Stardust - Bunny Berigan

How far is heaven- Los Lonely Boys

Louis Armstrong - A Kiss to Build a Dream On

this was one of the best songs by Louis Armstrong....

Fats Domino - Red sails in the sunset

Fats Domino - Blueberry hill 1985

The Manhattan Transfer-On A Little Street In Singapore #126-*T*O*T*Ps*70s*

Jimmy Dorsey - Blue Champagne

of course you know that I love this song

1941 HITS ARCHIVE: Yours - Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell, v...

Jimmy Dorsey sometimes got lost in his brother's shadow, but he had a great orchestra on his own.

Frank Sinatra and Louis Prima Rare appearance together

Mel Torme - When The World Was Young

Mel Tormé - Don't Get Around Much Anymore [outtake] (The Judy Garland Show)

Mr Jazz himself......loved loved Mel Torme...



http://youtu.be/LDNQIoItdMwhttp://youtu.be/LDNQIoItdMw  When Sunny Gets Blue

You're My Everything (1956) - Carmen Cavallaro

from the days when the piano was the big instrument.....

Swing - Best of The Big Bands (1/3)

They Say - Helen Forrest

the sound of a summer night with the windows open, Dad and Mom are reading the paper, curtains billow in the wind, as play outside...  and  

http://youtu.be/2EAIfdIM2TI  Skylark

"This I Swear" The Skyliners and 3 more

http://youtu.be/h3mfPDSbl-4

http://youtu.be/h3mfPDSbl-4 Born to Late...fits right in the style of the time...



http://youtu.be/ngZh6ZSRoYg     Since i Don 't have you...another great doo wop song..



http://youtu.be/Gtizr2G_7Bk   It's all in the Game....a favorite of mine for years

Vic Dana - My heart belongs to only you

CT Scan Reveals That Statue of the Buddha Is Actually a Mummy

CT Scan Reveals That Statue of the Buddha Is Actually a Mummy

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Adios

 a fitting close for today

Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw

Hands down he was spectacular...

Carlos Santana / José Feliciano / Ricky Martin - Light My Fire / Oye Com...

This is a Wow.....Feliciano, ummmm, Santana, yeahhhhh and Ricky .....love it when my faves get together....

George Harrison & Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps *Rare Live...

All great songs help you recall the time of your life when you first heard them, and what stage of life you were in....the refrain is so beautiful...

The greatest "Layla" by Eric Clapton.. EVER !

then there was Eric Clapton!  Layla knocked me off my feet!

Stephane Grapelli - As time goes by (Casablanca)

antoerh movie , with the song played by the great Grapelli

Johnny Mathis - Summer of '42

Another movie you are missing the pleasure of, if you have not seen it.....and the beautiful voice of Johnny Mathis tempts you here...

getting some fun out of life, madeleine peyroux

Style, artistic and one of the best sounds around....

Black Book-A Hundred Years From Today

Black Book a great story, just reminding you, if you have not seen it yet....this song is from the movie...the story and the song stayed with me for a long time

The Guitar Gods - Jeff Beck: "Apache" / "Sleepwalk"

 with Les Paul...came the popularity of the guitar, that still is probably the most favored instrument to this day.....I remember the day I heard..."How High the Moon."   We were at the Wellworth in downtown Framingham, and it blew me away.... We all went to the moon with the new sound...and Les Paul went down in history!

And now Les Paul and Mary Ford as it sounded, when we first heard it.....it Wowed us!  Listen to the Grapelli touch
http://youtu.be/UOzB7I2y7Ic

Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli - I Saw Stars (1934)

Imagine how popular this group was ....what a sound back in 1934

Blue Moon - Stephane Grappelli

I never dreamed I would love the violin, but Grapelli makes it vibrate in my soul...

George Shearing live in Japan Lullaby of Birdland

when piano was important...George Shearing was the great jazz pianist...

"Tell Me Why" Bobby Vinton

this was Eddie Fisher's song, but I think this is the version we all liked, I have to go get Eddie's version



http://youtu.be/meUK1XLOhYs   No....it was not Bobby Vinton....Eddie had it!

"I'm Yours" Eddie Fisher

today a few moments and this song from the past popped into my head.   It was his best song in my book,though he had many hits....the song just suited his voice

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Grapes of Wrath continued

Well the book club did not put me off!  The comments by some were that they did not like the book because it was depressing.

