R.I.P., JOE FRAZIER

Bill Crider has reported the death of Joe Frazier, one of the founding members of The Chad Mitchell Trio, a group that I have enjoyed since high school.  I met Frazier only once, when he asked if family members could sit next to us during a concert which featured the Trio; he was a warm, engaging person with a sincere desire to know more about Kitty and me.  In the last few years, when Chad Mitchell would introduce members of the group, he would say, "And on my left, Joe Frazier."  And Frazier would reply, "Far left!"  Frazier was ordained an Episcopal priest in 1973 and served in parishes in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and California.  He was 77.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EAXaDF76tc

SEPTEMBER SONG

Lotte Lenya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdc4oBnu_fw

INCOMING

• Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones.  Nonfiction.
• William W. Johnstone, with J. A. Johnstone, The Family Jenson:  Hard Road to Hell, Luke Jenson, Bounty Hunter, Sixkiller, U. S. Marshal:  Eight Hours to Die, and Strike of the Mountain Man.  Four westerns in four different series, written by a dead guy and his "carefully selected" supposed nephew.
• "T. J. MacGregor" (aka,Trish Janeshutz), Out of Sight.
• Henning Mankell, Before the Frost, The Dogs of Riga, The Man Who Smiled, and Side-Tracked.  Kurt Wallander mysteries.  Also, The Pyramid, a collection of five Wallander stories.
• Randy Wayne White, The Man Who Invented Florida.  A Doc Ford mystery.

THE THING IN THE ATTIC

The Thing in the Attic by James Blish, a LibraVox recording read by Gregg Margarite.

https://archive.org/details/thing_in_attic_1008_librivox

UPDATE:  Oops.  Wrong link.  Fixed now.  Sorry

HYMN TIME

Radujsia Maria, a Ukranian religious song sung by Savrion Brothers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwhs7eAodp8

THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA

Astrud Gilberto, the girl from Ipanema, turns 73 today.  I won't tell you how many times I listened to this in 1964.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jrJ5mcCshw

TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS

Eddie Peabody, the King of the Banjo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af6Hmu2OaGw