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Well, it is his song after all. I first went looking for the Stone Pony's version and his popped up after I broadened my search. I was looking for some link to the Indian drummer and the ongoing effect that agent is having on the Democrat Party. I didn't quite find that. Yet

Watching Nesmith sing this song is like hearing Jerry Jeff Walker sing "Mr. Bojangles." Or Bob Dylan play "All Along The Watchtower."

The song is bittersweet breakup song, and Nesmith shows that it doesn't "belong" to either sex. There's a pony in there somewhere. I just know it.

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'A common misconception is the things that come from Neanderthals are generally bad,' Prüfer says, 'but that’s not entirely true.'   

New Clues How Neanderthal Genes Affect Your Health

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Speaking of the fossil record, what about the linguistic fossil record? The word Neanderthal is a compound German word: Neander + thal. "Neander" is the name of a river in Germany and "thal" means valley. But not any more. Modern German dropped the "th" spelling (and the "th" sound) [ed.: nice alliteration].

Neandertal is the modern German word. There's even a bit of linguistic residue in English: Tal is cognate with "dale" as in hill and dale.

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From the top-rated comments:

 I agree with you about today's American women being nothing but gold diggers. This song, like it or not though, came from a bygone era before feminism destroyed any decency women had. Today? Forget it!

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Who among men hasn't fallen in love with a "Brandy" -- in real life or in silico? Who among women hasn't fallen for an itinerant seaman?

But here's the good part: The real life story of Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) as told by singer/songerwriter Elliot Lurie:

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Highlights of the interview: 

• Lurie looks much better without his girly locks and blouse. 
• Brandy was named for a high school girlfriend named "Randy." 
• Lurie is from Brooklyn, just like our beloved Trooper York; he talks about having to change his Brooklynese "r's" for the song. 
• Lurie dispels the notion that he was inspired by the real life story of Mary Ellis, despite the remarkable coincidence.  
• Barry Manilow did change the name of his song Brandy to Mandy. Manilow should have renamed it "Randy" -- NTTAWWT. 

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I'm enjoying what's left of my birthday tonight. This helps:

The beer is called "Effective Dreams." It's made locally and is all the rage -- part of the "haze craze." You can't even it buy it in stores -- online only.

I like the groovy art work. It's very trippy and goes somewhere back to the 1960's.

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Susan Sarandon has Bette Davis eyes.

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Ashley Judd recited a "Beat poem" at the Washington Women's March called "#NastyWoman." Intrigued, I looked for the original. I couldn't find the text but I did find a reading by the teenaged poet, Nina Mariah:

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Where did the "Beat" label come from? Perhaps one of our beret-wearing readers can help me, daddio.

My first thought, as a codger, was:

Beatniks and politics, nothing is new

A yardstick for lunatics, one point of view

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The song that went viral for The Strawberry Alarm Clock in 1967 was not sung by the drummer, but instead by 16 year-old Greg Munford, who was attending the recording session as a visitor.

Full lyrics after the jump. Test your knowledge/memory

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Too soon?

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A blast from the past!

There was a time when men smelled like seamen...

....but also wore blouses:

Here's to the '70's