Talk about more music here!| Woody Guthrie, man of music | | woody guthrie was one of the major influences on early 20th century music. Probably most of you know at least one of his songs, “This Land is Your Land.”He was born in 1912 and died in 1967 from complications of a degenerative neurologic affliction known as Huntington's Disease.He was famous for his music and his left wing politics. He was admirable as a musician even if I might disagree with his politics, but that was a different time and there were things that needed to be change. As I am humming “This Land is Your Land,” I want to know if you know some of his other songs, play his music, know anything about this man. | |
| | In memory of the day the music died Feb long but worth the read | | One day in early February 1959, a 13-year-old in New Rochelle, New York, cut open the stack of newspapers he was about to deliver and read that three rock ’n’ roll stars, Buddy Holly, J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, had died in a plane crash in Iowa. The boy later said he felt “like someone had punched me in the face.” It was a feeling shared by many in America and around the world. Years later, in 1971, that paperboy, Don McLean, would write the song “American Pie,” which gave an enduring name to the event: the Day the Music DiedA reference to the beloved "sock hop".(Leather-soled street shoes tear up wooden basketball floors, and rubber-soled sneakers grip too much for dance moves, so dancers had to take off their shoes.)Man, I dig those rhythm 'n' bluesSome history. Before the popularity of rock and roll, music, like much else in the U. S., was highly segregated. The popular music of black performers for largely black audiences was called, first, "race music", later softened to rhythm and blues. In the early 50s, as they were exposed to it through radio personalities such as Allan Freed, white teenagers began listening, too. Starting around... | |
| | Signs | | A major peeve:
While visiting the East Coast a few weeks ago, I dropped in on our family's old resort in S. Jersey...Avalon. The first thing you see after emerging from under the boardwalk at 21st St. is a rather large sign starting with the word NO in huge block letters. Next to the word NO is a litany of verboten activities...NO ball playing, NO pets, NO walking in the dunes,NO loud music, NO loitering under the boardwalk, NO alcoholic beverages (there's a liqu0r store 20 yards from the boardwalk), NO frisbees (that's nuts)...there's more, but I can't remember them all. Seems like a good time, in the borough gov't's eyes is a few thousand people sitting quietly with their hands folded, like good little boys and girls.
Here in the BayArea its pretty bad...parks and playgrounds with NO rollerskating, NO skateboards, NO radios...ad nauseum.
Why don't they save space and materials and put up a 2 word sign that says "NO FUN!!"I know that people abuse the privileges at times, but why is it a preconceived notion that we are ALL a bunch of destructive morons? I'm not going to accept the fact that everybody has to pay for the abuses of a few idiots...that worked in 1st, 2nd and 3rd... | |
| | Songs Of The Century | | The list, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of an artist who made a recording of the song.Title Artist
1. "Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland
2. "White Christmas" Bing Crosby
3. "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
4. "Respect" Aretha Franklin
5. "American Pie" Don McLean
6. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters
7. West Side Story (Album) Original Cast
8. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Billy Murray
9. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
10. "The Entertainer" Scott Joplin
11. "In the Mood" Glenn Miller Orchestra
12. "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
13. "When the Saints Go Marching In" Louis Armstrong
14. "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis
15. "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
16. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
17. "Take the A Train" Duke Ellington Orchestra
18. "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
19. "God Bless America " Kate Smith
20. "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa's Band
21. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye
22. "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
23. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco " Tony Bennett
24. "Good Vibrations"... | |
| | Should you get married? | | I posted most of this as a response to someone elses feeling the need to get married.I felt, however that it needed more viewing than just a response to another discussion warrented and wanted to post it as its own discussion.The discussion was about wanting to get married & have children.Now, most of you know I've got cats not kids, have never been married so I probably would be considered not having much knowlege about the subject.I disagree, I have been an avid student of marriage since I was young and I've seen what makes marriages work and make them fail.There are lots of good reasons to get married. But they seem to be seldom considered these days. I worked for over 20 years in jobs where I dealt daily with the result of failed marriages. And the child victims of those poor decisions. Don't get married to a "suitable" guy or girl just to have children. Don't get married because the sex is HOT. Don't get married to have sex. Do consider the person a friend as well as someone who is sexy. Do have similar interests. Make sure that you like their friends and s/he likes yours. Make sure that you meet his/her family. Find out what kind of... | |
