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Remember the "pet rocks", Try? I'm throwing one at you from Florida.

I think I may be able to match that rock song with this one inspired by Jude Law:

Artist: Brand New
Song: Jude Law And A Semester Abroad Lyrics


whatever poison's in this bottle
will leave me broken sore and stiff
but its the genie at the bottom who im sucking at
he owes me one last wish
so here's a present to let you know i still exist
i hope the next boy that you kiss has something terribly contagious on his lips
but i've got a plan
i'll drink for 40 days and 40 nights
a sip for every second hand tick
and everytime you've fed the line you mean so much to me im without you

tell all the english boys you meet
about the american boy back in the states
the american boy you used to date
who would do anything you say

and even if her plane crashes tonight she'll find someway to dissappoint me
by not burning in the wreckage
or drowning at the bottom of the sea
jess i still taste you thus reserve my right to hate you
and this empty space that you create does nothing for my flawless sense of style
its 8:45
the weather's getting better by the hour
i hope it rains there all the time
and if you've ever said you miss me
and don't say you've never lied
i'm without you

tell all the english boys you meet
about the american boy back in the states
the american boy you used to date
who would do anything you say

you're never gonna get it right
you're never gonna get it

no more songs about you
after this one i am done
you are gone

Think I like Jingle Bell Rock better. Sheeeze.

Well, folks. It seems that our Raggedy didn't make it today. We always miss her lovely photo's, but we miss her more.

I just found out that Jude Law was in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."



Neither the book nor the moive was that awesome, but the music by K.D. Lang was fabulous.

My favorite:

Skylark
Have you anything to say to me
Won't you tell me where my love can be
Is there a meadow in the mist
Where someone's waiting to be kissed

Oh skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring
Where my heart can go a-journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom-covered lane

And in your lonely flight
Haven't you heard the music in the night
Wonderful music
Faint as a will o' the wisp
Crazy as a loon
Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon

Oh skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there
Oh skylark
Won't you lead me there

mrs h is watching a "nat king cole special" - i'm listening in with one ear !
wasn't he a fabalous singer ? too bad he couldn't control his demon !
hbg

right now he is singing :

Straighten Up And Fly Right Lyrics

A buzzard took monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
But the monkey grabbed his neck and said-- Now listen, Jack

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
Ain't no use in divin'
What's the use in jivin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

The buzzard told the monkey "You're chokin' me
Release your hold and I'll set you free
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said
Your story's so touching but it sounds just like a lie

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

Ah, hamburger. That was when Nat had the King Cole trio. Yes, he was a wonderful vocalist and pianist.

I believe that my sister told me that he and Johnny Mercer did a funny song together, but I cannot remember what it was.

A wonderful tribute to all of us here, I think:

From Nat

For all we know we may never meet again
Before you go make this moment sweet again
We won't say "Good night" until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it

For all we know this may only be a dream
We come and go like a ripple on a stream
So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know

<instrumental>

So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know.

i think "Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top "
is just "the cat's meow" ! crazy , man !
hbg

love him or hate him

here's a little tune for a mr. s hussien

Hanging Around
The Stranglers

Big girl in the red dress
She's just trying to impress us
And she's got the barley fever
But she doesn't make a sound
She's just hanging around
She's just hanging around

Down the court road early
With the Hustlers big and burly
There's a million of 'em selling
And the buyers can be found
They're just hanging around
They're just hanging around

[CHORUS:]
Christ he told his mother
Christ he told her not to bother
Cos he's alright in the city
Cos he's high above the ground
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around (hanging around)

One of 'em comes over
Got a monkey on his shoulder
And the monkey's getting grinner
But his eyes are on the ground
He's just hanging around
He's just hanging around

I'm moving in the Coleherne
With the leather all around me
And the sweat is getting steamy
But their eyes are on the ground
They're just hanging around
They're just hanging around

[CHORUS 2x]

He's just hanging around (hanging around)
He's just hanging around

Oh, my, dj. that is one creepy song, Canada.

