By Hank Ballard and The Midnighters 1954

Annie had a baby, cant work no more
NO, no, no, no, no, no, no
Annie had a baby, cant work no more
Every time she start to working
She has to stop to walk the baby cross the floor

She had to walk with the

baby
Instead of me
talk to the baby
Instead of me
sing to the baby
instead of me
cling to the

baby
instead of me
Now I know.

I know Annie understood
Thats what happens when the game gets good

Chorus

Sunn,

Sorry. I googled it.

I know this is a stretch for the Rock Coroner, but it

has

been recorded by several rock artists.

Jimmy Boyd, ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa’ singer, dies
March 10, 2009, 4:18 PM EST

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Boyd, the child singer and actor best known for the original rendition of the Christmas novelty hit “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” in 1952, has died. He was 70.

Boyd died of cancer Saturday at a Santa Monica convalescent hospital, longtime friend Eleanor Pillsbury said Tuesday.

“I Saw Mommy” shot to the top of the Billboard charts three weeks after it was released. It sold 2 million records in less than 10 weeks. It has since been interpreted by such artists as the Jackson 5, John Mellencamp and Amy Winehouse.

Boyd, who was 13 when he recorded the song, told Time magazine soon after its release that he was surprised by its success.

“I like it personally,” he said, “but I didn’t think anyone would buy it.”

Boyd was born in McComb, Miss., on Jan. 9, 1939, and grew up on a ranch near Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, where be started playing guitar at age 4. After winning a TV talent contest, Boyd appeared on “The Frank Sinatra Show” and was signed to a recording contract with Columbia.

His first recording success was with a country song, “(The Angels Are Lighting) God’s Little Candles.” Later hits included “Dennis the Menace,” sung with Rosemary Clooney, and several duets with Frankie Laine.

His TV work included appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in the early 1950s and roles in the situation comedies “Bachelor Father” from 1958 to 1961 and “Date with the Angels” in the late-1950s.

In 1960, Boyd married Yvonne Craig, an actress he met while making the Bing Crosby film “High Time” who would go on to play Batgirl in the 1960s TV series “Batman.” Their marriage ended after two years.

In his later years, Boyd became an avid sailor and for years lived on the Southern California coast on a sailboat he named Unplugged.

He is survived by a son.

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Look at the number of google searches. What does this say about society?
Does this make you laugh, cry, angry, hopeless, clueless, apathetic, philosophic?
Maybe the internet (google) is too easy. Doesn’t make you think. Possibly getting similar to television in that respect.

Okay, we all like the rockers. And we should admit we like love songs too. But what about love songs that are rockers? Is there such a thing?

Initially contemplating this I said that all love songs are slow. But thinking more about it, love songs should be more about a mood or the mood they put you in. With this new thinking, do you have any up-tempo love song that sets the proper mood?

Seems I have more questions than answers…. HELP! (The Beatles)

I have been doing some reading of some books checked out of the MR Central Massive library. (Library of Congress eat your heart out) I have just finished a work about the LRRP Teams in SE Asia. It was one of the best books on the war I have read. What those guys had to go thru It’s a wonder that more of them didn’t come back “screwed up” for life. But the reason for my post is this, The last 2 pages of the book chronicles how when the author came home he was treated with disrespect, and lost many things that he left here before deploying.(Wife, job, college, etc) We have all heard the stories of soldiers being cursed and spat upon when they came home. Well it’s time to right that wrong. I ask everyone that when you see someone wearing Vietnam Vet regalia, or go to your local VFW post, walk up to them and say “Welcome Home Soldier, We are glad your home and thank you for your service and sacrifice” I know it is 30 years too late but these people gave up the best years of their life fighting a unjust and unpopular war, they did not deserve to be treated the way they were. It was not their fault that 2 corrupt presidents got and kept us involved in that conflict. Most of them were drafted right out of high school, in May they were graduating, by September they were in the jungle with a rifle in their hand. Also we need to contact our lawmakers and DEMAND that the Veterans Programs are FULLY FUNDED and they get the help and care that they deserve and were promised. Let me start right here. M.Rambler, Welcome home soldier.

