A few of you have seen how overgrown the grapevines have become on part of my property. With loppers and a pruning saw in hand, I have been aggressive in my grapevine attacks, now that I can reach the roots.
No, there aren’t any grapes, just the vines and leaves.
There is no record of Walt Disney saying anything about the Beatles. A Hard Day’s Night was released on August 12, 1964 and Disney’s Mary Poppins arrived on August 27.
I was eight when the Beatles arrived in America, and fourteen when Paul made the breakup official. Six short years, but in those years I went from being a little kid in the third grade to being an adolescent in the ninth grade.
“All of you youngsters out there,” as Ed Sullivan would say, may not even be aware of the Beatles, let alone appreciate their significance. But having lived through it and grown up with it, the effect and influence of THE BEATLES cannot be overstated.
“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, ‘The Beatles did’.” – Kurt Vonnegut, 1997
This has gotta make Alex Jones’ eyes sting and water up.
https://news.yahoo.com/onion-says-bought-alex-jones-142338329.html
Satirical publication The Onion said it has bought Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction for an undisclosed price, with the backing of the Connecticut families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and one first responder.
Republicans are so worried about the books that kids might read, but where’s the concern they could be shot to death in class? I won’t live long enough to see Gen Z reach middle age. How many from the generation of school shooting kids will fight to restrict access to guns? How many will follow the example of Trump, who has made it okay to bully and lie your way through life?
George Gershwin’s “Lullaby” as presented by Van Dyke Parks.
I’m no musicologist, but Gershwin was obviously influenced by Ravel. “Lullaby” is even the same length as this piece that I featured here recently.
Michael Lewis is featured in this old 60 Minutes piece about The Big Short. Lewis should be undergoing a self-imposed writer’s rehab for not immediately being suspicious of Sam Bankman-Fried.
Have I used that video before? Doesn’t matter, because the Financial Crisis of 2008 is always worth another visit, especially now that anti-regulatory Republicans have once again seized power. Maybe Trump will pardon fellow felon SBF and put him in charge of the Fed.
Wallace & Gromit are back to save me from Inauguration Day Hell.
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/articles/2024/wallace-and-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl
