Submitted by Herb Tarlick on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 11:21am.
Also, I’m sure that some version of ‘The Seeds’ will still play Montreal. As long there is one breathing member and one comic book nerd left there will be a show.
Not trying to up the obituary ante, but a past queen of t-shirts died today. I don’t care about the details or anything. I am just fondly remembering my prepubescent fondness for her.
Hats off to Farrah. You are still a crinkly iron-on in my heart.
I didn’t have the poster, but my true blue 8th-grade buddy did… over his bed… good NIGHT!
Talk about Windsong staying on my mind… and Martini and Rossi on the rocks, etc… I expect a lot of weird examination of ‘70’s pop culture in mainstream (and otherwise) media in the coming weeks. For our part - we’ve been listening to the J5 box set that I got for a song at the BMG music club (RIP two days ago - originally RCA record club, established in the mid-‘60’s, so as veritable a cultural touchstone for many of us as the gloved one and the angel were), and for brief seconds, our ‘70’s MJ competed with the neighbors’ ‘80’s MJ as they peeled out of the drive hollerin’ along to “Billie Jean”. Jeff Goldblum’s not dead, but here’s some other interesting death trivia about this date: “In 1876, Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.” “In 1906, architect Stanford White was shot to death atop New York’s Madison Square Garden, which he had designed, by millionaire Harry K. Thaw, the jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit. (Thaw was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity.)” “In 1959, spree killer Charles Starkweather, 20, was put to death in Nebraska’s electric chair.” Which means, of course, it’s time to give the Boss’s Nebraska a spin.
I LOVE “Nebraska.” That’s my favorite Bruce album! I remember the review that I read that made me want to get it, despite having never paid a lick of attention to The Boss at the time. The review compared it to the dark holler death songs on the Harry Smith anthology, which I had also never heard of but never forgot reading about that day in my little yellow frilly bedroom in Vicksburg. Quoted old song lyrics like “I wish I was a mole in the ground. Like a mole in the ground, I would root that mountain down, and I wish I was a mole in the ground.” and “I’d rather be in some dark holler, where the sun refuse to shine, than to see you be another man’s darlin and know that you’ll never be mine..” as comparisons to the eerie depths and starkness that the Boss was working on with Nebraska. Since I didn’t have access to the crazy hillbilly music they were referencing, I got Nbraska instead and played it over….and over…..and over… I never forgot the reviewer]s mention of the Harry Smith box, either, so it was pretty damned exciting when that got reissued.
Weren’t Aretha’s sisters in the Sweet Inspirations, too? Those Cyrille Neville cuts are great, too, especially “What’s on your mind.” That pops up on my iPod at an alarming rate. Apparently Steve Jobs thinks I need to address whatever’s on my mind. Or start a Cyrille Neville fan club.
[quote=dingey]Weren’t Aretha’s sisters in the Sweet Inspirations, too? Those Cyrille Neville cuts are great, too, especially “What’s on your mind.” That pops up on my iPod at an alarming rate. Apparently Steve Jobs thinks I need to address whatever’s on my mind. Or start a Cyrille Neville fan club.[/quote]
Not sure if Erma or Carolyn Frankin were in the Sweet Inspirations. I know Carolyn did a lot of back up for Aretha. The only member of the Sweets that I know for sure is Cissy Houston.
awwww!
Now Jim Morrison can finally
Also, I’m sure that some
We've traced the call
They’re called “your friends.”
You probably know this
Hats off to Farrah. You are still a crinkly iron-on in my heart.
What?
gabba gabba we accept you
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Yup.
WILL IT BE A THREEFER!?
—your radio friend, Bat Guano
Sky Saxon
Sky SaxonEd McMahonFarrah
this is totally tripped out
now I just saw some uncomfirmed report that Jeff Goldblum is dead too
oh Farrah
Talk about Windsong staying on my mind… and Martini and Rossi on the rocks, etc… I expect a lot of weird examination of ‘70’s pop culture in mainstream (and otherwise) media in the coming weeks.
For our part - we’ve been listening to the J5 box set that I got for a song at the BMG music club (RIP two days ago - originally RCA record club, established in the mid-‘60’s, so as veritable a cultural touchstone for many of us as the gloved one and the angel were), and for brief seconds, our ‘70’s MJ competed with the neighbors’ ‘80’s MJ as they peeled out of the drive hollerin’ along to “Billie Jean”.
Jeff Goldblum’s not dead, but here’s some other interesting death trivia about this date:
“In 1876, Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana.”
“In 1906, architect Stanford White was shot to death atop New York’s Madison Square Garden, which he had designed, by millionaire Harry K. Thaw, the jealous husband of Evelyn Nesbit. (Thaw was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity.)”
“In 1959, spree killer Charles Starkweather, 20, was put to death in Nebraska’s electric chair.”
Which means, of course, it’s time to give the Boss’s Nebraska a spin.
A nice circular argument coming to a neat conclusion
Four Stars
HI-yoooooo!
You Really Didn't Mean It
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sweet!
Good Question
Not sure if Erma or Carolyn Frankin were in the Sweet Inspirations. I know Carolyn did a lot of back up for Aretha. The only member of the Sweets that I know for sure is Cissy Houston.
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Phone lines are open now, no waiting