This song has been stuck in my head all week. I like Ella’s treatment, though Aretha has an interesting take on it, as does KD Lang.
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Rex Everything
Freddie Hubbard played a real nice rendition on Art Blakey’s Caravan album.
jurassicpork
After four years of bitching for a byline at Pottersville, Mike Flannigan gets one and starts off by writing about the GOP clown show in Tampa.
TheMightyTrowel
You know that whole ‘even a stopped clock’ thing? CHeck this quote by one Sen Lindsay Graham (R-edneck) who has never previously struck me as incisive or reflexive:
“The demographics race we’re losing badly,” said Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.). “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”
Source
rikyrah
I’m dragging this morning, cause I stayed up late watching Casablanca. That movie pulls me in everytime.
One of the most quotable movies – EVAH
sb
I’m seeing ads on this site for Atlas Shrugged II.
“Real Heroes Don’t Need Capes.”
Holy crap.
Z. Mulls
Damn you. This is one of the most perfectly beguiling songs of all time, and now I’m going to have to listen to it several times and hum it under my breath ALL DAMN DAY.
Freaking Johnny Mercer…..Stupid freaking Carmichael…
Rosalita
Ella’s the awesomest…
Linda Featheringill
@TheMightyTrowel: #3
That’s actually one of the most encouraging statements I’ve heard in quite some time. Let us all hope that Lindsey’s right.
Kane
First Lady Michelle Obama was fantastic on Letterman last night. And the band The Chevin was awesome.
The Ancient Randonneur
If Heaven exists, and that is where the Angels reside, then what a treat it must have been to see their faces when they heard Ella’s voice for the first time. Divine. Absolutely, divine.
Linda Featheringill
OT:
It looks like Isaac is slowly moving inland, tending to its task of making sure that the lower Mississippi floods like heck.
Z. Mulls
(One of my favorite versions of Skylark is one of my earliest exposures to the song — Linda Ronstadt’s version with a classic Nelson Riddle orchestration. It’s perfectly retro, a gorgeous phrasing of the song. This version is as much about the song as the singer)
Comrade Jake
https://twitter.com/KagroX/status/241147492220170240
“Everybody who fact checked the Ryan Medicare comments came away unhappy. Politico, though, titles its video, “Ryan nails Obama on Medicare.””
And… there you have it.
raven
Yo whatup?
raven
So this punk motherfuckers iPod has music from MY generation on it?
The Ancient Randonneur
I think a very warm place might be freezing over. This from … Fox News website (That’s right. Fox News.):
Kohn shreds the Ryan’s speech in this piece. Granted, it is an opinion piece, but I can hardly believe they would allow this to be associated with their brand.
gene108
Learned a new song yesterday: Toby Keith’s Red Solo Cup.
Great tune, though I’m not usually a fan of country music.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Linda Featheringill: @Comrade Jake: I’m solidly in the hard-fought-close-victory for Obama camp, but I’ll let my optimism run wild and say Obama’s convention bump will be bigger than Romney/Ryand’s, which will happen and which will get Politico Village in a lather. If even Senator Aunt Pittypat is indirectly commenting on the angry, race-baiting tone, I think Obtimbamism will play better on TeeVee.
Anne
Skylark…Cleo Lane has to be right up there.
jwb
@The Ancient Randonneur: That’s a good question to ask: why did Fox News decide it was a good idea to run this, especially as Murdoch was on Twitter last night singing Ryan’s praises? I have a hard time seeing the choice to run this as accidental, so really what’s the angle that’s being played?
Regnad Kcin
@Z. Mulls: @rikyrah: Carmichael + Bogey + Bacall = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382/
Case closed, Slim.
Rosalita
@raven:
a number of us punk motherfuckers have great music from previous generations our our iPods. :) I was lucky enough to actually see Ella sing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1989.
Ash Can
@gene108: Some friends of mine showed me that on YouTube. Cracked me right the hell up.
Litlebritdifrnt
Meanwhile we get this kind of bullshit from the AP
They must have looked up the word “lied” in their thesaurus and are scrambling to come up with ways not to use the actual word. I give up.
Davis X. Machina
When I did college radio back in the ’70’s we cued up 23 consecutive different versions of “Skylark”.
It was awesome. Literally.
rlrr
@Litlebritdifrnt:
That whirring sound you hear is George Orwell in his grave.
