The Carpenters Online May 2006 Update

[Rick Henry]

Greetings to all Carpenters fans, friends and family,

Once again the Carpenters Online Web Site is updated.

This update includes a tribute to Jim Hutchinson, a member and moderator of the Carpenters Online forum who recently passed away at the young age of 42.

Part Four of the Palma Pascale interview is now online for all to read. I wish to personally "thank you" Palma for all the time you have put into this interview. I also thank you for visiting the Carpenters Online forum on a regular basis and posting your thoughts on the forum's many topics. In June all four parts of the Palma Pascale interview will be added to the forum's Interviews and Commentaries section.

Stayed tunes as in June the Carpenters Online will feature an all new exclusive interview with a talented musician extraordinaire who wrote a song the Carpenters released as a single.

The Song of the Month is "If We Try" from Karen's fabulous solo album.

The Off-Topic artist of the month is the British singer Dido.

I hope everyone enjoys this month's update.

[Ming]

Thank you Rick.

Ming

[YesterdayOnceMore]

EXCELLENT job, as always, Rick. The Website looks fantastic. Thanks for all your hard work.

Best,
Tim

[smoothie2]

Wonderful Rick! Thanks again for all your timeless efforts. All your work is admired and
drawing even more folks out there to see what all this great stuff
is about!
The tribute to Jim on the home page is very touching. Many of his favorites are also mine.
Thanks also for posting Palma's continuuing story. Very interesting. Not everyone who is such a great talent, would be
so sharing. Thanks Palma also! ;D

[GoodOldDreams]

Hi Rick,

Thanks for the May web update.

It's great to see Jim Hutchinson's own bio and personal musings on different songs on his Favorites List. The title "Remember When We Were Together" seems especially poignant and appropriate.

I also enjoyed Palma Pascale's often humorous take on the fickle music business in Part Four of her series. (Another jingle-writing/jingle-performing New Yorker that comes to mind is Barry Manilow, who created McDonald's ditty "You deserve a break today / So get up and get away to McDonald's," among others.) "Palma's Personalized Pickups" are simply hilarious! Please post the "Gamblin' Man" music video here on this website or on www.youtube.com. I think we will all enjoy seeing Palma singing and acting in this! Sometimes it seems that an artist may not be recognized for what is his or her most personally meaningful work, but at least this work may be more creative and challenging than a 9 to 5 desk job...