January 30, 2013
— Ace From UCB, via @slublog.
And as a funny thing, Adam Carolla on why he hates John Lennon, via Ed Driscoll and Kathy Shaidle.
Worth a listen.
Oh and rather than taking the time to look up what it is, here's NASA's live launch of the TDRS-K.
It's a new satellite. 2:50 to launch.
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That Frum post was gold, and you're wasting it on those heathens.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 04:44 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2013 04:45 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Golan Globus at January 30, 2013 04:46 PM (/1U3u)
Meanwhile Paul McCartney's was, as it turns out, wildly underappreciated.
But All Things Must Pass is still the greatest solo Beatles album.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 04:47 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 30, 2013 04:47 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: sTevo at January 30, 2013 04:49 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 30, 2013 04:49 PM (LCRYB)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 04:50 PM (7xPCu)
I had to register under the gentle name, IslandJane.
I hate it so badly.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 30, 2013 04:50 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Red Shirt at January 30, 2013 04:50 PM (FIDMq)
Posted by: CAC at January 30, 2013 04:51 PM (AP/jN)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 30, 2013 04:51 PM (UOM48)
And there are a couple of good songs spread out among Walls And Bridges, Mind Games, Imagine, and Double Fantasy. A few. "#9 Dream," "I Know (I Know)," "Oh Yoko," "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier." A few.
But toss the rest back in the latrine and give me Ram, or Band On The Run, or Tug Of War, or even the weird Devo-esque art-rock of McCartney II for that matter. (That's an amazingly daring album that was savaged at the time but would be hailed as an avant-garde, subversive masterpiece if it had come from anyone not named Paul McCartney.)
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 04:54 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: phoenixgirl waiting for spring training at January 30, 2013 04:54 PM (GVxQo)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2013 04:56 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: rickl at January 30, 2013 04:56 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 30, 2013 04:57 PM (UOM48)
Clear night for a good launch live from Casa Backwardio.
It looked like it went up so far and then stopped. Way cool.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 30, 2013 04:57 PM (+z4pE)
They were running one about four blocks from my house today, clearing limbs from power lines. They were pushing whole trees through this thing. I think you could grind a Buick in one if you had an operator to shove it in.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 30, 2013 04:57 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: phoenixgirl waiting for spring training at January 30, 2013 04:58 PM (GVxQo)
Posted by: John Titor at January 30, 2013 04:58 PM (uGQaX)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 04:58 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Golan Globus at January 30, 2013 04:58 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: zsasz at January 30, 2013 04:58 PM (MMC8r)
I mean, I guess that someone could still be into music and not be into those things (maybe love hardcore, or hip-hop, or whatever). But it's hard to understand. I mean, it's The Beatles, for chrissakes. Toss out EVERY ONE of their singles or "radio" hits, if you want. You still have the greatest discography in all of rock history.
I don't even listen to them anymore. They're not in my Top Five favorite bands at this point, just in terms of the ones I have a strong emotional or musical attachment to. But they are clearly, indisputably the objective Greatest Group of all Time.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 04:58 PM (/COnL)
Oh, good. There goes the tornado siren.
Later, all.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 30, 2013 04:58 PM (UOM48)
Netflix may, possibly, just maybe, be right.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at January 30, 2013 05:00 PM (Gk3SS)
"
Later. :-)Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 30, 2013 05:00 PM (CHnHn)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 30, 2013 05:00 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: sTevo at January 30, 2013 05:01 PM (VMcEw)
Could be worse. The wife and daughters are on a British drama kick, and apparently that's what I want to watch too. Jane Austen, anyone?
*blows brains out*
Posted by: pep at January 30, 2013 05:01 PM (6TB1Z)
Same front coming through here making my copper weather stripping buzz like a kazoo.
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 30, 2013 05:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 05:01 PM (7xPCu)
Adam Carolla on why he hates John Lennon
Mark David Chapman made a good start, but he would be my personal hero if he'd smoked Yoko too.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 30, 2013 05:01 PM (IDSI7)
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:01 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: sTevo
Ok, I'll bite. Haven't quite filled my quota for batshit crazy today.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 30, 2013 05:02 PM (xz0nG)
Posted by: rickl at January 30, 2013 05:02 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 05:02 PM (7xPCu)
I don't know, Wes Montgomery did some nice arrangements of Beatles tunes.
Beat the hell out of that Surrey With The Fringe On Top shee-ite.
