Bruno Mars–The Lazy Song

If this doesn’t cheer you up you need to find a good therapist as soon as possible.

Personally, I love it.

Birth of the Cool–A new look

As you can see, I have adopted a new template for the blog.  The main reason for the change is that the old template consistently cut off the right side of videos that I have posted.  And besides, the old template was getting a bit outdated, having been in use since I started my blog.  I am going to be making further tweaks, but I just wanted to get the new template in place.  I hope you like it.  If not, I hope you will come to accept it.

~ Tom

The adult in the room

After watching the insane clown car antics otherwise known as the Republican primaries, it was a breath of fresh air to see this short film made by Academy Award®-winning director Davis Guggenheim and narrated by none other than Tom Hanks.  I for one am proud to call him my President.

The Blog software may cut off a bit of the right side of the video.  If so, use this link for a direct connection to YouTube.

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.