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Saturday Matinee – The Pencil, The Multiverse, & The Echos of Nyro

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.

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What a difference 46 years makes.

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1963– The Steven Victor Tallarico look.

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1975– The Steve Tyler look.

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2009– The Barbara Boxer look.

[Images from here, here and here.]

Honk.

[Found here.]

“Oh! Look everyone!”

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“Rousseau’s gonna piss in the marinade glaze again!”

[Found here.]

TV Time

Tacky TV

Train to Utoob City, now boarding on Platform Click.

See for yourself why every year more people buy RCA Victor than any other TV.

Remember this, in B&W television, as in color, the symbols of leadership and dependablility are the names RCA and RCA Victor.

Mark 8 – 8 years home proved performance. The Fraser $495 optional with dealer. Manufacturer’s nationally advertised price. Slightly higher some areas west, south.

What’s My Line?

That’s My Color.

The most Trusted Name in Television.

THIS is what Television was invented for.

[Image created via effmypic.com.]

Saturday Matinee – Do the Fly, Do the Freddie, Slip Away, but Stay Away from the Chick-a-Dilly

Chubby Checker‘s “Do the Fly” didn’t quite make the cut in 1963, but two years later we got this:

In 1965, “Do the Freddy” was Freddy & the Dreamers’ attempt to create a new dance craze. I’d never heard of it, so it must have been a West Coast/British Invasion thang, but F&theD’s actually DID manage to have an influence on later rockers, including the Ramones (watch DeeDee’s moves). Wait for classic dopiness at about 1:00.

Clarence Carter‘s “Slip Away” went to No.6 in 1968. From Billboard’s Top Pop Singles: “Born in 1936 in Montgomery, Alabama. Blind since age 1. Self-taught on guitar from age 11.”

And now for our Feature Length Presentation (courtesy of Hanuman) 1961’s “The Choppers.” Pay attention, parents. This could happen to YOUR KIDS, but they’ll never have such a cool soundtrack.

Big Footage

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One step at a time…

[Found here.]

P.S Happy 4th blogoversary to the divine Ms. C.

Say, Have I Told You Of The Blog That I Made One Time That No One Knew About But Me Until This Post That Has Had No Views Except For The Unrecorded Ones By Myself?

[FinPeng has had this post sitting around the TR “Almost-Done” file long enough. Back to our credo: “When in doubt, throw it out… there.” I have no idea what he’s talking about, but he’s still a good guy. –Bunk]

Sombrero de llaves el toro se comió mi polvo.

Why, you ask? No, you don’t, but I’ll answer myself!

I get weird sometimes. But I won’t let this post get too out of hand. I’m going to focus on one subject and go with it. Therefore, I’m finding a somewhat uncommon noun from this random word generator. And the word is… “funicular.”

What do you know? It’s a railway that’s on an incline. I was on one of them once. I’m not really sure why I liked it, but I thought it was pretty enjoyable.

And the word of the day is right on that sign!

(Forgot to put in the picture’s source link on the day I put the picture in. Picture no longer where it was on google image search. If you find the source, that’d be awfully helpful.)

And that’s all I’ve got to say on funiculars.

Why did I make this?

Anyway, the link you should follow is this one.

Saturday Matinee – Kill a ‘Dilla, Comma Song, Follow the Sun, Waiting on a Friend, Happy Boy

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Jimmy Jones’ “Handy Man” cracked me up when I was a tad. I remember it as the “Comma Song.”

Del Shannon came a long way from 1961’s “Hats Off To Larry.” This song made it to Number 9 in November 1964.

This is one of the prettiest songs the Stones ever did, not that they were ever known for pretty.

And because my computer has been reborn and hasn’t thrown up in over 24 hours, here’s a repost of the late great Country Dick Montana & the Beat Farmers to sum up my current mental outlook.

Amazing Helicopter Photos from Afghanistan

The photos in Michael Yon’s blog are amazing, as are his stories posted from Afghanistan. I cropped the image above only for more detail in this post.

[Found link here.]