Wednesday Reads

 Obituary:  Procol Harum songwriter and singer Gary Brooker, 76, has died.  His group had a massive hit in 1967 of "A Whiter Shade of Pale," which he co-wrote.  It has been played endlessly over the years until everybody got sick to death of it.  It is still one of the most famous records of the late 1960s and has been covered over 1,000 times.  Not bad for a rock band's first single.

He had undergone treatment for cancer.

Snip:

Brooker co-wrote Procol Harum's first single, "A Whiter Shade of Pale," the same year he co-founded the band with lyricist Keith Reid. It became one of the defining songs of the "Summer of Love."

The single spent six weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart, and peaked at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100. It remains one of the few singles to have sold more than 10 million physical copies.

Brooker also released three studio albums as a solo artist, including his 1979 debut "No More Fear of Flying" and the 1985 "Echoes in the Night," though these did not reach the same commercial heights as Procol Harum's output.

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Of course, this medical quackery IS child abuse and human rights abuse.   It isn't about "hate" or wanting kids to commit suicide when they are psychologically fucked up thanks to a pornified culture, the infestation of the depravity of queer theory ideology, and social media.

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