“You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves.”

Yep, the last Monday in January has been named “Bubble Wrap Day”…… Originally designed to be used as wallpaper, yes, wallpaper!….. Some of that late ’50’s futuristic look of the future due to the intense interest in space travel mixed the fear of nuclear Holocaust with the Cold War going on with Russia….. [...]

There’s no kind of atmosphere – I’m all alone, more or less – Let me fly far away from here – Fun, fun, fun – In the Sun, sun, sun – I want to lie, shipwrecked and comatose – Drinking fresh mango juice – Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes – Fun, fun, fun – [...]

These tune sure bring back some memories.
Ellie Greenwich, one of the most prolific song writers of the 60’s & 70’s, died Aug. 26
of a heart attack & pneumonia. She was 68. Here’s a list of only some of the songs she wrote:
“Leader of the Pack”
“Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts?”
“Hanky Panky”
“Da Doo Ron Ron”
“Today [...]

…… let me know when I can start watching the news again!…… I am so fed-up with all the coverage of “he who shall not be named”……. I did not realize there’s that many people on this planet who have no musical taste whatsoever….. I don’t even want to discuss my [...]

12 Musicians That are (Surprisingly) Still Alive.
12. Fats Domino
It’s been a long, long time since Fats was capable of walking up Blueberry Hill on his own. Fats is 81 years young, now.
You know what his thrill was? Young blonde nurses. Meet Fats’ personal nurse Gina.
11. Della Reese
Della must have been touched by an angel, because [...]

……is GREAT!!!!!! Robo, MR Community member, picked up a copy of the newly released game for the Wii……. All the original Ghostbusters are present, as well as some of the other cast members of the movie – The caricatures look just like them, and, from what I can tell, they did all the [...]

Now that MR has an iPod, he needs a few podcasts to subscribe to. I imagine he’d want a blues one: a quick search turned up Murphy’s Saloon Blues Podcast. I have no idea if it is any good though.
Here are some of the podcasts I listen to:

Slice of SciFi
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell [...]

What’s your take on the new Trek? I liked it for the most part. Once you get over the few contrived bits necessary for the plot, it is a fun adventure.
The soundtrack bugged me though. It tried so hard to not sound like a Star Trek movie and yet had the similar [...]

I know Sunn is our official MR Community Coroner, but I think you might find this all interesting….. I just finished re-reading all 56 Short stories and four novels of Sherlock Holmes…. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a great writer….. All of the stories read as if they were written today, not [...]

Well The Boys are coming back in 2009. Thanks to Dave TV in the UK.
Check out these links
http://dave.uktv.co.uk/library/movies/whatever-happened-red-dwarf-movie/
http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/news/2008/09/19/new-red-dwarf-specials-confirmed/

Well, Oklahoma City stole Seattle’s basketball team, and, now the State of Oklahoma is sending in ground troops in the form of OU football players and fanatic fans for an assault on the University of Washington’s stadium….. I heard they had orders to bring the stadium back with them!…… Rumors?…. Maybe….. [...]

Tarn and I saw Hamlet last night put on by Seattle’s Shakespeare in the Park Company, GreenStage. (If you’re ever in Seattle and want some Shakespeare action, they do a great job!) One thing that I realized a while ago when seeing Hamlet in Ashland, was the 1983 comedy movie Strange Brew was [...]

Coming soon to a show near you ECTO-1 The origional Ghostbusters Car. Will be at the Penny Arcade Expo at the Seattle Convention Center Aug 29-31
Also coming this fall from Sierra Entertainment the New Ghostbusters Game Starring the voices of all from the movie (Except Rick Moranis)

You know we have talked at length about music, politics, weather, prices, and so forth. but the one subject that we haven’t really got onto is comedy and comedians. So take into all of the past questions we have had and apply them to the comedy world.
Who is your favorite Comedian of all time?
What comedy [...]