Richard Rodgers Birthday, 2006

Richard Rodgers (28 June 1902 - 31 December 1979)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 07-02-2006:
Janis Siegel (jazz vocalist) - Out of My Dreams - I Have Dreamed
(Rogers & Hammerstein)

'Out of My Dreams' from "Oklahoma!"
'I Have Dreamed' from "The King and I"

Summer Tour: 19 May, 2006, St. Simons Is. & Savannah, GA

View from 11th Floor, DeSoto Hilton, Savannah, Friday, May 19, 2006, 16:43:46 Hours, EDT

St. Simons Island Light Station, Friday, May 19, 2006, 12:36:20 Hours, EDT

Charles Wesley pastored on this island in the 1740s. Historical novelist par excellence, Eugenia Price, was laid to rest in the cemetery at Christ Church, Frederica, May 30, 1996.

St. Simons Island Light Station, Fri., May 19, 2006, 12:33:58 Hours, EDT

A Midsummer Night's Tango

The Summer solstice has come, and so is the heat wave. The outside temperture at this writing is 103°F/39°C.

This MP3 Selection Expired on 06-27-2006:
Astor Piazzolla - Midsummer Night's Dream Overture

First Day of Summer, 2006

The first day of summer is very warm here in the valley.
At the time of his post on 20:23 Hours PDT, the temperture is 93°F/34°C. A warm breeze is wafting through the leaves and summer blooms. Tomorrow's forecast: 101°F/38°C.

This MP3 Selection Expired on 06-24-2006:
Michael Bublé - Summer Wind (Mercer & Mayer)

It's Not Often I Scratch His Back

But On his birthday, I'll scratch his back.

Jacques Offenbach 20 June, 1819 – 4 October, 1880

This MP3 Selection Expired on 06-21-2006:
Mantovani - Barcarolle (Offenbach)

Summer Tour: 19 May, 2006 Onward from Jekyll Island, GA

Friday, May 19, 2006, 9:21:00 Hours EDT
A farewell shot of the Club Hotel

Friday, May 19, 2006, 6:42:10 Hours EDT
Jekyll Island Club House Grand Dining Room. A locale for Redford's 'The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)'. Redford had the interior walls painted from pink to minty blue for the film. The color stays to this day.

A June Night

Edward Hopper - Summer Evening (1947)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 06-19-2006:
The Rivieras (1959)- Moonlight Serenade (Parrish & Miller)

Summer Tour: 18 May, 2006, Jekyll Island, GA

Sunset, Thu., May 18, 2006, 20:13:32 Hours EDT


Sunset, Thu., May 18, 2006, 20:11:54 Hours EDT


Sunset, Thu., May 18, 2006, 20:10:06 Hours EDT


Villa Miriana,Thu., May 18, 2006, 14:08:10 Hours EDT


Gator Basking, Dirt Bike Trail, Thu., May 18, 2006, 10:12:08 Hours EDT


Jekyll Island Club Hotel Pool, Thu., May 18, 2006, 09:00:54 Hours EDT
68°F/20°C. Clear.

Summer Tour: 17 May, 2006, Jekyll Island, GA

The Crane Cottage Dining Room, Wed., May 17, 2006, 21:05:38 Hours EDT
Place supped on first evening of arrival.


American Queen Anne style Club Hotel at Dusk, Wed., May 17, 2006, 20:23:08 Hours EDT
Place stayed for two nights.


Sunset, Wed., May 17, 2006, 20:21:12 Hours EDT
Just barely caught the sun setting upon arrival. 80°F/27°C. Humid.

My Favorite Rogue

Final Scene, 'The Music Man' (1962)

The former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, was once asked what was his favorite movie or show. He answered, "Music Man."

Robert Preston (8 June, 1918 - 21 March, 1987) will always be remembered as the Music Man on Broadway and on the silver screen. As Prof. Harold Hill, he was and is my favorite movie rogue of all time.

Here it is. Preston's inimitable song which he sang in "The Music Man":

This MP3 Selection Expired on 06-14-2006:
Robert Preston (1962) - Ya Got Trouble

June 6

Another day or everydayness for many of us.

The longest day and a horrific day for those who died or lived through this day, 62 years ago. As a country, this generation have already forgotten 9-11, must less D-Day, 1944. What's that?

June Is Bustin' All Over

This MP3 Selection Expired on 06-08-2006:
June is Bustin' All Over

Words: Oscar Hammerstein
Music: Richard Rodgers
Film Musical: Carousel (1956)

June is bustin' out all over
All over the meadow and the hill!
Buds're bustin' outa bushes
And the rompin' river pushes
Ev'ry little wheel that wheels beside the mill!

June is bustin' out all over
The feelin' is gettin' so intense,
That the young Virginia creepers
Have been huggin' the bejeepers
Outa all the mornin' glories on the fence!
Because it's June...

June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!

Fresh and alive and gay and young
June is a love song, sweetly sung

June is bustin' out all over!
The saplin's are bustin' out with sap!
Love hes found my brother, Junior,
And my sister's even loonier!
And my Ma is gettin' kittenish with Pap!
June in bustin' out all over

To ladies and men are payin' court.
Lotsa ships are kept at anchor
Jest because the captains hanker
Fer the comfort they ken only get in port!

Because it's June... June, June, June
Just because it's June, June, June!

The Symonds Visit

Received a surprised email yesterday. The Symonds of Wales are in California doing a documentary shoot. Sunday, tomorrow, is reserved for spending the day with them.

Good thing I have just finished the compilation of some recording by David Hughes, the Welsh tenor. It was to be a gift or sorts I would have sent to Bob and Carys this year.

Friendly Persuasion

Happy Birthday, Pat!
Pat Boone
June 1, 1934 -

This MP3 Selection Expired on 06-03-2006:
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)

Words: Paul Francis Webster
Music: Dmitri Tiomkin
Film: Friendly Persuation (1956)
Vocal: Pat Boone (1956)

Thee I love
More than the meadow so green and still
More than the mulberries on the hill
More than the buds on the May apple tree
I love thee

Arms have I
Strong as the oak, for this occasion
Lips have I
To kiss thee, too, in friendly persuasion

Thee is mine
Though I don't know many words of praise
Thee pleasures me in a hundred ways
Put on your bonnet, your cape, and your glove
And come with me
For thee I love

(Interlude)

Friendly persuasion

Thee is mine
Though I don't know many words of praise
Thee pleasures me in a hundred ways
Put on your bonnet, your cape, and your glove
And come with me
For thee I love