It’s here! It’s here! It’s here! For $100 this book is a giveaway, depending on your level of interest. And anybody wanting it would have that interest. Don’t know if I’ll be blogging much for the next day or so!
Obituary: Frankie Laine
I made one quick reference in passing recently about Frankie Laine, and now he’s died. He’s best known for having sung the theme to “Rawhide” — the song that saved the hides of the Blues Brothers!
1950s singer Frankie Laine dies at 93
By DAISY NGUYEN, Associated Press Writer Tue Feb 6, 8:45 PM ET
LOS ANGELES – Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s, died Tuesday. He was 93.
Laine died of heart failure at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, Jimmy Marino, Laine’s producer of more than a dozen years, told The Associated Press.
“He was one of the greatest singers around,” Marino said. “He was one of the last Italian crooners type.”
With songs such as “That’s My Desire,” “Mule Train,” “Jezebel,” “I Believe” and “That Lucky Old Sun,” Laine was a regular feature of the Top Ten in the years just before rock ‘n’ roll ushered in a new era of popular music.
Somewhat younger listeners may remember him best for singing the theme to the television show “Rawhide,” which ran from 1959 to 1966, and the theme for the 1974 movie “Blazing Saddles.”
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Chiyo-chan’s Dad
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I’ve posted a bunch of video samples from wacky Azumanga Daioh. Here’s another one. Mr. Tadakichi is little Chiyo-chan’s dog, and Miss Sakaki has a totally bizarre fantasy about Chiyo-chan’s father, who she imagines is a freakish creature.
February 2, 2005
I didn’t post anything last Friday, February 2nd. This was done to commemorate the passing of my mother, Joanne Waffle Pratt, two years ago.
How To Win At Football
This is one possible explanation for why the Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl XLI! Click here for more winning sports tips! Perhaps we should try this approach in Iraq… or, uh, maybe we already have.
All-Classical WGBH
Boston’s commercial Classical music radio station, WCRB, is struggling at its new frequency, according to a recent news account, as seen below. The moment it left its original frequency can be heard here.
Meanwhile, public station powerhouse WGBH is now offering its HD Radio all-Classical music channel on the Net. Bravo. Way to go. Encoding runs at 128 Kbps, and it sounds fine. I just added this link for it on my Windows desktop.
Reception is mixed to new WCRB signal, programming
By Clea Simon, Globe Correspondent | January 25, 2007
Is WCRB-FM fading out?
While the Dec. 1 move of the commercial classical station’s frequency, from 102.5 to 99.5, has made tuning in troublesome for some listeners, changes in the station’s programming have raised other questions. In Boston’s classical music community, the reception to both the signal and the revived station has been mixed.
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