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Hey, Texas. Love both those songs, buddy. Yes, here's to Woody and all that can survive, edgar

PET SHOP BOYS; THE SURVIVORS "CROSS A WINDY BRIDGE"

ONE WINTER NIGHT
PAST EMBANKMENT GARDENS
ENTER WARMTH AND LIGHT
FACE THE MUSIC
IT´S NEVER EASY
FORGET THE CHILL
FACE THE FUTURE
IT´S NEVER EASY
FIND THE WILL

IF LIFE IS WORTH LIVING
IT´S GOT TO BE DONE
ONE MIGHT BE FORGIVEN
FOR THINKING
IT´S A LIFE ON THE RUN
MANY ROADS WILL CROSS THROUGH MANY LIVES
BUT SOMEHOW YOU SURVIVE

LOOK AROUND
PICTURE WHAT´S IN STORE
IS THIS THE FINAL EDIT
OR IS THE SUBJECT NOW A BORE?
DON´T SHRUG YOUR SHOULDERS
IT´S ALWAYS EASY
YOU CAN´T IGNORE

THAT LIFE IS WORTH LIVING
IT´S STILL WORTH A DAMN
ONE MIGHT BE FORGIVEN
FOR THINKING
IT´S SOMETHING OF A SHAM
MANY WORDS MAY MAKE IT SOUND CONTRIVED
BUT SOMEHOW WE´RE ALIVE

THE SURVIVORS
OUR HEADS BOWED
THE SURVIVORS
AT MEMORIAL
FOR OTHER FACES IN THE CROWD
TEACHERS AND ARTISTS
IT´S NEVER EASY
AND SATURDAY GIRLS
IN SUITS OR SEQUINS
IT´S NEVER EASY
OR TWINSET-AND-PEARLS

IF LIFE IS WORTH LIVING
IT´S GOT TO BE RUN
AS A MEANS OF GIVING
NOT AS A RACE TO BE WON
MANY ROADS WILL RUN THROUGH MANY LIVES
BUT SOMEHOW WE´LL ARRIVE
MANY ROADS WILL RUN THROUGH MANY LIVES
BUT SOMEHOW WE´LL SURVIVE

Poem time, listeners:

The Mermaid

Poem
by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Who would be
A mermaid fair,
Singing alone,
Combing her hair
Under the sea,
In a golden curl
With a comb of pearl,
On a throne?

I would be a mermaid fair;
I would sing to myself the whole of the day;
With a comb of pearl I would comb my hair;
And still as I comb'd I would sing and say,
'Who is it loves me? who loves not me?'
I would comb my hair till my ringlets would fall
Low adown, low adown,
From under my starry sea-bud crown
Low adown and around,
And I should look like a fountain of gold
Springing alone
With a shrill inner sound
Over the throne
In the midst of the hall;
Till that great sea-snake under the sea
From his coiled sleeps in the central deeps
Would slowly trail himself sevenfold
Round the hall where I sate, and look in at the gate
With his large calm eyes for the love of me.
And all the mermen under the sea
Would feel their immortality
Die in their hearts for the love of me.

But at night I would wander away, away,
I would fling on each side my low-flowing locks,
And lightly vault from the throne and play
With the mermen in and out of the rocks;
We would run to and fro, and hide and seek,
On the broad sea-wolds in the crimson shells,
Whose silvery spikes are nighest the sea.
But if any came near I would call and shriek,
And adown the steep like a wave I would leap
From the diamond-ledges that jut from the dells;
For I would not be kiss'd by all who would list
Of the bold merry mermen under the sea.
They would sue me, and woo me, and flatter me,
In the purple twilights under the sea;
But the king of them all would carry me,
Woo me, and win me, and marry me,
In the branching jaspers under the sea.
Then all the dry-pied things that be
In the hueless mosses under the sea
Would curl round my silver feet silently,
All looking up for the love of me.
And if I should carol aloud, from aloft
All things that are forked, and horned, and soft
Would lean out from the hollow sphere of the sea,
All looking down for the love of me.

