Podcasts about Crocodile Rock

Welcome back to your favorite weekly stop for good news, fun facts, positive mental health, nostalgia, and more! This week, we're diving into the delightful world of Don Knotts—one of my all-time favorite comedic actors. You might be surprised to learn that his career didn't begin in acting! Next, we share a heartening good news story with 6 simple, practical tips to help ease the aging process—a must-hear for anyone looking to age gracefully and stay vibrant. In our Story Behind the Song segment, we take a groovy trip back in time to explore the origins of “Crocodile Rock” by the legendary Elton John. Ever wondered what inspired the catchy tune? We've got the answer. And of course, we wrap things up with a smile as we celebrate this week's quirky and offbeat holidays—because there's always something fun to celebrate! Tune in and ramble along—positivity awaits!

We're back with another installment of the Big Fat Five—where I invite on a drummer that inspires me to break down the five records that shaped their voice behind the kit. My name is Ben Hilzinger and today's guest is Jacopo Volpe. Born and raised in Italy, Jaco has played with Vanilla Sky, Post Malone, Damiano David, The Bloody Beetroots, Salmo, Portugal. The Man, and a bunch more. He's got power, chops, groove, and the kind of confidence that only comes from playing on the biggest stages in the world. I'll let Jaco tell you more about his journey, but for now, let's dive into the five records that helped shape who he is behind the kit. Cheers. --- Get Your Copy of the Drummers on Drumming Book Today!

Mauler pulls a hammy doing the Crocodile Rock, Rush needed dental work after Jenni's wedding, Jenni refuses to be reckless when it comes to sky-peeing, and Brady shows off some side boob while getting rubbed down in the studio. Love the pod? Leave a review!

We're attacked this week by a kooky romp about oversized crocodile that's eating people where it has no business being. A great cast couldn't quit save David E. Kelly's script for us. Plus we talk Justine Bateman vs the 2nd Mrs Patton Oswalt while Keith fumbles over some words. https://gazafunds.com/++++++Outro: Warwick School Lower School Strings (aged 10-12) performing Crocodile Rock

Sometimes, when you do a year-round holiday music review podcast for nine years, you pitch a ridiculous idea and you kinda just gotta trust the process. We're celebrating the fact that "Oct" sounds a little bit like "croc" with two crocodile-themed song selections! "Merry Christmas Baby (Please Don't Die)" by Crocodiles and Dum Dum Girls wraps a gloomy sentiment in a cheerful (if somewhat hushed) package, while "The Christmas Crocodile" by The Big Cheese Band seems like a straightforward vehicle to launch a new Santa animal companion, but is actually a clown car full of one surprise after another. The ranking music in this episode is "Crocodile Rock" by Elton John. Stay safe this Croctober, y'all.

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Two Rooms - Celebrating The Songs Of Elton John & Bernie Taupin:Eric Clapton “Border Song”The Who “Saturday Nights Alright”The Beach Boys “Crocodile Rock”Wilson Phillips “Daniel”Joe Cocker “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word”Jon Bon Jovi “Levon”Tina Turner “The Bitch Is Back”Daryl Hall & John Oates “Philadelphia Freedom”Rod Stewart “Your Song”Oleta Adams “Don´t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”Bruce Hornsby “Madman Across The Water”Sinéad O'Connor “Sacrifice”Phil Collins “Burn Down The Mission”Escuchar audio

Since at least March 1968, the world has been gifted with original music by Reginald Dwight, the artist better known as Elton John. From the 60s up through the 2020s, Mr. John would go on to have one of the most successful music careers in pop history, spanning 31 studio albums, 10 soundtracks, 5 live albums, 16 compilation albums, and a slew of awards and accolades. Now that Elton has recently retired from live performing, the Great Pop Culture Debate wants to look back at his inimitable songbook and attempt to determine the Best Elton John Single of all time. We consider: “Your Song,” “Honky Cat,” “Don't Go Breaking My Heart,” “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” “Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me,” “The Bitch is Back,” “Crocodile Rock,” “I'm Still Standing,” “Rocket Man,” “Philadelphia Freedom,” “Tiny Dancer,” “I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues,” “Candle in the Wind,” “Bennie and the Jets,” and more. Join host Eric Rezsnyak, GPCD panelists Derek Mekita and Kate Racculia, and extra-special guest John Higgins, Feature Writer at EltonJohn.com and Sir Elton's personal archivist, as they discuss 16 of the Rocket Man's most beloved songs, narrowing them down until they make their final decision! To listen to Round 1, showing how we got to the Sweet 16 down from the Top 32, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today to access the exclusive Part 1 episode. RELATED CONTENT Best Phil Collins Song Best Gay Icon Best Song of 1994 Have a say in future episodes! Finally, if you want to have a say in what episodes we tackle next, vote in our Topic Polls! And we would love to have you pick your faves in the polls currently open for your votes! EPISODE CREDITS Host: Eric Rezsnyak Panel: Derek Mekita, Kate Racculia Special Guest: John Higgins Producer: Curtis Creekmore Editors: Eric Rezsnyak, John Higgins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bruce Chamoff joins me on the podcast sharing stories of growing up listening to Crocodile Rock and pretending his bed was a piano, how he first became a sound engineer for others and then started making his own music. Bruce is also the CEO and Founder of the World Podcast Network where he has helped 100's of people find their voices and share their passions but helping them start and grow their own podcasts. Find out more about their different shows here https://worldpodcast.network/ To find out more about his music go here https://open.spotify.com/artist/4lZgvTWEAkTnPQbtvNUctm?autoplay=true Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here we are with Jo Mcakenzie from Kansas who moved to LA to pursue a career in music. Jo MacKenzie first discovered her love for music when her dad played Elton John's “Crocodile Rock” in her childhood home in the suburbs of Kansas. Immediately inspired, she began writing music at age 7. Quickly enamored by production, she began teaching herself how to produce at age 11. Her indie-pop sound has morphed over the years, but she's always been inspired by Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Lorde. Her music has been featured on Hulu, The CW, and an Amazon-charting podcast. MacKenzie's newest self-produced single, “So Much More,” unabashedly celebrates the joy of young love and the universal feeling of wanting “so much more” than just friends. Jo will further chat about her upcoming professional goals as an artist including her campaign for her newest music video, Newly Fallen Snow. Check it out here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/newly-fallen-snow-music-video#/

Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids drops by the show to talk about his book, 'Red Letter Days.' We also touch on important subjects like the animatronic bears that played "Crocodile Rock" at ShowBiz Pizza, how to properly cook a steak, choosing an Afghan Whigs song for your wedding processional, and the lost art of making a long-distance call on a pay phone. All that and more this week on '24 Question Party People.'Host: Yasi Salek Guest: Matt Pryor Producer: Jesse Miller-Gordon Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles Theme Song: Hether Fortune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Feb. 9. It dropped for free subscribers on Feb. 16. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoCharles Hlavac, Owner of Teton Pass, MontanaRecorded onJanuary 29, 2024About Teton PassClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Charles HlavacLocated in: Choteau, MontanaYear founded: 1967Pass affiliations: NoneClosest neighboring ski areas: Great Divide (2:44), Showdown (3:03)Base elevation: 6,200 feetSummit elevation: 7,200 feet (at the top of the double chair)Vertical drop: 1,000 feetSkiable Acres: 400 acresAverage annual snowfall: 300 inchesLift count: 3 (1 double, 1 platter, 1 carpet – view Lift Blog's inventory of Teton Pass' lift fleet)View historic Teton Pass trailmaps on skimap.org.Why I interviewed himThere was a time, before the Bubble-Wrap Era, when American bureaucracy believed that the nation's most beautiful places ought to be made available to citizens. Not just to gawk at from a distance, but to interact with in a way that strikes awe in the soul and roots the place in their psyche.That's why so many of our great western ski areas sit on public land. Taos and Heavenly and Mt. Baldy and Alta and Crystal Mountain and Lookout Pass. These places, many of them inaccessible before the advent of the modern highway system, were selected not only because they were snow magnets optimally pitched for skiing, but because they were beautiful.And that's how we got Teton Pass, Montana, up a Forest Service road at the end of nowhere, hovering over the Rocky Mountain front. Because just look at the place:Who knew it was there then? Who knows it now? A bald peak screaming “ski me” to a howling wilderness for 50 million years until the Forest Service printed some words on a piece of paper that said someone was allowed to put a chairlift there.As bold and prescient as the Forest Service was in gifting us ski areas, they didn't nail them all. Yes, Aspen and Vail and Snowbird and Palisades Tahoe and Stevens Pass, fortuitously positioned along modern highways or growing cities, evolved into icons. But some of these spectacular natural ski sites languished. Mt. Waterman has faltered without snowmaking or competent ownership. Antelope Butte and Sleeping Giant were built in the middle of nowhere and stayed there. Spout Springs is too small to draw skiers across the PNW vastness. Of the four, only Antelope Butte has spun lifts this winter.Remoteness has been the curse of Teton Pass, a fact compounded by a nasty 11-mile gravel access road. The closest town is Choteau, population 1,719, an hour down the mountain. Great Falls, population 60,000, is only around two hours away, but that city is closer to Showdown, a larger ski area with more vertical drop, three chairlifts, and a parking lot seated directly off a paved federal highway. Teton Pass, gorgeously positioned as a natural wonder, got a crummy draw as a sustainable business.Which doesn't mean it can't work. Unlike the Forest Service ski areas at Cedar Pass or Kratka Ridge in California, Teton Pass hasn't gone fallow. The lifts still spin. Skiers still ski there. Not many – approximately 7,000 last season, which would be a light day for any Summit County ski facility. This year, it will surely be even fewer, as Hlavic announced 10 days after we recorded this podcast that a lack of snow, among other factors, would force him to call it a season after just four operating days. But Hlavic is young and optimistic and stubborn and aware that he is trying to walk straight up a wall. In our conversation, you can hear his belief in this wild and improbable place, his conviction that there is a business model for Teton Pass that can succeed in spite of the rough access road and the lack of an electrical grid connection and the small and scattered local population.The notion of intensive recreational land use is out of favor. When we lose a Teton Pass, the Forest Service doesn't replace it with another ski area in a better location. We just get more wilderness. I am not against wild places and sanctuaries from human scything. But if Teton Pass were not a ski area, almost no one would ever see it, would ever experience this singular peak pasted against the sky. It's a place worth preserving, and I'm glad there's someone crazy enough to try.  What we talked aboutWhen your ski area can't open until Jan. 19; the tight-knit Montana Ski Areas Association; staffing up in the middle of nowhere; a brief history of a troubled remote ski area; the sneaky math of purchasing a ski area; the “incredibly painful” process of obtaining a new Forest Service operating permit after the ownership transfer; restarting the machine after several years idle; how Montana regulates chairlifts without a state tramway board; challenges of operating off the grid; getting by on 7,000 skier visits; potential for Teton Pass' dramatic upper-mountain terrain; re-imagining the lift fleet; the beautiful logic of surface lifts; collecting lifts in the parking lot and dreaming about where they could go; why Teton Pass' last expansion doesn't quite work; where Teton Pass' next chairlifts could sit; the trouble with mid-stations; the potential to install snowmaking; the most confusing ski area name in America, and why it's unlikely to change anytime soon; a problematic monster access road; why Teton Pass hasn't joined the Indy Pass; and mid-week mountain rentals.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewThis may have actually been the worst possible time in the past several years to conduct this interview, as the ski area is already closed for the winter, leaving inspired listeners with no realistic method of converting their interest into immediate support. And that's too bad. Unfortunately, I tend to schedule these interviews months in advance (we locked this date in on July 24). Yes, I could've rescheduled, but I try to avoid doing that. So we went ahead.I'm still glad we did, though I wish I'd been able to turn this around faster (it wouldn't have mattered, Teton Pass' four operating days all occurred pre-recording). But there's a gritty honesty to this conversation, taking place, as it does, in the embers of a dying season. Running a ski area is hard. People write to me all the time, fired up with dreams of running their own mountain, maybe even re-assembling one from the scrap heap. I would advise them to listen to this episode for a reality-check.I would also ask anyone convinced of the idea that Vail and Alterra are killing skiing to reconsider that narrative in the context of Teton Pass. Skiing needs massive, sustained investment to prepare for and to weather climate change. It also needs capable marketing entities to convince people living in Texas and Florida that, yes, skiing is still happening in spite of a non-ski media obsessed with twisting every rain shower into a winter-is-disappearing doomsday epic.That doesn't mean that I think Vail should (or would), buy Teton Pass, or that there's no room for independent ski area operators in our 505-resort ecosystem. What I am saying is that unless you bring a messianic sense of purpose, a handyman's grab-bag of odd and eclectic skills, the patience of a rock, and, hopefully, one or more independent income streams, the notion of running an independent ski area is a lot more romantic than the reality.What I got wrongI said that “Teton Pass' previous owner” had commissioned SE Group for a feasibility study. A local community volunteer group actually commissioned that project, as Hlavac clarifies.Also, in discussing Hlavic's purchase of the ski area, I cited some sales figures that I'd sourced from contemporary news reports. From a Sept. 11, 2019 report in the Choteau Acantha:Wood listed the ski area for sale, originally asking $3 million for the resort, operated on a 402-acre forest special-use permit. The resort includes three lifts, a lodge with a restaurant and liquor license, a ski gear rental shop and several outbuildings. Wood later dropped his asking price to $375,000.Then, from SAM on Sept. 17, 2019:Former Teton Pass Ski Resort general manager Charles Hlavac has purchased the resort from Nick Wood for $375,000 after it had been on the market for two years. Wood, a New Zealand native, bought the ski area back in 2010. He and his partners invested in substantial upgrades, including three new lifts, a lodge renovation, and improvements to maintenance facilities. The resort's electrical generator failed in 2016-17, though, and Wood closed the hill in December 2017, citing financial setbacks.While the original asking price for Teton Pass was $3 million, Wood dropped the price down to $375,000. Hlavac, who served as the GM for the resort under Wood's ownership, confirmed on Sept. 6 that he had purchased the 402-acre ski area, located on Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest land, through a contract-for-deed with Wood's company.Hlavic disputes the accuracy of these figures in our conversation.Why you should ski Teton PassThere's liberty in distance, freedom in imagining a different version of a thing. For so many of us, skiing is Saturdays, skiing is holidays, skiing