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Talk about strange, folks. I just saw a puppy turn into a hawk. More
prestidigitation!

Poof

Thanks, Raggedy. Now we know that West Virginia ain't all bad.

Didn't Dianne Weist star in the movie, Lost Boys?

Another strange song, folks.

Doors - People Are Strange Lyrics

People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
When you're strange
When you're strange

please forgive me for taking up a lot of space for a "little" song !
i have an old tape with the five little moes performing this "song"
and it's also on a cd-set with pearl bailey and moms mabley performing it at the apollo theatre - either way , great fun to listen to .
hbg

hey, hbg. Taking up space, Canada? That's what our little cyber radio station is all about. Like your Moe song, and love Pearl Bailey, of course. Wasn't Moms Mabely always bragging about being antediluvian?

Before I do a song by Louis, folks. Check out this link. Fabulous!

http://ccet.louisiana.edu/Cajun_and_Creole_Hour/Cajun_and_Creole_Links.html

Do you know what it means to miss new orleans
And miss it each night and day
I know Im not wrong... this feelings gettin stronger
The longer, I stay away
Miss them moss covered vines...the tall sugar pines
Where mockin birds used to sing
And Id like to see that lazy mississippi...hurryin into spring

The moonlight on the bayou.......a creole tune.... that fills the air
I dream... about magnolias in bloom......and Im wishin I was there

Do you know what it means to miss new orleans
When thats where you left your heart
And theres one thing more...i miss the one I care for
More than I miss new orleans

(instrumental break)

The moonlight on the bayou.......a creole tune.... that fills the air
I dream... about magnolias in bloom......and Im wishin I was there

Do you know what it means to miss new orleans
When thats where you left your heart
And theres one thing more...i miss the one I care for
More.....more than I miss.......new orleans

Jackie "Moms" Mabley (1894-1975) was born Loretta Mary Aiken and changed her name after her brother was embarrased to have a sister in show business.



..THE ONE AND ONLY : MOMS MABLEY...

Great, hamburger. Thanks for the reminder. Shhhhh, Moms, we won't tell nobody. Well, we might tell JL.

Authenic Cajun music is difficult to find, folks, but here is one that we have done before, I think.

Jolie Blonde.

In French:
Jolie blonde, regardez donc quoi t'as fait,
Tu m'as quitte pour t'en aller,
Pour T'en aller avec un autre, oui, que moi,
Quel espoir et quel avenir, mais, moi, je vais avoir?

Jolie blonde, tu m'as laisse, moi tout seul,
Pour t'en aller chez ta famille.
Si t'aurais pas ecoute tos les conseils de les autres
tu serait ici-t-avec moi aujourd 'hui

Jolie blonde, tu croyais il y avait just toi,
Il y a pas just toi dans le pays pour moi aimer.
Je peux trouver just une autre jolie blonde,
Bon Dieu sait, moi, j'ai un tas.

In English
Pretty blond, look at what you've done,
You left me to go away,
to go away with another, yes, than me,
What hope and what future am I going to have?

Pretty blond, you've left me all alone
To go back to your family.
If you had not listened to all the advice of the others
You would be here with me today.

Pretty blond, you thought there as just you,
There is not just you in the land to love me.
I can find another pretty blond,
Good God knows, I have a lot.

Shopping For Clothes
The Coasters

I was shopping for a suit the other day
And walked into the department store
I stepped on the elevator and told the girl
"Dry goods floor"

When I got off I saw a salesman was coming to me
He said "Now, what can I do for you"
I said "Well go in there and show me all the sport's clothes
Like you're supposed to"

He said, "Well, sure, come on in buddy
Dig these fabrics we got laid out on the shelf"
He said "Pick yourself out one
Try it on, stand in the mirror and dig yourself"

Ohhhhhh...That suit's pure herringbone
Ohhhhhh...Yeah, that's a suit I'd like to own
Ohhhhhh...Buddy, that suit is you
Ohhhhhh...Yeah, I believe it too

I see for the business man you feature the natural shoulder
That retail, wholesale indeed
It's got the custom cuffs and the walking short
He said "And I'm gonna let you have at a steal"

And for the playboy you have the latest in tweed
With the cut-away flap over twice
It's a box-back, two button western model
He said, "Now ain't that nice"

Ohhhhhh...Them buttons are solid gold
Ohhhhhh...You made a deal, sold
Ohhhhhh...That collar's pure camel hair
Ohhhhhh...Well, you can just set it down right in that chair

(Sax interlude)

Now you go back there and you get that paper and let me sign on the dotted line
And I'll make sure I get all my payments in right on time
Hey wait a minute buddy, let me go back there and do a little checking on you
Then the man come back, he said "I'm sorry my man but your credit didn't go through"
Why, what you mean

Ohhhhhh...Ain't this a shame
Ohhhhhh...My heart's in pain
Ohhhhhh...Pure, pure herringbone
Ohhhhhh...That's a suit you'll never own
Oh, Lord have mercy

Well, folks, we've run the gamut this evening, and now edgar has brought us back to The Coasters.

