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Us and Them
Pink Floyd

Us and Them
And after all we're only ordinary men
Me, and you
God only knows it's not what we would choose to do
Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died
General sat, as the lines on the map
moved from side to side
Black and Blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
Up and Down
And in the end it's only round and round and round
Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
the poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside
Down and Out
It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny it's what the fightings all about
Out of the way, it's a busy day
And I've got things on my mind
For want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died

Simmer Down by Bob Marley

Simmer down, you lickin' too hot, so
Simmer down, and you know soon you'll get dropped, so
Simmer down, can you hear what I say
Simmer down, that I'm still with you today
Simmer down, man you hear what I say

Long time people used to say
what sweet nanny goat a go run him belly*, so
Simmer down, control your temper
Simmer down, for the battle will be hotter
Simmer down, and you won't get no supper
Simmer down, and you know bound to suffer
Simmer down
Simmer simmer simmer right down
Simmer down like you never did before
Simmer down, oh oh oh
Simmer down

Chicken merry, hawk deh near
and when him deh near you must beware, so
Simmer down, control your temper
Simmer down, for the battle will be hotter
Simmer down, and you won't get no supper
Simmer down, and you know bound to suffer
Simmer down
Simmer simmer simmer right down

*i learned by googling that "What sweet nanny goat a go run him belly" is a Jamaican proverb which means what tastes good to a goat will ruin his belly

Us and them. Perfect, dj. but you left out the "me".<smile>

Goodnight, my friends.

This may seem odd for a goodnight song, but I guess it is "me" at the moment:


GOING DOWN TO LONDON

Gonna Lun-dun, gunna have some fun.Gunna grab all the tarts,
In my own little pad in Chelsea, I'm gunna break all their hearts.
Gunna gerra job as a bouncer, in the big West End.
When they hear my Liverpool accent, it'll send them round the bend."

Going down to London, on he night express,
with my khaki kecks and my gansey on, I'm looking at me best.

Now I'm down in London, I'm walking round Hyde Park
Looking for a place to live, it's quickly getting dark,
I went for a drink in a hale-house, while I thought about what to do.
I said; "Gizza brown-mixed and put a 'ead on it, or I'll put a 'ead on you."

Don't even understand that, folks.

Goodnight,
From Letty with love

Idiot Wind

Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.

People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me better than that
Sweet lady.

Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

I ran into the fortune-teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike
I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like.
There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars
After losin' every battle.

I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars.
You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
Blood on your saddle.

Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
Blowing through the curtains in your room.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach the top
You're on the bottom.

I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes
don't look into mine.
The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building
burned.
I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime
turned Slowly into autumn.

Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead.
Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory
And all your ragin' glory.

I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,
I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me.
You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
And it makes me feel so sorry.

Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
We're idiots, babe.
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.

as twilight deepens and the shadows grow long, a "me" song for letty

Me And My Shadow
Frank Sinatra

(This is the duet with Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Like the wallpaper sticks to the wall
Like the seashore clings to the sea
Like you'll never get rid of your shadow
Frank, you'll never get rid of me

Let all the others fight and fuss
Whatever happens, we've got us.

Me and my shadow
We're closer than pages that stick in a book
We're closer than ripples that play in a brook
Strolling down the avenue
Wherever you find him, you'll find me, just look
Closer than a miser or the bloodhound's ?????

Me and my shadow
We're closer than smog when it clings to L.A.
We're closer than Bobby is to J.F.K.
Not a soul can bust this team in two
We stick together like glue

And when it's sleeping time
That's when we rise
We start to swing
Swing to the skies
Our clocks don't chime
What a surprise
They ring-a-ding-ding!
Happy New Year!

Me and my shadow
And now to repeat what I said at the start
They'll need a large crowbar to break us apart
We're alone but far from blue

Before we get finished, we'll make the town roar
We'll make all the late spots, and then a few more
We'll wind up at Jilly's right after Toot's Shore
Life is gonna be we-wow-whee!
(Here comes the party!)
For my shadow and me!

Say Frank?
What is it, Sam?
Do me a favor?
What do you want, now?
Would you mind taking it, just one more time?
From the top?
No! From the ending!
Wonderful!

And while we are swinging, to mention a few
We'll drop in at Danny's, The Little Club too
But wind up at Jilly's, whatever we do
Life is gonna be we-wow-whee!
(Wow!)
For my shadow and me!

