Saturday, August 25, 2018

Iron Butterfly makes its first appearance on Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending August 24, 1968



50 Years Ago: Iron Butterfly Release Epic 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'.  (Ultimate Classic Rock)

The album of the same name debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart for the week ending July 20, 1968.  It spent 140 weeks on the chart, peaking at #4.  The 17-minute album cut was drastically  reduced to 2:52 for the single version.



Related article:

Iron Butterfly Stretches Its Wings On 'Fillmore East'.  (NPR, 11/25/2011)
"In-A-Gadda-Da Vida" is both Iron Butterfly's monument and its prison. But a new release called Fillmore East 1968 includes all the usable parts of two shows from April of that year and provides the best chance in decades for a fresh look at the band. The album offers fascinating reminders of what the rock 'n' roll marketplace was like almost 45 years ago. For one thing, every band — especially those just signed to a major label, like Iron Butterfly — was expected to come up with a snappy tune that might get played on Top 40 radio. "So-Lo" seems to be Iron Butterfly's not-wonderful attempt at a pop hit.

Related post:
Aretha Franklin's two-sided hit single among the newcomers on Billboard Hot 100 for the week 
ending August 17, 1968.

Two days after the storm in Middleton: Views of Pheasant Branch Creek from the Parmenter Street Bridge UPDATE


Looking west

Photos by Retiring Guy

Looking east in the next 2 photos


It's a big mess once you get beyond the trees.  Lots of clean-up and restoration yet to do.





Original 8/22/2018 post starts here.

The access path from Parmenter Strreet now leads to a torrent of water

All photos and videos by Retiring Guy

A view looking west from the Parmenter Street bridge over Pheasant Branch Creek





A view looking east from the Parmenter Street bridge over Pheasant Branch Creek







After the storm in Middleton (and Madison) posts:
Park Street and Tiedeman Pond.  (8/21/2018)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 1).  (8/21/2018)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 2).  (8/21/2018)
Tiedeman Pond access at Pond Drive.  (8/21/2018)
Confluence Pond expands to become Confluence Lake.  (8/22/2018)
Park Street and Tiedeman Pond.  (8/22/2018 update)
Tiedeman Pond access at Pond Drive.  (8/22/2018 update)
Powerwashing between the Beltline and Parmenter Street.  (8/22/2018)
Views of Pheasant Branch Creek from Parmenter Street bridge.  (8/23/2018)
Along Pheasant Branch Creek east of Parmenter Street.  (8/23/2018)
Costco and environs.  (8/23/2018 update)
Intersection of U.S. highway 14 and Deming Way.  (8/23/2018 update)
Entrance to Esser Place parking lot, then and now.  (8/24/2018)
Boardwalk access ramp to Tiedeman Pond.  (8/24/2018)
Woodside Heights Park, Tiedeman Pond.  (8/24/2018 update)
Longmeadow Drive and Stricker's Pond, then and now.  (8/24/2018)
Voss Parkway.  (8/24/2018 update)
Stricker's Pond.  (8/24/2018 update)
Stricker's Park.  (8/24/2018)
The dual dead ends of Middleton Street.  (8/24/2018)
Greenway Station is open for business.  (8/24/2018 update)

Friday, August 24, 2018

After the storm in Madison; Longmeadow Drive and Stricker's Pond (Then and now)


Then:  August 21, 2018

Longmeadow Drive
Photos by Retiring Guy

Stricker's Pond overflows

Most flooded vehicles likely to be total losses, experts say.  (Madison.com, 8/23/2018)
Car engines’ sensitivity to water and the prevalence of computers and electronics in virtually every aspect of vehicle operation make water damage particularly difficult, if not impossible, to remediate, said Paul Flogel, director of the automotive technician program at Madison Area Technical College. 
Mark Follmann, a claims manager at American Family Insurance, said most of the vehicles that have flood damage will be considered total losses because of the lasting nature of flood damage. The good news, if there is any: Flood damage in vehicles is covered through comprehensive insurance plans.

