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Entries Tagged as 'Bagatelles'

Monty Python YouTube Channel Is On The Air

November 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles

This video features the Monty Python stalwarts in a Monty Python skit about the development and availability of a Monty Python channel on YouTube, broadcasting only high-grade, free video clips of their best shows. It’s all very Monty Python.

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The Lost Leonard Cohen Album – Songs Of Love And Halloween

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles, Holidays-Celebrations, Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen’s Record Company And Other Scary Things More Leonard Cohen Info Not Found On Other Web Sites1 Disappointed with the sales of Leonard Cohen’s first two albums, Songs of Leonard Cohen and Songs From a Room, his record label demanded that  he produce a novelty LP tied to Halloween to increase his commercial appeal.  [...]

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Protection From The Slings and Arrows Of Stupidity

August 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles

Expanding The Scope Of The YouTube Comment Snob YouTube Comments do not have much impact on my life, and, consequently, I have no compellilng need for the YouTube Comment Snob, an add-on to the Firefox browser that blocks those comments that violate any of the rules chosen by the user: More than # spelling mistakes: [...]

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Anthonio Benito Wants To Spear My Life

May 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles, Self-Referential

While I planned to suspend blogging through Lady Lawanda’s illness, I just received an email which cries out for posting and does require me to operate under a deadline. I’ve copied and pasted it below in all its un-spellchecked glory: The Threat from Red Bullet Point date Tue, May 27, 2008 at 4:09 AM subject [...]

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The Fedora Goes Fab

May 17th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles

As is clear from recent posts,1 DrHGuy is quite taken by the headgear Leonard Cohen has worn in the opening concerts of the 2008 Tour.2 Pretty (Fabulous) In Pink While scanning hats in this category, DrHGuy came upon a pink ladies’ fedora, a discovery that, of course, inevitably led to thoughts of the exquisite Fabiola. [...]

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Leonard Cohen Tour News Is Subject Of Good Clean Wholesome Fun

May 13th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles, Leonard Cohen

Newspapers On Cohen’s Fredericton And Halifax Concerts DrHGuy reviews the reviews of Cohen’s concerts at GoodCleanWholesome Fun.1 Check out straw men, real estate metaphors, and other rhetorical devices. Discover the literary distinctions of Fredericton, NB. Be amazed as the Halifax newspapers make Fredericton disappear. All this plus snarky DrHGuy commentary can be had via the [...]

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A Musical Mystery – Elvis Wonders About You

May 6th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles, Music

A Slip, A Clue, or a Plea for Help From Elvis Presley? Listen to this 30 second clip from the opening of “The Wonder of You,” performed by Elvis Presley on closing night (23 Feb 1970) of his show at the International Hotel Las Vegas. Pay special attention to the lyrics following, “You give me [...]

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United Airlines Owes Me 4 O'Hare Airport Hours (Equal to 16 regular hours) and Readers 1 Post

May 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles

Today’s lack of a post is brought to you by the unexplained and perhaps inexplicable delays and flight cancellations of United Airlines, complemented by their inaccurate and misleading passenger alerts. impenetrable automated telephone answering systems that prohibit live personal contact, and customer relations that appear based on the tactics used to herd cattle through slaughterhouses.

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Don't Give Up

April 5th, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles, HOAG Site, Leonard Cohen, Music

From Leonard Cohen via Neo-Neocon to Billy Joel to Elton John resonating with Lady Lawanda to Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush From left to right, Top: Leonard Cohen,1 Neo-Neocon,2 Billy Joel3 Bottom: Elton John,4 Lady Lawanda,5 Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush6 In The Beginning Today’s music video selection evolved through a convoluted sequence of events [...]

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Changes In CPR Guidelines Impact Comedy World

April 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Bagatelles

The So-called Improvement Much has been made of the new, simplified American Heart Association CPR protocols. The Associated Press story 1 outlines the shift in policy: The American Heart Association released new guidelines for a first aid technique it calls ‘hands-only CPR.’ Rather than the multiple steps involved in traditional CPR, which includes mouth-to-mouth breathing, [...]

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