is Breckenridge, skiing is a powder day in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Traffic is just part of it. Liftlines are just part of it. Eating on the cafeteria floor is just part of it. Groomers scraped off by 9:45 is just part of it. It's all just part of it, but skiing is skiing because skiing is dynamic and fun and thrilling and there's a cost to everything, Man, and the cost to skiing is dealing with all that other b******t.But none of this is true. Skiing does not have to include compromises of the soul. You can trade these for compromises of convenience. And by this I mean that you can find a way to ski and a place to ski when and where others can't and won't ski. If you drive to the ass-end of Montana to ski, you are going to find a singular ski experience, because most people are not willing to do this. Not to ski a thousand-footer served by a double chair that's older than Crocodile Rock. Not to spend $55 rather than drive down the per-visit cost of their precious Ikon Pass by racking up that 16th day at Schweitzer.Among my best ski days in the past five winters have been a midweek powder day at 600-vertical-foot McCauley, New York; an empty bluebird weekday at Mt. Baldy, hanging out above Los Angeles; and a day spent ambling the unassumingly labyrinthian terrain of Whitecap Mountains, Wisconsin. Teton Pass is a place of this same roguish nature, out there past everything, but like absolutely nothing else in skiing.Podcast NotesOn closing early for the seasonHere is Hlavac's Feb. 8 letter, addressed to “friends and patrons,” announcing his decision to close for the season (click through to read):On Sleeping GiantAnd here's a similar letter that Sleeping Giant, Wyoming owner Nick Piazza sent to his passholders on Jan. 12:We are disappointed to announce that this latest winter storm mostly missed us. Unfortunately, we are no closer to being able to open the mountain than we were 2-3 weeks ago. We have reached a point where the loss of seasonal staff would make it difficult to open the mountain, even if we got snow tomorrow. For these reasons, we feel that the responsible thing to do is to pull the plug on this season.With a heavy heart we are announcing that Sleeping Giant will not be opening for the 23/24 winter season.We would like to thank everyone for their support and patience as we battled this terrible weather year.  We will be refunding all season pass holders their money at the end of January. This will happen automatically, and the funds will be returned to the payment method used when purchasing your season pass.***For those that would like to roll over their season pass to the 24/25 Winter Season, we will announce instructions early next week.***We have heard from some of our Season Pass Partner Mountains who have shared that they will be honoring our season pass perks, for those of you choosing to rollover your pass to 24/25. Snow King, 3 Free Day Lift Tickets with either a season pass or their receipt; Ski Cooper, 3 Free Day lift tickets; Bogus Basin, 3 Free Day lift tickets; and Soldier Mountain, 3 Free Day lift tickets.Additionally, please note that if you received any complimentary passes for the 23/24 season, they automatically carry over to next season. The same applies for passes that were part of any promotion, charity give away, or raffle.Should you have any questions about season passes please email GM@skisg.com.While we are extremely disappointed to have to make this announcement, we will go lick our wounds, and - I am confident - come back stronger.Our team will still be working at Sleeping Giant and I think everyone is ready to use this down time to get to work on several long-standing projects that we could not get to when operating. Moreover, we are in discussions with our friends at the USFS and Techno Alpine to get paperwork done so we can jump on improvements to our snow making system in the spring.I would like to thank the whole Sleeping Giant team for the hard work they have put in over the last three months. You had some really unlucky breaks, but you stuck together and found ways to hold things together to the very end. To our outdoor team, you did more in the last 9 months than has been done at SG in a generation. Powered mainly with red bull and grit. Thank you!It's never pleasant to have to admit a big public defeat, but as we say in Ukrainian only people that do nothing enjoy infallibility.  We did a lot of great things this year and fought like hell to get open.After we get season pass refunds processed, we plan to sit down and explore options to keep some of the mountain's basic services open and groomed, so snowshoers and those that wish can still enjoy Sleeping Giant's beauty and resources.We hope this will include a spring ski day for season pass holders that rollover into next year, but there are several legal hurdles that we need to overcome to make that a possibility. Stay tuned. Sincerely,NickOn Montana ski areasWe discuss Montana's scattered collection of ski areas. Here's a complete list:On “some of the recent things that have happened in the state” with chairlifts in MontanaWhile most chairlift mishaps go unreported, everyone noticed when a moving Riblet double chair loaded with a father and son disintegrated at Montana Snowbowl in March. From the Missoulian:Nathan McLeod keeps having flashbacks of watching helplessly as his 4-year-old son, Sawyer, slipped through his hands and fell off a mangled, malfunctioning chairlift after it smashed into a tower and broke last Sunday at Montana Snowbowl, the ski hill just north of Missoula.“This is a parent's worst nightmare,” McLeod recalled. “I'm just watching him fall and he's looking at me. There's nothing I can do and he's screaming. I just have this mental image of his whole body slipping out of my arms and it's terrible.”McLeod, a Missoula resident, was riding the Snow Park chairlift, which was purchased used from a Colorado ski resort and installed in 2019. The chairlift accesses beginner and intermediate terrain, and McLeod was riding on the outside seat of the lift so that his young son could be helped up on the inside by the lift attendant, who was the only person working at the bottom of the lift. McLeod's other 6-year-old son, Cassidy, was riding a chair ahead with a snowboarder. McLeod recalled the lift operator had a little trouble loading his older son, so the chair was swinging. Then he and his younger son got loaded.“We're going and I'm watching Cassidy's chair in front of me and it's just, like, huge, violent swings and in my mind, I don't know what to do about that, because I'm a chair behind him,” McLeod recalled. “I'm worried he's gonna hit that next tower. And it's like 40 feet off the ground at that point. As that's going through my head, all of a sudden, our chair smashes into the tower, the first one, as it starts going up.”He described the impact as “super strong.”“And just like that, I reach for my son and he just slips from my arms,” McLeod said.He estimates the boy fell 12-15 feet to the snow below, which at least one other witness agreed with.“I'm yelling like ‘someone help us' and the lift stops a few seconds later,” he said. “But at the same time, as Sawyer is falling, the lift chair just breaks apart and it just flips backwards. Like the backrest just falls off the back and so I'm like clinging on to the center bar while the chair is swinging. My son is screaming and I don't know what to do. I'm like, ‘Do I jump right now?''”The full article is worth a read. It's absurd. McLeod describes the Snowbowl staff as callous and dismissive. The Forest Service later ordered the ski area to repair that lift and others before opening for the season. The ski area complied.On Marx and Lenin at Big SkyHlavic compares Teton Pass' upper-mountain avalanche chutes to Marx and Lenin at Big Sky. These are two well-known runs off Lone Peak (pictured below). Lenin is where a 1996 Christmas Day avalanche that I recently discussed with Big Sky GM Troy Nedved took place.On the evolution of Bridger BowlHlavic compares Teton Pass to vintage Bridger Bowl, before that ski area had the know-how and resources to tame the upper-mountain steeps. Here's Bridger in 1973:And here it is today. It's still pretty wild – skiers have to wear an avy beacon just to ski the Schlasman's chair, but the upper mountain is accessible and well-managed:On Holiday Mountain and TitusI compared Hlavic's situation to that of Mike Taylor at Holiday Mountain and Bruce Monette Jr. at Titus Mountain, both in New York. Like Hlavic, both have numerous other businesses that allowed them to run the ski area at a loss until they could modernize operations. I wrote about Taylor's efforts last year, and hosted Monette on the podcast in 2021.On Hyland HillsHlavic talks about growing up skiing at Hyland Hills, Minnesota. What a crazy little place this is, eight lifts, including some of the fastest ropetows in the world, lined up along a 175-vertical-foot ridge in a city park.Man those ropetows:On Teton Pass, WyomingThe Teton Pass with which most people are familiar is a high-altitude twister of a highway that runs between Wyoming and Idaho. It's a popular and congested backcountry skiing spot. When I drove over the pass en route from Jackson Hole to Big Sky in December, the hills were tracked out and bumped up like a ski resort.On Rocky Mountain HighHlavic notes that former Teton Pass owners had changed the ski area's name to “Rocky Mountain High” for several years. Here's a circa 1997 trailmap with that branding:It's unclear when the name reverted to “Teton Pass.”The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 10/100 in 2024, and number 510 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