Frank?
Oh, forget it Sam.

SONG

I'd like to write you a song
About this love that has gone on
I thought in time love would grow
But it never seems to though

Tossed between love and lust
Passion and mistrust
All I feel is danger
When your love becomes a stranger

I dream that stars will cross
Time in a tempest tossed
And we will soon recapture
And love become rapture

I would like to write you a song
But my words don't always belong
They are spoken aloud
Yet lost in a crowd

Yet you are so tender
That I have to surrender
Then you leave me in silence
Dreaming of your essence

Like distance never found
My ship had run aground
Lost in the ocean's roar
Helplessly broken on your shore

I would like to write you a song...


Eric (RexRed) Pedersen
9/4/05 Copyright 2005

Good morning, WA2K fans and contributors.

dj, that was a "shadow" that I have never heard, and it was great. I think it was our Raggedy who pointed out that the last of the rat pack is Joey Bishop. The chairman of the board wasn't very tolerant of Sammy, however.

edgar, I listened to your song a couple of times. It was quite unusual, Texas. Thanks for introducing us to it.

Rex, we here always appreciate your originals<smile>That was quite good, although sad.

Well, listeners, often we must wear that old sack cloth(designer, however)

When I become fully alert, I will have more to say and report.

Hairshirt
R.E.M.

I am not the type of dog
That could keep you waiting
For no good reason
Run a carbon-black test on my jaw
And you will find it's all been said before

I can swing my megaphone and long arm the rest
It's easier and better
To just beat it from the chest
Of desire

I could walk into this room
And the waves of conversation are enough
To knock you down in the undertow
So alone, so alone in my life
Feed me banks of light
And hang your hairshirt on the lowest rung
It's a beautiful life
And I can hang my hairshirt
Away up high in the attic of the wrong dog's life chest
Or bury it at sea
All my life I've searched for this

Here I am, here I am in your life
It's a beautiful life
My life
It's a beautiful life
Your life

Well, folks, will you listen to dj? He knows exactly about sack cloth and ashes and hair shirts. Love it, Canada.

You know, contributors and fans, to some of us, that haute couture was custom made. <smile>We all vary our wardrobe from time to time.

News in brief:


Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies of Cancer By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 2 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who oversaw the high court's conservative shift and presided over the impeachment trial of President Clinton, died Saturday evening. He was 80 years old and had spent 33 years on the Supreme Court.


Rehnquist's death opens a rare second vacancy on the nation's highest court and gives President Bush, whose election Rehnquist helped decide, an opportunity shape the makeup of the court for years to come.

<sigh>

Well, how could I have missed Yit's "Simmer down".

Great, my friend, and so true. Hard to do sometimes, right folks?

Here's something that I have always wondered. Do you think that men tend to be more aggressive than women?

Mitzi Gaynor

Actor : Born September 04, 1931 - Chicago, IL



From All Movie Guide: When so inclined, entertainer Mitzi Gaynor has claimed to be descended from Hungarian nobility; on these occasions, she has stated that her real name is Francesca Mitzi von Gerber, rather than merely Gerber. The daughter of a ballerina, Gaynor made her own terpsichorean debut when she was barely a toddler; by age 12, she had joined the dancing chorus of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. In 1950, Gaynor was signed by 20th Century Fox as yet another potential Betty Grable replacement. She sang and danced her way quite prettily through such Technicolor confections as Golden Girl (1951, as Lotta Crabtree), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952), and There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). Unfortunately, her films were not sufficiently successful to warrant renewal of her contract after 1954.

After being dropped by Fox, Gaynor married talent agent Jack Bean, who wisely perceived that his new bride was a far more effective performer on a live stage rather than a cold movie set. Gaynor co-starred with Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor in Anything Goes (1956), with George Gobel and David Niven in The Birds and the Bees (1956), and with Frank Sinatra in The Joker Is Wild (1957). Her best work during this period was while on loan to MGM for George Cukor's Les Girls (1957), in which she shared star billing with Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, and Taina Elg. In 1957, Gaynor was tapped for the plum role of Nellie Forbush in Joshua Logan's film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (1958). Except for a few scattered appearances in such modest comedies as Happy Anniversary (1959) and Surprise Package (1960), Gaynor's film career was over. Happily, Mitzi Gaynor continued to be a major draw on the nightclub and summer-musical circuit, and for several years in the 1960s and 1970s she headlined a top-rated annual TV special. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=26247&mod=bio

Musical: South Pacific
Song: A Cockeyed Optimist


Nellie:
When the skies are brighter canary yellow
I forget ev'ry cloud I've ever seen,
So they called me a cockeyed optimist
Immature and incurably green.