Looking at our dj's signature line I will ask him to tell me what he sees:



The only problem with Saddam's excecution is that many secrets will die with him.

I know that you like this group, buddy:





They Might Be Giants Narrow Your Eyes lyrics


I don't want to change your mind
I don't want to think about your mind
They say love is blind
I don't think you're blind
You don't want to understand
And I don't want to shake your father's hand
And walk in the sand
And act like a man
I get on the bus
And ride past our stop
And though I'm late
I can't get off
I just can't bear to tell you some lies
And narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
We'll take back every thing we said
Split up all the things and move ahead
Forgot how you said
We'll split the side off the bed
I get on my bike
Ride down our block
Ride through the world
Through the green lights
But when I think of all your advice
I narrow my eyes
narrow my eyes
I don't want to change your mind
I don't want to think about your mind
They say love is blind
I don't think you're blind
I get on the bus
Ride past our stop
And though I'm late
I can't get off
I just can't bear to tell you some lies
And narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Now let's toast the sad cold fact
Our love's never coming back
And we'll race to the bottom of a glass
So narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes

Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Another man done gone
Another man done gone

He had a long chain on . . .

I didn't know his name . . .

Cap'n don't know where . . .

That another man done gone

Another man done gone . . .

i'm sure many people in washington, past and present administrations included, are thankful for that fact

love the giants song

and speaking of secrets, they might be giants want to know the answer to this question

Where Do They Make Balloons?

Marmalade's from Scotland,
Rugs from Pakistan,
Mexico has jumping beans,
And Cars are from Japan.

Clowns are from the circus,
Barking comes from dogs,
Eggs come from a chicken,
And log cabins come from logs.

But where... where do they make balloons?
But where... where do they make balloons?

New York has tall buildings,
New Jersey has its malls,
Pisa has a leaning tower,
Will it ever fall?

The ocean has the fishes,
London has a tower,
In Holland they have windmills,
Lots of bikes, and pretty flowers.

But where... where do they make balloons?
But where... where do they make balloons?
Balloons?... balloons?... balloons?... balloons?

Spaghetti is from China
But Italians make it best.
Ants can make an anthill,
And monkeys make a mess.

Hungary isn't hungry,
And french fries aren't from France.
Turkey's aren't from Turkey,
They can't fly but they can dance.

But where... where do they make balloons?
But where... where do they make balloons?
But where... where do they make balloons?
But where... where do they make balloons?

Hey, Texas. That was a brief but powerful poem/song. Thanks, buddy.

dj, Where do they make balloons? Hmmmm. not in saloons nor ballrooms.

That just might be another question with no answer, Canada. Perhaps our Try can solve that riddle. <smile>

Well, it's that time for Letty, so for all of you here.....

Aqualung
Song: Good goodnight


You talk in your sleep
I hear you say
Beautiful things
I love you, I do
You know that I do.

The world is awake
But you don't hear
A sound that it makes
Asleep in dreams so deep.

Peace in your heart
Peace in your soul
Peace in your head
Good goodnight.

You're far from me now
But you'd be here
In the blink of an eye
If I spoke your name.

The morning will come
For you and I
Life will go on
But keep at least from now till then...

Peace in your heart
Peace in your soul
Peace in your head
Good goodnight.

Peace in your head
Good, Good, Good, goodnight.

You talk in your sleep.

You talk in your sleep.

Goodnight dear people.

From Letty with love

Bed Bed Bed

The day is done, the sun is down,
The curtains have been drawn,
And darkness has descended
Over everything in town.

The covers have been turned,
And I've got my pajamas on.
I've had my fun, I've stretched and yawned,
And all is said and done.

I'm going to bed.
Bed, bed, bed, bed, bed!

I've done so many things today,
There's nothing left to do.
I ate three meals, I rode my bike,
I hung out with my friends.

I did my chores, I watched TV,
I practiced the guitar.
I brushed my teeth, I read my book,
And then I sat around.

I'm going to bed.
Bed, bed, bed, bed, bed!

