What I Want To See On YouTube
I discovered multitracking on YouTube this week and suddenly remembered something from my college days that I would like to see done. More on that in a moment or two.
One of my current favorite multitrack favorites is the Star Wars Tribute (John Williams is the man.) Songs from Close Encounters of the Third kind, the theme from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Superman, E T The Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park and Jaws are combined in a fun medley.
Another of my multitrack favorites is Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah as sung by Courtney Woolsey. I also like her take on Lollipop, a song made famous by the Chordettes (scary part here, I actually remember having to play this song on one of the many radio stations I worked for.)
That brings me to what I would like to see on YouTube. When I was in college our theater group put on a talent show and opened it to anyone who wanted to participate. We kept one of the songs a surprise, rehearsing it in secret and performing it only on the night of the show.
When the curtain opened a beautiful blonde in a tight red dress came out and the band played a single chord, then she started to sing “Rubber Ducky” as a Torch Song, in a breathy Marilyn Monroe style. The result was hilarious!
I would love to see someone do a video in this style and put it up on YouTube. The most fun video I’ve found so far of the Rubber Ducky song was done by Little Richard.
So. Any takers?
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Chilly Hilly On Bainbridge Island
Every year traffic gets snarled on Bainbridge Island because of the Chilly Hilly Bicycle Classic, which is held on the last Sunday of February every year. Its a 33 mile ride around the island, which has quite a number of hills. This is an event that is in its 36th year, with riders coming from as far away as Alaska, New York and even France to participate.
I don’t participate in the race itself, but I do make a point of attending the chili feed that is a fundraiser for the Squeaky Wheels Bicycle Club. I congratulate the riders on their perseverance. The course is a demanding ride. In fact, it has been named one of the “four classic rides” by Bicycling Magazine.
I look forward to the Chilly Hilly every year because I get to meet people from around the world and chow down on some great chili.
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Its Rock And Roll, Baby!
HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED DEPARTMENT: I was listening to a recording of Wolfman Jack from September 2, 1971 last week. He was in Boise to promote the Wood River Rock Festival which was held near Sun Valley for several years.
He “took over” KFXD, which was the top rock and roll station in Boise and it was classic Wolfman for the entire hour and half, Baby!
During the show they ran a commercial for a local drug store where they were selling rifles for hunting season. They offered to give anyone who bought a new rifle for $80 three cases of shells for free. My how things have changed!
Buy Idaho Expo…
I spent this past Wednesday exploring the Buy Idaho Expo in the Capitol rotunda. I met a lot of very interesting people and got very dizzy (the exhibits were in a circle the center of the rotunda).
My friend Everett invited me because he wanted to schmooze. He has a Blog, The Shopping Nazi, where he talks about saving money, shares the latest bargains and also writes about local businesses in Boise, Idaho, home of the 2010 Fiesta Bowl winners, the Broncos and, of course, their blue turf.
I think Everett got the idea for the Shopping Nazi from one of my stories. I told him that I was visiting New York a few years ago and was trying to get a cousin to take me to the Soup Nazi. She kept refusing, until I cornered her and got her to admit that she had been banned for a month for some discretion or another.
I think the story intrigued him, and the next thing I knew, he had the domain name and a website up and running. He’s been building up ever since.
Later he invited me to lunch at Moons Kitchen in downtown Boise. Moons has been a downtown icon since 1955. He warned me when we sat down that I probably wouldn’t be able to finish everything and he was right. The sausage patty I ordered with my breakfast was the size of a small hamburger. That was the first time I had a take-home box for breakfast.
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I Was Hugged By A Cougar
Many, many, many years ago when I was involved in television production I had occasion to be hugged by a Cougar – as in the cat.
At the time the Mercury Cougar used live cats in commercials. Most of the time these commercials were produced in Los Angeles where they had adequate studio space and handlers for the cats.
One day, however, when I came into the studio I was working for in Seattle. I was confronted by one of the local Seattle dealers and his pet Cougar which he proudly announced would be shooting a commercial in our studios, today.
He was also very proud of the fact that he had trained the cat to “Yowl” on command (just like in the national spots of the time).
He had also brought in his own director, so I was relegated to camera one. I didn’t mind all that much. The cat was on a pedestal and ten feet away from me and all I had to do was maintain a long shot.
Every thing went well for about the first fifteen minutes until the hot lights heated up the studio. The cat became lethargic and definitely uncooperative so we decided to shut down the lights and cool the studio before we started again.
We all assumed the cat was napping so nothing could go wrong. (Right!)
Since we were going to be shutdown for about thirty minutes I sat down on the studio floor and took out my sandwich. Suddenly the Cougar lunged off its pedestal, came up behind me and hugged me while also licking my ear.
I wasn’t sure how old the Cougar was in cat years, because I was only about 21 at the time. If she were older I was hoping the hug wasn’t leading to anything sexual. I was hoping she was more interested in my sandwich, since I really don’t like tuna.
The dealer was sharp enough to come to my aide, pulling the cat aside.
I volunteered to be in the production booth for the remainder of the shoot.
A week later the chief engineer gave me a Playboy magazine. The center fold was a full length picture of the cat.
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Works In Progress
Terri and me in the Boise Rose Garden
I enjoy Blogging because every one of my Blogs is a work in progress. That means I will never quite be satisfied with the final product and will be constantly playing, adjusting and changing stuff.
I recently added a Northwest Coupons page for those of you who want to come to Seattle and maybe save some money. Just click on the coupons page and play with the interactive map. Type in the city you want to visit and the map will show to find some coupon deals. Cool, huh.
D.S. Vic, who joined our little group of writers in December came up with the idea of Ignore Stickers to take care of those annoying people in line. I’m told that all you have to do is turn around and put one of our Ignore Stickers on the offending party and “poof” they disappear into the Twilight Zone. At least that’s what D.S. Vic says. I trust her.
There will be other changes as this Blog evolves. Trust me. I like change – especially quarters.
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