Wednesday When It Was Music & Movies ~ “To Sir With Love” ~ Lulu

Sidney Poitier… You will never be forgotten.

Your Class, Dignity, Elegance, Grace. You were the best of the best and one of my favorite actors. I cried all day hearing the news and watching all the homages.

 

“To Sir With Love”.

 

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The song still brings a warmth over me. It is as fabulous today as when it was first released in 1967.

Initially this song was recorded with The Mindbenders, who also acted in the film. It hit #1 on Billboard 100 for 5 consecutive weeks in the US and ended up earning the number one position for the entire year. In the UK it was never ever released for the hit it was in its own right, only remaining the B side to the 1967 No. 11 hit “Let’s Pretend”. US Release B side was “It’s Getting Harder All The Time” which was also in the movie.

I have watched this film at least 200 times in my life. It is among my top two favorites of Sidney Poitier, with the other being “A Patch Of Blue”.

Lulu’s voice couldn’t have gotten any better, it was picture perfect no pun…

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Freak Flag Flying at half mast tonight. God Speed Marty Balin.

via Friday Freak Flag Flying ~ “Today” ~ Jefferson Airplane.

Trump Train Wreck.

2012 in review ~ Longshot’s Blog

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

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About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 200,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 4 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had more visits than a small country in Europe!

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Longshot’s Blog 2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

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The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 100,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 4 days for that many people to see it.

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Woodstock 42TH Anniversary (via Longshot’s Blog)

BY THE TIME WE GOT TO WOODSTOCK, WE WERE HALF A MILLION STRONG~!   It took place Aug. 15-18. It was the Concert of ALL Concerts. And it only seemed like yesterday. There was no Violence nor Chaos at the venue in the 4 days. The only disruption there was, was trying to get there. For the conditions that took place with lack of water, food, & personal necessities. Woodstock remained Peaceful throughout the four days without incident. In th … Read More

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Longshot’s Blog 2010 in review by WordPress

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

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Crunchy numbers

The average container ship can carry about 4,500 containers. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2010. If each view were a shipping container, your blog would have filled about 3 fully loaded ships.