On the other hand it showed the human generosity of spirit , sharing food when they themselves were starving, for example.  It starkly revealed the inability of uneducated to know how to face problems.  It illustrated stubborn  refusal to stick on " their land" when it wasn't their land, and if they could have stayed , they would have died of starvation

The suffering blamed the greedy for their plight but it was more than that , how many see this?  It was lack of knowledge about farming, inability to switch crops, lack of education, living day to day subsistence .  It was plain and simple an agrarian society that had no place to go ,nothing to do except migrate and follow the promise of a dream,just as our ancestors did thru history whether Stone Age or agrarian.  only the industrial revolution freed us from direct contact with the land and provided food for more people because we had the ability to do more with machines.

Interesting how some people see and feel only the negative and miss the learning situation, the loving, the giving in spite of suffering and loss. It's hard living but then we encounter this today and it requires problem solving as our leaders tried to do during the Great Depression with programs that produced actors , producers and writers of the 40's .

I happen to be reading at the same time the biography of Burt Lancaster and his family struggle at the same period of time in New York

new reading...The Grapes of wrath and thoughts on the start of it...

Reading for a book club and disappointed because the new edition I purchased is dissecting  the story, so
what happens when you begin to read.....  I remember the first college class when I learned about the stream of consciousness, and I was dumbfounded at what it could do for a story!  Reading Faulkner and learning about "stream"...was an awakening...

But, now...after the critiques....that came with the book,
You notice structure, you notice how characters are described, you note the scenes and you don't fall into the story.....

You note the rough language of the two men talking, and you begin to smell the summer dryness, and the burrs of the clover, and suddenly
..... I  found myself back in childhood in the meadows and pastures around 604 Hollis Street, Framingham , Mass., where my brother and I roamed the woods and fields with our cousins and friends..  I could smell the staleness of the shack in the woods, where the "bum" lived unkempt, no insulation, run down with an outhouse in the rear....sad...

So, although the dissection was throwing me off, I began to feel, smell and sense the location.

I wonder if the book club will kill the story for me....I loved the film and could watch it again, but when the discussion starts beating on someone, and trying to discern what side the author was on etc...I begin to lose the treasure...and Grapes.....was a treasure of a very difficult time in the lives of Americans.

Books\ should in my opinion tell a story....the idea here of the rise and fall of an orchestra as one person described is a good idea, but when a person is writing  pages and pages non stop, is he or she really thinking about the rise and fall of an orchestra, or point and counterpoint.......when people try to read their impressions into the story, and the skeleton is showing, I miss the meat....

Do you?

A HUNDRED YEARS FROM TODAY Jack Teagarden 1941 and Maxine

This song is one of the great jazz songs, but most vocalists including Frank, tried to make it too romantic...so listen to this then

listen to Maxime Sullivan.... click link below...



http://youtu.be/dsfLnY2cJlA

Shiny Stockings with Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie

there was a time when shiny stockings were the thing!

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New read,,,,The Discovery of France, Graham Robb

The Discovery of France  by Graham Robb

A wonderful adventurous book, ride, walk, and just encounter the hinterlands of France and the adventure of becoming a country, united by a language.  It was not easy, nor was the unification of a country and it"s language.  All roads led to Paris, and thus the unification began.

I could not help but think of the parallels of the United States becoming a country of many States during the same period of time, as also  the unification of Italy.  It was a time when unification made sense, so people could be accounted for and the State could grow and be responsible .

Crossing the Alps was an adventure and although the Grand Tour was not mentioned it was easily alluded to in the crossing of the Alps.  The horses could not make some of the steep inclines, so a donkey was brought along .  The coach would be taken apart, and the donkey would haul it on a travois over the top of the incline, where it would be reassembled for the harrowing ride down the mountain.  Robert Louis Stevenson and others took the Grand Tour in this manner, across the Alps to Italy, and back.

Superstition and lack of communication led to the death of one of Cassini's map makers.  Spas grew up where people came to take the waters and fed by towns anxious for income more business grew up around the spas.  Gossip could travel faster than man, one wondered how that could happen?