Now:  August 23, 2018

Longmeadow Road is open to traffic.


I couldn't get near this sign on Tuesday.


This section of a bike/pedestrian pass is usable, if mud-crusted.  My wife and I tested it out.


Red, yellow and blue arrows indicate respective locations of Thursday's photos.


After the storm in Middleton posts:
Park Street and Tiedeman Pond.  (8/21/2018)
Stricker's Pond, Voss Parkway.  (8/21/2018)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 1).  (8/21/2018)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 2).  (8/21/2018)
Tiedeman Pond access at Pond Drive.  (8/21/2018)
Greenway Center is mostly inaccessible.  (8/21/2018)
Confluence Pond expands to become Confluence Lake.  (8/22/2018)
Park Street and Tiedeman Pond.  (8/22/2018 update)
Tiedeman Pond access at Pond Drive.  (8/22/2018 update)
Powerwashing between the Beltline and Parmenter Street.  (8/22/2018)
Views of Pheasant Branch Creek from Parmenter Street bridge.  (8/23/2018)
Along Pheasant Branch Creek east of Parmenter Street.  (8/23/2018)
Costco and environs.  (8/23/2018 update)
Intersection of U.S. highway 14 and Deming Way.  (8/23/2018 update)
Entrance to Esser Place parking lot, then and now.  (8/24/2018)
Boardwalk access ramp to Tiedeman Pond.  (8/24/2018)
Woodside Heights Park, Tiedeman Pond.  (8/24/2018 update)
Voss Parkway.  (8/24/2018 update)

Thursday, August 23, 2018

UPDATE. Leah Vukmir all smiles receving her Iron Lady award from ALEC




It's true.


Original 8/21/2018 post, "Leah Vukmir, honored chairman emeritus, pledges allegiance to ALEC", starts here.

Attack ad?  Please!  

The Baldwin campaign is simply showing us where Leah's allegiance lies, where she continues to maee a considerable time commitment at the expense of truly representative government.  

Sources:  ALEC Board of Directors, Vukmir reception

Tammy Baldwin campaign hits Leah Vukmir on ties to business-backed group ALEC.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/20/2018)
So, there was little surprise Monday as Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin launched her first TV ad of the general election and sought to portray Republican rival Leah Vukmir as a captive of corporate interests. 
The ad focused on Vukmir's ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council, where she is chairman emeritus of the board of directors. 
The American Legislative Exchange Council works with corporations and conservatives to write model legislation that can be introduced in state legislatures throughout the country.

ALEC goes to Wisconsin:
2016
Dear Charles and David Koch, Mission accomplished! Love, Scott Fitzgerald.  (3/16/2016)
The 17 white GOP legislators who "inspired" today's Day Without Latinos rally in Madison (and where they live).  (2/18/2016)
Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls) on the issues and working together. (2/11/2016)
 GOP State Sen. Frank Lasee's ALEC bill promotes private water companies' workforce issues.  (1/27/2016)
While Scott Walker blathers about his jobs focus, Wisconsin Republicans continue to push an ALEC agenda.  (1/25/2016)

2015
The big, the bold Scott Walker promises more ALEC model policy plagiarism for Wisconsin.  (11/7/2015)
Time for another Republican hypocrisy alert! (10/23/2015)
Get me rewrite: Wisconsin lawmakers eye ALEC model legislation to end state's prevailing wage laws.  (4/5/2015)
Why do Republicans call it 'worker freedom'? Because the Koch Brothers say so.  (3/7/2015)
Scott Walker: Putting the power of government into the hands of the Koch Brothers.  (2/23/2015)
Since 2008 Scott Walker pledges his allegiance to the Koch Brothers.  (2/21/2015)
Why drug tests for recipients of public aid in Wisconsin?  Because the Koch Brothers say so.  (2/10/2015)
Rep. Lee Nerison (R-Westby) Does ALEC's "Ag-Gag" Bidding.  (2/9/2015)
Van Wanggaard toes the ALEC line.  (2/7/2015)
Meet Scott Walker's "ideas" men.  (1/29/2015)
The Koch Brothers bring you "The Big and the Bold".  (1/24/2015)

