I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers & Jeers".
OK, you've been warned - here is this week's tomfoolery material that I posted.
CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM, our Laramie, Wyoming-based friend Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week ahead.
ART NOTES— a career retrospective of the late artist Noah Davis will be at the museum he helped co-found: the Underground Museum in Los Angeles, California to September 30th.
YOUR WEEKEND READ is this essay in The America Prospect by Harold Meyerson, who cites his grandmother fleeing czarist Russia to posit that Vladimir Putin is more concerned about Western culture than NATO .. and that he will rely more on supporting emerging European dictatorships (such as Hungary) and internal right-wing movements (such as the French right) who share his revulsion at pluralism and liberalism.
THURSDAY's CHILD is named Bella the Alamo Cat— who as her name implies, engages with visitors to the Texas historical site.
CHEERS to CNN replacing the deposed Chris Cuomo with the series Democracy in Peril— which the press critic Dan Froomkin has openly cheered.
FRIDAY's CHILD is named Montequlla the Cat— a Colorado kitteh who was found nestled inside a recliner that a family donated to a thrift store (when they were moving) … now reunited with her family.
BRAIN TEASER— try this Quiz of the Week's News from the BBC ...… and the usually easier, less UK-centered New York Times quiz.
THE OTHER NIGHT yours truly hosted the Top Comments diary with a look at the recently-deceased comic, actor and author of four books, Louie Anderson— whose life story of overcoming adversity I was not fully aware of, which explains the tributes he received from so many people in the comedy business … and others whose lives he touched.
SEPARATED at BIRTH— actor Jim Parsons (portraying physicist Sheldon Cooper on the TV show The Big Bang Theory) and former GOP official Reince Priebus.
...... and finally, for a song of the week ...........................… another hectic week, so here’s an interesting logistical accomplishment.
Last year, an organization calling itself City Rocks organized a flash-mob show in a town in the nation of Hungary to perform a dozen rock and roll songs.
Although … perhaps flash-mob may be inadequate describing this logistical feat:
* 400 drummers, guitarists, bass players, keyboardists and singers
* Not only from every corner of Hungary but also from Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, the United States and Romania.
* Professionals, school kids, teens, moms and dads, grandmas and grandpas
* An age range from eight … to seventy-two.
In addition to songs from Linkin Park, Bryan Adams, Led Zeppelin, Amy Winehouse and others — as shown on this Instagram listing — they performed a song friends of mine love, yet I’ve never cared for … yet can’t help admiring the effort … and how-in-the-world the organizers were able to pull this off?