Sunday, May 21, 2017
HRH PurpleQueen blast
More titillating posts from HRH Purple Queen. I hope at least one of them makes you laugh.
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Other favorites
Some special Bette Midler moments. I heard her do some of these at the Opera House in Chicago (believe it or not) back in the day.
And here's a 1979 interview (with Dutch subtitles) where she does some of the same ones and sings "In the mood.
And another one with the same interviewer 30 years later (!)
And here's a 1979 interview (with Dutch subtitles) where she does some of the same ones and sings "In the mood.
And another one with the same interviewer 30 years later (!)
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Cosmic perspective
In case you missed the interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson on the TV this AM, here's the video:
And here are some pretty amazing photos sent back to Earth from the Cassini (one bio) spacecraft (and another).
And here are some pretty amazing photos sent back to Earth from the Cassini (one bio) spacecraft (and another).
Sunday, April 23, 2017
One square inch of silence
Recordings from One Square Inch.
I guess the point is that there isn't such a thing anymore. But when human intrusion is absent, these sounds certainly are magical.
Finally!?
I guess the point is that there isn't such a thing anymore. But when human intrusion is absent, these sounds certainly are magical.
Finally!?
Oh what a beautiful morning
Dad used this song to wake up Presbytery Point Family Campers. That week on Lake Michigamme, which had so much iron in its water that it would make your skin look orange as you swam in it, was a feature of our summers almost as far back as I can remember. There was a tiny cabin near the Deep Beach pier, the front room of which housed the turntable that was hooked up to the speaker outside, and that had a small room in the back with a couple bunk beds, if memory serves. I seem to remember the Rancks actually stayed there until there were enough of us that we would have burst the cabin's seams. This is Gordon MacRae's version from the 1955 movie.
Today's the 11th anniversary of Dad's death. April 26, 2006 was the Orthodox Easter, appropriate for an ecumenical Presbyterian pastor to choose to join his wife in the great beyond.
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Black Marble
NASA's recently released photos of the Earth at night.
I found this video first:
And thought it a shame there wasn't music. Then I went to the NASA website and found this:
And thought "That's not the music I would have chosen."
Maybe some nice Satie?
I found this video first:
And thought it a shame there wasn't music. Then I went to the NASA website and found this:
And thought "That's not the music I would have chosen."
Maybe some nice Satie?
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