Thursday, May 3

Do you know who Pete Seeger is?

I heard on the radio this morning that it's Pete Seeger's birthday today - he's 88. I mentioned this to my train friends in the vestibule this morning, and one of them, to my horror, didn't know who Pete Seeger is. I was not awake so I was unable to shift my focus from this fact to anything else for the duration of our ride. It occurred to me that not everyone knows who Pete Seeger is, so I asked the girl at work - she didn't know him by name, but when I explained who he was she said, "Oh, yeah. I know him..."

So, my question of the day is - do you know who Pete Seeger is? Yes or no is fine. I just need to know how out of touch with present day pop culture I really am.

On a totally different note, the Berlin Zoo has a new baby polar bear named Knut. Click here for the youtube video montage of some of his firsts, and to see how cute and playful he is!

8 comments:

Katrin said...

No clue who Pete Seeger is. But I know Knut, of course (and am going there to meet him "in person" in the end of may).

Finlands finest said...

I didn't know him by name. I looked him up and recognized some of his songs. :)

Martha said...

I know the name as some sort of entertainer, but couldn't picture him or give you names of anything he's done...(but then...I couldn't give names of what ANY singer/actor/entertainer has done). Probably not what you were hoping for, huh?

Eva said...

Of course I know who Pete Seeger is. His is the music of my youth.

I feel a bit old.

Mom

H Noble said...

I have no clue, but Google will!

Justin

Anonymous said...

of course I know who Pete Seeger is.

However, your mention of Knut may indicate how out of touch you are with pop culture - depending on how long you have known about Knut. He was all the rage EVERYWHERE several weeks back but I haven't heard much about him lately. So if this is the first you've heard of him, you might be out of touch.

just teasing!

Mamma Sarah said...

Yes. :-)

Karen said...

don't know pete.

very in touch with knut - he got his own article in people a few weeks back!

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