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In this episode, we delve into the captivating story behind one of Elton John's most iconic tracks - Crocodile Rock. Released in 1972, this timeless song became the first of many chart-topping hits for the legendary Sir Elton John in the United States.Crocodile Rock stands out in Elton John's extensive discography with its irresistible fifties rock 'n' roll accents. But beyond its catchy melody and energetic rhythm, this song carries a profound message. It serves as a poignant musical allegory that explores the fleeting nature of youth and the inevitable passage of time.Join us as we uncover the inspiration behind Crocodile Rock and how Elton John masterfully captures the essence of a man reflecting on his past. Through heartfelt lyrics and a dynamic sound, we witness the protagonist grappling with the aftermath of a broken relationship while reminiscing about the carefree days of his youth.To achieve a perfect sound illusion, Elton John drew inspiration from the rock pioneers of his own childhood. We'll explore the musical influences that shaped this remarkable track and discuss its lasting impact on the world of popular music.Tune in to this episode and immerse yourself in the enchanting tale of Crocodile Rock. Experience the joy and nostalgia it evokes while gaining a deeper appreciation for Elton John's artistry and his ability to create songs that transcend time.

Es ist das erfolgreichste Album in Elton Johns langer Karriere "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Und es ist nicht nur sein erfolgreichstes Album, sondern auch das erfolgreichste Glam Rock-Album aller Zeiten. Das Musikjahr 1973 hat uns einige Meilensteine beschert: Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon", The Who veröffentlichten "Quadrophenia", die Eagles "Desperado", Stevie Wonder hatte seine "Innervisions" und Elton John brachte uns sein siebtes Studioalbum "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road". Und während Elton John 1973 in den USA schon seinen ersten Nummer 1 Hit gehabt hatte mit "Crocodile Rock", ließ der große Durchbruch in seiner Heimat Großbritannien noch auf sich warten. Mit "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" sollte er es dann aber auch endlich in seiner Heimat nach ganz oben schaffen. Elton John hat auf "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" nicht nur einen seiner größten Hits "Candle In The Wind", sondern noch ganz viel anderes gepackt. Er hatte so viel Material für das Album, dass er nicht ein einfach ein "normales" Album veröffentlicht hat, sondern gleich ein Doppelalbum mit 17 Songs. Mit mehr als 20 Millionen verkauften Einheiten ist es, wie erwähnt, das kommerziell erfolgreichste Album des britischen Musikers, wurde mit Gold und Platin ausgezeichnet und ist auch eines seiner wichtigsten Platten. Im 50-jährigen Jubiläumsjahr seines Albums "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" hat sich Elton John auch von der Bühne verabschiedet und natürlich gab es auch bei dem Titel seiner letzten Tour eine kleine Hommage an seinen persönlichen Bestseller: "Farewell Yellow Brick Road". Die Produktion von "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" war sehr turbulent. Eigentliche wollten Elton John und sein Team in der jamaikanischen Hauptstadt Kingston aufnehmen, wo auch zuvor schon die Rolling Stones ihr Album "Goats Head Soup" aufgenommen haben. Warum die ganze Gruppe einen Tag vor Beginn der Aufnahmen dann doch noch nach Frankreich ins Studio Château d'Hérouville umgezogen ist, wie das Team es geschafft hat, bis zu vier Songs am Tag zu schreiben und aufzunehmen, darüber sprechen wir im Podcast. __________ Über diese Songs vom Album “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” wird im Podcast gesprochen (08:54) – “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” (30:22) – “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (42:40) – “Candle in the Wind” (47:32) – “Bennie and the Jets” (57:42) – “Saturday Night's Alright for  Fighting” __________ Über diese Songs wird außerdem im Podcast gesprochen (04:35) – “Crocodile Rock” von Elton John (15:53) – “Layla” von Derek and the Dominos (36:29) – “Son of your Father” von Chicory Tip __________ Shownotes: Die 10 Besten Elton John Alben bei Classic Rock History: https://www.classicrockhistory.com/10-best-elton-john-albums/  Elton John bei UDiscover: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/artist/elton-john/  “The True Story Of Elton John” in der ARD-Mediathek: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/zdfinfo/the-true-story-of-elton-john/zdf/Y3JpZDovL3pkZi5kZS9QUk9EMS9TQ01TX2QzMGMwOTZiLWFkOTUtNDFhNC1hM2NjLTAyMjk3ZmViMGY2NQ Trailer zur Classic Albums Folge zu “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-XjQ7WpW0I Youtube-Kanal von Elton John: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcd0tBtip8YzdTCUw3OVv_Q  Review im Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/goodbye-yellow-brick-road-249137/ __________ Ihr wollt mehr Podcasts wie diesen? Abonniert die SWR1 Meilensteine! Fragen, Kritik, Anregungen? Schreibt uns an: meilensteine@swr.de

The Sue Morgan Podcast Episode 144 - Crocodile Rock 010723 by Random audio from UK broadcaster Ian Watko Watkins

Marc Brillouet vertelt... over CROCODILE ROCK van ELTON JOHN © 2023 Daisy Lane & Marc Brillouet

