This week, the SS United States begins the process to be scuttled and sunk.
Perfect timing.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/11/11/ss-united-states-artificial-reef/2331731004076/
The Polynomials -Your Man
#CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-dg3aHqg8c&feature=youtu.be
What the hell, it worked in 1964... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36YS5B8OeUQ
“If you believe in what you do, you are immortal. The day that you don’t believe it, the day you’re taking other people’s opinion, you better go to Tijuana.” - Charo
Every New Year's Day, I've developed the habit of watching this timeless Nina Simone performance.
It's that time again, when I get to my annual Christmas Eve viewing of "that other Frank Capra Christmas movie" Meet John Doe (1941).
For anyone interested in joining me in this tradition, here's a clean HD print on YouTube. (It's a public domain work, so don't worry about shorting anybody's residuals, heh)
This morning, I read an obituary about a former local City Council member named Ritz Naygrow who had passed away at the ripe old age of 102. Rather fascinating life, actually.
Googling for further info on the man, I stumbled across this Caillou spoof/ "birthday tribute" sketch, which also seems to speak volumes about how life, relationships and social and cultural food chains play out in the small town disguised as a big city called Sacramento, California.
Somehow, I figured that Devo would be the first band to do this. Apparently not.
https://apnews.com/article/kiss-digital-avatars-end-of-road-finale-37a8ae9905099343c7b41654b2344d0c
The first song published by the young whippersnapper "I. Berlin" back in 1907.
The first thought I had when hearing this version was "I'd love to hear what Jonathan Richman could do with this."
@codeWhisperer Yes, I second that recommendation.
The celebrated (by underground denizens like me) R. Crumb enters into his eighth decade today. He happens to be a guy who had Mr. Fulton County Booking Number 2313827 sussed out more than three and a half decades ago.
https://boingboing.net/2016/06/21/r-crumb-v-d-trump-1989-ns.html
Sexagenarian éminence grise of underground culture.