April 29, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
April 29 is … National Shrimp Scampi Day
Isn’t it just like a Royal, getting married on America’s National Shrimp Scampi Day! By the time you read this, England will have a new Princess for the British Press to drool over and try to catch in embarrassing moments. Congratulations Prince William and Princess Kate.
I have been watching the murderous weather plaguing the southern United States. Al Gore and his disproved theory of global warming have been conspicuously missing in the news coverage. The devastation being caused by the weather is rare but not unprecedented. The ever expanding 24/7 news coverage we have in this country along with the fact nearly everyone has a video camera in their pocket or purse makes the weather damage appear to be something man is causing by the way we use the earth, atmosphere and environment. This is not the cause of the rash of killing storms or natural disasters the world is experiencing. This too shall pass.
What is the world coming to? In Action Comics # 900, Superman visits Iran. President Ahmadinejad declares that Superman’s activities are part of U.S. policy. This false accusation disturbs Superman. To avoid becoming embroiled in an International incident, Superman denounces his U. S. citizenship. So much for “Truth, justice and the American way”. My guess is this is not going to work out for the publisher of Action Comics. Superman has been associated with everything American since his debut in 1938. Step up to the plate America, enough is enough. We need an American hero not an International hero. Do not buy these comics.
I do not feel the Vietnam War ever actually ended but on April 29, 1975 the final soldiers were killed, in country.
Charles McMahon Jr US USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam
Darwin Judge USMC-corporal, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Vietnam
Michael John Shea USMC-Lieutenant/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam
William Craig Nystul USMC Captain, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet
DUKE ELLINGTON: The man who became one of the twentieth century’s finest composers, Edward Kennedy Ellington, was born on this day in 1899 in Washington, D.C. Right from the git-go, the handsome, sharply dressed teenager (that’s where he got the nickname, Duke) was headed for success. At first it was art. He won a poster-design contest and an art scholarship, left school and started a sign-painting business. But it was his natural piano-playing ability that attracted the young women, so Duke Ellington headed in that direction. He played with Elmer Snowden’s band and took over leadership in 1925. They played and stayed at New York’s Cotton Club from 1927 through 1931, broadcasting shows live on the radio. From then on it was tours, recordings, and history in the making. Ellington would be one of the founders of big band jazz. With the players in his band as his instruments, the Duke would create big band pieces, film scores, operas, ballets, Broadway shows, even gospel music. He would work with each section of his orchestra as an entity unto its own and then bring them together to create the unique sounds such as, Mood Indigo. Over 1,000 musical pieces are credited to the great Duke Ellington. James Lincoln Collier studied the Duke and his Orchestra, comparing Duke Ellington to a “master chef who plans the menus, trains the assistants, supervises them, tastes everything, adjusts the spices ... and in the end we credit him with the result.”
Andre Previn said, “Duke merely lifts his finger, three horns make a sound, and I don’t know what it is.”
According to Duke Ellington, who died in 1974, “There are only two kinds of music: good and bad.”
In 1969, 1969 - Sir Duke, Duke Ellington, celebrated his 70th birthday. He was honored with the presentation of the Medal of Freedom, the U.S. government’s highest civilian honor.
Say it ain’t so Dick! On this date in 1960 - Dick Clark told a House of Representatives investigating committee looking into the payola scandal that he, the host of American Bandstand, never took payola for records featured on his daily TV show. Clark would, however, relinquish rights to music publishing that he owned. The value of those rights, Clark indicated 30 years later, amounted to about $80 million.
A man appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, hoping to get into heaven.
“Have you ever done anything of particular merit?” St. Peter asked.
“Well, I can think of one thing,” the man replied. “On a trip to the Black Hills in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I told them to cut it out and leave her alone, but they would not listen. I approached the biggest, baddest biker and smacked him in the face, kicked his bike over and ripped his nose ring out, throwing it to the ground at his feet. “Now back off and leave her alone or I’ll kick the shit out of all of you!’ I yelled.
St Peter seemed impressed and asked, “When did this happen?”
“Couple of minutes ago.” was the response.
Just a couple of my thoughts.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
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Holmes the Ripper
A Revengeful Mix of Short Fiction
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