WA2K Radio is now on the air

does that mean we won't be hearing the recording of Allen Ginsberg reading Howl on WA2K?

Nine Crimes

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what i do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you
It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And i've got no exuse

Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright?
If you dont shoot it how am i supposed to hold it
Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright
Is that alright with you?

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what i do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be cheating on you
It's the wrong time
but she's pulling me through
It's a small crime
And I've got no exuse

Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright?
If you dont shoot it how am i supposed to hold it
Is that alright?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright
Is that alright with you?

Is that alright?
Is that alright?
Is that alright with you?
Is that alright?
Is that alright?
Is that alright with you?

No...

Damien Rice

Turtles have fertile imaginations, so use it and think HOWL:




Though 'Howl' is Ginsberg's most famous poem, when a friend of mine asked him to sign a copy of it at a poetry reading he said, "This isn't my best work." When my friend asked what was his best work, he said, "Kaddish." Well, okay, Allen. I can't argue with that -- but I still like 'Howl.'

M.D. I'll bet every school kid in every school clambered to read that long and obscene poem after Ginsberg's obscenity trial.

Hey, Rex. Welcome back, Maine.

Unusual poem, and I may search out Damien Rice.

I have a wonderful suggestion, folks. Let's listen to a very sad song about love gone wrong.

Johnnie Fedora met Alice Bluebonnet
in the window of a department store.
'Twas love at first sight and they promised one night
they'd be sweethearts forever more.

Johnnie would serenade Alice,
too-ra-lay, too-ra-lye, too-ra-loo!
He sang of a beautiful palace,
of a beautiful hatbox for two

But Johnnie Fedora lost Alice Bluebonnet
to a patron of the department store.
Her beauty was sought by the girl she was bought by
for twenty-three ninety-four.

Johnnie, oh Johnnie!
Your Alice Bluebonnet
will always be waiting for you.
So don't give up hoping and don't give up dreaming
for true love will come smiling through.

Johnnie Fedora was lonely and stranded
in the window of the department store.
When lo and behold he was suddenly sold
and his heart became gay once more

Johnnie sang out like a robin,
too-ra-lay, too-ra-lye, too-ra-loo!
To strangers he'd come up a-bobbin'
"Oh! I thought you were someone I knew."

He looked for her uptown and 'cross town and downtown,
from the Brooklyn Bridge to the Jersey Shore.
It all seemed in vain, till he heard the refrain
of the song Alice sang of yore.

Johnnie, oh Johnnie!
Your Alice Bluebonnet
will always be waiting for you.
So don't give up hoping and don't give up dreaming
for true love will come smiling through.

Johnnie kept yearning, he kept on returning
to the window of the department store.
His voice became hushed, he was literally crushed,
and it started to rain and pour.

Each place he went he kept calling,
too-ra-lay, too-ra-lye, too-ra-loo!
His spirits kept falling and falling
for his Alice was nowhere in view.

But hey nonny nonny, an ice man found Johnnie
and he cut him to fit on his horse's ears.
'Twas done without malice for beside him was Alice
and they lived on for years and years.

You Johnnie Fedora's, you Alice Bluebonnet's,
whenever you find yourself blue.
You'll find it's June in December if you'll just remember
that true love will come smiling through.

That true love will come smiling through!

but weren't they reading it because of its redeeming social importance?

Well, I am certain that is what they told their parents, Turtle.

I have always believed, and still believe, that one should read, watch, and listen with their children. Explaining things is the best way to debunk the taboos that so many societies have used as a means of control rather than enlightenment.

And that, folks, is my op.ed. for the evening.

Thinking of this poem tonight:

Pennsylvania

I have been in Pennsylvania,
In the Monongahela and Hocking Valleys.

In the blue susquehanna
On a Saturday morning
I saw a mounted constabulary go by,
I saw boys playing marbles.
Spring and the hills laughed.

And in places
Along the Appalachian chain,
I saw steel arms handling coal and iron,
And I saw the white-cauliflower faces
Of miner's wives waiting for the men to come home from the day's work.

I made color studies in crimson and violet
Over the dust and domes of culm at sunset.

Carl Sandburg

That, folks, shall be my goodnight thought.

From Letty with love.

Good morning WA2K.