 Today we think that everyone needs what civilization has to offer, but on is startled back to a one room cottage, with firepit, outside accommodations and uncleanliness.  This was life for many of us before the advent of industrialization

Finally, I learned about the start of the Tour de France and I learned why, when I was in Paris in the 1950's the French would seem rude when they barked at me, "Speak French!"  I did struggle to speak French, and wondered why they were so rude, after all I was only a "kid", struggling to make myself understood,( as though I could just spout out French)

 The railroads, the coach roads, the many people that walked from the outlying areas, all came together in the glittering city of Paris, uniting the languages, the cultures and the ideals, until, we had ...Vive La France!

 An interesting journey, worth the time for armchair travelers, that like to accumulate knowledge about the world and its people.

Glen Campbell - 'Gentle On My Mind' & 'Southern Nights' LIVE on Weekend ...

Gentle on My Mind, has to be a classic hit, into forever..

So This Is Love- The Castells

What a great group!  The song is fabulous, how could we bring this back, beautiful music to get the attention of the people of the world.

Lenny Welch: Since I fell for you (The Original)!

 another great song of the past....that deserves to be brought back...

Rick Nelson Since I Don't Have You

Like bringing Ricky back, and one of my all time favorite songs....

Ricky Nelson- Garden Party (Lyrics)

Talking about guitar, this weekend, with my young friend Harley, and forgot to mention Ricky Nelson....this is his heartbeat dictating the beat of this song...and I love it, don't you?

Ricky Nelson- Garden Party (Lyrics)

Talking about guitar, this weekend, with my young friend Harley, and forgot to mention Ricky Nelson....this is his heartbeat dictating the beat of this song...and I love it, don't you?

Chords - Sh Boom (live)

the saxophone is really nice for this song... and now....the Crewcuts and cars...

http://youtu.be/EMVQXZtUJrQ

How Sh Boom Originated

Music from the environment, interesting ....how they composed a fun song we  enjoyed , it was up, it was exciting and we loved to dance to it.

Sarah Vaughan - A Hundred Years From Today

For my friend Lorraine, I found it and Sarah is great as usual...''



Here is Johnny Ray



http://youtu.be/T3H2mREYefc



Lee Wiley

http://youtu.be/PbSWfaDgz00



It's doo wop, but ...guess what, I like the tempo and the softer sound of the voices....maybe it is a sound that someone can successfully handle with this song again today....  Freddy Cole could probably do this number... with his soft voice....

http://youtu.be/ALpVPzaGbCI

Della Reese - A Hundred Years from Today

Just cruising around, it was hard to find, there was Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Ethel Waters, Joni James....and this is the first one that caught my attention as the closest to the voice for this song....but then Della is fabulous

A Hundred Years From Today - Black Book Soundtrack [HD]

Need a great movie and can't think of one...this is wonderful, maybe you can find it on amazon prime.

A Hundred Years From Today ..... Maxine Sullivan 1986

Maxine still had a great voice, and has one of the best arrangements of this song...Want a hit song?  There is something about this song, that dictates it a hit. but it is for your voice?   I think it suits a Dean Martin male voice, or Mel Torme type voice. and a husky voice woman who can make it sultry, Julie London style...  I know Rod Stewart could do it....

Lee Wiley - A Hundred Years from Today - 1934 interesting photos

I lovc this song, and was looking for different versions, when I came across this interesting group of childhood pictures.  Hedy Lamarr was one of the greatest beauties, but not one of the most beautiful of the children, in my estimation

Louis Prima - Sing,Sing,Sing (With a Swing)

This is a great idea of what it was like....you can even see the garters that girls had to wear to hold up the nylons, before girdles, then the awful girdles move in....oh, awful....

Madeleine Peyroux - J'ai Deux Amours

Madeleine Peyroux is going to be a big, big hit.....if she keeps picking great songs...., I would love to hear her with K.D. Lang on a great song...lets see, what would be special...?

getting some fun out of life, madeleine peyroux

Wow!  Where have I been, this is a great song, and I just heard it on Seriously Sinatra the other day.....  I think that Madeleine Peyroux is fabulous...as an artist, don't you?

Manhattan Transfer Blue Champagne

Oh, such great music, they were the best, they picked great songs...that counts so much.

Laurel Massé - Scotch and Soda / Manhattan Transfer 1977

this was a big hit, back in the 40's , 50's, and reminds me of the Maridor,on Route 9  that lounge was the place to go for years....