| | Give some news to everybody 02 | | Don't worry, be Mike Gravel
No job, no money, no problem -- after personal setbacks, the quirky Alaskan returns to his first love as a long-shot contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Fresh from taping an appearance on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" in midtown Manhattan, Gravel and press secretary Alex Colvin took an impromptu drive down to Cooper Union in the East Village. Six blocks north of the defunct punk-rock club CBGB, venerable leftist historian Howard Zinn was leading a group of actors and musicians, including Danny Glover, Ally Sheedy and Steve Earle, in a selection of readings and songs, such as Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," Bob Dylan's "Masters of War," Allen Ginsberg's "America," and speeches from Martin Luther King Jr. and Cindy Sheehan. But when the 76-year-old Gravel, white-haired and clad in the dark suit and red tie that are the uniform for all male presidential candidates, strode into the back of the crowded auditorium almost two hours after the event began, there was little hint that the mostly graying throng in attendance recognized him. What notice Gravel did get was from one 30-something man who told him to keep up the fight,... | |
| | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten - worth seeing? | | Julian Temple's film based around Joe's life before, during and after The Clash. According to press coverage it's made up of old interviews that Strummer gave including ones from his brief time as a DJ for the BBC world service, non related archive clips to illustrate various points (similar to what Julian did for The Sex Pistols in The Filth and The Fury), rare and unseen home video & photos of Joe's childhood, live performances with the 101ers and The Clash, and
old friends (including Mick & Topper) and famous fans (including Bono & Johnny Depp!!!) sharing their memories and opinions round campfires around the world.It's been getting quite a bit of positive press coverage and I've heard good things about it from other fans.Has any one here seen it (it been shown at Cannes & a few showings arround the UK) - what did/do you think?Is it worth me trying to get into Exeter to see it?the soundtrack looks interesting too1. Joe Strummer - "Punk Rock Warlord" 2. The Clash - White Riot (Previously unreleased alternate demo mix)
3. Rachid Taha - Rock The Casbah 4. BBC World Service
5. Elvis Presley - Crawfish 6. Tim Hardin - Black Sheep Boy
7. MC5 - Kick Out... | |
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Talk about more music here!| Woody Guthrie, man of music | | woody guthrie was one of the major influences on early 20th century music. Probably most of you know at least one of his songs, “This Land is Your Land.”He was born in 1912 and died in 1967 from complications of a degenerative neurologic affliction known as Huntington's Disease.He was famous for his music and his left wing politics. He was admirable as a musician even if I might disagree with his politics, but that was a different time and there were things that needed to be change. As I am humming “This Land is Your Land,” I want to know if you know some of his other songs, play his music, know anything about this man. | |
| | In memory of the day the music died Feb long but worth the read | | One day in early February 1959, a 13-year-old in New Rochelle, New York, cut open the stack of newspapers he was about to deliver and read that three rock ’n’ roll stars, Buddy Holly, J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, had died in a plane crash in Iowa. The boy later said he felt “like someone had punched me in the face.” It was a feeling shared by many in America and around the world. Years later, in 1971, that paperboy, Don McLean, would write the song “American Pie,” which gave an enduring name to the event: the Day the Music DiedA reference to the beloved "sock hop".(Leather-soled street shoes tear up wooden basketball floors, and rubber-soled sneakers grip too much for dance moves, so dancers had to take off their shoes.)Man, I dig those rhythm 'n' bluesSome history. Before the popularity of rock and roll, music, like much else in the U. S., was highly segregated. The popular music of black performers for largely black audiences was called, first, "race music", later softened to rhythm and blues. In the early 50s, as they were exposed to it through radio personalities such as Allan Freed, white teenagers began listening, too. Starting around... | |
| | Signs | | A major peeve:
While visiting the East Coast a few weeks ago, I dropped in on our family's old resort in S. Jersey...Avalon. The first thing you see after emerging from under the boardwalk at 21st St. is a rather large sign starting with the word NO in huge block letters. Next to the word NO is a litany of verboten activities...NO ball playing, NO pets, NO walking in the dunes,NO loud music, NO loitering under the boardwalk, NO alcoholic beverages (there's a liqu0r store 20 yards from the boardwalk), NO frisbees (that's nuts)...there's more, but I can't remember them all. Seems like a good time, in the borough gov't's eyes is a few thousand people sitting quietly with their hands folded, like good little boys and girls.
