If ever I feel down I need to remember there is something that I can watch or listen to that is guaranteed to restore my faith in the benignity of existence in this universe.
I wasn't feeling especially down today but I was recording a version of this song and the images of the video would flash in my brain as I sang certain lines and I started kind of laughing inside.
I thought about it and realized this video never fails to not only cheer me up but also to relieve my existential angst.
Who would've thought?
What is it?
A Beatles song?
A Clash song?
Nope.
But it's transcendent.
And special mention should be made of Kirsty MaCcoll who wrote and originally recorded the song.
She was killed a few years ago while scuba diving with her sons in Mexico by a millionaire grocery store chain owner who was driving his powerboat recklessly in an area where boats were not even allowed.
He had to pay a $90 fine.
Hmmm, I'd better watch that video again...
I wasn't feeling especially down today but I was recording a version of this song and the images of the video would flash in my brain as I sang certain lines and I started kind of laughing inside.
I thought about it and realized this video never fails to not only cheer me up but also to relieve my existential angst.
Who would've thought?
What is it?
A Beatles song?
A Clash song?
Nope.
But it's transcendent.
And special mention should be made of Kirsty MaCcoll who wrote and originally recorded the song.
She was killed a few years ago while scuba diving with her sons in Mexico by a millionaire grocery store chain owner who was driving his powerboat recklessly in an area where boats were not even allowed.
He had to pay a $90 fine.
Hmmm, I'd better watch that video again...
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I don't know when the Rescuers came out - but pretty ironic photo, huh?
The Embassy Theater was awesome. Old live theater-theater - stage, etc. Then a movie house when I was growing up. It rocked. Like everything else in old downtown Johnstown, it was demolished. Then a furniture store opened on the space...... only to close for lack of business.
The Embassy marquee was also in the parade scene of "Slapshot"......
In reel life: At the movie theater downtown, "Deep Throat" is playing, along with "Meatball."
In real life: Hmmm. This is a toughie, but sometimes hard-core research pays off. "Deep Throat," starring the recently deceased Linda Lovelace, was the first hard-core porn flick to be shown in mainstream theaters. The film was released in 1972 and became a cultural phenomenon; it could have been playing in downtown Johnstown in the mid-1970s.
"Meatball," starring Harry Reems (who appeared in "Deep Throat"), also came out in 1972, and was the second film.
The Embassy is long gone....... but now the Silver Drive-In is getting some respect. As in, not getting demolished.
Always love to hear from you, dude.