Random Music Thoughts
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Unsomnambulist
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Nothing that Tool has ever done has been the equal of Panopticon by Isis.
Nothing Tool has ever done is better than this track.
Nothing Tool has ever done is better than this track.
Zeeba Neighba
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Happy 70th Birthday to Bruce Springsteen - finished up some 1920s listening this weekend, but gonna play some Bruce today. 1930s listening will have to wait until tomorrow
Unsomnambulist
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Unsomnambulist
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The Unsolved Case of the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet
Twelve years. Thousands of hours of sleuthing. No answers. On the hunt for the three most enigmatic minutes of music.
www.rollingstone.com
Old Uncle Toe
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I like that the modern world is stuck with a mystery. I have this sci-fi thought that we'll get so used to pulling out google and learning things in an instant that knowledge will eventually be devalued. (Cue the theme music for Idiocrasy.)The Unsolved Case of the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet
Twelve years. Thousands of hours of sleuthing. No answers. On the hunt for the three most enigmatic minutes of music.
Reminds me of a time back in the early or mid '70's. I was at a party and heard this amazing music coming from the stereo way across the room. It was too crowded to get over there (or maybe I was just too, er, immobilized) but I saw someone handling the title-less cover and committed the art to memory. Several years later I stumbled on that piece of art in a record store bin and had a big Hallelujah moment. Derek and the Dominoes' Layla has been a favorite album ever since.
Unsomnambulist
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Ginger Baker is ill and in the hospital.
Ginger Baker's family says the Cream drummer is 'holding his own,' seeing visitors
Drummer Ginger Baker, who co-founded rock band Cream with guitarist Eric Clapton, is "holding his own" and even receiving visitors, his family says.
www.usatoday.com
Zeeba Neighba
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The past two days, work has been so busy that I've barely been able to listen to music.
Don't these people realize that I just want to hear music (not to mention have the music of the 1930s to get through)?! Jeez!
Don't these people realize that I just want to hear music (not to mention have the music of the 1930s to get through)?! Jeez!
Unsomnambulist
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Get a sign for your desk that reads, “Priorities, People!”
axolotl
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Unsomnambulist
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This is why I have boycotted Nike all my life. And I'm not even that big a Beatles' fan.
Old Uncle Toe
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I sympathize but EMI owns the rights to the songs, don't they? And doesn't that ownership imply they can do what they want with them? I'm not sure what Apple is basing their suit on.
This is why I have boycotted Nike all my life. And I'm not even that big a Beatles' fan.
Unsomnambulist
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Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
I'm sure the $500 in Nike shoes I never bought since 1987 has really hurt Nike's bottom line.
Old Uncle Toe
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I agree. This is the definition of integrity. But I never expect it of large corporations. I agree with Marks that The Beatles' art should not be sold out to commerce without their blessing. But I don't know what legal precedent he's going to lean on in his lawsuit.
Unsomnambulist
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Just to let you know, that story is from 1987. The lawsuit is long over.
axolotl
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I was going to mention that, earlier on.
I neglected to do so, however.
As such, I feel somewhat responsible for letting things proceed as they have.
Ultimately, Yoko shares some of the responsibility, perhaps even more than I.
Please accept my heartfelt mea culpa. I deserve whatever is coming to me, at this point.
Old Uncle Toe
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You know, I remembered those Revolution Nike commercials from way back when. I'm not sure why I thought this was current.
For your punishment you have to take my next turn in the Our Next Musical Venture topic.
axolotl
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I haven't even listened to everybody elses' picks!
P. S. I have got to figure out better opportunities to apologize.
A couple of weeks ago, my middle child and I embarked on a Cosby Show journey. Two or three episodes a day, as time allowed -- with no commercials and skipping the intros/outros, it's only about 18-20 minutes an episode. As we neared the end of the first season, the youngest child joined in. Early in the second season, my son joined in ocassionally. Being 17, and not much of a television viewer, I expected him not like the show, but when he's around to watch he really gets into it.
Yesterday, we watched s2e17, "Play It Again, Russell", wherein one of the grandfathers plays trombone in a Jazz band performing near the Apollo Theater. Right away, I noticed Art Blakey and Tito Puente. Also in the band were Percy Heath, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Wilder, Bootsie Barnes, Carlos "Patato" Valdez, Eric Gale. Heard, but not seen, was Slide Hampton, who actually played the trombone part the grandfather character pretended to play. I appreciated that the actor who portrayed the grandfather made it obvious that he wasn't really playing the trombone in the episode -- it made us all laugh to see him faking it and being over the top.
Just really cool to see all those Jazz greats playing "live".
ETA: The following episode featured Stevie Wonder, whose limo crashed into the Cosby's car.
Yesterday, we watched s2e17, "Play It Again, Russell", wherein one of the grandfathers plays trombone in a Jazz band performing near the Apollo Theater. Right away, I noticed Art Blakey and Tito Puente. Also in the band were Percy Heath, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Wilder, Bootsie Barnes, Carlos "Patato" Valdez, Eric Gale. Heard, but not seen, was Slide Hampton, who actually played the trombone part the grandfather character pretended to play. I appreciated that the actor who portrayed the grandfather made it obvious that he wasn't really playing the trombone in the episode -- it made us all laugh to see him faking it and being over the top.
Just really cool to see all those Jazz greats playing "live".
ETA: The following episode featured Stevie Wonder, whose limo crashed into the Cosby's car.
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Unsomnambulist
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Musicians, please stop making the last track on the album 8-12 minutes long.
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