Topic: THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL (Read 30166 times)

bk · « **on:** November 07, 2005, 12:15:23 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, you've tunneled through the notes, and now you simply must post until the cows come home - they're in the tunnel now, but they're always in the tunnel because they've got Cowpel Tunnel Syndrome.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** November 07, 2005, 12:17:32 AM »

And the word of the day is: ENDOCENTRIC!

Smoke on your pipe and put that in!

Tomovoz · « **Reply #2 on:** November 07, 2005, 12:23:30 AM »

TOTD:
The Playmates
The Four Preps
The Diamonds
The Ames Brothers
The Four Aces
The Highwaymen
The Brothers Four
Boyzone
The Hi Los
The Kingston Trio
The Bachelors

bk · « **Reply #3 on:** November 07, 2005, 12:42:31 AM »

I like A Very Special Love by the Ames Brothers. I love El Matador by the Kingston Trio. I love 26 Miles by The Four Preps. I love Up on the Roof by the Drifters. I love Ferry Cross The Mersey by Gerry and the Pacemakers.

bk · « **Reply #4 on:** November 07, 2005, 12:43:41 AM »

I used to like The Ink Spots, too.

Tomovoz · « **Reply #5 on:** November 07, 2005, 12:53:03 AM »

Don't think of Gerry & the Pacemakers as a boyband.
Same with Freddie, Herman, The Beatles and the Stones..

The Hollies were good:

And that leads me to:

Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young).

Beach Boys.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 07, 2005, 02:58:54 AM »

Oh so many!

As previously named:

The Brothers Four - their FIRST album is a favorite, including Banua, I Never Will Marry, and Zulu Warrior

The Four Aces - especially their movie themes Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, Three Coins in the Fountain

Four Preps - 26 Miles, another vote for that one!

Chairmen of the Board - who sang two terrific Holland-Dozier-Holland tunes: Give Me Just a Little More Time and You've Got Me Dangling On A String!

vixmom · « **Reply #7 on:** November 07, 2005, 03:49:47 AM »

Well being a child of the 60's & 70's (the NINETEEN 60's & 70's for the benefit of you younguns amongst us) the Osmonds and Jackson Five were favoritesof mine when I was grwoing up.

Donny and I are the same age

<sigh>

Oh and of course the Monkees were mandatory for my age group

does Bread count asa boy group or were they already "men"?

The TOD IS when we were growing up.... not at this time isn't it?

vixmom · « **Reply #8 on:** November 07, 2005, 03:51:16 AM »

Sorry for not returningyesterday after shopping but then I had to unpack and cook dinner and clean up from dinner and by then vixdad had taken over the computer and he would not be moved oh no he would not be moved,

So I went to bed.

vixmom · « **Reply #9 on:** November 07, 2005, 03:52:04 AM »

Speaking of beds it is time I got the Vixter out of hers and ready for school... laters!

vixmom · « **Reply #10 on:** November 07, 2005, 04:04:51 AM »

Good morning Ben!

vixmom · « **Reply #11 on:** November 07, 2005, 04:06:48 AM »

