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Hey Phoenix 38290, Hello!
what are some good google searching tips for us yahoos?

Good morning, WA2K fans, listeners, and staff.

It seems that edgar and eoe solved a wee problem concerning Barbara Lewis. I am not familiar with the lady, but the lyrics are really good.

Francis, I thought as much, and I have many questions about champagne as well. Thank you for that information, especially the part about the ewe's milk.

My word, Bob. Having taught in a small, but historic coal mining town, I can appreciate your Sixteen Tons. Bet you rocked 'em with that goodie. Are you a tenor, bass, or what?

dj, I do believe that you have Saturday Night Fever. <smile> I really enjoyed the Irish one.

Algis, welcome to WA2K, my friend. We could use a little gourmet section on our station. Phoenix is a fantastic researcher, as is Raggedyaggie and ae. We have no want of experts here.

My word, what is it with Letty that she can't get eoe's moniker spelled correctly. Sorry for the "ae" eoe. lol.

Good morning WA2K!
Turner Classic Movies 31 Days of Oscar continues...

Saturday, February 26
Best Picture

The Nominees Are...
5:30 AM Dead Poets Society ('89)
7:45 AM Fiddler on the Roof ('71)
11:00 AM Sense and Sensibility ('95
1:30 PM Moonstruck ('87)
3:15 PM Field of Dreams ('89)
5:15 PM The Color Purple ('85)
...and the Winner Is...
8:00 PM Out of Africa ('85)
11:00 PM Rain Man ('88)
1:30 AM Kramer vs. Kramer ('79)
3:30 AM Cimarron ('31)


Cher and Nicholas Cage in 'Moonstruck'

Don't sweat the handle, letty. Most times you get it right.

Here's a little fun song, listeners:

In Spain they say "Si, Si"
In France you'll hear "Oui, Oui"
Ev'ry little Dutch girl says "Ya, Ya"
Ev'ry little Russian says "Da, Da"

But, Sweetheart, tell me why
No matter how I try
You won't listen to my plea
Won't say "Yes" in any language to me
When will you say "Si, Si"

"Si, Si", "Si, Si"
"Si, Si", "Si, Si"
Ev'ry little Dutch girl says "Ya, Ya", ya-ya-ya
Ev'ry little Russian says "Da, Da"

But, Sweetheart, oh, why won't you tell me why
No matter how m-m-much I try, please tell me why
La-la-la-la-da, won't listen to my plea
Won't say "Yes" on any language to me
Oh-woh, and when you say "Si, Si", say "Si, Si"

La la la la la la la da da da da
La da da da da da da da
La da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da daaa

(Orchestral Interlude)

If you could only say "Si, Si", "Oui, Oui", "Ya, Ya", "Da, Da,"
Da da da la da
And all my life would be a song,
Nothing could go wrong, go wrong, go wrong

If you give in, I'll win
I won't give up, give up
Darling, if you give in
I must hear you say "Si, Si"

Oh, won't you listen to my plea
Please say "Yes" in any language to me
Won't you say "Si, Si", say "Si, Si"


(Transcribed from the Andrews Sisters
recording by Mel Priddle - January 2005)

This is a tiny tribute to all the countries that are represented on WA2K

Sixteen Tons went over so well, decided to play Dark As a Dungeon. In the Belafonte version, right when the recording equipment gets activated a giant clap of thunder from a storm outside the building is the first sound heard . . . Let's listen.


Come all you young fellers so young and so fine
Seek not your fortune in the dark dreary mine
It'll form as a habit it'll seep in your soul
Till the blood in your veins runs black as the coal

For it's dark as a dungeon and it's damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls the sun never shines
Oh God it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines

Oh it's many a man I've known in my day
Who lived just to labor his whole life away
Like a fiend for his dope a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for the lure of the mine

Oh I hope when I die and the ages do roll
Yes my body will harden and turn into coal
And I look from the door of my heavenly home
To see a poor miner a diggin' my bones

EOE-- thanks for that listing. How in the world Out of Africa won over The Color Purple, I will never understand.

