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August 07, 2010

Saturday Morning Thread
— Ace

'Cause there is just one cure that they know for sure
You just become a heavy metal believer

Posted by: Ace at 05:41 AM | Comments (115)
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1 Heavy Metal as in the (non) History Channel?

Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 05:42 AM (/jbAw)

2 Indeed. Ace of Spades, Motorhead.

Posted by: Sharkman at August 07, 2010 05:45 AM (Zj8fM)

3 All should read the side bar item from Red State:

No Distribution Shall Be Made to the State of Texas

It will piss you off and Texas should sue.

Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 05:47 AM (/jbAw)

4 No, this isn't a hostage situation. We've been in Occupied America since early 2009.

Posted by: Trimegistus at August 07, 2010 05:48 AM (lCD7d)

5 Why did you turn? WHY DID YOU F**KING TURN???

Posted by: Truman North at August 07, 2010 05:48 AM (HLGCA)

6 just posted this on the last remnants of the ONT, so I thought I'd repost it here

ha - this is funny - so in the senate campaign in connecticut, of course the Dems are taking the politically expedient holier-than-thou attitude when it comes to WWE - "it's shocking! it's degrading!" they downright sound like church ladies. their hypocrisy for purposes of political convenience is just funny.

so, just to review: to show simulated sex with a corpse on a WWE program, that's "awful" and "terrible" and "wrong"

but: to show simulated sex with a corpse at an art show after receiving a NEA grant, that's "enlightening" and "provocative" and "intellectually stimulating"

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:49 AM (Pm5H8)

7 Got that Red State Fever...........

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at August 07, 2010 05:50 AM (PC2XR)

8 5 All should read the side bar item from Red State:

No Distribution Shall Be Made to the State of Texas

It will piss you off and Texas should sue.

wow Vic that is infuriating - if it can happen to Texas it can happen to any state

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:51 AM (Pm5H8)

9 Fire it on up and let's cruise a while,
Leave your troubles far behind.
You can hedge your bet on a clean Corvette,
To get you there right on time.
Now if you're ready to dive into overdrive,
Baby the green lights are on.
It's like you're running your brain on some high
octane,
Every time she reaches fully blown.
Won't you take that ride ride ride ride on Heavy
Metal?

Posted by: Dr. Stupid at August 07, 2010 05:51 AM (ftAfO)

10 Ace is hosting an open thread?

Ace has been on fire recently and now he's hosting an open thread.

Why, why...he must be a...god?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 07, 2010 05:52 AM (9hSKh)

11 heh - nice pic from Instapundit. note the nicely toned arms.

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:53 AM (Pm5H8)

12 Great song. Shame the Eagles fired him.

Posted by: Caiwyn at August 07, 2010 05:56 AM (NT8XN)

13 12 That picture of the First Wookie on Instapundit is hillarious. Those arms are tree trunks.

Wonder who the arms were modeled off of? The Old Spice commercial dude?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 07, 2010 05:56 AM (9hSKh)

14 5 All should read the side bar item from Red State:

No Distribution Shall Be Made to the State of Texas

It will piss you off and Texas should sue.

although, the mischievous part of me says, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. if the Dem Congress can dictate state-level funding for education, why can't the future GOP Congress dictate state-level funding for whatever based on, say, oh I don't know, some state's predilection for sanctuary cities?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:56 AM (Pm5H8)

15 CDR M we are on the same wavelength

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 05:57 AM (Pm5H8)

16 Vic: Such a deal! The Feds give a small amount to Texas now with provisions Texas cannot reduce State education spending for several years after....on Texas' dime. IOW, Texas must agree to continue overpaying teacher's unions - thus guaranteeing union support for Obama. Or is to help the children?

Posted by: FreakyBoy at August 07, 2010 05:58 AM (uKraB)

17 I had a(n evil) thought while not able to sleep. Many blacks voted for Prop 8 in California, despite being (as a group) stauch Democrats. This says to me that they are willing to vote against the party...

If the main or only reason that blacks vote overwhelmingly Democrat is that they believe that it is the only party that considers their interests and race is (or nearly is) everything... maybe there is a crack....

