Haluški: FIVE SECOND STORIES

Editor's correction: In the August 5th Five Second Story post, your author ranted about the lack of "E" provided in subtitles for the latest "Justified" series, for "Point" as in Grosse Point. I was writing a birthday card address to a close pal who lives in one of the Grosse Points. Oooppps. There is no "E". My bad and I apologize to all for my ignorant rant.

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From our friend Anna Zvegintzov of Oxford, England:

A Name

When Eve walked among
the animals and named them—
nightingale, redshouldered hawk,
fiddler crab, fallow deer—
I wonder if she ever wanted
them to speak back, looked into
their wide wonderful eyes and
whispered, Name me, name me.

Ada Limón, 1976

Currently the incumbent Poet Laureate of the US

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The phenomenon of singing sand:

Jonas Satkauskas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_sand

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A Seen While Out and About memory: there was this property on West Grand River in the country heading towards Grand Ledge that had two incongruous features-out back in a fenced field were a number of bison; in the front yard were life-sized statues of the Blues Brothers.

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New non-alcohol wine tasting: Ariel Cabernet and Chardonnay. Much better than Fre-the process of removing alcohol differs between the two. Ariel has fruit first with a quick, dry finish. No mustiness which both C and I found to be the major drawback with all the Fre wines we tried. Ariel pairs well with food and even has a bit of body. Another plus is that Ariel wines have a third of the calories found in regular wine. Back in the '90s, Ariel got a publicity boost from the then wildly popular TV cook, Graham Kerr, The Galloping Gourmet. However, next to regular wine, it's still pretty bland.

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I was watching an 11 minute doc concerning the African Humid Period when North Africa was a lush, green place. The credits are given by the narrator, eight first and last names and ending with "and Steve". I guess Steve is shy.

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Sheesh, after two nights in the mid-40's and we kicked the heat on. 9/13.

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RECOMMENDED VIDS

Marco Polo

Evidently, Marco Polo's travelogue book has been divisive among historians for centuries. On one side, Polo's descriptions of the places he visited are so detailed, his supporters say this could only be if he had first-hand knowledge. Plus locally written sources often back him up. On the other, his detractors point to the fact that Polo seemingly was everywhere, that he could have amassed this knowledge from interaction with other traders and that he and his co-author Rustichello da Pisa had embellished and/or made up places and events. Nevertheless, quite a tale!

Nuclear Power Trio "Ukraine on the Membrane"

Arguably one of the most insane things I've seen in some time with a classic power trio of "Cheeto Don" Trump on lead guitar, "Vladdy" Putin on bass and "Kim Chi" Jong Un on drums. The title is a pun on Cypress Hill's 1993 release "Insane in the Membrane". It truly rivals this:

From 1995-"Winona's Big Brown Beaver" by Primus.

"The Hippie Temptation"

CBS documentary about the Hippies in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district. Harry Reasoner is the reporter and CBS chooses to turn this into a pseudo-anthropological study beginning with racist imagery and sound (black man with jungle drums in the background) and proceeds to drolly describe those lazy, dirty, drugged young people who have turned their backs on a society that pampered them. Evidently there was massive hysteria about LSD in the country and to hear Harry describe it, most Hippies are whacked outta their minds on acid and the hospitals were full of kids on bad trips. (I dunno, I think more smoked weed) The amount of heavy handed trump cards played is astonishing including severe health effects right down to the chromosomes! And...its use is spreading! That's right, you pearl-clutching middle-America Moms and pipe-smoking Dads, acid heads are coming to your town and your kids!

Reasoner's style looks to be the inception of the modern trope of a pompous, square newsman. Ted Baxter from Mary Tyler Moore show is an early parody followed by Kent Brockman from The Simpson's and many, many others.

Mr. Reasoner and CBS news should be ashamed of themselves for producing this disgusting, cringeworthy PSA. Who knows, perhaps the White House (Johnson is still Prez) twisted some arms to get the word out. After all, CBS News was highly trusted throughout much of the country-it's the home of Uncle Walter for Christssakes.

A message threaded in was the notion that those damn kids should be grateful for what their country has given them and by God, they should consider (thanks JFK) doing something in return. Oh, like going to fucking Vietnam and getting your ass killed in an unwinnable war. The WWII gen yells-we volunteered without question to fight, what is your problem? My gen replies: we prefer to make our own decisions what is worth risking our lives over. And this mess in 'Nam, no thanks.

While watching this, I was reminded of a couple of shows of the times that turned up on the tube when I was in high school. One was a feature 1968 film "Wild in the Streets" where a 24 year old rock musician becomes President of the US with the help of massive doses of LSD introduced into the Washington DC water supply. The other was a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week "Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring" set in the late '60's about a girl (Sally Field) who returns to her suburban home a year after running away to join the Hippies. Oh dear, she probably had pre-marital sex and did drugs, all without adult supervision.

Holy Batman!

The Thief and the Cobbler

Originally devised in the 1960's, this film was in and out of production for 30 years with many hands adding and cutting including the Disney Co. In 2013, a group decided to restore the film to its original version.

The animation is simply mind-blowing, breathtaking and intense. There are many elements that are reminiscent of Looney Tunes, particularly the exploits of Wile E. Coyote and Disney's Aladdin. One can see this as a next generation of "Fantasia".

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cutebuddypix:

Chillin' with Dad: