“There are some things the Baby Boom has done that we’re not proud of. We used up all the weird. It has always been the special prerogative of youth to look and act strange, to alarm and surprise their elders with peculiar dress and manners. Cicero mentioned it. ‘O tempora! O mores!’ So did my […]
Archives for September 2014
My first “real” job: Scanlan’s Monthly 1970 NOT for minors
The Corona virus appears, when least expected, In this case in my memories of my first “real” job now 50 years ago. “O tempora! O mores!” as that old windbag Cicero once exclaimed. Afterward: For more on how Scanlan’s Monthly in June 1970 failed to disrupt that august race try as it might to disrupt […]
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS plucks an adoring fan from the audience, sings with her on stage as she and he take cell phone photos
Last night, I had coffee with John Harris my neighbor and friend. John suggested if I want to learn Spanish, I sing Spanish songs. Promptly, a YouTube search of Spanish songs brought me to Enrique Iglesias.
Enrique Iglesias has a substantial portion of real estate on YouTube. His cross over into English dominates the site. Vevo videos, always a sign of quality, have sensuous videos with women so beautiful it can break your heart. But the songs are in English.
The Spanish songs are organized willy-nilly. Iglesias’ voice, always engaging, appears behind a static background. You don’t go to YouTube to see a photo.
Rosh Hashanah exclusive: Hot off the press
1. At sunset, tonight [September 24, 2014 on the solar calendar] the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah began. 2. Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the new year 5775. 3. According to Wikipedia tonight “is believed to be the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, and their first actions toward the realization of humanity’s […]
Florida’s Medical Marijuana Commercial
Note: Florida goes to the polls on November 4, 2014 to vote on Amendment 2 to legalize medical marijuana.
Mount Fuji
Wyoming’s Yellowstone the first National Park
Joel’s note: Feel free to watch in beautiful short intervals. The entire “Full Vintage Documentary” is an hour long. Wikipedia: “Yellowstone National Park is located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant […]
Michael J. Arlen’s analysis of a television commercial
“The purpose of the meeting is to discuss locations for a series of five television commercials, each thirty seconds long, that Steve Horn, who is director of filmed television commercials, will be shooting for N.W. Ayer and its client, American Telephone and Telegraph. “Alayne is speaking (she is a woman in her early thirties, with […]