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greetings from the future, it's 8:54 pm here, i bring good news, it's suppose to be warmer tomorrow

and speaking of the future


Living In The Future
John Prine

Jehosaphat the mongrel cat
Jumped off the roof today
Some would say he fell but I could tell
He did himself away
His eyes weren't bright like they were the night
We played checkers on the train
God Bless his soul he was a tootsie roll
But he's a dead cat just the same

Chorus:
We are living in the future
I'll tell you how I know
I read it in the paper
Fifteen years ago
We're all driving rocket ships
And talking with our minds
And wearing turquoise jewelry
And standing in soup lines
We are standing in soup lines

Jake the barber's lonely daughter
Went down to her daddy's shop
She plugged herself to a barber pole
And took a little off the top
Pressure on the left. Pressure on the right
Pressure in the middle of the hole
I'm goin' to Maine on a forty foot crane
I'm gonna use it for a fishin' pole

Repeat Chorus

Old Sarah Brown sells tickets down
At the all night picture show
Where they grind out sex
And they rate it with an "X"
Just to make a young man's pants grow
No tops no bottoms just hands and feet
Screaming the posters out on the street
Strangling the curious and the weak
We give 'em what they want to see - O

Repeat Chorus

Speaking of rocket ships, dj. The shuttle is safe and sound in the cape. <smile> Thanks, Canada, but don't let them cat lovers out there hear it.

It's 9:02 here in my little corner of Florida and a bit muggy.

Here's an oldie that I love, and it will be my goodnight song:

Nina Simone

Cole Porter

You'd be so nice to come home to
You'd be so nice by the fire

While that breeze on high sings a lullaby
You'd be all my heart could desire
Under stars chilled by the winter
Under an Autumn moon shining above

You'd be so nice you'd be paradise
To come home to and love.

From Letty with love

Pony Boy

Pony boy pony boy
Won't you be my pony boy
Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up whoa
My pony boy

Ride with me ride with me
Won't you take a ride with me
Underneath the starry sky
My pony boy

O'er the hills and through the trees
We'll go ridin' you and me
Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-away
My pony boy

Down into the valley deep
'Neath the eaves we will sleep
Sky of dreams up above


Bruce Springsteen

Who Will Stop the Rain

Long as I remember
The rain been comin' down.
Clouds of myst'ry pourin'
Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages,
Tryin' to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder,
Who'll stop the rain.
I went down Virginia,
Seekin' shelter from the storm.
Caught up in the fable,
I watched the tower grow.
Five year plans and new deals,
Wrapped in golden chains.
And I wonder, Still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain.
Heard the singers playin',
How we cheered for more.
The crowd had rushed together,
Tryin' to keep warm.
Still the rain kept pourin',
Fallin' on my ears.
And I wonder, Still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

The Window

Ask my baby what she wants to be
She'll say a monkey swingin' in a tree
Ask my baby what she's thinkin' of
She'll say there's nothing greater than love

Well, look through the window
Tell me what do you see
A beautiful planet
Peace and harmony

Think love you're surrounded
We are one you and I
Gather your leaves together
There's only love until we die
Until we die

Ask my baby what she's goin' through
She'll say the same thing, the same thing as you
Ask my baby what she's thinkin' of
She'll say there's nothing greater than love

Look through the window
Tell me what do you see
A beautiful planet
Peace and harmony

Think love you're surrounded
We are one you and I
Gather your leaves together
There's only love until we die
Until we die


Steve Miller Band

a smile for the morning

language lessons from john prine

Lets Talk Dirty in Hawaiian
John Prine

Well,I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket
For the land of the tall palm tree
Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki
I just stepped down from the airplane
When I heard her say,
"Waka waka nuka licka, waka waka nuka licka
Would you like a lei? Eh?"

Chorus
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
Whisper in my ear
Kicka pooka mok a wa wahini
Are the words I long to hear
Lay your coconut on my tiki
What the hecka mooka mooka dear
Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
Say the words I long to hear

It's a ukelele Honolulu sunset
Listen to the grass skirts sway
Drinking rum from a pineapple
Out on Honolulu Bay
The steel guitars all playing
While she's talking with her hands
Gimme gimme oka doka make a wish and wanta polka
Words I understand Hey!

Repeat Chorus

Well, I boughta lota junka with my moola
And sent it to the folks back home
I never had the chance to dance the hula
Well,I guess I should have known
When you start talking to the sweet wahini
Walking in the pale moonlight
Ohka noka whatta setta knocka-rocka-sis-boom-boccas
Hope I said it right Oh!