Beacons


Reubens, river of forgetfulness, garden of sloth,
Pillow of wet flesh that one cannot love,
But where life throngs and seethes without cease
Like the air in the sky and the water in the sea.

Leonardo da Vinci, sinister mirror,
Where these charming angels with sweet smiles
Charged with mystery, appear in shadows
Of glaciers and pines that close off the country.

Rembrandt, sad hospital full of murmurs
Decorated only with a crucifix,
Where tearful prayers arise from filth
And a ray of winter light crosses brusquely.

Michelangelo, a wasteland where one sees Hercules
Mingling with Christ, and rising in a straight line
Powerful phantoms that in the twilight
Tear their shrouds with stretching fingers.

Rage of a boxer, impudence of a faun,
You who gather together the beauty of the boor,
Your big heart swelling with pride at man defective and yellow,
Puget, melancholy emperor of the poor.

Watteau, this carnival of illustrious hearts
Like butterflies, errant and flamboyant,
In the cool decor, with delicate lightning in the chandeliers
Crossing the madness of the twirling ball.

Goya, nightmare of unknown things,
Fetuses roasting on the spit,
Harridans in the mirror and naked children
Tempting demons by loosening their stockings.

Delacroix, haunted lake of blood and evil angels,
Shaded by evergreen forests of dark firs,
Where, under a grieving sky, strange fanfares
Pass, like a gasping breath of Weber.

These curses, these blasphemies, these moans,
These ecstasies, these tears, these cries of "Te Deum"
Are an echo reiterated in a thousand mazes;
It is for mortal hearts a divine opium!

It is a cry repeated by a thousand sentinels,
An order returned by a thousand megaphones,
A beacon lighting a thousand citadels
A summons to hunters lost in the wide woods.

For truly, O Lord, what better testimony
Can we give to our dignity
Than this burning sob that rolls from age to age
And comes to die on the shore of Your eternity?


Translated by William A. Sigler

Charles Baudelaire

edgar, that poem by Baudelaire is the essence of observation concerning the good and the evil of art and mankind. I read it thrice and each time, like a good painting, I saw something different.

and to follow your poem, Texas:

Evening Harmony


The hour has come at last when, trembling to and fro,
Each flower is a censer sifting its perfume;
The scent and sounds all swirl in evening's gentle fume;
A melancholy waltz, a languid vertigo!

Each flower is a censer sifting its perfume;
A violin's vibrato wounds the heart of woe;
A melancholy waltz, a languid vertigo!
The sky, a lofty altar, lovely in the gloom,

A violin's vibrato wounds the heart of woe,
A tender heart detests the black of nullity,
The sky, a lofty altar, lovely in the gloom;
The sun is drowning in the evening's blood-red glow.

A tender heart detests the black of nullity,
And lovingly preserves each trace of long ago!
The sun is drowning in the evening's blood-red glow …
Your memory shines through me like an ostensory!

Charles Baudelaire

I was late appreciating Baudelaire. I'm still studying much of his work.

Good morning WA2K listeners and contributors. Has hurricane Florence hit Bermuda yet? I hope it is just a small one that brings only rain and soft winds. What a scarey and provocative legend is that famous triangle, right?

edgar, Is that avatar "I go Pogo." It is truly delightful, Texas, and quite a foil to Baudelaire.

Here's an interest song for the morning, folks:



OASIS | Acquiesce Lyrics

I don't know what it is
That makes me feel alive
I don't know how to wake
The things that sleep inside
I only wanna see the light
That shines behind your eyes

I hope that I can say
The things I wish I'd said
To sing my soul to sleep
And take me back to bed
You want to be alone
When we could be alive instead

Because we need each other
We believe in one another
And I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul
Because we need each other
We believe in one another
I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul
What's sleepin' in our soul

There are many things
That I would like to know
And there are many places
That I wish to go
But everything's depending
On the way the wind may blow
I don't know what it is
That makes me feel alive
I don't know how to wake
The things that sleep inside
I only wanna see the light
That shines behind your eyes

Because we need each other
We believe in one another
And I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul
Because we need each other
We believe in one another
And I know we're going to uncover
What's sleepin' in our soul
What's sleepin' in our soul

What's sleepin' in our soul
What's sleepin' in our soul
'Cause we believe
'Cause we believe
Yeah, we believe
'Cause we believe
'Cause we believe
'Cause we believe
Because we need
Because we need

I searched long and hard for a good avatar. I always loved Pogo and admired his author/illustrator, Walt Kelly.

