Crazy Sam’s Saturday 9: It Don't Come Easy (1971)
Every Saturday I take time off from written on serious topics to have some fun…
I am up at a conference in P'town until tomorrow so I don't know when I can post comments on the other blogs.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This was Ringo's first big hit as a solo artist. Who is your favorite member of his old, very famous group, The Beatles?
John Lennon, I saw him as the rebel.
2) In this song, Ringo sings that you have to pay your dues. Do you belong to any organizations that require you to pay dues?
Yes, I belong to two professional organizations, NASW and WPATH.
3) He also sings, "you don't have to shout." When did you last raise your voice?
When I was a guest lecturer for a college class.
4) Ringo has two piercings on each ear and one tattoo on each arm. Do you have more piercings or body art?
Earrings, not body art.
5) Ringo gave his first wife, Maureen, a one-of-a-kind birthday gift. Frank Sinatra made a recording of "The Lady Is a Tramp" personalized to her. Tell us about one of your most memorable birthday celebrations.
My first birthday as Diana and I received gifts that I always dreamed of getting.
6) Ringo appeared as Mr. Conductor on Thomas the Tank Engine. He recorded the narration for the entire first season in just a week. Tell us what you did last week.
Oh, where to begin? I taught a class, was on a panel for the movie Gen Silent, I was a guest lecturer for a student organization at Quinnipiac University School of Medicine, went to a house concert on Friday, and went out to lunch with my cousins on Saturday.
This week I was up at a conference all week in Provincetown MA on Cape Cod
7) Ringo also did the narration for Ladybird children's books. Do you like audiobooks?
I never really listened to any so I can’t say, but my latest thing is listening to old time radio programs.
8) As a boy in Liverpool, Ringo loved watching American westerns. His passion for the genre is reflected in the outfit he's wearing on the sleeve for "It Don't Come Easy." Do you like cowboy movies/shows?
Yes, they are OK. The old westerns are pretty camp, I like how they shot from the hip and hit someone a 100 yards away.
9) You know what else don't come easy? Nine questions every week. Crazy Sam has heard it all: this meme asks too many movie questions, too many questions about sports, too many questions that sound familiar ... OK, now it's your turn. Help a tired meme mistress out. Contribute a random question that is not about movies or sports (pro or collegiate) and has never been asked before on this meme. Sam will compile these for an all-random Saturday 9 in November. That way she'll get a much-appreciated week off. Thanks for your help!
Have you ever swum in an ocean? As I sit here listening to the waves crashing on the beach.
The view from my motel room.
That was taken Sunday afternoon with passing snow showers.
Every Saturday I take time off from written on serious topics to have some fun…
I am up at a conference in P'town until tomorrow so I don't know when I can post comments on the other blogs.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This was Ringo's first big hit as a solo artist. Who is your favorite member of his old, very famous group, The Beatles?
John Lennon, I saw him as the rebel.
2) In this song, Ringo sings that you have to pay your dues. Do you belong to any organizations that require you to pay dues?
Yes, I belong to two professional organizations, NASW and WPATH.
3) He also sings, "you don't have to shout." When did you last raise your voice?
When I was a guest lecturer for a college class.
4) Ringo has two piercings on each ear and one tattoo on each arm. Do you have more piercings or body art?
Earrings, not body art.
5) Ringo gave his first wife, Maureen, a one-of-a-kind birthday gift. Frank Sinatra made a recording of "The Lady Is a Tramp" personalized to her. Tell us about one of your most memorable birthday celebrations.
My first birthday as Diana and I received gifts that I always dreamed of getting.
6) Ringo appeared as Mr. Conductor on Thomas the Tank Engine. He recorded the narration for the entire first season in just a week. Tell us what you did last week.
Oh, where to begin? I taught a class, was on a panel for the movie Gen Silent, I was a guest lecturer for a student organization at Quinnipiac University School of Medicine, went to a house concert on Friday, and went out to lunch with my cousins on Saturday.
This week I was up at a conference all week in Provincetown MA on Cape Cod
7) Ringo also did the narration for Ladybird children's books. Do you like audiobooks?
I never really listened to any so I can’t say, but my latest thing is listening to old time radio programs.
8) As a boy in Liverpool, Ringo loved watching American westerns. His passion for the genre is reflected in the outfit he's wearing on the sleeve for "It Don't Come Easy." Do you like cowboy movies/shows?
Yes, they are OK. The old westerns are pretty camp, I like how they shot from the hip and hit someone a 100 yards away.
9) You know what else don't come easy? Nine questions every week. Crazy Sam has heard it all: this meme asks too many movie questions, too many questions about sports, too many questions that sound familiar ... OK, now it's your turn. Help a tired meme mistress out. Contribute a random question that is not about movies or sports (pro or collegiate) and has never been asked before on this meme. Sam will compile these for an all-random Saturday 9 in November. That way she'll get a much-appreciated week off. Thanks for your help!
Have you ever swum in an ocean? As I sit here listening to the waves crashing on the beach.
The view from my motel room.
That was taken Sunday afternoon with passing snow showers.
That is a beautiful view. Lol about old westerns, they are pretty camp. Don't you love how suddenly a six gun turns into a rifle, with one last bullet, and the hero down behind his dead horse?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful view. I hope all of your birthdays are as special as the one you cited.
ReplyDeleteI love all of your beautiful views. Thanks for sharing those with us. I'm stuck in the middle of the Midwest.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on Lennon too!
You've sure been busy!
ReplyDeleteAs always, I love your photos.
ReplyDeleteThat ocean question has been asked before and more than once.