Ash Can
@sb:
And from now on, the poor shmoe whose mug takes up that entire ad is going to be hearing, “Oh, you’re the guy who was in that piece of shit.” How many actors begin and end their film careers with just one movie?
eric
@rikyrah: just talked to a colleague, both did the same…the whole script is quotable.
“Do I really have brown eyes?” Love that line..
Todd
Query – has anybody here gone from having enjoyed the full lifespan (from milk teeth to death from old age) of a wonderful, polite, kind, super well-behaved large dog to taking in a rescue? From the time our big shepherd was a little over a year old until his death, his behavior was perfect. I rarely had to scold him. Hell, he was fully autonomous outside, locationally aware, roadwise, loved car rides and always came home. When he’d come up to the door with his idiot grin, he’d bark a couple of times to be let in, but would wait to be invited before crossing the threshhold.
The house seems awfully empty now.
I went to the vet check on the status of the box with the cremated remains, and asked about potentially available dogs. They told me about a 2 year old tiny beagle being fostered, nearly housebroken, good with cats, not mouthy but a little whiny, very shy and has that beagle tendency to wander off if outside. I just don’t know.
Steeplejack
Can’t find it on YouTube, but Cassandra Wilson does a killer version of “Skylark” with steel guitar. Snippet here.
The whole album, New Moon Daughter, is very good. “Last Train to Clarksville”!
Steeplejack
@Todd:
Beagles are barky, in my experience. And Cole hates them, for whatever that’s worth.
General Stuck
Gets my vote for dumbest thing Joe Klein has ever said.
So let us ditch our “party’s greatest strength” and go back for a little centrist hugathon of right wing xenophobe asswipes, that just need some liberal love and acceptance of their bigotry. Not to mention their epic stupidity. Joe needs to leave the 90’s cause those days are dead and gone, and he should just let them go. The reason we have identity politics is that when you lie down with some dogs, you get fleas. Best to identify that, if you don’t want fleas.
or, maybe Klein is bucking for dibs on the David Brooks of the left.
Steeplejack
@Todd:
Beagles are barky, in my experience. And Cole hates them, for whatever that’s worth.
General Stuck
Gets my vote for dumbest thing Joe Klein has ever said.
So let us ditch our “party’s greatest strength” and go back for a little centrist hugathon of right wing xenophobe asswipes, that just need some liberal love and acceptance of their bigotry. Not to mention their epic stupidity. Joe needs to leave the 90’s cause those days are dead and gone, and he should just let them go. The reason we have identity politics is that when you lie down with some dogs, you get fleas. Best to identify that, if you don’t want fleas.
or, maybe Klein is bucking for dibs on the David Brooks of the left.
Older_Wiser
Harry James and Helen Forrest, 1942: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EAIfdIM2TI
Big Band fan here. But I do love Ella the most.
General Stuck
@General Stuck:
Linky
Older_Wiser
Harry James and Helen Forrest, 1942: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EAIfdIM2TI
Big Band fan here. But I do love Ella the most.
Older_Wiser
Harry James and Helen Forrest, 1942: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EAIfdIM2TI
Big Band fan here. But I do love Ella the most.
Chris
@TheMightyTrowel:
Every now and then they open their mouth and something honest spills out.
Remember the line about how if we’d followed Strom Thurmond when he ran for president we wouldn’t have “all these problems” today?
Older_Wiser
Harry James and Helen Forrest, 1942: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EAIfdIM2TI
Still, Ella’s my fave.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@General Stuck:
A-freakin’-men. Though I would add that his good days are when he’s stuck in the nineties, the glorious, rosy-tinted days when he first fell in love with Bubba. A lot of the time he’s on a tour of the early 70s, using David Broder’s columns as a guide book. Also, too, Klein is not completely clear of certain racial anxieties of his own.
Anoniminous
@General Stuck:
Shorter Joe Klein:
Chris
@TheMightyTrowel:
Every now and then they open their mouth and something honest spills out.
Remember the line about how if we’d followed Strom Thurmond when he ran for president we wouldn’t have “all these problems” today?
Older_Wiser
Harry James and Helen Forrest, 1942: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EAIfdIM2TI
Still, Ella’s my fave.
Ann Rynd
I must have spent as much time listening to Ella as Paul Ryan has been alive. Did not waste my time on him last night. Ella does not lie.
Anoniminous
@General Stuck:
Shorter Joe Klein:
Ash Can
@Todd: Don’t rush yourself. You’ll know when it’s time, and when it’s right.
