I can’t cook much but my late mother used to make excellent brownies. I would take some into work and people would want the recipes. The second one is better – they are more like cake. T
More tweets with photos of Roberto Clemente
More tweets with photos of Satchel Paige
Blobfest 2023 – July 14-16
Covers: Fast Car
“Fast Car” is a 1988 Tracy Chapman song that is popular again because of a cover. It really took off after the Grammys on 2/4/22
Zip Codes – introduced on 7/1/63
Video of John Prine talking about “The Accident”
I saw him perform this song before it appeared on his 1973 album Sweet Revenge.
A YouTube video about Rockpile
This tweet connects to a video about the great short-lived English band Rockpile. It was led by Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe. They only made one album as Rockpile – Seconds of Pleasure (1980).
The first neon sign I bought
I bought a used piece of neon from an antique shop in 1979 or 1980. It was just the glass and I was assured it would work. They told me to go to Claude Neon which I did. I got wire and an old transformer there. With the help of my friend Tom, we mounted it on plastic and hung it up.
A few years ago I got a modern transformer and connected it to Alexa so I can turn it on and off with my voice.