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  1. David at 17: Monday

    December 4, 2006 by Gail

    David in the early 90s

    Journal 10/1 (1984)

    It’s Monday again. I demand a recount! There was supposed to be a vote on whether or not to accept this Monday. I don’t. I personally refute the existence of this day. We’re on special schedule for something, but — wait — election of officers, I think. Mr. Steele, why are you handing out folders? I’d rather not know. Today almost guarantees to end up badly. This may seem very pessimistic, but then again it’s Monday, ain’t it?

    The Monday after a week off work is brutal.

    This is David in the early 1990s, before he got his pilot’s license and spent his free time RC flying. That’s where he met Hermann Hoepken — on the field.

    Hermann Hoepken
    Hermann Hoepken
    Dusseldorf,
    late 1970s

    42nd wedding anniversary flowersRest in peace, Hermann, it’s been one year tonight since you’ve gone. I’ve gotten to know quite a bit about you in the past year, through Helma. But I wish I would’ve met you. David told me a lot of Hermann stories and I understand why he looked up to you so much. You and Bill were like fathers to him, and for that I am eternally grateful. Last but certainly not least, thank you for Helma. She’s a gem, but you already know that — you did the smart thing and married her. I promise I will continue your tradition of anniversary roses and buy her all the hazelnut lattes her heart desires.

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  2. Emm Gryner’s Brilliant Cover of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”

    December 4, 2006 by Gail

    I’ve written about Emm Gryner before, but it’s high time I put the spotlight on her again! What a talent! I was rummaging around for a YouTube video of her cover of Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me” for Muckdog when I found this video of her performing a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” last April (I know not where, though, there’s no mention of the venue).

    My philosophy is that if you’re going to cover a song, you can’t just sing it karaoke-style, i.e., exactly the same, but with your own voice over it. (As I’ve said many times last year when David and I reviewed Season 4 of American Idol.) Gryner does exactly that: she takes a song everyone’s heard a million times and interprets it in such a way that you see only Emm Gryner, not Michael Jackson. That can only be a good thing!

    UPDATE: It must be a Michael Jackson kind of day, because callalillie links to this funny dance videoclip, at the end of which two guys dance to “Beat It”. (In the last minute and a half or so.)

    Crazy Bobby Dance

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  3. Stonewalled, We Reached an Impasse

    December 4, 2006 by Gail

    stonewalled, we reached an impasse

    Pentax K-1000
    November 27, 2006
    Lackawanna State Park
    Pennsylvania

    Some experimental channel mixing.

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