2014
Chris Kapenga, ALEC waterboy, is at it again. (12/11/2014)
UPDATED:  They pledge allegiance to the Koch Brothers.  (11/19/2014)
Of course, Kapenga hasn't drafted a bill; it's already been done for him.  (12/4/2014)
Here's an example of what happens when people don't pay attention.  (10/8/2014)
Speaking of plagiarism: The Kapenga Chronicles   (9/27/2014)
ALEC tools Leah Vukmir and Alberta Darling go off the deep end.  (9/22/2014)
Speaking of plagiarism.  (9/20/2014)
ALEC tools Leah Vukmir and Alberta Darling go off the deep end.  (9/22/2014)
Just what the Wisconsin legislature needs:  Another ALEC disciple.  (8/7/2014)
Let's connect the dots from Leah Vukmir to the American Legislative Exchange Council.  (7/21/2014)
Meet Chris Kapenga, R-Waterboy, representing the grate state of ALEC.  (2/18/2014)
Sen. Paul Farrow throws a hissy fit (which is transcribed in this news release).  (2/7/2014)

2013
Robin Vos believes in selective transparency of the kind advanced by the American Legislative Exchange Council.  (12/24/2013)
ALEC transparency?  Up to a point.  (12/13/2013)
Background on the National Conference of State Legislatures for Leah.  (12/12/2013)
From ALEC to Andre to us: Rep. Jacque (R-DePere) whittles model bill down to the basics.  (9/1/2013)
NRA/ALEC "Docs and Glocks" law finally makes its way to Wisconsin.  (6/18/2013)
Robin Vos, "an ALEC Wisconsin Foot Soldier" (SourceWatch).  (6/13/2013)
ALEC'd to Death: Wisconsin Republicans Continues to Depend on the Koch Brothers' Playbook. (6/7/2013)
ALEC's State Budget Reform Toolkit: "Asset Sale and Lease Opportunities".  (6/6/2013)
Selling State Properties? It's in the ALEC Playbook.  (5/22/2013)
More cookie-cutter legislation from ALEC.  (4/7/2013)

2012
What the Koch Brothers left under Scott Walker's 2010 Christmas tree.  (6/19/2012)

After the storm in Middleton: Along Pheasant Branch Creek east of Parmenter Street



Photos and videos by Retiring Guy

Dane County damage could takes weeks to tally.  (Madison.com, 8/23.2018)
This rushing water is on its was to Lake Mendota, thte Yahara River, and points south.  City officials are concerned about possible flooding of East Washington Avenue early next week. If that happens, Crawley said, Williamson Street will be designated an alternate route. 
Public Health Madison and Dane County has also closed all beaches in the county due to elevated bacteria levels, and a slow, no-wake order is in effect for all five lakes in the Yahara chain.





 




After the storm in Middleton posts:
Voss Parkway.  (8/21/2018)
Woodside Heights Park, Tiedeman Pond.  (8/21/2018)
Stricker's Pond, Voss Parkway.  (8/21/2018)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 1).  (8/21/2018)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 2).  (8/21/2018)
Greenway Center is mostly inaccessible.  (8/21/2018)
Intersection of U.S. highway 14 and Deming Way.  (8/22/2018)
Costco and environs.  (8/22/2018)
Confluence Pond expands to become Confluence Lake.  (8/22/2018)
Park Street and Tiedeman Pond.  (8/22/2018 update)
Tiedeman Pond access at Pond Drive.  (8/22/2018 update)
Powerwashing between the Beltline and Parmenter Street.  (8/22/2018)
Views of Pheasant Branch Creek from Parmenter Street bridge.  (8/23/2018)

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

After the storm in Middleton: Power-washing between the Beltline and Parmenter Street


From this vantage point, it looks as though everything is fine and dandy.

