Today's Tids Issue 5,505
Those who thought first:
April was better when Baseball made America happy as opposed to campus riots making people wonder what happened to America.
Planting things in New England has always been best around the first and second weeks of May. This talk of global warming and sunny days has people rushing to plant early. But lants can’t hear it and aren’t feeling it. May 17 has always been my magic day. Some things just don't change no matter how often the media says it does
Hey, I read where May breakfasts in Churches and fire stations and community centers and ethnic or Neighborhood clubs are coming back after a multiyear lull. It was a must Saturday morning jaunt, and we always found a couple to go to each year. And we always came away smiling after a friendly meal of great home cooked food including Johnnycakes. Simplicity will always be better than streaming TV.
Man: “What do you know about atoms?”
Woman: "Very little.”
Man: “Besides that?”
The Question:
Percy Faith was a bandleader of the late fifteies and had a lot of soft listening, often romantic hit songs. Name Five.
The Headlines:
--Markets Still Awaiting Mega Tech Financial Reports; Tesla Misses on Rev and Earnings But hits on Announcement to Concentrate on More Affordable Cars.
--Zelensky Thanks US for Aid to Ukraine; Says They will Use it well in their rebound.
--Organized Professional Activists Taking advantage of Students who with youthful Lofty Ambiitosn; Campuses Falling into Chaos.
--Spain PM Considering Resignation After Wife is Being Investigated for Corruption.
As one wag says, College students will join any mass effort against anything. I suspect most of these kids think Hamas is something to spread on toast.
In college these days there is Spring Break Season, and then there is Spring Rampage Season. Just a part of growing up.
I'd like to hear the last movement of Mussorgsky's “Pictures at an Exhibition: ringing loud and clear across our c globe when Ukraine wins it all.
Elon Musk insists that Tesla isn't a car company. Does that make it a They?
As another wag says. If we defunded Accademia instead of the police, the world would become a better place.
I like to acknowledge those who gave us a lot who seem to have been forgotten over the years. All of those who love decibel busting rock concerts should be thankful for Les Paul and Mary Ford. Les - “The Father of Multichannel Recording” was a determined genius and he found a way to develop recordings in a way music had never been heard before.
How about that Senator Menendez creep now saying his wife made him do it.
The Answer:
Put your head on my shoulder and dance with me. Swedish Rapsody and Theme from a “Summer Place" rank right up there, as does Delicato, Moon River, Song form Moulin Rouge, Tara’s Theme and Theme for Young Lovers. I guess if you wore gaberdine, saddle stitched peg leg pants, you weren't listening to Percy!
Here’s the first one I remember from Les Paul and Mary Ford. This was recorded in 1951. (Somewhere I have their 45RPM album.) (Note: Mary doesn't seem to exhibit the same pizzazz as Lady Gaga, but she had a lot of hits.)
