If you had more money than sense…you probably bought Fyre Festival tickets.
If you still have more money than sense, you may be interested in this auction of Fyre Festival branded merch.
Or you could just buy The Merch merch.
Or you could just sent your money on fire. At least that would keep you warm. Briefly.
($510 for a hat?)
Wayne Fontana, of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, one of those British Invasion bands that was (sadly) before my time.
His interpretations bridged two prominent trends of the day. At a commercially rich time for folk music, Mr. Lopez drew on the beauty of the genre’s tunes while souping them up with the sharp rockabilly beats employed by hitmakers like Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins.
“Making songs danceable helped me a lot,” Mr. Lopez told The Classic Rock Music Reporter in 2014, adding, “Discotheques back in those days were not only playing my songs, they were playing my album all the way through.”
For yet another draw, Mr. Lopez punctuated many of his songs with joyous hoots and trills drawn from Mexican folk, emphasizing his ethnic heritage at a time when many Latin performers kept theirs hidden. “I’m proud to be a Mexicano,” he told The Seattle Times in 2017.
He also did some acting:
(We finally watched the movie of “The Dirty Dozen” a few weeks ago. I have to admit: it is much better than the book, especially since the movie actually has an ending, and the people responsible for the movie actually bothered to film it.)
Allan Gurganus’s Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (affiliate link) was adapted into a one-woman play starring Ellen Burstyn.
It opened on Broadway November 17, 2003, and closed after one regular performance.
Oddly, Wikipedia does not seem to have a comprehensive list of Broadway shows that closed after one performance. One of the non-Wikipedia lists I found did enlighten me about the theatrical career of Oliver Hailey, who was also a successful TV writer.
His first Broadway show, “First One Asleep” appeared in 1966 and ran for one performance.
His second Broadway show, “Father’s Day” appeared in 1971 and ran for one performance.
His third Broadway show, “I Won’t Dance” appeared in 1981. And if you guessed it ran for one performance, take two gold stars and advance to the next blue square.
He spent more time on Broadway than Moose Murders, and that’s an achievement in and of itself.
(Previously on WCD, for those who don’t recognize the “Moose Murders” reference. I believe the revival was actually an off-Broadway production, which makes the above statement technically accurate.)
Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics.
–Gen. Robert H. Barrow, USMC
In that vein, “Of Ships and Butter”, a 1970s (in color!) US Navy film about the Navy’s role in protecting shipping.
Bonus video: “U.S. News Review”, one of those old newsreels. I put it here because Veronica Lake shows up at about the :24 mark. And as far as I am concerned (and I hope the vast majority of my readers will agree with me) I need no justification other than “Veronica Lake”.