Cab was ultra cool

My old friend Dave Gilson sent me this terrific video of Cab Calloway in a 1932 performance of “Kickin’ the Gong Around."  All I can say is that as far as dance moves go, Cab was about 30 years ahead of James Brown.  Enjoy – this is a lot of fun.

~ Tom

Barney Rosset–R.I.P.

Sunday’s S.F. Chronicle published this article on the occasion of Barney Rosset’s death at age 89.  I must admit that while his name has popped up intermittently in my life, I never stitched it all together to reveal what an interesting, cool character he was.  Reading over the article, I was thinking, “Ah, here’s a movie in the making.”  Something along the lines of Ed Harris in “Pollock?”  Who would you choose to play Rosset?

“American Rhetoric”– a wonderful web site

Just poking around the Internet I found this terrific site.  I haven’t yet plumbed the depths of what it has to offer, but the Movie Speeches and the Top 100 speeches should be enough to convince anyone that this is a site well worth bookmarking.  Enjoy.

Breitbart–R.I.H.

I never wish for anyone’s death.  However, it seems of late that everyone who dies is a good person.  Thus, as long as someone has to die I would rather it be someone like Andrew Breibart.  He was a truly evil person.  If there is a hell, he will be going there. 

Beatles MP3 player

Well now, this is really a lot of fun. 

A better version of Bruno Mars

Hey, I found a better version of Bruno Mars at the Grammys.  You’ll have to suffer a promo spot first but the quality is far better than the YouTube version in my previous post.

~ Tom

Bruno Mars is totally cool…

I finally remembered to record the Grammys this year.  (The last couple of years I missed them).  Anyway, I’m a bit late on reporting my impressions, but aside from the Whitney Houston tributes, none of the live performances (even Bruce and Adele) rang my bell EXCEPT Bruno Mars!  I really had not paid any attention to this guy and it was the first time I had ever seen him and his awesome band.  Let me tell you, it was a perfect, exciting, ass-kicking performance in every regard.  And, it was live!

I could only find one YouTube version of it, and it’s a bit rough, but it still comes through in all its raw glory.  I loved it then, and love it now.  Enjoy

Bruno Mars at 2012 Grammys