Todd
@Steeplejack:
That’s been my impression, too, hence my trepidation. And funny thing – the only dog I ever saw mine get irritated with was a 30 lb beagle who thought it would be a good idea to harass and annoy 115+ pounds of shepherd. I was fascinated – rather than snarling or biting, the big guy just knocked him down on the ground with his chest (beagle going belly up), then laid down on him like he wasn’t there.
Ann Rynd
I must have spent as much time listening to Ella as Paul Ryan has been alive. Did not waste my time on him last night. Ella does not lie.
Anoniminous
@General Stuck:
Shorter Joe Klein:
Ann Rynd
I must have spent as much time listening to Ella as Paul Ryan has been alive. Did not waste my time on him last night. Ella does not lie.
Todd
@Steeplejack:
That’s been my impression, too, hence my trepidation. And funny thing – the only dog I ever saw mine get irritated with was a 30 lb beagle who thought it would be a good idea to harass and annoy 115+ pounds of shepherd. I was fascinated – rather than snarling or biting, the big guy just knocked him down on the ground with his chest (beagle going belly up), then laid down on him like he wasn’t there.
Elizabelle
NYTimes invitation to Dialogue: for publication in Sunday roundup. Anyone want to weigh in? They’re taking responses through today.
Letter from retired lawyer Jay Feldman on “The Corporate Citizen.”
I am sure the Juicitariat has lots to contribute.
Todd
@Steeplejack:
That’s been my impression, too, hence my trepidation. And funny thing – the only dog I ever saw mine get irritated with was a 30 lb beagle who thought it would be a good idea to harass and annoy 115+ pounds of shepherd. I was fascinated – rather than snarling or biting, the big guy just knocked him down on the ground with his chest (beagle going belly up), then laid down on him like he wasn’t there.
Ann Rynd
I must have spent as much time listening to Ella as Paul Ryan has been alive. Did not waste my time on him last night. Ella does not lie.
Todd
@Steeplejack:
That’s been my impression, too, hence my trepidation. And funny thing – the only dog I ever saw mine get irritated with was a 30 lb beagle who thought it would be a good idea to harass and annoy 115+ pounds of shepherd. I was fascinated – rather than snarling or biting, the big guy just knocked him down on the ground with his chest (beagle going belly up), then laid down on him like he wasn’t there.
Elizabelle
NYTimes invitation to Dialogue: for publication in Sunday roundup. Anyone want to weigh in? They’re taking responses through today.
Letter from retired lawyer Jay Feldman on “The Corporate Citizen.”
I am sure the Juicitariat has lots to contribute.
Todd
@Steeplejack:
That’s been my impression, too, hence my trepidation. And funny thing – the only dog I ever saw mine get irritated with was a 30 lb beagle who thought it would be a good idea to harass and annoy 115+ pounds of shepherd. I was fascinated – rather than snarling or biting, the big guy just knocked him down on the ground with his chest (beagle going belly up), then laid down on him like he wasn’t there.
danah gaz (fka gaz)
meh. my nails are destroyed and my fingers are all cut up and the motor-bicycle thing still does not work
=(
Elizabelle
NYTimes invitation to Dialogue: for publication in Sunday roundup. Anyone want to weigh in? They’re taking responses through today.
Letter from retired lawyer Jay Feldman on “The Corporate Citizen.”
I am sure the Juicitariat has lots to contribute.
danah gaz (fka gaz)
and BJ is crapping itself again.
why does it suck?
#firstworldproblems
The Ancient Randonneur
@General Stuck:
Yes, one might say Klein has Brooksian tendencies. I do so love that “afflict the comfortable” line.
Yes, Joe, we the comfortable, must be afflicted by our Village betters from time to time.
Elizabelle
So sorry for the triple post. Know WP is squirrelly when there’s such a long delay after hitting “submit.”
Can a moderator remove the two duplicates? Many thanks.
PS: watching an excellent TCM marathon of Warren William movies.
Never heard of him. He’s a 30’s star; born attorney type, crusading DA or crooked one.
Apparently an early Perry Mason, too.
Anoniminous
@Anoniminous:
Apologies to all for the multiple posts.
FYWP.
Elizabelle
So sorry for the triple post. Know WP is squirrelly when there’s such a long delay after hitting “submit.”
Can a moderator remove the two duplicates? Many thanks.
PS: watching an excellent TCM marathon of Warren William movies.
Never heard of him. He’s a 30’s star; born attorney type, crusading DA or crooked one.