I do as well, edgar. Let's see if I can recall some quotes by that funny little creature.

"I will fight you with all my might and mein."
"Ah, well. As Maine goes, so goes the nation."

"We have met the enemy and he is us."

Pogo for President

One Sunday episode of Pogo did a hilarious takeoff on Ezra Pound -
"Winter is icumin in- -"
Unfortunately, I don't have clear enough recall to post Kelly's poem here.

I wonder if Walt ever thought about the pogo stick in his fabulous cartoon strip? We, in the jazz circle, called that table hopping.

Found this, folks, in my search for edgar's spoof on Ezra Pound:

Honorable Mention in a poetry contest and entered as a joke - Maggie May Schill



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Earl Holliman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Earl Holliman (born Anthony Earl Numkena on September 11, 1928 in Delhi, Louisiana) is an American film and television actor.

He first appeared in film in 1953 and three years later won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture for his performance in the 1956 film, The Rainmaker. Amongst his other notable film appearances were in Giant, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Forbidden Planet, Visit to a Small Planet, The Big Combo, and Summer and Smoke. In 1970 and 1971, Holliman made two appearances in the successful western comedy Alias Smith and Jones starring Pete Duel.

In addition to a successful career in films, Earl Holliman became a popular television personality through his roles as Sundance in Hotel de Paree and as Lt. Bill Crowley opposite Angie Dickinson in the "Police Woman" series that ran from 1974 to 1978. He also had the distinction of appearing in the first episode of the Twilight Zone titled 'Where is Everybody' which aired on October 2, 1959.

He continued to appear in television guest roles throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His most notable role during this period was in the hit mini series The Thorn Birds with Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward. He also took part in the Gunsmoke reunion movie "Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge" in 1987 as Jake Flagg.

He earned a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a television Series" for his acting with Delta Burke in her short-lived 1992 series, "Delta".

For his contribution to the television industry, Earl Holliman has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6901 Hollywood Blvd.

Holliman is also known for his work as an animal-rights activist.

Lola Falana
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lola Falana (born Loletha Elaine Falana on September 11, 1942 in Camden, New Jersey) is an American dancer and actress of part Cuban and African American descent. Falana's father left Cuba to become a welder in the United States. She spent most of her childhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lola was a natural musical prodigy. At age three she was dancing, and by age five she was singing in the church choir. By the time she was in Junior High, she was already dancing in nightclubs to which she was escorted by her mother. Pursuing a musical career became so important to Falana that, against her parents' wishes, she left Germantown High School a few months before graduation and moved to New York City.

When she arrived in New York, Falana had little money. She reportedly slept in subway cars or stations when she was unable to afford a better accommodation. Her first dancing gig was at Small's Paradise in Harlem. Dinah Washington, the "Queen of Blues", was influential in fostering Lola's early career. While dancing in a nightclub, Falana was discovered by Sammy Davis Jr., who gave her a featured role in his 1964 Broadway musical Golden Boy. Lola's first single , "My Baby", was recorded for Mercury Records in 1965. Later in her career she recorded under Frank Sinatra's record label. In the late 1960's Lola Falana was mentored by Sammy Davis Jr. In 1966 Davis cast her, along with himself, Ossie Davis, and Cicely Tyson, in her first film role in the American movie A Man Called Adam.