Posted by: Meremortal, watching it burn at January 30, 2013 05:04 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: zsasz at January 30, 2013 05:04 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2013 05:05 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 30, 2013 05:05 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at January 30, 2013 05:05 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 30, 2013 05:06 PM (NEIxp)
I'm an obsessive Stones fan (well, from 1963-1974, at least -- within that span I have everything they ever released as well as everything they DIDN'T release), so you won't see me dismissing them. I can get while someone might subjectively prefer the Stones to the Beatles, especially the '68-'72 Stones: they did something The Beatles just didn't.
I'm kind of a weird Stones fan, though, in that I'm adamantly convinced that their single greatest achievement is "Moonlight Mile," which is so uncharacteristic of the traditional "Stones" sound that it's no surprise to find out it was really mostly written by Mick Taylor (who got robbed of the writing credit).
How did The Beatles kill jazz, BTW? I'm a student of '60s jazz, and it seems to me that it killed itself, creatively. Fusion was the last place for it to go, and it was a dead-end.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:06 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: Golan Globus at January 30, 2013 05:07 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 05:07 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: rickl at January 30, 2013 05:07 PM (sdi6R)
It is a bummer when you can't keep your nick!
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 30, 2013 05:07 PM (Cnqmv)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_P71QAEZKs
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:08 PM (/COnL)
If I wanted to watch MSDNC, I'd go there, Weather Channel, you worthless scrunts.
What a shame decent rural Americans died in the tornadoes today in N. GA. The scrunts at the Weather Channel didn't suffer so much as a nose bleed.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 30, 2013 05:08 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: thunderb at January 30, 2013 05:08 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Gem at January 30, 2013 05:09 PM (1dtEL)
Unfortunately they apparently missed CNN as well.Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 05:10 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: Golan Globus at January 30, 2013 05:10 PM (/1U3u)
Posted by: Yoko at January 30, 2013 05:10 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 30, 2013 05:11 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 05:11 PM (7xPCu)
That'll shape a kid's psyche, without a doubt.
On the other hand, Paul McCartney lost his mother at a very early age and yet he turned into a thoroughly pleasant, almost comically friendly guy. So now that I think about it, fuck Lennon.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:11 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 30, 2013 05:11 PM (CHnHn)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 30, 2013 05:12 PM (NEIxp)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 30, 2013 05:12 PM (BBWjt)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 30, 2013 05:12 PM (CHnHn)
Posted by: Meremortal, watching it burn at January 30, 2013 05:12 PM (1Y+hH)
One article to point out that Jazz musicians demanded high art while neglecting teenage desire for rock-n-roll. Pointing at the Beatles is an easy out.
Posted by: sTevo at January 30, 2013 05:12 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Fritz at January 30, 2013 05:12 PM (WM+rJ)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 30, 2013 05:13 PM (+z4pE)
Dear Jim Sanders,
While your massive collection of Russian gay porn is impressive considering the state of your bank account, it has come to our attention that you are using at least 10 squares of paper per wipe.
Jim, global warming is very real and using excessive paper is a large contributor to the heat death of the biosphere.
Cutting back on the huge portions of chicken Ramen noodles and ranch dressing in your diet may also help reduce the need for any more than 4 squares.
So, do we have an understanding , Jim?
Excellent.
Sincerely ,
NASA
P.S. The dog needs to go out and will you please zip your pants?
Posted by: T. Hunter - let it burn at January 30, 2013 05:13 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 30, 2013 05:13 PM (CHnHn)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 05:13 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 30, 2013 05:14 PM (abP0t)
Posted by: Hrothgar at January 30, 2013 05:14 PM (Cnqmv)
Kid: Well, my mom and brother and granny are o.k. Our dog is missing. And my grandpa just died and left me his guitar and all his stuff. It's all gone.
Weather Channel Scrunt: Oh, are you sad? You look cold, standing here with just a blanket wrapped around you. [Kid is wearing a t-shirt, shivering, wrapped in a wet blanket he tells TWC he found in the ruins of his house.]
I wanted to reach through the screen and hug that poor boy, and bitch-slap the WC scrunt.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 30, 2013 05:15 PM (UOM48)
Why care about the Beatles? They pushed the other bands to create.
Macca is one of the great rock bassists, and Harrison was very underrated on guitar.
But there super-super secret?
George Martin.
Posted by: Meremortal, watching it burn at January 30, 2013 05:15 PM (1Y+hH)
Posted by: dissent555 at January 30, 2013 05:15 PM (yR6A1)
Posted by: rickl at January 30, 2013 05:16 PM (sdi6R)
Instant Karma!
Mother
Working Class Hero
Remember
Love
God
I Don't Want To Be A Soldier
Oh Yoko
I Know (I Know)
#9 Dream
I'm Losing You
Watching The Wheels.
