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Interesting article, Letty. I see they didn't list Joan Baez who does a lovely version of "In the Pines".

Sad news about the mines today.

I'd like to wish Jane Wyman a Happy Birthday this date (1914? 1917? I say stay with 1917 Miss Wyman, if you can get away with it.)

There's our Raggedy. Thanks, honey, for the J.W. picture. Testing my memory, now. Wasn't there a movie made with Jane in the starring role that was based on a Lloyd C. Douglas book? My mom and older sister loved that writer, but I don't want to search it out.

When I was at the grocery store yesterday, listeners, I glanced, yes, Just GLANCED at a tabloid. the headlines said something about Nancy Reagan and Marlin Brando having had a torrid affair. Such nonsense.<smile>

Hey, PA. I didn't know that J.B. did that song, too. Thanks for that.

There is a town in Bramwell, West Virginia known as the millionaire's town. Most of the people who established the place made their money from the mines and the company store.

Here's our question for the day:

Who invented the Geodesic Dome, and don't look it up. Extra points for those who can describe it and its contribution.

I don't know who invented the Dome, Letty, but I do know that Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson played in the remake of "The Magnificent Obsession" by Lloyd C. Douglas. The originals were Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.

Buckminster Fuller; I've seen one in Penang but can't describe it mathematically. It uses space in a very efficient way. Does that count?

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle. (thanks to don1, I know where THAT came from). That's the one, Raggedy.

I notice that our Francis is back and playing Where Am I. We were all misspelling his name for fun, and Walter let us hear and see the most delightful penguin-ry.

Want to listen, folks? I know our German friend won't mind. This will fill in our time as we await the correct answer.

http://www.paperboy.nl/index.cfm?PID=921DDB89-C31E-FD67-4609408E4B811D10

Turn on your studio speakers.

Well, hi, Clary. Your answer is correct, Britess, and yes it counts. I learned about that dome in undergrad. It was the only time that geometry fascinated me.

and our Clary wins a prepaid scholarship to MIT for her contribution.



Buckminster Fuller invented the Geodesic Dome in the late 1940s to demonstrate some ideas about housing and ``energetic-synergetic geometry'' which he had developed during WWII. This invention built on his two decade old quest to improve the housing of humanity. It represents a brilliant demonstration of his synergetics principles; and in the right circumstances it could solve some of the pressing housing problems of today (this housing crisis Fuller predicted back in 1927).

Scientific American has a link to this page in the article The Architecture of Life (A universal set of building rules seems to guide the design of organic structures--from simple carbon compounds to complex cells and tissues)

Letty, i heard R. Buckminster Fuller speak one time. he was a real character. he also coined the phrase "spaceship earth" and developed the "Dymaxion car" which had 3 wheels, 2 in front, with the rear wheel doing the steering.

Upon my word, Mr. Turtle. That looks more like an air bus and I can see why Bucky would refer to that car as such. Wow! Yit, and you got to hear him speak.

Thanks, buddy. We have more than just music on our station, listeners.

An Airbus doesn't look like that, pffftt!

<smile> You're right, Francis of France. Just a harmless play on words. Now that you are back, do you have a particular request? How about Led Zepplin.

maybe Letty meant airstream instead of airbus.

letty, you're welcome. i also just recalled that so-called "Bucky balls," a high-tech form of carbon i believe, are named after him.

I declare, Yit. You know far more than I about, er, Bucky's carbon.

Well, Francis said pffffff and left in a huff, so I guess that means he wants to hear a song by the dirigibles.

Bridges and Balloons

We sailed away on a winter's day
with fate as malleable as clay;
but ships are fallible, I say,
and the nautical, like all things, fades

And I can recall our caravel:
a little wicker beetle shell
with four fine maste and lateen sails,
its bearings on Cair Paravel

O my love,
O it was a funny little thing
to be the ones to've seen.

The sight of bridges and balloons
makes calm canaries irritable;
they caw and claw all afternoon:
"Catenaries and dirigibles
brace and buoy the living-room --
a loom of metal, warp - woof - wimble."
And a thimbles worth of milky moon
can touch hearts larger than a thimble.

O my love,
O is was a funny little thing
to be the ones to've seen

while there's a momentary lull, lets hear one from the fab 4 about identity issues perhaps ;-)

I am he as you are he as you are me
And we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly
I'm crying

Sitting on a cornflake waiting for the van to come
Corporation teeshirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you been a naughty boy. You let your face grow long
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob

Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run
I'm crying, I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying

Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife pornographic priestess
Boy you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob

Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come
You get a tan from standing in the English rain
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo goo joob

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Don't you think the joker laughs at you? (Ha ha ha! He he he! Ha ha ha!)
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snied
I'm crying

Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob
Goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob
Goo gooooooooooo jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Jooba jooba
Jooba jooba

some songs from and about parks


Itchycoo Park
The Small Faces

Over the Bridge of Sighs
To rest my eyes in shades of green
Under Dreaming Spires
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been

(Chorus 1)
What did you do there? - I got high
What did you feel there? - Well I cried
But why the tears there? - I'll tell you why - yyyyy
It's all too beautiful, It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful, It's all too beautiful

(Bridge)

I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun
I'll tell you what I'll do - What will you do?
I'd like to go there now with you
You can miss out school - Won't that be cool
Why go to learn the words of fools?

