Kray-Kray

Cambridge Dictionary
CRAY-CRAY meaning: 1. stupid or not reasonable 2. things that someone says or does that seem stupid, without meaning

I first heard Monty Python’s very funny ‘Ethel the Frog’ in high school, on WBCN-FM, the station that broke the Pythons in America. The mockumentary told the story of the criminal Piranha Brothers.

What I didn’t know at the time was, the Piranha Brothers were based on the all-too-real Kray brothers of London. In Boston there was Whitey Bulger, and Cape Cod had Melvin Reine. They were violent and, in a word, crazy. Compared to the Krays, the notorious Whitey was a misunderstood businessman.

Tom Hardy, perhaps the finest actor of this or almost any generation, portrayed both of the insanely dangerous Kray twins in 2015’s Legend.

After watching that, listen to this story, as told to me by Prue.

More MOR, Please!

In the radio biz of long ago, there was a subtle distinction between the Easy Listening and Middle of the Road formats. The former was intended more for background music, while the latter would have some livelier, ear-catching tunes.

Frank Sinatra doing Ray Charles’ sound.

One of the very successful musical collaborations between Herb Alpert and Burt Bacharach.