There, I just completed your John Lennon Collection for you. Meanwhile McCartney, Ram, Band On The Run, Venus And Mars, McCartney II, Tug Of War and Flowers In The Dirt are all worth owning as complete albums, and I could go further and pick tracks off of Red Rose Speedway and Wings At The Speed Of Sound that actually might be the greatest achievements of McCartney's career ("Little Lamb Dragonfly" and "Beware My Love").
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:17 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 05:17 PM (7xPCu)
I'll never forgive that bitch for breaking up the Beatles. The clingy, controlling scrunt never let poor John out of her sight.
It's almost like she spotted a weakness in him and exploited it.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 30, 2013 05:17 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2013 05:17 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: sTevo
So, it says that the Beatles are responsible for what Jazz musicians didn't do.
Got it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 30, 2013 05:17 PM (xz0nG)
Posted by: John Lennon at January 30, 2013 05:17 PM (MMC8r)
Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters are underestimated as well.
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 30, 2013 05:18 PM (K1TxD)
Posted by: Meremortal, watching it burn at January 30, 2013 09:10 PM (1Y+hH)
Have you seen the Rolling Stones 'Rock and Roll Circus'? During Lennon's set she gets in a burlap sack and rolls around the stage caterwauling. I could see why he'd want to leave his first wife for that
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 30, 2013 05:18 PM (abP0t)
This one obscure non-single cut off an otherwise mediocre Wings album is literally better than anything John Lennon put out in his solo career.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:18 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 05:19 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: comatus at January 30, 2013 05:19 PM (qaVK+)
Shes worth like 500 billion I think
Posted by: ilovejohn at January 30, 2013 05:19 PM (wegVN)
Posted by: zsasz at January 30, 2013 09:15 PM (MMC8r)
Now there was talent. Legends that will last a lunch time
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 30, 2013 05:20 PM (abP0t)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2013 05:21 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 30, 2013 09:18 PM (abP0t)
___ ____ ____ ____ ___
Lady Dumbshit. She was before her time.
Posted by: Meremortal, watching it burn at January 30, 2013 05:22 PM (1Y+hH)
Meh, Yoko didn't really break up The Beatles. She didn't help, but it would have happened anyway. They had been together for fourteen years, and had grown apart, with conflicting desires. If nothing else, George Harrison was getting to the point where he couldn't tolerate having his songwriting squashed by the Lennon-McCartney axis.
And with good reason: it's obvious just how much of his material was being blocked by the fact that immediately after The Beatles broke up he released an entire double-album of songs that literally doesn't have a single poor track. All Things Must Pass isn't just the single greatest solo Beatles album (though McCartney had the better career overwall), it's also one of the few double-LPs without any filler or unnecessary tracks. Including The White Album, I might add.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:23 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: slug at January 30, 2013 05:23 PM (vVv3V)
Burlap bag, eh? That clip Ace had of her a few months ago was more than enough for me.
Yuk. That's "Art?" I don't that means what they think it means. At least with music, you can tell what's crap and what's good.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 30, 2013 05:24 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2013 05:26 PM (7xPCu)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at January 30, 2013 05:28 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: rickl at January 30, 2013 05:28 PM (sdi6R)
Got it.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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That and it's a matter of bandwidth. Because the Beatles where dominating the charts there wasn't room for much else. A few musicians did break through but not many did.
http://www.scaruffi.com/jazz/70.html
This is a list Jazz from the 70's and I challenge you to recognize any of it.
I suppose this has more to to with the record industry and marketing than it does about good music.
Posted by: sTevo at January 30, 2013 05:30 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2013 05:30 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: rickl at January 30, 2013 05:32 PM (sdi6R)
Listen to these two songs:
http://tinyurl.com/a2mlmzc
http://tinyurl.com/a9zet6
...and realize that Harrison brought them both to The Beatles first. And they rejected them.
Trust me, the rest of the album is every bit as good.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:33 PM (/COnL)
"Pledging My Time" and "Temporary Like Achilles" would both like a word with you.
Though "Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again" is easily in my top five favorite Dylan songs of all time. And "One Of Us Must Know" and "Visions Of Johanna" aren't far behind.
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:34 PM (/COnL)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVTGfxP4yc
Posted by: Jeff B. at January 30, 2013 05:37 PM (/COnL)
Posted by: rickl at January 30, 2013 05:39 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at January 30, 2013 05:59 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: rickl at January 30, 2013 06:07 PM (sdi6R)
I've never heard this version before.
I have (I'm quite the Dylan fanatic), and I've never been impressed with the solo piano versions of "She's Your Lover Now." (Actually, at that point the title was "Just A Little Glass Of Water.") Too damn draggy and dirge-like. It's the full-band arrangement that soars. I wish to god they had bothered to capture a full take.
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