Paul Krugman: "In Praise of Public Libraries (Personal and Trivial)" (New York Times)
Nothing professional or deep here, just an interesting (to me) discovery I've made. For complicated reasons, mainly family-duty-related, I've lately had to do a lot of hopscotching around central New Jersey, with various appointments and tasks here and there but often with gaps of several hours in between. And, as always, lots of work to get done in the cracks. What to do?
Andrew Tobias: Dying
Most of the things we use and enjoy today didn't exist back then, so back then there was no need for taxes to fund things like the FCC or FDA or FAA. Medicare and Medicaid weren't needed because healthcare consisted of aspirin and leaches (or, well, not much more). Social Security payments weren't needed because old folks lived with their children. Those items alone - social security and Medicare and Medicaid - are a huge part of the budget we fund with taxes.
Lucy Mangan: "Autumn Term by Antonia Forest" (Guardian)
As the Marlow series progresses, Nicola, her friends and her siblings discover that life in and outside school is hard to negotiate, full of compromises and moral equivocations and that the adult world is no promised land. Forest provides agonisingly exact portraits of the psychological bullying in which girls - then, now and for ever - specialise.
Esther Inglis: Arkell: Cryptomnesia makes us accidental plagiarists (io9)
We know that people make up false memories if prompted. But since our brain never stops being a jerk, we can also convert real memories into things we believe we imagined. Cryptomnesia can strike via our own memories, or our memories of things that others tell us. One of the most famous cases of cryptomnesia destroyed the fantasy-writing career of Helen Keller.
Mark Shields: Advice for Graduation Day (Creators Syndicate)
Once again, graduation time is upon us. By some iron rule, every graduation must have a graduation speaker, whose role has been compared to that of the corpse at a great Irish wake: His presence is deemed necessary for the event to be take place, but, other than that, precious little is expected from him.
Sky Pilot" is a 1968 song by Eric Burdon & The Animals, released on the album The Twain Shall Meet. When released as a single the song was split across both sides, due to its length. As "Sky Pilot (Parts 1 & 2)" it reached number 14 on the U.S. pop charts and number 15 on the Canadian RPM chart.
The Sky Pilot of the title is a military chaplain, as revealed by the opening verse.
The song is a balladic slice of life story about a chaplain who blesses a body of troops just before they set out on an overnight raid or patrol, and then retires to await their return.
The US single, released in 1968, was the first to be pressed in stereo on MGM Records. By 1969, many other record labels soon followed this format.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Sky Pilot, by Eric Burdon and the Animals
Charlie wrote:
"Sky Pilot" by Eric Burdon and the Animals.
If I remember correctly, the song was a favorite of James Simon Kunen, discussed in The Strawberry Statement, but I can find no reference to this on the web.
I see BttbBob provided a link to the songyesterday, so I won't bother with that.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Sky Pilot
Adam answered:
Eric Burdon & The Animals- 'Sky Pilot'.
Sally said:
Eric Burdon & The Animals single, "Sky Pilot" is my guess for the trivia dejour.
On it they sing about a Chaplin:
"He blesses the boys
As they stand in line
The smell of gun grease
And the bayonets they shine
He's there to help them
All that he can
To make them feel wanted
He's a good holy man..."
Great stuff for the era of anti war...
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcali, replied:
Who the fuck was still buying 'singles' in 1968!! I had stopped buying 45's 1964. I remember that this was a really big deal for industry types. "Sky Pilot" by Eric Burdon and the Animals was the first stereo single. Saw Eric Burdon at Harrah's in Tahoe over Christmas. Still really sings the shit out of the "blues." Also saw him in the Animals in 1965 at the Rollerena in San Leandro, CA.
Animals And the Animals Eric Today
Marian is enjoying some footloose and internets-free days.
MAM wrote:
"Sky Pilot"
BttbBob responded:
I didn't know the answer to this question straight away... However, I had this undefinable, sneaky, nagging, kinda-sorta 'feeling' that it had something to do with one of Eric Burdon's songs that I listed yesterday... Presto! It does!
