saturday 9

Workin' In The Coal Mine

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Lee Dorsey sings that at 5:00 he's already on the job. What were you doing this morning at 5:00 AM? Saturday morning I was asleep at 5 o'clock--but then I went on a weekend getaway to Southern Maine!

2) He's worked so hard all week that he's too tired to enjoy his weekend. What are you doing for fun this holiday weekend? visiting with friends in Southern Maine 

3) Lee Dorsey was raised in Portland Oregon, home of the Portland Trailblazers. The NBA season kicks off next month. Do you have a favorite basketball team? the team at the school where I teach

 

4) This song was written by Allen Toussaint, who had a long career as a composer and producer. He produced Fats Domino in the late 1950s and worked with Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney into the new millennium. What job have you held the longest? this is my 29th year at my current position--and also my final!

 

5) In 1966, the year this song was popular, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey was born. Are you a good cook? passable but enthusiastic

6) 1966 was the year when more Americans purchased color TVs and black and white sets. When you were a kid, did your family have a black and white TV? we did--in the basement which was really the "girls' playroom"

7) Labor Day is a big weekend for mattress sales. Do you plan on buying a new mattress before the year is out? no, my mattress is relatively new

8) Though kids go back to class earlier these days, store aisles are still full of school supplies. When she was a little girl, Sam was crazy about her big box of 96 Crayola Crayons with a sharpener in the back. Share one of your back-to-school memories. oh--the new notebooks to decorate were the best!

9) Labor Day weekend is the unofficial beginning of fall. Have you had any pumpkin spice yet? yes!  We were shopping at the outlets in Freeport on Sunday, and I got some Pumpkin Spice Lindor Truffles after having a sample