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Saucony Jazz Sneaker Review

I have never been much of a picky shopper when it came to shoes. When I was a child I always wanted to get the “popular” shoes but never got anything overpriced as that was just outrageous and not to be considered. In the last few years this has translated into my only buying shoes from such places as Zappos and warehouse store locations, never paying more than one hundred dollars for a pair of shoes. I certainly did not think that I would ever buy a pair of shoes based on an e-mail message from a record store.

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Mel Torme Sings Paul Williams

Here’s a great video memory from 1976 to cool things off and chill down a melting world: Mel Torme singing a Paul Williams classic, “I Won’t Last a Day Without You” — and the last held note will make you cry if you have an ounce of human left in you.

Paul Williams is a Good Nebraska Boy who hails from Bennington and he wrote songs — when melody meant something — like “Evergreen” and “Out in the Country” and “Close to You” and “Rainy Days and Mondays” and “Rainbow Connection” and “An Old Fashioned Love Song” and “You’re Gone” and many others as well as the theme from “The Love Boat.”
SuperGenius in action.

As an added Weekend Bonus, here’s Jazon Mraz singing Paul Williams’ “Rainbow Connection.”