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Speaking of sunshine, gorgeous day here ,and I'm going to take advantage of it - at least for several hours - been cooped up here in the house for two weeks.

Celeb birthdays for March 7:
( Great football player and my favorite tennis player, and the Bolero man, too.)

1872 Piet Mondrian, painter (Netherlands; died 1944)
1875 Maurice Ravel, composer (France; died 1937)
1908 Anna Magnani, actress (Italy; died 1973)
1930 Anthony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon), photographer and former husband of England's Princess Margaret (London, England)
1934 Willard Scott, weatherman/TV personality (Alexandria, VA)
1938 Janet Guthrie, auto racer (Iowa City, IA)
1940 Daniel J. Travanti, actor (Kenosha, WI)
1942 Michael Eisner, Disney Co. executive (New York, NY)
1945 John Heard, actor (Washington, DC)
1950 Franco Harris, football player (Fort Dix, NJ)
1955 Gary Sinise, actor (Blue Island, IL)
1960 Ivan Lendl, tennis champion (Ostrava, Czechoslovakia)

Good morning WA2K fans and listeners.

Mighty fine songs edgar, dj, and Bob. I am quite certain that everyone enjoyed the various renditions.

dj, that song reminded me of the one that I really enjoyed that was played to promote Staples. I've never been able to find it. It went something like:

Hand me down my walking stick,
Hand me down my hat,

And it continued with the rubber band man.

My word, Bob. You Are My Sunshine was written by a politician, I think, and was one of the songs in O Brother Where Art Thou. I declare, that movie was fantastic. I had no idea that Ray Charles did a rock version, edgar.

Raggedy, several of your celebs caught my eye, one being Ravel. I like his Bolero. I also think Willard Scott, the weatherman, is a funny person. I have met him.

Well, need some coffee to get rollin'. Back in a few with more news, and weather, and more music.

Letty, if you ever get films from a video lending library or similar, ask them for "The Three Amigos".

It's a comedy, and very funny.

Especially since you seem to like cowboy songs and stories of the Old West.

Will do, McTag. I need a good laugh about now. What's this I hear about your having dizzy spells? I'm assuming that since that occurred back in June, the situation is in hand.

A song for what ails you:


Dizzy - Vic Reeves

Dizzy,
I'm so Dizzy, my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you girl, making it spin
you're making me dizzy

The first time that I saw you, girl
I knew that I just had to make you mine
But it's so hard to talk to you with fellas
hanging 'round ya all the time

I want you for my sweet pet,
but you keep playing hard to get
You're going round in circle all the time

Dizzy,
I'm so Dizzy, my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you girl, making it spin
you're making me dizzy

Finally got to talk to you,
and I told you just exactly how I felt,
Then I held you close to me,
and I kissed you, and my heart began to melt

Girl you've got control of me
'Cause I'm so dizzy, I can't see
I need to call a doctor for some help

Dizzy,
I'm so Dizzy, my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you girl, making it spin
you're making me Dizzy, my head is spinning
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you girl, making it spin
you're making me Dizzy

I'm Dizzy

I'm Dizzy

Like a whirlpool

Dizzy

Dizzy

Although the lyrics are funny, the situation ain't.

McTag:

Check out my March 6 post. The lullaby in Three Amigos was Blue Shadows.

See you all later.

I saw it, sweetie. Sorry that I didn't thank you for it then.

Do you remember "the singing bush"?

"Excuse me, are you the Singing Bush?"

Mad.

Leon turned me on to this:

Where's that careless chambermaid?
Where'd she put my razor blade?
She mislaid it, I'm afraid,
It's gotta be foun'!
Ask her when she cleaned my room
What she did with my perfume;
I just can't lose it,
I've gotta use it,
'Cause Lulu's back in town.

Gotta get my old tuxedo pressed,
Gotta sew a button on my vest,
'Cause tonight I've gotta look my best,
Lulu's back in town.
Gotta get a half a buck somewhere,
Gotta shine my shoes and slick my hair,
Gotta get myself a boutonniere,
Lulu's back in town.
You can tell all my pets,
All my Harlem coquettes;
Mister Otis regrets
That he won't be aroun'.
You can tell the mailman not to call,
I ain't comin' home until the fall,
And I might not get back home at all,
Lulu's back in town.


Anybody know what show it was written for?

Whoever transcribed those lyrics to The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down doesn't have an inkling of the role Stoneman played in it.

Maj. Gen. George Stoneman's first act in the Civil War was to disobey an order - a disobedience that led eventually to his command of the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac and to a series of raids that played hob with the Rebel forces.

In command of Ft. Brown, Texas, in 1861, he was ordered to surrender to the Confederates. Instead , he evacuated the fort and with his men sailed by steamer to New York, from where he set out to rejoin the battle.

Operating in East Tennesee, one of his principal raids effected the capture and destruction of Saltville,Va., as well as the railroad line from Tennesee into Virginia. Of this attack, a Confederate writer said: "The damage inflicted upon Southwest Virginia by this Federal raid, in the destruction of railway and turnpike bridges, railway stations and warehouse, ironworks, and army supplies of all kinds was very injurious to the Confederacy, greatly crippling its defensive power in that region, and was also a serious blow to the Army of Northern Virginia.