Repeat Chorus

Let's talk dirty in Hawaiian
Say the words I long to hear
spoken: Aloha

smile's nice, dj, but i could really use a translation. maybe Smiley Culture can translate like he translated Cockney:

11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
It's I Smiley Cuulture with the mike in a me hand
Me come to teach you right and not the wrong
In a de Cockney Translation

Cockney's not a Language it is only a slang
And was originated yah so inna England
The first place it was used was over East London
It was respect for the different style pronunciation
But it wasn't really used by any and any man
Me say strictly con-man also the villain
But through me full up of lyrics and education
Right here now you a go get a little translation

Cockney have name like Treey, Arthur and del-boy
We have name like Winston, Lloyd and Leroy
We bawl out YOW! While cockneys say OI!
What cockney call a Jack's we call a Blue Bwoy
Say cockney have mates while we have spar
Cockneylive in a drum while we live in a yard
Say we nyam while cockney get capture
Cockney say guv'nor. We say Big Bout ya
In a de Cockney Translation!
In a de Cockney Translation!

Well watch a man....................................
The translation of cockney to understand is easy
So long as you don't deaf and you listen me keenly
You should pick it up likea youth who find some money
Go tell it to your friends also your family
No matter if a English or a Yardy
Ca' you never when them might buck up a cockney
Remember warm dem dem deh man dem don't easy
Dem no fire sling shot a me say strictly double B
Dem run protection racket and control 'nuff C.I.D.

Say cockney fire shooter, We bus' gun
Cockney say tea leaf, We say sticks man
You know dem have wedge while we have corn
Say cockney say be first, my son! We just say Gwan!
Cockney say grass, We say outformer man
When dem talk 'bout iron dem really meam batty man
Rope chain and choparita me say cockney call tom
Say cockney say Old Bill, We dutty Babylon
In a de Cockney Translation!
In a de Cockney Translation!

Well watch a man........................
Slam bam
Jah man
Hear dam
Fashion
Smiley
Culture
Origination

But first let me tell you more about the cockney
Who live comfortably and have yacht by the sea
And when it come to monry most of then have plenty
But where dem spend it? In de bookie
Lose it all on the dogs or on the gee gees
Or paying off fe dem bribes to the Sweeney
So dem nah go do no time fe no armed robbery
Or catching anything that fell off the back of a lorry

Slam bam
Jah man
Hear dem
Fashion
Me strong
Me long
Me at the mike stand
More time
In a dance
Me chat
'Pon a sound

But sometimes me shake out and leave me home town
And that's when me travel a East London
Where I have to speak as a different man
So that the cockney can understand
So black man and white man hear dem fashion

Cockney say scarper, We say scatter
Cockney say rabbit, We chatter
We say bleach, Cockney Knackered!
Cockney say triffic, We say waaacked!

Cockney say blokes, We say guys
Cockney say Alright? We say Ites!
we say pants, Cockney say strides
Sweet as a nut...................... just level vibes. Seen?

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors. Whoa! There's been a heap of music on our little cyber radio, and I must admit, it's nice to wake up with a smile.

Thanks, Rex, for the pony song and especially Creedence. We'll have to dedicate that one to Roger the Rat. I hate to say it, but Bruce got those words to Pony Boy mixed up, Maine. I know, 'cause that's one that has been handed down in my family.

My goodness, folks, dj has conjured the turtle up by playing dirty stuff in Hawaiian. Funny, Canada.

Later, after I have my coffee, I will play one that was also handed down via Virginia. <smile>

The OAKMAN is a cockney Brit, so maybe later, he will react to your song, M.D.

In the interim, folks, here is that cowboy song that I promised. Had to do it from memory.

Just as the sun was sinking over the hill,
Just as the day was through.
There sat a cowboy and his partner named Bill,
The cowboy was feelin' blue.

And Bill said, let's go to town pal
Down into town, pal, good time for me and you.
Don't mind your old gal,
Her love was cold, pal.
If what they say is true.

Where is she now, Bill cried.
The cowboy he just replied.

San Antoni, Antonio
She hopped upon her pony,
And she rode away with Tony.
If you see her, just let me know,
And I'll meet you in San Antonio.

Aaah yes, Bill's gal rode away with Tony, but the cowboy soon had a new tale to tell for it wasn't too long thereafter that he heard Tony strumming his guitar and moaning:

Deep within my heart lies a melody,
A song of old San Antone,
Where in dreams I live with a memory,
Beneath the stars all alone.

