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Oops, missed you, hbg. Hey, buddy, I recall when that song was banned from the airwaves. How silly can we get, right?

You need to watch O Brother Where Art Thou. That movie tells all about the depression and the setting events, but in a very funny way, most of the time.

Speaking of movies, listeners. I watched a great one called The Illusionist. What a surprise the ending was.

UhOh. I just saw edgar's obit announcement. Back in a bit to acknowledge.

Joey Bishop, the deadpan comedian who was ABC's answer to NBC's late-night talk show king Johnny Carson in the late 1960s and was the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's legendary Rat Pack, has died. He was 89.

Bishop, who had been in failing health for some time, died Wednesday night at his home in Newport Beach, according to his longtime friend, publicist Warren Cowan.


Time magazine referred to Bishop as that swinging, fun-loving group's "top banana."

Jack Benny called him "one of the funniest men I've ever seen."

And Danny Thomas was so impressed with Bishop, he had a weekly situation comedy built around him, which Thomas' production company sold to NBC. .

For four years -- from 1961 to '65, first on NBC and then CBS -- Bishop starred in the "The Joey Bishop Show," whose character, Joey Barnes, was changed from a low-level public relations man living with his mother the first season to being a married, late-night talk show host.

It was a fitting fictional occupation for the quick-witted Bishop, who had become nationally known in the late '50s for his regular late-night appearances on "The Jack Paar Show." (Paar once likened Bishop's dour demeanor to that of "an untipped waiter.")

Bishop frequently filled in as host for Paar and later for Carson. In 1967, ABC signed him to host his own 90-minute late-night talk-fest.

"The Joey Bishop Show," with Regis Philbin as Bishop's announcer-sidekick, ran for 2 1/2 years.

"It was the thrill of my life to be chosen by Joey as the announcer for his talk show," Philbin said in a statement to The Times on Thursday. "I learned a lot about the business of making people laugh. He was a master comedian and a great teacher, and I will never forget those days or him."

In November 1969, with "The Joey Bishop Show" third in the ratings behind Carson and Merv Griffin's new late-night talk show on CBS, ABC told Bishop it was canceling his show at the end of December.

A day later, Bishop shocked his Hollywood studio audience during his opening monologue by saying that he and the network had decided to end the show. After praising his staff, he announced that he was going home to have dinner with his wife. Then he walked off the stage, leaving Philbin to preside over the remainder of that night's show.

"It didn't bother me a bit," Bishop said of his show's cancellation during a 1998 interview with The Times. "I don't consider success doing a show for 30 years; I'm sorry. To me, you're successful when you graduate from something. I did a series, I did a talk show, I did movies, I replaced Mickey Rooney [on Broadway] in 'Sugar Babies.' You understand?"

In his 2002 biography of Bishop, "Mouse in the Rat Pack: The Joey Bishop Story," New York Post TV columnist Michael Seth Starr painted a picture of a perfectionist who "clashed with his writers, producers, directors and co-stars" on his TV series, among others -- a man who in general could be charming one minute and prickly the next.

"He was very demanding, and I think a lot of that came from the fact he had to work his way up, playing clubs," Starr told The Times a few years ago. "He really went through the school of hard knocks."

Born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb in the Bronx on Feb. 3, 1918, Bishop was the youngest of five children of Jewish immigrant parents from central Europe. When Joey was still an infant, his family moved to South Philadelphia, where his mechanic father opened a bicycle shop.

While growing up, Bishop learned to tap dance, do imitations and play the banjo and mandolin. At 18, he dropped out of high school to pursue a career in show business.

In time, he teamed up with two pals in a zany comedy act. They called themselves the Bishop Brothers.

Bishop went solo in 1941, the same year he married his wife, Sylvia. He honed his quick wit and flair for ad-libbing in a Cleveland club for nine months before being drafted into the Army in 1942.

Wow! edgar. You are one great reporter. We all recall that torrid beach scene in from Here to Eternity.



Yep, folks, old blue eyes won best supporting actor in that movie, and isn't it strange that the last of the rat pack died as well. (strange things happen in this world) Thanks again, Texas.

Here is the theme song from the movie

You vowed your love
From here to eternity
A love so true,
It never would die

You gave your lips
Gave them so willingly
How could I know
Your kiss meant goodbye?

Now I'm alone
With only a memory
My empty arms
Will never know why...

Though you are gone
This love that you left with me
Will live from here to eternity.