Has anyone studied the effect of illegal immigration on the job market for blacks and other generally lower-income groups? My guess is that it depresses wages which is not good for many black households. If this can be shown, it would be a really good idea for everyone involved (except the Democrats) to push this issue. We have not been able to "reach out" to blacks and overcome the idea that Republicans have anything to offer, despite being more aligned on many social issues. We need to break this overriding idea that only the Dems can "take care of" them.... Are the Dems replacing blacks with Hispanics? Hey... if racial divisiveness is the Dems bread and butter, it can and should be turned against them.

Posted by: Evil racist thought at August 07, 2010 06:02 AM (6IhZ/)

18 I love typing up a lengthy comment and having it rejected for no reason.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 07, 2010 06:03 AM (UBQGM)

19 ATTENTION: apparently, last week i recommended the JEFF BECK GROUP and his albums "truth" and "beck-ola" to the readers of this blog. i feel it is incumbent upon me to clarify that, while on occasion i "like" or "enjoy" listening to jeff beck, i am neither endorsing the jeff beck "bag" (as you young people say) nor am i encouraging anyone to follow the "hippie life style" of drugs, alcohol and slovenliness. in fact, if there is a particular music hold up as an example, i propose you listen to the works of beethoven, especially the string quartets. thank you.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:03 AM (73jUp)

20 well, that is an "evil racist thought" I suppose, but how about this: let's not get into the identity politics game at all?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 06:03 AM (Pm5H8)

This is from The Hill:

Gibbs: White House economic team exhausted after past 18 months By Sam Youngman - 08/07/10 06:00 AM ET

President ObamaÂ’s economic team is exhausted, according to White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, and that is one the reasons Christina Romer announced her departure Thursday.

Gibbs dismissed reports that Romer, the outgoing chairwoman of the president's council for economic affairs, was leaving because of conflicts with Larry Summers, the director of the National Economic Council.

The press secretary told The Hill on Friday that Romer and the rest of the economic team have worked the equivalent of six years during the 18 months theyÂ’ve been in office, and Romer wanted to return to her normal life.

-----------

Which is offset by their boss working the equivalent of 2 days in 18 months.

Posted by: Tami at August 07, 2010 06:04 AM (VuLos)

22 Lengthy but fascinating look at the Malmedy Massacre and the trial of the Germans involved. http://tinyurl.com/2aj3tnk

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 07, 2010 06:06 AM (UBQGM)

23 Rest of comment:

Honestly, the version that the Germans who were present give is compelling. Basically, an armored column captured a bunch of GIs, left them poorly guarded, and it turned into a fistfight/escape attempt by the Americans. One guy even said the Germans took casualties, but of course those bodies were retrieved. At the trial, a big deal was made of the German "take no prisoners" order. The defendants said "Of course we don't take prisoners. We're an armored unit. We send POWs back for the infantry to handle".

Also, it appears that the treatment of the defendants prior to trial was *ahem* less than exemplary at the hands of the Americans.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 07, 2010 06:06 AM (UBQGM)

24 I can post it in two parts, but as one comment it was rejected. Go figure.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 07, 2010 06:07 AM (UBQGM)

25 What is Ace doing awake at this ungodly hour?

Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2010 06:07 AM (/0IOT)

26 Black vs. Brown raco politics is indeed the crack that might weaken the Democrat coalition in the next decade and beyond. But let's let them sort that clusterfuck out, k?

Posted by: Truman North at August 07, 2010 06:07 AM (HLGCA)

27 wow Ace that video's got some 80's-style cartoon NSFW goodness

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 06:08 AM (Pm5H8)

28 >>>Has anyone studied the effect of illegal immigration on the job market for blacks and other generally lower-income groups? My guess is that it depresses wages which is not good for many black households. Yes, it isn't, and yes, blacks already know this. A large chunk of the anti-amnesty bloc in the Democratic Party is the black vote. There is a tension in the party between the two groups.

Posted by: ace at August 07, 2010 06:09 AM (VINPA)

29 editors note: by recommending beethoven, i in no way am suggesting any of you follow his example, though, of deafness. gets in the way of listening. thank you.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:10 AM (7JES6)

30 The opening looked like a giant green rubber...in space.

Posted by: Clenis at August 07, 2010 06:10 AM (wblEB)

31 Some music for that Instapundit picture.

Posted by: Dr. Stupid at August 07, 2010 06:11 AM (ftAfO)

32 #5 It will piss you off and Texas should sue.