Photos and video by Retiring Guy

It's not.  Power-washed by 11.63 inches of rain




Rainfall map found at Damage widespread, 1 dead after record rainfall causes flash flooding in Dane County.  (Wisconsin State Journal, 8/22/2018)



After the storm in Middleton posts:
Voss Parkway.  (8/21/2018)
Woodside Heights Park, Tiedeman Pond.  (8/21/2018)
Stricker's Pond, Voss Parkway.  (8/21/2018)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 1).  (8/21/2018)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 2).  (8/21/2018)
Greenway Center is mostly inaccessible.  (8/21/2018)
Intersection of U.S. highway 14 and Deming Way.  (8/22/2018)
Costco and environs.  (8/22/2018)
Confluence Pond expands to become Confluence Lake.  (8/22/2018)
Park Street and Tiedeman Pond.  (8/22/2018 update)
Tiedeman Pond access at Pond Drive.  (8/22/2018 update)

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

After the storm in Middleton: Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 2)


One of the most astonishing views of the day.  Section of embankment washed away.


Usually, this is a sloping path that leads to a series of stepping stones that cross 8 feet of a shallow -- 3-4 inches -- stream. Not today.  Or anytime soon, I imagine.


Water everywhere.  And a dislocated bridge in the background.


Zooming in a bit.








And a pleasanter view, showing the bridge in place, from a few years ago.




Other After the storm in Middleton posts:
Park Street and Tiedeman Pond.  (8/21/2018)
Voss Parkway.  (8/21/2018)
Woodside Heights Park, Tiedeman Pond.  (8/21/2018)
Stricker's Pond, Voss Parkway.  (8/21/2018)
Pheasant Branch Trail at Park Street (part 1).  (8/21/2018)

Greetings from Trump's America: Dickinson County, Iowa


Grassley gets local perspective on ag.  (Dickinson County News, 8/14/2018)

Population still peaking.  (We haven't seen this much at all in this series.)

Source:  Wikipedia



Source: Wikipedia 
3rd party votes:  24.1% in 1992, 12.5% in 1996

Other Trump's America posts:
Alabama
Autauga County.  (6/29/2017)
Bibb County.  (11/10/2017)
Covington County. (11/11/2017)
Dale County.  (12/12/2017)
Geneva County.  (11/11/2017)
Marion County.  (11/11/2017)

Arizona
8th congressional district.  (4/25/2018)

Arkansas
Faulkner County.  (3/20/2018)
Mississippi County.  (3/19/2018)
Woodruff County.  (3/26/2018)

California
Mesa County.  (7/20/2017)
Shasta County.  (7/4/2017

Colorado
Morgan County.  (4/25/2017)

Florida
Citrus County.  (3/5/2017)
DeSoto County,.  (9/9/2017)

Idaho
Kootenai County.  (9/25/2017)

Illinois
Effingham County.  (2/15/2018)
Franklin County.  (2/27/2017)
Jo Daviess County.  (5/13/2018)
Knox County.  (5/13/2018)
McHenry County.  (2/5/2017)
Perry County.  (5/8/2017)
Stephenson County.  (5/13/2018)
Whiteside County.  (5/13/2018)
16th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

Indiana
Granger.  (3/26/2017)
Hendricks County.  (10/1/2017)
Huntington County.  (4/27/2017)
Jefferson County.  (3/10/2018)
Posey County.  (10/21/2017)
Scott County,.  (10/21/2017)

