Tacky Raccoons

School is back in session, so check these out.

The Pencil. The late Milton Friedman is one of my favorites.

2005: Dr. Michio Kaku describes the purpose of LISA, scheduled for launch in 2010(?).  Woof.  This guy’s got some amazing ideas, despite his Berkely ties.

The intelligent Homerbird describes the daily rotation of the earth in easy to understand terms.
[Found at the Presurfer.]

Speaking of Dimensions, I caught myself before I posted a 5th Dimension vid, and decided to post Laura Nyro instead since she wrote several of their hits. Because there are so few decent Laura Nyro videos on the Utoobage, here are three of her songs performed by others, including the 5thD.

Blood Sweat & Tears‘ version of  “When I Die” from 1970, live in Japan.  (Hope someone can take this semi demagnetized video tape and balance out the sound.)

Three Dog Night‘s “Eli’s Comin’.”

I secretly liked Nyro’s version of this song, too.

The Royalettes‘ “Gonna Take A Miracle.” This was not a Nyro song, although she covered the 1965 hit in 1971.

Laura Nyro also showed up on a great compilation album entitled “Different Strokes.” I looked for it on Rhino Records with no success. If you can find it on a CD issue, grab it. Here’s the lineup from the front cover of my vinyl copy:

Did you get that?  This amazing Columbia Records compilation included:
Laura Nyro
Johnny Winters Band
The Chambers Brothers
Poco
Big Brother & The Holding Company
Miles Davis
Tom Rush
Its’ A Beautiful Day
The New York Rock Ensemble
The Flock
Elvin Bishop
Dreams
Ballin’ Jack
Spirit
The Hollies
Bill Puka
Soft Machine
Fraser & Debolt
Redbone

Amazing collection of eccentricity. I love it.

Tags: 5th Dimension, Different Strokes, Dr. Michio Kaku, Eli's Comin', Laura Nyro, LISA, Milton Friedman, multi-dimensions, Multiverse, Royalettes, The Pencil, Three Dog Night

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