I have heard people rant and rave and bellow
That we're done and we might as well be dead,
But I'm only a cockeyed optimist
And I can't get it into my head.

I hear the human race
Is fallin' on its face
And hasn't very far to go,
But ev'ry whippoorwill
Is sellin' me a bill,
And tellin' me it just ain't so.

I could say life is just a bowl of Jello
And appear more intelligent and smart,
But I'm stuck like a dope
With a thing called hope,
And I can't get it out of my heart!
Not this heart...

Beyoncé Knowles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981 in Houston, Texas) is an American R&B and pop singer, actress, and chief songwriter, and producer in the group Destiny's Child.

Knowles is usually referred to by her first name only, Beyoncé, which is now her stage name, but has come to be called Beyoncé Knowles by many in the media. Her debut solo album, 2003's Dangerously in Love, topped both the R&B and pop charts in America, as well as the main album charts in Canada and the UK. The album spawned four top-five singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including the multi-week number ones "Crazy in Love" featuring boyfriend Jay-Z and "Baby Boy" featuring Sean Paul, as well as "Me, Myself & I", and "Naughty Girl". Beyoncé has won five Grammy Awards for her solo work and three as a member of Destiny's Child. As a teen, she attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, where she honed her musical talents. She later went to Alief Elsik High School, also in Houston. She graduated from Elsik in 2000.

Destiny's Child

Beyoncé and Destiny's Child toured as an opening act for both Christina Aguilera and TLC before their self-titled debut album Destiny's Child was released. The band is managed by her father, Matthew Knowles, who is acknowledged as a strong force in Beyoncé's life. Beyoncé is the main songwriter for the group and is generally regarded as its leader. The group has currently returned from a hiatus since 2001, when its three current members, Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams, each decided to temporarily pursue solo careers.

Their 1998 platinum-selling debut album was produced by Wyclef Jean and Jermaine Dupri and featured the platinum-selling, number one1 Hot 100 single "No, No, No". Destiny Child's second album The Writing's On The Wall, released in 1999, featured two number-one hits in "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name". "Bug-A-Boo" and "Jumpin' Jumpin'" were also popular singles from the album. "Say My Name" won two awards at the 2001 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best R&B Song, the latter of which was awarded to the songwriters, which included Beyoncé herself.

Their next album, Survivor, proved to be another smash, going to number one on both the American Billboard 200 and R&B Albums charts, as well as the Canadian album chart. Two singles from the album went to the top of the Hot 100: "Independent Women" (Part 1) and "Bootylicious", with the album's title track reaching number two. "Independent Women" (Part 1) had been the theme song for Charlie's Angels in late 2000, before the album's 2001 release. The title track "Survivor" would win the group their second Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The album's fourth and final single, "Emotions", was a cover of the Bee Gees hit of the same name; it continued the group's impressive string of top ten hits.

In 2004, the group began receiving threats from an obsessed fan from San Diego, California named LaToya Langford. Primarily aimed at Beyoncé, the threats caused major setbacks for the group. Langford continued the threats, until her arrest on August 23, 2004 at her San Diego home.

After Langford's arrest, safety seemed apparent and the release of Destiny Fulfilled went through. "Lose My Breath" and "Soldier" both became top-five hits on the Hot 100, though "Girl" only managed to reach the top forty.

On June 13, 2005, it was announced that the group would disband after their world tour ended in Autumn 2005. [1]


Solo career


In 2001, Beyoncé won the Songwriter of the Year award, from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Pop Music Awards. She is the first African-American woman, and the second woman of any race to win the award.

Beyoncé then turned to acting, starring alongside Mekhi Phifer in the MTV TV film Carmen: A Hip Hopera, without any previous training.This film was the modern equivalent of the 1954 musical Carmen which starred Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge. In the summer of 2002, Beyoncé co-starred in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember opposite Mike Myers as Austin Powers, as Foxxy Cleopatra. The film is in The Guinness Book of World Records as gaining the Highest Box Office Comedy Film gross. She also recorded a song called "Work It Out" for the film's soundtrack. "Work It Out" was a top-ten hit in the UK and a top-forty hit in the Netherlands, Australia, and Ireland, despite being Beyoncé's biggest flop to date in her home country; in America, radio barely played the song and the video received very minor exposure, only on digital video channels, MTV Jams and VH1 Soul.