Remembering Jose Ferrer and Elvis today.



and wishing a Happy 83rd to Ron Moody (Center); 70th to Shirley Bassey and 65th to Yvette Mimieux.

Good morning, Raggedy. Odd, I was just looking for Shirley Bassey's discography since Walter had done her song for "Goldfinger". Thanks, PA, for the great collage of notables.

Ah, yes. Jose doing Cyrano. That was required reading in undergrad school along with Cervantes', "Don Quixote". More about that later, folks.

I don't think that there is a person on the planet who doesn't know Elvis, right?

Yvette is familiar to me, but can't recall any of her movies at the moment. That's why our hawkman's background is invaluable to us here.

Hmmm. Ron Moody I am not familiar with, but he does look like a Dickens character.

Well, let's dedicate a song to Mrs. hamburger since hbg said that she was all shook up. <smile>

Artist: Elvis Presley
Song: All Shook Up

A well I bless my soul
What's wrong with me?
I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

My hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck?
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

Please don't ask me what's on my mind
I'm a little mixed up, but I'm feelin' fine
When I'm near that girl that I love best
My heart beats so it scares me to death!

She touched my hand what a chill I got
Her lips are like a vulcano that's hot
I'm proud to say she's my buttercup
I'm in love
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

My tongue get tied when I try to speak
My insides shake like a leaf on a tree
There's only one cure for this body of mine
That's to have the girl that I love so fine!

word for the day: quixotic

Hello all ye folks on the world wide web.

Just wanted to tell you what a beautiful day it is here in Norway. Sun has set, even though the day is far from done, and now I'll gaze west at the comet flying by us these days.
I'll send it a thought, for it to deliver into the far reaches of space.

Have a nice day everyone!

Welcome back, Cyracuz. Has your brother gotten his pilot's license yet?

I never thought that I would see the day that I would do a snow dance, Norway, but when I look at the weather report on the ski resorts, I wonder about the warming of the globe; however, Denver, Colorado is digging out and trying to rescue survivors from two avalanches.

I really wanted to find lyrics from The Song of Norway based on Edvard Grieg's life, buddy, but all I could muster was a music clip from "Strange Music in my Ears." Sorry.

Does your comet have a tail?

The Tail of the Comet

By the tail of the comet he flew,
strewing stars about -
one, two, three then four
and more and more
scattered across the galaxy.

Actually that was thought as an announcement for the 70th birthday of Dame Shirley Bassey :wink:

Her version of "Something" matched The Beatles original by making Number 4 and was a couple of weeks in the charts than the original versiom:



Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me

I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me

Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

You're asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around now it may show
I don't know, I don't know

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me

Don't want to leave her now
You know I believe her now

The comet's name is McNaught, and the newspaper said that it will be visible in short periods just before sunrise, to the east, and shortly after, to the west.

And yes, my brother finished his licence. He bought a camara while in Florida, and when he came home we watched the video he had taped while high above the Florida coastline.

And about the global warming.

Here in Norway we drive our cars approximately half the year with spiked tyres, because snow and ice makes it neccesary. This season however, there hasn't been a single night with frost, and the roads have yet to freeze. This is strange, considering that the worst part of winter is over. So I'm still on my summer tyres, and I may not have to change this season.

All well and good, but also a little disturbing.

Unbelievable, Walter. You scooped Raggedy and the hawkman? That's quite a coup for you, Germany. Love that song, incidentally.

Well, folks, we have two representatives from abroad today. Perhaps things are beginning to come around full circle.

Jewel:

If you see me speak without words
Know that I am speaking of the wind
And if you see my words like wind
Know that soft tongues cut through stone
And if you see my tongue like stone
Know it's wisdom lies in silence
And if you see my wisdom in silence
Then with you I will always be

And if you doubt my true love is true
Just see how you have no mockings on your hands
And if you see you wear no chains
You are free like poor men
And if you see your freedom in being poor
Pleased you'll be with the treasure of your mind
And if you're pleased with the treasure of your mind
Then with you I will always be

And if you wonder how it is that I left
Just watch the sun set slip away
And as you watch that sun slip away
Know some things are better left unseen
And if you know things are better left unseen
Then night shall carry you in her arms
And if you see I carry you in my arms
Then with you I will always be
With you I will always be

In merry olde england in the year of 1649 lived the "Diggers"
This is one of their ballads.