Check out the newest offering from Sir James Paul McCartney Done as his alter ego “The Fireman” I have been listening to it on his dedicated channel on Sirius-XM and I think it is one of his best works in a while. I am finding out this his 3rd project as “The Fireman” The 1st being in ’93 “Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest” and the second coming in ’98 “Rushes”The first 2 are insturmental works, and kind of “expermental” but the new one” Electric Arguements” is full of good rockers and soft listens. BTW MR, Macca is sort of calling this “McCartney III”

I’ve always thought that the Flaming Lips are one of the coolest things about Oklahoma. This is even cooler:

A song by the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips has been given a big statewide kiss in Oklahoma.

Their tune “Do You Realize??” was named the state’s official rock song, beating out more famous songs written or recorded by Oklahomans such as “Heartbreak Hotel,” co-written by former Oklahoma school teacher Mae Boren Axton, and recorded by Elvis Presley.

This is actually one of my favorite songs, I want it to be played at my funeral. Here’s a performance.

Do You Realize – that you have the most beautiful face
Do You Realize – we’re floating in space –
Do You Realize – that happiness makes you cry
Do You Realize – that everyone you know someday will die

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes – let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It’s hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn’t go down
It’s just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Amazing how much this holds true thru the ages.

No better thing befalls a man than a good wife, no worse thing than a bad one.

–Semonides of Amorgos

The kind of events that once took place will by reason of human nature take places again.

–Thucydides

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office
–Aesop (~550 BC)

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
–Aristotle

Only the dead have seen the end of war
–Plato

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will fin d a way around the laws.
–Plato

To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.
–Plato (c. 428-348 BC)

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

–Plato

There’s nothing certain in man’s life except this: That he must lose it.

–Aeschylus

Homer
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.

A report on the state budget states that we have a $600 Million + “Rainy Day Fund” How much more Rain do we need in this state?. Lets pump some of this back into the state economy. Hire New workers, Start Projects, Help out the laid off and struggling workers of our state. maybe, Oh I don’t know, BALANCE THE BUDGET!

OK Chew on this one for a while, Tell Me why it won’t work, and I’ll Check back in a couple of months at all of your comments.
This is so simple, that is probably why it won’t work. They want to stimulate the economy. The Package just signed into place by Barock is going to cost $798 Billion. There are approximately 300 Million Persons in the US at the last census. Now lets say there are approx 200 million adults age 18-80. of these lets say 100,000 of them are worth over 1 million, and 1 million of them are incarcerated. that leaves approx. 199.999.000 persons. Send each of them a check for 1 Million Dollars US.Tax Free. Now I flunked math but that seems to me the government just saved $797.801.000.000.00 Most people will spend them selves silly, thus stimulating the economy. Most people will go out and buy at least 2 new cars, That would bail out the auto makers. it would create jobs for the new consumer demand. and the responsible of them would start some kind of savings plan thus putting money back into the banking industry. Thus it would empower the general public (oops, I just answered my own question, We can’t empower the public that would mean the Guvmint could not run our lives). Now as for the jobs that need to be created to rebuild the infrastructure of the country that the stimulus plan is supposed to be creating. IE: Construction, road building etc. Bring back the WPA and The CCC. For those of you not old enough to remember those agencys. The WPA(Works Progress Administration) And the CCC(Civilian Conservation Corps) [Dad always said they had another name for them I won’t share with you] You take a look at most Bridges in this country that are over 50 years old and you will see there is a plaque affixed to them that says the date of completion it also says “Built By The WPA” as well as most of the municipal buildings in the country. Now I know this will Piss off the overpriced building contractors that count on inflated government contracts, but with the afore mentioned million dollar checks they can do projects for the private sector. and as For the CCC We are starting to realize that we need to clean up the planet, Well this is right up their alley, our parks and national wonders need work done to them, The CCC built most of them lets let them maintain them also. These programs helped to bail the public out of the Great Depression (Yeah I know WW2 did also) It’s time we bring back what works.

