Nixon expected "square entertainment " from the Ray Coniff singers at a White House gala celebrating the 50th anniversary of Reader's Digest magazine on 1/28/72. However, Carole Feraci, a singer, decided she wanted to give the Prez a lecture on Nam.
Ray Coniff apologized after the concert, and I'm guessing he didn't suspect this from his group.
Hey Carole, you knew the gig was square but you made it all about you.
June 7, 2025
“Some folks want their luck buttered.” Thomas Hardy, wrote in The Mayor of Casterbridge
June 15, 2025
“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? " excerpt from Hemingway
Tragically Hip lyric: " Like boots or hearts, oh, when they start ,they really fall apart
July 1, 2025
I was about ten-years old when I first heard Don’t Step on the Grass, Sam by John Kay &
Steppenwolf. Gradually, I figured out it was about pot, not a lawn.
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