Comments on: Open thread 9/20/22

By: FOAF

FOAF — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 20:21:24 +0000

“Please Mr. Postman” may have also been the first record to bring to the attention of the recording industry Motown’s explosive studio band the Funk Brothers, especially the highly influential bassist James Jamerson. PMP was ripped off almost note-for-note a few months later in Dee Dee Sharp’s “Mashed Potato Time”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD9nbH9ujww

Eventually the Please Mr. Postman songwriters got writing credit for Mashed Potato.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:55:13 +0000

The documentary “Hitsville: The Making of Motown” is well worth watching. Berry Gordy was one of the most remarkable entrepreneurs of the 20th century. He didn’t care about politics, race, religion, he just wanted to make a product that would sell widely, and devoted a lot of resources to grooming his musicians so that they’d appeal to white audiences. One of many memorable scenes involves an elderly black lady, Maxine Powell, reminiscent of Aunt Esther from Sanford & Son, head of the in-house “finishing school” for female performers, saying how she wanted everything done in a “classy way.” She would tell the young ladies, “I don’t want you ever to lean forward. You do not protrude the buttocks.” Times have changed, and not for the better.

By: tcrosse

tcrosse — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:12:02 +0000

A few years back, my stepson was a teacher at a dance studio. There was a demand for the kids to learn Riverdance style Irish step dancing, so teach them he did. But the kids couldn’t really get into the typical Irish deedle-deedle music, so he had them step dancing to Please Mr Postman and other Motown songs with a similar rhythm. It was very effective, and I wish I still had the videos.

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:45:24 +0000

Biden’s hate speech has got a body count. In North Dakota, a middle aged man pursued a younger man and killed him with his vehicle—then ran away. “He told the (police) dispatcher that (the younger man named) Ellingson was part of a ‘Republican extremist group.’ ”

Story from the Independent Sentinal (via Free Republic).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4094839/posts

By: Barry Meislin

Barry Meislin — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:43:12 +0000

For a “seasoned” politician—and a senator from WV at that—Joe Manchin seems more than a tad naive…(or maybe Covid has addled his thought processes—as in, “Look Ma, no consequences!”?)

“Sen. Manchin Alleges ‘Political Revenge’ For Energy Permitting Bill Opposition”—
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/manchin-cornyn-pelosi/2022/09/20/id/1088315/

(I guess he genuinely feels that the GOP should support him for having helped “Biden” along the road to realizing “his” I-have-a-dream of total power, destroying all political enemies…and destroying the country….)

By: om

om — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:28:54 +0000

physicsguy and PA+Cat:

When I and my siblings were mere army brats (sergeant spawn) Rehoboth Beach was a special place, but not as nice or as interesting as Chincoteague/Assateague Island, VA or the Outer Banks, NC. We were far too poor to be near Martha’s Vineyard.

But wait, there’s more:

https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2022/09/20/things-take-an-unexpected-turn-as-some-marthas-vineyard-residents-applaud-desantis-bash-biden-n630323