Curations from the Human Jungle
[What I always like about lists like this is that someone usually gets seriously offended. I don't really expect anyone to listen to all six minutes of "Like a Rolling Stone." SB SM] Credit: Far Out / Album Covers / Alamy 10 albums from the 1960s that we would rate an 11/10 Dale Maplethorpe Sat... Continue Reading →
[ Silverback Peter (SoCal Silverbacks) writes: "So I was in the car the other day and as I have Sirius radio, I was tuned to the 50s channel. Or maybe it was the 60s channel. Anyway, "Guitarzan" came on by Ray Stevens — and I thought: that could be the theme song for "The Jungle."... Continue Reading →
[Add Quora.com to the list of things I don't understand. Everyday there is something from Quora.com in my email Inbox, usually some variation on Beatles trivia, written in the form of a question and an answer. My guess is that both the question and the answer are posted by unpaid contributors who provide free content... Continue Reading →
[Swiped offa Facebook from a posting by Silver Screen Hub (no author noted). Ray Davies of The Kinks is the one who has been knighted. He wrote and sang most of the hits, and he deserves the fame. It's his half-brother Dave same mother, different fathers), however, who also contributed something unique to the culture... Continue Reading →
[Big News ... Part 3 of Grendel: The Four-Chord Opera has now been published. Now, back to the silliness. SB SM] Here are two very different takes on what it means to be a resident of the contemporary Jungle. Could there be more contrast. A minute or so of the Carrie Underwood Jungle will give... Continue Reading →
[Sorry for some of the glitches on yesterday's post. I tried to blame it on WordPress, but the fault, inevitably, turned out to be mine. A tip of the hat to SB John Q. for alerting us.} ... Ray Davies of the Kinks. Let the song speak for itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEep67akIn4 "I'll be your Tarzan, you... Continue Reading →