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In memory of Brock, listeners, and I'm certain that edgar will like this:

HARRY BELAFONTE version:


Bess ,you is my woman now
You is, you is
And you must laugh and sing and dance
For two instead of one
Want no wrinkle on your brow
No how
Because de sorrow of de past is all done done
Oh Bess, My Bess. The real happiness has just begun

Porgy I am your woman now
I is, I is!
And I ain't never going nowhere unless you shares the fun
There's no wrinkle on my brow
No how
But I ain't going! You hear me saying
If you ain't going, with you I'm staying

Porgy I'm yo' woman now
I'm yours forever
Morning time and evening time
Summer time and winter time

Morning time and evening time and
Summertime and winter time

Bess, you is my woman now and forever
This life is just begun
Bess, we two are one
Now and forever
Oh Bess , don't min' dose women
You got yo' Porgy
We'll go swinging
Trough the years a singing
Morning time and evening time and
Summer time and winter time

Morning time and evening time and
Summer time and winter time
Oh my Porgy my man Porgy
My Bess, My Bess

From this minute I'm telling you
I keep this vow: Porgy I'm yours now

From this minute I'm telling you
I keep this vow
Oh my Bessie, we is happy now. We are one now

Incidentally, folks. I have never heard a better saxophone solo than the aforementioned song.

Good Day WA2K:

Today's birthdays:


1113 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, father of Henry II of England
1198 - Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
1358 - King John I of Castile (d. 1390)
1393 - Arthur III, the Justicier, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
1591 - Robert Herrick, English poet (d. 1674)
1635 - Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (d. 1699)
1669 - Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (d. 1747)
1759 - William Wilberforce, campaigner against slavery (d. 1833)
1772 - King William I of the Netherlands (1814-1840)
1787 - James Weddell, Antarctica explorer (d. 1834)
1817 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, novelist, poet and dramatist (d. 1875)
1837 - Théodore Dubois, composer and teacher (d. 1924)
1852 - Deacon White, major league baseball player (d. 1919)
1863 - Dragutin Lerman, Croat explorer of Africa (d. 1918)
1865 - King Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
1872 - Max Beerbohm, theater critic (d. 1956)
1880 - Joshua Lionel Cowen, inventor of the toy electric train (d. 1965)
1884 - Earl Derr Biggers, author (d. 1933)
1887 - Harry Hooper, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1974)
1890 - Duke Kahanamoku, swimmer, surfer (d. 1968)
1890 - Jean Rhys, Dominican writer (d. 1979)
1898 - Malcolm Cowley, literary critic, writer, editor (d. 1989)
1899 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (d. 1986)
1901 - Preston Foster, actor (died July 1970)
1904 - Alice White, American film actress (d. 1983)
1915 - James Tiptree, Jr., writer (d. 1987)
1916 - Hal Smith, American actor and voice artist (died 1994)
1922 - Howard Zinn, American leftist historian and activist
1923 - Arthur Jensen, educational psychologist
1929 - Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader (d. 2004)
1934 - Kenny Baker, actor
1936 - A. S. Byatt, novelist
1938 - David Freiberg, American musician, bassist with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Starship
1938 - Halldór Blöndal, Icelandic politician
1943 - John Cipollina, American musician, guitarist withQuicksilver Messenger Service (d. May 29, 1989)
1945 - Ken Hensley, rock musician (Uriah Heep)
1945 - Vince McMahon, professional wrestling entrepreneur
1947 - Paulo Coelho, author
1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre, musician
1951 - Orson Scott Card, novelist
1956 - John Culberson, American politician
1957 - Stephen Fry, English comedian, author, and actor
1958 - Steve Guttenberg, actor
1958 - Tracy Harris, American Artist
1960 - Cal Ripken, Jr., baseball player
1962 - Craig Kilborn, talk show host
1963 - John Bush, singer (Anthrax)
1963 - Hideo Kojima, video game director
1964 - Salizhan Sharipov, cosmonaut
1965 - Marlee Matlin, Academy Award winning actress
1965 - Reggie Miller, basketball star
1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist (Sepultura)
1973 - Carmine Giovinazzo, actor
1973 - David Chappelle, actor, comedian
1973 - Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
1974 - Jennifer Lien, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)
1974 - Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
1978 - Rafael Furcal, Major League Baseball All-Star
1981 - Chad Michael Murray, actor
1982 - Daniel Daneshrad, Associate Analyst
1983 - Christopher Parker, actor
1988 - Rupert Grint, actor

Robert Herrick:
To The Virgins, To Make Much Of Time

Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a flying:
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,
The higher he's a getting;
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he's to setting.

