Over-all Led Zep doesn’t excite me. But this one song is AWESOME!!! There are only a few of their songs I dislike (like Stairway..) but only this one that excites me.
I have recently had my car radio tuned to The Spectrum on XM radio. They tend to play lyrical music, with audible lyrics. Surprisingly they play a few Led Zep songs, but not the ones with heavy guitar and a lot of yelling.
They play Florence and the Machine, Dave Mathews, Brandi Carlisle, and lots of male and female vocalists that I never hear anywhere else.
I wish that i could have seen them in concert.
I did get to see a very good cover band. Led Zepagain.
I was amazed at how good and original they sounded.
It didn’t hurt that we were in the 2nd row.
i actually listened to all three of your choices….. just to be fair. never would have before. i’m sorry. it’s not my cup of tea………but i tried. isn’t it grand how we all love different types of music?
You should listen to my favorite radio station here out of Portland.
They sindicate a radio show on the weekend that celebrates film music and it’s composers.
Film score as modern classical music.
The station is on line. All Classical KQAC. https://www.thescore.org
My wife is a huge fan. We’ve been to several Get the Lead Out concerts. They are widely recognized as one of the top Led Zep tribute bands. As I’m not much of a fan I can only take my wife’s word for it.
Hitchdog’s “Lifeboat” was an unusual production. Who would fund a movie that takes place entirely on a small boat? (I guess the sets budget was low). Does anyone remember how he made his trademark cameo?
A still taken from the human version of the film showing the cameo of the human director, Hitchcock..
Label and top captioning of the still.
Lifeboat (1944) – Hitchcock’s cameo
Hitchcock’s cameo in Lifeboat (1944) occurs about 25 minutes into the film, where he appears in a newspaper advertisement for the “Reduco
Obesity Slayer” weight loss system, manufactured by fictional The Reduco Corporation.
Some were still young and relatively unknown…
others were famous then, but somewhat forgotten today.
But no one could deny the huge assemblage of acting chops.
No, doggies.. not that kind of chops. Go lie down!
Dogs are so literal!
Even basset actors, who are so used to pretending.
Dare to use the word “walk”, and they forget you ever might not mean really, and right this minute.
All those great actors on a tiny boat… I’m sure no one would dare say anything that would set them off.
….
Of course Tallulah Barkhead is front and center, even in that esteemed crew.
Playing the sexy rich basset who only cares about saving her possessions… her voice, as ever, a deep, sexy growl.
Today some don’t remember her well…. But for those who do, she’ll be forever associated with her off-screen persona and antics.
While other doggie divas proudly strutted in designer dresses, Tallulah chewed all her clothing off in public, wagging her tail.
Wearing nothing but her own fur under her costumes, she reportedly flashed the film crew so much during production that they complained.
That had to be a LOT… how much does it take to make male bassets complain about seeing … um… girl dog parts?
…
She announced affairs with male and female partners… some of whom truly didn’t want it to be announced, especially the women.
But Tallulah was not to be shushed. I don’t think they used the word bisexual back then. And certainly nobody talked about it.
She called herself “ambisextrous”, and bragged about affairs with the likes of Greta Gardog and Billie Howliday, and about her own use of catnip and cocaine…
and invited reporters to say anything they wanted to about her… “as long as it’s not boring.”
…
She famously told a film magazine reporter that she only wanted to make another famous film, “Devil in the Deep”, for a chance to… um… be with (using a word I still wouldn’t say here) “that beautiful Gary Coopdog.”
Drew Barryhound or Miley Cyrpup at their wildest were no match for her… Yet she remained popular, even on television in the 60s.
I posted this sometime last year but I’m still happy I made up my own recipe.
The garlic butter is also good.
MY ALFREDO SAUCE
(with white sauce base)
If necessary make 1/2 cup of garlic butter:
1/2 cup butter at room temperature
3 garlic cloves (4 or 5 if they’re small), trimmed, peeled, and sliced thinly
Put the sliced cloves in the bottom of a glass oven-proof container which has a lid.
Put the 1/2 cup butter on top; there’s no need to mix.
Place the butter / sliced cloves mix on the second rack (top rack is first / don’t forget the lid) of a cold oven.
Turn the oven to 350° F. When the thermostat cuts out, shut the oven off and walk away. When the oven cools down, there will be 1/2 cup of garlic butter and cloves for use in the Alfredo sauce (or, if you just want garlic toast…).