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright | Eric Demmer  | I'm A Guitar Player  | So Fine  |   |  | Greg Brice  | My Life  | Greg Brice  |  | Charlie Christian  | Down on Teddy's Hill,  Pagin' Dr. Christian  | Charlie Christian at Minton's | Sawmill Roots Orchestra  | Wagon Swing  | Sawmill Roots Orchestra | Tom Harpo Walker feat Dani Wild  | Ride on  | Bruised Heart Blues  |  | Mark Harrison  | Panic Attack  | On The Chicken Sandwich Train | King Biscuit Boys  | In My Time Of Dying  | Organic & Natural  |  | Memphis Slim  | Blue And Lonesome  | Deep South Piano Blues - Rockin The House | Jimmy Yancey  | Yancey Stomp  | Blues and Boogie  |  | Marie Knight  | Beams Of Heaven  | The Gospel Truth Live | Larkin Poe  | Crocodile Rock  | Kindred Spirits (2020) | Jerry Lee Lewis  | I Can Still Hear The Music In The Restroom  | A Whole Lotta... Jerry Lee Lewis (CD3) | Buddy Whittington and Jim Suhler  |  Ain't Got the Scratch  | Texas Scratch  |  | Rebecca Downes  | Terrorise  | The Space Between Us | CHICK WILLIS  | You Got The Devil In You  | Things I Used To Do  | 

The Bug Brigade investigate the ruins of Camp Righteous and the House of the Crocodile.   Check out our aftershow, The Tiny Hut Talk, at Patreon.com   Instagram: @_snackstudios   TikTok: @_snackstudios   Email: herefortherolls@gmail.com   We very much appreciate those 5-Star Reviews and Subscribes!   Tomb of Annihilation is a published adventure by Wizards of the Coast   Edited and Produced by Jake Holt   Character Art by Teanca Rossouw   Logo Design by Trent Holt   Music pulled from YouTube Creator Studio, Audioblocks.com, and Artlist.io   Check out Reroll on the App Store today, on either iOS, Android, or desktop using promo code HEREFORTHEROLLS for 10% your Reroll purchase   Grab an IMMENSE DICE BAG from CardKingPro 20% OFF at https://cardkingpro.com/congratulationspodcast/  

International sensation Elton John has touched down in AUS and what better way to celebrate than for Kyle to sing a duet with him! Have a listen to their rendition of Crocodile Rock. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Arguably the biggest album of the entire rock era, Pink Floyd's eighth studio album would propel them to superstardom.  The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most acclaimed records in history, and it is commercially unmatched in its longevity.  It topped the US Billboard Top LP's and Tape chart, and charted for 962 weeks in total!Pink Floyd at this time was David Gilmour on guitar and vocals, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, Richard Wright on keyboards, and Nick Mason on percussion.The Dark Side of the Moon was envisioned as a concept album focusing on different types of pressure like greed, conflict, and death.  It also included examination of mental health issues - as would much of Pink Floyd's discography - inspired by the problems experienced by former front man Syd Barrett.  While singles were released, we strongly recommend listening to the album in totality to get the best experience out of it.Bruce brings us this monster album, and friend of the show Mike Fernandez joins us in Wayne's absence. TimeThis was released in the US as the second single from the album (after Money).  Roger Waters wrote the lyrics.  David Gilmour and Richard Wright share lead vocals - unusual for Richard Wright.  The sounds of clocks were recorded by Alan Parsons in an antique store as a quadrophonic test, but the sounds fit so well with the theme of this track that the band included it.  All four principal members were credited with songwriting, and this would be the last time this would happen in the band's history.The Great Gig in the SkyThis track follows Time, and is basically an instrumental with some spoken words at the front.  The band went around the studio asking people questions and Gerry O'Driscal's response is recorded on this track.  Female vocalizations are provided by Clare Torry, a session vocalist that Alan Parsons brought in.  She wasn't really told what to sing, but was told, "There's no lyrics.  It's about dying - have a bit of a sing on that, girl."  Brain DamageRoger Waters is on lead in this song, with Gilmour providing backing vocals.  This and other insanity-themed lyrics are based on Syd Barrett.  The lyric, "And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes" has a historical basis, as Barrett would play a different song than the rest of the band on more than one occasion toward the end of his tenure with the band.  EclipseThis final track is actually a different song from Brain Damage, but is commonly played with it on rock radio stations because there is no break between the two on the album.  The song reflects the ying and yang of life - good and bad, life and death, light and dark.  "And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon." ENTERTAINMENT TRACK:Theme to the television game show $10,000 PyramidDick Clark would serve as the initial host of this game show which started in March 1973.   STAFF PICKS:Crocodile Rock by Elton JohnBrian initiates the staff picks with the first number 1 song in the U.S. for Elton John.  The song has a 50's throwback sound, with lyrics that tell about a time when the singer danced the Crocodile Rock with Susie.  It was inspired by Australian band Daddy Cool and their song “Eagle Rock.”The Cisco Kid by WarRob's staff pick is from War's 1972 album, “The World is a Ghetto.” It made it to number 2 on the charts.  There's a reggae feel, a little funk, and a little ZZ Top.  The song is about two cowboys, Cisco and Poncho, and their adventures.  The band wanted their music to spread brotherhood and harmony to displace greed, racism, hunger, and gangs.Stuck in the Middle With You by Stealers Wheel Friend of the show Mike Fernandez brings us one of the classic lines in rock music - “clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you.”  Gerry Rafferty  is the founder and principal songwriter for the group.  This is Stealers Wheel's biggest hit.Danny's Song by Anne MurrayBruce wraps up the staff picks with a song Kenny Loggins wrote for his brother Danny at the birth of his son Colin.  It was first performed by a group called Gator Creek in 1970, then by Loggins and Messina in 1972.  This cover by Canadian country-pop singer Anne Murray would go to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. INSTRUMENTAL TRACK:Also Sprach Zarathustra by DeodatoThis funky take on the Richard Strauss piece famous for its use in "2001:  A Space Odyssey" was on the charts in March 1973.

Len and Beave explore the life and music of the legendary Elton John. They try to select a 45-minute playlist of his best songs (an impossible task), and discuss his place in the annals of 70s rock. They compare him to other singer-songwriters from that era (including Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, etc.) and also compare him to other top-selling artists of all time. What songs are your favorites, and what are your favorite Elton John albums? Tune in for melodic expertise!

