Our chartreuse back then was an exceptional huntress.
What joy to step out of bed barefoot onto a freshly killed mouse… (squeak!)
The insects stayed outside.
Looks like the correct reasoning to me, but I used to willingly work with high voltage electricity so my judgement might be slightly off (Who in their right mind wants to work with such spicy stuff!)…….!!
I wasn’t at Woodstock…. but some months later, I was at Altamont, kind of Woodstock’s unintentionally evil twin.
Almost as many people, but instead of the expected peace and love, it had strange vibes, Hell’s Angels protecting the stage, and eventually, violence.
….
We started before sunrise and arrived at dawn, 60 or 70 miles from home. I believe there were 6 of us in the van, plus a baby. We were directed to park at least a mile away, and we didn’t know till we’d walked it, carrying blankets and coolers.
All day we saw people freaking on bad acid, people pushing others or stepping on those lying on the grass, lost children and fist fights.
I wanted to go home long before the music started, but the others wanted to stay, including the owner of the van, who got drunk, stoned and crazy.
Several bands eventually played, nowhere near as many as Woodstock, and the Rolling Stones didn’t show up till it got dark.
We heard that somebody got stabbed by the Angels while the Stones were on stage; at least one other person got run over in the parking lot. Both turned out to be true.
…..
People were calling it the death of the counterculture.
Luckily my husband grabbed the keys to the van and drove us all home.
I think it was at least a week till I felt as peaceful as this couple looks!
McClean himself explained the rather inscrutable lyrics in an interview someplace, and all the references I can remember were from the early 60s or before, up to early Bob Dylan and John Lennon.
The main theme, of course, is “the day the music died”, in 1959, when Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper were all killed in a plane crash.
A very low day for music fans.
I was a preteen, just discovering their music. I owned a couple of 45s of each of them, which was a big percentage of my very small record collection, and I still remember the shock and sadness.
For Don McClean it seemed to affect the history of the world, along with music.
“Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan’s spell”
Was in reference to the Stones using the HA’s as security and things ending not so well. I know it was a festival, and I presumed it was the one you were at.
I was referring to a little more recent article, about a Paramount documentary.
It took me forever to find it just now…
I remembered that Don McClean himself was explaining the song.
In it, he says some of what people assume, which includes part of what’s in that Flashbak article, is NOT what he meant.
For instance:
“There has been speculation the Jester refers to Bob Dylan, and the King to Elvis. McLean says thatโs not the case.
โI said James Dean in the song. If I meant Elvis or Bob Dylan I would have said their names.โ
He goes on to say his next reference to โthorny crownโ should remove any doubt regarding Elvis.
โIf you want to think the King is Elvis you can, but the King in my song has a thorny crown. Thatโs Jesus Christ.”
But I see now that it doesn’t get to the Jagger part, so that could be true.
We’d have to watch the actual documentary to be sure.
I’m no expert in this… It’s just interesting, so everybody’s speculation is welcome to join the party!
Today’s Songs:
1. ‘The Wanderer,’ 2. ‘The Wind Cries Mary,’ 3. ‘This Door Swings Both Ways,’ and 4. ‘Those Were the Days,’ and the ‘Cheap Thrills Cuisine’ recipe ‘5. Butterscotch Blondies.’
1. This was the ‘B’ side, the ‘A’ side appears below (it’s no wonder to me why the DJs of the day turned the record over to see what was on the other side).
2. Written by Hendrix after a spat with his then girlfriend Kathleen Mary Etchingham. They stayed together until 1969.
3. It reached number 3 in Canada, but I do not recall hearing it on air. One of its composers, Estelle Levitt, covered it in 1974 (the other composer being Don Thomas), but frankly, as a singer I think she makes a much better composer. Her version appears below (I don’t know if she or someone with Herman’s Hermits changed a measurable portion of the lyrics).
4. The things one learns while looking for blurbs. The song, in its original Russian language, by ‘The Red Army Choir’ appears below (the third extra today).
5. This sounds tasty, but I how am I to make this; nowhere in the recipe is the sub-recipe for ‘butterscotch topping’.
I think you’re correct in this. I didn’t realise how much work took up nearly all of my time mentally (Not just the time I was out of the house) until I was laid up for six months with a cardiac issue.