ALFREDO SAUCE
1/2 cup of garlic butter as above with the sliced cloves
1 cup 1/2 & 1/2 cream (10% milk fat)
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup whipping cream (35% milk fat)
1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Salt and pepper to taste
Put the 1/2 & 1/2 cream in a blender; add the garlic butter and sliced cloves and purée. Set aside.
Spread the flour in the bottom of a heated saucepan ( at about 3/8ths of the dial) and let it heat up. Add the butter and when it is melted blend with the flour until smooth.
Pour the purée into the saucepan and blend.
Stir in the whipping cream.
Heat to boiling at just over a medium heat (5/8 of the stove dial). Turn off the heat.
Add the grated Parmesan in at least three additions, stirring constantly, and allow it to melt before the next addition. When all the cheese is added, heat the mixture to a low boil; turn off the heat when the sauce thickens.
If you taste test the sauce at this point you’ll likely find it bland.
Spoon over prepared pasta.
Salt and pepper each serving to the consumer’s taste.
Notes from me:
1 pound of butter is 2 cups. Cut off 1/4 of the length, and voila, 1/2 a cup of butter.
Being a fan of ballads, I really liked Edmund Fitzgerald on the radio. So I picked up the Summertime Dream album. Amazing! Edmund and I’d do it again were my two least favorite songs. All of the lyrics were pure poetry. So I got the Libretto and learned more about guitar than from years of playing. The main reason I now own a twelve-string.
never saw this movie, either. and to think of all the thousands of dvd’s we have in our collection! i guess it’s time to watch this one with a streaming service.
It’s been decades since I’ve watched it.
Hitchdog’s always worth it – and I’ve never watched “Leash” – you know; the story about those pups who killed a fellow puppy. What a shame.
nose!
Over-all Led Zep doesn’t excite me. But this one song is AWESOME!!! There are only a few of their songs I dislike (like Stairway..) but only this one that excites me.
(Apologies to those who don’t like Led Zeppelin. I couldn’t choose which one to post, so I finally decided on all of them!)
Led Zeppelin?
No argument from me.
I have recently had my car radio tuned to The Spectrum on XM radio. They tend to play lyrical music, with audible lyrics. Surprisingly they play a few Led Zep songs, but not the ones with heavy guitar and a lot of yelling.
They play Florence and the Machine, Dave Mathews, Brandi Carlisle, and lots of male and female vocalists that I never hear anywhere else.
I know it’s not Psycho, but
I wish that i could have seen them in concert.
I did get to see a very good cover band. Led Zepagain.
I was amazed at how good and original they sounded.
It didn’t hurt that we were in the 2nd row.
Yes. Please.
i actually listened to all three of your choices….. just to be fair. never would have before. i’m sorry. it’s not my cup of tea………but i tried. isn’t it grand how we all love different types of music?
p.s….i usually enjoy film scores.
You should listen to my favorite radio station here out of Portland.
They sindicate a radio show on the weekend that celebrates film music and it’s composers.
Film score as modern classical music.
The station is on line. All Classical KQAC.
https://www.thescore.org
wow! thanks for the connection. i’ll be sure to listen!
My wife is a huge fan. We’ve been to several Get the Lead Out concerts. They are widely recognized as one of the top Led Zep tribute bands. As I’m not much of a fan I can only take my wife’s word for it.
Steve McQueen in the Great Escape
a favorite of ours.
Hitchdog’s “Lifeboat” was an unusual production. Who would fund a movie that takes place entirely on a small boat? (I guess the sets budget was low). Does anyone remember how he made his trademark cameo?
Hint hint, see the image below the human version.
I remember now!
Label and top captioning of the still.
Lifeboat (1944) – Hitchcock’s cameo
Hitchcock’s cameo in Lifeboat (1944) occurs about 25 minutes into the film, where he appears in a newspaper advertisement for the “Reduco
Obesity Slayer” weight loss system, manufactured by fictional The Reduco Corporation.
Is that William Bendix reading the paper!
I did am image search, and you might be right.
correct!…he’s listed in the credits in the original poster
Whoa… what a film…. and what a cast!
Some were still young and relatively unknown…
others were famous then, but somewhat forgotten today.
But no one could deny the huge assemblage of acting chops.
No, doggies.. not that kind of chops. Go lie down!
Dogs are so literal!
Even basset actors, who are so used to pretending.