Agreed, it is complete bullshit.

This stunt by Congress shows how the relationship between the federal gov't and the states has been skewed and turned into that a lord/serf. If the feds can discriminate against Texas for trying to reassert their Constitutionally-given duties, who's next? AZ for their immigration law? VA for challenging Obamacare in court? MT for challenging the Commerce Cause and federal regs RE guns and their ammunition?

Also highlights the challenge of the States regaining their rights, as too many states will take the easy route and not challenge the feds when they wave "free" federal money at them to influence their behavior. This isn't a new problem, but the progressives in Congress want to up the ante. It's time they were stopped.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 07, 2010 06:11 AM (9hSKh)

33 CDR M meh - that's not too sneaky - they already charge the renter for speeding tickets

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 06:12 AM (Pm5H8)

34 One out of every 189 housing units in Arizona received a foreclosure notice during the month of June. That means that over 14,000 homes in Maricopa County alone went into foreclosure last month and gives us the third-highest foreclosure rate in the country.

[Just what the drug cartels exploit, capably buying up foreclosures faster than they hit the market.]

Posted by: Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-AZ at August 07, 2010 06:12 AM (H+LJc)

35 hey Ace what brings you up so early on a Sat morning?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 06:12 AM (Pm5H8)

36 It will piss you off and Texas should sue secede.
Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 09:47 AM

Fixed.

So the Osama Obama regime and the shitweasels in Congress want to play Civil War-era politics? Where's the surprise in that? The same kind of corruption, lust for "reparations" and establishing Washington's iron boot on the neck of all who opposed it exist there today. The Traitor-in-Chief promised us the modern equivalent of "40 acres and a mule" from his "stash."

It's time for us to get the 21st-Century carpetbaggers out of our lives.

And no, ace, I'm not advocating armed rebellion. No firing on Fort Sumter or any other gubmint outpost.

Posted by: J. Pinkerton Snoopington at August 07, 2010 06:13 AM (Ulu3i)

37 shit, I totally forgot that was Don Felder.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 07, 2010 06:13 AM (Wh0W+)

What a great movie. Totally Incomprehensible Fucking Awesome^TM

Posted by: Sharkman at August 07, 2010 06:14 AM (Zj8fM)

39 One the school funding/Texas thing I don't know how the final porkulous bill came out, but the House bill that was passed and sent to the Senate has really shitty school funding provisions.

What it had was funding allotted to all the States PROVIDED it was used only in schools which were "historically underprivileged" and it could only be used to permanently hire new teachers and principals.

So what you got was permanent positions in urban minority schools in the same manner as Detroit. You had to bring in new NEA union teachers who became unfireable and another permanent budget drain.

This was a clear payoff to the CBC and the unions. Several States tried to get out of this including SC. The FDR legislature here voted to force Sanford to accept the money. He vetoed that, they then overrode the veto. Now we are in a budget mess and they want to raise sales taxes AGAIN.

I hope Texas sues.

Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 06:14 AM (/jbAw)

Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2010 10:12 AM (5I8G0)

Heh.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 07, 2010 06:14 AM (UBQGM)

41 Ace just found his skull bong after all these years!

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at August 07, 2010 06:16 AM (oIp16)

42 Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2010 10:01 AM

Don't forget the free (long) lunch and lots o' time spent in a luxury private jet. And, oh, the golf....

Did someone mention vacations?

Posted by: J. Pinkerton Snoopington at August 07, 2010 06:17 AM (Ulu3i)

43 by the way: a lot of people credit jeff beck with having invented "heavy metal" and his album "truth" as having a formative influence on led zeppelin's first album, which is seen by many as being the progenitor of heavy metal. in any case, do listen to jeff beck group's "truth" and "beck-ola" as well as their third endeavor, "jeff beck group". you're welcome.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:18 AM (7JES6)

44 CDR M, the more I look at the Starcraft 2 vids on YouTube, the more I'm tempted to buy the game.

/Gotta resist the temptation until it gets a bit cheaper.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 07, 2010 06:19 AM (9hSKh)