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I see nine hair/body care products in the background.
Must be a girl dog. ๐
NOSE!
,
Oh, my! That’s excellent.
Woodbine (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, to be specific) is pretty, but not good for your house.. It enters through the window frames. Been there.
I suspect you have to have a high tolerance for insects and rodents in a house like that.
Our chartreuse back then was an exceptional huntress.
What joy to step out of bed barefoot onto a freshly killed mouse… (squeak!)
The insects stayed outside.
there’s a NOSE there somewhere!
..
For some reason this is not dizzying.
It kind of is to me.
me, too!
Pulses and shimmers for me.
Just a little. Not enough to make me want to fall out of my chair. Like some do to me. ๐
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102?
A LINK to the answer (with reasoning) as published by “Popular Mechanics”.
I was close, but if I was impersonating Groucho I’d be lacking something.
Oh… You posted that while I was typing the explanation of my guess, and they agree with me.
Yay!
I get …
There’s no 7, 3 or 8 (line4)
So according to line 5, there must be a zero but not in last place… And not in the middle according to line 3, so it’s first.
No 6 because it can’t be in the right and wrong place, in lines 1 and 2.
That only leaves 1, 4 and 2, and 1 can’t be in the middle on line 2, so I think that’s 4, and 2 was in the right place in line 1.
Thus 042.
Anybody?
Looks like the correct reasoning to me, but I used to willingly work with high voltage electricity so my judgement might be slightly off (Who in their right mind wants to work with such spicy stuff!)…….!!
That’s what I got too.
My thinking was a little more linear, but I agree
I get
Close but no cigar.
toooooooo confusing!!!
Wordle is more complicated.
For me, this was quite a bit harder than Wordle…
Picturing letter positions in words comes more readily to me than positioning numbers.
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Batdog.
Is that his Batsignal projected on the rear wall?
I dunno. I thought Batpug had that covered.
Well, BatPug works for the Ballard County Sheriff’s Department…. As an officer, he has to keep his nose clean.
Batdog here is a bit of a rogue, and works just outside the law….
Though always on the side of right and justice.
BatPug and the rest of the department try to turn a blind eye to his machinations, as long as he brings in the baddies.
yes!
Fruit bat dog…
NOSE!
You think he will ever grow into those ears?
Not when his chin is already white and grizzled.
Woodstock during/after
I wonder how long after.
I think this is a modern picture… much later.
….
I wasn’t at Woodstock…. but some months later, I was at Altamont, kind of Woodstock’s unintentionally evil twin.
Almost as many people, but instead of the expected peace and love, it had strange vibes, Hell’s Angels protecting the stage, and eventually, violence.
….
We started before sunrise and arrived at dawn, 60 or 70 miles from home. I believe there were 6 of us in the van, plus a baby. We were directed to park at least a mile away, and we didn’t know till we’d walked it, carrying blankets and coolers.
All day we saw people freaking on bad acid, people pushing others or stepping on those lying on the grass, lost children and fist fights.
I wanted to go home long before the music started, but the others wanted to stay, including the owner of the van, who got drunk, stoned and crazy.
Several bands eventually played, nowhere near as many as Woodstock, and the Rolling Stones didn’t show up till it got dark.
We heard that somebody got stabbed by the Angels while the Stones were on stage; at least one other person got run over in the parking lot. Both turned out to be true.
…..
People were calling it the death of the counterculture.
Luckily my husband grabbed the keys to the van and drove us all home.
I think it was at least a week till I felt as peaceful as this couple looks!
If I remember correctly, part of that was immortalised in Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’.
Not Woodstock or Altamont, from what I’ve read.
McClean himself explained the rather inscrutable lyrics in an interview someplace, and all the references I can remember were from the early 60s or before, up to early Bob Dylan and John Lennon.
The main theme, of course, is “the day the music died”, in 1959, when Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper were all killed in a plane crash.
A very low day for music fans.
I was a preteen, just discovering their music. I owned a couple of 45s of each of them, which was a big percentage of my very small record collection, and I still remember the shock and sadness.
For Don McClean it seemed to affect the history of the world, along with music.