Bert Kaempfert - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (1965)

another favorite, and I thought Bert kaempfert would be a treat....hardly anyone knows him today, but he was big...in the 50's, and this is typical of the 50's horn sound.  It reminds me of a night at the Totem Pole....which was our dream date in those days!

Manhattan Transfer - On a little street in Singapore 1978

just feel like some great music tonight, imagine way back to 1978,,,,and it is great!~

Marty Robbins Singing 'Room Full Of Roses.'

A time to sit and say thank you to the Rose's in our lives, whether their names were Rose, or Karen, or Angie, Maggie, Theresa, Anita, Grace, Mary and I could go on....

Boots Randolph ~ So Rare

Earl Bostic swept me off my feet with the saxophone and it always remains one of my favorite instruments.  Here is one of the great saxophone players of my day.

Blue Moon - Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart has some of the best arrangements, take this song for instance, it is just beautiful, and he is generous with his appreciation for those that accompany him, just love this guitar!  Gorgeous presentation, Rod, we thank you....

Frequency, by Penny Pierce, a wonderful book for people that are always looking to learn, improve and grow....

This review is from: Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration (Paperback)

My inner self spoke to me, each time i went back to pick up where I left off. Why I asked, aren't we teaching this in the lower grades, so that children growing up in good or especially bad circumstances can understand that life is welcoming and loving and no matter the present circumstances, you are empowered to make it better. What an injustice we do ourselves to deprive our children of the knowledge that we are vibrating, as is everything around us.

The facts of vibration , the levels , the types of things that vibrations can do, are still so poorly understood. Just this week, people on facebook were incredulous that grains of salt can move with the vibrations of music. How would our world change if we took the lessons of science and started to reach down to elementary school with the magic of our reality. If we continue to focus on matter and ignore our electrical, vibrational essence, we teach children that matter is all that counts.

I personally think that this book is a "bible" of how to react to good and bad circumstances, how to approach our desires and their fulfillment, and how to be a better marriage partner, parent, and "boss". You can not just jump in and practice what Penny Pierce preaches, because you are a creature of habit, but each day you take a step in the direction you want to reach, as you would as you learned to walk, and talk.

From the start I felt that this book would be helpful to people who deal with the demons of addiction, split personality and other problems, since it is giving hope that a personal mantra, an understanding of why we have to face trials, sadness, failure, and falls. It holds out hope that there is something to reach for, for all of us, no matter how the cards are dealt at our birth.

Understanding how the past affects the future, how a Mom or Dad, can color the future of their child and how that child is reacting to the lessons learned at home, are all easily recognized.

This book is like a counselor that you can see when you want to, just by choosing your chapter and sinking into the lessons , by examining your own life, how you got where you are, and do you want to change it, or understand and improve it?

Carolyn Myss is another teacher, Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing was one of my favorite books. I have to say that Penny Pierce has gone beyond, by focusing on what everyone avoids (the real world of vibrations)is making it easy for us to do self improvement.

George Harrison - "Got My Mind Set On You" Version 2 (From the album "Cl...

What can I say about this?

Just a great song , as so many songs from members of the Beatles!

Tony Bennett - Isn't It Romantic

Tony Bennett one of the best voices....listen then



listen to thisjphnny mathis



two great voices both doing a great job.....



now this.....Michael Feinstein



One of these arrangements sticks, comes back to me in his voice all the time....There are songs made for certain voices, and the great voices do a good job, but one voice stands out...either the voice or the arrangement.

In this case,



Michael Feinstein, is my favorite how about you?

"Unbroken",A new and fabulous book

Today is most appropriate to post this as it addresses the trail of fright, terror, and utter despair our fighting men endured in the 2nd World War ( and in any war). We face the loss today of a man ,Robin Williams,who made us laugh and now cry because he gave up!    How do these events intermingle? The wonderful Billy Graham saved our hero in "Unbroken" how many of us are that fortunate?

Words and ideas escape us ,we feel helpless with people in despair and depression, but they do laugh, and smile at times, so somewhere behind and deep below that sadness is the spark of their soul.  Maybe as a society we need to put forth more positive movies, music , etc, books that illustrate the magic and hope in the worlds specially for the young souls, teens and young adults so they know redemption is a given.

