The Official Eleanor Roosevelt (And Anything Else Non-Topical) Thread

[Anonymous]

Here is an article of interest for you Quentin:

"First drive: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray:  C7 Corvette a showcase for the very best of GM"

http://www.driving.ca/researchcar/roadtest/First+drive+2014+Chevrolet+Corvette+Stingray/8789122/story.html

[Anonymous]

Mrs. Roosevelt is saddened to learn of the pass of singer Eydie Gorme:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/eydie-gorme-singer-of-classic-popular-songs-and-latin-tunes-dies-in-las-vegas-at-84/2013/08/10/85199e44-022e-11e3-8294-0ee5075b840d_story.html

This was one of Eydie's most popular songs.  Turn up your speakers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaRlW-jz1QQ

 

 

 

[Anonymous]

I think this is the best concert of The Civil Wars with most of their best songs. In the comment section at the top, it gives the titles and you can click on the blue time stamp next to them to move directly to them. The time stamp comes after each title.

It is very high quality, but sometimes it has to burp a little to clear itself up. It might take a little time to get sharp and stabilize.  Once that happens, it stays stable no matter what part you play. 

The audience contributes a lot of energy to the concert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ad0AAtveWM

[Anonymous]

It is not often that this much talent busts upon the music scene.  They have been said to be the best music duo since Simon and Garfunkel.   

Here is a nice train song in a deeply metaphorical sense

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5mU88e2Twg&list=PLGgl8d507MtrVHuTXsY2eCEM77Yan6AIi

 

My Father’s Father

I hear something hanging on the wind
I see black smoke up around the bend
I've got my ticket and I'm going to go home
The leaves have changed a time or two
Since the last time a train came through
I've got my ticket and I'm going to go home
My Father's father's blood is on the track
A sweat refain drifts in from the past
I've got my ticket and I'm going to go home
The winding roads they led me here
Burn like coal and dry like tears
So here's my hope
My tired soul
And here's my ticket I want to go home
Home, home, home

[Anonymous]

blownout cylinder

Bucyrus

I really like the Carolina Chocolate Drops.  This is antique Americana style music.  Not only are these people excellent musicians, but they are also sort of like music historians who collect the old style music and recreate it to show us what it was like and to use it to develop their own new music.  And they are so dedicated to it that they seem to add a whole new dimension of energy and style to the historic fabric.  It packs quite a punch for just being acoustic. 

This is in an old church building in New Orleans.  That banjo player, Dom Flemmons almost seems like he is playing the role of some old time picker from around 1900. 

I think their stuff is best at half size screen with the volume turned all the way up.  

COUNTRY GIRL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzq56xBPXhY&feature=endscreen&NR=1

That is a wonderful piece....my EPI monitor 100's just sing on this one!! 

Yes, I never get tired of watching that performance.  The music and their passion is almost multi-dimensional.  It is amazing how much power is in dedication and humility.  Those ones I posted on the previous page and this one are my favorites.  They have had different members come and go.  I think this is their best configuration. 

[Anonymous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXBLhz_Qtdo&list=PL2382F165663DABB8

 

 

[blownout cylinder]

Bucyrus

I really like the Carolina Chocolate Drops.  This is antique Americana style music.  Not only are these people excellent musicians, but they are also sort of like music historians who collect the old style music and recreate it to show us what it was like and to use it to develop their own new music.  And they are so dedicated to it that they seem to add a whole new dimension of energy and style to the historic fabric.  It packs quite a punch for just being acoustic. 

This is in an old church building in New Orleans.  That banjo player, Dom Flemmons almost seems like he is playing the role of some old time picker from around 1900. 

I think their stuff is best at half size screen with the volume turned all the way up.  

COUNTRY GIRL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzq56xBPXhY&feature=endscreen&NR=1

That is a wonderful piece....my EPI monitor 100's just sing on this one!! 

[blownout cylinder]

http://goldendaze-ginnie.blogspot.com/2006/08/kid-in-upper-4.html

linked John....

[John WR]

Thank you, Victrola, for this fascinating story about Eleanor Roosevelt on Memorial Day weekend.   

Today, however, I am able to offer a little more than my thank.  The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad published an advertisement with a similar theme that today is quite famous, in fact one of the more famous ads in America.  It is called The Kid in Upper 4.  Here is a link to it:

http://goldendaze-ginnie.blogspot.com/2006/08/kid-in-upper-4.html

John

[Victrola1]

HYDE PARK, Thursday—I am printing a letter today which has come to me and reads as follows:

"Long Beach, California.

"Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.

"My Day:

"Could you spare me a few lines in your column for the youth of America? After all, they are as important as teas, victory gardens, etc.

"My son, who is a private in the Army, is home on furlough. Today we went down to get his transportation back to camp, which happens to be in Mississippi, a long trip.

"We were told that, because of his being a private, we could not buy him a pullman ticket. They were reserved for officers. The only way to procure a berth for him would be on a troop train. I am asking you, Mrs. Roosevelt, is this a democratic way of doing things? Is he still not a citizen of the U.S.A. and shouldn't the soldiers be accorded some consideration?"

http://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?_y=1943&_f=md056530

Photograph of Eleanor Awarding the Purple Heart

http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyfdr138.htm

[Anonymous]

Eleanor Roosevelt wishes everyone to have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend.

[tree68]

The 'Net lets unknowns who would have a difficult time getting into the traditional music business self-publish, in the hopes that perhaps their music will catch on and they can cash in.

The problem with radio today is that it's quite forumulaic, so if you don't have an in, or aren't playing the "right" kind of music, you're just another garage wannabe band.  Too, local DJs are becoming scarce, so the odds of a "That Thing You Do" occuring are pretty slim.

I'd opine that the 'Net is to music today what "underground" FM radio was in the late 60's and 70's - a place to hear music that the mainstream stations don't/won't play.

It's been said that there's no money in recording - all the profit is in concerts.  If groups such as this can find an audience, they may not fill stadiums, but they can certainly do smaller gigs.

[Anonymous]

Some bands seem to embrace Internet Youtube promotion and they freely post their work at high quality.  Other bands get their material posted on Youtube by others and then they chase after it pulling it off for copyright violation.  Carolina Chocolate Drops seems to be a band that embraces Internet promotion.  I don’t understand all the marketing strategy.  But I suspect that marketing music on radio stations limits the range of style and content. 

It strikes me that some of the best material is outside of the radio play marketing channels.   There are a lot of Carolina Chocolate Drops songs on the Internet.  Many are very good quality, but some are poorer quality due to the typical recording by people at concerts.  The group has changed members a few times.  What I have posted above and below is the latest band configuration, and the highest quality material. 

 

DON’T GET TROUBLE IN YOUR MIND:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu5qG5By6kA

 

 

Here is the full concert in the church space.  I posted LAST CHANCE and COUNTRY GIRL from this concert separately above, but there are several other great songs in this concert performance.  Make sure this is set to the beginning of the video because it seems to start midway at times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmPf1CJaF5s

MILWAUKEE BLUES:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHCEMHlufrA&NR=1&feature=endscreen

HIT ‘EM UP STYLE:

The guy on the right is doing beatboxing, which is making base and percussion notes with the mouth.  They do some organic sounds such as blowing in whisky jugs, playing the bones, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Xby3b47r_hU&feature=fvwp

[Anonymous]

Here are a couple more CCD tunes:

LAST CHANCE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIZIWboHqfk

 

JACKSON:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2sGwbsibl8

[Anonymous]

I really like the Carolina Chocolate Drops.  This is antique Americana style music.  Not only are these people excellent musicians, but they are also sort of like music historians who collect the old style music and recreate it to show us what it was like and to use it to develop their own new music.  And they are so dedicated to it that they seem to add a whole new dimension of energy and style to the historic fabric.  It packs quite a punch for just being acoustic. 

This is in an old church building in New Orleans.  That banjo player, Dom Flemmons almost seems like he is playing the role of some old time picker from around 1900. 

I think their stuff is best at half size screen with the volume turned all the way up.  

COUNTRY GIRL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzq56xBPXhY&feature=endscreen&NR=1

[AgentKid]

Man, it really does take all kinds. Doesn't it?

Bruce

[Lyon_Wonder]

Here's an unusual story.  Eight Chicago school buses were stolen overnight early morning Friday and when Chicago police tracked their whereabouts they found of what remained of the eight buses in a scrap yard as shredded scrap metal.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290467/Eight-Chicago-school-buses-worth-250-000-stolen-overnight-shredded-story-pile-scrap-worth-less.html

Eight school buses in Chicago’s Far South Side neighborhood were stolen last night and driven to a salvage yard, where they were shredded into a two-story ‘pile of scrap’, local authorities said.

