So THAT'S Why They Call It NEW Ellington!

Hi everyone!  Today's show just flew by.  I started with my daily update concerning the madness down at Augusta Public Transit.  The APT is burning your tax money and we don't even get marginally decent bus service out of it!

I hope you enjoyed my APT Update Theme Song called "Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith!  Here are the lyrics to that simply awesome song:

"Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith

Give me a HO if you've got your funky bus fare...HO HO HO

There's a double dutch bus comin' down the street
Movin pretty fast
So kinda shuffle your feet
Get on the bus and pay your fare
And tell the driver that you're
Goin' to a Double Dutch Affair
Fe Fi Fo Fum
Well I'll be darn here it comes
The Double Dutch Bus is on the street
You'd better get off the curb
Move your feet

Bus fare trans-pass
That's the way my money lasts
Ain't got no car to get around
When I go to work I've gotta go downtown
Now I've missed my train
That's a darn shame
When I'm running late no sleep's to blame
If you've gotta wife you know I'm right
Gotta special man well I can understand
Uptown, downtown everybody's getting down
Say uptown say downtown
Well I've missed my bus I know I'm late
I've gotta do something I know I hate
I'm gonna walk to work fifteen blocks
I already got a hole in my socks
Go ahead and laugh that's okay
Cause what I really wanna say
I got bad feet my corns hurt
To top it off I'm lost for work
Let me tell you what I say
When I'm dealing with the funky sidewalk
Let me show you how to walk
When I gotta do my funky walk
Let me tell you what I say
When I'm dealing with the funky sidewalk
I say sssssssss-sugar


FRANKIE: Hilzi, gilzirls! Yilzall hilzave t' milzove ilzout the wilzay silzo the gilzuys can plilzay bilzasket-bilzall
(Hey girls! Y'all have to move out the way so the guys can play basketball)

GIRLS: I say wizzat? Nizzo-izzo wizzay!
(Say what? No way!)

FRANKIE: Yizzall bizzetter mizzove!
(Y'all better move!)

GIRLS: I say wizzat? Willze illzain't millzovin'...
(Say what? We ain't movin!)

FRANKIE: Shillzu-gillzar! ....., bilzzaby!
(Sugar! .....baby!)

GIRLS: Willze illzare plizzayin' dizzouble dizzutch!
(We are playin' double dutch)

FRANKIE: Millze cillzan sillzome ....plilzay dilzzouble dilzutch!
(.....play double dutch!)

GIRL: Hilzzoo?
(Who?)

FRANKIE: My gizzirl!
(My girl!)

GIRL: Brillzing her izzin!
(Bring her in!)

FRANKIE: Izzo kizzay!
(OK!)

GIRL: Izzall rizzight...
(All right...)

FRANKIE: Izzo kizzay!
(OK!)

GIRL: Izzall rizzight! Nizzow wizzee wilzzo-izzo-zee!
(All right! Now we will see!)

Bip, bomp, bam alakazam
But only when you're grooving
With the Double Dutch Man
Put on your skates don't forget your rope
Cause I know I'm gonna see you
At my Double Dutch Show
Rebecca, Lolita, Veshawn and Dawn
Everytime you do the Double Dutch you really turn it on '
Bilzarbra, Mitzery, Milzetty, Kilsan
Titzommy, Kitzerrance, Kilzommy that's my man
Come on get on my Double Dutch Bus
(The Double Dutch Bus)

Let me hear you say do that
(Do that)
Let me hear you say Do that again
(Do that again)
Let me hear you say do the do
Let me hear you say do the do the do
Do the do, do do do do do

Man, that's some good stuff.  Speaking of good stuff (how about that for a segue!), we had our third of three candidates for Augusta-Richmond County Commission District 3, Joy Mitchell-Booker on the show today.  Ms. Mitchell-Booker shared her vision for the future of Augusta and District 3 and I look forward to having her back on the show for a longer, more issue-oriented interview.

I doubled up on guests during the 1 o'clock hour, and we had a blast.  Mark Albertin, the producer of "Displaced," was on the show to talk about his great, new documentary.  "Displaced" is about how the former town of Ellington, SC was destroyed by the federal government in 1950.  Why did the feds want to force these homeowners to move on?  To build the Savannah River Site, of course.  The soundtrack for this local history documentary is provided by local bluegrass music prodigy, Eryn Eubanks (and the Family Fold!).  If you want to see this important documentary and hear a little mini-concert by Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold, then join me at Fort Discover tomorrow (Friday) at 4pm or 7pm as part of the Westabou Festival.  Hope to see some listeners there!

And last, but certainly not least, I had "The Church Lady" from The Metro Spirit, Angel Cleary!   Each week, Angel picks a new church, synagogue, mosque, or whatever to visit and then writes about it for The Metro Spirit.  As I've done my own little tour of churches (which I had to stop after witnessing a series of baptisms in a horse trough), I had a ton of fun talking to Angel about all that she's seen and experienced while performing "research" for her article.

If that's not enough Metro Spirit for you, tomorrow on the show I've got the new editor of the Spirit, Ms. Stacey Eidson.  Not enough for you?  Well, I'll have an interview with District 1 Candidate, Anthony Jones and then for my weekly local music hour, I'll have Megan Jean and the KFB in the studio.  That ought to be plenty to send us into the Arts in the Heart of Augusta weekend.  Out!