What a great evening and morning on WA2K radio, yawl. Wish I could acknowledge each contribution, but my way of thanking folks who contribute is to give them a thumbs up.
Rudyard Kipling quote and later became a song.
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
“Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay"
Today is also Peter Jennings' birthday, and when he died, I quit watching the news altogether.
hbg, I recall when I lived in Virginia, I awakened to Rudee Valley singing Deep Night from the movie My Own Private Idaho. He used a mega phone. Later there was a resurgence of the style with Winchester Cathedral
Today is this guy's birthday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt24kW76DfE&feature=related
Had a wonderful time having dinner with the kids from Orlando. Had fish and chips, too, Brit, and although I didn't dance to the music, I did sway to the sounds.
Funny! Queen's Riding a Bicycle would let me listen until I confirmed my age. Naturally I didn't do that.
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