"Sky Pilot", is the answer upon investigation (I must be psychic, I'm thinkin'... But, much like "Daphne Moon" said in a "Frasier" episode of her self same abilities, "It comes and goes"... So, don't ask me fer any lottery numbers)
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As an aside, the bagpipes tune used in "Sky Pilot" was is a covert recording of the pipers of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards playing "All The Bluebonnets Are Over The Border", captured by Burdon while performing at a school. He received an angry letter from the UK government (or possibly the Crown) over his use of the recording in the song. Well, all I can say to that bit of pompous fluff is...
"God Save The Queen" YouTube (Sing it, Johnny... Har!)
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Happy Birthday this day to:
Burt Bacharach (84)
[ Burt Bacharach Movie Medley YouTube ]
Emilio Estevez (50) Martin Sheen's sane son...
Ving Rhames (53) "Marsellus Wallace" in "Pulp Fiction" - One bad dude...
Named after NBC's Irving R. Levine (That's kinda interesting)
Yogi Berra (87) It still "ain't over 'til it's over" fer this MLB Hall of Famer...
Steve Winwood (64) Another personal Rock favorite...
[ Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (Uncut Long Version) - YouTube ]
Born this day:
George Carlin (1937-2008) What can I add that hasn't already been said?
[ George Carlin - 7 dirty words YouTube ]
Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003) One heckuva lady, I'm tellin' ya... Really...
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) The "Lady with the lamp" on the battlefields of Crimea. Founder of professional nursing... Feminist...
May 12 Birthdays - Celebrities Born May 12 | Famous Birthdays
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Here's to each and every mother that's reading this - Happy, Happy Day to you!
Seriously!
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by the SEASON FINALE'Survivor'.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'T-Rump's No Star Flim-Flam Fluffery'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Once Upon A Time', then a FRESH'Revenge', followed by another FRESH'Revenge'.
The CW fills the night with what passes for local news and other fluffery.
Faux has a FRESH'The Cleveland Show', followed by another FRESH'The Cleveland Show', then a FRESH'The Simpsons', followed by a FRESH'Bob's Burgers', then a FRESH'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH'American Dad'.
MY has an old 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another old 'How I Met Your Mother', then an old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another old 'Big Bang Theory', then still another old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by yet another old 'Big Bang Theory'.
A&E has 3 hours of old 'Duck Dynasty', 'Storage Wars', and another 'Storage Wars'.
AMC offers the movie 'As Good As It Gets', followed by a FRESH'Mad Men'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 09-10 - Episode 3
[7:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 09-10 - Episode 4
[8:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 3 - Black Hairy Thick Tail Scorpion
[9:00AM] WILD THINGS WITH DOMINIC MONAGHAN - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Giant Centipede
[10:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 9 - The Olde Stone Mill
[11:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 10 - Zeke's
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 2 - Ep 2 - Momma Cherri's
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 2
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 3
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 4
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 5
[5:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 6
[6:00PM] TRON (1982)
[8:00PM] V FOR VENDETTA
[11:00PM] V FOR VENDETTA
[2:00AM] TRON (1982)
[4:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 2
[5:00AM] TOP GEAR - Season 9 - Episode 3 (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Married To Medicine', another 'Married To Medicine', followed by a FRESH'Married To Medicine', then a FRESH'The Kandi Factory'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Coming To America', 'Kevin Hart: Seriously Funny', and 'Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious'.
FX has the movie 'The Waterboy', followed by the movie 'Step Brothers'.
History has 'Swamp People', 'Ax Men', followed by a FRESH'Ax Men', and 'Swamp People'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Blazing Saddles
[8:00AM] Bunk
[8:30AM] Bunk
[9:00AM] Dilbert-Holiday
[9:30AM] Dilbert-The Infomercial
[10:00AM] Dilbert-The Gift
[10:30AM] Dilbert-The Shroud of Wally
[11:00AM] Out There-Springoween
[11:30AM] Out There-Frosty King
[12:00PM] Mommie Dearest
[2:45PM] Mommie Dearest
[5:30PM] Mommie Dearest
[8:15PM] Mommie Dearest
[11:00PM] Maron-Dead Possum
[11:30PM] Arrested Development-The Sword of Destiny
[12:00AM] Arrested Development-Meet the Veals
[12:30AM] Arrested Development-Spring Breakout
[1:00AM] Poltergeist
[3:30AM] Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
[5:15AM] Maron-Dead Possum
[5:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Man Shops Globe-Argentina
[6:30AM] Looking for Eric
[8:45AM] The Darjeeling Limited
[10:15AM] Raising Arizona
[11:50AM] This Way Up
[12:00PM] Little Children
[2:15PM] The Darjeeling Limited
[3:45PM] Raising Arizona
[5:20PM] Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
[5:30PM] MAMMAS
[6:00PM] Rectify-Always There
[7:00PM] Rectify-Sexual Peeling
[8:00PM] Rectify-Modern Times
[9:00PM] Rectify-Plato's Cave
[10:00PM] Gallipoli
[12:00AM] MAMMAS
[12:30AM] Stealing Beauty
[2:30AM] High Art
[4:15AM] Accomplices (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Star Trek: Generations', followed by the movie 'Star Trek: Nemesis'.