And from one who lives on the Florida coast, we'll send this one to everyone in cyber land:


Yakity yak
Don't talk back

Just finish cleaning up your room
Let's see that dustpan with that broom
Get all that garbage out of sight
Or you don't go out Friday night

Yakity Yak
Don't talk back

You just put on your coat and hat
And walk yourself to the laundromat
And when you finish doing that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat

Yakity yak
Don't talk back

Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip he knows what cooks
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain't got time to take a ride

Yakity yak
Don't talk back

Yakity yak, Yakity yak (til fade)

Good Grief

They also did Charley Brown.

Quote of the day (again)

Where is everybody?

Enrico Fermi.

Fermi was, of course, talking about et's, but after staying up half the night watching Medium, I was inspired to seek out this poem.

The Daemon Lover.


'O where have you been, my long, long love,
This long seven years and mair?'
'O I'm come to seek my former vows
Ye granted me before.'

'O hold your tongue of your former vows,
For they will breed sad strife;
O hold your tongue of your former vows,
For I am become a wife.'

He turned him right and round about,
And the tear blinded his ee:
'I wad never hae trodden on Irish ground,
If it had not been for thee.

'I might hae had a king's daughter,
Far, far beyond the sea;
I might have had a king's daughter,
Had it not been for love o thee.'

'If ye might have had a king's daughter,
Yer sel ye had to blame;
Ye might have taken the king's daughter,
For ye kend that I was nane.

'If I was to leave my husband dear,
Ans my two babes also,
O what have you to take me to,
If with you I should go?'

'I hae seven ships upon the sea-
The eighth brought me to land-
With four-and-twenty bold mariners,
And music on every hand.'

She has taken up her two little babes,
Kissd them baith cheeks and chin:
'O fair ye weel, my ain two babes,
For I'll never see you again.'

She set her foot upon the ship,
No mariners could she behold;
But the sails were o the taffetie,
And the masts o the beaten gold.

She had not sailed a league, a league,
A league but barely three,
When dismal drew his countenance,
And drumlie grew his ee.

They had not saild a league, a league
A league but barely three,
Until she espied his cloven foot,
And she wept right bitterlie.

'O hold your tongue of your weeping,' says he,
'Of your weeping now let me be;
I will shew you how the lilies grow
On the banks of Italy.'

'O what hills are yon, yon pleasant hills,
That the sun shines sweetly on?'
'O yon are the hills of heaven,' he said,
'Where you will never win.'

'O whaten a mountain is yon,' she said,
'All so dreary wi frost and snow?'
'O yon is the mountain of hell,' he cries,
'Where you and I will go.'

He strack up the tap-mast wi his hand,
The fore-mast wi his knee,
And he brake that gallant ship in twain,
And sank her in the sea.

Arthur O'Connell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arthur O'Connell (March 29, 1908 - May 18, 1981) was an American actor.

He was born in New York City and first appeared on the stage in the 1930s. He appeared in films (starting with a small role in Citizen Kane) and television programs (mostly guest appearances). Among his screen appearances were Picnic, Anatomy of a Murder, and as the watch-maker who hides Jews during WWII in The Hiding Place. His last appearances were in commercials, known primarily as the friendly pharmacist who was a spokesperson for Crest toothpaste. .

He died in California of Alzheimer's disease.

Pearl Bailey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Birth name Pearl Mae Bailey
Born March 29, 1918
Southampton County, Virginia, USA
Died August 17, 1990 (aged 72)
Philadelphia County,PA
Spouse(s) Louie Bellson (1952-1990)
Official site www.peaelbailey.com

Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 - August 17, 1990) was an American singer and actress. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946.[1] She won a Tony Award for the title role in Hello, Dolly! in 1968. Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.