The 40-foot-long buses, capable of seating 75 people each, were stolen from the Sunrise bus company yard a few neighborhoods away from the scrap yard and were not discovered missing until this morning.

The name of the Sunrise bus company could be seen among the shards of metal found at SRV Metal Scrapper, police told reporters.

‘There was a pile of shredded school buses about two-stories high,’ one police official told the Chicago Tribune.

Engines and transmissions from the buses had been cut in half, and the seats were tossed in a ‘big pile of scrap,’ that official said.

When cops arrived at the scrap yard, several people who apparently worked there scurried into a building on the grounds, the police report stated.

Four people were arrested throughout the day on Friday and taken into custody, including the owner of SRV Metal Scrapper.

[AgentKid]

Modelcar

Yes, remembering back decades ago, occasionally  we'd see {in Pennsylvania}, some Canadian "Fords", and note the details of difference.

Quentin, I hope you are still reading this thread. Even though you wrote that almost two years ago I had occasion to think of your quote yesterday.

I was at an antique and custom car show and your line instantly came to mind when I saw a museum restoration of a 1956 Monarch Richelieu. Oh boy, "Canadian Ford" indeed. It looked like it had just left the factory. That car walked the tightrope between being a really pretty car, and with its' two tone paint and overt amount of chrome trim, being outright garish.

GM dealerships used to have Pontiac-Buick-GMC and Chevrolet-Oldsmobile-Cadillac lines. So to compete, Ford in Canada came up with Ford-Monarch-Lincoln, and Meteor-Mercury-Lincoln dealerships. But Monarch went away in the early sixties. Meteor persisted into the mid-seventies. Lee Iaccoca once said that Ford execs used to say that Meteors ended up being the nicest looking Fords they produced in some model years. It is a brand almost no one remembers now, but I have a photo of one of my uncles standing in front of his either '53 or '54 Monarch.

I just read where Danica Patrick did finish in the top ten at Daytona. Which seems pretty good.

Bruce

[narig01]

Murray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svckX-EGVXE

 

 

And I thought she was talking about "Graphing".

Thx IGN

[Anonymous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svckX-EGVXE

 

 

[Anonymous]

Thats a good one there Johnny!

[Deggesty]

Back when the cost of living was much lower than it is now, a certain tough named Arthur was really hard up for some cash. An acquaintance of his was unhappy with three certain persons, and wanted them out of the way, he approached Arthur, and they made a deal: the acquaintance would pay one dollar if the three persons were to die. Arthur found them and strangled all three. The newspaper headline read: "Artie chokes three for a dollar."

[John WR]

Lottsa luck to Eleanor.  It is good to know I am as influential as she is.  

[Anonymous]

Eleanor Roosevelt does not care for the annoying yellow banner on the bottom of this site.  She asks that it be removed forthwith.

[Anonymous]

"The Rear-Engine Corvette That Was Never to Be"

From the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/automobiles/collectibles/the-rear-engine-corvette-that-was-never-to-be.html?ref=automobiles

[Modelcar]

Thank you Murray.....We wish you a great NEW Year in your part of the world as well.

My New Year started great.....On the phone to a gal from decades ago....but 500 mi. away, but we're working on trying to do something about that.  First plan is in place.

Best wishes to all on here for a better year.

[Anonymous]

AgentKid

To Murray, Quentin, and all of Eleanor's other friends, Happy New Year!

Bruce

 

Hi Bruce...And the same to you and your family as well.

Hope all is well in Alberta!

[AgentKid]

To Murray, Quentin, and all of Eleanor's other friends, Happy New Year!

Bruce

[Modelcar]

Murray

Modelcar

Murray

OK Everyone...

Everyone up off your seats...turn your audio way up...and "swing it"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wcVtUNMQsQ

 

 

 

 

 

Awesome stuff Murray.....and the '39 Caddy....{hope it's not a La Salle {sp?}....

Hi Quentin:

Yep...That particular picture is the Cadilac Model 60.

Oh BTW:  I was reading an article about a gentleman who found a 1963 split rear-window Stingray...it was a barn find.  Aside from just being really dirty, the car is supposedly all intact.

Talk about a find!!!!

I suppose "barn finds" will continue....Seems a certain % of people just had to do that....so we'll assume there are still plenty out there....just must be found.

[Ulrich]

Right back atcha Eleanor..