It was there I found beside the Alamo,
Enchantment strange as the blue up above
A moon-lit pass that only she would know,
Still hears my broken song of love.

Moon in all your splendor, know only my heart,
Call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone.
Lips so sweet and tender, like petals falling apart
Speak once again of my love, my own.

Broken song, empty words I know,
Still live in my heart all alone
For that moon-lit pass by the Alamo,
And Rose, my Rose of San Antone.


and today TCM is paying tribute to Paul Muni:



and Shari Belafonte will be 52 years old.

Well, there's our Raggedy with a song and a duo. What a lovely lady Shari be.

Back later, folks. Station break time:

This is cyber space, WA2K radio.

I am certain our hawkman will be along soon, listeners, with more background info, but until then, seeing Shari's picture reminded me of another song. Lots of musical history here:



Follow The Drinking Gourd

When the sun goes back
and the first quail calls
Follow the drinking gourd
The old man is a-waitin' for
to carry you to freedom
Follow the drinking gourd

Chorus
Follow the drinking gourd,
follow the drinking gourd
For the old man is a-waitin'
to carry you to freedom
Follow the drinking gourd

The river bed makes a mighty fine road,
Dead trees to show you the way
And it's left foot, peg foot, traveling on
Follow the drinking gourd

The river ends between two hills
Follow the drinking gourd
There's another river on the other side
Follow the drinking gourd.

Does anyone know the history behind that song?

Paul Muni
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Muni (MEW-knee) (September 22, 1895 - August 25, 1967) was an Academy Award-winning versatile actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood,

Born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund to a Jewish family in Lwow, Galicja, an ethnically Polish part of the then-Austro-Hungarian Empire, which became Lvov, Ukraine (known as Lviv, Ukraine since the 1990s) following the end ofWWII, as part of the Yalta Conference.

His family emigrated to the United States in 1902. Both of Muni's parents were actors with the Yiddish theater and it was only natural that he would join them on stage. He made his stage debut at the age of twelve. In a stage quirk, Muni played an eighty-year-old man as his first role. It was an appropriate beginning for an actor who loved wearing elaborate costumes and assuming accents in his film career.

He was quickly recognized by Maurice Schwartz, who signed him up with his Yiddish Art Theater. During his time in Yiddish theater, he was known as Moony Weisenfreund.

A 1925 New York Times article singled out his and Sam Kasten's performances at the People's Theater as among the highlights of that year's Yiddish theater season, describing them as second only to Ludwig Satz.

Muni was 29 when he began acting on Broadway in 1924. His first role, that of an elderly Jewish man in the play We Americans, written by playwright Sam Harris; it was also the first time that he ever acted in English.

He was signed by Fox three years later, in 1929, and received an Oscar nomination for his first film The Valiant, but he was unhappy with the roles and decided to return to Broadway.

In 1932 Paul Muni returned to Hollywood to star in such harrowing pre-Code films as Scarface and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. He received a second Best Actor nomination for the latter film. Warner Brothers recognized his considerable talent and signed a long-term contract with him.

He went on to receive a Best Actor nomination for The Life of Emile Zola (1937), and to win the Academy Award for The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936).

In the ensuing years until his retirement in 1959, he spent his time acting on film and stage. He was widely recognized as a talented if eccentric individual. He would go into a rage whenever anyone wore red, but at the same time he could often be found between sessions relaxing with his violin. Over the years, he also became increasingly dependent on his wife, Bella, who terrified directors by forcing them to redo scenes that did not meet her satisfaction.

After several failed projects, Muni was nominated for a Tony Award in 1955 for the role of Henry Drummond in the play Inherit the Wind.

He was becoming increasingly infirm, however, and soon after receiving his final Academy Award nomination for The Last Angry Man (1959), he retired from acting.

He died in Montecito, California, aged 71, survived by his wife and children.

John Houseman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Houseman (September 22, 1902 - October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born actor and film producer.

He was born Jacques Haussmann in Bucharest to a French-born Jewish father and an English mother.

Emigrating to the United States, he took the stage name of John Houseman. He is best known for his Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning role as Professor Charles Kingsfield in the 1973 film The Paper Chase, a role which he reprised in the television series of the same name.

Amongst the more than two dozen films he produced, Houseman produced the 1946 film noir, The Blue Dahlia. He also co-produced Orson Welles's infamous 1938 radio broadcast The War of the Worlds. He and Welles cofounded the Mercury Theatre.