Lola Falana became a major star of Italian cinema beginning in 1967. In Italy she learned to speak fluent Italian while starring in three movies, the first of which was considered a spaghetti western. She was known as the "Black Venus". During this time she was busy touring with Sammy Davis Jr. as a singer and dancer, making films in Italy, and reprising her role in Golden Boy during its revival in London. In 1969 Falana ended her close working relationship with Sammy Davis Jr., though the two remained friends. "If I didn't break away," Lola told TV Guide, "I would always be known as the little dancer with Sammy Davis Jr. ... I wanted to be known as something more."

Wanting to gain more publicity, Falana posed for Playboy magazine in 1970. She was also the first black woman to model for a line of cosmetics that wasn't targeted solely to blacks, in the successful Faberge Tigress perfume ads. In those early years, she also starred in a few movies considered to be of the Blaxploitation genre.

American TV audiences got to know Lola Falana during the early 1970s. She appeared often on The Joey Bishop Show and The Hollywood Palace, showing her talent for music, dance, and mild comedy. These opportunities soon led to others. She was the first supporting player hired by Bill Cosby for his much-anticipated variety hour, The New Bill Cosby Show, which made its debut September 11, 1972 on CBS. Cosby had met Falana back in his college days, when he was a struggling comic and she was a 14-year-old dancing for ten dollars a show in the nearby Philadelphia nightclubs. Throughout the mid-1970s Falana made guest appearances on many popular shows, including regular appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Laugh-In, and The Flip Wilson Show. Falana also starred in her own popular television specials.

Falana's fame grew as the 1970s progressed. In 1975 her disco record "There's A Man Out There Somewhere" went to #67 on the Billboard R&B chart. That same year, Lola returned to Broadway as the lead in the musical Doctor Jazz. Although the production closed after five performances, Lola was nominated for a Tony award and won the 1975 Theater World Award for her performance.

With help from her friend Sammy Davis Jr., Falana brought her act to Las Vegas and became a growing star there. By the late 1970s she was considered the Queen of Las Vegas. She played to sold-out crowds at The Sands, The Riviera, and the MGM Grand hotels. Finally The Aladdin offered her $100,000 a week to perform. At the time, Falana was the highest paid female performer in Las Vegas. The show ran twenty weeks a year and became a major tourist attraction.

Whilst still playing to sold-out crowds in Las Vegas, Falana joined the cast of the short lived CBS soap opera Capitol, in 1984. Soon after the show was cancelled in 1987, she was thrown a major setback; a relapse of Multiple Sclerosis. Falana's relapse was severe; her left side was paralyzed, she became partially blind, and her voice and hearing were impaired. Recovery lasted a year and a half, during which she spent most of her time praying. Falana attributes her recovery to a spiritual experience which she described as " Being able to feel the presence of the Lord." She converted to Catholicism and worked her Newly-found spirituality into her everyday life. Though she performed again at several sold-out Las Vegas shows in 1987, her practice of religion and faith became the center of her life.

After another bout with Multiple Sclerosis in 1996, Falana moved back to Philadelphia and lived with her parents for a short time. Instead of performing, she now tours the country with a message of hope and spirituality. When not on tour, she lives a quiet life in Las Vegas working on the apostolate she founded, The Lambs of God Ministry. The ministry is focused on helping children who have been orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa, and works closely with the group Save Sub-Saharan Orphans. Falana's last known musical performance was in 1997, at Wayne Newton's theater in Branson, Missouri.

Lola Falana was married to Feliciano "Butch" Tavares, who was one of five brothers who formed the popular R&B band Tavares, from 1971 until 1975

Virginia Madsen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Virginia Madsen (born September 11, 1961) is an American actress.


Biography

Early life

Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois to Cal Madsen, a Danish American, and Elaine, who is of Irish and Native American descent. Her brother is actor Michael Madsen. She is a graduate of New Trier High School.

Career

Audiences first caught a glimpse of Madsen (and her right breast) in a bit part she landed as Lisa in the teen sex comedy Class. She was cast as Princess Irulan in David Lynch's science fiction epic Dune (1984). Madsen first became popular with audiences in 1986 with her portrayal of a Catholic schoolgirl who fell in love with a boy from a prison camp in Duncan Gibbons's Fire with Fire. Other noted film appearances include 1990's The Hot Spot with Don Johnson, and the steamy Third Degree Burn with Treat Williams. There appeared to be a trend (Fire, Hot, Burn) in names.

