Alright all you hippies, yippies and beatniks. This Saturday nights the coffee house features "Oldies." You gotta come and sing along with us. 7:00 pm this Saturday night. Be there or be square.
This got me thinking, just what is an "Oldie?" Last month we did Beatles; wasn't that Oldies? No, that was Beatles. It kind of goes back to an argument I was making in a previous blog entry. The Beatles were too serious. The Turtles, now that's Oldies. All those animal names. In case you didn't know the Beatles decided to make a play on words from Buddy Hollly's "Crickets" so the came up with Beatles spelled with the BEAT.
So, we're going to do some Turtles, Monkees, Drifters, Hermits and maybe a little Elvis.
Here's some '50's lingo for all you beatniks: Wowsville, daddy-o, cool daddy, good time, voodoosville, big daddy, wow, dig, crazy, hep, string me, allie oop, like way out man, coffee pad, bug me, hep cat, square, squaresville, man, kookie, swingin' , itsy bitsy, crazy pop.
Can you think of any more? Don't make me embarass you, I wasn't born until 1959. Here's some more trivia for you:
In 1954 (50 years ago!!) a House cost $22,000, our average income was $3,960, a new Ford cost $1548-$2415, a gallon of milk cost $.92, gas was $.21 a gallon, a loaf of bread was $.17, a Postage stamp was $.03, Swiss Cheese was $ .69 lb., American Cheese was $.55 lb., a T-Bone steak was $.95 lb., Del Monte Catsup (2) 14.oz bottles cost $.25, Post Grape Nuts cereal - 10 .oz pkg cost $.19, Clorox Bleach - 1/2 gal. was $.19, 20 gallon gas water heater would cost you $75 and a Semi-automatic Kenmore washer would run you $154.95.
If you're cool enough: Rosemary Clooney had two hits in 1954 besides "Hey There." What were they?
I Love War
The ridiculous title is on behalf of all my liberal/moderate friends who may have considered voting for the President if it wasn't for the Iraqi War. In other words, that single issue is keeping them from voting for him.
Whereas:
Sometimes, war is a necessary evil Your freedom was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001 and they'd kill you and your children if they could A solution must be sought; doing nothing is not an option A strategy to establish a democratic stronghold in the Middle East is risky and ugly but it is the best option The war we put off today will be fought tomorrow Therefore: Vote for President Bush If the Iraqi War is just one of many reasons you won't be voting for the President, that's great. Tell me about it on your own blog. But if you'd like to vote for him but just can't because of the war, then tell me which of those 5 points you don't agree with. If you can convince me that any of them is false, I'll....OK, I won't vote for Ker...