Musician and Honorary Degree recipient Willie Nelson listens to a speaker during the Berklee College of Music commencement in Boston, Massachusetts May 11, 2013.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi
You can't always get what you want. Unless, perhaps, you're a member of the Green Valley High School choir and you want a chance to sing onstage with the Rolling Stones.
The Henderson school's choir will join the Stones at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night for the encore performance of their hit song, "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
Choir director Kim Ritzer said she thought it was a joke when she first got a message on Facebook from someone she didn't know inviting them to sing backup for the famous rockers. She later learned a friend who teaches music at the University of Southern California had recommended them.
"When I announced it to the kids, I think their parents were more excited than they were because some of them didn't even know who the Rolling Stones were," Ritzer told KLAS-TV.
Musician and Honorary Degree recipient Carole King smiles during the Berklee College of Music commencement in Boston, Massachusetts May 11, 2013.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi
Officials in Georgia have decided to move the boyhood home of Little Richard to spare it from a highway construction project.
Macon Mayor Robert Reichert made the announcement Friday. WMAZ-TV reports that the 80-year-old singer is receiving an honorary degree on Saturday from Mercer University.
Born Richard Wayne Penniman, Little Richard grew up in Macon's Pleasant Hill community. That's a neighborhood that was later divided by the construction of Interstate 75.
City officials said the home will be relocated to a lot near the Pleasant Hill community garden. At its new location, the house will be used as a neighborhood resource center.
As a child in Puerto Rico, Ismael Cruz was delighted by the colorful characters in "Sesame Street," who not only entertained and educated him, but helped him learn "inglés." He could not have imagined that two decades later he would be playing with them in front of the cameras.
Cruz is the newest Hispanic addition to popular children series' cast, playing Armando, or "Mando."
Cruz's character is a Hispanic writer from Brooklyn who writes everything from short stories to essays and movie scripts. He also loves technology and social media.
The addition expands a cast of Hispanic characters that includes Maria (Sonia Manzano) and Luis (Emilio Delgado), who debuted on "Sesame Street" in 1971 as human characters, as well as Rosita, the charming turquoise monster who joined in 1993 with Mexican puppeteer Carmen Osbahr, who also voices Ovejita.
Musician Kris Kristofferson applauds while sitting in the audience at the Berklee College of Music commencement in Boston, Massachusetts May 11, 2013.
Photo by Jessica Rinaldi
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is expanding to include a small distillery that's tucked in the shadows of skyscrapers in downtown Louisville.
Heaven Hill Distilleries' new distillery will become the eighth stop on the popular tourist attraction that has drawn more than 2.5 million visitors in the past five years.
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail takes visitors to several rural and rustic settings to visit the places where iconic bourbons such as Wild Turkey, Jim Beam and Maker's Mark are crafted.
Kentucky is home to 95 per cent of the world's bourbon production.
Grammy-winning musician Chris Brown's neighbors are unhappy with the creepy art he's chosen to have painted along the curb of his Hollywood Hills home.
The Los Angeles Times reports a neighborhood group says the grimacing, sharp-toothed, red-eyed goblins painted along a retaining wall are scaring children.
Los Angeles city code officials cited the "Run It!" singer $376 for unpermitted and excessive signage and ordered him to remove it within 30 days.
Brown's attorney Mark Geragos says neighbors are harassing Brown, whose tumultuous relationship with singer Rihanna and foul-mouthed Twitter presence have given him a bad boy reputation.