On Today’s Episode Bennie and the Jets or Crocodile Rock, The Polar Express is the stuff of nightmares, and a Tom Hanks Mt. Rushmore …Enjoy! The Brett Davern Show is streamed LIVE daily at 12pm (eastern) 9am (pacific) on idobi Radio at http://idobi.com. Follow Brett on social media @BDavv, Katie : @KatieLeclerc, the show @BrettDavernShow

Talvi Faustmann is a musician, director and half of the electronic duo Prince Innocence with Josh. Talvi sat down with the boys on a Friday night to sip martinis and discuss emo music, jocks vs nerds, alternative high schools, gatekeepers, irony vs sincerity, Pitchfork, the algorithm, the dark side of Los Angeles, working alone, growing up in the country, leaving Toronto, Lauren chimes in, hot gossip about *BEEEEEEP*, cosplaying as a regular person, Crocodile Rock, “sex & spice”, creepy dm's, “pay pigs”, getting banned from dating websites, directing music videos, women photographing women, fake beef, the worst job on a film set and much more! Talvi Faustmann Josh McIntyre Austin Hutchings ---- Cold Pod https://patreon.com/coldpod

includes I'm Still Standing, The Border Song, Rocket Man, Madman Across The Water, Take Me To The Pilot, Bennie And The Jets, Honky Cat, Crocodile Rock and Saturday Night's Alright. Studio recordings - Whenever Your Ready, Island Girl and I'm Going To Be A Teenage Model

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver are finally divorced, after more than 10 years Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have officially finalized their divorce, more than 10 years after proceedings began. Court documents filed on Dec. 28 showed that a final settlement had been reached between the Terminator star and the U.S. journalist, formally ending their 35-year marriage. The terms of the divorce settlement were not made public. Shriver, the niece of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy, filed for divorce in 2011 after Schwarzenegger ended his term as California governor and admitted fathering a child with the couple's housekeeper some 14 years previously. (Reuters) After two-year break, Elton John says hello again with resumed goodbye tour British rocker Elton John has resumed his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour, returning to the stage in New Orleans after a nearly two-year hiatus. The Tiny Dancer and Crocodile Rock hitmaker, 74, played the Crescent City on Jan. 19. Marking his retirement from performing on the road, John's global tour began in September 2018. Like other musicians, he was forced to postpone live shows due to the pandemic. “Wow, we haven't played a show since the sixth of March 2020. This is a new experience for us, I've never had this amount of time off in my life ... playing music, well at least since I was 17 years of age,” the singer told the crowd. (Reuters) These articles were provided by The Japan Times Alpha.

Oggi #stayhuman racconta la storia di Minnie Riperton, la voce angelica più tenace del soul. Ezio Guaitamacchi, autore con Antonio Bacciocchi di Crocodile Rock (storie, aneddoti, curiosità e tutto ciò che unisce musica e animali) ci dirà chi, tra cani e gatti, vince il derby dell'animale del cuore tra i musicisti rock. Il mitico #fela presenta i Newen Afrobeat, un combo cileno che come lui impazziscono per Fela Kuti.

This week John Hastings comes to town to hang with Daniel, Jason and Randy. This week's story is a very interesting way a woman decides to date younger men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Hi Sandman my question is I'm a Canadian who lives in Toronto for at least 5 years now, and I've noticed that since the Slut Walk phenomenon, that Toronto is very anti-male while women are free to pursue anything without opposition, including activities which may be criminal such as female teacher and student relations. Do you see an increase in predatory female teachers in the near future because men 18+ have gone their own way? Thank You." Well that's what he has to say. Anyways, first of all there are other places where you are more likely to find female sexual predators. Most female teachers aren't going to jeopardize their careers and retirement to sleep with a seventeen year old student when they can go out to a cougars night at Crocodile Rock or Blue Suede Sues here in Toronto and find a young guy in his early to mid twenties and rob the cradle that way. So no I don't think that we are going to see an increase in teachers going after their students because there are more MGTOWs. But then again this is Toronto after all the most popular city for MGTOW on the planet. I also have some amazing news about something I just saw on google trends today. Apparently the interest in MGTOW is now ten times more then it was just a week ago. Not ten percent higher, but ten times higher. I'm not sure if this is just some random spike in traffic or if it symbolizes the beginning of the a MGTOW super-spike and a situation where interest in MGTOW goes exponential. Before this spike MGTOW was already growing at an exponential hockey stick pattern growth rate. And I've also noticed that my traffic has increased about thirty percent in the last week or so. Not sure what's going on out there but when I look at the youtube comments section I'm seeing more new users and posters then at any point before. It's exciting to see that eleven to twelve thousand men are now coming through my youtube page each and every day. There are more daily viewers then subscribers and it keeps growing. Anyways, now on with the topic, Female Teacher Predators. With regards to personal stories I've heard about female teachers trying to take advantage of students I've heard one story in the last couple of years. I heard that from one of my clients that another one of my clients was making sexual comments and hitting on a guy dude that was sixteen. Nothing happened between them and apparently he was disgusted that a middle aged woman would be hitting on him. She sees herself as all that and a bag of chips. She was a music teacher and although I don't have any proof that she actually hit on this sixteen year old. But she would often make sexual comments to me all the time as well. I was disgusted and no longer work with her. Florida Epidemic: Teachers Sleeping with Studentshttp://content.time.com/time/nation/a...Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/mgtow/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

IT'S TIME TO WATCH THE MUPPETS! This week with special guest Elton John. Distracted rants include but are not limited to farewell tours, Louis CK (barf), "Going to stores", a squirrel comes by, Paul Rudd on SNL, and much more! "Elton John performs four of his biggest hit songs of the '70's like, "Crocodile Rock", "Bennie and the Jets", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", with Miss Piggy filling in for Kiki Dee." ITTWTM shirts!https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/21898238-ittwtm?store_id=333945 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The season five playoffs begin as James, Paul, and Seth duke it out for the North Shore High division title and a spot in the finals. Round one looks at songs with memorable uses of the note to follow sol before round two shakes up the before-and-after answer style with names instead of titles. But only one player can advance, and it all comes down to the lightning round!Support Us On Patreon

The season five playoffs begin as James, Paul, and Seth duke it out for the North Shore High division title and a spot in the finals. Round one looks at songs with memorable uses of the note to follow sol before round two shakes up the before-and-after answer style with names instead of titles. But only one player can advance, and it all comes down to the lightning round! NOTES ⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.

You have to love a song about two old friends (possibly lovers) going on a 4-day coke binge that leads them to dance around clocks, wearing zany glasses and throwing rocks at large reptiles. We are joined by comedian & animal expert Bec Charlwood! Check out Bec on Instagram & listen to her awesome podcast The Ladies Guide to Dude CinemaSubscribe to us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Deezer, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Podcast Addict, Stitcher, Vurbl or wherever you get your podcasts.If you enjoy our podcast and can afford to shoot some shrapnel our way we would be absolutely bloody stoked about it! You can sign up for as little as $2 a month and receive bonus episodes, extra content and even be a guest on the podcast if you're keen! Jump on our Patreon page now and sign up! Please tell your mates about the podcast and jump on Apple Podcasts/iTunes and give us a 5-star review!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/1001songsthatmakeyouwanttodie)

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Si parla con Ezio Guaitamacchi e Antonio Bacciocchi autori del libro Crocodile Rock, storie, aneddoti, curiosità e tutto ciò che unisce musica e animali, Hoepli editore, ma anche della segnalazione dell'ascoltatore Marco sui Cinghiali uccisi in Oltrepò Pavese, di Lac, di Manuela Mariani e I segreti della natura, storie in rima di piante e animali, Edizioni Terra Santa, di Bookcity e scopriamo che Ezio avrebbe voluto essere un volatile e Antonio il suo cane