45 ... right now. songs from those albums can be sampled on youtube.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:20 AM (7JES6)

46 Code Pink sure loves them some Bradley Manning. Can I question their patriotism and those that support Code Pink (read Democrats) now?
http://tinyurl.com/3733fte

I would picket with Fred Phelps and the Westboro slime before I would join Code Stink in support of the traitor. Nothing surprising from them.
_{I won't be joining the Westoboro slime. I hate those assholes, too.}

Posted by: huerfano at August 07, 2010 06:20 AM (6Z05k)

47 ...oh, and no, I'm not posting from the bathroom, LOL. That "Greek alfredo sauce" was 20 years ago.

Posted by: Dr. Stupid at August 07, 2010 06:20 AM (7WhKz)

48 Good thing Marines have a sense of humor. This is a picture of a tailhook off a F-18 that needed repair in Afghanistan. The blue text is the Maintenance Action Form (MAF) that documented the discrepancy.
http://tinyurl.com/23abjr2

Posted by: CDR M at August 07, 2010 10:12 AM (5I8G0)

Reminded me of this oldie but goody from the maintenance records of Qantas Air. Most of you have probably seen it.

P = The problem logged by the pilot
S = The solution and action taken by the engineers

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Test flight OK, except autoland very rough.
S: Autoland not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on backorder.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 FPM descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what they're there for.

P: IFF inoperative.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.

P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.
S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with words.

P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 07, 2010 06:21 AM (UBQGM)

49 Vic @ 9:47 from Red State
"yesterday, the United States Senate actually voted to single out Texas to send a message that it better get in line."

If Perry weren't so dead set to either be king or run for potus, he'd truly prepare considerations for the State to prepare for future necessity to maintain sovereignty via the Republic of Texas renaissance. It isn't as if sovereignty requires a state to secede from the union; rather, the federal Marxists have begun to demote Texas from statehood, as with AZ and LA targets.

Posted by: Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-AZ at August 07, 2010 06:21 AM (H+LJc)

50 Recall the Newberry murder and "dragging" case that brought the New Black Panther Party to the state looking for a hate crime. Well the grand jury has issued an indictment:

Prosecutor Jerry Peace said 19-year-old Gregory Collins was indicted Friday for murder, desecrating a body and possessing a weapon during a violent crime. Peace said it becomes a case on the active docket.

That by itself should preclude the ability of the DOJ to advance a Hate Crime charge.

http://tinyurl.com/2wrltz9

Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 06:23 AM (/jbAw)

51 57 Pretty funny that all the global warming freaks keep talking about the hot summer in Russia and in parts of the US but hardly any mention of the way below temps in Argentina and elsewhere.

and, of course, these are the same people when, it was snowing by the crapload on the east coast, said "it means nothing! it means nothing! you have to understand the difference between weather and climate!!!!111!!!!"

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 06:24 AM (Pm5H8)

52 ... dagnabbit, you young'uns shud harken up to yur elders 'n stop that durn foolishness, yur gaga 'n googoo 'n such. take a'heed to sum downhome gudness wid dat'n jeff beck group.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:25 AM (7JES6)

53 >>> hey Ace what brings you up so early on a Sat morning? I really let the blog go for a while, to the point where my occasional appearances became the stuff of funny (but pointed) jokes. "Who is this 'ace' fellow?," etc. I'm trying to do better. A reader wrote a few weeks back that we really need an early thread on saturday instead of letting the ONT sit until the afternoon.

Posted by: ace at August 07, 2010 06:25 AM (VINPA)

54 editor's note: but not necessarily the jeff beck "thing".

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:26 AM (7JES6)

55 Major boobage!

Posted by: Mal at August 07, 2010 06:26 AM (sugGG)

56 A reader wrote a few weeks back that we really need an early thread on saturday instead of letting the ONT sit until the afternoon.

Monty was doing that until his "trip".

Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 06:27 AM (/jbAw)

57 what happened to Monty and his "trip"?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 06:28 AM (Pm5H8)

58 Posted by: Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-AZ at August 07, 2010 10:21 AM (H+LJc)

I am not sure I understand your post????

are you advocating that all these State secede?

Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 06:29 AM (/jbAw)

59 did Monty enter final freak-out mode, take his gold-panning gear and head to the mountains of Montana?

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 06:29 AM (Pm5H8)

60 what happened to Monty and his "trip"?

I think he had to go in and do his "reserve time" for the Summer.

Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 06:29 AM (/jbAw)

61 Ace, well the effort is appreciated

you probably don't get a lot of thanks, so from this moron, thank you for this great blog

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 06:30 AM (Pm5H8)

62 I think he had to go in and do his "reserve time" for the Summer.

oh ok. well I hope he took his pickax with him.

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 06:31 AM (Pm5H8)

63 what happened to Monty and his "trip"?

Well... I heard it was from some Plutonian Nyborg. It was in the transmitter compartment.

Posted by: Dr. Stupid at August 07, 2010 06:32 AM (7WhKz)

64 talking about the hot summer in Russia...

God help the peasants survive the coming winter.
Wouldn't put the wildfires past terrorists making things worse.
Whose gain and whose loss?
The recent American Southwest wildfires began by arsonists.
Notice I didn't infer that illegal aliens start fires.

Posted by: Harry Mitchell at August 07, 2010 06:32 AM (H+LJc)

65 I really let the blog go for a while, to the point where my occasional appearances became the stuff of funny (but pointed) jokes. "Who is this 'ace' fellow?," etc.

I'm trying to do better.

A reader wrote a few weeks back that we really need an early thread on saturday instead of letting the ONT sit until the afternoon.

Eh, you deserve a vacation, and the cobloggers did a good job.

Thanks for the Saturday thread.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at August 07, 2010 06:33 AM (UBQGM)

66 ... incidentally, lady gaga has over 15 million itunes downloads of but 3 of her songs. jeff beck group: 7? that's a guess. a sysaphean task, perhaps, albeit stupid.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:36 AM (73jUp)

67 This is a really short and shitty piece of the story so we need to find more. It seem the Republican National Party has re-written a lot of the Primary rules but we don't know what they all are. I have heard they got rid of the winner take all and they backed up the primaries to later in the year (even though in most States that will take action by the legislature).

http://tinyurl.com/3aozpo2

I would have liked to see them fix the order to take out the blue States first crap but it looks like that is not going to happen. I'll try to find more.

Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 06:43 AM (/jbAw)

68 I believe Jimi Hendrix had a lil somthing to do with the Heavy Metal Too. 1966?

Posted by: Fuddrucker's Mustard at August 07, 2010 06:45 AM (nIVxq)

69 beck was well along. saw an interview with him on youtube where he says somebody suggested he check out some guy named jimi hendrix playing at a london club. he said that the next day he put his guitar in its case and started thinking what else he might do for the rest of his life. he said hendrix had that effect on a lot of guys.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:48 AM (73jUp)

70 You're really rockin' & rollin' these days, ace!

Morons and moronettes throughout the universe are cheering.

"Jarry" and the rest of the spammers are exulting.

You da man, ace. Or the "person."

Posted by: J. Pinkerton Snoopington at August 07, 2010 06:49 AM (Ulu3i)

71 I really let the blog go for a while, to the point where my occasional appearances became the stuff of funny (but pointed) jokes. "Who is this 'ace' fellow?," etc.

Seriously, Ace -- don't strain yourself. Your most important function here is as an exemplar of the AoSHQ lifestyle. If you passed up a midnight hobo hunt to get up early and post, we'll soon be overrun with 'em.....and think of your local Val-u-rite distributor! You could be making some attempt at virtue and bring down the entire AoSHQ ecosystem.

Posted by: cthulhu at August 07, 2010 06:53 AM (/0IOT)

72 Vic at August 07, 2010 10:29 AM

No. You misread.

Why should secession necessarily accompany a state's maintenance of sovereignty with states rights under the US Constitution within the union?

Why affront the union declaring secession when, indeed, it is the union cutting you off?

Rather, it is the right of every state and the duty of the body of states to maintain on the state level sovereign status, despite what Marxists attempt to usurp from the federal level.

You may recall that the Republic of Texas was only a temporary fix awaiting statehood within the USA. You may also recall that Sam Houston was four square against Texas seceding and joining the Confederacy.

