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He hasn't posted in a month. Maybe the covid got him.
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333 <-------------- Holy Moses

Okay, well, this makes a bit more numerological sense. If I recall, in the Bill Yung series, I pointed to the same number of posts to none other than Moses, himself, at the point I tried to "out" him as just another fraud, when he "blew up" at me.

The other day, I noticed that I was nearing the 411th post of the LMR series, and, wondered what it would be about. Gee, it's taken me this long, with my more active, relatively recent numerology stuff, to start to wonder in advance.

Anyway, I see a decent post coming up to address Deech's latest splendid such observation. This time around, to merely lay the groundwork for and extend it a bit. I hope that these things transpose well from my head to paper, later today. Don't want another MacArthur Park debacle.



For years, Jimmy Webb has been coy when asked to explain that cake left out in the rain and the rest of the lyrics to his classic "MacArthur Park." It's been recorded by some of the industry's most celebrated names: Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, The Four Tops and, most recently, Carrie Underwood.

Many tales have evolved, in the media and online to explain the genesis of the song. Here are but a few:

* They're a metaphor for the end of his relationship with a relative of Linda Ronstadt's who later got married in that Los Angeles park on a rainy day.

* Webb was annoyed by British record executives, so he extended the song past seven minutes, something unheard of on AM radio.

* He bet Richard Harris a Rolls-Royce that he could write a No. 1 song for him.

* And not long ago, Simon Cowell supposedly said Webb had told a friend of his the song is about sex and drugs.

So which ideas are apocryphal, and are any true? We asked not only Webb but also his wife of a decade, Laura Savini.

"Well, it's all true," Webb says, laughing. "There are little bits and pieces of the true story there, but what I've resorted to, because it's really turned into a kind of lifetime of talking about 'MacArthur Park,' whether I want to or not. My fallback position after all these years is I will tell you that I've told deliberately false stories to people.