Delightful schmaltz
Last night I watched a compilation from the Lawrence Welk Show on PBS. I remember Mother and Dad tuning in every weekend without fail, during the 60s and 70s. Since it was my job to hate old people’s music, I dutifully turned up my nose at the ricky-ticky, corny, cloyingly sweet production numbers, and snickered [...]
Well, I WAS…
…going to upload some Flip video of the House Jacks rehearsing yesterday during the vocal jazz/pop festival I judged at yesterday, but NOooOoooOoOO. The Fink is video-editing challenged. Or FlipShare just hates me. Or both. BLAH I had a great time. I’m sure my fiend Brad — who put on an excellent event once again [...]
And now, for something completely different
I don’t know how Facebook fiend Scott G. finds all these…but I’m about to ruin your morning coffee time. The Russians. Always the Russians.
From the Annals of Awesomeness
“Some Things Simply Must Be Seen to Be Believed” Division: Russian singers from the 60s — awesome. Russian singers lip-synching a vocalise on Soviet television, complete with gorgeous set tricked out in week-old mustard-colored backdrop and tattered fence-like apparatus — incomparable. Watch it twice. It’s Finkday, after all. Treat yourself.
Aw, bummer.
The R & B world lost another great last night. Teddy Pendergrass, formerly of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (remember them, fellow 70s people?), has passed away after colon cancer surgery. I liked his voice a whole lot better than Barry White’s. In fact, BW kind of creeped me out. Not only did every [...]