Eric Idle’s bastard son John Oliver did it. He begged, like Trump begs for awards he doesn’t deserve, to be a character on General Hospital. Just as CBS caved to Trump, ABC gave in to Oliver’s relentless whining.
Do we want more? Of course we do!
Much more!
This comment came up in, of all places, an audio group I follow. It was written by someone who worked at a legendary, long defunct Boston loudspeaker company. I thought it would be worth posting here.
Most of those billionaires are libertarians who keep copies of Ayn Rand’s novels and nonfiction in a small bookcase in their bedrooms. Each of them sees themselves as versions of John Galt, a superior human being who has contempt for most of mainstream humanity, especially the inept losers who are struggling to survive.
Scratch a Republican and under the scratch you will either find an evangelical or a libertarian. Scratch either of those and underneath the scratch you will discover a fascist.
Socially, the chaotic and nasty situation we have in the USA today is an amplified version of what the country has been all along. Note that the rest of the world is no better, just less lucky.
I essentially agree with him, although I personally know exceptions to Evangelicals and Libertarians being fascists underneath. Since Trump’s return to power, I’m not sure we’re all that lucky anymore.
Oh, no. I used to know this guy at work. He was just reaching retirement age.
The cause of death could have actually been a heart attack, rather than drowning. We’re waiting for confirmation.
Denro favors 1969 as the peak year for popular music, but I keep returning to 1968. That was the year of ‘Classical Gas’, ‘Love is Blue’ and the outstanding ‘This Guy’s in Love With You’. But ’68 also had the flip side of music, revealing the growing tension between Top-40 AM and nascent Underground Radio on FM.*
It began a year earlier with the Doors and the Jefferson Airplane. The Summer of Love in ’67 also had a hard edge. It came into very compelling full view in ’68.
The first time I became aware of “album cuts” was in 1967, with the Doors’ ‘Light My Fire’. Other records followed in ’68. Two examples include the Chambers Brothers.
And, in what is perhaps the ultimate example of the changes brought about in the Sixties, an era of change that I maintain can never be repeated, there is this AM single/FM album gem.
I didn’t even include Cream, but you’ll find them in this playlist that shows why I can never let go of 1968.
* The phenomenon of album-centered underground FM radio resulted from a unique and coincidental timing of events — The undeniable shift in the music industry; an FCC mandate requiring unique FM programming; and Vietnam Vets returning home with Japanese stereo receivers, which upended the American hi-fi market and marked the end of true mono-mixed singles.
Jonathan Banks remembers.
Another 1953 movie of interest with Jean Peters is Niagara, although it’s Marilyn Monroe who gets top billing.
Marilyn is certainly given a very memorable introduction.
But Blonde Bombshells, even Marilyn, have never been my type. For me, it’s Jean who’s the hook in Niagara.
It’s unfortunate the movie was made in 1953. It deserved to be filmed in a widescreen format, and a year later it would have been. The casting of Casey Adams (real name Max Showalter) as Jean’s husband is curious, because he was rather apparently gay.
