Choo’n Gum and other Gnawables
A new four minute “short story”.
See if you can read it, chew gum, and sing along at the same time.
Choo’n Gum. Of Course He Spilled The Beans. | by aleXander hirka | Rainbow Salad | Apr, 2024 | Medium
Of Course He Spilled The Beans.
Musical Interlude ONE - ERROLL GARNER
A recent obsession with a musician’s oeuvre. Every song this man’s fingers touch turns to magic. Here’s one — his own “Misty”.
Musical Interlude TWO — TOM LEHRER
Which leads me to . . .
BUT SERIOUSLY . . .
(Regarding the world out there.)
Ole Miss: University of Mississippi — Back Then:
The University of Mississippi has a long, sordid past when it comes to race. After the University of Mississippi admitted its first Black student, James Meredith, in 1962, deadly, racist riots erupted on campus culminating in President John F. Kennedy calling in the National Guard to quell the furor. Federal Marshals escorted Meredith to his classes as white students hurled racist epithets, even exploding M-80s at him.
And Now:
And a Congressman from Georgia approves!
A nine second video by my friend Richard, taken at the Brooklyn Public Library.
Projected Protest at the Brooklyn Public Library - YouTube
Projected protest at the Brooklyn Public Library - video by
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