Good Morning All:

Today's birthday celebrities:

1802 Victor Hugo, author (Besançon, France; died 1885)
1808 Honoré Daumier, painter/caricaturist (Marseilles, France; died 1879)
1829 Levi Strauss, creator of the first jeans (Buttenheim, Germany; died 1902)
1846 Buffalo Bill Cody, frontiersman/showman (Scott County, IA; died 1917)
1916 Jackie Gleason, comedian/actor (Brooklyn, NY; died 1987)
1919 Mason Adams, actor (New York, NY)
1920 Tony Randall, actor (Tulsa, OK)
1921 Betty Hutton, singer/actress (Battle Creek, MI)
1928 Fats Domino, singer/songwriter (New Orleans, LA)
1931 Robert Novak, journalist (Joliet, IL)
1932 Johnny Cash, country singer (Kingsland, AR)
1953 Michael Bolton, singer (New Haven, CT)



Quote of the day:

It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
G. H. Hardy (1877 - 1947)
or

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
Woody Allen, Without Feathers (1976)

Great version, edgar. Do you like Harry? You folks live in the fast lane and Letty is still dialing.

Ah, there's the man in black. Thanks, Raggedy. Didn't I hear somewhere that Joaquin Phoenix was scheduled to do Cash's life story?

Back to the google board. <smile>

I was right, listeners and staff. Joaquin Phoenix will do The Johnny Cash Story, and do his own singing:

Writer-director James Mangold and producer Cathy Konrad have formed Tree Line Films and have set their first project at Disney with a thriller called "Follow Me" that Mangold plans to direct. ¶ Tree Line will be based at Sony, under the terms of the pre-existing deal in place for Konrad, who has produced 16 films that include the "Scream" series and all of Mangold's films since his breakthrough on "Cop Land."… ¶ The formation of Tree Line formalizes the couple's intent to work together more often on films, allowing Mangold to become more involved in the ones he doesn't write and direct. The prolific Konrad will produce some films solo, and the Tree Line banner will be on several films the pair has developed for Mangold to direct.
Taking a 'Walk': That includes "Walk the Line," the Columbia-based Johnny Cash biopic that begins production early next year and stars Joaquin Phoenix as the original Man in Black and Reese Witherspoon as his wife June Carter Cash. Konrad is producing with James Keach.

Mangold and Gill Dennis wrote the script with the full cooperation of Cash and his wife before they died. The music is being produced by T-Bone Burnett ("O Brother, Where Art Thou?"). Pic is Cash's story up to 1968, after he launched his star along with the likes of Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis.

"It was the most amazing window that led to the birth of rock and roll," said Mangold, whose long interview sessions with Cash inform the script. (WMA and Management 360 rep Mangold.)

Would you like to give it another try, Letty.

After you've entered the address here, delete everything after http:// up to www. :wink:

You have been patient far too long, Raggedy. I swear I'll get my act together and put my nose to the grindstone. Ouch!

I have not the slightest doubt that you will Letty.

I just couldn't resist when I saw Joaquin (I hate to type that name) mentioned.

What's this I see before me? nope, it's not a dagger, it's a yellow sheet with full instructions.

Back later, listeners, while Letty returns to the class room.

Listeners, since WA2K radio is also a learning station, I would like to try posting the following Picture:

http://images.google.com/images?q=Painting%2C+the+Melon+Eaters&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

Let's see if she can.

Letty: Did you get the picture from Google Images? You need another line of the address. It should preferably end in jpg.

I just learned that I can listen to those old radio programs on my satellite radio. The Shadow anyone? God, they're great!

Frankly, Raggedy and all. I don't know what I did. I need to go back to the test forum I suppose.

C.I. I'm lucky if I can get cable. <smile> old radio was so much more complicated because sound effects needed to make the listeners hear and see. Well, I shall return ( I hope)

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!