Our House…………….not

“Our House” – Crosby Stills Nash & Young

 

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Rare Sinatra – “Maureen Is A Champ”

The very first song in the Beatles’ Apple Records singles catalogue “Apple 1″ was a special private recording sung by Frank Sinatra as a favour to Ringo Starr as a 22nd birthday gift for his wife Maureen in 1968. Sammy Cahn rewrote Lorenz Hart’s lyrics to “The Lady Is a Tramp” and personalized them about Maureen (who was a great Sinatra fan). Sinatra recorded the song in Los Angeles, and only a few copies were pressed before the master tape was destroyed. Ringo surprised Maureen with the one-of-a-kind single on 4 August 1968. Any surviving copies of the disc would be counted among the most priceless artifacts of Beatles/Sinatra memorabilia. A poor quality copy of the song began circulating in collector circles. It is now available on several bootleg albums. In a 2005 interview with Andre Gardner on WMGK Radio in Philadelphia, former Beatles business manager Peter Brown described extensively his role in getting Sinatra to do the record. Cahn plays piano while Sinatra sings the reworked lyrics. They are the only two performers on the song which was given the title “Maureen Is A Champ”

“Maureen Is A Champ” – Frank Sinatra with Sammy Cahn

…………………………..yes they do       xx

“When No One Cares” written by…………..Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen no surprise that one of Fiona’s favourite films is “Serendipity” the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something entirely unrelated!!

Snow Fair (Mercury Rev)

 

WASHINGTON (AFP) — In an unprecedented discovery, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander has found snow falling from clouds on Mars, scientists said Tuesday.

A laser instrument collecting data on how the atmosphere and surface interact on Mars detected snow from clouds about four kilometers (2.5 miles) above the spacecraft’s landing site. The date found the snow vaporized before reaching the ground.

“Nothing like this view has ever been seen on Mars,” said Jim Whiteway, of York University, Toronto, lead scientist for the Canadian-supplied Meteorological Station on Phoenix. “We’ll be looking for signs that the snow may even reach the ground.”

Spacecraft soil experiments also have provided dramatic evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, processes that occur on Earth. Phoenix touched down in the Martian arctic on May 25.

Phoenix data also suggested the presence of calcium carbonate, the main composition of chalk, and particles that could be clay. Most carbonates and clays on Earth form only with water on hand.

“We have found carbonate,” said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA). “This points toward episodes of interaction with water in the past.”

“We are still collecting data and have lots of analysis ahead, but we are making good progress on the big questions we set out for ourselves,” said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson.

The Phoenix lander started digging trenches into Martian soil after touching down near the planet’s north pole on May 25, revealing a white substance that scientists said was ice in June.

Now scientists want to examine whether that ice ever thaws to assess whether the environment has been favorable for life, a key aim of the mission.

All of which is an ideal link to a track from the new Mercury Rev album “Snowflake Midnight”

 

“Snowflake In A Hot World” – Mercury Rev

“Snowflake In A Hot World” (Limited mp3)