Ok the Vixter is up and I must get mvoing so I'll catch up to yetserday later

before I forget

~~~Interview Vibes~~~ to TD

~~Recording Vibes~~~~ to BK\

and has anyone heard from Danise and or Hisaka? They have both been strangely absent.... and very much missed

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #12 on:** November 07, 2005, 04:24:59 AM »

Danise posted once yesterday, explaining her absence.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #13 on:** November 07, 2005, 04:27:14 AM »

Toomovoz, I quite understand about the "listening" part of your telephone call.

I have, on occasion, done considerable listening on the phone.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #14 on:** November 07, 2005, 04:43:37 AM »

Do The Cowsills count as a boy band?

They started out that way, but their mother and younger sister joined them for a while.

They seemed a bit edgy for their time. In fact, the boys were apparently not interested in maintaining a squeaky clean image and their label (MGM) wasn't happy about that. They still exist, believe it or not, although one of the men has been missing since Hurricane Katrina and none of the family have heard from him.

There were a few Jackson 5 songs I enjoyed in the early 70s.

I remember seeing the Osmonds on TV in the late 60s or early 70s and they seemed cool. I think when Donny became a front-and-center fixture, I stopped taking them seriously. I don't know why.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #15 on:** November 07, 2005, 04:52:44 AM »

Ivan the Terrible is an endocentric construction.

So is William the Conqueror and the Eiffel Tower.

Come to think of it, the Hoover Dam makes the grade, too.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #16 on:** November 07, 2005, 04:53:22 AM »

So sad to be all alone in the world.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2005, 04:55:13 AM »

I'm up because...well...same old, same old.

I'm making iced tea, that's why. And the tea bags are steeping in hot water as I type.

I suppose I should be standing over them enjoying the benefits of the steam, but I'd much rather be miserable here typing these words for an elusive, absent readership.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:01:23 AM »

This will be an unbearably short work-week (endocentric, that construction) for me, as I am off today and Friday (Friday being Veterans Day) (well bust my buttons, ANOTHER endocentric construction).

Somehow, I shall strive to endure it.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #19 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:04:06 AM »

I'ts nearly time to finish off the iced tea and reconsider my sleeping options.

Do I go back to bed, or do I stay up, putter around as the sun comes up, and think about a nap later in the day.

How on earth do self-employed, retired or otherwise free-from-all-cares people handle such decisions when they have limitless variables to choose from?

My mom prefers a structured regimen. I, on the other hand, have always had a streak of night owl in me, and can stay up until all hours. I rather think I'll be all over the place in my dotage, in that regard.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #20 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:09:50 AM »

The iced tea is made (well, it doesn't have ice in it, but it's in the refrigerator).

All anxieties concerned with it are put to rest until it's all gone and I have to do it again.

I suppose that's why some folks just buy a jar of Nestea or its equivalent.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #21 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:13:46 AM »

Dawn approaches...a time when the rats, the hoods and the killers are all in their holes.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #22 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:17:16 AM »

Here it is 8:16 a.m. edt and I'm still the only one in the jernt!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #23 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:23:15 AM »

It's clear to me now that a few more winks will be best for me. I've taken some sinus relief tabs and my eyelids are begging -- nay, screaming -- to be closed.

Let me take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy, healthy Monday. Be kind to one another out there.

Make a new friend, heal an old wound, kick an old bastard or bitch.

You know...run the gamut.

And not just A-B.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:34:05 AM »

Good morning, Ron!

I left for Chicago the day after the time changed, I'm now back in my one time zone, and I don't know what time it is! I could not get to sleep last night, and I was up way too late. I dragged myself out of bed because I have too much to do today: hit the post office, pick up new glasses, a 10 am meeting about orchestrations for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus Holiday concert at Carnegie Hall next month, refill two prescriptions, and pick up some concert work for a singer named Mario Frangoulis. The deadline on the Frangoulis work is so close that I turned down a ticket from Liz Callaway for Leah Salonga's Carnegie Hall concert tonight and my monthly dinner tomorrow night with my music librarian friends.

Michael · « **Reply #25 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:37:16 AM »

TOD

The Boy Scouts

singing Tom Lehrer's Be Prepared

Ben · « **Reply #26 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:40:53 AM »

Good morning (albeit late) to Vixmom.

Good morning Michael and Larry.

And now, goodbye (for a while).

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #27 on:** November 07, 2005, 05:54:45 AM »

Mornin', y'all!

Ugh! I think I'm coming down with something. I'll have to down some Airborne throughout the day. I don't know if this stuff actually works or not, but I get a kick out of dropping the little tablets into a cup of water and watching them fizz. Reminds me of Fizzies from the hood of my child.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #28 on:** November 07, 2005, 06:01:33 AM »

TOD:

Whenever I hear the words "boy group" I tend to think of cheesy, bubblegum music, so nothing is immediately coming to mind. I kind of confuzed by some of the choices people are making--a lot of these bands are out of the age range I would consider as boys. What's the criteria for a boy group?

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #29 on:** November 07, 2005, 06:07:04 AM »

DR MB, I happened to catch some of THE GREEN SLIME on Friday when I got home. I wish I knew it was coming on--I would have recorded it. Awful, awful movie but one of my childhood favorites--I actually saw it in a movie theatre (Yes, one must view it on the big screen in order to fully appreciate its grandeur .

)

THE GREEN SLIME was featured on one of my favorite covers of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. I wonder if I still have that issue...

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