But for any state to have what it is granted constitutionally, that state ALONG WITH THE OTHERS must practice its rights. "Use it or lose it" as the expression goes.

/Why the Perry jab? Because Perry, NOT Debra Medina, toyed with secession in order to play the Tea Party gathering in Austin. That resulted in the MSM smearing of the State. And then through whole cloth neoconservative sponsorship, juxtaposing Perry's irresponsibility onto Medina's Libertarian Republican Tea Party campaign to govern Texas. So far as his saving grace goes, Perry's only strength distinct from GWB as a potus candidate is the claim to fiscal conservatism. But still, Perry's economic decisions ALWAYS have their own kick back structure to be understood after letting naivety go.

Posted by: Harry Mitchell at August 07, 2010 06:53 AM (H+LJc)

73 ... in fact, beck said when he met hendrix, his awe was broken when hendrix started asking how he did certain things. btw, hendrix got some of his trademark things from others, too. he picked up several stage "gimmicks", such as playing the guitar with his teeth, from an r & b sideman named billy davis. he later gave davis one of his best fenders, which davis still has.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:54 AM (7JES6)

I think when Barky and the Crats realize that if Texas decides to secede, they're gonna take a lot of bodies, guns and ammo with 'em.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at August 07, 2010 06:54 AM (fLHQe)

75 "Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press in Pakistan that they killed the eight foreigners and two Afghan interpreters because they were spying for the Americans and preaching Christianity."

Posted by: : at August 07, 2010 06:55 AM (p302b)

76 when *I think they should realize...

Posted by: Burn the Witch at August 07, 2010 06:57 AM (fLHQe)

77 but if you listen to jeff beck from 1965-66, he was already fully exploring and exploiting the sounds and sound that would define him and what would be called hard rock and heavy metal. at that time, NOBODY was doing what beck did.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 06:57 AM (EA+Co)

78 kudlow is on wabc on saturday morning. Someone immediately called about the kickback for underwater mortgages. Kudlow said little timmy and the treasury denied it but the WH which is much more powerful did not. So guess we should all go underwater on the mortgage right quick as they say

Posted by: : at August 07, 2010 06:58 AM (p302b)

79 Fiorina still calls CA the nation's largest economy.

What of TX, NY, or Mexico?/

Posted by: Harry Mitchell at August 07, 2010 06:59 AM (H+LJc)

80 yet the ideas generally were in the air, so to speak, as they always are. beck came from rock and blues like clapton and just about everyone else then.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:00 AM (EA+Co)

81 ""Indeed. Ace of Spades, Motorhead."""

Motorhead kicks ass.

I think one of the better songs in the movie heavy metal was the sabbath song "mob rules".

Posted by: Berserker at August 07, 2010 07:00 AM (gWHrG)

82 well it's turning out to be a nice day here so I'm going for a walk

bye for now

Posted by: chemjeff at August 07, 2010 07:00 AM (Pm5H8)

83 but beck was one of the first to be fully "metal". and this was before lady gaga!

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:01 AM (EA+Co)

84 ... is that wrong?

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:01 AM (EA+Co)

85 WOW: right now U2 is on the radio. beck is all through it. amazing.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:02 AM (EA+Co)

86 Yesterday there was a clean sweep of the CEO at HP. The board claimed they had independent legal counsel investigate allegation of harassment. Then they said they found irregularities concerning the guy's personal business spending reports. Oh ABC they just said he covered up a relationship with a contractor and the two falsified expense reports to cover it up. Wonder if the independent legal counsel found anything regarding carly? Cause really so far this sounds very odd. But hey, once you've called in independent legal counsel the sky's the limit.

Posted by: curious at August 07, 2010 07:04 AM (p302b)

87 ... direct ripoff, or influence or borrowing or wtvr of riffs and the U2 sound itself from the jeff beck group. never noticed that. but it's definitely there in very specific things. fantastic.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:05 AM (EA+Co)

88 .... amazing. a second U2 song is on, and in structure and role of the lead guitar as well as specific guitar effects it's a direct derivation from beck. fantastic.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:07 AM (73jUp)

89 never noticed that!

