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18770. SnowOwl - 3/5/2006 5:29:07 AM "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" by Johnny Mercer 18771. SnowOwl - 3/5/2006 5:29:54 AM It must have lasted a while because I actually remember the words to it (or some of them). 18772. arkymalarky - 3/5/2006 6:53:34 AM Hey Snow! Great to see you!
Aren't you about to go on a trip, or are you back?
Or are you still on it, or were you not planning a trip and I'm just confused?
Anyway, Great to see you! 18773. SnowOwl - 3/5/2006 7:41:38 AM Hi Arky, the trip doesn't start until July 2. We're off to Sweden/Scotland/rail through Rockies/Vancouver/Victoria/Seattle and San Francisco.
Unfortunately, our time in the US is very limited since the main purpose of the trip is to spend time with our kids in Sweden and my husband's family in Scotland. 18774. SnowOwl - 3/5/2006 7:42:05 AM How's life in your corner of the world? 18775. prolph - 3/5/2006 8:26:34 AM hmm, I knew most of you fine moties were young enough to be my children and now suspect some of you could be my grandchildren;
I have heard your favorite songs of course but I have one big advantage of age--I have heard almostl of the great jazz people live.
18776. PsychProf - 3/5/2006 3:22:11 PM "Who ever heard of "poor people of paris" by les baxter? Not me!"
Thoughtful...I have it on my computer. 18777. PsychProf - 3/5/2006 3:28:11 PM Thanks Jex...
http://worldcrossing.com/WebX?14@@.1ddbeec3/2289 18778. alistairconnor - 3/5/2006 3:28:18 PM oh Patsy tell us about it! 18779. arkymalarky - 3/5/2006 5:37:55 PM Oooh yes, Patsy!
My Dad saw Louis Armstrong, but what was really wild about that was that hardly anyone came to see him. It was in San Angelo, TX, of all places. 18780. arkymalarky - 3/5/2006 5:40:42 PM That sounds like a fabulous trip, Snow.
Things are great around here. I've started grad school FINALLY, and I'm taking two night classes, still doing the rural ed activism thing, and teaching. I've got a full plate, but nothing that's not enjoyable, except I'd prefer to have less of it, and I will after I finish grad school a year from this summer.
And I'm looking high and low for any alternative to my current home internet situation, but that's another story. 18781. PelleNilsson - 3/5/2006 6:24:12 PM I've seen many of the big guys. Lois Armstrong, Count Basie, Duke Ellingtom, the guy on the vibraphone whose name escapes me, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan and some more I don't remember. I think that in Europe, France and Sweden had the most enthusiastic jazz audiencies in the 60s. 18782. robertjayb - 3/5/2006 7:13:49 PM Lionel Hampton. 18783. PelleNilsson - 3/5/2006 8:09:33 PM That's him. 18784. alistairconnor - 3/5/2006 8:20:19 PM A friend who used to play the vibraphone, slipped through the barriers at the Vienne jazz festival when she was a skinny 15 year old to hang out with Lionel Hampton and his band. 18785. prolph - 3/6/2006 1:05:33 AM billy holiday, fats wallar, king cole when he was a trio etc. I fear some of you have slipped in some swing, Swing is ok and yes I saw glen miller.
Alistair what's to tell? 18786. uzmakk - 3/6/2006 4:40:56 PM Sorry to be so late. I didn't show up in the Cafe on Saturday morning like I said I would. One son is home for a week for spring break and the other came in for one day to fence in a tournament in the newly formed NEPennsylvania USFA division. Gold medal for the fencer...second one.
Re: stepping out of the box
I'll be going into more detail in the future, but all I have time to tell you now is that I will be opening up my house for lunch daily during the week. Politics, if not always on the front burner, will be the theme. 18787. alistairconnor - 3/6/2006 4:48:18 PM Oh so you're coming out of the closet!
And throwing your hat in the ring? 18788. arkymalarky - 3/7/2006 1:26:35 AM Congrats on the fencing son, Uz!
We'll be looking for the details. 18789. Magoseph - 3/7/2006 9:55:44 AM It’s going to be 40 degrees today—about time, we were promised a break, but got 3 inches of sloppy snow. It is not cold for me, 30 degrees call for sweaters, but Flexy needs at least some sun and above 45 degrees to venture outside. After this grueling winter, we don’t need to cope with a cold, or worse, pneunomia.
I’m not going to look up for a birthday song for me—it’s bad enough that I am obliged to remember my birthday this Saturday. Kids, husband, brother won't ignore it, even though, they know how I feel about it.
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