Mike Nesmith, December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021
Nez’s record label, Pacific Arts.
Teenage Pastland
I got “Who’s Next” for Christmas fifty — 50! — years ago.
More recently, Joe Pera had the same reaction to the album’s first song that I did, half a century ago.
And yes, there was a Sally who took my hand as we listened to the record together. Sally had brilliant red hair when I knew her, like Jenna Thiam a couple of posts ago.
All That and World War, Too
England’s evacuation of Dunkirk happened 18 months before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, 80 years ago. The Day of Infamy made it official, that there was a second World War. BBC Radio has a collection of World War II audio essays. This is the Dunkirk installment.
Here is the home page for the complete series.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02prmgr
French Wench
This ad has been popping up on Web pages. Is the girl with the incredible red hair a character in the game?
Somebody should tell actress Jenna Thiam. The incredible red hair belongs to her.
Note: This blog post title isn’t intended to be sexist. Jenna isn’t French, she’s French-speaking Belgian, and French Wench is the name of a cocktail.
Getting the Hanks of Blogging Again
Lessee, my last post was way back on October 15. Here’s Tom Hanks playing DJ for Halloween.
And here Tom’s Thanksgiving Edition.
Want to listen on headphones? For ten bucks you can’t go wrong with these. No Bluetooth, no noise cancelling, just excellent sound. I’m listening with them right now. (No, I don’t make any money from Amazon!)
BACK FROM THE ALMOST DEAD!
What a freaking nightmare today. Of my own making, I admit. I should have just walked away, but noooooooooooo…
After numerous failed attempts, I decided to take a once-and-for-all stab at fixing this site. Whether or not it’s completely working again, at least I did not die this day, and WordPress is finally running the current version. The Google Search Console is no longer complaining about the domain, which gives me a reason to not discontinue the blog.