During Autumn 2002, Beyoncé was the featured vocalist on Jay-Z's smash single, "'03 Bonnie And Clyde". The couple are engaged, and current rumours say that they will marry soon.

In Spring 2003, Beyoncé remade a duet with the late Luther Vandross, "The Closer I Get to You", originally made famous by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. In this version, the vocal parts are switched, with Vandross taking Flack's part and Beyoncé taking Hathaway's. The song was included both on her debut solo album and on Vandross's Dance with My Father album, and they shared the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

In 2003, Beyoncé released her debut solo album Dangerously in Love. Its first single, "Crazy in Love", featured a propulsive riff and a guest rap from Jay-Z and rapidly became one of the biggest hits of that summer, staying at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart for ten weeks. Dangerously in Love went to the top of the album charts in the UK and Canada, as well as on both the American pop (Billboard 200) and R&B charts. This album has sold nine million copies worldwide. When single and album simultaneously topped the pop charts in both the U.S. and the UK, she became the first act to achieve this feat since Men at Work in 1983; in the 1960s and 1970s, it was performed by The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and Rod Stewart.

On the televised celebration of July 4 in 2003, Beyoncé provoked controversy with the Grant Memorial Association for her performance of "Crazy in Love", in which she danced in a "patently inappropriate" way on the steps of the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant. President Grant's great-grandsons Ulysses Grant Dietz and Chapman Foster Grant, spoke up on Knowles' behalf. "The way the world is now, who cares?" said Chapman Grant, "who knows? If the old guy were alive, he might have enjoyed it."

At about the same time, Beyoncé starred in the film The Fighting Temptations opposite Cuba Gooding Jr., and recorded a song for it called "Fighting Temptation", with rappers Missy Elliott, Free, and MC Lyte. Unlike Beyoncé's own singles, the song did not become popular, although the film was a moderate success.

In the same year, Beyoncé was Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher just a couple of minutes after ruining Christmas at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Fresh from the success of "Baby Boy", Beyoncé released her third solo single, "Me Myself and I" towards the end of 2003; Dangerously in Love'' fourth single, "Naughty Girl", came out in mid-2004. Both have also made the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.

In a Universal Music poll conducted in 2004, Beyoncé beat Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to be crowned the "Princess of Pop".

Beyoncé is currently in post-production for The Pink Panther in which she plays role of Xania, appearing opposite Steve Martin, who plays Inspector Clouseau. The film is scheduled for release in 2006. She is also set to play Deena Jones in an adaptation of the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, set for release in 2006.

Towards the end of the summer, "Baby Boy", Dangerously in Love's second single, which featured reggae star Sean Paul, began to climb the charts. It went on to become one of the biggest hits of 2003, dominating radio airplay in Autumn 2003. In later 2005 Beyonce was served with a lawsuit for a claimed copyright theft from a young girl named Jennifer Armour. Armour claimed that she sent the song to Beyonce's label, and that Beyonce used it without permission. The Knowles have not commented publically on the lawsuit, nor have the Armours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9_Knowles

No, No, No by Destiny's Child
Album: Destiny's Child
Date: 1998

No, No, No
Destiny's Child

Boy I know you want me
I can see it in your eyes
Why do you keep on frontin'
Won't you say what's on your mind
Cause each and every time your near me
You give me signs
But when I ask you what's the deal
You hold it all inside
If you want to be with me
You gotta keep it real
Tell me what's going on
Tell me how you feel
Cause boy I know you want me
Just as much as I want you
To come and get my love
It's all here for you

Chorus

You keep sayin' no, no, no, no, no
When it's really yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
You keep sayin' no, no, no, no, no
When it's really yes, yes, yes, yes, yes (You're telling me no)
You keep sayin no, no, no, no, no (No no no)
When it's really yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
You keep sayin no, no, no, no, no
When it's really yes, yes, yes, yes, yes