Iowa
Allamakee County.  (7/31/2018)
Appanoose County.  (8/4/2018)
Benton County.  (8/2/2018)
Boone County.  (1/15/2017)
Bremer County.  (8/2/2018)
Buchanan County.  (8/2/2018)
Butler County. (8/6/2018)
Cass County.  (4/3/2018)
Cedar County.  (7/31/2018)
Cerro Gordo County.  (8/6/2018)
Chickasaw County.  (8/2/2018)
Clarke County.  (8/8/2018)
Clayton County.  (7/31/2018)
Clinton County.   (10/15/2017)
Davis County.  (8/3/2018)
Decatur County.  ( 7/5/2018)
Delaware County.  (7/31/2018)
Des Moines County.  (8/1/2018)
Emmet County.  (8/19/2018)
Fayette County.  (8/2/2018)
Floyd County.  (8/6/2018)
Franklin County, (8/14/2017)
Hamilton County.  (4/2/2018)
Hancock County. (8/7/2018)
Hardin County.  (4/2/2018)
Henry County.  (7/9/2018)
Howard County.  (8/2/2018)
Iowa County.  (8/2/2018)
Jasper County.  (8/5/2018)
Jefferson County.  (8/1/2018)
Keokuk County.  (8/2/2018)
Kossuth County.  (8/18/2018)
Lee County.  (8/1/2018)
Louisa County.  (8/1/2018)
Lucas County.  (8/5/2018)
Lyon County.  (4/2/2018)
Madison County.  (8/8/2018)
Marion County.  (5/23/2017)
Mitchell County.  (8/7/2018)
Monticello County.  (1/13/2017)
Muscatine County.  (8/1/2018)
Poweshiek and Webster counties.  (2/7/2017)
Ringgold County.  (8/8/2018)
Sioux County.  (2/22/2018)
Tama County.  (7/6/2018)
Union County.  (9/10/2017)
Wapello County.  (8/3/2018)
Washington County.  (4/2/2018)
Wayne County.  (8/5/2018)
Webster County.  (8/9/2018)
Winnebago County. (12/17/2017)
Winneshiek County.  (8/2/2018)
Worth County. (8/7/2018)
Wright County.  (8/8/2017)

Kansas
Clark County.  (3/21/2017)
Mitchell County.  (1/29/2017)
Sumner County.  (10/1/2017)

Kentucky
Bell County.  (6/4/2018)
Hancock County,.  (10/21/2017)
Jackson County.  (12/9/2017)
Knox and Whitley counties.  (2/17/2017)
Lee County.  (12/9/2017)
Letcher County.  (6/29/2017)
Martin County.  (3/22/2018)
Perry County.  (10/10/2017)
Rowan County.  (6/4/2018)

Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish,.  (5/22/2017)
St. Martin Parish.  (4/26/2017)

Maine
Piscataquis County.  (7/3/2017)

Michigan
Macomb County.  (11/29/2017)
St. Joseph County.  (6/5/2017)

Minnesota
Chisago County.  (6/20/2018)
Itasca County.  (5/12/2018)
Lac qui Parle County.  (7/2/2017)
Mower County.  (5/12/2018)
Nobles County.  (1/26/2018)

Mississippi
Pontotoc County.  (7/19/2017)

Missouri
Butler County.  (7/22/2018)

New Jersey
7th Congressional District.  (4/14/2017)

New York
UPDATE:  Essex County.  (11/29/2017)
Putnam County.  (2/27/2018)
19th Congressional District.  (3/26/2017)

North Carolina
Robeson County.  (12/1/2017)
Union County.  (3/9/2017)

North Dakota
Sargent County.  (10/22/2017)

Ohio
Adams County.  (12/9/2017)
Belmont County.  (7/17/2018)
Columbiana County,  (12/11/2017)
Defiance County.  (3/21/2017)
Highland County.   (3/19/2017)
Huron County.  (6/19/2017)
Jackson County.  (6/6/2017)
Lawrence County.  (2/25/2018)
Marion County.  (7/14/2018)
Morgan County.  (10/10/2017)
Shelby County.  (3/2/2018)
Trumbull County.  (4/3/2017)
Van Wert County.  (4/12/2017)
Wayne County.  (5/6/2018)
Williams County.  (3/21/2017)
Wyandot County.  (5/4/2018)

Oklahoma
Bryan County.  (5/5/2017)
Nowata County.  (5/5/2018)

Oregon
Douglas County.  (5/17/2017)

Pennsylvania
Dauphin County. (4/22/2017)
Erie County.  (9/2/2017)
Fayette County.  (7/25/2018)
Greene County.  (5/3/2017)
UPDATE. Luzerne County.  (1/14/2017)
Northampton County.  (7/20/2017)
Wayne County.  (3/1/2018)
Williamsport.  (1/24/2017)

