Reading News 'On-Line' Or From Newspapers? Rolling Stones, Eddie Fisher.

A long time ago, newspapers were delivered 

to our front door by the man on a bicycle.

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The  hard copy newspapers that we read used to be slotted under solid main doors at our shophouse, so being the first to wake up while waiting  for the school bus at twilight morn, I would be the first to receive it and flip through the pages. Literally, "first-hand news".

Sometimes if I opened the door and waited for the copy to arrive I would meet the polite Indian gentleman handing me one. 

"Hello! Good morning!" he would usually announce himself in his usual polite and gentle tone. "You going to school huh? Must study hard!" in impeccable English. Checking his load on the two wheeler, he had newspapers in English, Chinese and possibly in Malay and Tamil too.

Some people, especially seniors, still read their 

news from the papers; delivered to their homes: 

landed-property or apartments.

"Thank you sir!" I would answer, "You have a great morning too!"

That's how we got our news delivered then. 

Now for the surprise.

You think it's not happening today? Yes it is! We still get our newspapers delivered by the vendor, direct to our home. But I hardly meet him because he delivers his papers at about five or six in the morning and I was told that most of his clientele are seniors.

Then again we are living in a brave new 2024 world and many people are reading their news from media outlets on the Internet and like the term hard-copy news is being read on-line. With a touch of the fingers, news pieces appear on the smart phones that we carry.

So I have been told I am backward and out of touch. Hmm! 😊

How do you read your news? Do tell and why?

A newspaper vendor delivering a copy

The Rolling Stones with their composition, 'Yesterday's Papers', sang: "Living a life of constant change, Every day means the turn of a page, Yesterday's papers are such bad news, Same thing applies to me and you..." 

How the news is read today.

Rolling Stones: 'Yesterday's Papers'

YouTube video from: Wolfierouz

'Get Your Paper' [The Newspaper Song] 

By Eddie Fisher.

YouTube Video from: Eddie Fisher - Topic 

Hiroshi Deguchi Shares His Papers with Sakura.

Hiroshi Deguchi and the late Sakura

who passed away not too long ago.

Lying down on my side on the floor, I open the newspaper with my head on my arm. This is the way I read the newspaper delivered to home every morning. But before that, I had to fight over reading the paper first with my dog Sakura and won.

Andy Young

Hiroshi Deguchi, Thanks Hiroshi for your very humorous and cute experience. Apparently Sakura is still in your thoughts... and the connection is still strong. Appreciate your photograph too. Just shows how close you and family are with Sakura. You bring life to the blog too with your stories. ARIGATO GOZAIMAZU.

Fake News: Contain The Contamination. "You Lied."

Keith Locke said, "You lied, lied, lied, lied, lied..." 😈

The rampant spread of poisonous fake news liquid is covering much of internet space and before we know it the whole earth may be drowned in a scripted deluge of tainted fluid. Our children may drink this contamination too.

Please be careful when you write or make comments. So far this blog has received none of these unpleasantries and I thank my readers for being so positive in their views.

Stop fake news before we become addicted to them.

A point to ponder though; what if the news piece is real and you can prove the facts? Can you publish? Surely?

Don't Play That Song, You Lied, You Lied: Keith Locke and The Quests Video from Krazy Karaoke. Thank you.

Trivia:
The Quests was a Singapore grouped unparalleled and consisted of its singer Keith Locke who recorded the song with backing by Reggie Verghese who played lead guitar, Henry Chua who played bass, Jap Chong on rhythm and Wee Guan on drums.

Reggie Verghese and Jap Chong have since passed away. Keith Locke left Singapore many years ago. Both Henry Chua and Wee Guan are still active today in local music circles.

*Written by Ahmet Ertegun and Betty Nelson, the wife of the original singer Ben E. King, it was a chart-topper in 1962 for King and later for The Quests. It has been covered by many, including Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Beverly Knight, Peppino de Capri and others.

Keith Locke and Irene Yap (recording artiste and nightclub singer in the 70's). Now, this picture is for real. Not a fake one. So don't steal it for your new book because that's IP (Intellectual Property) thievery, which the authorities will be dealing with soon. 😐 Thank you.

Images from Google and A Personal Collection.
Video from Krazy Karaoke.
Information is original and a personal message.
*This piece is from Wikipedia.