggedy. Well, I do know that Elvis hunk, buddy<smile>

Let's see PA, I had to check the properties on Ian Fleming. I believe it was edgar who confessed that he had never seen a James Bond movie nor read one of the books. Thanks once again for the photo's, my friend.

Well, folks, let's hope that our tin swordsman is just away for a few days, and I am a wee bit concerned about Hamal. George hasn't been spoted on our radar, and although Walter represented Europe, we would like to see more of our friends across the pond.

and where IS our Mr. Turtle?

For our MIA's

Lyrics to Pearl Jam Come Back

If we keep holding out
Will the light shine through?
Under this broken roof
It's only rain that we feel
We've been wishin' out the days
Oh oh oh
Come back

It's ok, it's ok

We'll be here
Come back, come back.