Apparently an early Perry Mason, too.
Anoniminous
@Anoniminous:
Apologies to all for the multiple posts.
FYWP.
hep kitty
Is it just me or did the Bush video look like an ad for a retirement home?
danah gaz (fka gaz)
@Elizabelle: I love this blog, but I absolutely despise the platform.
My guess is their MySQL setup isn’t up to the load.
It craps itself several times a day. Occasionally I even find the whole site down due to a “database connection error”, although that’s rare.
I really wish they’d get on top of the issues. Their server environment and platform needs an overhaul.
hep kitty
Is it just me or did the Bush video look like an ad for a retirement home?
Elizabelle
@Todd:
I LOVE beagles. Had two of them.
Very loveable. Great loyal little friends. Hear that some are harder to housetrain than the average dog.
This beagle will likely come out of its shell once in your care.
kindness
Listening to NPR has been brutal this week. Don’t get me wrong, they’ve actually mentioned that Ryan, Romney and Republicans have lied some but this morning was a SERIOUS fluff session from NPR to their Republican Daddies.
Not one more dime NPR, not one more.
Mark S.
Quote of the day:
Jan Brewer
Original Lee
@Todd: After our wonderful Lab died, we thought about getting another one immediately. But somehow not one puppy or young dog (rescue or not) felt “right” for several years afterwards. Then a friend talked us into a brother-and-sister pair of border collie rescues, and we haven’t looked back since. Sometimes you need time to mourn, even though with all the rescues out there, you feel as if you need to help right away.
Anya
@rikyrah: A movie set in Africa and the only black person is a dude from Detroit. But you’re right about its appeal.
Suffern ACE
@Mark S.: Yikes. Did he just get the coveted Brewer endorsement?
Raven
@Todd: I’d give it a little time. Our tenants adopted a troubled little yapper and they really regret it.
danielx
Gaffe: is when a politician accidentally blurts out the truth. See Kinsley, Michael.
If you’re going to catch an earworm, lots of things could be worse than any Ella Fitzgerald tune. It could be the Oscar Mayer wiener song, just to name one.
Oh, shit.
quannlace
So sorry for your loss, Todd. I’ve been there.
Sounds like you don’t think the breed is a good fit. Maybe throw out some more feelers. And if you do find what feels like your next companion, don’t feel ‘maybe I’m doing this too soon.’
After I lost my Clemmie, I lasted a whole month before adopting Kate. I just couldn’t stand it.
And I got a real gem!
Raven
@quannlace: When our vet called about our Lil Bit about a year after we lost Raven we had to ask ourselves “if we go look why would we NOT take her”. The only reason would have been if she didn’t get along with Bohdi. We’ve had the sweetest money pit on earth for 4 years and counting. This morning her doggie opthamologist detected an onset of glaucoma one of her eyes so here we go again!
wrb
@Todd:
Sounds like my old shepherd/malamute . So confidently alpha that when other dogs would bark at him he’d just look at them pityingly.
DPB
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m64qb7Nmau1rxt7jlo1_400.jpg
I think I found the republican party, guys!
General Stuck
Another different extra bonus quote of the day. From weepy Erin Burnett.
To be fair to Erin and Ryan, one could make a case for, if you are going to lie your ass off, might as well do a good job at lying your ass off, also too, care deeply about lying your ass off. Lying your ass off with precise, clear, and passionate lies.
wrb
@Todd:
Yes, and it was very good, even though the personalities were quite different. They were both big though and had the big dog calmness and happiness even though one was alpha and the other omega.
Omnes Omnibus
@Anya: The movie was set in North Africa. You know, in Casablanca, Morocco. A bit more Arab in population than other parts of the continent. Also too, the movie was about American and European expatriates. OTOH I always find it jarring when Bergman’s character refers to Sam as a “boy.”
Ivan Ivanovich Renko
I’m surprised that noone seems to have noticed Chris Christies Machiavellian reference in the midst of comparing his speech to Miss Ann’s.
His focus on respect sent me straight to:
Governor Christie, true to the white-male supremacist Confederate party, would rather be feared than loved.
Gloryb
@Mark S.: WHAT??
Steeplejack
@Elizabelle:
I love Warren William. He was also the über-horndog in a lot of pre-Code movies. He could be counted on to be suave and smarmy.
gogol's wife
@Davis X. Machina:
I love the Rosemary Clooney.