Si parla con Ezio Guaitamacchi e Antonio Bacciocchi autori del libro Crocodile Rock, storie, aneddoti, curiosità e tutto ciò che unisce musica e animali, Hoepli editore, ma anche della segnalazione dell'ascoltatore Marco sui Cinghiali uccisi in Oltrepò Pavese, di Lac, di Manuela Mariani e I segreti della natura, storie in rima di piante e animali, Edizioni Terra Santa, di Bookcity e scopriamo che Ezio avrebbe voluto essere un volatile e Antonio il suo cane

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My guest today and I met during our first season together in Club Med Turks & Caicos in Summer of 1994. I was at the end of my season and she was starting her 94/95 season as a Boutique G.O. From California, please help me welcome Melissa Cuevas-McIntyre! Melissa has a very vivid account of her first season in Turks & Caicos and she shares her experience with us in great detail, including her favorite JoJo story, getting Padi certified, brushes with minor celebrities, two-cheek kissing Europeans, how to small-talk like a pro at lunch and her favorite Crazy Sign, Crocodile Rock (ugh). Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

W/C 25th October 2021 1. I have spent most of the week wandering around Spain in my Crocs. 2. That got me to Crocodile Rock as the episode title & tune of the week, as my Crocs do in fact really rock. 3. That took to my favourite version of the song, as it appears in the Bob the Builder Christmas Special episode - A Christmas to Remember 4. Which brings me to the admission that I have been watching this episode for years after the kids lost interest, it's one of the go-to Christmas moments in my world. Stay safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-krfThktp4 (Crocodile Rock - Elton John ) https://www.instagram.com/ashortstories (Instagram) https://www.twitter.com/ashortstories (Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/ashortstoriespodcast/ (Facebook) Support this podcast

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 257, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: They Wrote The Songs 1: "Can't Buy Me Love" and Love Me Do". John Lennon and Paul McCartney. 2: "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Edelweiss". Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. 3: "Honky Cat" and "Crocodile Rock". Elton John and Bernie Taupin. 4: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "(They Long To Be) Close To You". Burt Bacharach and Hal David. 5: "I Don't Know How To Love Him" and "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina". Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Round 2. Category: Dan Rather 1: Dan Rather was co-editor of this TV show from 1975 to 1981. 60 MInutes. 2: Dan was born on October 31, 1931 in this U.S. state. Texas. 3: In 1981 Dan replaced this legendary longtime anchorman. Walter Cronkite. 4: Dan was upped to a national post by CBS after covering one of these natural disasters in September 1961. Hurricane. 5: The title of one of Dan's books on broadcast journalism states that "The Camera Never" does this. Blinks. Round 3. Category: 3-M 1: The greatest quantity possible, perhaps in prison security. maximum. 2: About 10 feet high at the shoulder, this Pleistocene animal had complex molar teeth. a mammoth. 3: Porgy and Bess know this title is when "the livin' is easy". "Summertime". 4: On New Year's Day 1901, Philadelphia hosted the first annual this Parade. Mummers. 5: 11-letter term meaning to honor by some observance. commemorate. Round 4. Category: Go Tell It On The Mountain 1: This major mountain range of the United States also runs through Canada between Montana and Alaska. the Rockies. 2: Africa's highest mountain, it's primarily made up of 3 extinct volcanoes. Kilimanjaro. 3: This 14,110-foot Colorado mountain peak discovered in 1806 inspired the song "America The Beautiful". Pikes Peak. 4: You don't need no stinkin' badges to treasure this main mountain system of Mexico. the Sierra Madre. 5: The 20,320-foot mountain then known as Densmore's Mt. was renamed for this presidential candidate in 1896. McKinley. Round 5. Category: Think Fast 1: A person moving quickly is going by leaps and these. Bounds. 2: Floor it, or "put the pedal to" this. The metal. 3: People go like a blue one of these, or like one of lightning. Streak. 4: A dictionary defines it as "The instant's duration of a wink"; little stars and eyes do it. Twinkle. 5: The material that people are "hellbent for" when moving quickly. Leather. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

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At this time of year I'm always thinking about the seaside. There's nothing better than a day by the sea, especially a summer's day. In this episode I want to share some of my favourite Scottish seaside towns. So pack up your buckets and spades and let's head off.Let's start with Largs on the Clyde Coast. This town has lots of happy memories for me as I went there often as a child. From Glasgow it's a lovely drive down the coast which we sometimes jokingly refer to as the Costa Del Clyde. This town has a lovely promenade along the front with amusements and kids rides in summertime. There's also a Viking museum - Vikingar where you can learn more about the history of the Vikings in Scotland. If you fancy an ice cream you'll be spoiled for choice but if you want a treat, head over to the Art Deco building, home to the famous Nardinis. This cafe boasts 32 different flavours of Ice cream and I can highly recommend their ice cream sundaes. It's not cheap but definitely worth the money. If you've got time you can catch the ferry over to the Isle of Cumbrae, which many people cycle around, there are places to hire bikes or you can take your own. If that sounds too energetic then you can relax on the sandy beaches there and kids will love Crocodile Rock, just as it sounds, this is a rock painted to look like a crocodile. For me one of the best things about Largs is that I feel like I'm on holiday when I'm there, it's got that kind of chilled out vibe. Another wonderful town is St Andrews. It's got everything going for it. West Sands beach is around 2 miles long where they filmed the opening scenes of the movie, Chariots of Fire, there's also East Sands beach which is popular for water sports like surfing and kayaking. St Andrews is also home to Scotland's oldest university dating from 1413 as well as a castle where you can go down into the underground dungeons and a ruined cathedral dating from the 12 century which was the largest building in Scotland for 7 centuries. Add in great shopping and of course it's a golfer's paradise. The Old course at St Andrews links is right in town and is where the game of golf was first played 600 years ago. It's so easy to walk around this town and there really is something for everyone here which is why it attracts visitors from far and wide. I love the fact it's so cosmopolitan. We're back on the west coast for my final favourite seaside town, Oban I think I've mentioned before how much I love the islands here. Well, Oban is known as the gateway to the isles with ferries to islands like Mull, Barra etc. The only difficulty is deciding where to go! More recently it's become known as the Seafood capital of Scotland and you'll find a huge variety of top quality fish and shellfish here including oysters, mussels, langoustines, prawns, scallops, mackerel and haddock to name a few. There are some lovely hotels all along the seafront with great sea views and a lovely esplanade which stretches for miles or you can hang out at the harbour watching the ferries coming and going and fishermen bringing home their catch. You can check out Oban whisky distillery in the centre of town or climb up to McCaig's Tower, this was meant to be an art gallery but was never completed. Some people say it looks a bit like a miniature colosseum. There are amazing views from here over the water to the Isle of Mull. Even if you don't plan on visiting an island, there's lots to see and do around Oban so it's well worth staying a few days. There isn't much of a beach in town but the panoramic views and lively atmosphere more than make up for it. What about swimming, you may ask? Well you can swim in the sea and some people do, especially in the summer but the water is usually freezing so I'm usually content with a paddle and a stroll along the sand. we usually finish off a trip to the seaside with a takeaway fish supper best enjoyed while gazing out to sea! Thanks for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adventuresinenglish/message

In this episode, we find our intrepid married couple wading through the SECOND episode of Dexter. This is the episode where introductions are over, so let's get to it! We encourage everyone to join in our Dexter Series Recap Rewatch as we get ready for season 9! We keep things relatively spoiler free until our "Sssh, Dexter Secrets" section at the end. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Molly takes on another solo episode. She discusses Anxiety, Big sisters and Crocodile Rock. The classic ABC's.