He was the Executive Producer of CBS's landmark Seven Lively Arts series. Houseman also played Energy Corporation Executive Bartholomew in the 1975 film Rollerball and parodied Sydney Greenstreet in the 1978 Neil Simon film, The Cheap Detective.

In the 1980s, Houseman was also known for his role as grandfather Edward Stratton II in Silver Spoons, which starred Rick Schroder, and for his commercials for brokerage Smith Barney, which featured the catchphrase, "They make money the old fashioned way...they earn it."

He also made a guest appearance in John Carpenter's 1980 movie The Fog as Mr. Machen. He played the Jewish professor Aaron Jastrow in the 1983 miniseries The Winds of War.

Houseman taught acting at The Juilliard School where his first graduating class included future stars Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone. Unwilling to see his first class immediately disbanded by the testing world of stage and screen, he formed them into a touring repertory company appropriately named the Group 1 Acting Company. They later shortened their name simply to The Acting Company and are still touring the country today.

John Houseman lost his battle with spinal cancer in 1988 at his home in Malibu, California. He was 86 years old. He had appeared in The Naked Gun, which was released after his death.


Trivia

He once claimed he had bedded both de Havilland sisters (i.e. Olivia de Havilland and younger sister Joan Fontaine)

Martha Scott
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Martha Scott (September 22, 1912 - May 28, 2003) was an American actress.

Born in Jamesport, Missouri, she became interested in acting in high school, and earned a degree from the University of Michigan before pursuing her acting dream. She got her start acting in shortened Shakespeare productions at the Century of Progress world's fair in Chicago, Illinois in 1933 - 1934.

Scott eventually went to New York City, where she was cast as the original Emily in the Broadway production of Our Town.

Her film debut in Our Town in 1940 saw her receiving an Academy Award nomination Best Actress for her luminous and critically acclaimed performance as Emily Webb.

She never again achieved such acclaim, although she appeared in such films as The Howards of Virginia, The Desperate Hours, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, Airport 1975 and The Turning Point. In both The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur, she played Charlton Heston's mother.

In 1968 she joined Henry Fonda and Robert Ryan in forming a theatrical production company called "The Plumstead Playhouse". It later became the Plumstead Theatre Company and moved to Los Angeles, California. The company produced such fare as First Monday in October, both on stage and on film (Walter Matthau and Jane Alexander appeared in the film). Scott co-produced both versions.

Her last production was Twelve Angry Men, which was performed at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, California.

In the 1970s, she played Bob Newhart's mother on his eponymous CBS TV show. She also played Linda Gray's mother on the TV series Dallas.

Martha Scott has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, next to the Fonda Theatre.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Scott"

Shari Belafonte
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shari Belafonte (born September 22, 1954) is an American actress, model, writer and singer. She is best known for her role as Julie Gilette on the 1980s television series Hotel and as a spokesperson for the diet supplement Slim-Fast during the 1990s.

Early life and career

Shari was born in New York City to Marguerite Byrd and Harry Belafonte. Shari got her start as a successful cover girl model and appeared in commercials for Calvin Klein jeans. She made her feature film debut in 1982 in the movies Time Walker and If You Could See What I Hear. Shari attended Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts before transferring to Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama. She started as a production assistant and assistant director in public television on the East Coast before moving to Los Angeles, where she became an assistant to the publicist at Hanna-Barbera productions. While getting her hands wet "behind the scenes", she has also received a number of modeling and commercial assignments, and has graced the cover of over 300 magazines.[1]

Acting career

Early in her career, Shari landed a role opposite The Beastmaster's Marc Singer in the feature film If You Could See What I Hear. Other feature films include The Time Walker, Speed Zone, and Fire, Ice, and Dynamite.

Well-known producer Aaron Spelling cast her as "Julie Gilette" in the ABC television series Hotel, in which she starred during the show's five-year run (1983-1988). It was during this time that Shari began her music career on Metrone Records, releasing several albums in Europe.

Shari made her theatrical debut in Tamara, playing the title role in the long-running L.A. production. Shortly thereafter, she starred as Dr. Laura Wingate in the USA Network's dramatic series Beyond Reality, which ran for two years. In addition, Shari also co-hosted the syndicated series Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte, an updated version of Leach's signature show, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.

