[The Mayor]

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The Wright Stuff
May 4, 2012

On September 29, 1909, a young man took flight in a strange contraption that resembled a huge box kite. As he gained altitude, the pilot manipulated the levers so he could fly over New York Harbor. People looked up in amazement. In the harbor, boats celebrated by sounding their steam whistles. Crowds near the Statue of Liberty exploded with cheers at the sight of Wilbur Wright taking a flight into the heavens.

Wilbur’s brother Orville, who had piloted the first airplane flight 6 years earlier, reflected on their inspiration to fly: “The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who . . . looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air.” The Wright brothers spent a great deal of time studying birds in flight before designing their planes.

In Genesis we read that “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (1:1), and He said, “Let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens” (v.20). We applaud the inventiveness of the Wright brothers. Yet, the Creator, who made creatures capable of flight in the first place, deserves the ultimate glory—for the birds and for every other creation He has made!

Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flow’ry meadow, flashing sea,
Soaring bird and flowing fountain
Call us to rejoice in Thee. —van Dyke

The design of creation points to the Master Designer.

Read: Genesis 1:1-23

Let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens. —Genesis 1:20

Bible in a Year:
Ezra 1-4

[tomkat]

Summer of 42 - Michel Legrand

Take Five -Dave Brubeck Quartet (Belgium 1964)

[Fresh Wind]

Beach Boys 409

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKKP_cZuk54

[21twelve]

Take a guess! ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQEgZNqa8jE

And it is WAY more than my favorite numbers song.

[Tanniker Smith]

Well, if you include Schoolhouse Rock, I was always partial to "Elementary My Dear (No. 2)", "Three is a Magic Number" and "My Hero Zero".

But then growing into the 80s, we had Tommy 2tone, er, Tutone singing 8-6-7-5-3-0-9, the most popular phone number since Pennsylvania 6-5000 (if you don't count the Partridge Family's Echo Valley 2-6809 ... which most people don't, of course...)

[Fiji Hill]

• Three Little Words--The Rhythm Boys (with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra), 1930

• The One O'C1ock Jump--Count Basie & His Orchestra, 1937

• Two Sleepy People--Gracie & Tommy Fields, 1939

• Forty-Second Street--The Boswell Sisters, 1933

• Five Foot Two--Gene Austin, 1926

• One Alone--Jack Payne & His Hotel Cecil Orchestra, 1927

• Three O'Clock in the Morning--Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra, 1926

• 20 Million People--Katherine Smith, 1933

• 50 Million Frenchmen--Sophie Tucker, 1927

• My One and Only--Jane Green, 1928

[mylife]

The Lime Spiders 1-2-5

[lysie]

Good to see you here.

A Thousand Miles From Nowhere - Dwight Yoakum

[Will88]

“500 Miles” by the Proclaimers, ‘60s folk song.

[Joe 6-pack]

867-5309

[SaintDismas]

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt9gf0BIqT0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

My favorite Rod McKuen song played by the Kingston Trio

[Revolting cat!]

2nd 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc2xfWooktg

[Revolting cat!]

3rd 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8-hAM8tdr0

[Martin Tell]

13 Women

[Twotone]

Seven Daffodils

I may not have a mansion
I haven’t any land
Not even a paper dollar
To crinkle in my hand.

But I can give you morning
On a thousand hills.
And kiss you and give you
Seven Daffodils.

Folk song I know by the Brothers Four. Very pretty...

[left that other site]

634-5789 (Jackie Wilson or Sam Cooke?)

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Billy Preston - Nothing from Nothing Leaves Nothing (0 - 0 = 0)

And please, none of that nonsense about zero not being a number...

[vetvetdoug]

Tucumcari...Jimmie Rogers. Ten more miles to Tucumcari, ten more miles to get home. .....

[Fiji Hill]

Here are some songs from the 1950's and 1960's

• Hot Rod Shotgun Boogie No. 2--Tillman Franks & His Timberline Riders, 1951

• Sixty Minute Man--The Dominoes, 1951

• 5-10-15 Hours--Ruth Brown, 1952

• Can't Do 60 No More--The Du-Droppers, 1953

• Rocket 88--Jackie Brenston & His Orchestra, 1951

• Rocket 69--Todd Rhodes & His Orchestra, 1951

• Buick 59--The Medallions, 1954

• Highway 60--Young John Watson, 1953

• Seven Nights to Rock--Moon Mullican, 1956

• Tom Foolery--The Monotones, 1958
  "I want to dance right up to date, 'cause this is 1958"

• 1960--Wilbert Harrison, 1960

• Route 90--Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow, 1954

[kanawa]

Aimee Mann ONE