South Carolina
Spartanburg County.  (6/5/2017)

South Dakota
Lawrence County,.  (4/27/2017)

Tennessee
Campbell County.  (12/10/2017)
Marion County.  (4/1/2017)
Maury County.  (10/31/2017)
Roane County.  (5/1/2018)
Union County.  (5/30/2017)

Texas
Gaines County.  (4/26/2017)
Shackelford County.  (2/26/2018)

Washington
Grays Harbor County.  (8/20/2017)

West Virginia
Berkeley County.  (3/25/2018)
Boone County.  (3/23/2018)
Cabell County.  (8/4/2017)
Fayette County.  (1/24/2017)
Jackson County.  (6/18/2017)
Marshall County.  (2/7/2018)
Mason County.  (12/16/2017)
McDowell County.  (7/10/2017)
Mingo County.  (3/25/2018)
Summers County.  (3/25/2018)
Wayne County.  (3/24/2018)

Wisconsin
6th congressional district.  (1/27/2018)
Adams County.  (2/6/2017)
Buffalo County.  (3/19/2017)
Burnett County.  (2/24/2018)
Clark County,.  (8/13/2018)
Crawford County.  (5/14/2018)
Fond du Lac County.  (3/7/2018)
Grant County.  (5/16/2018)
Green Lake County.  (1/26/2018)
Jackson County.  (3/8/2018)
Johnson Creek.  (1/21/2017)
Juneau County.  (2/23/2017)
Lafayette County.  (5/16/2018)
Manitowoc County.  (8/10/2017)
Monroe County.  (3/8/2018)
Oconto County.  (7/24/2018)
Oneida County.  (4/24/2017)
Pepin County.  (12/21/2017)
Price County.  (10/21/2017)
Richland County.  (11/10/2017)
Sauk County.  (5/14/2018)
Sawyer County.  (3/20/2017)
Taylor County.  (3/19/2017)
Vernon County.  (5/14/2018)
Waushara County.  (2/6/2017)
Winnebago County.  (11/27/2017)
Wood County.  (3/8/2018)

Bonnie Bauer Lucia (1929-2018) Warren High School class of 1947



1947 Dragon yearbook


1967 Warren City Directory
  • Bauer Ward bakers hlpr Tasty Bakery rRussell Pa
  • Lucia Frank J (Bonnie B) sht mtl wrk Dominic J Scalise rRD 2 Russell
1983 Warren City Director
  • [county section] Lucia Bonnie rRt 1 Bx 1105 Russell
  • [county section] Lucia Frank rRt 1 Bx 1105 Russell

The popularity of Bonnie as a baby name is graphed here.  Let's take a look at mom Henrietta.


Henrietta spent the first half of the 20th century doing a slow fade.  Her peak year was 1903 at #127.  After that, it was more of a wipe.  She hasn't been heard from since 1968. 

Though never the belle of the ball, she enjoyed a slightly higher degree of popularity in the late 1800s -- #113 in the 1880s and #115in the 1890s.

Other Class of '47 graduates:
2018
David Lopez.  (6/20/2018)
Alan Schuler.  (6/8/2018)

2017
Agnes Porter Green.  (5/9/2017)
Carolyn Johnson Sorenson.  (4/8/2017)
Rose Gleason King Font.  (1/2/2017)

2016
Thomas Hampson.  (12/22/2016)
William Nordin.  (12/10/2016)
Barbara BovaKerr.  (11/22/2016)
Wilbur Nordin.  (11/16/2016)
Elwood Beckwith.  (10/28/2016)
Robert Huck.  (3/24/2016)
Lois Sigworth Conaway.  (3/23/2016)
Leroy Weaver.  (1/26/2016)

2015
Betty Uplinger Hagberg.  (10/4/2015)
Betsi Conaway Preston Yerkes.  (6/15/2015)
Frank Shanshala.  (4/28/2015)

2014
Joyce Mack Phelps.  (12/2/2014)
Henry Blick.  (8/29/2014)
Robert Songer.  (1/19/2014)