Now I'm alone
With only a memory
My empty arms
Will never know why...

Though you are gone
This love that you left with me
Will live...
From here to eternity.
From Here To Eternity

The Beatles - Here, There And Everywhere

To lead a better life I need my love to be here...

Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there

There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there

I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share

Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there

I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share

Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there

To be there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere

Yes, edgar, "here there and everywhere".

and so it goes, all. Somehow this came to mind, and I felt the balance between the secular and the spiritual.

Cole Porter

You'd be so nice to come home to
You'd be so nice by the fire
While the breeze on high sang a lullaby
You'd be all that I could desire
Under stars chilled by the winter
Under an August moon burning above
You'd be so nice, you'd be paradise
To come home to and love.

And, as things often seem to be for everyone as they are for me. I listened briefly to "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent." Our bear is the reason, I think.

Goodnight.

From Letty with love

John Lithgow
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Birth name John Arthur Lithgow
Born October 19, 1945 (1945-10-19) (age 62)
Rochester, New York
[show]Awards
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
1996, 1997, 1999 3rd Rock from the Sun
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
1986 Amazing Stories
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical
1997 3rd Rock from the Sun
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Best Male Actor - Comedy Series
1996, 1997 3rd Rock from the Sun

John Arthur Lithgow (IPA: [ˈʤɔn ˈlɪθɡaʊ]) (born October 19, 1945) is an American actor perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He has also achieved success on stage, film, and radio. He has earned multiple Emmy Awards and Tony Awards, as well as two Oscar nominations. He has also recorded music for children. He holds a Master of Arts from Harvard University.




Biography

Early life

Lithgow was born in Rochester, New York. His mother, Sarah Jane (Price), was a retired actress, and his father, Arthur Lithgow, was a theatrical producer and director who ran the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey. Because of his father's job, the family moved frequently during Lithgow's childhood. The famous writer N. Emlyn Baker once compared Lithgow to "a Pine tree".

Lithgow won a scholarship to Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1967. He was in the same dorm as former Vice President Al Gore and actor Tommy Lee Jones. Lithgow later served on its Board of Overseers. Lithgow credits a performance at Harvard of Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia Limited with helping him decide to become an actor.[1]


Stage career

In 1973, Lithgow debuted on Broadway in David Storey's The Changing Room, for which he received both the Tony and Drama Desk Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play. The following year he starred opposite Lynn Redgrave in My Fat Friend and in 1976 played opposite Meryl Streep in Arthur Miller's A Memory of Two Mondays. He was nominated for two Best Actor Tonys for Requiem for a Heavyweight (1985) and M. Butterfly (1988).

In 2002, Lithgow won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of J.J. Hunsecker in the Broadway adaptation of the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success. In 2005, Lithgow was elected into the American Theatre Hall of Fame for his work on Broadway. He was also nominated for a Best Leading Actor in a Musical Tony for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.


Film career

In 1983 and 1984, Lithgow was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances as Roberta Muldoon in The World According to Garp and as Sam Burns in Terms of Endearment. Both films were screen adaptations of popular novels. Lithgow originated the character of Dr. Emilio Lizardo/Lord John Whorfin, a psychotic Italian physicist inhabited by an evil alien, which he played in the 1984 cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. In 1984, Lithgow also played the role of American space engineer Walter Curnow in 2010, the sequel to the science fiction classic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

In 1983, Lithgow played John Valentine in a remake of the classic Twilight Zone episode Nightmare at 20,000 Feet in the Twilight Zone: The Movie as the paranoid passenger once made famous on the television show by William Shatner. (This was made reference to in an episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun in which William Shatner portrayed the Big Giant Head, the overseer of the Solomons' expedition to Earth.) In 1992, he starred as the main role in Brian De Palma's film Raising Cain and in 1993, he starred as Eric Qualen in the Stallone movie Cliffhanger.

In 1987, Lithgow starred in the Bigfoot-themed family comedy, Harry and the Hendersons. In 2001, Lithgow provided the voice-acting for the villainous Lord Farquaad in the hit animated movie Shrek. In 2002, he narrated Life's Greatest Miracle, a sex education film. In 2006, Lithgow had a small role in the Academy Award-winning film, Dreamgirls, as Jerry Harris- a film producer offering Deena Jones (Beyoncé Knowles) a film role.