(Chorus 2)
What will we do there? - We'll get high
What will we touch there? - We'll touch the sky
But why the tears there? I'll tell you why

It's all too beautiful, It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful, It's all too beautiful
I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up, feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
Be nice and have fun in the sun

It's all too beautiful, It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful, It's all too beautiful


Palisades Park
The Ramones

Last night I took a walk after dark
A swingin' place called Palisades Park
To have some fun and see what I could see
That's where the girls are

I took a ride on a shoot-the-chute
That girl I sat beside was awful cute
And after while she was holdin' hands with me

My heart was flyin' up like a rocket ship
Down like a roller coaster
Back like a loop-the-loop
And around like a merry-go-round

We ate and ate at a hot dog stand
We danced around to a rockin' band
And when I could, I gave that girl a hug
In the tunnel of love

You'll never know how great a kiss can feel
When you stop at the top of a Ferris wheel
When I fell in love down at Palisades Park

We ate and ate at a hot dog stand
We danced around to a rockin' band
And when I could, I gave that girl a hug
In the tunnel of love

You'll never know how great a kiss can feel
When you stop at the top of a Ferris wheel
When I fell in love down at Palisades Park

Down at Palisades Park
FADE
You know it's Palisades Park
Down at Palisades Park


For You
Bruce Springsteen
(from the album, greetings from asbury park)

Princess cards she sends me with her regards
barroom eyes shine vacancy, to see her you gotta look hard
Wounded deep in battle, I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted
To her Cheshire smile. I'll stand on file, she's all I ever wanted.
But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts
honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back
you wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks.
You said, "Here's your mirror and your ball and jacks".
But they're not what I came for, and I'm sure you see that too
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency
and your cloud line urges me, and my electric surges free

Crawl into my ambulance, your pulse is getting weak
reveal yourself all now to me girl while you've got the strength to speak
Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks
But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask.
And don't call for your surgeon even he says it's too late
It's not your lungs this time, it's your heart that holds your fate
Don't give me money, honey, I don't want it back
you and your pony face and your union jack
well take your local joker and teach him how to act
I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked
Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive
able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive
you could laugh and cry in a single sound.

And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the god?

You were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach
Remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach
And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek
That ragged, jagged melody she still clings to me like a leech.
But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way
like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way
We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar
of some metal-tempered engine on an alien, distant shore
So you, left to find a better reason than the one we were living for
and it's not that nursery mouth I came back for
It's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors
And who am I to ask you to lick my sores?
And you should know that's true...
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency

Mr. Turtle, you are fabulous, honey, even though there is only one of you. <smile> Thanks for the Beatle's song, but now there are only two.

musical news item:



Bee Gee Barry Gibb Buys Johnny Cash's Home 26 minutes ago



HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. - The home of the late singer Johnny Cash has been purchased by another singer with a distinctive voice.


Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and his wife, Linda, bought the house for an undisclosed amount, an attorney for the Cash family said Wednesday.

The Gibbs plan to restore the rustic retreat on Old Hickory Lake where Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived during their entire marriage. Hendersonville is 13 miles northeast of downtown Nashville.

"This place will always be the spiritual home for the Cashes," Barry Gibb said in a statement. "My wife, Linda, and I are determined to preserve it, to honor their memory. We fell in love with it; it's an incredible honor for us. We plan to use the home to write songs because of the musical inspiration."

The home was purchased by Balinda LLC, a Florida company owned by Gibb and his wife, according to Nashville attorney Robert L. Sullivan, who administers the Cash estate for the family.

The home, visited by everyone from U.S. presidents to ordinary fans, went on the market in June with an asking price of $2.9 million. The price was lowered this fall to $2.5 million.

The couple lived for 35 years at the 13,880-square-foot home and 4.6-acre property.

Cash died in 2003, soon after the death of his wife, June Carter Cash. His musical career began in the 1950s and spanned from rock 'n' roll to folk to country. His hits includes "Ring of Fire," "Folsom Prison Blues" and "I Walk the Line."

