Sunday Drive: Words

As performed by the Bee Gees on the Ed Sullivan Show in March of 1968.

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Waitin' for the Weekend

You doing anything tonight?

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What We're Watching: The Wrecking Crew

It might be old news to the rest of the world, but we just discovered this 2008 documentary about the Los Angeles studio musicians who created the sounds we all loved in the 1960s.  As Dick Clark says in here, "They played for so many people in so many styles. . . .  They had the magic touch."  Though rarely credited for their work back then, this show honors their contributions to the "West Coast Sound" that was heard 'round the world on radio, records, TV themes, and movie soundtracks.  Fascinating.

An extra interview with delightful Carol Kaye, the only woman in the group, and a fabulous bassist:

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Sunday Drive: Age of Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In

Your Head Trucker remembers listening to this upbeat medley on the radio in the spring of 1969 - 55 years ago.  My God, where does the time go?

BTW, I saw them in concert in 1976.  They put on a great show.

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Waitin' for the Weekend

An old favorite:  David White, Playgirl, 1976.

See all of David here (NSFW).

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Cavalcade of Food # 428 - Walkthrough

In anticipation of a visit by a class of 2nd-graders, Kevin takes us on a walkthrough of the fabulous Cavalcade collection, including the typewriter section.  Ah, sweet memories of life B. C. (before computers)!

 

BTW, I agree with everything Kevin says at the start about cursive writing.

Bonus: From a few years ago, Kevin and Ralph cook up some yankee fried chicken on the back porch:

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Pilgrimage to Chimayo

My truckbuddy Frank had a post on his blog the other day on this shrine I'd never heard about.  Some people call it the "Lourdes of America."  I'm neither Catholic nor athletic, and the idea of a 40-mile hike uphill is rather uninspiring, to say the least. However, I can appreciate the spiritual impetus, and I'm sure many people do get a blessing of some kind thereby.  The impious may jeer and laugh at such simplicities; but there are many worse ways to spend a weekend.

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Easter 2024: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

Christus Consolator, Carl Bloch, 1875

 

The Lessons Appointed for Use on

Easter Day

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Good Friday, 2024: He Was Despised

Cristo Crucificado, Velazquez, circa 1632,

 

 

The Lessons Appointed for use on 

Good Friday

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Palm Sunday, 2024: Ride On, Ride On in Majesty

Click to enlarge.

 

The Lessons Appointed for Use on the 

Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

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Statement by the Princess of Wales

I can add nothing to the worldwide coverage of this poignant announcement other than my own prayers for the swift recovery of the Princess and also the King from their afflictions.  May God bless all the Royal Family as they continue to serve the people of Britain and the world.

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