Television career

Lithgow is probably most widely known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the 1996-2001 NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" in each of the program's six seasons and won three times, in 1996, 1997, and 1999. In 1986, Lithgow received a Primetime Emmy Award in the category "Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series" for his appearance in an episode of the Amazing Stories anthology show.

Additionally, Lithgow has been nominated for an "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special" Emmy for The Day After (1983), two "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special" Emmys for "Resting Place" (1986) and "My Brother's Keeper" (1995). Lithgow was approached about playing Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers, but turned it down. Lithgow starred with Jeffrey Tambor in the NBC sitcom Twenty Good Years.

Since 2006 he has starred in Campbell Soup Company's commercials advertising their "Campbell's Select" premium soup brand.


Music career

Lithgow launched into a career as a recording artist with the 1999 album Singin' in the Bathtub. In June of 2002, Lithgow released his second children's album Farkle and Friends. It was the musical companion to his book The Remarkable Farkle McBride, which tells the story of a young musical genius. Farkle and Friends features the vocal talents of Lithgow and Bebe Neuwirth backed by the Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra.

In August of 2006, Lithgow released The Sunny Side of the Street, his third children's album and first with Razor & Tie. This album features versions of classic songs from The Great American Songbook including "Getting to Know You" and "Ya Gotta Have Pep," with decidedly animated performances geared towards children. Produced by JC Hopkins (Victoria Williams, JC Hopkins Biggish Band featuring Norah Jones), the album features guest appearances by Madeleine Peyroux, Wayne Knight (Seinfeld's Newman), Broadway's Sherie Rene Scott (Aida, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and cabaret star Maude Maggart.

Lithgow also makes occasional appearances on stage and television singing children's songs and accompanying himself on guitar. Lithgow is a published children's book author. Some of his titles are Marsupial Sue, Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake", Lithgow Party Paloozas!: 52 Unexpected Ways to Make a Birthday, Holiday, or any Day a Celebration for Kids, The Carnivale of Animals, A Lithgow Palooza: 101 Ways to Entertain and Inspire Your Kids, I'm a Manatee, Micawber, The Remarkable Farkle McBride,and Mahalia Mouse Goes to College (published 2007).


Other appearances

Lithgow voiced the character of Yoda in the National Public Radio adaptations of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. He provided narration for the IMAX film Special Effects. He hosts Paloozaville, a children's Video on Demand program on Mag Rack based on his best-selling children's books. He appeared in the most recent Campbell's Select™Soups commercials, portraying a restaurant waiter serving 'customers' in their own household.


Personal life

Lithgow currently resides in Los Angeles. He has been married twice, to Jean Taynton from 1966 to 1980, and Mary Yeager since 1981. He is the father of three children, Ian (born in 1972) from his marriage to Taynton and Phoebe McCurtain (born in 1982) and Nathan George (born in 1983) from his marriage to Yeager. Ian made regular appearances on Third Rock from the Sun as Leon, a particularly slow student in Prof. Solomon's class.

Lithgow is a registered pastor of Rose Ministries,[2] and has officiated the wedding of his goddaughter.

He is a descendent of the poet Anne Bradstreet.





Quotes

When asked what instrument would reflect his personality; "My personality? The kazoo. Requires enthusiasm but no skill whatsoever."

Patrick Simmons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Born October 19, 1948 (1948-10-19) (age 59) in Aberdeen, Washington
Genre(s) Rock
Instrument(s) Guitar
Years active 1970 - present
Associated
acts The Doobie Brothers
Website *Doobie Brothers Official site

Patrick Simmons (born October 19, 1948) is an American singer and guitarist for the rock band The Doobie Brothers.

Simmons co-founded the Doobies in 1970 with northern California musicians Tom Johnston, John Hartman and Dave Shogren. He specialized in fingerstyle guitar, picking intricate patterns on both acoustic and electric guitars while Johnston strummed or riffed alongside him. Simmons and Johnston both played lead guitar, as well, albeit with distinctly different yet complementary styles. In the early years, Simmons' vocal style resembled that of Jefferson Airplane's Marty Balin.

Following an unsuccessful debut, the band revamped its line-up late in 1971 and hit the charts the following year with Johnston's "Listen to the Music," which featured Simmons' brief lead vocal on the bridge. Simmons also performed the gospel-style lead vocal on the hit "Jesus is Just Alright."