After more than twenty years, her breakout critically acclaimed performance in Sideways (2004), which garnered her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as well as a Broadcast Film Critics Award win for Best Supporting Actress. This role catapulted her onto the fabled Hollywood A-list [1]. Her first major role after Sideways was opposite Harrison Ford in Firewall. She later appeared in Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion appearing in a key role as the angel. She also accepted a role opposite Jim Carrey in The Number 23 (scheduled for release in 2007).

Personal life

Madsen's older brother is Michael Madsen, who is also an actor (and who has stated he refuses to see any films in which she has a nude scene). Her mother, Elaine Madsen, is an Emmy-winning writer and producer.

When Madsen arrived in Hollywood, she was engaged to actor Billy Campbell. She was married to Danny Huston from 1989 to 1992. She later had a relationship with actor Antonio Sabato Jr., with whom in 1994 she had a son, Jack.

Kristy McNichol
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kristy McNichol (born Christina Ann McNichol on September 11, 1962, in Los Angeles, California to a Scottish father and a Palestinian mother) is a former American actress, most known for her role as Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence on the TV drama Family, and as Barbara Weston on the sitcom Empty Nest. She is the sister of former child actor Jimmy McNichol.

Biography

She began her career with guest appearances on such series as Starsky and Hutch and The Bionic Woman. Her first stint as a series regular came with the role of Patricia Apple in Apple's Way.

In 1976, she was cast as Buddy in Family, for which the actress earned Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series in 1977 and 1979.

In 1978 at the height of her stardom, Kristy, along with her brother Jimmy, released a self-titled album Kristy & Jimmy McNichol, which featured the single "He's So Fine."

When Family went off the air in 1980, Kristy began a promising feature-film career with the hit teen coming of age story Little Darlings.

In 1988, Kristy returned to episodic television, playing the character of Barbara Weston on the NBC sitcom Empty Nest, but she had to leave in 1992, when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. [1]

Kristy McNichol is host of the annual "Kristy McNichol Celebrity Tennis Tournament," benefitting the H.E.L.P. group for abused children in Los Angeles.

Here are some revealing quotes from actual husbands....

I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.

I haven't spoken to my wife for 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.

Marriage is a 3-ring circus: Engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.

The last fight was my fault. My wife asked, "What's on the TV?" I said," Dust!"



In the beginning, God created earth and rested. Then God created man and rested. Then God created woman. Since then, neither God nor man has rested.

Why do men die before their wives? They want to.

What is the difference between a dog and a fox? About 5 drinks.

A beggar walked up to a well-dressed woman shopping on Rodeo Drive and said "I haven't eaten anything in four days." She looked at him and said,"God, I wish I had your will power."



Do you know the punishment for bigamy? Two mothers-in-law.

Young Son: Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts of Africa a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her? Dad: That happens in every country, son.

A man inserted an 'ad' in the classified: "Wife Wanted". Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine."

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once.



First guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!" Second guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."

How do most men define marriage? An expensive way to get laundry done for free.

Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all.

If you want your wife to listen and pay undivided attention to every word you say, talk in your sleep.



Then there was a man who said, "I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; and then it was too late."

A little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?" And the father replied, "I don't know son, I'm still paying!"

Well, listeners, our Bob is through with his bio's. Isn't it odd how the wife is always a culprit? Of course we ladies know better, but we do get a kick out of your real quotes by REAL men, hawkman.

Seriously now. I think perhaps it is the day to day "living too close" that makes marriage a very difficult arrangement.

Quote by my daughter: Many couples have tried living together and not being married. Others have tried being married and thus living together, but not many have tried marriage and NOT living together. <smile> My, how times have changed.

Will be back later to comment on your celebs, Boston, after our Raggedy appears.