“Heartbreak Hotel” was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956.
Month: March 2022
Covers: All Shook Up
“All Shook Up” is best known as a 1957 Elvis Presley record but it was actually recorded first by David Hess in 1956. It was written by Otis Blackwell who also recorded it.
Is there another COVID wave coming? Tweets on BA2 and current stats in other countries
If it becomes advisable to reimpose COVID restrictions in the US, I think there will massive public resistance. It will be hard to get people to mask up again once the requirements have been listed. Read the tweets and articles on what’s happening elsewhere – the same things could happen here. Remember that Omicron became common elsewhere before it spread across the US. BA2 could be next.
Me, I’m still wearing a mask when I go out and avoid crowds. No movies or concerts for me yet.
Lucio Fulci
Lucio Fulci was an Italian film director. Yesterday was the anniversary of his death. Fulci is best known for his horror films from the 1980s. I would start with The Beyond, City of the Living Dead, and The New York Ripper. His later films such as Murder Rock and Demonia aren’t as good but still worth seeing. Many of the films are set in the US. In general, they have more violence and sex than comparable American films. Most of his films are on Blu-ray from independent companies.
The history of Chicken McNuggets in YouTube videos
The pandemic death toll is higher than we think
Ordering eyeglasses online
I ordered eyeglasses online for the first time at the end of 2021. I got them from Befitting. I am very please with them. I didn’t want to get them from a store where I would be around people and trying on glasses others had handled. The place where I get my exam also sells glasses.
Befitting informed me that I needed the pupillary distance measurement which was not on the prescription. The eye care place said I had to come in to get it; they wouldn’t give it to me over the phone. I downloaded free rulers and tried them but they gave implausible low numbers.
I finally bought this, got a good measurement, and got my glasses. Did you know that there are measurement numbers on the inside of glasses frames? I didn’t. The numbers from my last two pairs helped me select the size of my new ones.
The bottom line is to make sure you get your pupillary distance number because it may or may not be on the prescription.
Covers: Leave My Kitten Alone
Reading about the Beatles version of “Mr. Moonlight” leads to “Leave My Kitten Alone”, another cover recorded at the same time but not released until the 1990s. The Beatles version also figures prominently in Bobbie Ann Mason’s novel In Country.
The original version from 1959 was by Little Willie John.
Covers: Mr. Moonlight
“Mr. Moonlight” is best known as a 1964 Beatles cover but the original version is from 1962 by Dr. Feelgood and the Interns. The Hollies cover was actually recorded before the Beatles one.
Republicans are further right than Democrats are left
It’s getting to be an extremist right-wing cult. Most of them won’t stand up to Trump, their lying bigoted leader. I thought that after he lost, they would move more to the center but instead they have become more conservative.
Sad! 