This one goes out to Harry and Sheila and also J and double a; it's Max Roach's jazz drumming wundertune, Off My Back Jack.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Let's go to the Movies
Have a favorite summer movie? Going to see anything new in the theatres? Blog and tell us. The only thing I'm even remotely interested in seeing right now is probably the newest Transformers movie which opens June 24.
Do you enjoy any of those old horror movies? Frankenstein? The Wolf-Man? How about Abbott and Costello Meet The Killer Boris Karloff? Makes me think of the old Creature Features on Saturday nights. Man did that opening squence creep me out as a kid! But I never missed it!
Share your favorite summer flicks with us and comment. (In case you haven't bothered with it yet, it's easy. You just select anonymous from the drop-down list or else name and then type your message. There's a step they added where you type their code they give you which takes all of five seconds. That's it. Pretty simple stuff.)
C'mon, let's hear from you guys, you've been way too quiet. (Don't make me come over and drag you out of your house!) Peaches? Redbird? Big Bob? K? A? LT? BeBe? M? Shadow? And many others. Check in and tell us what's up with your summer? And what your taste is in summer movie fare?
Friday, June 12, 2009
We all gotta be strong
It....
is....
"Shake Rattle n Roll Friday!"
— so dial it to 11 —
enjoy the 70s....again
<wait!>
Did we ENJOY them
the first time?
(Not really sure?!)
Do YOU remember them?....blog and tell me if we enjoyed them or not.
is....
"Shake Rattle n Roll Friday!"
— so dial it to 11 —
enjoy the 70s....again
<wait!>
Did we ENJOY them
the first time?
(Not really sure?!)
Do YOU remember them?....blog and tell me if we enjoyed them or not.
Star-stuffed
Feed Your Science GEEk—
There are more planets out there beyond Pluto. (Which is now considered to be a "lesser" planet—it lost its planet cred! Whew, talk about getting rejected, maaaan, kicked out of the whole solar system! Damn!....poor little Pluto!) Anyway, this one is something called, um, new planet. I'm not really sure what the name is so if you know tell us.
Do you have a little space-wonder inside of you? I do. I confess I am slightly science geeky and own an eight-inch Dobsonian (that's a telescope). It's taken over my garage. But that's okay we don't park our jalopies in there anyway! Do you have a telescope? Blog and tell me what you check out. Keep it on-message! I don't want to hear about your failed attempts to peer into the Vasser shower room on Friday night! I know you've dived into the craters on the moon, but have you checked out Saturn and Jupiter? They are awesome in the summer.
Science websites are all over the place in the geekdom. There's NASA and there's JPL. Also there is Stardust, which anyone can be a part of. You have to sign up and pass a test and then you can become a "Duster", helping scientists identify particles of a comet brought back by the ship Stardust. It flew through the tale of a comet about five years ago and returned to earth with star stuff lodged in a material carried onboard called aerogel which is like 'liquid smoke' and trapped this star stuff. All very cool. (I've been involved since its 2006 as a Duster, which means you examine slides under a microscope trying to locate this star stuff for further scientific study.) Go check it out if you need to feed your inner Sagan.
There are more planets out there beyond Pluto. (Which is now considered to be a "lesser" planet—it lost its planet cred! Whew, talk about getting rejected, maaaan, kicked out of the whole solar system! Damn!....poor little Pluto!) Anyway, this one is something called, um, new planet. I'm not really sure what the name is so if you know tell us.
Do you have a little space-wonder inside of you? I do. I confess I am slightly science geeky and own an eight-inch Dobsonian (that's a telescope). It's taken over my garage. But that's okay we don't park our jalopies in there anyway! Do you have a telescope? Blog and tell me what you check out. Keep it on-message! I don't want to hear about your failed attempts to peer into the Vasser shower room on Friday night! I know you've dived into the craters on the moon, but have you checked out Saturn and Jupiter? They are awesome in the summer.
Science websites are all over the place in the geekdom. There's NASA and there's JPL. Also there is Stardust, which anyone can be a part of. You have to sign up and pass a test and then you can become a "Duster", helping scientists identify particles of a comet brought back by the ship Stardust. It flew through the tale of a comet about five years ago and returned to earth with star stuff lodged in a material carried onboard called aerogel which is like 'liquid smoke' and trapped this star stuff. All very cool. (I've been involved since its 2006 as a Duster, which means you examine slides under a microscope trying to locate this star stuff for further scientific study.) Go check it out if you need to feed your inner Sagan.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Get Your Swim On
Today on THE SCOOP we're bringing you a cause, if you need one, here's one that's all wet. It's the Save the Manatee Club. If you sign up (for free) you get their E-newsletter called Paddle Tales. It's pretty cute. I have added their website in my links list at right. Scroll down until you find it.
Monday, June 1, 2009
it's me, don't you know who i am?
Summer means these guys and we're all over it so let the tunes spin, the suntan lotion flow and the burgers sizzle to Girl Don't Tell Me, one of their least played/best groovy songs. (Note: I saw Brian Wilson and his crew play the Chicago Theatre recently and he is awesome, rolling through a medley of these great records.)
Power 'On'
As you can see we spare no expense (and spend no expense) to keep the grounds looking sharp at the blog office. We have opted for the prairie motif. And there is plenty of juice to keep the blog at maximum power levels at all times. The buzzing and crackling off the high tension wires keeps me up at night but that's the price you pay for prime real estate.
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