"We saw your Cowboys play the Eagles last night. They didn't even let them have the ball on the first down. You should always let the other person have the ball, at least in football."by diskojoe
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Here's something that may be of interest to you spuds:by diskojoe
"*Leftover from the days when Austria wasn't landlocked (most of its history)" Austria was once the center of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, which did have an outlet in the Mediterranean Ocean via the former Yugoslavia. I believe Trieste was its major port.by diskojoe
I got my 1st copies of the Velvet Underground Live 1969 (my 1st Velvets album) & the UK edition of the Who's My Generation album from a neighbor/friend back in high school.by diskojoe
I get a kick whenever I hear "(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea", since Chelsea in England is a lot different than Chelsea here in Massachusetts.by diskojoe
Lester Bangs had a great essay on Bob Seger that appeared in Carburetor Dung that explains the difference between the stuff he did in the 60s & the stuff he's known best for. It's a shame that the Cameo/Parkway singles of his haven't been reissued, because they really do rock.by diskojoe
"My dad used to chastise me for the amount of money I spent on albums, music magazines, and such related detritus when I was in my teens and twenties" Erik, I thought you grew up in a commune. I know that my Polish waltz-loving father (RIP) would say the same things, but I can't imagine a hippy dad doing it.by diskojoe
I still have my One From The Road by the Kinks (sans gum)by diskojoe
Thanks for sharing, Erik. That was a pretty good clip. I have the box set, Five Guys Walk In A Bar..... & I really enjoy the BBC version of "Maggie May" that's in it, even though I heard the original thousands of times for about 39+ yrs. or so. So what's the deal w/the Faces reunion? It's going to be Ian & Kenny being the only originals & that guy from Simplyby diskojoe
Speaking of Armand Scaubrouck, here's a Billboard article about him from the October 5, 1968 issue via Google Books:by diskojoe
It was too bad that Lou basically put the kibosh on the US 1993 VU reunion tour, depriving Mo & Sterling from making a bit of dosh & especially considering Sterling's death a couple of years later.by diskojoe
Here's something that puts 60s AM Radio & muscle cars together:by diskojoe
Does soul/R&B count? If it does these are always welcome w/me: Soul Man-Sam & Dave (not the Blues Brothers!) (Sitting) On the Dock of the Bay-Otis Redding Green Onions-Booker T & The MGs Sweet Soul Music-Arthur Conleyby diskojoe
"Hawthorne, as you know, was a huge Pierce apologist (and his personal biographer--he glorified him in print)." Pierce went to college w/Hawthorne & wrote Pierce's campaign biography. That's how he got his gig @ the Salem Custom House.by diskojoe
Erik, let me guess that Melville was against The Fugitive Slave Laws while Hawthorne, who was best buds w/Franklin Pierce, a pro-slavery Northerner, was for 'em. It's nice to know that the stereotype of the absent-minded professor is alive & well ;-)by diskojoe
I always wondered what "LBW" meant in the song "Cricket" from the Kinks' Preservation Act 1.by diskojoe
A couple other cool Turtle facts is that their 1969 album Turtle Soup was produced by none other than Ray Davies, fresh off the VGPS & that their last single "Lady-O" was written by Judee Sill. Their last Top 40 hit "You Showed Me", was written by Gene Clark for the Byrds (whose version never made it to a regular Byrds album). It was originally done in a fast tempo but whby diskojoe
Erik, were you in the Witch City doing your research? I'm at the Reference Desk at the library.by diskojoe
"In the future, I vow to only write about music and literature from before 1923." As if there was anything half decent in both areas since then ;-) Fellow Red Sox Stooge in semi-mourningby diskojoe
That's right, Erik. I don't care if you're "meh" on the Ramones if you're hep w/the Red Sox & Manfred Mann.by diskojoe
STEVE, I have plenty of Ramones CDs as well as their three DVDs & I am a member of the Red Sox Nation, so that blows your little theory out of the water.by diskojoe
How about "Blue Suede Shoes", which most people think was originally done by Elvis instead of Carl Perkins? On the flip side, there was "Suspicion", Terry Sanford's claim to one-hit statushood (& later covered by Vivian Stanshall), which was originally done by Elvis.by diskojoe
You're welcome Delvin. On the subject of Johnny Ramone's gravestone, I wonder what people 3,000 or so years from now would think of it. They would probably think that it was a gravesite of some leader of a tribe called "The Ramones" & was portrayed carrying a weapon of some sort.by diskojoe
Delvin, you're probably not a baseball fan, so let me try to explain it to you. What Satch is asking is what band and/or performer who would be considered part of the TP galaxy, despite having advantages in talent or other areas, comes up short in satisfaction in either an artistic and/or commercial sense. The NY Mets, despite having a payroll in the hundreds of millions of dollars & taby diskojoe
I spent a entire summer a few years ago from a heartpunch listening to mostly the Velvet Underground & The White Stripes, while avoiding The Left Bank, The Hollies & The Beach Boys.by diskojoe
Although it's not as long as the other songs mentioned, "Why Can't I Touch It" by the Buzzcocks is an epic compared to the ususal length of their songs (at least those on Singles Going Steady). Also, a longie I like is "Tam Lin" by Fairport Convention.by diskojoe
I've been cracking up over the notion of Rosie 'O Donuts doing Wonder Woman for the past couple of days. How about a movie version of "My Mother the Car"?by diskojoe
Erik, things in the Witch City are OK. We're getting ready for the big STEVE convention next month a/k/a Halloween. It's going to be on a Friday night this year, so I'll be hunkered down in the basement after tossing candy to the kiddies.by diskojoe
You're welcome, Erik. It was getting a bit lonesome being the only member of the Nation. How's the Van the Man book going?by diskojoe
