FYI --- I love Herman's Hermits. We went to see them a few years ago and they were really good. Instead of lighting our lighters at the end, they just shined a light on all the white haired people in the
But you had to have seen it coming, based on Jones’s earlier column calling TV “a silly fad” (“Nobody thinks radio needs pictures”). And of course my personal favorite, “Steve Jobs should just get a job.”
Curious to know how it came about that you, initially put off by the “nightmarish” sounds of The Who, then developed bonafide aural tastebuds for the selfsame band.
Many of us were still prisoners of AM radio in 1967. So in the mix as I remember it — Nancy Sinatra, the Cowsills, Bobby Vinton,, Neil Diamond— the Who might have been disconcerting and Herman’s Hermits well yeah, kinda ‘refreshing.’. This doesn’t expunge the record of your incorrect judgements, comrade.The record is the record. But.. it coulda been any of us.
So true!! And it's even worse now, with the internet. When I was a reporter I used to live in fear of what I called a Tea with Hitler episode -- writing a story on someone who turns out to be a monster and missing it. You're a brave man, to look back at those stories. I was gratuitously snippy to so many people. I'd like to forget it.
Do you remember the given name of your first grade teacher, Miss Judd? There was a teacher named Miss Judd at IPS School 60 in the late Fifties and early Sixties. I'm thinking she may have been the same teacher you had in the early Fifties.
Yes, it's possible she took a cut in pay just to get away from me. Many teachers did that... No, I don't recall her given name. When you're in the first grade, that's way above your pay grade.
FYI --- I love Herman's Hermits. We went to see them a few years ago and they were really good. Instead of lighting our lighters at the end, they just shined a light on all the white haired people in the
audience.
So good. Thanks for this one.
Speaking of Permanent Record ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Record:_Al_in_the_Box
So true, so true, say I, nodding my penitent, wizened head. Loved the column.
I love your comments, you old Paraguayan Mennonite....
But you had to have seen it coming, based on Jones’s earlier column calling TV “a silly fad” (“Nobody thinks radio needs pictures”). And of course my personal favorite, “Steve Jobs should just get a job.”
I lost interest in Paul when he declared that power steering would be gone in a year....
I guess my tastes matured a bit....
Curious to know how it came about that you, initially put off by the “nightmarish” sounds of The Who, then developed bonafide aural tastebuds for the selfsame band.
Hey, at least you never wrote a glowing article about that up and coming business tycoon , Donald Trump!
True, and a New York Times did just that, long ago, even mentioning his Robert Redford good looks....
Did Barbara write that one?
No, I'm the only one she could describe as having Robert Redford good looks...
Many of us were still prisoners of AM radio in 1967. So in the mix as I remember it — Nancy Sinatra, the Cowsills, Bobby Vinton,, Neil Diamond— the Who might have been disconcerting and Herman’s Hermits well yeah, kinda ‘refreshing.’. This doesn’t expunge the record of your incorrect judgements, comrade.The record is the record. But.. it coulda been any of us.
is this you cheering me up, Paul?
Enjoyed! We are so full of ourselves when we are in our twenties! Confession is good for our soul! Lynda Gildea
thank you for reading and commenting, Lynda...
Bob,
So true!! And it's even worse now, with the internet. When I was a reporter I used to live in fear of what I called a Tea with Hitler episode -- writing a story on someone who turns out to be a monster and missing it. You're a brave man, to look back at those stories. I was gratuitously snippy to so many people. I'd like to forget it.
Thanks, Joyce... I've seen your Permanent Record, and it's not bad...
Do you remember the given name of your first grade teacher, Miss Judd? There was a teacher named Miss Judd at IPS School 60 in the late Fifties and early Sixties. I'm thinking she may have been the same teacher you had in the early Fifties.
Yes, it's possible she took a cut in pay just to get away from me. Many teachers did that... No, I don't recall her given name. When you're in the first grade, that's way above your pay grade.
I tried to find her in the R. L. Polk Indianapolis City Directories of the 1950s but was unsuccessful.
It's also possible she was actually MRS. Judd, and thus had no given name of her own.
Amen
Good stuff!