Okay, let’s get it out of the way. I’m talking Michael Jackson.
Click here and here. Done.
Freedom. Worth fighting for.
Ivan Maximov‘s “Rain Down From Above.” (Found here. For previously posted/linked Maximov animations, click here.)
Set up smackdown [via]. These guys show up in a couple of other videos, so I suspect it was staged. I thought it was funny.
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers live, 1956, and not lip-synching. (MJ’s dad certainly took notice of Lymon’s talent and success.) Diana Ross’ 1981 version, complete with Frankie’s eye-roll, is here.
This is bizarre. Louis Armstrong and Johnny Cash playing a 1930’s Jimmie Rogers song. The guy who posted this to the Utoobage added this comment:
“I would have never guessed, but Louis Armstrong was a guest on the Johnny Cash Show. This and the story about Satchmo and Jimmie Rogers show how diverse musical tastes these men had and once again that music is a great connector.
This is from episode 38, Oct., 28, 1970 and must be one of Satchmo’s last performances. He was such a great performer right to the end and the Nashville audience and Johnny just loved him.
Louis Armstrong cracks everybody up at the start of the song: ‘Let’s give it to ’em in black and white.'”
Other news. Two folks on our blogroll could use some words of encouragement.
Chiqui had a stroke, and is recuperating, although he’s lost some use of his hands. His english is almost as bad as my spanish, but you might want to leave a comment here. Here’s an alternate link to a (poor) spanish-to-english translation: here.
Crotchety Old Man has some other nasty maladies, but I’m sure he’d like to hear from you, too. Click here to leave a comment.
[Updated broken link for Maximov vid}
Tacky Raccoons 