Monthly Archives: August 2012

Video: Just for Fun: Kevin Spacey Impersonations

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Today’s Music: Abbey Lincoln, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Wes Montgomery

Jazz vocalist and songwriter Abbey Lincoln was born today in 1930 (d.2010). She was unique among jazz singers in that she mostly sang her own deft compositions. (More ‘Birthdays’ will return tomorrow.) Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy – “Peggy’s Blue … Continue reading

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The 3 Faces of Mitt

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Today’s Quotes: Eleanor Roosevelt, Rachel Maddow, Ricky Gervais

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Sunday Sermon Illustrated for August 5, 2012

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Cartoons: The Hubbub, Bub

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Happy Birthday, President Obama

President Obama was born yesterday, August 4, 1961, in Hawaii which, despite the claims of some of our friends on the right, was a US state at the time and not a part of Kenya. A brief montage on Obama:

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Today’s Music: Louis Armstrong, Rick Huxley

Jazz trumpet genius Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong was born August 4th in 1901.  By the time of his death in 1971, ‘Pops’ not only influenced jazz music, but other genres, as well. Today, August 5th, Dave Clark Five bassist Rick Huxley … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: Mohandas Gandhi, Tom Paine, Andy Borowitz

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Signs o’ the Times: Variable Variations

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