Winston Legthigh
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I suspect some carefully crafted wiggle phrases have been inserted in there that team Trump will use to cast doubt on his guilt.
I love how Zelinsky's wording is either the exact same as Trump's speaking ("We're going to drain the swamp"), or is over the top flattery ("I can't wait to meet you in person," "We learned all our winning tactics from you."), as if Trump wrote the whole thing himself.*
Zelensky also pointed out that he stayed in Trump Tower. as in "oh, yeah, and also I lined your pockets, so..."
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Romney's smartly making a play of being the single GOPer who's above the fray here
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It's worth doing the impeachment if only to get the votes for or against impeachment on record, so that 3 years from now Republicans can't distance themselves from Trump, because we'll have receipts.
And trust me, when this Trump era is over, you'll have plenty of people disavowing their support of Trump, just like you have politicians rearranging their opinion on the Iraq invasion.
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Bun E Carlos looks like the manager at a bar where they refer to the bartenders as "mixologists"
I would accept Nerd, Freak, or Hipster as correct answers for Nielsen and also for Carlos.
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Fair enough, but that means Bun E. has to be either the hipster, freak, or sex symbol. Does he fit in any of those categories?
Mustache? skinny ties? smokes? Hipster for sure.
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Maybe I'm cynical but this reeks of soulless cash grab. Feels like typical Robbie.
Same. It's what, the 43rd anniversary of the show? The 41st anniversary of the movie? Why now?
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New Halloween 1973 box set announced today:
After Zappa’s European tour that ended in September of ’73, the ever-restless musician decided to shake up his lineup once again and replaced woodwind and keyboards player Ian Underwood and violinist Jean Luc-Ponty with two new members: Chester Thompson on drums and Napoleon Murphy Brock who supplied vocals, tenor sax and flute. Following a month of rehearsals, the Halloween shows in Chicago marked the second gig for this new lineup. These recordings then represent the first official recording of this new configuration which as Travers writes in the liners, “would become infamous with the shows at The Roxy Theater scheduled for that December in Los Angeles and filmed for all posterity.”Preceeding the Roxy performances, which can be heard in full on 2018’s The Roxy Performances boxed set, as well as the 1974 double live album Roxy & Elsewhere, it’s thrilling to hear the band dynamics and evolution. As Travers writes, “the music is fresh and going through changes, along with incorporating the new funky rhythms of Chester and the dynamic lead vocals of Napoleon. And with the mallets of Ruth Underwood prominently featured in the instrumentation, Bruce Fowler’s bionic trombone, Ralph Humphrey’s technical wizardry of the drum set, Tom Fowler’s command of the bass and the keyboard mastery of George Duke, it’s a no-brainer that this line-up would go on to be a favorite among fans. The musicianship and chemistry of the personnel blended so well together with the material Frank was writing. It would prove to be a golden period in the history of Frank Zappa and these Halloween shows are proof.”
Band members Ruth Komanoff Underwood and Ralph Humphrey both provide some fascinating insight into what it was like to play with Zappa and some insightful history about these shows in the in-depth liner notes which also feature beautiful live shots and intimate backstage photos. Underwood details Zappa’s desire to constantly change up the musicians he worked with and states, “Frank, though, wasn’t looking back for a moment, but only characteristically ahead, relishing the excitement and challenge at hand. Personnel changes had become routine for him, and he thrived on the new musical possibilities and mix of personalities. It was evident, then and always, that Frank needed to live his life in a state of perpetual transition, a reality that could be as maddening to us as it was exciting for all. However unnerving these constant changes, the exertion made us better players, despite some figurative bumps and bruises.”
These concerts would be the only Halloween shows that Zappa performed in Chicago as the Halloween tradition would start the next year in NYC in 1974 and continue for the next decade. These shows would have the same unbridled, celebratory spirit of the NY gigs that David Fricke of Rolling Stone hailed as “advanced, instrumental ecstasy, cliff-edge improvisation and impromptu theatrical hijinks.”
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Fleetwood Mac is a weird example to draw... three (at least) distinct phases during their career, and one of the top selling records ever.
Today I learned that Neil Finn and Mike Campbell are currently members of Fleetwood Mac (and have been so since April 2018) - after Buckingham was fired again.
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For a band that registers a negative number on the cultural richter scale, The Osmonds had their own TV show! - which then launched the Donny and Marie show. Short lived, but those two shows were popular in their day.
I (rather, my older sisters) had at least one of their albums (Crazy Horses) when I was a kid.
The Bay City Rollers were another one of those highly marketed and "successful" bands in the 70s. No lasting legacy to speak of, but they hit hard on the marketing to grab a piece of that pie.
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Though I didn't own a single album by either band (at the time), in junior high I was preoccupied with drawing Van Halen's "VH" logo, and the Dead Kennedy's "DK" logo.
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Remember when CCR's Chronicle Vols.1 and 2 were marketed with a TV commercial?
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3) Rolling Stones (mostly from the iconic Warhol lips and tongue alone)
John Pasche designed it, not Andy Warhol.
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Always liked this:
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Dylan:
I was thinkin' 'bout Alicia Keys, couldn't keep from crying
When she was born in Hell's Kitchen, I was living down the line
I'm wondering where in the world Alicia Keys could be
I been looking for her even clear through Tennessee
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Pavement's "Range Life" roasts Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots.
I've never subscribed to the notion that those were roasts.
Slow Turning by John Hiatt: "Now I'm in my car, I've got the radio down, and I'm yelling at my kids, because they're banging like Charlie Watts!"
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For what its worth, I have a friend who says he has the best workouts after he has a small glass of whiskey on ice.
I say the same for weightlifting after having a toke or two.
Getting high + QOTSA Songs for the Deaf + powerlifting = 420swolebro!
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Honestly, I think the 79 / 80 / 81 soundboards are a bit flat sounding. I really seek out the matrix or straight up auds for this era. It just gives a bit more intensity or feeling.
I don't know if Garcia was off his gourd or what, but if I was at that show, I would have walked out during the ending of Wharf rat and never looked back. That was a train wreck.
If this was the best show they could muster for Dave's picks, then they're definitely scraping for resins, or holding back on Betty shows just to prolong the usefulness of this subscription.
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I received the latest Dave's (#31) last night: 12/3/79 - Uptown Theater, Chicago.
Listened to the first set on my commute this morning.... Meh. Althea was good. Restrained...
Hoping for a livelier 2nd set.
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I'll be dipping my toes in Canadian waters in early August from the northern reaches of Minnesota.
Saw a T-shirt on Reddit that said: Racism is so American that when you protest it, people think you're protesting America.
I did last night. According to Sean Hannity, anyone calling Trump a racist (or criticizing him in any way) hates America and can leave any time.
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
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The media certainly will not call him out on it.
Huh? I don't go to Fox News, but certainly every major media outlet has been calling him racist the past few days.
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JRAD was fun last night. Received Wilco goodness twice. Once with a cover of Hoodoo Voodoo, and twice when Glen Kottke joined the band for Other One drumming splendor.
It was a fine show. I think I’m finding it harder to get to the point of musical ecstasy I long for. I think I was there during the drum duo of Other One.
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Last time I saw JRAD I was "whelmed" - not under or over. Was a ton of fun though. I think they did a 25 minute Tennessee Jed.
I'm going to be "whammed" with a pocketfull of special mints that my wife brought me from California.
Politics 2019
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Annnnnndddd... I sent my son to Trump University, and I bought some Trump Frozen Steaks for my brother in law, and we got ripped on Trump Vodka, and I lost my shirt at Trump Casino...