I know LuLu's Back in Town, panz, but not the show from whence it came.

Anyone in our audience know?

As for your bit of history, I am totally amazed. Thanks for that information. Do you and Setanta hang out together? <smile>

Listeners, it seems that Wale Rules has not been seen in our studios in a while. If you hear or see anything of him, let us know.

Back later with SciFi news, listeners.

Making sure you realize it's

'til Stoneman's cavalry came...


I miss Set

"dizzy" makes me dizzy. Only song I ever heard that goes up a half step every verse and chorus.

Ok, Panz. I realize it now; however, before your explication, I thought it was just a song.

Remember, listeners. WA2K radio is on the air not only to amuse, but also to inform.

Here's some information on the genre we know as science fiction:

News > On Net This Week

Science Fiction:
Dimensions of the Mind

Published: 3/5/05

What comes to mind when you hear the words, science fiction? For some, it's BEMs (bug-eyed monsters), flying saucers, and scantily-clad women being rescued from space invaders by rock-jawed, heavily muscled heroes with ray guns in their hands - oh, those covers.
These, of course, do exist in the world of SF, but there's much more.

SF is a genre of the imagination, of what could be, of what might happen, and of how we might face those possibilities. It's not bound by time, space, or even the laws of physics. As Rod Serling tells us in his introduction to The Twilight Zone episodes, it's a "dimension of the mind."

The Best of the Best
Often referred to as "speculative fiction," SF requires a suspension of disbelief by the reader. But this is true of any type of fiction. The best SF, strange as it may seem, is rooted deeply in the human condition as opposed to beings in alien galaxies light years away.

Often time, audience, fiction can be more viable than fact.

Missed your observance about Dizzy, panz. and All of a Sudden my Heart Sings is the only song that I know which uses every note in a octave then goes back down the octave again. I wish I could remember who wrote that song.

Found this interesting item, all:

Thought for Today: ``The most dangerous creation of any society is that man who has nothing to lose.'' - James Baldwin, American author (1924-1987).

It contradicts the idea that freedom is just another name for nothing else to lose, does it not?

In reference to you thoughts on Sci Fi Letty, here is a quote from Orwell I posted on Piffka's qotes thread:

Orwell was quite insightful, Diane, but I do believe I saw more in Animal Farm than 1984. We all understand that conglomerates (and this includes governments) are nothing but a business, just as the Media are businesses. A little revelation here. I would have been just as good a teacher without a degree, the paper just verified it. When I thought about going on for my PhD, I realized that it was the same. It just require more tenacity over a long period of time.

"full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air..."

For McTag. I checked out Three Amigos on the net, and recognized almost all of the stars. I like Chevy Chase under certain conditions, especially European Vacation when he unhinged Stone Hinge.

For Francis. I have often wondered about the shade of difference between "adieu" and "au revoir". Perhaps there is no difference. I see the first as goodnight, and the second as goodbye.

Well, listeners, that's my little op.ed. for the evening. Thanks for listening

Me and Bobbie McGhee

I loved that song....haven't heard it in a while.

Letty, God is referenced in adieu. Perhaps that is the difference?

Au revoir; until we meet again (until we see each other again)

Hasta la vista

Auf Wiedersehen

goodbye (God be with ye). Vaya con dios. Adieu

Many of these phrases are the same.

All of a Sudden My Heart Sings - written and sung by Paul Anka

The secret way you hold my hold
To let me know you understand
The wind and rain upon your face
The breathless world of your embrace
Your little laugh and half-surpriseBobby Bare
The starlight gleaming in your eyes
Remembering all those little things
All of a sudden my heart sings

All of a sudden my heart sings
When I remember little things
The way you dance and hold me tight
The way you kiss and say "Good night"
The crazy things we'd say and do
The fun it is to be with you
The magic thrill that's in your touch
Oh, darling, I love you so much!!

The secret way you hold my hold
To let me know you understand
The wind and rain upon your face
The breathless world of your embrace
Your little laugh and half-surprise
The starlight gleaming in your eyes
Remembering all those things
All of a sudden my heart sings

Well, folks, we all know that a language has idioms and shades of meaning. Yes, Diane, perhaps you are right. Just as Vaya con dios means, Go with God, perhaps adieu means the same.

McTag, it's interesting to me that literal translations don't always suggest the meaning, but I think we all agree, that communication is the key factor, especially in diplomacy. In affairs of the heart, no word need be spoken.

I had always thought that Janis Joplin wrote Me and Bobby McGee. What a surprise to find that it was Kris Kristofferson. He was a better song writer than I had ever imagined. I adore Help me Make it Through the Night.

edgar, Paul Anka? Are you certain of that? That would indeed be a shock.

Some people paint with words,
Some words are simply paint,

Some sinners are the saints,
And some will talk with words of taint.

Listeners, if it seems that we're diversions,
Think of us as sweet incursions.

Sorta like invading the refrigerator at night.