That age is best, which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times, still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time;
And while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.

There's our Raggedy. Thanks, PA for the celeb update. Marlee is a pretty thing, is she not?

Glad that you read the poem by Herrick, gal. It does complement McTag's "....for pleasures are like poppies spread..." <smile>

Weather update on the pending hurricane:

Fla. 25 minutes ago



MIAMI - Tropical Storm Katrina formed Wednesday morning in the Bahamas and moved toward Florida, threatening to hit the state with winds of 70 to 75 mph and heavy rain when it makes landfall Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said.


A 200-mile stretch of Florida's east coast from the Seven Mile Bridge in the Keys north to Vero Beach was under a tropical storm watch, meaning tropical storm conditions were likely within 36 hours. The storm is expected to slowly cross the state and could cause flooding as it dumps a foot of rain or more in spots before heading into the Gulf of Mexico.

At 8 a.m. EDT, the season's 11th named storm had winds of 40 mph and was about 70 miles southeast of Nassau and about 250 miles east-southeast of Florida. It was moving to the northwest at 8 mph and was expected to strengthen and that it could reach hurricane strength of 74 mph.

Eric Blake, a hurricane center meteorologist, said Floridians in the watch area should consider putting up hurricane shutters, particularly in coastal and exposed areas. He said all residents should stock up on hurricanes supplies such as water, batteries and generator fuel.

"It's time for South Florida to start taking precautions," he said.

The Florida Panhandle was hit by Tropical Storm Cindy and Hurricane Dennis earlier in the Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1, and four hurricanes last year, which caused $19 billion in insured wind damage. Actual damage was about double that, experts said.

In an average year, only a few tropical storms develop by this time in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The Atlantic hurricane season ends Nov. 30.

GEORGE GERSHWIN LYRICS - Summertime

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll fly to the sky

But till that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With daddy and mamma standing by

Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high

Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry

Bob, There was probably no better performer and creator than Gershwin. I do believe that he brought together all the genres of classical, blues and jazz. I wonder if he ever painted. <smile>

Well, listeners, we shouldn't forget George's counterpart, Ira:




(Ira Gershwin, Vernon Duke)

I've flown around the world in a plane
I've settled revolutions in Spain
The North Pole I have charted
But I can't get started with you
And at the golf course I'm under par
And in Hollywood they wants me to star
I've got a house and a show place
But I can't get no place with you

You're so supreme
The lyrics I write of you
Scheme just for the sight of you
Dream, both day and night of you
But what good does it do
In nineteen ninety-nine, I sold short
In England, I'm presented at court
Yeah you've got me so down-hearted
'Cause I'll never get started with you

You're so supreme
The lyrics I write of you
Scheme just for the sight of you
Dream, both day and night of you
But what, what good does it do
I've been consulted by Hilary C.
And Tina Turner had me to tea
But now I'm broken hearted
Cause I can't get started with you
Yeah I'm broken hearted
Cause I can't get started with you.

Ah, me, listeners. In addition to biking at the Crawford Ranch, poor Lance must again contend:




Tour chief says he feels let down by Armstrong

PARIS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Tour de France executive director Jean-Marie Leblanc said he felt let down by Lance Armstrong after a newspaper allegation that the seven-times winner had used a blood-boosting drug in 1999.

Armstrong has denied ever taking performance-enhancing drugs in response to a report by French sports daily L'Equipe that six of the American's urine samples collected on the 1999 Tour de France showed "indisputable" traces of EPO (erythropoietin).

"I remain cautious and slightly circumspect but this is troubling and I feel disappointment inside me, like many sports lovers must do," Leblanc told French radio station RTL on Tuesday.

"This is the result of an investigation, and a good one apparently, but it is not the role of Tour de France organisers to conduct such an investigation."

