02.June.2026
JINGLE NEWS FLASH!
Komrades
The jingle changed twice in one day before sunset!
The first time in the AM that I heard it on the radio it was a softened, toned down version of the new Rock version.
Then, in mid-afternoon, it was - wait for it - back to jes folks pickin' and grinnin' Country with guitar, no backup, one adult male and one little boy singing.
WAIT! 6PM - A THIRD VERSION JUST CAME ON! Just a little boy singing with Ryman style Country backup.
It was on the radio. I don't watch much TV, but most
rezȉdent residents music lovers prefer radios.
(They are working overtime in Langley, perhaps? The new governor has bewitched them.)
Addendum 04.June.2026
Komrade Colonel
It is late, a little late for an adequate intake of coffee, necessary for the proper functioning of the brain. Yes, it is proven by physiologists/biologists/neurologists et al that coffee "activates" the brain, makes it alert and functioning. It is not the caffeine because tea, which has more caffeine than coffee, does not do this. That is why most of us here are coffee drinkers and heavily caffeinated. We do not put our feet on the floor in the AM without a hit of coffee, preferably via espresso. (Now maybe that is why there is still a spark even in modern Italians of the glory that was Rome and the Renaissance in re art, music, design et al. But I digress).
Our part-time cook and general factotum and extra pair of hands, Potemkin, still drinks tea, from a glass cup, and he has a samovar which he wanted to display on the table in our commons. I had no objection, but I said he should not leave it unattended because someone might steal it and melt it down for cartridges. I call him Potemkin because he looks like he was on the original Potemkin, although he is quite spry. He makes a sour cream cake with caramelized beet sauce to die for.
But I digress again.
Kars 4 Kids is a charity run by the Orthodox Jewish Community in Lakewood, NJ, and it is for Jewish kids only. They are properly registered with the IRS and all that, but last month their ads were banned in California because they did not clearly disclose they were for Jewish kids only and also have strong ties with Israel. They have been around for 20 years or so.
Why they didn't use Klezmer is beyond me, because everyone, apparently, loathes the jingle.
BTW, LOVE the video of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." That song is joyous, perfectly illustrative of when we shall be in the "jungle," the perfect workers' paradise promised by Marx and Lenin, where we shall own nothing, with no need to work, and will be taken care of, and we will be HAPPY! All that without illicit drugs! I dare not hope....
Yours