Dare to use the word “walk”, and they forget you ever might not mean really, and right this minute.
All those great actors on a tiny boat… I’m sure no one would dare say anything that would set them off.
….
Of course Tallulah Barkhead is front and center, even in that esteemed crew.
Playing the sexy rich basset who only cares about saving her possessions… her voice, as ever, a deep, sexy growl.
Today some don’t remember her well…. But for those who do, she’ll be forever associated with her off-screen persona and antics.
While other doggie divas proudly strutted in designer dresses, Tallulah chewed all her clothing off in public, wagging her tail.
Wearing nothing but her own fur under her costumes, she reportedly flashed the film crew so much during production that they complained.
That had to be a LOT… how much does it take to make male bassets complain about seeing … um… girl dog parts?
…
She announced affairs with male and female partners… some of whom truly didn’t want it to be announced, especially the women.
But Tallulah was not to be shushed. I don’t think they used the word bisexual back then. And certainly nobody talked about it.
She called herself “ambisextrous”, and bragged about affairs with the likes of Greta Gardog and Billie Howliday, and about her own use of catnip and cocaine…
and invited reporters to say anything they wanted to about her… “as long as it’s not boring.”
…
She famously told a film magazine reporter that she only wanted to make another famous film, “Devil in the Deep”, for a chance to… um… be with (using a word I still wouldn’t say here) “that beautiful Gary Coopdog.”
Drew Barryhound or Miley Cyrpup at their wildest were no match for her… Yet she remained popular, even on television in the 60s.
Fettuccine Alfredo
I posted this sometime last year but I’m still happy I made up my own recipe.
The garlic butter is also good.
MY ALFREDO SAUCE
(with white sauce base)
If necessary make 1/2 cup of garlic butter:
1/2 cup butter at room temperature
3 garlic cloves (4 or 5 if they’re small), trimmed, peeled, and sliced thinly
Put the sliced cloves in the bottom of a glass oven-proof container which has a lid.
Put the 1/2 cup butter on top; there’s no need to mix.
Place the butter / sliced cloves mix on the second rack (top rack is first / don’t forget the lid) of a cold oven.
Turn the oven to 350° F. When the thermostat cuts out, shut the oven off and walk away. When the oven cools down, there will be 1/2 cup of garlic butter and cloves for use in the Alfredo sauce (or, if you just want garlic toast…).
ALFREDO SAUCE
1/2 cup of garlic butter as above with the sliced cloves
1 cup 1/2 & 1/2 cream (10% milk fat)
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup whipping cream (35% milk fat)
1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Salt and pepper to taste
Put the 1/2 & 1/2 cream in a blender; add the garlic butter and sliced cloves and purée. Set aside.
Spread the flour in the bottom of a heated saucepan ( at about 3/8ths of the dial) and let it heat up. Add the butter and when it is melted blend with the flour until smooth.
Pour the purée into the saucepan and blend.
Stir in the whipping cream.
Heat to boiling at just over a medium heat (5/8 of the stove dial). Turn off the heat.
Add the grated Parmesan in at least three additions, stirring constantly, and allow it to melt before the next addition. When all the cheese is added, heat the mixture to a low boil; turn off the heat when the sauce thickens.
If you taste test the sauce at this point you’ll likely find it bland.
Spoon over prepared pasta.
Salt and pepper each serving to the consumer’s taste.
Notes from me:
1 pound of butter is 2 cups. Cut off 1/4 of the length, and voila, 1/2 a cup of butter.
Or Käsespätzle instead?
well, today is Fettuccine Alfredo day–
Käsespätzle looks pretty good, too
Extra Four:
Concept artwork for “Assassin’s Creed IV – Black Flag” by Val d’Or, Quebec born artist, Martin Deschambault.
Being a fan of ballads, I really liked Edmund Fitzgerald on the radio. So I picked up the Summertime Dream album. Amazing! Edmund and I’d do it again were my two least favorite songs. All of the lyrics were pure poetry. So I got the Libretto and learned more about guitar than from years of playing. The main reason I now own a twelve-string.
never saw this movie, either. and to think of all the thousands of dvd’s we have in our collection! i guess it’s time to watch this one with a streaming service.
It’s been decades since I’ve watched it.
Hitchdog’s always worth it – and I’ve never watched “Leash” – you know; the story about those pups who killed a fellow puppy. What a shame.