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Here's your daily look at 'Today in Rock History' featuring: Green Day drummer, Tre Cool is 47. Kurt Angle is 50. Dick Butkus is 77. Redd Foxx was born on this day in 1922. Today in 1972, Elton John released the classic single "Crocodile Rock". In 1978, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd recorded "Soul Man" and released it under the name The Blues Brothers. In 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges, including conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery, for attempting to sell Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.

Welcome to the History of Computing Podcast, where we explore the history of information technology. Because understanding the past prepares us for the innovations of the future! Todays episode is about the Xerox Alto. Close your eyes and… Wait, don't close your eyes if you're driving. Or on a bike. Or boating. Or… Nevermind, don't close your eyes But do use your imagination, and think of what it would be like if you opened your phone… Also don't open your phone while driving. But imagine opening your phone and ordering a pizza using a black screen with green text and no pictures. If that were the case, you probably wouldn't use an app to order a pizza. Without a graphical interface, or GUI, games wouldn't have such wide appeal. Without a GUI you wouldn't probably use a computer nearly as much. You might be happier, but we'll leave that topic to another podcast. Let's jump in our time machine and head back to 1973. The Allman Brothers stopped drinking mushroom tea long enough to release Ramblin' Man, Elton John put out Crocodile Rock, both Carpenters were still alive, and Free Bird was released by Lynard Skynyrd. Nixon was the president of the United States, and suspends offensive actions in North Vietnam, 5 days before being sworn into his second term as president. He wouldn't make it all four years of course because not long after, Watergate broke, and by the end of the year Nixon claimed “I'm not a crook”. The first handheld cell call is made by Martin Cooper, the World Trade Center opens, Secretariat wins the Belmont Stakes, Skylab 3 is launched, OJ was a running back instead of running from the police, being gay was removed from the DSM, and the Endangered Species Act was passed in the US. But many a researcher at the Palo Alto Research Center, known as Xerox Parc, probably didn't notice much of this as they were hard at work at doing something many people in Palo Alto talk about these days but rarely do: changing the world. In 1973, Xerox released the Alto, which had the first computer operating system designed from the ground up to support a GUI. It was inspired by the oN-Line System (or NLS for short), which had been designed by Douglas Engelbert of the Stanford Research Institute in the 60s on a DARPA grant. They'd spent a year developing it and that was the day to shine for Doublers Steward, John Ellenby, Bob Nishimura, and Abbey Silverstone. The Alto ran the Alto Executive operating system, had a 2.5 megabyte hard drive, ran with four 74181 MSI chips that ran at a 5.88 MHz clock speed and came with between 96 and 512 kiloBytes of memory. It came with a mouse, which had been designed by Engelbert for NLS. The Alto I ran a pilot of 30 and then an additional 90 were produced and sold before the Alto II was released. Over the course of 10 years, Xerox would sell 2000 more. Some of the programming concepts were borrowed from the Data General Nova, designed by Edson de Castro, a former DEC product manager responsible for the PDP-8. The Alto could run 16 cooperative, prioritized tasks. It was about the size of a mini refrigerator and had a CRTO on a swivel. It also came with an Ethernet connection, a keyboard, a three-button mouse a disk drive, and first a wheel mouse, later followed up with a ball mouse. That monitor was in portrait rather than the common landscape of later computers. You wrote software in BCPL and Mesa. It used raster graphics, came with a document editor, the Laurel email app, and gave us an actual multi-player video game. Oh, and a early graphics editor. And the first versions of Smalltalk - a language we'll do an upcoming episode on, ran on the Alto. 50 of these were donated to universities around the world in 1978, including Stanford, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon, inspiring a whole generation of computer scientists. One ended up in the White House. But perhaps the most important of the people that were inspired, was Steve Jobs, when he saw one at Xerox Parc, the inspiration for the first Mac. The sales numbers weren't off the charts though. Byte magazine said: It is unlikely that a person outside of the computer-science research community will ever be able to buy an Alto. They are not intended for commercial sale, but rather as development tools for Xerox, and so will not be mass-produced. What makes them worthy of mention is the fact that a large number of the personal computers of tomorrow will be designed with knowledge gained from the development of the Alto. The Alto was sold for $32,000 in 1979 money, or well over $100,000 today. So they were correct. $220,000,000 over 10 years is nothing. The Alto then begat the Xerox Star, which in 1981 killed the Alto and sold at half the price. But Xerox was once-bitten, twice shy. They'd introduced a machine to rival the DEC PDP-10 and didn't want to jump into this weird new PC business too far. If they had wanted to they might have released something somewhere between the Star and the Commodore VIC-20, which ran for about $300. Even after the success of the Apple II, which still paled in comparison to the business Xerox is most famous for: copiers. Imagine what they thought of the IBM PCs and Apple II, when they were a decade ahead of that? I've heard may say that with all of this technology being invented at Xerox, that they could have owned the IT industry. Sure, Apple went from $774,000 in 1977 to $118 million in 1980 but then CEO Peter McColough was more concerned about the loss of market share for copiers, which dipped from 65 to 46 percent at the time. Xerox revenues had gone from $1.6 billion dollars to $8 billion in the 70s. And there were 100,000 people working in that group! And in the 90s Xerox stock would later skyrocket up to $250/share! They invented Laser Printing, WYSIWYGs, the GUI, Ethernet, Object Oriented Programming, Ubiquitous computing with the PARCtab, networking over optical cables, data storage, and so so so much more. The interconnected world of today likely wouldn't be what it is without other people iterating on their contributions, but more specifically likely wouldn't be what it is if they had hoarded them. They made a modicum of money off most of these - and that money helped to fund further research, like hosting the first live streamed concert. Xerox still rakes in over $10 billion in a year in revenue and unlike many companies that went all-in on PCs or other innovations during the incredible 112 year run of Xerox, they're still doing pretty well. Commodore went bankrupt in 1994, 10 years after Dell was founded. Computing was changing so fast, who can blame Xerox? IBM was reinvented in the 80s because of the PC boom - but it also almost put them out of business. We'll certainly cover that in a future episode. I'm glad Xerox is still in business, still making solid products, and still researching all the things! So thank you to everyone at every level of Xerox, for all your organization has contributed over the years, including the Alto, which shaped how computers are used today. And thank YOU patient listeners, for tuning in to this episode of the History Of Computing Podcast. We hope you have a great day!

Over the past week, we lost Stan Lee. Stan Lee co-created The Amazing Spider-Man and passed away this week aged 95. Clearly, we would not be here doing this without him, and Steve Ditko. May he rest in peace. Still, the journey continues. This week, Spider-Man, a sprained Spidey at that, tries to go toe-to-toe with The Lizard once more.