Watching " The Egyptian" yesterday ,a movie ( and book of the 50's ) the difference between our present culture and then was so apparent.  "Unbroken" and "The Egyptian",both show how we can redeem ourselves from the darkest days.    Children need to learn young that they can face life bravely even when they make big mistakes and that redemption is possible because it brings peace.

"Unbroken" just released has over 10,000 reviews on Amazon including mine.  It was and is a book of the year.  A book that illustrates what our culture of the late 40's and 50's produced, and how this "MAN " handled his life with incredible stamina, bravery, and forgiveness when it seemed no one could ever forgive such atrocious brutality

Our precious souls need more attention in the early growing stages ,don't you agree?

Nomination for the Nobel Prize, confirming inflationary model of the universe....

Astronomers have discovered traces of gravitational waves in the relict radiation, confirming the inflationary model of the universe. As stated by leading scientists around the world, this long-awaited finding will soon be nominated for the Nobel Prize.

The announcement of the discovery about of new evidence supporting the inflationary model of the universe caused an unprecedented excitement in the scientific world.

The central idea of this model states that our universe is only one “unit” in an infinite and ever-expanding set of unrelated parallel universes which form the so-called multiverse.

The existence of the multiverse is suggested by other theories such as string theory and by such fields of theoretical physics as quantum mechanics.

“If there is inflation, then there is multiverse. Any proof of inflation brings us closer to verifying the existence of the multiverse,” says Andrei Linde, author of the theory of cosmic inflation and Professor of Physics at Stanford University.

The researchers claim to have managed to detect a celestial signal arising from the ultra-fast expansion of the universe after a split second after the Big Bang.

Of course, the results should be double-checked by independent experts, but world-renowned scientists do not doubt their authenticity. Most likely, the authors of this work will soon be nominated for the Nobel Prize in physics.

The results were obtained by the American group of researchers working on the BICEP2 project. They processed the data of the radio telescope at the South Pole, which is continuously recording celestial signals.

The scientists were trying to find some traces of the inflation of the universe, i.e. the exponential expansion of space just after the Big Bang.

The inflationary universe model suggests the appearance of giant gravitational waves directly after the birth of the world, which should leave a trace in the relic microwave radiation, which has long been discovered by astronomers.

These were the traces, i.e. polarization of the magnetic mode (B- mode) of radiation, that were discovered by the researchers during the BICEP2 experiment. Only gravitational waves resulting from inflationary phase of expansion of the universe could leave such a mark in the CMB.

Gravitational waves were predicted by Albert Einstein 100 years ago in his famous general theory of relativity (GTR). Thus, in addition, the scientists managed to get one more convincing proof of general relativity.

“The discovery gives us unprecedented opportunities in a completely new field of physics, which will explore the phenomena that occurred immediately after the Big Bang,” said Professor John Kovac, head of the BICEP2 group.

The most amazing thing is that the traces discovered in the signal were much stronger than the scientists expected, which allows them to automatically exclude a number of theories in the inflationary universe model.

Credits: Anna, LearningMind

References:

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.3985.pdf

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Salty Dog Gallery, and Acadia national Park...take a peek

Planning on an escape to Maine, our friends Joan and Phil Steel are parents of the Salty Dog Gallery
Say "Hello" for us....then visit this magnificent park, gifted by the Rockefeller's..

This is the season in Maine when most of the South heads to Maine for their vacation...as one Texan said, "its 75 degrees here and 110 degrees in Texas in the shade"., and .......Acadia National Park was voted the #1 Park in the Nation....The park is next door to the gallery.. About Us:  Please plan to excape the heat, and  visit us on Mount Desert Island. The Acadia National Park is within walking distance of The Salty Dog Gallery, and  the park has over 200 miles of hiking trails with exceptional views of the Gulf of Maine and surrounding Islands. Please see Phil's website:   www.philipssteel.com.  or call me for information about the work in the gallery.  772-465-8322                                                               Joan Steel

Artie Shaw - Nightmare

like me, you probably have heard this song, but never knew it's name....

Artie Shaw & his Orchestra with Helen Forrest - They Say (1938)

Artie Shaw, wonderful, wonderful, this is not a blow you away song, but it's Artie Shaw!

Eric Clapton - After Midnight (BEST VERSION EVER!)

Wow, just listen to this version of After Midnight....its a wow!