Oh, it's pointless staying up
For even twenty seconds more
When everything has happened
And there's nothing else in store.

The thing is now to lay my head down,
Close my eyes, and snore.
And so to bed directly I go....

The day is done, the sun is down,
The curtains have been drawn,
And darkness has descended
Over everything in town.

The covers have been turned,
And I've got my pajamas on.
I've had my fun, I've stretched and yawned,
And all is said and done.

I'm going to bed.
Bed, bed, bed, bed, bed!
Bed,...
bed, bed, bed, bed, bed!

I'm going to bed.
Bed, bed, bed, bed,
bed, bed, bed, bed, bed!

Good morning, WA2K fans.

An answer to our dj's bed song, and a gruesome reminder:

AWAKE! for Morning in the Bowl of Night
Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight:
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultan's Turret in a Noose of Light.

Bert Parks
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bert Parks (December 30, 1914 - February 2, 1992), an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, is best known as the longtime host (1955-1980) of the annual Miss America Pageant telecast.

Born Bert Jacobson in Atlanta, Georgia, Parks got his first broadcasting job at age sixteen, for Atlanta's WGST radio. He moved to New York when he was nineteen. He was hired as a singer and straight man on The Eddie Cantor Show before becoming a CBS radio staff announcer. Parks became the host of Break the Bank, which premiered on radio in 1945 and went on to television from 1948-1957, and Stop the Music on radio in 1948, and on television 1949-1952. Other game/quiz shows Parks hosted in the first decade and a half of television (the debut years are noted here) included The Big Payoff (1951), Balance Your Budget (1952), Double or Nothing (1952), Two in Love (1954), Giant Step (1956), Hold That Note (1957), County Fair (1958), Bid 'n' Buy (1958), Masquerade Party (which debuted in 1952 with Parks as a panelist until he became the show's host in 1958), and Yours For A Song (1961). He also had a daytime variety show with The Bert Parks Show (1950), a variety show. He hosted the Miss America telecast from 1955 until 1980.

Parks died of lung cancer at age 77.

Jo Van Fleet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Born: 30 December 1914
Oakland, California
Died: 10 June 1996
Queens, New York


Jo Van Fleet (b. December 30, 1914, Oakland, California - d. June 10, 1996, Jamaica, Queens, New York City) was an Academy Award-winning American theater and film actress.


Career

Van Fleet established herself as a notable dramatic actress on Broadway over several years, winning a Tony Award in 1954 for her skill in a difficult role, playing an unsympathetic, even abusive character, in Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful with Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint.

Her first film role, as the mother of the James Dean character in East of Eden (1955), brought her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Her subsequent film work was very sporadic, and included such films as The Rose Tattoo, I'll Cry Tomorrow (both 1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) and Cool Hand Luke (1967).

Van Fleet has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard.

Jack Lord
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Birth name John Joseph Patrick Ryan
Born December 30, 1920
New York, New York, USA
Died January 21, 1998


John Joseph Patrick Ryan (December 30, 1920 - January 21, 1998), best known by his stage name Jack Lord, was an American television, film, and Broadway actor. He was best known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord also appeared in several classic feature films, among them Man of the West (1958) starring Gary Cooper.

Early in his career, he met his wife, Marie, who gave up her own career to support him.

Jack Lord was the first actor to play the character of Felix Leiter in the James Bond film series, introduced in the first Bond film, Dr. No. However, the film producers did not ask Lord to reprise the role in later films, since they felt that having the same actor playing Leiter would upstage the dominance of Sean Connery as the leading man.

Lord's several Broadway credits include a performance in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Lord gained additional publicity for his paintings, one of which was formerly housed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jack Lord died of congestive heart failure at his home on 21 January 1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 77.

The producers of the 2000 Norm MacDonald comedy Screwed paid homage to Lord by making Danny DeVito's character Grover the zealous president of the "Jack Lord Fan Club". The film's focus on this topic included scenes from Hawaii Five-O being watched (and spoken word for word) by Grover.


