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one of the great soul classics of all time

CBS radio here in NY played Nothin' But a Heartache by the Flirtations the other eve during our car ride back to the city, and I went nuts. Hadn't heard this song in 20+ years, and it's a classic. See the video and read the comments.

who knew?

10CC did Dreadlock Holiday??!!

jumping the track

Can't someone invent a sliding screen door that doesn't jump the track half the time?? grrrr......

unhappy faces

I survived the 70's and the happy face stickers, but the day of email has brought on the use of : - ) ..which used to annoy me, but I find myself trying variations.

The wink ; - )    The Mr Bill : - D   Tongue sticking out : - )_

Dan the Man

Just hit me this weekend how many people I know named Dan are guys I like and admire! Dan Hicks. Dan Halpern. Danny O'Keefe. Dan Cullen (One of the ABA & Book Sense guys, and a smahtie. Dan Ingram (the voice of NY AM radio in the 60's..and still).

Blues Magoos

Found the LP online of my college roommate's favorite album - the Blues Magoos' Never Goin' Back to Georgia. Now I just have to track him down! Anyone know Jesse Schachter, circa Stony Brook and Queens?

a beach grows in Brooklyn

Was over at DUMBO late the other afternoon and what did I see, but a teeny pebble-covered beach on the East River! I loved it! The whole area was a slice of paradise under the 2 bridges.

music

Put on a Joe South LP I had bought in a record store, just to hear Games People Play. A song that still holds up over time. And the next song? Hush!! The Deep Purple song..that South wrote. I didn't know. What a treat!!!

i started to hyperventilate

From Shelf Awareness and the SF Chronicle:

Literary terror at 35,000 feet! Trapped on a 16-hour flight without a book, John Flinn shared his desperate search for alternative entertainment with readers of the San Francisco Chronicle. 

The meager alternatives? "Pray this never happens to you," wrote Flinn, "but if it does, you might want to pass some of those eternities the way I eventually did on this flight . . . Commit your passport number to memory . . . Try to figure out what all the fuss is about Sudoku. . . . Concoct an elaborate revenge fantasy about the guy two rows ahead of you . . . the Skymall catalog, of course. . . . Turn to the route map in the back of the in-flight magazine and memorize the locations of all the "stan" countries of Central Asia. . . ." Etc.

we are devo

Home sick for a few days, and watched too much bad tv. But did enjoy VH-1's the 80's and the eye-opening Devo version of Satisfaction!