Really cool early video of the band from 1978.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Friday night Fun - Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac
Silver Springs - what a song. Sounds awesome every time I hear it. Now that Stevie has matured there is a richness to her voice that was missing when she originally recorded it.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
"Lake. BIG lake..."
Or a pond in this case.
A motorist dropped a lit cigarette in his car and rather than do the smart thing and pull over to look for it he decided to try to fish around for it while driving. You know what they say about taking your eyes off the ball - motorist veered off the road. In what can only be considered a harmonic convergence, he veered off the road into a pond. The motorist managed to exit the car and stood on his trunk to keep his head out of the water. The submerged car and lights were spotted by a passerby who dialed 911 and reported it. The caller then tried to play Good Samaritan and jumped in to help the driver but then both men became stuck in the pond bottom which was very muddy. Two Wheaton police officers arrived on the scene and were able to remove the men from the water. Afterward they were checked out by paramedics and both refused transport to the hospital.
As a tribute to the driver who probably shouldn't be allowed to smoke and drive, we offer the following classic video:
A motorist dropped a lit cigarette in his car and rather than do the smart thing and pull over to look for it he decided to try to fish around for it while driving. You know what they say about taking your eyes off the ball - motorist veered off the road. In what can only be considered a harmonic convergence, he veered off the road into a pond. The motorist managed to exit the car and stood on his trunk to keep his head out of the water. The submerged car and lights were spotted by a passerby who dialed 911 and reported it. The caller then tried to play Good Samaritan and jumped in to help the driver but then both men became stuck in the pond bottom which was very muddy. Two Wheaton police officers arrived on the scene and were able to remove the men from the water. Afterward they were checked out by paramedics and both refused transport to the hospital.
As a tribute to the driver who probably shouldn't be allowed to smoke and drive, we offer the following classic video:
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Saturday morning Fun - Mambo Italiano with puppets
We were having technical difficulties last night, of the kind that make me wish I'd bought a Mac. After waiting an interminable time just to get the darn thing to boot up I'd launch the web and within a few minutes the mouse would quit responding and my laptop would go to the Arctic Circle (freeze). After about a dozen attempts to remedy the situation I gave up and went to bed early. I'm happy to report so far this morning it's been fine.
So Friday night Fun has been transformed into Saturday morning fun! I decided to go Old School and plum the fertile depths of the American songbook. We are kicking it off this morning with a funny little video I found of some older but still sexy dude singing 'Mambo Italiano' with puppets. Don't know what it's from but it beat out posting vids by Rosemary Clooney and Dean Martin. I dig the puppets!
So Friday night Fun has been transformed into Saturday morning fun! I decided to go Old School and plum the fertile depths of the American songbook. We are kicking it off this morning with a funny little video I found of some older but still sexy dude singing 'Mambo Italiano' with puppets. Don't know what it's from but it beat out posting vids by Rosemary Clooney and Dean Martin. I dig the puppets!
Saturday morning Fun - Moon River - Breakfast at Tiffany's
SMF continues with a number from one of Trixie's all-time favorite movies, Breakfast at Tiffany's. This is one of those movies that means so much to me I NEVER want to hear the word 'remake.' Would never be the same without Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard. Music is by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Johnny Mercer.
Saturday morning Fun - Ella Fitzgerald - Too Darn Hot
We're finishing it off this morning with Ella Fitzgerald singing the Cole Porter classic 'Too Darn Hot.'
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The TV season thus far
My two favorites so far:
'Glee' - Fox. This is a great show! A glee club at a high school in Ohio wants to show everyone they have what it takes to win competitions. And they do have what it takes: a great but hen-pecked teacher and mentor, an ultra-driven member, a high school athlete-turned-glee club singer, a closeted gay kid, a diva, a disabled student and a kinda goth chick. But there are always roadblocks, in this case Jane Lynch playing a maniacal cheerleading coach hell-bent on taking down the glee club by any means necessary so her girls can get all the glory and all the budget. She takes aggression to a whole new level and is easily the funniest person on TV today. The show has incredibly snappy dialogue and you have to listen closely to make sure you don't miss any of it. Not to mention musical production numbers!
'The Good Wife' - CBS. The show premiered Tuesday night to great reviews and is getting a rave from Naperville City Desk, too. The show stars Julianna Margulies, playing the wife of a philandering Chicago state's attorney who has possibly been caught with his hand in the cookie jar and is sitting in jail and who has definitely been caught diddling hookers on the side. The show may seem a little ripped-from-the-headlines but really focuses less on the scandal and more on the wife trying to pick up the pieces of her life while facing betrayal and a mountain of legal debt. She returns to the work force after a 13-year absence and gets work in a law firm as a junior associate. Her first trip back into the court room is a fiasco as she struggles to feel her way and find one line of questioning that won't prompt a barrage of objections. On the homefront she has to mind her two kids who watch her husband suck the toes of a hooker on Youtube. Margulies plays the character with class and humor and isn't afraid to show the failures as well as the triumphs. I am looking forward to some juicy plotlines to come.
'Glee' - Fox. This is a great show! A glee club at a high school in Ohio wants to show everyone they have what it takes to win competitions. And they do have what it takes: a great but hen-pecked teacher and mentor, an ultra-driven member, a high school athlete-turned-glee club singer, a closeted gay kid, a diva, a disabled student and a kinda goth chick. But there are always roadblocks, in this case Jane Lynch playing a maniacal cheerleading coach hell-bent on taking down the glee club by any means necessary so her girls can get all the glory and all the budget. She takes aggression to a whole new level and is easily the funniest person on TV today. The show has incredibly snappy dialogue and you have to listen closely to make sure you don't miss any of it. Not to mention musical production numbers!
'The Good Wife' - CBS. The show premiered Tuesday night to great reviews and is getting a rave from Naperville City Desk, too. The show stars Julianna Margulies, playing the wife of a philandering Chicago state's attorney who has possibly been caught with his hand in the cookie jar and is sitting in jail and who has definitely been caught diddling hookers on the side. The show may seem a little ripped-from-the-headlines but really focuses less on the scandal and more on the wife trying to pick up the pieces of her life while facing betrayal and a mountain of legal debt. She returns to the work force after a 13-year absence and gets work in a law firm as a junior associate. Her first trip back into the court room is a fiasco as she struggles to feel her way and find one line of questioning that won't prompt a barrage of objections. On the homefront she has to mind her two kids who watch her husband suck the toes of a hooker on Youtube. Margulies plays the character with class and humor and isn't afraid to show the failures as well as the triumphs. I am looking forward to some juicy plotlines to come.
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