The Bee Gees are best known for their hits of the disco era in the late 1970s, such as "Night Fever" and "Jive Talkin'." Barry Gibb's brother Maurice died in 2003 when he suffered a heart attack before undergoing emergency surgery in Miami for an intestinal blockage.

From the Bee Gee's

Don't Forget To Remember

Oh my heart won't believe that you have left me
I keep telling my self that it's true



I can get over anything you want my love
But I can't get myself over you

Don't forget to remember me
And the love that used to be
I still remember you
I love you
In my heart lies a memory to tell the stars above
Don't forget to remember me my love

On my wall lies a photograph of you girl
Though I try to forget you somehow
You're the mirror of my soul so take me out of my hole
Let me try to go on living right now

Don't forget to remember me
And the love that used to be
I still remember you
I love you
In my heart lies a memory to tell the stars above
Don't forget to remember me my love.

my fave b g's tune

Massachusetts
The Bee Gees

Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts,
Something's telling me I must go home.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
The day I left her standing on her own.

Tried to hitch a ride to San Francisco,
Gotta do the things I wanna do.
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
They brought me back to see my way with you.

Talk about the life in Massachusetts,
Speak about the people I have seen,
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts
And Massachusetts is one place I have seen.

I will remember Massachusetts...

Thanks, dj. I'll always remember you, Canada. <smile>

Who was the band for this one, listeners?:

I got chills, they're multiplyin', and I'm losin' control
Cause the power you're supplyin', it's electrifyin'

You better shape up, cause I need a man,
and my heart is set on you
You better shape up, you better understand,
to my heart I must be true
Nothing left, nothing left for me to do

Chorus:
You're the one that I want
(you are the one I want), ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one that I want (you are the one I want),
ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one that I want (you are the one I want),
ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one I need (the one I need),
oh yes indeed (yes indeed)

If you're filled with affection,
You're too shy to convey
Meditate my direction, feel your way

I better shape up,
cause you need a man
I need a man,
Who can keep me satisfied
I better shape up, if I'm gonna prove
You better prove, that my fate is justified
Are you sure?
Yes I'm sure down deep inside

[chorus repeats out]

Skating Rink
David Francey

I live in a small village in Quebec across the street from the skating rink. In winter the rink becomes the focal point of the village. It is the meeting place, the spark of joy in the winter darkness, the very image of Canada in the heart of winter. From my house I can hear the thin music from the loudspeakers, the sound of hockey being played, the cut of steel on ice, the thud and boom of the puck on the boards, and the yells of joy and disappointment; sounds that seem to laugh in the face of winter itself.

The music from the skating rink
Drifts across the town
The stars of heaven high above
Forever looking down
I stand here looking upward,
And I'm listening to the sound
Of the village in the lonely heart of winter

The lights above the skating rink
Illuminate the scene
And on the snow the shadows show
Footsteps where we've been
And Danny's breath hangs motionless
Hovers like a dream
Above his head, in the lonely heart of winter

The sky above the skating rink
The blackened weight of space
Falls endless on the frozen world
Upon the saving grace
Of the lights around the skating rink
Laughing in the face
Of the darkness at the lonely heart of winter

Ah, dj. Everyone has fond memories of the sights and sounds of winter and summer.

What a nice thing for David Francey to weave into a song. Thank you for that, Canada.

From the memory of my Mom:


There's a little rosewood casket
Resting on a marble stand
With a packet of old love letters
Written by my true love's hand

Go and bring them to me sister
Read them o'er for me tonight
I have often tried but could not
For the tears that filled my eyes

When I'm dead and in my casket
When I gently fall asleep
Fall asleep to wake in heaven
Dearest sister do not weep

Take his letters and his locket
Place them gently on my heart
But this golden ring that he gave me
From my finger never part

From the memory of my oldest sister;

Girl In The Blue Velvet Band



One night while out for a ramble
The hour was just about nine
I met a young maiden in Frisco
On the corner of Geary and Pine

On her face there was beauty of nature
And her eyes just seemed to expand
Her hair was so rich and so brilliant
Entwined in a blue velvet band

We strolled down the street together
In my pocket she placed her small hand
She planted the evidence on me
The girl in the blue velvet band

I heard the scream of the siren
And the girl in the blue velvet band
She left me to face all the trouble
With a diamond that was worth ten grand

They sent me to San Quentin for stealing
God knows I'm an innocent man
The guilty one now she lie's dying
The girl in the blue velvet band

Last night when bed-time was ringin
Standing there close to the bars
I fancied I heard a voice calling
Far out in the ocean of stars

I'll be out in a year and I'm leaving
But I'll carry the name of a man
That served ten years in prison
For the girl in the blue velvet band

And when I get out I'll endeavor
To live in some other land
And I'll bid farewell to old Frisco
And the girl in the blue velvet band