🪦Et tu Gordon. I didn’t believe it when I read it .. but yes it is true. 84 … not a bad run.
Thank-you for the 🎵music.
Mike Wallace interviewing Ayn Rand.
This interview was in 1959 (the same year Hawaii and Alaska joined the Union).
Whatever you think about Rand and her philosophies, have to say that arguing her position so eloquently on national television at a time when women really were only meant to be seen - and not heard was quite extraordinary.
Even more so when she was clearly threatening the ‘status quo’ and Wallace was not on her side.
Still, both very respectful of each other.
Feynman from 1985 … answering the question … can machines think?
🎵 Crapa Pelada - what is not to love about this ear worm that I first heard on Breaking Bad … or was it Better Call Saul?
You can read the whole thing here.
Galloway sets the scene for the context and scale of what is going on. What follows is not so much a ‘TL;DR’ - as a flavor of what you will find within …
The gasman had an appointment this morning … he was on time and we spent some quality time together. End result? The next step would be to call a plumber (not a carpenter) … see the …
Harry Belafonte ‘managing’ his audience singing the Banana Boat song. 🔗 You know why it is here.
Same song - from the extraordinary Stan Freberg (we don’t hear much about him these days ) - in 1957 - with his (I think very funny) parody of the same song).