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"Ida Red," before "Maybelline"sharity via : Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else
We all know that the country tune Ida Red became Chuck Berry's Maybelline in 1955. But it had made previous stops along the way--for example, as the melody for Eddie Kirk and Cliffie Stone's 1951 Freight Train Breakdown. Is this gem of a performance Western Swing? Rockabilly? Country jazz? (Or a combination of the three?) To use the UFO-documentary cliche: you decide.
sellers description : "This is a very unusual 1 1/2 yards long photo of a construction site. The photo includes horse drawn wagons, the work crew, a crane and what appears to be a steam power source. ----- The photo isn't signed or dated but, It appears to be from the late 1800's to the early 1900's. The image measures 51 1/2" long x 7 1/2" high. The photo is in very good condition with 1 minor crease on the front and light soiling on the back where it was rolled up. ----- I'll ship in a tube."
not won - i dropped out at the selling price of $57.89 - this would have made a terrific piece for me (construction site subject matter and all) but panoramas are a well sought after genre and a real one like this with unique subject matter could have gone for a good deal more than i was willing to pay. they will keep the detail photos up for a very little while if you wanna check. boo hoo
music for the space brothers
Like many, I discovered Unarius through their wild psychedelic shows on public-access cable TV. Founded in 1954, Unarius is a UFO cult based in Southern California who not only believe in aliens ("the Space Brothers") that guide and protect us, but also in reincarnation - one founding Unarian wrote a book called "I, Bonaparte" chronicling his past life as Napoleon.via music for maniacs...
This has turned into Music Videos for Maniacs lately, hasn't it? But since the Unarians don't have any CDs available yet ("Coming Soon!" their website promises), let's watch the Unarius choir known as And The Angels Sing sing: "Starship Hope"
The Space Brothers were supposed to arrive in 1974. The date got pushed back to '75, '76, and 2001. The Space Brothers may be flakes, but Unarians still have starship hope.
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The Olsen Twin Towers.
Yes, they are tall, thin, and disorienting to behold, but that shouldn't stop Mary Kate and Ashley from erecting their own sister buildings that pay tribute to youth, fame, wealth, and the need to purge oneself of internal obstacles to self-fulfillment. Which tower is which? You'll know once you get better acquainted.
slow news day (stadium = zzzzz) / this post aint too damn funny either - thats it for a while with the parodies around here
DEFAULT SCHEME #1 - All plans, visions, proposals, schemes, ideas, concepts, intentions, surmises, hunches, impositions, and suggestions for the site will be shredded, and composted in situ (used for temporary fill). All future re-development schemes will require that all players throw half-a-million dollars each into the hole, i.e., before they are allowed to add their shredded documents. Disgraced politicians, bureaucrats, land speculators, and architects past their sell-by-dates will be dumped into the hole as well. On the one-hundredth anniversary of 9/11 (in 2101), the site will be flooded with sea-water by carving a huge channel through Battery Park City and the Real will be permitted to colonize the abyss. (GK)
Last August, after Port Authority officials demanded he show them a financial plan, Mr. Silverstein and consultants from the financial services firm Morgan Stanley made a presentation to the Port Authority's commissioners that was met with deep skepticism from several board members, according to officials at the authority. The commissioners questioned the rents that Mr. Silverstein projected for his new buildings. They also believed that he was overly optimistic in predicting that he would be able to fill the buildings with tenants in a relatively short time, something that would be critical to his ability to pay the agency its rent and secure further financing.
Deal Is Struck on Property Needed for Trade Center (June 5, 2005)
That lingering concern colored the Port Authority's latest exploration of how to reduce Mr. Silverstein's role at ground zero. As the security concerns over the Freedom Tower began percolating this spring, top Port Authority officials, including the executive director, Kenneth J. Ringler, the chairman, Anthony Coscia, and Vice Chairman Charles A. Gargano, discussed an informal proposal to divvy up the site, according to officials at the agency.
The idea, the officials said, would be to have Mr. Silverstein build the Freedom Tower and a second office tower across Greenwich Street. Then, in exchange for a reduction in the developer's lease payments, the Port Authority would get control of the site of two future towers on Church Street, south of the planned PATH train station at Fulton Street, which the agency is building at a cost of more than $2 billion.
That would give the Port Authority more of a free hand in developing the retail component over a large swath of the site. It would also, the officials contend, allow them to build a pair of low buildings to house some of the retail space, bring back street life and ultimately serve as the place holders for office buildings that could be erected when there is more demand for commercial space in Lower Manhattan.
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