Amir Khalid
it’s almost midnight here, and then it will be August 31 — Merdeka (independence) Day in Malaysia. Here is out first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman leading the cheers at historic Merdeka Stadium.
And here is our national flag. American Juicers will no doubt wonder where they’ve seen that design before.
Amir Khalid
it’s almost midnight here, and then it will be August 31 — Merdeka (independence) Day in Malaysia. Here is out first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman leading the cheers at historic Merdeka Stadium.
And here is our national flag. American Juicers will no doubt wonder where they’ve seen that design before.
Amir Khalid
it’s almost midnight here, and then it will be August 31 — Merdeka (independence) Day in Malaysia. Here is out first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman leading the cheers at historic Merdeka Stadium.
And here is our national flag. American Juicers will no doubt wonder where they’ve seen that design before.
Steeplejack
@danah gaz (fka gaz):
But, hey, in the last site rebuild we got a new (worse) text font and “[Commenter] Says,” so there’s that.
Amir Khalid
Triple post. FFFYYYWWWPPP.
MattF
@Amir Khalid: Hm. Fourteen stripes.
Steeplejack
@Amir Khalid:
What do the 14 bars represent?
scuffletuffle
@Todd: Keep looking and stay open to possibilities. You will know when it’s the right time…and dog.
ThresherK
@Davis X. Machina: I hope the Glenn Miller Orchestra (Ray Eberly doing the honors) was in there someplace.
Yes, a bit restrained and “whitebread”, but as a teen, a couple of old Miller albums were my ‘gateway drug’ to both jazz and great American songwriting. (h/t to my Mom.)
Amir Khalid
it has been too many years since civics in primary school, so I must rely on Wikipedia:
Shinobi
GAMING QUESTION: Any Juicers playing Guild Wars 2???
It’s really fun so far. I’m on the Darkhaven server. Just sayin….
Elizabelle
@Steeplejack:
Loving the Warren William movies. Sparkling writing.
Turned down by a potential mistress (cinematography makes him look like a slender vampire):
“Stick to your illusions. I admire you for them.”
Elizabelle
Amazing that Hollywood just wasted this guy’s talent, and he’s not remembered today.
He’s charismatic. Died young though. (Blood cancer at 53.)
gogol's wife
@Elizabelle:
I am so excited about Warren William day! I had to miss Irene Dunne day, so this is a treat.
Elizabelle
@gogol’s wife:
Warren William reminds me a bit of David Straithairn.
So you had heard of him before? Lucky.
SteveM
Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but I’m partial to Skylark the one-hit wonder ’70s group (that hit being “Wildflower”).
gogol's wife
@Elizabelle:
I mainline TCM every day.
PopeRatzo
K.D. Lang’s transcendental version of this song is on an album of Johnny Mercer songs produced by Clint Eastwood for the movie “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”. It’s a spectacular record. Alison Krause sings “This Time the Dream’s On Me” and she knocks it out of the park. Also, Tony Bennett, Kevin Mahogany, Cassandra Wilson, Ravi Coltrane and more. Even Kevin Spacey does a star turn singing “Old Black Magic”.
I highly recommend this record.
Beauzeaux
Her Johnny Mercer Songbook is one perfect song after another. Mercer was the lyricist for many many pop songs of his time with an interesting arc.
I remember watching Juke Box Jury when he was a regular.
Another Bob
Nobody sang these standards better than Ella. Such perfect pitch, and the way she silkily caresses the words. God I love Ella. Nice arrangement and backup by that fabulous band too. Undoubtedly Nelson Riddle, no?
mazareth
Hey Doug J,
I love Ella, but I have to go with Aretha on this one. A beautiful rendition from her Columbia years (I’m guessing…). Also, she looks GREAT in that dress.
OT, I miss your more whimsical handles. I’m still hoping for “Ol’ Pasty White Metrosexual Dirty Doug J.”
Apparently, variations of “Metrosexual Black Abe Lincoln” are evergreen for me. I chalk it up to arrested development.
Peace Out from Mark with the zombie left knee.
Edited only to say that kd lang’s version in nice too. I need to dust of my copy of Ingenue…
Elizabelle
@PopeRatzo:
I will keep Clint Eastwood’s many talents in mind as I gape at his being the GOP convention special guest, as is rumored.
He was much cooler in the Super Bowl ad.
Tony the Wonderhorse
The Buick Skylark is the one I love, from the early 70’s
But only about 12 still exist, they were GM entry vehicles, after all.