tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post6572274676219088683..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Labor Day and Daily LaborsJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-41179506199358401702013-09-03T22:24:13.092-04:002013-09-03T22:24:13.092-04:00Leroy Anderson, who did my favorite arrangment of ...Leroy Anderson, who did my favorite arrangment of "Sleigh Ride?"Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-17796223999500342232013-09-02T17:49:11.549-04:002013-09-02T17:49:11.549-04:00"The Typewriter", by Leroy Anderson. Al..."The Typewriter", by Leroy Anderson. Along with his "Fiddle Faddle" and the music for <i>Goldilocks</i> (Broadway, 1958/59, starring Don Ameche and Elaine Stritch, with Margaret "Wicked Witch of the West" Hamilton), my favourite of his compositions. --Mario R.JJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13404985455733545060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-67373313159040500672013-09-02T11:33:02.395-04:002013-09-02T11:33:02.395-04:00Anonymous, I miss that song, as well. But the good...Anonymous, I miss that song, as well. But the good news is that we can both hear it in our mind's ear. :)<br /><br />Liz--haha--you outwitted the computer. It is strange to have this whole new interactive ability. With the typewriter, the typist was the boss.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-40824693268168953472013-09-02T11:22:35.234-04:002013-09-02T11:22:35.234-04:00Yes, the old typewriters didn't try to be help...Yes, the old typewriters didn't try to be helpful, bless them. I hate it when my computer tells me I have perfect spelling--I <i>know</i> I do, and who asked it? Years ago, I passed up my first chance to get an electronic "word processor" (I think the monitor showed three lines of text) because it didn't recognize the word "dysfunctional"--a word that, as a mental Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-71192416352555790402013-09-02T09:46:33.176-04:002013-09-02T09:46:33.176-04:00I miss the "typewriter song," no words, ...I miss the "typewriter song," no words, just the rhythm of clacking keys punctuated by the ding of the end-of-the-line bell. Would probably have no meaning to the younger generation. In typing class, we had to practice typing to music, to help us hit the keys evenly and not wind up with several keys jammed together in the strike position.<br /><br />A benefit of the old technology, I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com