{"id":6317,"date":"2024-05-02T01:54:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6317"},"modified":"2024-05-02T01:54:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T19:54:32","slug":"is-it-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/?p=6317","title":{"rendered":"IS IT ME?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0 Well, it’s the first day of May 2024 and I have a big question to ask.\"Scott<\/a>\u00a0 IS IT ME?<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 I guess I would also have to ask WHY IS IT NOT ME?\u00a0 I’ve been writing these blahgs for over 12 years.\u00a0 It will be 13 years in October.\u00a0 One of the biggest questions I have about that is if anyone is reading this?\u00a0 I know in the past that some people have.\u00a0 After writing a three part blahg series on Linda Keene, TRACING LINDA KEENE, PART 1: THE FLORENCE SUTTLE YEARS<\/a>, TRACING LINDA KEENE, PART 2: THE MOMENT IN MY LIFE<\/a>, TRACING LINDA KEENE, PART 3: ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD<\/a>, I was contacted by Fresh Sound Records about providing liner notes for their new 2 CD set of Linda Keene which you can check out here:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.freshsoundrecords.com\/linda-keene-albums\/55313-one-more-for-the-road-the-dixie-songbirds-complete-recordings-2-cd-box-set.html<\/a>.\u00a0 At least that came of one reader.\u00a0 Is there anyone else out there?\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve mentioned before about my daily posts to a Sinatra list group where I posted about what Sinatra did on each calendar of the year.\u00a0 For a while, there have been some gaps in our listings of concerts when Sinatra was touring with Tommy Dorsey in 1940, 1941, and 1942. Recently I cam across some interesting news articles that document a Dorsey\/Sinatra concert at a Bus Terminal of all places.\u00a0 Here’s that listing:
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–May 8, 1941, Consolidated Bus Lines Terminal, Bluefield, West Virginia
\nTommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s the accompanying news articles:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I went a little further and did some research and found the following photo and text from the book “Bluefield in the 1940s”:\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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TWO TO CROON. Frank Sinatra (right) and trumpet great Ziggy Elman posed for this publicity photograph by J.Vincent Lewis of Nunnaly\u2019s Studio at408 Raleigh Street prior to a concert by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra on May 8, 1941. The concert was held at Jack Craft\u2019s Consolidated Bus Terminal at 2100Princeton Avenue. (Courtesy of Bluefield Daily Telegraph archives.)<\/em><\/p>\n

I thought that the listing and the photo were significant enough that I would get some reaction or comments from our Sinatraphiles group.\u00a0 Nothing.\u00a0 So, I have to ask the question again, Is It Me?\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 My previous blahg to this one, THE HOHNER COMET<\/a>, debuted my new short story by that name.\u00a0 I posted about it on my Facebook page and even sent it to my children.\u00a0 Again, nothing.\u00a0 At this point, the only one who responded is my wife because I read the story to her.\u00a0 I’m not looking for instant gratification but some acknowledgement would be nice.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 I realize the phrase, “Is It Me?” should be followed by “or” in most cases.\u00a0 Like, Is it Me or has the world gotten more hostile?\u00a0 Why are Countries fighting with each other?\u00a0 Wasn’t there two world wars to stop other countries from bullying those around them?\u00a0 Or Is It Me or is there nothing good on television anymore?\u00a0 There isn’t.\u00a0 I like 9-1-1, Abbott Elementary, and a new show called “Elsbeth.”\u00a0 If you really want to know what I’m watching, check out a couple of recent blahgs where I talk about movies I’ve been watching, HAVE YOU WATCHED ANY GOOD MOVIES LATELY?<\/a> and SCOTT, YOUR CORDIAL MOVIE REVIEWER<\/a>.\u00a0 I’m going to update that soon because I’ve continued to watch a number of the other DVDs I purchase recently including some Sonja Henie films.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I didn’t think I would enjoy these films but I have and I’m going to finish watching all of her available films.\u00a0 I think there’s 12 and I only have a couple left to view.
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\u00a0\u00a0 Is It Me or is there is there too much anger and sadness and anxiety or depression in the world or are we getting better at spotting it?\u00a0 The past could of days my work has been very troubling because people are holding onto old hatreds and want to trot them out to stir up new ones.\u00a0 Even our politicians are guilty of promoting hatred and ill manners.\u00a0 When the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Pierre Poilievre is ejected from Parliament for calling our Prime-minister “wacko” and refuses to take back his comment, it doesn’t set any good example.\u00a0 And then his caucus walks out in support?\u00a0 What are you supporting, the bad behaviour of your leader?\u00a0 Grow up people!\u00a0 Is it me or have Canadians stopped being nice?.\u00a0 Isn’t that our stock and trade, being nice? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 I choose to put my energy into acknowledging the good that people do.\u00a0 I’d like to hear from you.\u00a0 Give me your good…not your good, your bad, and your ugly.
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READ MY BOOK!\u00a0 READ MY STORY!
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\u00a0\u00a0 Well, it’s the first day of May 2024 and I have a big question to ask.\u00a0 IS IT ME?\u00a0 I guess I would also have to ask WHY IS IT NOT ME?\u00a0 I’ve been writing these blahgs for over 12 years.\u00a0 It will be 13 years in October.\u00a0 One of the biggest questions I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4,284,283,3,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6317"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6333,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions\/6333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/falseducks.com\/theblahg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}