Articles Posted by Maceman
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In 1957 Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, backed by a Basie-esque rhythm secion, recorded 10 multi-track vocal versions of famous Count Basie arrangements in an album called "Sing A Song of Basie. They wrote lyrics to all the horn parts, and sing the sh!t out of all these songs, including note-for-note vocals of instrumental solos (also with lyrics). Here are two of my favorites from that album: Down For The Count Little Pony (freakin' awesome note-for-note sax solo lyricized vocal interpretation by John Hendricks) And if you want to hear the whole album, here it is: Sing a Song of Basie
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Harvard Law students are asking the Ivy League school to help them avoid having to take the bar exam, citing the coronavirus pandemic. As reported by the Harvard Crimson, nearly 200 law students set to graduate this year signed a letter asking Harvard Law to advocate on their behalf to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, asking it to issue "emergency diplomas." According to the Crimson, the letter claims that the postponement of the bar exam until July 2020 will disproportionately affect minority students. "we respectfully request that the Committee enact a diploma privilege for all recent graduates and 2020...
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LINK================= This showed up on my daily Weather Channel update this morning. Somehow, I think somebody's numbers must be a bit off.
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I find these guys really funny. They have a bunch of videos about the frustrations of modern life. But you can see some of their other videos at https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tripp+and+Tyler I'm so tired of reading about Coronacircus and Democrats and how we're all doomed that I thought I would draw your attention to some of these videos. I do get a kick out of many of these. I hope alla y'alls do too. Have a fun Sunday nite.
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Funny parody of the Beach Boys' song.
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Beginning Of The End For The EU. Albania and North Macedonia could join the European Union. Boris Johnson’s approval rating at its highest.
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As Americans are preoccupied with staying afloat amid a coronavirus-related shutdown, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has finally begun delivering on an investigation he promised months ago. The origins of the FBI’s politicized “Spygate” counterintelligence operation against the 2016 Trump campaign. With uncertainties over how badly the coronavirus shutdown will harm the economy and how long that harm will last taking up most of our time and the oxygen in news cycles, what Graham’s doing is important because the objective is to ensure that what happened to President Trump does not happen again. Ever. Investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson interviewed Graham this...
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"Touching, Feeling & Sniffing his way to the Presidency" LINK----------- Very clever and well-done video, if you ask me.
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The European Union has become obsolete. LINK
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"I hope you will become vegetarian after watching of this video. Wuhan Exotic market in China is the place where any disease can start including of the current coronavirus outbreak. Generally meat is poison for a human being especially this type of meat sold in a market like that - fried dogs, cats, snakes and bats." LINK
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This dad breaks down the absolute mathematical absurdity of people panic buying toilet paper [CAUTION FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED: This dad uses the "sh!t" word a lot, but purely for math purposes] LINK
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Now that I"m working from home, I need to be able to send appointment notices to business colleagues who do not have Outlook, which is my main tool. Can anyone suggest any calendar software that will enable sending and receiving appointment notifications to/from people who are using a variety of different calendar solutions? I'll be grateful for any recommendations. Thank you all.
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How Gargantua's wonderful understanding became known to his father Grangousier, by the invention of a torchecul or wipebreech. ========================= About the end of the fifth year, Grangousier returning from the conquest of the Canarians, went by the way to see his son Gargantua. There was he filled with joy, as such a father might be at the sight of such a child of his: and whilst he kissed and embraced him, he asked many childish questions of him about divers matters, and drank very freely with him and with his governesses, of whom in great earnest he asked, amongst other...
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President Donald Trump praised the media’s coverage as being “very fair” recently as he spoke Saturday about the novel coronavirus that has continued to spread across the world. Trump spoke at the White House after meetings about the novel coronavirus with state and local government officials, he tweeted. During one part of Trump’s coronavirus update, he thanked the media for how it has covered the global pandemic. “So I just want to thank everybody. I think the press has been really — over the last 24 hours I think the representation’s really been very fair for the most part, been...
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We handed the EU a P45 to end its job as Overlord to the UK. So what do they do? Send us a form to fill in to become mere tenants of own country.
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2CELLOS Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser playing their arrangement of Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson LINK
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LIVE improvisation on original Bach-style tune composed and performed by by pianist Oscar Peterson - with Joe Pass (guitar), David Young (bass), Martin Drew (drums) LINK
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Far Left Democrat Finally ADMITS To Unethical Behaviors, Provides Evidence Of Corruption. Ilhan Omar has just come out and admitted she is in a relationship with a man she was accused of illicitly paying. The far left Democrat was hit with an ethics complaint alleging she was having an affair with married Tim Mynett and cheating on her husband Ahmed Hirsi. The complaint alleged that she was using campaign funds to reimburse her lover as he traveled with her having an affair. Now Ilhan has married the man she previously claimed in the press she was not involved with. This...
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A new California law is supposed to help millions of freelancers by dictating that they be hired as employees. “It makes sure that the 1 million independent contractors in California get the wages and benefits that they deserve,” says the law’s author, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez. But freelancers like musician Ari Herstand tell John Stossel, “You’re thinking you’re helping us, but you’re not … this could single handedly crash the California music economy.” He points out that he’ll now have to put every musician he hires “on payroll, W2 him, get workers’ comp insurance, unemployment insurance … pay payroll taxes. I...
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An imam who spoke at a Bernie Sanders rally in Michigan over the weekend has previously said that ISIS was ‘somehow connected’ to Israel. Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini has also previously decried the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage and called homosexuality ‘a form of disorder.’ Qazwini, who operates the Islamic Institute of America, also once praised Sanders as an ‘honorable man, even though he is a Jew.’ A Michigan-based Islamic cleric who spoke at a Bernie Sanders rally on Saturday has claimed in sermons that the terrorist group ISIS is “somehow connected to Israel,” and that homosexuality is “a...
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