From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V14 #114 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Tuesday, October 5 2010 Volume 14 : Number 114 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: What I did for Basia's birthday [Krysia Szurek Subject: RE: What I did for Basia's birthday Amen :-) What a great mail Juan! Un abrazo, Krysia > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:46:17 -0400 > From: pages@paxety.com > To: basia@smoe.org > Subject: What I did for Basia's birthday > > > First, Happy Birthday, Basia. > > As I have attained too much gray hair to work in the broadcasting > industry, I am now working on the floor of a manufacturing company. The > young'uns who work with me listen all day to one of two radio stations - > one plays "Stairway to Heaven," "American Pie", and "Freebird" at least > once every hour. The other similarly plays "Hit Me With Your Best > Shot," "Piano Man", "Let It Be" and "The Pina Colada Song." > > "Those are like classics, man." > "Yeah, I was sick of them both the first and second times they were > popular." > > So, today, I filled my Zoom H2 with 8-hours of Basia music. I hooked it > into the shop's sound system, and as the Zoom is neither an iPod nor an > iPhone, the young'uns had no idea how to stop it from playing. > > By the third song (TSI's title song, "The Sweetest Illusion") Loco > Miguel was dancing. By the fifth song, Arrecho Jake was all like, "Man > that dude can play the piano," and stuff. I regaled them with tales of > Basia and Danny, had them fascinated with Ronnie Ross's return from the > grave for Matt's Mood, and had them drooling over my descriptions of the > Clarisse twins. > > At the end of the day, I asked Arrecho Jake how he liked it. "It's > good, man. I like all kinds of music. Bring something else in." > > Tomorrow, I may bring in High Point, North Carolina's own John Coltrane. > un abrazo, > juan ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V14 #114 ****************************