I’m probably wrong, but the part:
“Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan’s spell”
Was in reference to the Stones using the HA’s as security and things ending not so well. I know it was a festival, and I presumed it was the one you were at.
As I say, I’m probably wrong.
No, not far wrong.
Hereโs an interesting read, rather long but informative:
https://flashbak.com/the-day-the-music-died-a-closer-look-at-the-lyrics-of-american-pie-382407/
Thanks.
I had read all those explanations too, thanks.
But who knows.
I was referring to a little more recent article, about a Paramount documentary.
It took me forever to find it just now…
I remembered that Don McClean himself was explaining the song.
In it, he says some of what people assume, which includes part of what’s in that Flashbak article, is NOT what he meant.
For instance:
“There has been speculation the Jester refers to Bob Dylan, and the King to Elvis. McLean says thatโs not the case.
โI said James Dean in the song. If I meant Elvis or Bob Dylan I would have said their names.โ
He goes on to say his next reference to โthorny crownโ should remove any doubt regarding Elvis.
โIf you want to think the King is Elvis you can, but the King in my song has a thorny crown. Thatโs Jesus Christ.”
But I see now that it doesn’t get to the Jagger part, so that could be true.
We’d have to watch the actual documentary to be sure.
I’m no expert in this… It’s just interesting, so everybody’s speculation is welcome to join the party!
how horrible.
There was some discussion of holding a festival in Kansas. Gonna call it “Cornstalk”
I just realized… I was thinking the caption meant the people, before and after Woodstock.
But no. I think that’s a cell phone in her hand.
If it’s a folded flip phone… the earliest models came out around 1996, so even if she’s 30 in the picture, she was only 3 at Woodstock.
If it’s a smartphone, and she’s younger than that, she wasn’t even born till long after it was over.
So we’re talking about the site, not the attendees.
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“E โTorre ” By: Giulio Masieri ( building in Pordenone, Italy.)
Imagine those plastic bags.
Actually, I think I’d rather not.
The dog’s not red.
NOSE!
1. ‘The Wanderer,’ 2. ‘The Wind Cries Mary,’ 3. ‘This Door Swings Both Ways,’ and 4. ‘Those Were the Days,’ and the ‘Cheap Thrills Cuisine’ recipe ‘5. Butterscotch Blondies.’
1. This was the ‘B’ side, the ‘A’ side appears below (it’s no wonder to me why the DJs of the day turned the record over to see what was on the other side).
2. Written by Hendrix after a spat with his then girlfriend Kathleen Mary Etchingham. They stayed together until 1969.
3. It reached number 3 in Canada, but I do not recall hearing it on air. One of its composers, Estelle Levitt, covered it in 1974 (the other composer being Don Thomas), but frankly, as a singer I think she makes a much better composer. Her version appears below (I don’t know if she or someone with Herman’s Hermits changed a measurable portion of the lyrics).
4. The things one learns while looking for blurbs. The song, in its original Russian language, by ‘The Red Army Choir’ appears below (the third extra today).
5. This sounds tasty, but I how am I to make this; nowhere in the recipe is the sub-recipe for ‘butterscotch topping’.
Mary Hopkin did that song a big favor.
โฆand at 22:47 hrs. E.S.T., I’m outta here until the 14teenth.
Be careful, where it is.
Always having to remember those little plastic bags.
My six days off were not enough.
i am so damed tired.
i’m beginning to think that there is more to it than just working seven days a week.
I think sometimes stopping for a breather lets the weariness catch up to you.
Constantly running doesn’t give you time to realize how tired you are.
I’m not saying never take a break… only that it’s a dilemma.
Been there.
I think you’re correct in this. I didn’t realise how much work took up nearly all of my time mentally (Not just the time I was out of the house) until I was laid up for six months with a cardiac issue.
Take care of yourself H3
MMM is my care giver. he is suffering from recovering from extra strong radiation and taking care of me…… full time.
I hope you’re doing ok๐
there are good days and not so good…..
good night people and pets
good morning H3
claude, my friend, always thinking of yourself!
“Monday, November 13
12:01 PM
Package delivered to reception.
Northampton, US”
Woohoo! – Sock it to me, Baby!
great to hear!
It wouldn’t have been possible without you. ๐
Yay!