Ethel Merman Killed by Spam!



Well, actually, the Ethel Merman web site EthelZings that we created to test Swyzzle on a Ning network has been clobbered by Spam. It's currently hosted on Ning.com's social network platform. Not for long, though, because spammers have arrived. First there was a blog post advertising Viagra. We changed the settings to require approval of blog posts. Then came members whose member pages were advertisements for Levitra, Cialis,… Continue

And here it is. The first Ethel Zings show. With a sampling of some of the finest rock songs ever produced, this Swyzzle show will rock your socks off! I wish I could say that Ethel chose the play list herself, but she couldn't - she's dead (RIP). I'm certain that this is the list she would have chosen, though.



This was made with Swyzzle - my company . Become a… Continue

We all know Ethel Merman was great. Possibly the purest Vaudeville and Broadway personality ever to strut the stage. My personal favorite performance was the iconic "There's No Business Like Show Business". In fact, all of my impressions begin with at least a few bars of that song, just to get into character.



The sad thing is that Ethel died in 1984. While she lived long enough to put out a disco album in 1979, she missed out on 80s punk and glam rock and 90s grunge. She also really… Continue