If you keep actin' this way
You're gonna loose my love
I ain't got no time to play
You better hurry up
Cause every time I come around
And cruise around your way
I see you on the corner
But you dont know what to say
When I walk up to you baby you seem so shy
What's the problem baby
Never had a girl like I
I can see right through you
And you know you want to be mine
So get your act together
Cause you're runnin out of time

Chorus


{You won't regret, I must confess}
I'm really feeling you
Anything you ever wanted before is right here
For you, for you
Don't worry what they say
Just bring your love my way
Cus' your friends can't do what I can for you
I dont wanna hear you say---NOOOOO
Baby tell me
Tell me yes
Dont tell me no no oh oh oh
Dont tell me no no
Tell me what I wanna hear yeah, yeah
Y-E-S not N-O

Chorus repeated

Good morning, Bob of the bios. Thanks, again, for the background on Mitzi. Great song, incidentally. I'm certain that our Raggedy will be along shortly. <smile>

Both sides song










Nevermore - Optimist Or Pessimist Lyrics




chaos, the rule of the game
spinning as optimist fades
confusion becomed law
eclipsing hope, the pessimist said

if you want to change the world, forget it
the future's not in our hands
if you want to change the world, forget it
the pigs already set in

freedom has been stripped away
change it the corrosion fades
slowly we turn
as the pessimist sets these pointed words

if you want to change the world, forget it
the future's not in our hands
if you want to change the world, forget it
the pigs already set in

the optimist understands why the world's gone down the drain
the pessimist never bends, constricting thoughts in vain
from the pessimist's point of view there's nothing we can do
as I paint this picture gray and taste the pain
I'll play the optimist

The only world I know is the world I cling to
It's a world that I'd want to save
optimist or pessimist, what am I suppose to be

if you want to change the world, forget it
the future's not in our hands
if you want to change the world, forget it
the pigs already set in

the optimist understands why the world's gone down the drain
the pessimist never bends, constricting thoughts in vain
from the pessimist's point of view there's nothing we can do
as I paint this picture gray and taste the pain
I'll play the optimist.

September 4
Events

* 476 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
* 1260 - The Senese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
* 1781 - Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (the City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Pthe Little Portion) by a group of 44 Spanish settlers.
* 1870 - Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
* 1886 - Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
* 1888 - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film.
* 1894 - In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions.
* 1923 - In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the first American airship, the USS Shenandoah, takes to the sky for the first time.
* 1940 - World War II: The USS Greer becomes the first United States ship fired upon by a German submarine in the war, even though the United States is a neutral power. Tension heightens between the two nations as a result.
* 1944 - World War II: The British 11th Armored Division liberate the city of Antwerp in Belgium.
* 1945 - World War II: Japanese forces surrender on Wake Island after hearing word of their nation's surrender.
* 1948 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
* 1949 - Maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon
* 1950 - The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
* 1951 - The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
* 1957 - American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis - Orville Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent black students from enrolling in Central High School in Little Rock.
* 1957 - Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
* 1963 - Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland killing all on board.
* 1964 - Forth Road Bridge, near Edinburgh, officially opens.
* 1967 - The last new episode of the television sitcom Gilligan's Island airs on CBS-TV.
* 1967 - Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins - The United States Marines launch a search-and-destroy mission in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces. The ensuing 4-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.
* 1971 - A Boeing 727 carrying Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau, Alaska killing all 111 people on board.
* 1971 - The Lawrence Welk Show airs its last show.
* 1972 - Mark Spitz wins his seventh swimming gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, becoming the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.
* 1972 - The Price Is Right, hosted by Bob Barker, returns to television with a new format on CBS. Over three decades later, it continues to air and give away prizes galore.
* 1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
* 1996 - War on Drugs: Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, Colombia starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians.
* 1997 - In Lorain, Ohio, the last Ford Thunderbird rolls off the assembly line.
* 1997 - A U.S. Air Force C-141 cargo plane and a German TU-154 collide in mid-air over southwest Africa killing 33.

Good day to all.