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:08 AM (73jUp)

90 right out of jeff beck group. fantastic.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:08 AM (73jUp)

91 lol.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:08 AM (73jUp)

92 102 but beck was one of the first to be fully "metal" "male".

and this was before lady gaga!

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 11:01 AM (EA+Co)

FIFY

Posted by: Unclefacts, AoSHQ Pro Debate Squad, And Summoner Of Meteors. at August 07, 2010 07:13 AM (eCAn3)

93 BTW, gomm, Truth and LZ's first album came out right about the same time. Note the very different versions of "You Shook Me."

Posted by: Damn Skippy at August 07, 2010 07:18 AM (f7A+e)

94 btw, btw: take a listen to the instrumental "beck's bolero" recorded in 1966.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:19 AM (7JES6)

95 94 :

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Ten members of a medical team, including six Americans, were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from providing eye treatment and other health care in remote villages in northern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the team said Saturday.

Dirk Frans, director of the International Assistance Mission, said one German, one Briton and two Afghans also were part of the team that made the three-week trip to Nuristan province. They drove to the province, left their vehicles and hiked for hours with pack horses over mountainous terrain to reach the Parun valley in the province's northwest.

Nuristan, is a region in Afghanistan embedded in the south of the Hindu Kush valleys. Its administrative center is Parun. It was formerly known as Kafiristan (land of the unbelievers) until the inhabitants were converted at swordpoint to Islam in 1896 which brought light (nur) to the area. Until the 1890s, the region was known as Kafiristan (Persian for "Land of the non-believers") because of its inhabitants: the Nuristani, an ethnically distinctive people (numbering about 60,000) who practiced animism, polytheism and shamanism.

In actuality the European appearance of the locals is due to much earlier Indo-European migration. People of these regions are actually direct descendants of ancient Iranian/Persian tribes who migrated away from the Indus River valley due to the drying up of the river. Their Nordic and Aryan features are a result of not mixing with Arab, Mongol or Turk blood with almost identical DNA to north western Iranians who also have maintained their Aryan features.

Nuristan was the scene of some of the heaviest guerrilla fighting during the 1979-89 invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by Soviet forces, an area now absorbed by the Taliban. Nuristan is one of the poorest and most remote provinces of Afghanistan.Since Nuristan is a highly ethnically homogeneous province, there are few incidents of inter-ethnic violence, though inhabitants do feud. Due to its proximity to Pakistan, many of the inhabitants are actively involved in trade and commerce across the border. The population of around 300,000 people is 70% Nuristani and 30% Pashtun. 30% of the population speak Pashto and 55% speak Nuristani languages.

Pashto belongs to the Eastern Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family. Pashto also known as Afghani, is an Indo-Iranian language spoken primarily by the Pashtun people in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, as well as by the Pashtun diaspora across the globe. Pashto and Dari are the two official constitutional languages of Afghanistan. Pashtuns played a vital role during the Great Game from the 19th century to the 20th century as they were caught between the imperialist designs of the British and Russian empires. For over 300 years, they reigned as the dominant ethnic group in Afghanistan with nearly every ruler being a Pashtun. More recently, the Pashtuns gained worldwide attention during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan and with the rise and fall of the Taliban, since they are the main ethnic contingent in the movement. Pashtuns are also an important community in Pakistan, where they have attained the presidency, high positions in the military, and are the second-largest ethnic group.

Posted by: Great Game II at August 07, 2010 07:19 AM (H+LJc)

96 "truth" came out 4 moths before zep's 1st. in fact, page played on "beck's bolero". they were going to make a group with entwhistle & john paul jones.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:25 AM (7JES6)

97 they were going to call the group "lead zeppelin" because they figured it would fail without a singer. beck got rod stewart. page got robert plant. but in any case the ideas were in the air. and let's not forget cream.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:27 AM (EA+Co)

98 just about everything in rock after circa 1972 comes directly out of what those guys did from about 1968-71.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:28 AM (EA+Co)

99 ... or 1966-71.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:30 AM (EA+Co)

100 my point in this, i suppose, is that beck was a primary force & influence with page, clapton, hendrix, etc. he's almost unknown now.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:32 AM (EA+Co)

101 and his music from that time holds up remarkably well. very fresh, vital and surprising.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 07:33 AM (EA+Co)

102 Ace, well the effort is appreciated you probably don't get a lot of thanks, so from this moron, thank you for this great blog Agreed. I'm not sure what I'd do if AoS went tits up. Thanks for having us over and letting us drink your beer, molest your dog and pee on the carpet. But for goodness sakes Ace, don't do anything stupid like read your own blog. We LIVE for loose shit and double-posts from King Ewok.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2010 07:46 AM (9Lm5R)

103

There was a true explosion of musical talent from the early 60s thru mid 70s. Was it because of FM radio, Color TV, Better Stereos, LSD etc?

