A very dear, old friend was playing the vibes when I met her in high school. She’s recently taken up the ukulele, and I suggested that she ask members of her two uke groups (yes, two) if they know the name Ian Whitcomb.
Category: Music
Songs Heard in the Back of the Station Wagon
A 1966 Ford Country Squire was the station wagon.
The songs in the back of the station wagon came from extension speakers connected to a Lear 8-Track tape player.
Hanks’ Two-Fer Thursday
This morning, Tom Hanks will be wearing a mortarboard at Harvard’s commencement ceremonies.
https://www.harvard.edu/in-focus/celebrating-the-class-of-2023/
Video of Tom’s speech will certainly be available later, but until then he can be heard today at 1 PM ET, wearing his DJ cap on Boss Radio 66.
Here’s a convenient player to use.
Words From the Backlot of the Station Wagon
I spotted Tom Hanks on Turner Classic Movies last night, and hoped TCM would post the video, which they have done.
Tom’s return to his DJ identity on Boss Radio 66 has been rescheduled from this Tuesday, to Thursday at 1 PM EDT.
The Light Lands
I thought the Delgados had broken up, but here they are, performing live a few months ago. Anyone who likes ELO has to appreciate this.
Names Without Faces
Kudos to Salon and/or Getty Images for getting Prue’s name right, but shame on them, because as presented at this link, the ladies have lost their pretty heads!
There, that’s better!
Y’know, Getty Images doesn’t really own the rights to many of the pictures they claim belong to them. They just slap on their name and call it their own. Getty didn’t specify the location where the photo was taken, but it was Twickenham Studios.