WAS THE KING OF SWING SILENCED BY BULLET OF A US HITMAN?

This Is Bristol/Western Daily Press (UK) ^ | 17:32 - 26 February 2003 | NA

[yankeedame]

The suggestions that Miller was interested in both sexes was backed by a medium who, when handed a shirt belonging to the bandleader, said he had 'tendencies with both sexes'.

And if that isn't solid proof, nothing is.

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LOL!!! True. True.

Oh, and by the by,where did they get one of Miller's shirts? I mean, they didn't just get it out of his dresser draw. The fellow's been dead for 60+ years.

[Ole Okie]

I beg to differ, you can hide subliminal messages in audio and it does work.

Glenn Miller's music was designed to dishearten the Wermacht?

Gosh, the things one learns in one's old age. As I recall, the Ship's Service jukeboxes played Glenn Miller all day long. I guess we didn't know it was designed to subvert the German General Command and all its troops.

By the way, does one have to play those old 78's backwards to get the disheartening message? Come to think of it, never once did I ever hear Miller's 78's being played backwards.

But live and learn, I suppose.

[ErnBatavia]

Not to mention "Super Size"

Or "small" (future red Corvette owner)

[yankeedame]

I can believe it. I have it on well-known authority that Amelia Earhardt was actually a cross-dressing member of the Flying Tigers in China, and his sole mission was to become lost and infiltrate WWII Japan and feed Tokyo Rose, a well known lesbian with male tendencies, with pillow talk propaganda.

Yeah, but how does bat boy figure in?

[TankerKC]

I think Harry may have been on to something...or, on something. ;)

[TankerKC]

The follow-up line is: "and you are probably part of the cover-up"

Classic Michael Rivero line!

[mikeb704]

All we need here is a grassy knoll. . .

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[Ditter]

WHAT! Glenn Miller is DEAD? Then who is making all that elevator music?

[yankeedame]

re may be something to this after all. I just dialed 736 5000 and someone with a thick German accent answered. I decided to hang up.

LOL!! I laughed so hard I had to grab on to my string of pearls.

[FrdmLvr]

Oh please! They'll stop at nothing to distroy American values. Glenn Miller was a patriotic American who came to the aid of his country in a time of war by offering to perform for our servicemen overseas to boost their morale. Quite the opposite of today's ungrateful, sniviling cowards in today's music and entertainment industry--Glenn Miller was talented light years beyond any of them. Besmirching his memory in this way for political gain is unconscionable.

[general_re]

And if that isn't solid proof, nothing is.

More solid than you think. This was the shirt that they gave to the medium:

:^)

[Cicero]

There were close connections among the OSS intelligence operatives, the early behavioralists, sociologists working in the field of social control, and the development of advertising, which involves subliminal persuasion of various kinds, visual as well as auditory. Those who were around back then will remember that advertising positively blossomed right after the end of the Second World War and that many found it to be quite sinister in its methods. Psychological manipulation was a matter of great interest to all these people.

That said, this article still sounds like bilgewater.

[aculeus]

The Bedford Triangle, by Martin W Bowman, printed by Sutton Publishing, costs £7.99 in paperback.

Bowman or Borman? (Don't laugh, he's never been located.)

[Mr. Mojo]

What can you say....

You mean other than the fact that the Brits are addicted to tabloid journalism?

[tet68]

Wehrmacht Hour

Always try to listen, it's one of my favorites.

"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others."

Harry J. Anslinger, testimony to Congress, 1937

If there ever was a reason to legalize it, there it is.

[tet68]

I beg to differ, you can hide subliminal messages in internet postings and it does work.

See, you're feeling incredulous, aren't you?

[Petronski]

Sometimes a clarinet is just a clarinet.

[Petronski]

"Was ist 'Paul ist kaput'?

Is there a prize for most clever response? You win. Paul ist kaput. LOL

[pfflier]

I thought the "King of Swing" was Benny Goodman. I'll have to talk to my medium anout that.

[TankerKC]

Goodman did have an album titled "King of Swing". I'm no expert, so I turned to Google. It looks like the King of Swing is either Goodman, Artie Shaw, or Barry Bonds. I'll continue my research and get back to you.