Asked if he felt let down by Armstrong, Leblanc said. "Yes".

Lance calls this another type of witch hunt.

Hi Letty

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue was a favorite of mine before I reached my teens. Luckily Mom played the piano and listened to classical music so I had an excellent role model. As I was typing this I had a flashback of a schoolmate asking me what my favorite music was. Without thinking I replied honestly Wagner's Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde. I won't try to describe the look on his face. Suffice it to say for a period of time I received some very curious stares from my classmates.

Letty
Letty, a slight digression. I still have access to A2K. Not banned---yet!

BBB

Please keep us posted.

Bob, you are something else. I can picture the look on your class mates' faces.

Fortunately, my sister kept me apprised of the classics and also famous works of art, so although I kept my mouth shut about it in high school, my friends knew what I loved.

BBB, honey. You have strong and reasonable feelings about politics, so I don't know why you should be banned. My suggestion would be to eliminate words that have derogatory implications.

and remember, listeners, Tico is our guardian angel. <smile>

Just another reminder to our listeners. There is a new policy in place for our audience:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=56078

I am certain by now, that Walter understands all, right Germany?

Hmmmm. I don't know why, but this poem sprang to mind:

pity this busy monster, manunkind

pity this busy monster, manunkind,

not. Progress is a comfortable disease:
your victim (death and life safely beyond)

plays with the bigness of his littleness
--- electrons deify one razorblade
into a mountainrange; lenses extend
unwish through curving wherewhen till unwish
returns on its unself.
A world of made
is not a world of born --- pity poor flesh

and trees, poor stars and stones, but never this
fine specimen of hypermagical

ultraomnipotence. We doctors know

a hopeless case if --- listen: there's a hell
of a good universe next door; let's go

--e.e. cummings

I declare, yawl. That man is fabulous, right dj?

Hey, where did our BBB go. Some flutterby called in a request for her.



There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say,
Some folks will criticize me.
So I'm gonna do just what I want to anyway,
And don't care if you all despise me.

If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean,
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

If I go to church on Sunday
And I shimmy down on Monday,
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

And if my friend ain't got no money
And I say, "All right, take all of mine honey,"
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

If I lend her my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle,
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

I would rather my gal would hit me
Than to haul right up and quit me.
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

I know that she won't call no copper
If she gets beat up by her poppa.
It ain't nobody's business if I do, Lord no.
Well, it ain't nobody's business if I do.

Tico sometimes disagrees with me- can you imagine such a thing?- but on this thread, no, certainly not, here we are old friends.

Hey, have you heard about the floods in Switzerland, Austria and southern Germany?
Absolutely frightful.

And, drought in Portugal making forest fire a terrible problem in the pine forests there.

Mother nature has PMT, folks, you heard it here first on Radio A2K.

Why the nerve of Tico. <smile>

No, McTag. I have not heard of the floods. I swear it's pretty scary right now. Hope Yitwail is still doing his sun dance, but then there is drought to worry about.

Let's do a song to Mother Nature:

Rain Or Shine
Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra
I'm gonna love you
Like nobody's loved you
Come rain or come shine
High as a mountain
And deep as a river
Come rain or come shine
I guess when you met me
It was just one of those things
But don' t ever bet me
Cause I'm gonna be true
If you let me

You're gonna love me
Like nobody's loved me
Come rain or come shine
Happy together, unhappy together
And won't it be fine

Days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in, or we're out of the money
But I'm with you always
I'm with you rain or shine

and, listeners, with oil over sixty eight dollars a barrel, we'll soon be out of the money.

Video about the floods

BBC on the floods

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4179592.stm

What, me? Be disagreeable? Perish the thought.

Oh, my God, listeners. How horrible. I hadn't realized. Certainly nothing to make light of.

Thanks Walter and McTag.

The world turned upside down takes on a new meaning, right folks?

There is hardly any beach left where I live. When the tide is high, the ocean is right at the edge of the dunes.

Tico, you are such a fine feller that we allow you the space to be surly once in a great while.

World Turned Upside Down
Billy Bragg

In 1649
To St George's Hill
A ragged band they called the Diggers
Come to show the people's will
They defied the landlords
They defied the law
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
But still the vision lingers on

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

Good one, djjd62