……Somewhere – Anywhere…… As long as it is AWAY FROM Oklahoma!…… As most of you know, I’m not a real big sports nut, but, living in (or being from) Oklahoma, it’s just a natural thing to follow the exploits of the OU football program, even if you’re one of those OSU fanatics, but, for Mr. Stoops to pull what he did in the National Championship Bowl game this year was an embarrassment to the team and every Oklahoman worldwide!…… Now, mind you, I don’t care if the Yo-Yo embarrasses himself or his so-called coaching staff, but, when he makes all Oklahomans appear to be dumb, backwood hicks, which includes me, that crosses the line, and, it’s time for “New Blood”…..

The “Team” did NOT lose that game – Bob Stoops and his band of Cronies did, and, I’m not too sure it wasn’t on purpose!….. All season, OU has gone with a no-huddle offense, giving the opposing defense little or no time to adjust…… OU set scoring records doing this….. S-o-o-o, what happens at the Bowl game? The team doesn’t huddle, Bradford gets them on line, sets himself for the hike, AND THEN, the idiot coach’s start hollering and signalling from the sidelines….. Bradford stands up and looks over at the sidelines, while these goofs re-call the play, which allows the defense for the other team all the time in the world to adjust to what OU is going to do!!!…. Talk about telegraphing your intentions!…… If this would have happened every once in a while, I would have no complaints, but, apparently, this went on throughout the whole game…… I can’t say, at a certain point, I had to stop watching the Bozo coaches before I caused serious damage to my wide screen TV and/or me……

I did see OU‘s first touchdown, and, the only reason they got it was, for some reason or another, they left Bradford alone, and, guess what – Wham-Bam, a few no-huddle plays later OU scores, AND THEN, it was back to a “We’re going to run the game from the sidelines” again……. I couldn’t watch it anymore…… If I would have been Bradford, I would have went to the sidelines, stared Stoops in the face, shoved my helmet into his stomach and told him, “If you want to run every play, suit-up, and get your butt on the field”…… At least that would’ve gotten his head out of his ass (maybe)……

Like I said, it was too embarrassing for me to continue watching…… It made the OU players look as if they were too STUPID to know what play to run, or remember more than one play at a time, which, goes back to making ME look like I’m from a state that has no one in it smart enough to have any short or long term memory…… I’m sorry, I will not stand for some “WAY THE HELL” overpaid butt-head with his own agenda make my State, team, and me look like a bunch of hillbilly retards….. I firmly believe there was a lot more to this than a mere loss – Stoops didn’t act like the loss was any big thing to him (or unexpected) after the game was over…… If you taped the game, re-watch it, and draw your own conclusions……. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!…… GO AWAY MR. STOOPS……

I made this decision at the conclusion of that game – “I will NEVER watch another OU football game as long as Bob Stoops has ANYTHING to do with the OU athletic program“…… Tell me I’m wrong – The man can’t even beat Texas or win bowl games….. That should be more than enough for any true OU fan to want him on the next train outta town….. If you agree with Mr. Stoops, I’m sure there should be plenty of extra seats for you on the Stoops’ Stupedio Express…..

I know Sunn is our official MR Community Coroner, but I think you might find this all interesting….. I just finished re-reading all 56 Short stories and four novels of Sherlock Holmes…. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a great writer….. All of the stories read as if they were written today, not over a hundred years ago for the bulk of the canon….. This is what caught my attention….

In The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, the last series of short stories written circa 1920-27, the third to the last one written is named, “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger”, a story of a woman supposedly mauled by a lion…… Here’s what jumped from the page setting off bells in my head, and, I quote, “It was six months before she was fit to give evidence, but the inquest was duly held, with the obvious verdict of Death from Misadventure”…… Apparently, In England, this is a legitimate medical term for people that die by intentionally placing themselves in danger….. I knew I had heard that phrase before……

I searched my CD collection and came up with “Death by Misadventure” by John Haitt off of his “Riding with the King” album….. It fits perfectly and I recommend the album highly….. It just goes to show that time may pass, but some things forever remain the same…..