She was born in Southampton County, Virginia, to Rev. Joseph & Ella Mae Bailey. In 1954, she took the role of Frankie in the film version of Carmen Jones, and her rendition of "Beat Out That Rhythm on the Drum" is one of the highlights of the film. She also starred in the Broadway musical House of Flowers. In 1959, she played the role of Maria in the film version of Porgy and Bess, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge. Also that year she played the role of "Aunt Hagar" in the movie St. Louis Blues alongside Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, and Nat King Cole. During the 1970s she had her own television show, and she also provided voices for animations such as Tubby the Tuba (1976) and Disney's The Fox and the Hound (1981). Later in life, she earned a B.A. in Theology from Georgetown University in Washington, DC in 1985.

Later in her career, Bailey was a fixture as a spokesperson in a series of Duncan Hines commercials.

Bailey took part in a campaign ad for President Gerald Ford in the 1976 election.

She was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom on October 17, 1988.

She was married to jazz drummer Louie Bellson.

Pearl Bailey died from heart failure in 1990 at the age of 72.

Christopher Lambert
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Birth name Christophe Guy Denis Lambert
Born March 29, 1957 (age 50)
Great Neck, New York, United States
Spouse(s) Jaimyse Haft (February 6, 1999 - present)
Diane Lane (October 1988 - March 1994) (divorced) 1 daughter
Official site Christopher Lambert website

Christopher Lambert (born March 29, 1957 as Christophe Guy Denis Lambert) is an American-born French actor. He is best-known for his role as Connor MacLeod in the movie Highlander. He is best known in France and French-speaking countries as Christophe Lambert.




Biography

Early life

Lambert was born in Great Neck, New York. His father was a French diplomat in the United Nations. Lambert grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, where his family moved when he was two, before returning to Paris when he was 16. There Lambert was accepted to the acting program at the Paris Conservatoire. His feature acting debut was in the 1980 film The Telephone Bar.


Career

Director Hugh Hudson cast him in the title role of Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). With Highlander (1986), starring as Connor MacLeod, Lambert received public attention. It is by far his most famous role. He appeared in all three sequels and had a cameo appearance in the pilot of the television series.


Private life

Lambert was married to Diane Lane from 1988 to 1994. Their child, Eleanor Jasmine, was born on September 5, 1993.

After dating Alba Parietti in 1996, he married Jaimyse Haft in February 1999.

Lucy Lawless
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Birth name Lucille Frances Ryan
Born March 29, 1968 (age 39)
Mount Albert, New Zealand
Official site Official website of Lucy Lawless
Notable roles Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess), Number Three

Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Mount Albert) is a New Zealand actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001.

Lucy Lawless was the fifth of seven children born to Frank and Julie Ryan. She has five brothers and one sister. Lucy began acting in secondary school. At Auckland University, she studied foreign languages for a year. She dropped out and left for Europe with her boyfriend, Garth Lawless, to travel in Germany and Switzerland. The couple then moved to Australia, where Lucy worked briefly as a gold miner.

At 19, Lucy became pregnant. In 1988, Lucy and Garth married in Kalgoorlie, Australia. They returned to New Zealand and had a daughter, Daisy Lawless (born July 15, 1988). The couple divorced in 1995. Lawless married Xena executive producer, Robert G. Tapert, on March 28, 1998. Lawless and Tapert have two sons: Julius Robert Bay Tapert (born October 16, 1999) and Judah Miro Tapert (born May 7, 2002), both born in Auckland, New Zealand.


Filmography

Lawless had a guest role in New Zealand TV series Shark in the Park (1990), around the same time as future Xena actor Karl Urban.

In 1994, Lawless appeared in Hercules and the Amazon Women, the pilot film for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. In the episode, she played a man-hating Amazon named Lysia. Her key role was given to her when she was asked to play a villainous warrior woman named Xena in an episode entitled "The Warrior Princess" which aired in March 1995. Vanessa Angel had originally been cast in the role, but fell ill and was unable to travel to New Zealand for shooting. To differentiate between Xena and the similar Lysia, Lawless' hair was dyed dark brown. Xena subsequently returned in two more episodes of Hercules' first season.

Xena underwent a change of heart over the course of her several Hercules episodes, and decided to devote her life to fighting for good to make up for her past misdeeds. The character was popular enough that a spin-off series was created for her. Xena: Warrior Princess debuted on 4 September 1995 (although Lawless appeared as yet another character, Lyla, in an episode of Hercules entitled "Outcast" that aired a month after Xena' debuted).

Xena, like its parent program, was a hit, lasting six seasons, and Lawless became an international celebrity. She even appeared as a super-powered version of herself on The Simpsons, though she spoke with an American accent, as she did when hosting Saturday Night Live in 1998, rather than her native New Zealander accent.