For several years, Simmons' compositions were essentially deep album cuts or B-Sides to Johnston's (and later, Michael McDonald's) radio-friendly singles. Among his many contributions were the title song from Toulouse Street and "Clear as the Driven Snow" and "South City Midnight Lady" from The Captain and Me. However, he is best known for writing and singing the Doobies' first #1 single "Black Water" (from 1974's What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits). (In typical fashion, the monster hit was initially released as the B-Side to the Johnston tune "Another Park, Another Sunday" that stalled at #32.) During the McDonald era, Simmons co-wrote and sang "Echoes of Love" (from 1977's Livin' on the Fault Line) and "Dependin' On You" (from 1978's enormously successful Minute by Minute).

Simmons is the one constant member of the ever-evolving Doobie Brothers. He has played on every album and participated in every tour the band has undertaken. When he finally quit after the 1981 tour, new leader Michael McDonald and the remaining members decided to disband rather than continue without him. True to form, he rejoined for a farewell tour in 1982.

In 1983, Simmons released his first solo album Arcade. It yielded a Top 40 single in "So Wrong." The album was reissued on compact disc in 2007 by specialty label Wounded Bird Records. It features guest appearances by former and future bandmates McDonald, Johnston, Jeff Baxter and saxophonist Marc Russo of the Tower of Power horns.

Simmons was among the twelve Doobie alumni who reunited in 1987 for a brief benefit tour, and rejoined when the group was permanently reconstituted the following year. The Doobie Brothers continue touring and recording today, with Simmons and Johnston back in their traditional roles.

In 1998, Simmons released a second solo album entitled Take Me to the Highway. The Japan-only release features a handful of new songs alongside new recordings of "Black Water" and several other Doobie Brothers songs. The album never saw stateside release and is currently out of print.

Simmons famously has a passion for Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Many of his songs, including "Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels" (from Minute by Minute), both "Divided Highway" and "Dangerous" (from 1991's Brotherhood), and "Wild Ride" (one of two new songs featured on the 1996 live album Rockin' Down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert), celebrate the joys of cycling and traveling the open road.

When you're a parent you become an idiot.

It's not our fault. It's the television shows we watch. I used to
watch the news. Now I watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers.

I went to buy a car, determined to give the salesman a run for his
money. I had forgotten: I'm an idiot. I walked up to him and said:

"The car is nice. The look is handsome.
But the price you ask is a king's ransom.
There is no need for me to stay.
I will not buy this car today."

Wait a minute, I thought. I just became Dr. Seuss for a second!

The salesman was obviously a parent because he said:

"Would you? Could you? On a dare,
Buy this car with factory air?
If I throw in a music box,
Would you buy this Audi Fox?"

I said:

"I would not, could not on a dare,
I do not want your factory air.
I would not buy it in the rain.
I would not buy it on a train.

Not in a house.
Not in a mouse.
Not in a goat.
Not in a moat.

I don't care if it runs on green eggs & ham,
I will not buy it Sam I Am!

Good morning, WA2K. Bob's story about parenting reminds me of The Little Red Hen. My handyman hasn't come to clean out the debris in my gutters so little red Letty thought she would do it herself. Bad move, as a short tumble from a ladder made my teeth chatter.

Thanks for the bios, Bob, and here's that Doobie song (do be a cheerful singer)

We shan't dedicate this to the OTHER Blackwater.


Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin';
ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name.
Catfish are jumpin', that paddle wheel thumpin',
black water keeps rollin' on past just the same.

Old black water, keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water, keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light,
gonna make ev'rything, pretty mama,
gonna make ev'rything alright.
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all.

Well, if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me;
just take that street car that's goin' up town.
Yeah, I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland
and dance a honky tonk,
and I'll be buyin' ev'rybody drinks all 'roun'.

Old black water, keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Old black water, keep on rollin',
Mississippi moon, won't you keep on shinin' on me?
Yeah, keep on shinin' your light,
gonna make ev'rything, pretty mama,
gonna make ev'rything alright.
And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all.

I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
Take me by the hand, pretty mama,
come and dance with your daddy all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
I want to honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk,
with you all night long.

I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand. (C'mon, baby, c'mon, ba - be.)
Take me by the hand, pretty mama,
come and dance with your daddy all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
I want to honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk,
with you all night long.

I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
(Can you feel it?, can you feel it?.)
Take me by the hand, pretty mama,
come and dance with your daddy all night long.
I'd like to hear some funky Dixieland,
pretty mama, come and take me by the hand, by the hand.
I want to honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk, honkey-tonk,
with you all night long

A bit of good news for a change.

