I want to live in Effington.
If anyone could do The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, it would be the Toddster. The folks over at What Goes On report that the concert is set for 17-Aug.
Interesting to note that TR used to turn a blind eye toward ROIOs. He has recently changed his policy regarding these recordings. Looks like he’s got some good stuff coming out in the months ahead. Can’t wait to hear the new stuff. I’ve been a fan for…well…a long time…
My SO got me a Route 66 DVD thinking it was a travelogue. Heh!
They didn’t realize, and I had forgotten all about the TV show from the early 60′s. So, I sat down to watch and, wow! What a delight. There’s that great Nelson Riddle theme and other show music in that cool early 60′s style. The shows were filmed in black and white, and on location, far away from the actual path of Route 66. It was a time where the homogenization of America had not developed so you hear dialects of people from Southern Louisiana, among others, that you don’t hear too much these days.
Hard to believe that this was prime-time television for its day. Music, television, screenwriting…the likes of which we’ll probably never experience again from a mass media outlet.
This NY Times article describes this growing subculture as having a fluid morality and a disdain for pretty much everyone else online. A fascinating glimpse into the darker side of the Internet.