1241 - King Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
1563 - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
1596 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)
1768 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat (d. 1848)
1803 - Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)
1824 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)
1832 - Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)
1851 - John Dillon, Irish nationalist (d. 1927)
1891 - Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)
1892 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974)
1895 - Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953)
1896 - Antonin Artaud, French playwright, actor, and director (d. 1948)
1905 - Mary Renault, English novelist (d. 1983)
1906 - Max Delbrück, German biologist (d. 1981)
1908 - Richard Wright, American writer (d. 1960)
1908 - Edward Dmytryk, American film director (d. 1999)
1918 - Paul Harvey American radio broadcaster
1920 - Teddy Johnson, British singer
1924 - Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
1925 - Forrest Carter, American author
1928 - Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
1931 - Mitzi Gaynor, American actress
1932 - Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
1937 - Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer
1941 - Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
1946 - Gary Duncan, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1946 - Greg Elmore, American drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1948 - Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer
1957 - Khandi Alexander, American actress
1957 - Patricia Tallman, American actress
1959 - Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
1960 - Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian
1968 - Mike Piazza, baseball player
1970 - Daisy Dee, West Indian-born singer and actress
1970 - Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)
1973 - Jason David Frank, American actor
1977 - Ian Grushka, American musician (New Found Glory)
1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, American singer

I loved South Pacific.

Letty, here's the other side to Simmer Down, you might say. it seems to me eerily descriptive of recent events. incidentally, i believe Marley was being mainly sarcastic with Simmer Down, mocking well-meaning folks and their platitudes.

Burnin' and Lootin' by Bob Marley

This morning I woke up in a curfew
Oh god, I was a prisoner too - yeah
Could not recognise the faces standing over me
They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality

How many rivers do we have to cross
Before we can talk to the boss
All that we got seems lost
We must have really paid the cost

(That's why we gonna be)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight
(Say we gonna burn and loot)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight
(One more thing)
Burnin all pollution tonight
(Oh yeah, yeah)
Burning all illusions tonight

Oh stop them

Give me the food and let me grow
Let the roots man take a blow
All them drugs gonna make you slow now
It's not the music of the ghetto

Weeping and a-wailing tonight
(Ooh can't stop the tears)
Weepin' and a-wailin' tonight
(We've been suffering all these long, long years)
Weeping and a-wailing tonight

Give me the food and let me grow
Let the roots man take a blow
All them drugs gonna make you slow now
It's not the music of the ghetto

We gonna be burnin' and a-lootin' tonight
(To survive, yeah)
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight
(Save your babies lives)
Burning all pollution tonight
Burning all illusions tonight

Burnin and lootin tonight
Burnin and lootin tonight

Well, other songs get repeated here, too. Repetition is a fact of life in broadcasting. But, I will try to be a little more original next time.

My word, folks. How long has it been since we discussed Chateaubriand and SamandJanet evening? Thanks, Raggedy and dj for the reminders.

Sorry that I missed Bob's Beyonce. Are you telling us, Boston, that she danced at Farmerman's feet? <smile>Disgraceful.

yit, thanks for that explanation about "Simmer Down". I'm forever missing sardonic humor, I think.

Wow! Burnin' and Lootin'. Yes, Mr. Turtle, I would say Bob Marley has a little precognition going there. The folks in Mississippi are pissed because so much attention has been given to New Orleans and the lawlessness, and not one person has addressed their needs.

Incidentally, of all the moguls who have a terrible reputation for greed, George Eastman is one that I admire, but I won't go into that right now, listeners. Instead, let's look at some droll and honest humor:


A woman who lives in Mississippi, was talking with her four year old son. He asked her why all their relatives in Wisconsin talk funny and sound like their noses are plugged up.

"They think we have an accent," she replied.

"But they have an accent, right?" Brent asked. "They talk funny."

"Everybody talks in different ways" she tried to explain. "To them, we sound like we talk very slow and all our words are d-r-a-w-n out."

His eyes got big, and he whispered seriously, "Oh, no. You mean they hear funny too?"

And from Miss Parker:

Dorothy Parker


One Perfect Rose
A single flower he sent me, since we met.
All tenderly his messenger he chose;
Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet--
One perfect rose.

I knew the language of the floweret;
"My fragile leaves," it said, "his heart enclose."
Love long has taken for his amulet
One perfect rose.

Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah no, it's always just my luck to get
One perfect rose.

Hey, edgar. Not quite certain what you mean, Texas, but you are absolutely correct. How often the same song is played on radio, especially when it's popular at the moment. As a matter of record, dj's often site the most requested song, and that means recognition. Buddy, you ARE original!

Letty, i had the advantage of having heard Simmer Down, as opposed to merely reading the lyrics. it's played in a lively up-tempo, which rather clashes with the ostensible message to calm down. ;-)