J J CALE After midnight 1971

I still love Eric Clapton's version the best....do you ?

Eric Clapton/JJ Cale-Call Me The Breeze

Eric Clapton has a new album, called Call Me The Breeze....here is the song of the title..

Dr. Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid

Dr. Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid  today I thought of how much food we eat without thought .  So I decided to investigate a little on some of the ideas I followed at a younger age.  Dr Pauling was touting 1000 mg of Vitamin C a day, and other doctors were saying nay!  But now, to reduce your CRP,  which could be an indicator of heart disease. ( we know it is an indicator of inflammation), doctors are now saying take 1000 mg of vitamin C a day.



Dr Weil goes further and recommends super foods and a pyramid to follow to keep your body balanced and not acidic.



It is hard to do in this day and age, when food values are changing, even our plants our changing.  What will happen if we have a war and the only seeds on earth are proprietary and we can no longer grow watermelons from their seeds, or carrots and apples from their seeds...

The Girls of Atomic City

4.0 out of 5 stars Second World War atmosphere, feelings, life, its all here., July 7, 2014

By 

madlyn fafard (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II (Paperback)

If you always wanted to learn about the Second World War, this is a good start. Told from a number of voices, it touches on segregation, the plight of women who had little exposure to opportunity even if they went to college, the struggle of the working families to put food on the table, whether black or white. How few women got the chance to go to college. How drudging work could be and how much fun dancing and bowling were to lighten the load of the working folks. All of the culture of the time, rises up as families and individuals face the opportunity for a new job in an unknown place , doing something they knew nothing about, working in secrecy , in difficult living conditions, and making the best of it. The whispering and meanness of people, who guessed at secrets, when they did not know what was going on, even in war time, the stand offish attitude toward others....people were less open, less able to comprehend what others might be doing, the struggle for survival was still too close to home.. Its not far from my mind, as I recall the dads and moms in my neighborhood, and I know that my dad made $25.00 a week, supporting a family of 4. Bread was around 5 cents a loaf then..

This story filled in the part about the Germans for me, as the scientists they confined in England, admitted they were no where near the development of the bomb in Germany. Maybe no other country could have done what we did, because the cost of building the bomb was STUPENDOUS, for that day and age....the size of the plants, and the product that was emitted, are all shocking, so little for such effort, who else but the United States, would be able to produce this feat, just as we did with the production of war goods and supplies for our men. The picture of the time is just a start, if you are interested in the 2nd World Was as I am , one of the books I really enjoyed was on how our country mobilized.Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II This book is perfect to follow The Girls of Atomic City.

The Midnight Special More 1978 - 15 - Peter Allen - I Go To Rio

there is something about this song, that has great potential, waiting for it to break out again?

Glenn Miller and the Army Air Force Band - Over There

Just look at the hits this plane had!  In the day when there was no air conditioning or heat in a plane, the pilots wore heavy leather jackets, lined with fleece...precision bombing?  What was that...just let the whole load go, we are over target...

the song is from the first world war, but popular in the second world war , too.  What purpose?  What gain?

How can we overcome those who want to wage war?  Can you truly subjugate the world?

Gomer Sings With Hippys

Gomer Pyle was before Forrest Gump....and he had a wonderful voice

THE EDDIE DUCHIN STORY

 a good movie to watch tonight, filled with piano music

K-Rations: "Food for Fighters" circa 1943 US Office of War Information W...

Once in a while I seem to remember, ( or maybe more than once in awhile, we got films like this at the Saturday matinee, during the war.    Now watching this, I think this must have given birth to the idea of fast food...as we know it today.....???

Claire Mahoney Lavin, (for my class mates)

Going back to high school days ...many of you will remember Claire Mahony Lavin,who died this past week.  She will be remembered for giving to the community as a Selectwoman, a successful real estate broker, mother of 5 children, a provider and dual parent, because she lost her husband Joe Lavin, at a young age.  Claire was a remarkable woman, she always did the best she could and that was what made her special..

The Girls of Atomic City, my newest read...quote about dictators

Laura, the wife of Enrico Fermi was Jewish, they joined the exodus and eventually wound up in the United States with the International team of scientists that were to work on the Atomic bomb.  From the book , page 79, "These scientists-Hungarians , Italians, Germans-knew the power and speed with which a dictatorial state could mobilize ,Universities, Military Research.  Back in their war-ravaged homelands, these entities, each with their own expertise and power, were under a single direction, guided and controlled by one hand."