Other ventures

Shari's multi-faceted career also includes moderating and voiceovers. She has producing credits for theater, public and network television, and feature films. In addition to her affiliation with numerous children's, animal, and environment causes, she has also become the international spokesperson for the Starlight Children's Foundation. Named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the top ten celebrity endorsers, Shari has been the spokesperson for numerous corporations including Bally's International Health and Fitness, Slim-Fast, and Diet System 6.

Trivia

She has been married twice: First to Robert Harper (May 21, 1977 - 1988). She has been married to Sam Behrens since December 31, 1989.
Shari is also an avid photographer.

Well, I am certain that our hawkman has been caught in a trap, but we do appreciate his background choices. So sorry that I cannot find a song to go with one of those notables, but instead let's hear a beautiful melody from Mr. Browning:


Song, from Pippa Passes
by Robert Browning

You'll love me yet! -and I can tarry
Your love's protracted growing:
June reared that bunch of flowers you carry
From seeds of April's sowing.

I plant a heartful now: some seed
At least is sure to strike,
And yield -what you'll not pluck indeed,
Not love, but, may be, like!

You'll look at least on love's remains,
A grave's one violet:
Your look? -that pays a thousand pains.
What's death? -You'll love me yet!

Broken windows and empty hallways,
a pale dead moon in a sky streaked with grey.
Human kindness is overflowing,
and I think it's gonna rain today.

Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles,
the frozen smiles to chase love away.
Human kindness is overflowing,
and I think it's gonna rain today.

Lonely, lonely.
Tin can at my feet,
I think I'll kick it down the street.
That's the way to treat a friend.

Bright before me the signs implore me:
Help the needy and show them the way.
Human kindness is overflowing,
and I think it's gonna rain today.

Lonely, so lonely.
Tin can at my feet,
I think I'll kick it down the street.
That's the way to treat a friend.

Bright before me the signs implore me:
Help the needy and show them the way.
Human kindness is overflowing,
and I think it's gonna rain today.

dys, that rather reminds me of this one, cowboy:


CHER LYRICS

"(This Is A) Song For The Lonely"

When you're standing on the edge of nowhere
There's only one way up
So your heart's got to go there
Through the darkest night
See the light shine bright
When hero's fall, in love or war
They live forever

[Chorus:]
This is a song - for the lonely
Can you hear me tonight
For the broken hearted, battle scared I'll
Be by your side
And this is a song - for the lonely
When your dreams won't come true
Can you hear this prayer
'Coz someone's there for you

We'll love don't need a reason
She can pick you up
Or leave you bleeding
I've seen a strong man cry
I know the reason why
We all forgive, we all forget
We just keep believing

[Chorus]

So let it find you
Wherever you may go
I'm right beside you
You don't have to look no more
You don't have to look no more, oh no

[Chorus]

It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be alright

This is a song
A song for the lonely
And that's not you only
Through the darkest night
You're gonna see the light

Love don't need a reason
Just to leave you bleeding

Can you hear this prayer
Someone's there

This is a song - for the lonely
Can you hear me tonight
For the broken hearted, battle scared
I'll be by your side
And this is a song
for the lonely

Good afternoon, it was all happening when the…

Devil Went Down to Georgia
Charlie Daniels

The devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal.
He was in a bind 'cos he was way behind: he was willin' to make a deal.
When he came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot.
And the devil jumped upon a hickory stump and said: "Boy let me tell you what:
"I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
"And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
"Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the devil his due:
"I bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, 'cos I think I'm better than you."
The boy said: "My name's Johnny and it might be a sin,
"But I'll take your bet, your gonna regret, 'cos I'm the best that's ever been."

Johnny you rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard.
'Cos hells broke loose in Georgia and the devil deals it hard.
And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold.
But if you lose, the devil gets your soul.

The devil opened up his case and he said: "I'll start this show."
And fire flew from his fingertips as he resined up his bow.
And he pulled the bow across his strings and it made an evil hiss.
Then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something like this.
When the devil finished, Johnny said: "Well you're pretty good ol' son.
"But if you'll sit down in that chair, right there, and let me show you how its done."

Fire on the moun, run boys, run.
The devil's in the house of the risin' sun.
Chicken in the bread pin, pickin' out dough.
"Granny, does your dog bite?"
"No, child, no."

The devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat.
He laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said: "Devil just come on back if you ever want to try again.
"I told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been."

And he played fire on the mount, run boys, run.
The devil's in the house of the risin' sun.
Chicken in the bread pin pickin' out dough.
"Granny, does your dog bite?"
"No, child, no."