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Jane Curtin - October 20, 1979
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A very quiet Thanksgiving ~ 2022
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Thanksgiving - 2022
photo by Styrous®
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. This is because when I was a kid, it was the biggest celebration of the year for my mom (link below) so we were raised to enjoy it to the max. These days the holiday now makes me have flashbacks to Barcelona, España. The reason is a couple of my favorite Thanksgivings were passed there (links below).
This year will be a quiet one for us. COVID-19, the flu and other miscellaneous issues have made it the reason for our quiet year. I bought a frozen Lasagna from Trader Joe's which will be our dinner.
Influenza virus, magnified approximately 100,000 times
Our celebration may not be as elaborate as past years and even though it will be quiet we have very much to be thankful for. It will be a time of giving thanks for our having come through difficult times, our good fortune, for reflection on times gone by and for being in love.
Have a wonderful celebration!
Viewfinder links:
Thanksgivings
Net links:
Food Network ~ Top 50 Thanksgiving Recipes
National Geographic ~ Thanksgiving Traditions
NFPA ~ Thanksgiving safety tips
Youtube link:
Saturday Night Live ~ The first Thanksgiving
Uncivil History ~ The First Thanksgiving: What Really Happened
Styrous® ~ Thursday, November 24, 2022
October 11, 2021
20,000 vinyl LPs 314: NBC's Saturday Night Live ~ Live!
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vinyl LP front cover detail
Typography by Michael Doret
detail photo by Styrous®
Forty-five years ago today, on Saturday, October 11, 1975, ”Saturday Night Live" was broadcast for the first time with George Carlin as the guest host. Janis Ian performed At Seventeen and In the Winter. Billy Preston played Nothing from Nothing and Fancy Lady.
”Saturday Night Live"
was sort of the Ed Sullivan of the seventies; I loved watching it for the
variety of personalities and musicians that appeared from time to time (links below).
But the
regulars on the show were outstanding! Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and Chevy Chase were a delight to watch week after week.
My favorites were Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin. Radner's Lisa Lubner and Roseanne Roseannadanna were a total scream and I never got tired of watching her in action. "It's always something, if it's not one thing, it's another"
vinyl LP front cover
Typography by Michael Doret
cover photo by Edie Baskin
photo of album cover by Styrous®
To honor SNL’s 40th anniversary celebration, Pentagram has designed Saturday Night Live: The Book (link below), a visual history of the show and a behind-the-scenes portrait of how it all comes together every week. Written and edited by Alison Castle and published by Taschen, the massive, 500-page book features over 2,300 images, many never before seen, an exclusive interview with the show’s creator, Lorne Michaels, and an exhaustive encyclopedia of all the seasons.
Tracklist:
Side 1:
Side 1:
A1 Chevy Chase – Gerald Ford – 1:19
A2 Don Pardo, Howard Shore and His All-Nurse Band* – Opening – 0:36
A3 Lily Tomlin – Monologue – 2:20
A4 Don Pardo – Segue
A5 Robert King, Anne Beatts – Speed – 1:01
A6 Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner – Bedtime Story – 2:36
A7 Don Pardo, Band* – Segue
A8 Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase – Shimmer – 1:27
A9 Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Laraine Newman – Gun Control – 4:42
A10 Don Pardo, Band* – Segue
A11 Garrett Morris – Fondue – 1:29
A12 Don Pardo, Peter Boyle (4), John Belushi, Band* – Dueling Brandos – 1:49
A13 Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman – Anna Freud – 2:15
A14 Paul Simon, Band* – Bees On Parade – 0:44
A15 Don Pardo – Promo
A2 Don Pardo, Howard Shore and His All-Nurse Band* – Opening – 0:36
A3 Lily Tomlin – Monologue – 2:20
A4 Don Pardo – Segue
A5 Robert King, Anne Beatts – Speed – 1:01
A6 Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner – Bedtime Story – 2:36
A7 Don Pardo, Band* – Segue
A8 Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase – Shimmer – 1:27
A9 Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Laraine Newman – Gun Control – 4:42
A10 Don Pardo, Band* – Segue
A11 Garrett Morris – Fondue – 1:29
A12 Don Pardo, Peter Boyle (4), John Belushi, Band* – Dueling Brandos – 1:49
A13 Jane Curtin, Dan Aykroyd, Laraine Newman – Anna Freud – 2:15
A14 Paul Simon, Band* – Bees On Parade – 0:44
A15 Don Pardo – Promo
Side 2:
B1 Don Pardo, Chevy Chase – Weekend Update 1 – 3:20
B2 Bill Wendell – Spud – 1:01
B3 Chevy Chase – Weekend Update 2 – 1:06
B4 Chevy Chase, John Belushi – Weatherman – 1:54
B5 Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner – Emily Litella – 1:20
B6 Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris – News For The Hard Of Hearing – 0:42
B7 Don Pardo, Band* – Segue
B8 Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase – Uvula – 1:51
B9 Dan Aykroyd – Jimmy Carter – 1:57
B10 Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin, Band* – Chevy's Girls – 2:36
B11 Don Pardo – Segue
B12 Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Garrett Morris – Fluckers – 1:54
B13 Chevy Chase, Richard Pryor – Word Association – 2:24
B14 Buck Henry – Goodbyes – 0:26
B15 Don Pardo, Band*– – Closing – 0:47
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Arista Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Arista Records, Inc.
