The Explorers Club
No. CXV - The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Part I: Mrs. Gardner (1840-1924) and Mr. Bernard Berenson (1865-1959).








The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
The Hippos, "Paulina" & "Paulina (Reprise)" from Heads Are Gonna Roll (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: It's a two-fer, a R.B.D.S.O.T.D. first! Why two songs on one day? Why not let "Paulina (Reprise)" stands on its own? At only thirty-seven seconds, "Paulina (Reprise)" is longer than several of the tunes from Short Music for Short People; so, 'twas not the length that gave me pause. But "Paulina (Reprise)" is just that, a brief reprise of "Paulina" at the end of Heads Are Gonna Roll, not a song in its own right. Still, I didn't want to exclude it entirely from the giddy Song of the Day fun. Thus, two-for-one Thursday. I've been jonesing to spotlight "Paulina" as the R.B.D.S.O.T.D. since selecting No Doubt's "Paulina" as part of the recently concluded series.

Alas and alack, The Hippos have gone the way of the buffalo, like all too many ska bands this century. I miss them.