Her role as Xena has made her an international celebrity.In 1997, Lawless was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People magazine. Days earlier on 6 May 1997, Lawless suffered a wardrobe malfunction and inadvertently exposed one of her breasts as she concluded a performance of the US national anthem at an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, California between the Mighty Ducks and Detroit Red Wings [1]. Lawless was quoted in Newsweek as saying "I was mortified. . . . It was quite a bit more exposure than I want".

Lawless has since appeared onstage in the Vagina Monologues, and as a television guest star in episodes of The X-Files, Just Shoot Me!, The Bernie Mac Show, Two and a Half Men, and Veronica Mars. She was also featured in the short-lived television series Tarzan. Lawless has made cameo appearances in the movies EuroTrip, Spider-Man, and the horror film Boogeyman. She returned to television to battle bugs in the TV movie Locusts! and its sequel Vampire Bats.

From 2005 to 2007, Lawless has had a recurring role in the television series Battlestar Galactica. She portrays D'Anna Biers, a reporter with the Fleet News Service who works on a critical documentary about the crew of the Galactica and is later revealed to be a Cylon (Number Three). In 2007, she is slated to star in the new ABC TV series Football Wives - a remake of the ITV drama Footballers' Wives which ran for five years. Instead of soccer players, this series will be about the wives of professional American football players.[1]

Lawless has a cult following in the lesbian community, largely because of her role as Xena and Xena's ambiguous relationship with travelling companion Gabrielle.[2] Although Lawless is heterosexual, she appreciates her gay and lesbian fans and has appeared at gay pride events such as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.[3] In a 2003 interview with Lesbian News magazine, she said that she had come to see Xena and Gabrielle's relationship as gay after viewing the series finale, though she has also stated on several occasions that she was undecided on the nature of the relationship whilst playing the role.[4]

Lawless competed as one of the celebrity singers on the reality TV show Celebrity Duets, which premiered August 29, 2006, on the U.S. Fox channel. She finished runner-up to Alfonso Ribeiro.


Singing Career

Since her ground-breaking role as Xena, Lawless has pursued a new career in singing. She made her onstage debut at the Roxy in Hollywood on January 13, 2007. Lawless was welcomed by a sold out crowd of adoring fans for back-to-back concerts. She released her first CD, entitled "Come 2 Me", and featuring a duet with RuPaul.

Lawless has since scheduled three concerts in New York, spanning from May 31 to June 2, 2007.


Lawless moon

Lucy Lawless has also been referenced in astronomy. Astronomer Mike Brown nicknamed the newly discovered dwarf planet Eris "Xena", finding this name more convenient to use than the then-official designation "2003 UB313". When this object was determined to be larger than Pluto, it gained international attention and forced a year-long debate among astronomers as to the definition of planet.

The planet's nickname "Xena" was widely used in the press. So popular did the name become that, when the New Scientist magazine polled the public on their preferred final name for the tenth planet, "Xena" ranked no. 4. [5]. Lawless rang Mike Brown in December 2005 to thank him for his "senseless act of beauty," and claimed that she "never dared hope [the name] would stick." [6].

Although planet "Xena" is now officially known as "Eris", Brown made an indirect tribute to Lawless by naming Eris's moon Dysnomia after the Greek goddess of lawlessness. [7]

Bill to Regulate the Hunting and Harvesting of Attorneys PC 370.00


370.01 Any person with a valid in-state rodent or snake hunting license
may also hunt and harvest attorneys for recreational and sport
(non-commercial) purposes.

370.02 Taking of attorneys with traps or dead-falls is permitted. The
use of United States currency as bait, however, is prohibited.

370.03 The willful killing of attorneys with a motor vehicle is
prohibited, unless such vehicle is an ambulance being driven in reverse.
If an attorney is accidentally struck by a motor vehicle, the dead
attorney should be removed to the roadside, and the vehicle should
proceed immediately to the nearest car wash.

370.04 It is unlawful to chase, herd or harvest attorneys from a power
boat, helicopter or aircraft.

370.05 It is unlawful to shout, "WHIPLASH", "AMBULANCE", or "FREE
SCOTCH" for the purposes of trapping attorneys.

370.06 It is unlawful to hunt attorneys within 100 yards of BMW,
Mercedes or Porsche dealerships, except on Wednesday afternoon.

370.07 It is unlawful to hunt attorneys within 200 yards of courtrooms,
law libraries, health clubs, country clubs, hospitals or brothels.

370.08 If an attorney gains elective office, it is not necessary to have
a license to hunt, trap or possess the same.

370.09 It is unlawful for a hunter to wear a disguise as a reporter,
accident victim, physician, chiropractor or tax accountant for the
purpose of hunting attorneys.

