You loved booze and 6 toed cats
At least that’s what they told me
In Key West
I thought I read something of yours once.
But I’m pretty sure it was Steinbeck’s The Pearl
May have been the sea scape
That caused me to dis
Remember
I think I wrote your section this way because of my reticence to be declarative.
Mr. Eichmann holds the title of world’s second worst Adolf. Although he may deserve top billing. The last two paragraphs of this biography are enough to damn the man, system, etc.
I was reading Variety and saw a blurb that Channing Tatum will be staring in a third installment of his movie franchise entitled, “Magic Mike From Mars.” That is a terrible joke.
Beefy Rook started a dance craze called The Sit -n- Spin! He would resurface in 10 years as Heavy Stone (Backgammon piece you rube) with a remix entitled Spinnin’ Again!. He was last seen as one of the original MTV VJs:
Besides the mother of a yoghurt pooper, “Psycho” also featured Anthony Perkins. Mr. Perkins starred in the original adaptation of my favorite “musical theater” composition of all time:
Mix a little dystopia with some 1960s Sondheim and you get this awesome-ness. Ol’ Steve’s prescience regarding the downfall of downtowns and department stores is a little frightening. I wonder what he has to say about Amazon.com…..
The event here involved one Francis Gary Powers and “overflights” by the US into Soviet airspace. An official account (at least from the American perspective) can be found herein https://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/u2-incident
I would consider the nomenclature “overflights” to be redundant. Are there underflights? Also, how did someone with the first name of Francis get a gig like that in the 1960s?
Syngman Rhee served as the head of state for South Korea from 1948-1960, including the Korean “Conflict”. He died in exile in Hawaii in 1965. I think I would like to die in exile in Hawaii. I also used to think that Billy sang “Sigmund” Rhee.
“Payola” references a (supposedly covert) pay-to-play debacle involving American record companies and radio stations. Back in 1959 Alan Freed and Dick Clark blah blah blah money under the table, music “Industry”, etc. Freed Suffered the most from this thin excuse to keep Rock (and/or Roll) Music off the radio and away from the CHILDREN! Instead, radio (at least the commercial veins) became a homogeneous hinterland ruled by playlists and corporations. Did you know that 117% of all commercial radio stations are owned by 2 corporations? Also, it is totally NOT illegal to publicly disclose that Corporation X is PAYING to have a particular song played 17 times every hour. Just make sure you tell someone that is the case, failure to do so = Payola.
And still, I miss being on the air.
I still have to write about Kennedy? Sheesh.
Camelot, OG filthy Papist Prez, mob cohort, son of Nazi lovin’ papa Joe, tragic.
Apparently, the Germans have a strange affinity for this type of thing. IT’S UNIVERSAL!
Fidel Castro served as the leader of an island nation with red missiles and swimming pigs or something. More importantly, he now lives a zombie existence as a model for hipster facial hair.
Edsel Ford sounds like an adventure carrying art supplies across running water.
Yeah, it’s a rough re-start to this series. Maybe I’ll finish it within 5 years. Am I half done? Did you know that John Updike didn’t publish anything for a 5 year span at one time? I hope Harper Lee is happily medicated.
I have the perception that this is where all goes awry in the song. There are more four event phrases (Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go) and the strict chronology goes out the window. So, it’s off the rails we go…
Every time I think of Buddy Holly:
I think of Elvis Costello (nee Declan MacManus):
One of them had an 18 month career; died in a plane crash and the other married:
Ben Hur is another one of the epic movies that I’ve never seen and probably won’t have time to review. Meh.
From epic chariot races (yes I have anecdotal knowledge) to MONKEYS! No, CHIMPS!
Space Monkey is a most likely a reference to “Ham the Space Chimp/Monkey”:
AMERICA is obviously more humane than the RED THREAT (poor doggie Laika). We put a close relative to humans in space AND we brought him back!
For Bokononism’s sake! Our FUTURE PERFECT LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD loved chimps/monkeys!:
*warning!!! this entry based almost entirely on sarcasm.
Oh! and GOODFELLAS/CASINO/GODFATHER/EVERYTHING SCORSESE!!! That should cover me for the mafia right?