Produced For – Modest Music, Inc.
Produced For – Above Average Productions
Published By – A Prince In N.Y., Inc.
Published By – Shada Music, Inc.
Pressed By – Plastic Products
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Credits:
Art Direction – Nancy Greenberg
Executive-Producer, Written-By – Lorne Michaels
Featuring [Announcer] – Don Pardo
Guest – Buck Henry, Lily Tomlin, Paul Simon, Peter Boyle (4), Richard Pryor
Mastered By – George Marino
Music Director – Howard Shore
Other [Unit Manager] – Bruce Bassett
Performer – Bill Wendell, Robert King
Performer, Written-By – Anne Beatts
Photography By – Edie Baskin
Producer – Billy Davis (2)
Producer [Sound], Engineer [Remix] – Bob Tischler
Producer, Written-By – Michael O'Donoghue (2)
Typography – Michael Doret
Written-By – Alan Zweibel, Bill Backer, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Al Franken And Tom Davis*, Herb Sargent, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Rosie Shuster, Tom Schiller
Written-By [Special Musical Material] – Paul Shaffer
Notes:
Tracks A4, A7, A10, A15, B7, & B11 are not mentioned on the record labels, they only appear on the sleeve
Coke Adds Life To …..copyright by Shada Music, Inc., Bill Backer: writer, Billy Davis: producer
Richard Pryor appears through the courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Paul Simon appears through the courtesy of Columbia Records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A Label Matrix): AL 4107 SA
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label Matrix): AL 4107 SB
Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etching): AL-4107-SA PP STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etching): AL-4107-SB PP STERLING
Various – NBC's Saturday Night Live
Label: Arista – AL 4107
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Plastic Products Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Non-Music, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Comedy
Label: Arista – AL 4107
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Plastic Products Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1976
Genre: Non-Music, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Comedy
Viewfinder links:
Leonard Cohen ~ Hallelujah! The anthem for our time
Net links:
Pentagram ~ Saturday Night Live: The Book
Vanity Fair ~ Backstage Photos From 40 Years of Saturday Night Live
YouTube links:
Saturday Night Live ~
November 27, 2016
Leonard Cohen ~ Hallelujah! The anthem for our time
I
don't remember when I first heard this song but it has been in my
repertoire of all-time greats ever since I can remember. Maybe it's
because it's Sunday and I have gotten into a spiritual (NOT religious)
mode or I'm deep into sadness about the events of the week, but it occurred to me it wasn't until Kate McKinnon, portraying Hillary Clinton on SNL,
sang the song that I realized it is the anthem for our time. This
observation has been upheld by many online reviews of her performance
including the religious
oriented Christian Science Mnitor (links below)!
Once I realized this, I began researching the many covers of of the song; I was not amazed at the range of versions of the piece. Some are listed below (with links to them on YouTube at the end).
Once I realized this, I began researching the many covers of of the song; I was not amazed at the range of versions of the piece. Some are listed below (with links to them on YouTube at the end).
Almost
each one is brilliant in it's own way but there are three that stand
out to me as especially dazzling. The previously mentioned SNL is one as
well as a video that was not even professionally produced.
At the top of my list is an amateur video of the wedding in Ireland of Chris and Leah O’Kane in which the priest officiating, Father Ray Kelly, sings the song, with altered lyrics. He looks the very antithesis of a rock singer but his voice and the intense emotion is stunning to see and hear! And his phenomenal voice takes it to an amazing height of astonishing beauty! Who'd a thought a priest could rock out like this? The event was carried by many media sources on the net including the BBC News (links below).
