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Howdy folks
Stony here comin’ atchya
With some really
Good cookin’ tonight
GURU is out
Aimlessly tryin’ to find
Some new tunes
And maybe even a new band
To play with
Happy huntin GURU !
Our first tune was recorded
By the guy who was the lead singer
For what was clearly
One of the greatest Motown acts
Of the 60s, 70s and beyond
However, he had a fallin’ out with them
And our first tune is a tune that
He wrote and then released
About two years after he split with the Temptations
And embarked on his own successful solo career
So let’s kick it off tonight with
Eddie Kendricks doin’ Keep on Truckin
https://youtu.be/QgAtvJNIdrU?si=xhUm_hSatnH0fA40
Alright
now that Mr. Kendricks got us all goin’
Let’s meet a band
Originally from Chapell Hill North Carolina
who
According to the Oracle of Wiki
Play a fusion of swing, Delta Blues, gypsy jazz
And Klezmer music
They played at President Clinton’s second inaugural
And at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Their name is Southern slang for a type of moonshine.
But let’s not dally around with details
Let’s give this group a listen
Here’s the
Squirrel Nut Zippers with Put a Lid on It
https://youtu.be/BrgJmyPh2UI?si=fw1Chm0Fdwg6exs3
Speaking of regional acts
Now I know that Yinz gives GURU and I
A lot of grief about
Callin’ “Y’all” and “Yuz Guyz”
Yinz
But since all of Yinz is
Sorta honorary Yinzers now anyway
You’ll all naturally be very interested in
Maybe headin’ down the ole PA turnpike
This weekend to the Burgh
To take in
“Yinzerfest”
….yes Yinz heard that right
YINZERFEST
It’s right up there with Festivus
For the rest of us.
My gosh
Some say
It’s better than Christmas
And Hannukah put together
Holy Cow!
Yinzerfest
Think about it
Yinz can just bathe in the pure joy
The sheer ecstacy
Of knowing what its like to be a Yinzer
Just be sure to getchya a Primanti Brothers sandwich
Complete with the fries ….ON (meaning “in”) the sandwich.
This ain’t McDonalds with no “side order’ of fries.
No. the fries go on the sandwich itself.
And while your at it
GURU’s hometown of
Irwin PA
Right there on the exit before Yinz
Get to the Burgh
Claims to be the originating franchise
That started the
BIG MAC
Their little display there claims such but
That’s a long…and very contested story
But anyway
You’ll soon learn …in the words of
Douglas Mariani, one of Yinzerfest’s founders
That:
a “Yinzer is more than just how we talk;
it’s who we are.”
Yes… Yinz can
check out the details
Right here
https://triblive.com/aande/music/yinzerfest-a-pittsburgh-qa-with-some-of-the-festivals-performers/
Okay we all know that GURU
Has done more than
his share of singin’ in his time
And so it’s kinda hard to believe that
We aint had our next artist on yet.
In fact
we oughta be ashamed of ourselves
Folks you are about to
See and hear
One of the most amazing vocalists
Ever to set foot on
any stage
anywhere
I mean ya can’t ever accuse
Ms. J of not puttin’
heart
Soul
and everythin’ else she’s got
Into a tune
And believe me what comes out
Simply leaves one in awe.
This lady truly has religion when it comes
To singin’
And its just so incredibly sad that her career
Was cut so short so many many years ago.
But at least we get a chance to relive
One of the most amazing TV performances
I’ve ever seen….or heard
Here’s the legendary Janis Joplin singin as only she can
To Love Somebody
https://youtu.be/fkGUt4QYc08?si=tyQB-hehJ8Qaeqdu
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EDITORIAL (Opinion and Analysis)
Last October Hamas launched coordinated terrorist attacks against Israelis, justifying same on the basis of Israel’s occupation of what they say are Palestinian territories. (We won’t argue that point one way or another here. However, it is true that Isael now occupies more territory than was mandated when Israel was first founded in the late 1940s and that the territories it now occupies include what were formerly Palestinian territories.) In any event, the Hamas attack was conducted with vicious brutality and grievous atrocities were, in fact, committed by the Hamas attackers on innocent Israelis. The last estimates were that there were/are about 1,300 Israeli deaths and that about 250 or so Israelis were taken hostage by Hamas and many of those thought to be held as such are still unaccounted for.
Israel responded with tremendous ferocity and invaded Gaza literally destroying large business and residential areas of Gaza.
On the other side, according the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, there have been over 34,000 Gazan deaths since the start of the Israeli invasion. However, it is estimated that 70% of them are women and minors and that about 90 % were civilian. In other words, the vast majority of the non-Israeli deaths have been innocent victims of the conflict. This would put Palestinian civilian deaths at over 30,000. Thus, innocent Palestinian casualties have far exceeded those on the Israeli side.
Some might say that Isael has a right to defend itself and eradicate the terrorist threat that it has clearly confronted since its founding in the 1940s. However, one has to wonder how long America will be willing to give Israel unconditional support when such a huge number of innocent Palestinians, including women and children, are killed, injured or maimed as a result of Israel’s: (i) continued occupation, if not annexation, of new Palestinian territories; and (ii) the fact that America’s support continues to push it into more and more seriously dangerous confrontations, if not outright conflict, with various Arab, Palestinian, Iranian and other Islamic regimes and factions in an increasingly wide arc around not only the Middle East, but also Northeastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the oil rich Persian Gulf. And this is especially so, when Iran, if not Saudi Arabia as well, are close to becoming nuclear powers.