In 1649
To St George's Hill
A ragged band they called the Diggers
Came to show the people' s will
They defied the landlords
They defied the laws
They were the dispossessed
Reclaiming what was theirs

We come in peace, they said
To dig and sow
We come to work the land in common
And to make the waste land grow
This earth divided
We will make whole
So it can be
A common treasury for all.

The sin of property
We do disdain
No one has any right to buy and sell
The earth for private gain
By theft and murder
They took the land
Now everywhere the walls
Rise up at their command.

They make the laws
To chain us well
The clergy dazzle us with heaven
Or they damn us into hell
We will not worship
The God they serve
The God of greed who feeds the rich
While poor men starve

We work, we eat together
We need no swords
We will not bow to masters
Or pay rent to the lords
We are free men
Though we are poor
You Diggers all stand up for glory

Stand up now
From the men of property
The orders came
They sent the hired men and troopers
To wipe out the Diggers' claim
Tear down their cottages
Destroy their corn
They were dispersed -
Only the vision lingers on

You poor take courage
You rich take care
The earth was made a common treasury
For everyone to share
All things in common
All people one
We come in peace
The order came to cut them down

Oops, missed your report, Cyracuz. What did that coastline resemble? Let's just hope it is the typical cycle of weather, folks.

Breaking news:

Bird deaths shut down downtown Austin By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press Writer
44 minutes ago



AUSTIN, Texas - Police shut down 10 blocks of businesses in the heart of downtown Austin early Monday after dozens of birds were found dead.


Emergency workers donned yellow hazardous-material suits, and dozens of fire trucks and ambulances were parked nearby, as they began testing for any sort of environmental contaminant or gas or chlorine leaks that might have cause the bird deaths.

There were no reports of any humans harmed, but a 10-block stretch of the main north-south route through downtown, several side streets and all buildings in the area were blocked off and expected to remain off-limits until about noon, said police spokeswoman Toni Chovanetz.

And the rest of the story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070108/ap_on_re_us/austin_shutdown

Well, cowboy, I am not familiar with The Diggers of which you speak, but the lyrics to that song say it rather well. Thank you, dys.

Here we go.............

Make It Snow
By Derrell Syria
Performed by Conga Se Menne
On the album, Living Inna Northern Paradise.
Copyright 2001 Porky Pine Records.

Make it snow, make it snow.
Come on, Heikki Lunta, do a little dance in the ten below.
Miss La Niña, let the cold wind blow.
Together with Heikki Lunta, lay down a blanket white with snow.

Firelight fishing chanting for winter.
Come on, Heikki, ready to go.
Time to scrape the frost off the window.

Make it snow, make it snow.
Come on, Heikki Lunta, do a little dance in the ten below.
Miss La Niña, let the cold wind blow.
Together with Heikki Lunta, lay down a blanket white with snow.

Making an angel, building a snowman.
There's a blizzard no school today.
Snowflakes are falling, taking a sleigh ride.

Make it snow, make it snow.
Come on, Heikki Lunta, do a little dance in the ten below.
Miss La Niña, let the cold wind blow.
Together with Heikki Lunta, lay down a blanket white with snow.

Make it snow, Heikki Lunta.

Am I late?

José Ferrer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Born 8 January 1909
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Died 26 January 1992
Coral Gables, Florida, USA

José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1909 - January 26, 1992), was an actor and film director, born in the Santurce district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was a 1933 graduate of Princeton University, where he wrote a senior thesis titled French Naturalism and Pardo Bazán.




Career

Ferrer first became famous on Broadway in 1935. In 1940, he played his first starring role on Broadway, the title role in Charley's Aunt - part of it in drag. But his next triumph was even greater, as Iago in the famous 1943 Broadway production of Othello, starring Paul Robeson in the title role. It became the longest-running production of a Shakespeare play ever staged in the U.S., a record it still holds. Then, in 1946, came his greatest stage triumph, the title role in Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac, a performance which won him a Tony award, and which he would repeat throughout his career, always winning acclaim for it.

Ferrer made his film debut with Ingrid Bergman in Joan of Arc in 1948, for which he received his first Academy Award nomination, for "Best Supporting Actor". In 1950 Ferrer won an Academy Award as "Best Actor" for his portrayal of Cyrano de Bergerac in the 1950 film Cyrano de Bergerac.

