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Six-Thirty and I'm exhaling a deep cough in an unexpected nap that overcame me after getting home from work, sometimes it's hard to find the right words to describe the sudden precipitous feeeling that a nap may come on and next thing I'm deep in. The TV continued its lecture at nobody and through that sometimes I caught snippets of things maybe imagined and maybe overheard. The yellow announcer yelled over the mic in a shrill intonation about barbecue and great americans and how in this show you may not think that the man barbecuin' might be that much of an amazing american. But then they found out his home in New Braunfels Texas was created from an an old nuclear cooling water storage tower. The brown steel and grey concrete structure rose steeply from the texan waste and seemed a marvel of technology frozen on the diode screen with the wacky texan with his white BBQ hat and his wife and his saucemop waving frantically in his hand behind his blonde wife in her red tight jeans and cliche white knotted buttondown shirt. Apparently there was a competition between this man and another for amazin' American(!) and the crew followed with their cameras, cords, elctrical boxes with flashing red and green lights into the concrete edifice and followed slowly up its spiral of walkways for possibly an hour to the top where an "executive" suite was for the man and his wife and their perfect children and even a dog, not the sort of lap dogs that don't offen me, but a great border collie or great dane or great beagle or some such other great dog. Still when I woke up, I thought it had happened and instinctively opened the computer and began to search for New Braunfels barbecue man in the search engine.

Sitting Pretty, sheet music artwork

CLIP ART OF THE THIRTIES

Calabria

Strange how this song bores into my head like a boll weevil. Had to know what the lyrics were, and I thought I would share what I found.

Easy now no need fi (to) go down,
easy now no need fi go down,
rock that run that, this wheh (where) we from
(repeat 2x)

Whoop Whoop
When you run come around,
Cau' (cuz) now yuh (you're) de(the_ talk ah (of) de town yea
(repeat 4x)

Easy now no need fi go down
Just wuk(work) it gently and nuh (don't) bruk (break) up no bone,
Cool end-it-ly, you have a style of your own,
Me never kno seh (that) yuh (you) masta (master) de saxophone

cau' u sound like the talk of the town yea,
an' (and) mi (I'm) lucky when yuh run come around yea,
make me wobbly, make me whole body bubble,
an' mi (I) know seh yuh trouble, when yuh ready fi (for) de double,

an' yuh hit dat (that),
note inna de mickle (note in the middle)
play with it a lickle (little),
why yuh soun' a tickle (why(do)you sound tickled(as in laughing hard))
im tellin' you to, hit that
note inna de mickle
stay with it a lickle,
why yuh soun' a tickle
im feelin' dem (them)
(whoop whoop)

easy now no need fi go down,
easy now no need fi go down,
wuk it gently and nuh bruk up no bone

Whoop Whoop
When you run come around,
Cau' now yuh de talk ah de town yea
(repeat 4x)

Best shown overall, shiny and tall,
One touch make a gal climb ova (over) de wall
Brass hat, hotta (hotter) than fireball
Whoop Whoop!
Yuh nuh (You're not) small, yuh nuh lickle at all
Dat touch, just deh pon mi (my) mind yea
De good feelin de pon rewind yea
make me wobbly, make me whole body bubble,
an' mi know seh yuh trouble, when yuh ready fi de double,

an' yuh hit dat,
note inna de mickle
play with it a lickle,
why yuh soun' a tickle
im tellin' you to, hit that
note inna de mickle
stay with it a lickle,
why yuh soun' a tickle
im feelin' dem

Wuk it gently and nuh bruk up no bone

easy now no need fi go down,
easy now no need fi go down,
rock that run that, this wheh we from
(repeat 2x)

Whoop Whoop
When you run come around,
Cau' now yuh de talk ah de town yea
(repeat 8x)

Whooop Whooop!!!
Another interpretation...
(Feat. Natasha)

Easy now no need fi(as in for) go down,
easy now no need fi go down,
rock that run that, this where we from
(repeat 2x)

Whoop Whoop
When you run come around,
Cu(z) I kno ur the talk of the town yea
(repeat 4x)

Easy now no need fi go down
Just walk it gently and no break nah bone,
Cool end-it-ly, you have a style of your own,
Me never kno you saw ya master the saxsaphone

cause u sound like the talk of the town yea,
imma lock u when u run come around yea,
make me wobble, make me whole body bubble,
an me no say ya trouble, when ya ready for the double,
and n u hit that,
no ti-na the mickle (as in nothing in the middle)
play with it a lickle(as in little), why you so na tickle
im tellin' you to, hit that
no ti-na the mickle (as in nothing in the middle)
stay with it a lickle(as in little), why you so na tickle
im feelin' them
(whoop whoop)

easy now no need fi go down,
easy now no need fi go down,
walk it gently and no break nah bone

Whoop Whoop
When you run come around,
Cu(z) I kno ur the talk of the town yea
(repeat 4x)

Best shown overall, shiny and tall,
One touch make a gal climb whoever you are,
Brass hat, hatter(as in hotter) than fireball
Whoop Whoop!
You not small you not lickle(as in little) at all
Dat touch, just dip on me mind yea
The good feelin dip on rewind yea
make me wobble, make me whole body bubble,
an me no say ya trouble, when ya ready for the double,
and n u hit that,
no ti-na the mickle (as in nothing in the middle)
play with it a lickle(as in little), why you so na tickle
im tellin' you to, hit that
no ti-na the mickle (as in nothing in the middle)
stay with it a lickle(as in little), why you so na tickle
im feelin' them

Walk it gently and no break nah bone

easy now no need fi go down,
easy now no need fi go down,
rock that run that, this where we from
(repeat 2x)

Whoop Whoop
When you run come around,
Cu(z) I kno ur the talk of the town yea
(repeat 8x)

Whooop Whooop!!!

New Drawing

New drawing,may use it in October for the group show. Not sure if it doesn't need something else.
Carl & Whisp
Charcoal, conte,and acrylic on cigar paper
August 26, 2008
8 1/2" x 11"

Another Radio Identified

RCA 114 Tombstone (1934)

WOO HOO, found info on one of my radios! AND it's a rare one!

Crosley Radio Corp.
Model 53 - "Mate"
Crosley introduced an entire line of "Repwood" radios in 1931. All were given "nicknames" to go along with their official model number. Table models, like the "Buddy Boy" were popular, however console models are seldom seen. Shown is the Model 53, or the "Mate," a miniature console that is only 30" tall. The chassis was a small five tube TRF using three 24-A tubes, a single 45 output tube and an 80 rectifier. The Crosley Dynacone speaker was allowed to hang on a hook behind the grille. The "Mate" sold for $79.50 in 1931. "Repwood" was Crosley's trade name for the wood and binder combination that was compressed and molded into trim pieces, panels and cabinets.
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