The second is an entrant, Jeff Gutt, on The X Factor, a talent show. When he first comes on he is the classic image of a DORK! But then he goes into action and when he starts to sing his voice erupts into one of the most fantastic hard rock vocals I've ever heard. He has since gone on to do several albums.
But above those is the one that set me off on this venture, the SNL broadcast of the song. It was one of the most brilliant performances ever produced on television; it was simple. Kate McKinnon played the piano and although there was absolutely no mention of Cohen I'm sure everyone who heard it instantly knew it was his; there was no mention of his death nor the painful event that occurred that same week but Everybody Knows. It was a beautiful, understated performance by her but it packed a solid punch to the gut!
Next on my list of great interpretations of the song is Pentatonix. What an amazing group of musicians they are. An American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of five vocalists: Avi Kaplan, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Mitch Grassi. Their interpretation is utterly subline.
John Cale, one of the founding members of the American experimental rock band the Velvet Underground takes a turn on solo piano and he does a magnificent job!
Jeff Buckley does it with solo guitar and some improvisation. KD Lang had a go at it at the opening ceremony for the 2010 Olympic Games with great results, of course.
Alexandra Burke and Susan Boyle (the unlikely woman with the phenomenal voice) have full orchestra arrangements that are luscious. Andre Rieu follows up with his violin backed by a full rock orchestra.
The song is represented internationally as well. Thomas Uhlig does it in German and Daniel Kahn sings in Yiddish, both on guitar. Holiday Celebrity sings it in French with a full orchestra and there is a sweet, easy rock French cover but no credit for the singer is given. It was sung in Russian as well on the kids version of the talent show, The Voice. And of course there is a Spanish version performed by Il Divo.
At the top of my list is an amateur video of the wedding in Ireland of Chris and Leah O’Kane in which the priest officiating, Father Ray Kelly, sings the song, with altered lyrics. He looks the very antithesis of a rock singer but his voice and the intense emotion is stunning to see and hear! And his phenomenal voice takes it to an amazing height of astonishing beauty! Who'd a thought a priest could rock out like this? The event was carried by many media sources on the net including the BBC News (links below).
Father Ray Kelly
The second is an entrant, Jeff Gutt, on The X Factor, a talent show. When he first comes on he is the classic image of a DORK! But then he goes into action and when he starts to sing his voice erupts into one of the most fantastic hard rock vocals I've ever heard. He has since gone on to do several albums.
But above those is the one that set me off on this venture, the SNL broadcast of the song. It was one of the most brilliant performances ever produced on television; it was simple. Kate McKinnon played the piano and although there was absolutely no mention of Cohen I'm sure everyone who heard it instantly knew it was his; there was no mention of his death nor the painful event that occurred that same week but Everybody Knows. It was a beautiful, understated performance by her but it packed a solid punch to the gut!
Next on my list of great interpretations of the song is Pentatonix. What an amazing group of musicians they are. An American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, consisting of five vocalists: Avi Kaplan, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Mitch Grassi. Their interpretation is utterly subline.
John Cale, one of the founding members of the American experimental rock band the Velvet Underground takes a turn on solo piano and he does a magnificent job!
Jeff Buckley does it with solo guitar and some improvisation. KD Lang had a go at it at the opening ceremony for the 2010 Olympic Games with great results, of course.
Alexandra Burke and Susan Boyle (the unlikely woman with the phenomenal voice) have full orchestra arrangements that are luscious. Andre Rieu follows up with his violin backed by a full rock orchestra.
The song is represented internationally as well. Thomas Uhlig does it in German and Daniel Kahn sings in Yiddish, both on guitar. Holiday Celebrity sings it in French with a full orchestra and there is a sweet, easy rock French cover but no credit for the singer is given. It was sung in Russian as well on the kids version of the talent show, The Voice. And of course there is a Spanish version performed by Il Divo.
Net links:
YouTube links:
Father Ray Kelly (Singing priest)
Jeff Gutt
Pentatonix
John Cale
Jeff Buckley
K. D. Lang
Alexandra Burke
Susan Boyle
Thomas Uhlig Daniel Kahn
Holiday Celebrity
French cover
The Voice Kids Il Divo
Jeff Gutt
Pentatonix
John Cale
Jeff Buckley
K. D. Lang
Alexandra Burke
Susan Boyle
Thomas Uhlig Daniel Kahn
Holiday Celebrity
French cover
The Voice Kids Il Divo
Thanks to all these artists for their affirmation.
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Styrous® ~ Sunday, November 27, 2016
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