Books: The Wasp that Brainwashed the Caterpillar by Matt Simon — A wonderful book to read aloud to someone who wasn’t a science major. Three page amusing and entertaining stories about the animal world as it relates to evolution, reproduction, and well, reproduction…….
Songs. Roll on by Thea Gillmore—female vocalist with Dylanlike lyrics
Leon Russel 1972’s Carney: Manhattan Serenade, Tightrope, and Queen of the Roller Derby whose lyrics are:
I'm up in Oakland on a Saturday night
Lord, I said I just didn't feel right
Goodnight, ladies all around
But the right one hadn't found me such a bad night
I didn't feel right
Then a friend came over 'fore it got too late
Asked me if I'd like you as a double date
My stars above, I fell in love
With the queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
Yeah, the queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
Now Queenie's a lady, she's quite a child
Oh, she'll make you feel fine
Remember the time when a trucker from Dallas
Was callous to Queenie with his rude side
Now he can't deny, that he gotten much more, than balled before
Queenie's right across, running to the floor
Now he knows better than to mate
With the queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
The queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
Oh, as fast as a bullet, she can jam all night
Makes a full grown wonder bull die with fright
When we get home, alone in love
She murmurs like a sweet moaning dove, ooh
Oh, such a lady, she's quite a child
She'll make me feel good in this heart of mine
She's my love, she's a lady
She's the queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
Ah, the queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
I'm talkin' 'bout the queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
Yeah, she's the queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
Oh, queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
She's the queen of the roller derby
(Queen of the roller derby)
Ooh
Podcast The Last Archive, Season II—This historian starts with the Scopes Monkey Trial and shows you ambiguities about what you thought you knew and what happened and why. Inherit the Wind did not capture it all.
The 1619 Project: New York Times: Not your Disney History of the USA.........
TV Inside No. 9. BBC via Hulu or Brit Box. I have seen three episodes from season I and am a fan. Quirky, British, thirty minute episodes.
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