The Israeli government would be well advised to recognize that the U.S. has over the last several decades seen a big increase in immigrants, and yes even voters, whose ancestry hails from Islamic portions of the Middle East. Last estimates are that there are now about 3.5 million Muslims in the U.S, which is about 1.1% of the U.S. population. In January of 2018, Al Jazeera cited a Pew Research Center study that projected that by the year 2040 Muslims will surpass the Jews to become the second largest religious group in the United States behind Christians. In fact, they also project that by 2050 there will be 1.5 times as many Muslims in the U.S. as there will be Jews. And what may even be more significant is where the Muslims are located. The “swing” state of Michigan comes to mind as being a potentially crucial state in any close national election. The point of the foregoing being that going forward, it is probable that American politicians are going to be forced into taking a more balanced, if not neutral, position when it comes to Israeli/Arab/Palestinian issues than it has in the past. Otherwise, they will risk losing the next election.
Beyond the foregoing, one has to wonder how wise it is for the Israeli government to inflict such carnage on Palestinians. How successful can the Israelis military, through the use of force and the excruciating pain and suffering it causes, ever be in totally eradicating the firmly entrenched belief by most Palestinians that they have been fundamentally wronged by Israel. Will not the massive casualties sustained by tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians only increase the long term hatred for Israel that many Palestinians understandably feel? Isn’t the extent of the carnage more likely than not to extend this hatred into additional future generations.
One final point is worth mentioning. Given the foregoing, isn’t a continuation of policies similar to those of the Netanyahu government going to cause a rise in anti-Semitism in the United States if not now, then at some point in the not too distant future?
Rufus Coolwater
Station Manager
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Okay,….. thanks Rufus
and now that we’ve been reminded
of what ails us
Our next group
Really needs no introduction.
We had them on a couple of years ago.
They originally met while sharing a drink
And having an impromptu jam session
In Athens Georgia
They are a new wave/punk band
who found great success in the 80s
Of particular note in this next video is
Ricky Wilson. He is the guitar player
His sister, Cindy is the lead vocalist in
The sexy white outfit.
Both of them put on performances
That can only be described as intense
And requiring an amazing amount of focus
And endurance.
Ricky unfortunately died a few short years
After this performance of AIDs.
After he died Keith Strickland the drummer
Became the bands guitar player.
But enough background
Let’s just enjoy the
B-52s with Give Me Back My Man
https://youtu.be/oD3W9CaiX8A?si=mjSmnzINer85DqUe
[yes indeedy…quite a work out that was.!!]
Okay, what’s this
Well…predictably enough
Lil Suzi has been rumagin’ around the garage again
Gosh Suzi
Where did ya find this one?
Whewwww…
Man does it stink !!
Oh my
Awwww….
That’s just gross
Just gross
Folks, seems there’s a carcass
In the bottom of Suzi’s box
Some little critter
…I frankly can’t even tell what it is…
Geeesshhh
Here get rid of this thing will ya
Anyway
I think it was a mouse
But I ain’t sure
But it was definitely dead
Anyway…Suzi’s box
Always satisfies
Yes indeedy
Seems she’s brought us
Another morsel of pure pleasure
Ahem
Listening… pleasure that is.
This is from a 60s garage band from
Tacoma Washington
But look at this…wow
they seem to still be doin’ their thing
And performing here and there
Even today.
In any event
Yinz all need to strap yourselves in for
The Sonics and a great tune…called
Shot Down
https://youtu.be/YWoNqXfRABQ?si=bInBjK3JwjnlB24p
Yeah, I really enjoyed that
Thanks Suzi
Okay time to wind up tonight’s episode
And boy do we have a treat for all Yinz
Most of yinz will remember this from the
Cover
Yes the cover version
That Bow Wow Wow did back
In the old MTV days of the 80s
But it was actually originally done by our next group
And boy is this amazing
Not sure where this clip is from
Maybe that old show
Shin Dig that my babysitter
Daryl used to make me watch
…instead of great entertainment like
“Combat” with Vic Morrow
Or somethin’
I’m not sure
But these gals, just ….
Well…..
…
…words can’t do ‘em justice
And oh yeah
The band is great too
And like one of the comments says
One does hear just a tad of
Bo Diddley influence in all this
But….Copyright issues aside
Here are the Strangeloves with
I Want Candy
https://youtu.be/IOrQ927LM-Q?si=n4BMjAuf3hEvCN92
Did I ever tell yinz that I love the 60s !!!
I mean that was absolutely
One of the
All-time best videos
I’ve ever seen.
Maybe even
THE best !
And looky here
GURU who’s over in the control room
Is just a grinnin’ from ear to ear
he just gave us
a big thumbs up too !
I mean
The choreaography
The outfits
The girls
…and oh yes
…the band
Its just sooooo,
Teenage and All American
Just perfect…just perfect…Wow !!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it
Half as much as I did….
So, for GURU, Suzi
And me, Stony Riva
All we can say is….
Yinz are the best
Thanks for listen’
Thanks for watchin’
And so
Until next time
Goodnight
And don’t let the bed bugs bite.
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END NOTES:
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