….Man Keanu….you can make John Wick: Chapter 5,779,443 for all I care…..just keep making them.
AL JARREAU: SEVEN-TIME GRAMMY WINNING JAZZ SINGER DIES AT 76….Wow…I know a bunch of you thought back to all the times we saw him perform during our college days…and I still have hundreds of photographs to prove it…..when Al first hit the music scene….he stumped people with his vocal style…..when he first recorded…We Got By….which earned him a German Grammy in 1975….people didn’t know what to think or what category to put him in….which is a good thing…..and his second album…Glow….which earned him another German Grammy…..did the same thing…..but when he recorded and released his live album while touring around Germany…..Look To The Rainbow…..he blew-up….no artist had a vocal style like his….he was unique….and that album earned him his first Grammy for best jazz singer……and here’s a bit of FYI for you….Al made history in Hamburg during the 70’s…..he’s listed in the 25-50 best events to happen in Hamburg…..he was in town during 3-4 shows…..the first show….around 20-30 came…..the second show….close to 500 people….third show…..thousands…the fourth show…..the people were lined up four blocks away from the theatre….when he crossed over and into pop music…he kind of lost me….I still have all the stuff he recorded….but I’m loving his earliest recordings……and just when you thought Al was done…..”BAM!”…..he came out with Tenderness in 1994……thank you Al…there will never be another you…remember to Look To The Rainbow…..and your journey will be ok…R.I.P.
RESTAURANTS WILL TEST IF THE U.S. CAN STOMACH A DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS……Many restaurant owners are supporting a movement called… “A Day Without Immigrants”….they’re asking immigrants not to go to work, or open their businesses of buy any products for a full day on Feb. 16th….their goal is to impress on Trump the importance of immigration…..even the Blue Ribbon restaurant group has vowed to closed seven of their places in New York City…..and the Day Without Women’s march….the date is set for March 8th which happens to be “International Woman’s Day.”
MUSEUM REMOVES EVERY PIECE OF ART CREATED BY IMMIGRANTS…..The Davis Museum at Wellesley College is calling the initiative…. “Art-less”…and it’s meant to highlight immigrants impact in the art world…..curators will drape a black cloth over cases and line the walls with labels that say…. “Created by an Immigrant”……one of the main pieces that was taken down….was a portrait of George Washington…..which was painted by Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller…..who was an immigrant…..and his family donated the painting to the museum.
HERE’S THE REAL REASON WHY A TOILET IS CALLED A CRAPPER…..Simon Whistler says…. “When U.S. soldiers were stationed in England during World War I, they were amused to see that the toilets they were using were made by Thomas Crapper & Company and the word “Crap” was known to mean something like “Refuse.”…..and there you go folks…..so the next time you need to take a “Crap”…..you can thank Thomas.
NYLON, THE FIBER THAT CHANGED AMERICA, TURNS 80…..In February 1937….U.S. Patent No. 2071250 was to issued Wallace H. Carothers…for Linear Condensation Polymer….I guess they said that’s a mouthful to say…..so it was changed to Nylon….after rejecting 400 other names they thought were ok…..and here’s why….Klis (silk spelled backwards)…..Nuron ( “No Run” spelled backwards)…..and Duparooh (an acronym for DuPont Pulls A Rabbit Out Of A Hat)…..nylon does sound better huh?…..and it’s used in….stockings, shirts, dresses, toothbrush, fishing lines, guitar strings, parachutes, carpeting, automotive upholstery, camping gear and carry-on luggage.
DEATH BY RAT RETURNS TO NYC…..What a great name for a horror picture….but they’re right….rats are coming back to the city…Leptospirosis….a bacterial disease commonly spread by rat urine….has been linked to the death of one person and the infection of at least two others up in the Bronx…..the disease can be spread by other animals….and the bacteria can contaminate water or soil and survive there for weeks or months……but right now the rats are getting blamed…..and people are living in buildings with more than 100 open violations…dating back to 2004…..yeah, rats wouldn’t have a problem with getting around….so if you might have headaches, muscle aches, chills, jaundice, red eyes, rashes or flu-like symptoms…..you seriously need to see someone…..like right now!