370.10 Bag and Possession Limits per day:
Yellow-bellied sidewinders, 2;
Two-faced tortfeasors, 1;
Back-stabbing divorce litigators, 3;
Horn-rimmed cut-throats, 2;
Minutiae-advocating dirtbags, 4.
Honest attorneys protected (Endangered Species Act).

ARS 8007.21 It is illegal to take attorneys with a moving vehicle unless
there are no measurable skid marks at the kill site.

Well, Thank goodness, folks, our hawk is back in his proper nest.

Thanks, BioBob. We always miss your celeb reviews. We see our man in Boston has come up with some good lawyer jokes again.

I especially like the endangered species comment, buddy.

Until our pup pads in with her famous faces, here is one by Pearl.

Artist: Pearl Bailey
Song: Best of Friends

When you're the best of friends
Having so much fun together
You're not even aware, you're such a funny pair
You're the best of friends

Life's a happy game
You could clown around forever
Neither one of you sees, your natural boundaries
Life's one happy game

If only the world wouldn't get in the way
If only people would just let you play
They say you're both being fools
You're breaking all the rules
They can't understand, the magic of your wonderland
Hu-hu-hu

When you're the best of friends
Sharing all that you discover
When that moment has past, will that friendship last?
Who can say? There's a way!
Oh I hope... I hope it never ends
'Cause you're the best of friends

Well I'll try to fill the gap with a Boston media observation. Today's Boston Herald page 1 image has a picture of sagging baggy pants. The governor hopes to eliminate these and other manifestations with a take charge challenge to parents. By the time you reach page 7 you reach what is obviously a subordinate story regarding the MBTA transit authority suddenly discovering they are 19 billion dollars in debt. Don't know why people would be interested in that. Seems to me they are only emulating the wonderful leadership of our beloved president.

just poppin in for a second cause we're approaching the mighty 3,000 post mark...at this rate a majority of the hamsters will be assigned to pulling this thread to the next milestone.
Congrats letty, your station just keeps spreading good cheer

Padding in with some pictures and best wishes for a good day to all.

Well, hawkman, are you surprised then? You know, birds in hand and Bush's trillions.

My goodness, there's our panz. Great seeing you back, West Palm. You need to tell us about your concert, and this is supposed to be everyone's radio, but thanks, honey.

Hope edgar and Eva are okay.

Tornado swarm kills 4 in 3 states By ROCHELLE HINES, Associated Press Writer
30 minutes ago



OKLAHOMA CITY - A tornado as wide as two football fields carved a devastating path through an eastern Colorado town as a massive spring storm swept from the Rockies into the Plains, killing at least four people in three states.



An Oklahoma couple died when their home was blown to pieces late Wednesday, a woman died after the Colorado twister hit, and a Texas man was found dead in the debris of his tangled trailer.

The massive storm system stretched from South Dakota to Texas on Thursday morning, threatening flash flooding in central Nebraska and Kansas and more severe weather farther south. Winter storm warnings were still posted for most of Wyoming, where heavy snow was blamed for pileups on the interstates, forecasters said.

Oops, there's our quiet padder. Hey, PA. Wonderful photo's. Let's see, folks.

We're looking at Arthur, Pearl, Christopher, and Lucy,

Might as well do a Queen song then.

Princes of the Universe

Here we are, born to be kings,
We're the princes of the universe.

Here we belong, fighting to survive
In a world with the darkest powers.

And here we are, we're the princes of the universe
Here we belong, fighting for survival
We've come to be the rulers of your world.

I am immortal, I have inside me blood of kings.
I have no rival, no man can be my equal
Take me to the future of your world.

Born to be kings, princes of the universe
Fighting and free, got your world in my hand
I'm here for your love and I'll make my stand
We were born to be princes of the universe.

No man could understand. My power is in your hand
Ooh, ooh, ooh, people talk about you.
People say you've had your day.
I'm a man that will go far.

Fly the moon and reach for the stars
With my sword and head held high
Got to pass the test first time-yeah
I know that people talk about me. I hear it every day.
But I can prove you wrong 'cause I'm right first time.
Yeah yeah alright watch this man fly, bring on the girls

Here we are. Born to be kings,
We're the princes of the universe.

Here we belong. Born to be kings,
Princes of the universe. Fighting and free
Got the world in my hands
I'm here for your love and I'll make my stand.
We were born to be princes of the universe.

greting from lake ontario on a wonderful and sunny afternoon ... going into the garden for some "spring-maintanance" ... really just walking around looking at the springflowers while carrying a rake
hbg