The music of late sure is crap.

Posted by: Fuddrucker's Mustard at August 07, 2010 07:48 AM (nIVxq)

104 The music of late sure is crap.

I have been saying for a long time now, MTV did kill the rock and roll star, as the song goes.

Music has gone downhill continuously since then.

Posted by: Vic at August 07, 2010 07:51 AM (/jbAw)

105 there really was an opening up then. i think it was due to a variety of factors, social, cultural sure. but the interesting thing musically is that it largely came out of england. those guys were playing all emulating american blues but were out side of it, so they could combine it with more melodic strains including traditional english folk music and (my insight as far as i know) english music hall. it was a great adventure and they played with tin-pan alley song structure adding novel effects to create utterly new things. they also smoked marijuana, which helped.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 08:00 AM (7JES6)

106 in a sense, american blues freed those musicians from the staid and stale pop music that was around but, being english, they were free of the blues itself.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 08:05 AM (73jUp)

107 Jeff Beck isn't as famous as Page, Clapton etc. because he chooses not to be. He's spoken about this several times. He much prefers being in a garage working on one of his Ferraris than in a recording studio.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 07, 2010 08:06 AM (9Lm5R)

108 wow, didn't know that. also, i think that while he's maybe better than either as a guitarist, they're better as musicians, composers, etc.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 08:31 AM (EA+Co)

109 beck is really stuck in the blues thing. maybe that's his choice. dunno.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 08:38 AM (73jUp)

110

Remember, remember / ball-dipping November.

Just watched the Crossfit games. If I competed in the Woman's Master's (over 50 years old) I would still be in last place.

Posted by: Cincinnatus at August 07, 2010 08:38 AM (TGmQa)

111 Heavy Metal movie is one of my all time fave's
Don Felder - Best Eagle ever

Bought 25 albums out of the used record rack yesterday, buck a piece, clean copies.

including
Jeff Beck- Flash **
Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself ***
Uriah Heep - Live January 1973 *****
REO Speedwagon -This Time we mean it *
BTO -Rock N Roll Nights ***
David Lee Roth - Crazy From The Heart **
Stanely Clarke - School Days ***
Status QUO - Live **
REO - Nine Lives ****
Montrose - Debut *****
Sugarloaf - Debut ****
War - Greatest Hits ***
Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan *****
Cheap Trick - In Color ****
Ratt - Out of the Cellar ***

Posted by: Hiltop at August 07, 2010 08:52 AM (DYQtI)

112 the above is how i feel after listening to jeff beck group.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 09:46 AM (7JES6)

113 bferaut i don't recommend the jeff beck "thing". except perhaps the ferrari. although i prefer the jaguar xk 120.

Posted by: gomm at August 07, 2010 10:01 AM (7JES6)

114

The Obama Administration's unwillingness to arrest and to prosecute Julien Assange is somewhat reminiscent of the Carter Administration's feeble-to-virtually-nonexistent efforts to free hostages in Iran. Both administrations have been weak and incompetent, comprised entirely of loonies..

Eric Holder won't make any effort to punish Julien Assange, but he didn't hesitate to file a lawsuit against Americans .

We now have the sleaziest Congress and the sleaziest presidential administration in the history of this country. Democrats have become this country's worst enemies.

Posted by: just a thought, or two at August 07, 2010 11:21 AM (sYrWB)

115 If there is a better band than Lz I would give what I own to hear its sound.this beck guy can play though... no, he makes it talk, also. Only one other I aware. Interesting to ponder collusions.

Posted by: Thx at August 07, 2010 07:27 PM (4dPvn)

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