Homeless Hare

I barely remember seeing this Bugs Bunny cartoon, and it is certainly not one of the oft-repeated shorts.  Bugs tangles with a construction worker about a skyscraper over his home.  Guess who wins.  From the Internet Archive, here is the 1950 animated short, Homeless Hare. 

Sunrise Serenade: Glen Island Special

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Glen Island Special" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

April On Turner Classic Movies

It is time for the Hollywood Revue's monthly preview of movies on TCM.  Sir Laurence Olivier is the star of the month, with his films showing every Monday.

Sunrise Serenade: Lazy Bones

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Lazy Bones" by the Casa Loma Orchestra, featuring Louis Armstrong on vocals.  Click on the song title for a sample from emusic, or click here for the album page.

Playlist For March 27, 2013

The playlist for the March 27, 2013 broadcast of the Swing Shift Shuffle has been added to the playlist filing cabinet. 

Bikini Atomic Bomb Test

Boing Boing pointed me to a set of photos from the 1946 nuclear weapons tests on the Bikini Atoll.  The photographers who took some of these pictures were way too close.  Over 20 years ago, I saw photos very similar to the shot above taken at altitude, except they were in color, and were shown to me by the photographer who took them, using his personal Argus camera.  He was an Airman in the USAF at the time, assigned to ride in a B-29 circling the test site.  He told me he looked away from the window while pointing his camera at the window, and snapped the shutter. 

Sunrise Serenade: I'm Sorry For Myself

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "I'm Sorry For Myself" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, featuring Marion Hutton and Tex Beneke on vocals.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Red Hot Lindy Easter Bunny Hop

The Red Hot Lindy Hop lesson and session continues this Friday night at the Rumba Room.  Free lesson at 7:00 p.m.  Free admission before 7:00, and $5 cover at the door afterwards.  Lesson by Kishore and Amanda, music by Amanda.  Dress like you are going out!

Rumba Room

303 South Main

Memphis, TN 38103

The Tiger Rag progressive dance lessons and guided practice sessions are in full swing at the Madison Dance Studio in Minglewood Plaza, 1555 Madison Ave Memphis, TN 38104.  Learn more and register here. 

Sunrise Serenade: A Dreamer's Holiday

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "A Dreamer's Holiday" by Bing Corsby and Ella Fitzgerald.  Click on the song title for a sample from emusic, or click here for the album page.

Captain X Of The RAF

The premise of Captain X of the RAF, posted on Four Color Shadows, suggests that its 1941 publication date was prior to Pearl Harbor.  Otherwise, this American hero would have been in the U.S. Army Air Corps, rather than the Royal Air Force.  That concept is based on fact, as there were many Americans who volunteered to fight and fly for the RAF.