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June 30, 2022

45 RPMS 70: Smiley Lewis ~ Shame, Shame, Shame

Smiley Lewis ~ Shame, Shame, Shame

45 RPM label, side 1

I was cruising around YouTube the other day and came across a song I hadn't heard in decades. Smiley Lewis is known for some of the great rhythm 'n blues songs ever written but for me, his recording of Shame, Shame, Shame is at the top of the list!

I first heard the song in the 1956 film, Baby Doll, which was directed by Elia Kazan and produced by Kazan and Tennessee Williams. The score for the film was composed by Kenyon Hopkins who would later score Eleven Against the Ice produced for TV in 1958, The Fugitive Kind with Marlon Brando in 1960, and The Hustler with Paul Newman in 1961.

Smiley Lewis

date & photographer unknown

The personnel on the song is brilliant! Accompanying Lewis's vocal and guitar is Dave Bartholomew doing a fantastic job on trumpet, Huey "Piano" Smith on piano; Smith would release the wonderful Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu a year later when I was in high school and it was one of my favorite songs to dance to.

Then there is Lee Allen wailing away on sax and the hit of the song for me (I've always been a sucker for the sax). Shame, Shame, Shame was recorded on the 11th of August in 1956.

The thing about this record is I like the "B side" better (that's happened a lot over the years). Where Shame, Shame, Shame is fast and furious, No, No, is slow, laid back, pensive and bluesy. With it's tinkely piano intro by Smith and barroom feeling it transports me to a time long gone that was exciting.

Smiley Lewis ~ No, No

45 RPM label, side 2

photo by Styrous®

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - Shame, Shame, Shame, written by Kenyon Hopkins, Ruby Fisher - 1:55

Side 2:

B - No, No, written by D. Bartholomew*, Pearl King - 2:05

Companies, etc.

Published By – Remick Music Corp.
Published By – Reeve Music Co., Inc.

Credits:

Smiley Lewis - vocal, guitar

Dave Bartholomew - trumpet

Lee Allen - sax

Huey "Piano" Smith - piano

Notes:

From the Warner Bros. Picture Baby Doll

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Rights Society (Side A): ASCAP
    Rights Society (Side B): BMI
    Matrix / Runout (Side A (Etched)): Δ5-IM-1100 5418
    Matrix / Runout (Side B (Etched)): Δ5-IM-1033 5418

Smiley Lewis – Shame, Shame, Shame / No, No
Label: Imperial – X5418
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1957
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Rhythm & Blues

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Net links:

Taming the saxophone ~ Lee Allan interview

TIMS ~ Lee Allan

Wbbs Media ~ Lee Allan

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No, No

Shame, Shame, Shame

Shame, Shame, Shame (Baby Doll soundtrack)

Huey "Piano" Smith ~ Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu

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June 21, 2022

Memory of Solstice ~ 2015

Summer Solstice - 2015

photo by Styrous®

It was a day of celebration of the life of Barbara Cushman seventeen years ago . . .

About Barbara Cushman

(March 28, 1945 - June 20, 2014)

Barbara Cushman was a collage artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her collages were mostly hand constructed using a variety of media: postage stamps, photographs, magazine clippings...whatever struck her fancy. Collages were scanned and printed out in a smaller size suitable for note cards. Each note card was individualized. Vintage postage stamps and rubber stamps were among her favorite enhancers.

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Adiós mis amigos . . .

Barbara Cushman

Memories of Solstice

A Solstice Celebration 2015

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China Highlights ~ xià zhì夏至

Farmer's Almanac ~ First Day of Summer: Facts and Folklore

History ~ Summer Solstice
Solstice images

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June 19, 2022

Father's Day ~ Angel Morales

Angel Morales - Mermaid, painting on stone

photo by Styrous®

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June 17, 2022

Las Taulas y los Talaiots de Menorca, Espaňa

Talati de Dalt

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Thirty-three years ago this month I saw for the first time one of the wonders of the ancient world which is never mentioned, the monoliths, megaliths and structures on the island of Menorca, in the western part of the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Barcelona, Espaňa.

monolith

A talaiot, or talayot, is a Bronze Age megalith found on the islands of Menorca and Majorca forming part of the Talaiotic Culture or Talaiotic Period. Talaiots date back to the late second millennium and early first millennium BC. There are at least 274 of them, in, near, or related to Talaiotic settlements and the Talaiotic chamber tombs known as navetas.

Naveta

Some Talaiots are thought to have had a defensive purpose, the use of others is not clearly understood. Some believe them to have served the purpose of lookout or signalling towers, as on Menorca, where they form a network. Talaiots pre-date the megalithic structures known as taulas (each stone of these structures weigh tons) which are usually found nearby.

taula

The Spanish word for table is mesa; Taula is the Catalan version, although, only a gegant (link below) would be comfortable sitting at one of these.

Taulas can be up to 5 metres high and consist of a vertical pillar (a monolith or several smaller stones on top of each other) with a horizontal stone lying on it. A U-shaped wall often encloses the structure.

They were built by the Talaiotic culture between 500 BC and 300 BC. Their exact cultural meaning remains unknown, but they probably had religious and/or astronomical purposes. Most of the taulas face south, which seems to suggest some astronomical meaning.

The word megalith was first used in 1849 by the British antiquarian Algernon Herbert in reference to Stonehenge and derives from the Ancient Greek words "mega" for great and "lithos" for stone. Most extant megaliths were erected between the Neolithic period (although earlier Mesolithic examples are known) through the Chalcolithic period and into the Bronze Age.

