I’ve been fond of so many over the years, but I think my all time favorite of any genre has to be The Limelighters. Their’s was the sound that filled the house during that critical pre-teen patterning. Three very unique voices combined into a luscious three-part harmony that was so much more than any single voice, even Glen Yarborough’s, tho he went on to a successful solo career. Combine that sound with Alex’s stunning instrumentals and Lou’s nutzoid bridging commentary and performance…(his version of “Have Some Madeira, m’dear is an all-time best.) … it’s just hard to beat. It’s so very thrilling to have something like YouTube where great performances by so many artists are being revived. Thanks to my “little” brother for putting me on to these videos. The following is absolutely amazing quality…and I absolutely love the second song. It’s fun to see them at all stages of their career and different circumstances. There’s a reunion one up there from the late 70′s early 80′s that’s home vid from a nightclub. They all have beards and of the three, the voice that’s gotten the most interesting belongs to the good-looking Alex.
Prince of Persia works on this machine! YAYAYAYAY I’d totally forgotten about it because Sands of Time didn’t work on the Toshi. It uses a weird backup thing that taxed the Toshi’s video card beyond its abilities. So…I did it without the backup…but it’s designed to use it and so it was hard to get through a given battle alive!
We got an XBox just so I could play the silly thing, and I never could quite get his tuck and roll timed right with those controls. I did pretty well with the PC, but we’ll see… Read the rest of this entry »
Stevie’s Sparkleplenty, my new computer, runs Might and Magic 6! (And the crowd goes wild.) This insidious little computer game is the game that finally yanked me, kicking and screaming, into the world of computer games. None of the versions before or after have what it has, and I think I’ve played about a million games now. When I really need to relax, I just go shoot goblins or Baaaa fanatics! It’s a great game.
And I didn’t even have to do a backwards compatibility! I did on XP.
Even better…well, I don’t know about that, but equally delightful, they’ve made a significant change to Spider solitaire. And I don’t mean the dumb glowing cards, which drive me nuts.
You can endlessly “undo” all the way back to the beginning!!!!!!! for the chronic “completist” this is mana from heaven. This means, at this point, I’ve played 25 games and have a win percentage of…get this…100!
Zippitee do dah!
Actually both of them. But this time, I’m talking wood, not computers. Read the rest of this entry »
…For the first time since MisCon and the debilitating effects of the Cherryh plague. There are many things we could do while under those effects, but skating wasn’t one of them since it went straight for the inner ear! Not a good idea to don figure skates when the balance is shot!
My feet hurt, badly, but what else is new? Read the rest of this entry »
New at Closed Circle!