Mini Biography

Jack Lord was the son of William Lawrence Ryan, steamship company executive. He learned his equestrian skills at his mother's fruit farm in the Hudson River Valley.

At age 15 he started spending summers at sea in the Merchant Marine, and from the deck of ships, painted and sketched the landscapes he encountered; Africa, Mediterranean, China. Education: New York school system, Trumbull Naval Academy, in New London, CT., graduating an Ensign with a Third Mates License.

On a football scholarship, New York University securing a degree in Fine Arts. Neighborhood Playhouse in New York, and the Actor's Studio. During World War II he served in the Merchant Navy. While making maritime training films during the Korean War he took to the idea of acting.


This is when he decided to attend the Neighborhood Playhouse, working as a Cadillac salesman in New York to fund his studies. Later, at the Actor's Studio, he studied with Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, and Marilyn Monroe.

His first work on Broadway was in, "Traveling Lady", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; followed by his first in Hollywood, "Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" with Gary Cooper.

Lord was also known for being a very cultured man who loved reading poetry out loud on the set of his TV show and as being somewhat reclusive at his Honolulu home. He met his son from his first marriage, who was killed in an accident when he was thirteen, only once as a baby.

Left an estate of $40 Million, all of which went to various charities upon his wife Marie's death. [1]


Trivia

Traci Lords derived her stage name from the last name of her favorite actor.
Jack Lord was considered for the role of Captain Kirk on Star Trek; the role ultimately went to William Shatner. Because Lord wanted to co-produce and have a percentage in ownership of the series, he was ultimately rejected by both Gene Roddenberry and Desilu Studios.
Jack Lord also appears in the lead role of John Frye in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's movie Story of a Patriot
Game show host Richard Dawson made fun of Jack Lord on the first episode of Family Feud when it debuted in 1976. His first line was "I haven't been this excited since I got the oil drilling rights to Jack Lord's hair!"
Originally, he wanted to be billed "Jack Ryan," but another actor had already registered that name with Actor's Equity. He wanted a short name that would fit on a movie marquee, so he became "Jack Lord" instead.
Dubbed "the Lord" (behind his back) by the cast and crew of Hawaii Five-O because of his imperious manner.
In his final years, suffered from Alzheimer's [2]

Ventura Highway

Chewing on a piece of grass
Walking down the road
Tell me, how long you gonna stay here, joe?
Some people say this town dont look good in snow
You dont care, I know

Ventura highway in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine
Youre gonna go I know

cause the free wind is blowin through your hair
And the days surround your daylight there
Seasons crying no despair
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

Did di di di dit ...

Wishin on a falling star
Waitin for the early train
Sorry boy, but Ive been hit by purple rain
Aw, come on, joe, you can always
Change your name
Thanks a lot, son, just the same

Ventura highway in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine
Youre gonna go I know

cause the free wind is blowin through your hair
And the days surround your daylight there
Seasons crying no despair
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

Did di di di dit ...

America

Barbara Nichols
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barbara Nichols (December 30, 1929 - October 5, 1976) was an actress who was something of a cross between a sex symbol and a character actress, a voluptous and attractive woman who usually played brassy secondary comic roles in a number of major films in the 1950s and 1960s.

Nichols was born Barbara Nickeraeur in Queens, New York. She began modeling for pinup magazines in the early-1950s and for a period worked as a stripper. In the mid-1950s she moved to Hollywood and began regularly appearing in second leads in a number of films including Miracle in the Rain (1956), A King and Four Queens (1956), The Naked and the Dead (1957), Pal Joey (1957), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), and That Kind of Woman (1958). Nichols was a very popular model in cheesecake magazines of the era and was considered a minor rival to Marilyn Monroe's throne as the era's sexiest blonde along with several other blonde bombshells including Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Cleo Moore, Diana Dors and Sheree North, although unlike the rest of them, Nichols rarely starred in films yet she had showy supporting roles in major films starring the likes of Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Sophia Loren, and Doris Day. One of her few starring roles was in the 1966 science fiction film The Human Duplicators.