"A dictator decrees,"  she later wrote, "a president asks Congress for permission to organize."

Forrest Gump (1/9) Movie CLIP - Peas and Carrots (1994) HD

the nicest treat for your children, is to show them this movie, it is so wonderful, even for the adults...How many times have you seen it....

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Guy Mitchell - Singing the blues (1956).mpg

here is a song for a lift...great rhythm, forget the blues, just bounch around with this...

Anita O'Day ~ Ten Cents A Dance

what a voice...one of the Queens of Jazz

Earl Bostic -- I'll String Along With You (VintageMusic.es)

Looking for some new material, here is an old song that was well loved...

Earl Bostic - "Moonglow" - sweetened version

Moonglow, was a great song...form the movie, Picnic...

Julio Iglesias - La Mer [Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ending]

this is the version that everyone fell in love with...most recently...

Beyond The Sea Kevin Spacey

Something to do on a hurrican night....this is available for Amazon rental...prime members look it up...a great movie with lots of music

Sarah Vaughan ft Fred Norman & His Orchestra - Last Night When We Were Y...

this song from the 1930's is so nice , it could be easily revived...for a great voice

Sarah Vaughan - 'Round Midnight (1963)

Sarah still shining!

Sarah Vaughan ft Count Basie Orchestra - Moonlight In Vermont (Mercury R...

This song show cases her voice...we  loved her...growing up in the 50's

MOCEDADES - TOUCH THE WIND (ERES TU) TARA VINYL SINGLE

 Such a beautiful song from the past.  I heard this song first in Spain, it was hard to find in English, but here it is....

Frankie Valli Greatest Hits Medley (22 All Time Great Hits Revised)

Would like to see the movie about the Jersey Boys.....they were great,

THE RASCALS - GROOVIN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.wmv

  Back to the 60's?

George Benson - Give Me The Night [1980]

This is better than thinking for the moment....love love jazz....great George Benson...keep him in your repertoire

Third World War? Could it be and we don't even know it?

Just thinking and wondering if anyone else has come to the conclusion that I have.   The war of the future does not have to be fought with bombs, super weapons and other hi tech equipment, because not all the radicals will be able to match the" power countries", who do have these weapons..

Thinking further, if the giant can not be tumbled with bows and arrows, or just grows angry like in the David and Goliath story, then what do you do?  After all he is liable to lose his cool and stamp you out or bomb you out...he is that big....

As Saul Alinsky preached keep them in turmoil, as soon as one situation calms down start another situation.
Think about the situations we have wasted money on, fighting wars  that have no end, and continue on, the minute we turn our back.  It seems that the enemy gains from all the equipment and expertise we leave behind.  Can we count that as a win for the Allies, or the Radicals.?  Turmoil and dissension

Suddenly in Israel young teens are captured and murdered, while in the United States we suddenly have an influx of children from foreign countries crossing our border.  While these diversions with children are going on and disturbing the civilized world, another bloody war is unfolding in the Middle East with threats against the U.S. on Twitter, another Saul Alinsky tactic... dissension, turmoil, spend money and weaken the enemy...

It appears to me, we are in a new type of warfare, one based on new tactics we are not prepared to deal with.  Our stage of civilization makes it difficult to deal with the new warfare we will face, so the little radical ants building their power centers, collecting their tools of the new warfare, may yet rise over the Goliath of our cultured civilization....Imagine being too civilized to be able to fight back?  Are we that gullible that we can not mobilize ever again to face a world wide threat, that will change it's face constantly, until it towers over us?

There may be a grain of intuition here....just think how unlikely it is that thousands of children would suddenly appear on our border?   It is hard to believe that this was not moblizied.... Is this about to happen from Africa to the Mediterranean countries, why not?  What stops it in the Med?    What would Spain, France and Italy do?

Maybe we need to have some conversations about this startling new method of warfare...destroy from within...didn't the Russians warn us during the cold war, that we would destroy ourselves?

Your turn....any thoughts on this?

The Manhattan Transfer-On A Little Street In Singapore #126-*T*O*T*Ps*70s*

I love to listen to Manhattan Transfer present this song....it sticks with me...