In 1952 Ferrer won three Tony Awards for directing three plays during the same season (The Shrike, Stalag 17, The Fourposter) and earned another Tony for also acting in The Shrike.


Also in 1952, Ferrer portrayed French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in John Huston's Moulin Rouge (Oscar nominated). He appeared in 1953's Miss Sadie Thompson opposite Rita Hayworth, in 1954's The Caine Mutiny and the MGM musical Deep in My Heart. In 1955 Ferrer directed himself in the film version of The Shrike. The Cockleshell Heroes followed a year later, along with The Great Man, both of which he also directed. In 1958 Ferrer directed and appeared in I Accuse! and The High Cost of Loving. Ferrer also directed, but did not appear in, Return to Peyton Place in 1961 and also the re-make of State Fair in 1962.

In 1959 Ferrer directed the original stage production of Saul Levitt's The Andersonville Trial, about the trial following the revelation of conditions at the infamous Civil War prison. It was a hit and featured George C. Scott in one of his most notable early roles. And he took over direction of the troubled musical Juno from Vincent J. Donahue, who had himself taken over from Tony Richardson. The show folded after 16 performances and mixed-to extremely negative critical reaction. In retrospect, much of Juno was very well done, especially the score by Marc Blitzstein and the choreography by Agnes de Mille, but the show's commercial failure (along with his earlier flop, Oh, Captain!), was a considerable setback to Ferrer's directing career. He would return to the stage every so often, however, and the most notable stage performance of his later career was in the dual role of Miguel de Cervantes and his fictional creation Don Quixote, in the hit musical Man of La Mancha. Ferrer took over the role from Richard Kiley in 1967, and subsequently went on tour with it in the first national company of the show.

Ferrer's other notable films include Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 (he considered this to be his finest film performance), The Greatest Story Ever Told in 1965, Ship of Fools also in 1965, Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy in 1982, and Dune in 1984.

In 1980 he had a memorable role as Justice Abe Fortas in the made-for-television film version of Anthony Lewis's Gideon's Trumpet.

Ferrer had a recurring role as Julia Duffy's insanely wealthy WASPy father on the popular Newhart television sitcom in the U.S. in the 1980s. He also had a memorable recurring role as elegant and flamboyant attorney Reuben Marino on the soap opera Another World in the early 1980s.

He also provided the voice of the evil Ben Haramed on the 1968 Rankin/Bass Christmas TV special "The Little Drummer Boy".


Family

Ferrer had five children with singer-actress Rosemary Clooney: Miguel was born in 1955, Maria in 1956, Gabriel in 1957, Monsita in 1958, and Rafael in 1960. Clooney was Ferrer's third wife. The two were married in 1953, divorced in 1961, and remarried in 1964, only to be divorced again in 1967. Ferrer had previously been married to famed actress and acting teacher Uta Hagen (1938-1948), by whom he had a daughter, Leticia (Lettie), and actress Phyllis Hill (1948-1953). At the time of his death, Ferrer was married to Stella Magee, whom he married in the late sixties.

Ferrer was the uncle of actor George Clooney and the father-in-law of singer Debby Boone. José Ferrer died following a brief battle with colon cancer in Coral Gables, Florida at the age of 83.

Ron Moody
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ronald Moodnick, known as Ron Moody (born January 8, 1924) is a British actor.


Life and work

Born in London, he has worked in a variety of genres, but is perhaps best known for his starring role as the villainous Fagin in the musical Oliver!, based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. He created the role in the original West End production, and reprised it on Broadway and in the 1968 film version, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He has appeared in several children's television series, including The Animals of Farthing Wood, Noah's Island, Telebugs, and the Discworld series.

Moody played French entertainer and mime artist The Great Orlando in the 1963 Cliff Richard film Summer Holiday.

In 1969, he was offered, but declined, the lead role in Doctor Who, following the departure of Patrick Troughton from the part. He played Edwin Caldecott, an old nemesis of Jim Branning in EastEnders. In 2005, he acted in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play Other Lives, playing the Duke of Wellington.

A bachelor for sixty-one years, Moody married yoga instructor Therese Blackbourn in 1985. They are the parents of six children, the youngest born when Moody was seventy-three.

He is also the cousin of the Coronation Street director, Laurence Moody.