Nichols was also a frequent guest star on many television series including The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables, and The Beverly Hillbillies. Her last film was 1976's Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood.

Barbara Nichols died October 5, 1976 of a liver ailment.

Del Shannon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Del Shannon (December 30, 1934 - February 8, 1990) (born Charles Weedon Westover in Coopersville, Michigan) was an American rock and roller who launched into fame with the No. 1 hit "Runaway" (1961). The song introduced the musitron, an early form of the synthesizer played by "Runaway" co-writer and keyboardist Max Crook.

Shannon followed with "Hats Off to Larry", another big hit, and the less popular "So Long, Baby", another song of breakup bitterness. "Little Town Flirt", released in 1962, reached #12 in 1963 as did the album of the same name. After these hits, Shannon was unable to keep his momentum in the US, but became a sensation in England. In 1963, he became the first American artist to record a cover version of a Beatles song with "From Me to You".

Shannon returned to the charts in 1964 with "Handy Man", "Do You Wanna Dance", "Keep Searchin'", and "Stranger in Town" (1965), the latter two songs themed about flight from pursuit in a dangerous world. A 1966 chart offering was Shannon's cover of the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb". In the late 1960s after a dry spell of hits, he turned to production. In 1969, he discovered a group called Smith and arranged their hit "Baby It's You". He then produced his friend Brian Hyland's million seller "Gypsy Woman" in 1970.

In the 1970s, Shannon's career slowed down greatly; the hates and fears he had turned into art in his earlier songs were turning into full-blown mental illness, and he was self-medicating with alcohol. He finally put the bottle down in 1978, and he was able to return to mainstream audiences with "Sea of Love" in the early 1980s from the album "Drop Down And Get Me", produced by Tom Petty.

In December, 1983, Shannon served as Grand Marshal of the Coopersville, Michigan, Christmas parade and also performed a benefit concert at Coopersville High School.

Shannon enjoyed a resurgence in audience interest after re-recording a portion of his song "Runaway" (with new lyrics) as the theme for the television program Crime Story. Producer Michael Mann felt that this was one of the definitive songs of the era in which the program was set. Some fans of the show prefer the sharper lyrics ("Some live, and others die") as an alternate to the original words.

In 1990, Shannon recorded a comeback album with Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, and was concurrently being considered to replace Roy Orbison in The Traveling Wilburys after Orbison's death. However, on February 8 of that year, Shannon fatally shot himself in the head with a .22 calibre rifle. His wife has expressed the opinion that his death might have been related to his recent use of the prescription drug Prozac. His final album was released after his death, titled "Rock On!".

Shannon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.


Del Shannon in Popular Culture

Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever album features a song called "Running Down a Dream" which mentions both Del Shannon and the song "Runaway."[1]
In the movie Born on the Fourth of July, Tom Cruise sings a parody of "Runaway" about the Vietnam War and mentions Del Shannon.
In the song "Over the Wall" by Echo and the Bunnymen, Ian McCulloch sings some of "Runaway", ad-libbing a bit, while Will Sergeant plays the vocal line on guitar.
The song "My little runaway" by the Stone Coyotes mentions both Del Shannon and the song "Runaway."
In the song "When you Dream" by the Barenaked Ladies, Del Shannon and "Runaway" are both mentioned.
The song Goodbye to You by Scandal replicates the musitron solo from "Runaway" for its own instrumental break.
In the music video for the Luis Cardenas cover of "Runaway," Del Shannon has a guest appearance as a cop.[2]
The song "Runaway" has appeared in the following movies:
Les Roseaux Sauvages (French Film, 1994)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Children of the Corn (1984)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Christine (1983)
Purple Haze (1983)
Yotzim Kavua (1979)
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
American Graffiti (1973)[3]
Running Scared (1980)
Other Del Shannon songs have been featured in the following movies:
Party, Party (1982) "Little Town Flirt" by Altered Images
Jennifer Eight (1992) "Handy Man"