Autistic hiker back with family in W.Va.
By VICKI SMITH and KELLEY SCHOONOVER, Associated Press Writers 2 hours, 41 minutes ago

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - An autistic teen found underneath an umbrella of dense brush after four days in the wilderness was doing well at a hospital Friday, asking for food and smiling at relatives who came to visit him, his family said.

Jacob Allen, 18, was discovered Thursday sleeping under a thicket of laurel in the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area, part of the Monongahela National Forest. He had survived four cold days and four nearly freezing nights.
His mother, Karen Allen, spent the night in the hospital, keeping watch over her son.
"He was alert, asking for food and wanted to get out of bed and walk around," she told NBC's "Today" on Friday.

The rest of the story.

Jacob Allen

Good afternoon WA2K.

I do hope that the result of your ladder trip was only a few teeth chattering, Letty. Radio PD's are not supposed to climb ladders.

John le Carre; John Lithgow and Patrick Simmons




(The Illusionist is on my list of movies to see, but I did watch The Prestige, which is also about magic. You might enjoy that one, too.)

Hey, Raggedy. Did you know that when Bud worked in radio, the engineer had to climb a radio tower?

How would you like to climb this sucker to replace a light.



Thanks for the photo's, PA especially John Le Carre. I thought his last name rhymed with car until I begin to learn stuff.

Here's one for John Lithgow as a tribute to his role in Harry and the Hendersons.


Sasquatch Song

One day at midnight, the sun was so bright
The moon had no light, but I could see
This big ol' sasquatch, said he was top-notch, at playin' hopscotch
Way up in a tree
So I bet my wrist watch, that big ol'd sasquatch
Would never play hopscotch way up in a tree
Now, there's a sasquatch, up in a tree crotch
He's got my wrist watch, and he's laughin' at me

I told the mounties, throughout the counties
To put some bounties all over B.C.
And stop that sasquatch, from playin' hopscotch
'Till he gives my wrist watch, right back to me
Then Corporal Savern, he found a tavern, in an empty cavern
Where the sun don't shine
And he found a sasquatch, drinkin' blue blotch
Wearin' a wrist watch, lookin' just like mine
So he asked the sasquatch, where he got the wrist watch
And that big ol' sasquatch, he began to lie
Said he got the wrist watch, while playin' hopscotch
Up in a tree crotch, with a stupid old guy
So the mountie told him, he could never hold him
He'd have to scold him, for doing no harm
So they played some hopscotch, until the sasquatch
Had the mountie's wrist watch, on his other arm

Now all the mounties, throughout the counties
They're placing bounties all over the land
And that big ol' sasquatch, he won't feel top notch
When they get their sasquatch, like they get their man
'Cause if that sasquatch keeps playin' hopscotch
There won't be a wrist watch, for miles around
'Cause he'll play hopscotch, 'till he gets your wrist watch
Up in that tree crotch, and he'll never come down
So don't play hopscotch, near any old tree crotch
Until that old, watch stealin', big feelin', hopscotchin' sasquatch is found.

For all out there, but mostly for those who are ill:

Dys and Diane
Reyn and Vivienne
Mrs. Walter
farmerman

and anyone else that I might have missed, a goodnight song and a bit of sorrow for the man who sang it.

Donny Hathaway, dead at 33 by his own hand.



For all we know
We may never meet again
Before you go
Make this moment sweet again

We won't say goodnight
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 we go
Like the ripples of a stream

So love me, love me tonight
tomorrow was made for some
tomorrow may never come
for all we know

From Letty with love

SARA

Words and Music by Bob Dylan

I laid on a dune, I looked at the sky,
When the children were babies and played on the beach.
You came up behind me, I saw you go by,
You were always so close and still within reach.

Sara, Sara,
Whatever made you want to change your mind?
Sara, Sara,
So easy to look at, so hard to define.

I can still see them playin' with their pails in the sand,
They run to the water their buckets to fill.
I can still see the shells fallin' out of their hands
As they follow each other back up the hill.

Sara, Sara,
Sweet virgin angel, sweet love of my life,
Sara, Sara,
Radiant jewel, mystical wife.

Sleepin' in the woods by a fire in the night,
Drinkin' white rum in a Portugal bar,
Them playin' leapfrog and hearin' about Snow White,
You in the marketplace in Savanna-la-Mar.