This year is getting off to a fast start. It’s happening at an alarming frequency all of a sudden.

Buffalo Springfield drummer Dewey Martin dies
Feb. 6, 2009, 8:13 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dewey Martin, the drummer who helped found the pioneering country rock band Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young and Stephen Stills, has died. He was 68.

Martin was found dead Sunday by a roommate in his Van Nuys apartment, longtime friend Lisa Lenes said. She said Martin had health problems in recent years and she believed he died of natural causes.

Martin, along with Young, Stills, singer-songwriter-guitarist Richie Furay and bassist Bruce Palmer, formed Buffalo Springfield in 1966 and toured with the Byrds. Their debut album included the hit song “For What It’s Worth,” a solemn observation of 1960s turmoil.

The band broke up two years later amid tension between Young and Stills. Young led a successful solo career and Stills moved on to Crosby, Stills & Nash. Furay formed Poco, another early country rock band.

Martin continued performing under various incarnations of the band. He and Palmer toured as Buffalo Springfield Revisited in the mid-1980s, and for a time in the 1990s he played shows as Buffalo Springfield Again.

Martin also formed other groups, including Medicine Ball, which released one album.

Lenes said Martin, who was born in Chesterfield, Canada, will be buried in his native country.

( Inspired by Prairie Dog Bob and from a news article by Amy Goodman: “Don’t give up your home without a fight, Ohio congresswomen advises”)

When the bank sends you an buy generic cialis online eviction notice ask the bank to show you the “paper”. “Her advice to ‘squat’ cleverly exploits a legal technicality within the subprime-mortgage crisis. These mortgages were made, then bundled into securities and sold and resold repeatedly ………The banks foreclosing on families very often can’t locate the actual loan note that binds the homeowner to the bad loan.” The sound advice: Sit

tight, ask to see the loan note, seek legal advice from Legal Aid Society. But, ‘if it’s a sheriff’s eviction, if it’s reached that point, that is almost impossible’.

I cant really understand why banks want empty houses anyway………really.

As I am sure everyone is aware of, yesterday was Ground Hog Day……. Well, I decided to see what our local version of the ground hog – the prairie dog – actually did on February 2nd….. So-o-o, I staked-out the abode of one of our local P-dogs…. Let’s call him Bob…… Early yesterday morning, Bob popped his head up out of his hole, took a quick look around, disappeared back in his hole for a few seconds, then reappeared wearing sunglasses….. REALLY!….. Bob also had a notebook in his hand (paw) and was fanatically writing……. It wasn’t long before Bob was out of his hole and off and running….. Keeping up with him wasn’t easy!……

His first stop was Ace Hardware….. Bob came out with a snow shovel, rock salt, de-icer, and a power generator (Bob’s no dummy – He knows how great O.G.& E. is when it comes to power outages)……. Next stop for Bob was Crest supermarket where he stocked up on canned foods (Again, Bob’s on the ball – remember the power outages? – Bob actually wrote a letter to O.G.& E. offering his services to bore the holes so they could bury the electric lines – They threatened him with legal action if he pursued the issue further. They said his help would endanger the jobs of thousands of maintenance workers and severely cut into their right to raise customer’s rates – O.K., O.K., back to the story of Bob)…….

Bob returned to his little abode to prepare for the forthcoming six more weeks of winter – which Bob had predicted when he saw his shadow and got his sunglasses…… As I started to depart Bob’s little area of the world, Mrs. Bob was ordering him to go to Wal-Mart because all the little Bob’s and Bobette’s long johns were full of holes, including her’s……

So-o-o-o, It looks as if we’re going to have at least six more weeks of bad weather, and, as a footnote, Bob and I have discussed the power outage problem in great detail and Bob’s gonna help me install a wind tower generator…… He and all the other little Bob’s are starting on the foundation holes next week……

Happy Winter everyone, from Bob, Mrs. Bob, all the little Bob’s and Bobette’s, and MR, your community leader…….