Scattered Facts
1. Scientists have unearthed a Tropical Sonehenge in the Amazon in Brazil.
2. There is a space launch pad that is cursed by Chumash Indians.
3. Congratulations to Hal Prince who not only won a lifetime achievement Tony Award this year, but at Broadway Under the Stars Monday night was presented with his very own Central Park Bench.
4. And finally, over the weekend, trapped in a car with my parents, brother and sister, an overtired and hysterical Shana was having a rather enjoyable laughing attack with said older sister. At one point, we found ourselves singing “Get Out of My Dreams, Get into my Car” by Billy Ocean. I’m sure it was appropriate to the conversation at the time. And I immediately had a link in my head to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” -except in my old age and with frequent drinking habits it took about a half an hour to remember Rick Astley’s Name and find the song in the catalogue of my brain. All I could think of was a dark dance floor and some guy in a white suit dancing and singing. We never did figure out why I linked those two together. I thought for sure they had done a duet or perhaps were both on the Romancing the Stone soundtrack. Alas, they did not ever record a duet and the only thing remotely close to either one of those songs related to that movie is a different Billy Ocean song “When the Going Gets Tough” which was featured in the sequel Jewel of the Nile. Oops. What do you want from me, I was 7 years old when that movie was released. …Incidentally I also remembered Ocean’s “Carribean Queen” and threw that in the mix of potential links. But to no avail. The mystery remained until just now when I remembered to do some research and see if there wasn’t some connection between those two songs or artists. Sure enough, if you check the billboard charts for 1988, you’ll see that those two songs were just 3 weeks apart from holding the number one spot in the US. Astley held the title the weeks of March 12 and 19, then a 2 week break sponsored by Michael Jackson (Man in the Mirror), then Ocean won the crown April 9 and 16. …Isn’t the mind a funny thing.
2. There is a space launch pad that is cursed by Chumash Indians.
3. Congratulations to Hal Prince who not only won a lifetime achievement Tony Award this year, but at Broadway Under the Stars Monday night was presented with his very own Central Park Bench.
4. And finally, over the weekend, trapped in a car with my parents, brother and sister, an overtired and hysterical Shana was having a rather enjoyable laughing attack with said older sister. At one point, we found ourselves singing “Get Out of My Dreams, Get into my Car” by Billy Ocean. I’m sure it was appropriate to the conversation at the time. And I immediately had a link in my head to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” -except in my old age and with frequent drinking habits it took about a half an hour to remember Rick Astley’s Name and find the song in the catalogue of my brain. All I could think of was a dark dance floor and some guy in a white suit dancing and singing. We never did figure out why I linked those two together. I thought for sure they had done a duet or perhaps were both on the Romancing the Stone soundtrack. Alas, they did not ever record a duet and the only thing remotely close to either one of those songs related to that movie is a different Billy Ocean song “When the Going Gets Tough” which was featured in the sequel Jewel of the Nile. Oops. What do you want from me, I was 7 years old when that movie was released. …Incidentally I also remembered Ocean’s “Carribean Queen” and threw that in the mix of potential links. But to no avail. The mystery remained until just now when I remembered to do some research and see if there wasn’t some connection between those two songs or artists. Sure enough, if you check the billboard charts for 1988, you’ll see that those two songs were just 3 weeks apart from holding the number one spot in the US. Astley held the title the weeks of March 12 and 19, then a 2 week break sponsored by Michael Jackson (Man in the Mirror), then Ocean won the crown April 9 and 16. …Isn’t the mind a funny thing.
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