Bits and Pieces

[dlgood]

1. Sean Taylor voted to start in the Pro Bowl. I wonder how the league will honor him at the game. Will there be a ceremonial crushing of a punter?

2. Had office holiday party today - which I missed most of because we got scheduled to brief a congressional staffer at the same time. We have a great office, and things are going well, but there are some niggling things that amounted to a bit of a buzzkill. On the positive side, I baked chocolate chip brownies and there were No Leftovers - which is impressive given sheer volume of food and deserts - which means I AM THE WINNER.

3. Am entertained by this YouTube clip from the Jimmy Durante Show.

Bonus nickels to the first person who can ID the guitarist in the striped shirt.

Comments

[southernbangel.livejournal.com]

3. Why, that would be good ol' Creed Bratton.

2. Chocolate chip brownies? Yum! You are clearly the winner at not only the office Christmas party but also at life.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

3. There's a great clip of them singing Midnight Confessions, and the lead singer has one of those glorious sixties 'staches (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sk4I7ZO6qk). I would have liked too much mediocre music of that era, in addition to all the good stuff I rightly like.

[ann1962]

baked chocolate chip brownies and there were No Leftovers - which is impressive given sheer volume of food and deserts - which means I AM THE WINNER.

You totally are. I have never seen that side of you before Dave!

Oh, and I love that song. Thanks for posting it.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

I have never seen that side of you before Dave!

Given a mix and some basic guidelines, I can do basic baking and cooking and even do a minimal amount of improvising. I just generally don't.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I had no idea you could bake! What other hidden talents do you posses?

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Give me a deli board and a grill, and I will go to town.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

The timing of the video is interesting to me. Durante had a variety show in the 1969-70 season, but these guys with their tidy helmet hair are much too clean-cut for then. This clip probably came from a special about the time the song came out in 1967. Amazing how much change a couple of years would make in how most guys, not just bands, would look.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I'm pretty sure the clip is '67. These guys got hairy too, but stylewise they're not nearly the radical transformations like David Crosby or Jerry Garcia...

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

CREED!! I loved it when they showed that on The Office's Booze Cruise ep.

ROCK! And dammit, if there are no brownies left over, what will I eat late at night when I shouldn't be eating?

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Personally, I'm a sucker for the "where are they now" and "where did they come from" stuff...

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

I think I actually saw that show.
OMG, I'm getting old..
You baked brownies? I'm impressed!

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, I am quite jealous of the idea that your generation got to see this stuff live and fresh. But then, I also remember that there was probably an enormous amount of dreck which did not survive to today, but which you had to sit through and I did not.

[midnightsjane.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, the sacrifices my generation endured to make the music world safe for yours...LOL.