Who did this song? Maybe you’ve heard of it, but never heard it. If you’re drawing a blank, catch the reference to a certain city and listen carefully to the voice.
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Pratt Porch Project – Day 14
The insulation is in and the blue board is going up.
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Bernard Herrmann Theremin
Well, let’s see. I mentioned Theremins a couple of posts back, had a post about film composer Bernard Herrmann some months back, and I recently made reference to the movie The Day The Earth Stood Still, for which Herrmann wrote the score with lots of Theremin sounds.
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This sequence from The Day The Earth Stood Still came from a 20-year-old LaserDisc played on an equally old Pioneer LD-838, as did the Spellbound clip. Even in this reduced and compressed format I think the virtues of LD compared to VHS are apparent.
Pratt Porch Project – Days 12, 13
Day 12 was exclusively more shingling on the outside. I won’t post pictures of that until it’s done. Day 13 had another unplanned improvement. The sliding glass door has been replaced. We did it for a variety of reasons. First, it was 30 years old and we knew it would need replacing eventually. It would be more expensive and much more difficult to do it later. And although we thought it was working all right, occasionally it got off its track, and it never operated completely smoothly in the nine years we’ve lived here. Once it had been removed it was obvious that one of the wheels was broken.
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I’ve included a picture of the new living room window that’s nine inches narrower than the original. Some of the wallpaper had to be removed to get it ready for the finish work, and the next thing we knew the decision was made to remove ALL of the wallpaper! So I stripped the wall, took down the custom drapes that came with the house, and pulled out all of the mounting hardware. I’ll strip the rest of the living room, wash off the glue, and paint it whatever color Carol wants.
Bismo’s Chicago Blues
Hallelujah! Bismo has added an entry to his blog. This blog here, by the way, is coming up on its first anniversary. Can’t say I have anything special in particular planned.
Bush Is A Tush
Today’s news includes this quote about our cognitively challenged head of state in name, and his boss, the devious and deceptive vice head:
In an hour and a half meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a secure Pentagon room dubbed “the Tank,” Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney heard from leaders of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, who are worried about strains that are building on the forces — and on troops’ families — as a result of lengthy and repeated tours in Iraq. Bush did not speak in person after the meeting, but he issued a statement saying he is committed to giving the military “all it needs to meet the challenges of this new century.”
What exactly does Bush mean when he says he’s committed to giving the military all it needs?? Ignoring the fact that the troops in Iraq have never been properly equipped with body and vehicle armor, even to maintain the present “surge-level” of ground forces the military needs MORE MEN!
This isn’t Viet Nam, when the Draft assured the war’s continuation. The war ended when the Draft ended, and it’s not coming back to feed Iraq. Bush has run out of options. He can’t leave things as they are, so why don’t we just LEAVE??