Saturday 9: I Get Around

Things have become a little discombobulated, yesterday I had a flat.

My car does not have a spare tire… just an air compressor and a can of “Fix-A-Flat”

Well the story begins with that tire always had a slow leak and maybe every two or three months I give it a squirt of air. So Friday morning I go to pick-up my groceries and back out of the garage and the car felt wrong. Front driver side tire flat. So three hours sitting in the car dealer. All I had to eat was an English muffin and a cup of tea until I got home around three.

First order of business, get food and drink in me.

Next I have to make Shotgun shells for a party in Haverhill tomorrow.

To add insult to injury, the laminate floor in the cottage is buckling because because of the humidity.

So on a scale of 1 to 10, I give this week a -3.

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I Get Around

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Saturday 9: I Get Around (1964)

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…

I will be away at a cookout this weekend and next weekend company at the cottage. And in between there’s a doctor’s appointment (Routine) and an interview with a grad student who is doing her thesis on aging in the transgender community.

 

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) 60 years ago this month, the Beach Boys were singing that having a cool car and helped them get girls. In your teen years, what did you drive?

A Corvair Monza convertible white with red interior and also my brother’s MGB.

2) They are searching for a new place to party. This weekend, will you be visiting any bars, theaters or restaurants?

Nope… a cookout though.

3) When Brian Wilson was forming the group, he turned to his friend Al Jardine, his brothers Dennis and Carl, and his cousin, Mike Love. Though most of their songs were about cars, beaches and surf, only one of those founding members was a surfer: Dennis. Do you enjoy the beach? Are you good on a surfboard?

Well first of all, I’ve never been on a surfboard.

I do but not for more an hour or two at most.

What I don’t understand is why surfers wear black wetsuits? They look an awful like a seal.

4) They were originally from Hawthorne, California. Hawthorne was the early childhood home of Marilyn Monroe. Since Marilyn was one of the most iconic women of the 20th century, we know you recognize her image. Have you seen any of her movies?

Of course… in the movies, on TV, on DVD, and streaming. If you want to watch classic movies you are bound to watched one of her movies.

5) "I Get Around" is included in Endless Summer, the greatest hits compilation released in 1974. Influential music critic Robert Christgau said Endless Summer should be part of any basic record library. What's one of your favorite CDs?

Just one?

It is a tie. The Eagles’ Desperado and Linda Ronstadt’s Heart Like a Wheel

Let's look at the summer of 1964.

6) The #1 film of the summer of 1964 was Walt Disney's Mary Poppins. Have you seen it?

Not in the theaters.

7) President Lyndon Johnson accepted the Democratic party's nomination at the August 1964 convention in Atlantic City, NJ. Atlantic City is known for casinos and gambling. Do you often play the lottery, bingo, or any other game of chance?

I am now an official “Senior” I played Bingo at a senior center!

I went to casinos way back when the first opened up a couple of times. I can find better ways to spend my money.

As for the lottery, when it gets up near a billion, I’ll buy two tickets to dream.

8) Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was still a baby in the summer of 1964. What was in your most recent Amazon delivery?

“Baking Sheet with Cooling Rack Set” to make the Shotgun shells on.

9) Another little one born in '64 is Mariska Hargitay. The star of Law & Order: SVU is the daughter of a well-known movie star. Without looking it up, do you know who her mother was?

Um… I don’t even know who she is, since I don’t watch the show.

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