Thursday, May 18, 2017

In Human Beinz mode, Trump gives himself a pep talk at United States Coast Guard commencement



Trump: No Politician 'Has Been Treated Worse Or More Unfairly' Than Me.  (NPR, 5/172017)

One-hit wonders the Human Beinz scored a top 10 hit with "Nobody But Me", which debuted at # on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending December 9, 1967.  It spent 15 weeks on the chart and peaked at #8 for 3 weeks.

1980 views from the top of the whatsit-name building


John Hancock Center could change owners — and names.  (Chicago Tribune, 5/17/2017)

Photos by Retiring Guy

In addition to 897,000 square feet of office space and a 730-space parking garage, a buyer would acquire control of the naming rights at one of Chicago's most recognizable buildings. John Hancock, the city's fourth-tallest building at 1,128 feet, has an unusual ownership structure in which residential condominiums, retail and restaurant space, the 360 Chicago observatory and broadcast antennas atop the tower are all owned separately.

Greetings from Hollywood Boulevard, where you can "bone up on the city's past"


From Retiring Guy's postcard collection

Old Hollywood History Tour.  Bone up on the fabled city's past during a walk-around, tidbit-filled outing.  (NBC Los Angeles, 5/17/2017)
For a chance to hear walls talk... Well, an app may be a little far down the road on that. But tours that illuminate characters and places go a long way to connecting the thread of time in our history-loving, Hollywood-happy minds.

Here's the Kinks' homage to this fabled street and its Walk of Fame.  It's from their 1972 album release Everybody's in Show Biz, which debuted on the Billboard Top 200 Albums for the week ending September 23rd.  It spent 14 weeks on the chart and peaked at #70. The song was released as a single but did not chart.




Other greetings:
Barstow, California.  (5/17/2017)
California.  (5/14/2017)
Parklabrea Towers, L.A.  (5/14/2017)
La Jolla Children's Pool.  (5/13/2017)
Los Angeles.  (5/11/2017)
Laguna Beach, California.  (5/10/2017)
California.  (5/9/2017)
Los Angeles.  (5/9/2017)
California.  (5/8/2017)
Pomona College, Claremont, California.  (5/7/2017)
La Jolla, California.  (5/6/2017)
Hope, Arkansas.  (5/4/2017)
Bakersfield, California.  (5/3/2017)
Little Rock, Arkansas.  (5/1/2017)
California.  (4/28/2017)
Little Rock, Arkansas.  (4/19/2017)
Superstition Mountain, Arizona.  (4/15/2017)
Tucson, Arizona.  (4/12/2017)
Phoenix, Arizona.  (4/8/2017)
Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah.  (4/8/2017)
Dothan, Alabama.  (4/5/2017)
Mobile, Alabama.  (4/5/2017)
Anniston, Alabama.  (3/29/2017)