Sara, Sara,
It's all so clear, I could never forget,
Sara, Sara,
Lovin' you is the one thing I'll never regret.

I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells,
I'd taken the cure and had just gotten through,
Stayin' up for days in the Chelsea Hotel,
Writin' "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" for you.

Sara, Sara,
Wherever we travel we're never apart.
Sara, oh Sara,
Beautiful lady, so dear to my heart.

How did I meet you? I don't know.
A messenger sent me in a tropical storm.
You were there in the winter, moonlight on the snow
And on Lily Pond Lane when the weather was warm.

Sara, oh Sara,
Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress,
Sara, Sara,
You must forgive me my unworthiness.

Now the beach is deserted except for some kelp
And a piece of an old ship that lies on the shore.
You always responded when I needed your help,
You gimme a map and a key to your door.

Sara, oh Sara,
Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow,
Sara, oh Sara,
Don't ever leave me, don't ever go.

edgar, thanks for keeping our little cyber station on the air.

I love the way Bob Dylan writes.

"....scorpia sphinx in a calico dress..." Perfect, Texas.

Today is Bela Lugosi's birthday and I recall the movie Ed Wood.

Here's one for Bela

white on white translucent black capes
back on the rack
bela Lugosi's dead
the bats have left the bell tower
the victims have been bled
red velvet lines the black box
bela Lugosi's dead
undead undead undead
the virginal brides file past his tomb
strewn with time's dead flowers
bereft in deathly bloom
alone in a darkened room
the count
bela Lugosi's dead
undead undead undead

Sheena Easton
I Like the Fright

Scared to go to sleep, afraid of what I might dream
It's the same uncovered nightmare
Somebody's watching me, I can feel a presence, I wake up screamin' in the dark
Can't tell imagine from reality
Skeletons in the closet, won't you stop haunting me
Chorus:
The things that go wrong in the middle of the night
Ghouls are knockin', I'm gettin' to like it, I like the fright
Things that go wrong, it's the fear of the unknown
It's a twilight zone (I like the fright)
Shivers down my spine, I hide under my pillow
I feel the room is getting colder
I'm terrified to close my eyes, afraid to move a muscle
I believe I can take it no more
Tryin' to hold on to my sanity, should I let this happen, supernaturally
chorus
(Solo)
The things that go wrong, I turn up all the lights
I'm scared of dreamin', I'm gettin' to like it, I like the fright
The things that go wrong, it's the fear of the unknown
It's a twilight zone, I like the fright
chorus
Things that go wrong, ghouls are knockin'

Bela was so pathetic in "Ed Wood".

Here's to Bela and Rex Ingram (the Genie), and Jerry Orbach (Broadway, movies and TV):



and a Happy 49th to Viggo Mortensen:



and a Good Day to all.

Great song by Sheena, edgar, and I really like the idea of vicarious "fright". Thanks, buddy.

Well, folks, there's our Raggedy with a great group today. Thanks, PA, and I recall you were the one you put a face and explanation to Rex Ingram.

Have been watching scary movies on AMC, folks, and they don't rely on computers for their special effects. One especially captivating one starred Lionel Barrymore and had to do with voodoo and revenge. Fantastic.

I'm not too familiar with Viggo Mortensen, but I discovered that he had many faces: Actor, painter, photographer, and poet.

First, his abstract:

Self Portrait



and now two poems from Lord of the Rings.

Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
the last whose realm was fair and free
between the Mountains and the Sea.

His sword was long, his lance was keen,
his shining helm afar was seen;
the countless stars of heaven's field
were mirrored in his silver shield.

But long ago he rode away,
and where he dwelleth none can say;
for into darkness fell his star
in Mordor where the shadows are.

Rings of Power

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

The Beatles - Fixing a Hole

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
and stops my mind from wandering
where it will go
I'm filling the cracks that ran though the door
and kept my mind from wandering
where it will go

And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong
I'm right where I belong
I'm right where I belong
See the people standing there
who disagree and never win
and wonder why they don't get in my door

I'm painting my room in a colorful way,
and when my mind is wandering
there I will go

And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong
I'm right where I belong
I'm right where I belong
Silly people run around
they worry me and never ask me
why they don't get past my door

I'm taking my time for a number of things
that weren't important yesterday
and I still go

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
and stops my mind from wandering
where it will go
where it will go
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
and stops my mind from wandering
where it will go