While "megalith" is often used to describe a single piece of stone, it also can be used to denote one or more rocks hewn in definite shapes for special purposes. It has been used to describe structures built by people from many parts of the world living in many different periods (link below). The most widely known megaliths are not tombs. However, there are some on Menorca that are underground.

Humans have been known to exist on Menorca since at least 2000 BC, perhaps even earlier. Some experts suggest the first seafaring people to arrive were of the eastern Mediterranean, such as the Minoans in Crete. The period during which their culture would flourish and evolve would become known as the Talayotic period of Menorca. The Talayots would thrive there for thousands of years until the arrival of the Romans in 123 BC.

Viewfinder links:

Barcelona, España Journals

Menorca, Espaňa

Net links:

Descobreix Menorca ~ Talatí de Dalt | Megalithic monuments of Menorca

Historic Mysteries ~ The Megalithic Taulas of Menorca

Megalith timeline

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Ancient Tech in Menorca

Talatí de Dalt 1

Talatí de Dalt, Menorca

Talati De Dalt Settlement, Menorca, Spain

Megalithic T-Shaped Pillars and Round Towers of Menorca

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Audrey Hepburn ~ Breakfast at Tiffany's

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MGM Records publicity photo

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June 10, 2022

Corona Virus isolation ~ Day 461: Salmon & avocado frittata

frittata - Friday, June 10, 2022

prepared by Tom White

photo by Styrous®

eggs

avocado

salmon

cheddar cheese

pour beaten eggs into well buttered frying pan

slowly fry over low heat

when bottom is brown add precooked salmon & avocado

season to taste

fold sides of omelet over to center

sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese over all

continue frying for 10 minutes

serve hot or cold

From Wikipedia:

The Italian word frittata derives from friggere and roughly means "fried". This was originally a general term for cooking eggs in a skillet, anywhere on the spectrum from fried egg, through conventional omelette, to an Italian version of the Spanish omelette, made with fried potato. Outside Italy, frittata was seen as equivalent to "omelette" until at least the mid-1950s.
Frittata has come to be a term for a distinct variation that Delia Smith describes as "Italy's version of an open-face omelette". When used in this sense, there are four key differences from a conventional omelette:

While there may or may not be additional ingredients, such as cubed potato, such ingredients are combined with the beaten egg mixture while the eggs are still raw rather than being laid over the mostly cooked egg mixture before it is folded, as in an omelette.
Eggs may be beaten vigorously, to incorporate more air than traditional savory omelettes, to allow a deeper filling and a fluffier result.
The mixture is cooked over a very low heat, more slowly than an omelette, for at least five minutes, typically 15, until the underside is set but the top is still runny.
The partly cooked frittata is not folded to enclose its contents, like an omelette, but is instead either turned over in full, or grilled briefly under an intense salamander to set the top layer, or baked for around five minutes.

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June 1, 2022

78 RPM 10: Guy Lombardo ~ June Is Bustin' Out All Over

Hildegarde w/Guy Lombardo ~ June Is Bustin' Out All Over

All my life I have considered the first of June as the beginning of summer. Meteorological sources say the summer starts on the first of June in the Northern hemisphere while it marks the beginning of winter in Southern hemisphere. It is always with a feeling of joy that I meet it. Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians said it nicely almost 80 years ago (link below).

The four seasons have been in use since at least Roman times, as in Rerum rusticarum of Varro who says that spring, summer, autumn, and winter start on the 23rd day of the sun's passage through Aquarius, Taurus, Leo, and Scorpio, respectively. Nine years before he wrote, Julius Caesar had reformed the calendar, so Varro was able to assign the dates of February 7, May 9, August 11, and November 10 to the start of spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

Meteorological seasons are reckoned by temperature, with summer being the hottest quarter of the year and winter the coldest quarter of the year. In 1780 the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (which became defunct in 1795), an early international organization for meteorology, defined seasons as groupings of three whole months as identified by the Gregorian calendar. Ever since, professional meteorologists all over the world have used this definition.

To me the first day of summer represents a brand new and hearty cycle of living! That includes running-with-blood beef dished up with a healthy glob of mashed potatoes!

The First Day of Summer - June 1, 2022

prepared by Tom White

photo by Styrous®

Heaven!!!!

Tracklist:

Side 1:

A - June Is Bustin' Out All Over - 2:54

Side 2:

B - This Was A Real Nice Clambake - 2:48

Credits:

    Manufactured By – Decca Records, Inc.
    Record Company – Decca Records, Inc.

    Written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II*

From Theatre Guild Musical Play "Carousel".

Notes:

A - Fox Trot with Vocal Chorus
B - Waltz with Vocal Chorus

Barcode and Other Identifiers

    Matrix / Runout (A side label): 72935
    Matrix / Runout (B side label): 72936
    Matrix / Runout (A side stamped): W72935A
    Matrix / Runout (B side stamped): W72936A

Hildegarde With Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians And The Song Spinners – June Is Bustin' Out All Over / This Was A Real Nice Clambake
Label:    Decca – 23428
Series:    Personality Series
Format:    Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Country: US
Released: Aug 1945
Genre:    Pop, Stage & Screen
Style:    Vocal

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Julius Caesar

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Tom White

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Kay Peyton & Benny Goodman ~ June Is Bustin' Out All Over - 1944

Hildegarde & Guy Lombardo ~ June Is Bustin' Out All Over - 1944

The Family Guy ~ June Is Bustin' Out All Over

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