An actor exercises in front of a curtain being displayed during the rehearsal of theatre play "La Verita" at Sodre theatre in Montevideo May 10, 2013. The play, by Compagnia Finzi Pasca, includes a curtain of 9 by 15 metres painted by Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali in 1940 for opera Tristan and Isolde that had remained lost in a trunk in a theatre and was offered to the director of Compagnia Finzi Pasca to be used in this play.
Photo by Andres Stapff
On the very day John F. Kennedy died, a cottage industry was born. Fifty years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, it's still thriving.
Its product? The "truth" about the president's assassination.
"By the evening of November 22, 1963, I found myself being drawn into the case," Los Angeles businessman Ray Marcus wrote in "Addendum B," one of several self-published monographs he produced on the assassination. For him, authorities were just too quick and too pat with their conclusion.
Most skeptics, including Marcus, didn't get rich by publishing their doubts and theories - and some have even bankrupted themselves chasing theirs. But for a select few, there's been good money in keeping the controversy alive.
Best-selling books and blockbuster movies have raked in massive profits since 1963. And now, with the 50th anniversary of that horrible day in Dallas looming, a new generation is set to cash in.
For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city.
Why does a joint replacement cost 40 times as much at one hospital as at another across the country? It's a mystery, federal health officials say.
And the amounts are too huge to be explained by obvious differences among hospitals, such as a more expensive regional economy, older or sicker patients, or the extra costs of running a teaching hospital, he said.
The average charges for joint replacement range from about $5,300 at an Ada, Okla., hospital to $223,000 in Monterey Park, Calif., the Department of Health and Human Services said. That doesn't include doctors' fees.
An Indian Muslim devotee, who is on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti for Urs, performs a stunt during a procession at Ajmer in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan May 11, 2013. Urs is an annual festival which is held for over six days at Ajmer, commemorating the death anniversary of Sufi saint Chishti. The anniversary is celebrated in the seventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar as thousands of pilgrims visit the shrine from all over India and abroad.
Plague may have helped finish off the Roman Empire, researchers now reveal.
The bacterium that causes plague, Yersinia pestis, has been linked with at least two of the most devastating pandemics in recorded history. One, the Great Plague, which lasted from the 14th to 17th centuries, included the infamous epidemic known as the Black Death, which may have killed nearly two-thirds of Europe in the mid-1300s. Another, the Modern Plague, struck around the world in the 19th and 20th centuries, beginning in China in the mid-1800s and spreading to Africa, the Americas, Australia, Europe and other parts of Asia.
Although past studies confirmed this germ was linked with both of these catastrophes, much controversy existed as to whether it also caused the Justinianic Plague of the sixth to eighth centuries. This pandemic, named after the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, killed more than 100 million people. Some historians have suggested it contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire.
To help solve this mystery, scientists investigated ancient DNA from the teeth of 19 different sixth-century skeletons from a medieval graveyard in Bavaria, Germany, of people who apparently succumbed to the Justinianic Plague.
They unambiguously found the plague bacterium Y. pestis there.
The sharpest look yet at an underwater medieval town dubbed England's "Atlantis" reveals that the lost city was once almost as large as the modern City of London, a major district in central London.
Medieval Dunwich was a thriving port in the Middle Ages. Major storms beginning in the 1200s swept the city out to sea and silted up the Dunwich River, choking off the Dunwich harbor. By the 1400s, Dunwich lost its perch as a major port. The city was abandoned, and over the centuries, the ruins continued to slip into the sea as the coast eroded.
The ruins of the city now sit off the coast of the county of Suffolk, England. The lost village has been difficult to explore, as it sits beneath 10 feet to 33 feet (3 meters to 10 meters) of silty, muddy water. The ruins get their nickname from the mythological city of Atlantis that supposedly sank into the sea.
In 2008, researchers at the University of Southampton began an underwater survey of medieval Dunwich. In a new report, the team reveals the most detailed maps yet of the town's streets and buildings, including a chapel and a friary.
The survey also revealed the ruins of multiple religious buildings: Blackfriars Friary, St. Peter's, All Saints Church, St. Nicholas Church and the Chapel of St. Katherine. Another large building appears to be a large house or town hall.
A white-coated reindeer calf "Lumi", which means "Snow" in Finish, stretches next to its mother Helmi at the Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna May 10, 2013. Lumi was born in the zoo on April 25, 2013.
Photo by Heinz-Peter Bader
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