Here in the BayArea its pretty bad...parks and playgrounds with NO rollerskating, NO skateboards, NO radios...ad nauseum.
Why don't they save space and materials and put up a 2 word sign that says "NO FUN!!"I know that people abuse the privileges at times, but why is it a preconceived notion that we are ALL a bunch of destructive morons? I'm not going to accept the fact that everybody has to pay for the abuses of a few idiots...that worked in 1st, 2nd and 3rd... | |
| | Songs Of The Century | | The list, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of an artist who made a recording of the song.Title Artist
1. "Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland
2. "White Christmas" Bing Crosby
3. "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
4. "Respect" Aretha Franklin
5. "American Pie" Don McLean
6. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters
7. West Side Story (Album) Original Cast
8. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Billy Murray
9. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
10. "The Entertainer" Scott Joplin
11. "In the Mood" Glenn Miller Orchestra
12. "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
13. "When the Saints Go Marching In" Louis Armstrong
14. "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis
15. "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
16. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
17. "Take the A Train" Duke Ellington Orchestra
18. "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
19. "God Bless America " Kate Smith
20. "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa's Band
21. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye
22. "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
23. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco " Tony Bennett
24. "Good Vibrations"... | |
| | Should you get married? | | I posted most of this as a response to someone elses feeling the need to get married.I felt, however that it needed more viewing than just a response to another discussion warrented and wanted to post it as its own discussion.The discussion was about wanting to get married & have children.Now, most of you know I've got cats not kids, have never been married so I probably would be considered not having much knowlege about the subject.I disagree, I have been an avid student of marriage since I was young and I've seen what makes marriages work and make them fail.There are lots of good reasons to get married. But they seem to be seldom considered these days. I worked for over 20 years in jobs where I dealt daily with the result of failed marriages. And the child victims of those poor decisions. Don't get married to a "suitable" guy or girl just to have children. Don't get married because the sex is HOT. Don't get married to have sex. Do consider the person a friend as well as someone who is sexy. Do have similar interests. Make sure that you like their friends and s/he likes yours. Make sure that you meet his/her family. Find out what kind of... | |
| | Give some news to everybody 02 | | Don't worry, be Mike Gravel
No job, no money, no problem -- after personal setbacks, the quirky Alaskan returns to his first love as a long-shot contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Fresh from taping an appearance on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" in midtown Manhattan, Gravel and press secretary Alex Colvin took an impromptu drive down to Cooper Union in the East Village. Six blocks north of the defunct punk-rock club CBGB, venerable leftist historian Howard Zinn was leading a group of actors and musicians, including Danny Glover, Ally Sheedy and Steve Earle, in a selection of readings and songs, such as Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," Bob Dylan's "Masters of War," Allen Ginsberg's "America," and speeches from Martin Luther King Jr. and Cindy Sheehan. But when the 76-year-old Gravel, white-haired and clad in the dark suit and red tie that are the uniform for all male presidential candidates, strode into the back of the crowded auditorium almost two hours after the event began, there was little hint that the mostly graying throng in attendance recognized him. What notice Gravel did get was from one 30-something man who told him to keep up the fight,... | |
| | Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten - worth seeing? | | Julian Temple's film based around Joe's life before, during and after The Clash. According to press coverage it's made up of old interviews that Strummer gave including ones from his brief time as a DJ for the BBC world service, non related archive clips to illustrate various points (similar to what Julian did for The Sex Pistols in The Filth and The Fury), rare and unseen home video & photos of Joe's childhood, live performances with the 101ers and The Clash, and
old friends (including Mick & Topper) and famous fans (including Bono & Johnny Depp!!!) sharing their memories and opinions round campfires around the world.It's been getting quite a bit of positive press coverage and I've heard good things about it from other fans.Has any one here seen it (it been shown at Cannes & a few showings arround the UK) - what did/do you think?Is it worth me trying to get into Exeter to see it?the soundtrack looks interesting too1. Joe Strummer - "Punk Rock Warlord" 2. The Clash - White Riot (Previously unreleased alternate demo mix)
3. Rachid Taha - Rock The Casbah 4. BBC World Service
5. Elvis Presley - Crawfish 6. Tim Hardin - Black Sheep Boy
7. MC5 - Kick Out... | |
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