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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 16, 2017 14:27:06 GMT -5
My cat's vomit splatter patterns on the carpet is an art form as much as video games There I said it
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 16, 2017 14:20:55 GMT -5
I also lost my passion for current music by the late 1980's. Maybe some of it was natural that as you get older your priorities change and there are more distractions and serious subjects to get involved . Some of it was just getting tired of MTV by that point. A big chunk was the horrible state music radio devolved . Now radio stations have lost their individual voice, cobbled up by huge corporations and using a playlist spit out by computer and listener analysis. There is always great music out there.But by the late 80's if they did not have the right visual appeal for MTV or fit corporate radio's accepted profile, you would not hear it
And record companies saw no problem because they were making the most money ever with the entry of CDs to the marketplace. CDs were cheaper to produce than vinyl but they sold a bill of goods to the consumer to justify charging more than vinyl. And the consumer was buying tons of product they already owned on vinyl. It was the days of Wine and Roses for them
It took about 10 years before I got my new music groove back. What triggered it-I don't know
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 16, 2017 8:39:15 GMT -5
Here is the top 20 American Billboard chart the one week Kokomo was at the top. I remember at that time I was working at an office and the radio was controlled by a certain lady that tuned it to a pop station that followed this list. I couldn't summon up the bile against the Beach Boys as much as some of the other songs on the list. In fact, I got a warm spot in my heart hearing the Beach Boys having a hit single again after so many years.
Week ending Nov 5, 1988
TW- LW- Title- Artist -Weeks On Chart (Peak Position) 1 2 KOKOMO –•– The Beach Boys – 10 (1)
2 3 WILD, WILD WEST –•– The Escape Club – 12 (2)
3 1 GROOVY KIND OF LOVE –•– Phil Collins – 10 (1)
4 7 THE LOCO-MOTION –•– Kylie Minoque – 11 (4)
5 10 BAD MEDICINE –•– Bon Jovi – 7 (5)
6 9 ONE MOMENT IN TIME –•– Whitney Houston – 9 (6)
7 8 NEVER TEAR US APART –•– INXS – 13 (7)
8 14 DESIRE –•– U2 – 6 (8)
9 4 RED RED WINE –•– UB40 – 28 (1)
10 5 WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND (PURE ENERGY) –•– Information Society – 17 (3)
11 6 DON’T YOU KNOW WHAT THE NIGHT CAN DO? –•– Steve Winwood – 12 (6)
12 17 HOW CAN I FALL? –•– Breathe – 9 (12)
13 21 BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY/FREEBIRD –•– Will To Power – 9 (13)
14 12 CHAINS OF LOVE –•– Erasure – 15 (12)
15 22 KISSING A FOOL –•– George Michael – 5 (15)
16 16 ANOTHER LOVER –•– Giant Steps – 12 (16)
17 23 LOOK AWAY –•– Chicago – 7 (17)
18 20 DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT (TILL IT’S GONE) –•– Cinderella – 10 (18)
19 11 DON’T BE CRUEL –•– Bobby Brown – 16 (8)
20 27 I DON’T WANT YOUR LOVE –•– Duran Duran – 4 (20)
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 16, 2017 8:09:48 GMT -5
You forced my hand (snicker snicker) Put it this way, it was competing on the charts with Phil Collin's Groovy Kind Of Love and Kylie Minogue's The Loco-Motion. Which of the 3 would you listen to?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 16, 2017 7:37:35 GMT -5
Close Encounters Of A Musical Kind-Part 3My next few musical encounters were during a 7 year span at a dream job for a young guy. Between late 1975 and mid 1982 I worked at a Manhattan after-hours club. The place was already in operation when I started. Basically it would open at 11 PM and close 8 AM. It had a bar and gambling tables. Poker,craps,roulette and blackjack where the main fare. It was a members only club as well as their guests. Very upscale and lots of big money was spent. Very pretty hostesses, bartenders and card dealers helped to draw the crowds in. Of course, this was all a bit illegal but this was the decadent anything goes 1970's and as long as we didn't attract attention we were left alone. I started as one of the managers. I knew the owner and he needed trusted people. By the end of the gig I was general manager. Lots of high rollers came through the door and celebrities as well. Most would keep a low profile and didn't want to announce themselves. But when they hand you a credit card and the face is familiar it can be figured out. The first musician I met was completely stoned to the point of being a bit of a nuisance and mostly incoherent. However he was a regular for about 2 weeks and spent good money so we let him stay inside up to a point, then convinced him it was time to go back to his hotel and got a cab for him I'm talking about John Phillips. John Phillips was a mid 60's superstar in the world of rock. Leader, chief songwriter and arranger for The Mamas And The Papas. Wrote the songs California Dreamin', Monday Monday, Creeque Alley and more for the group. Wrote the huge hit for Scott McKenzie San Francisco (Wear Flowers In Your Hair). He and fellow band member Michelle Phillips' home in the Hollywood Hills was a gathering place for fellow musicians as well as Hollywood celebrities such as Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty and Roman Polanski. John Phillips was the chief organizer for the iconic 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival Then things began to go downhill for him. The Mamas And Papas broke up due to Mama Cass Elliot deciding to start a solo career and John's wife began to cheat on her husband with fellow member Denny Doherty. John released a 1970 solo album that disappointed saleswise though it had a minor hit single (one that I'll embed and that I enjoyed back then). Phillips boozing and drug usage finally had him leave the limelight and eventually move to Europe Mick Jagger tried to get him to record again for The Rolling Stones record label. Alas John Phillips was now, in the mid 70's shooting both cocaine and heroin. This was when I met him, on one of his trips back to NY. He was a mess. And even though I knew what he accomplished in his life, you couldn't have a rational conversation with him by the time he rolled into the club. He did not want to talk about the 1960's at all. In 1981 he was convicted of drug trafficking.He got a very short sentence under an agreement to go to rehab and work constantly in PSA anti-drug ads. He did have one more hit song in him. He wrote the big Beach Boys come-back song Kokomo He needed a liver transplant in the 1990's and spent the decade on-and-off drugs and booze. He died in 2001 In 2009 his daughter MacKenzie Phillips revealed on the Oprah Winfey Show that she had an incestuous relationship with her father for many years. Some in the family supported her claim. Some called her a liar. True or false it made the national news My meeting with John Phillips was a sad affair. During those two weeks he came by every other day or so and was more or less an annoyance. Very sad indeed
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 16, 2017 5:23:46 GMT -5
Well let's see:1966
Ken Holzman pitched for the Cubs.His first full season.He was 11-16 with a 3.79 ERA Sandy Koufax pitched for the Dodgers. His final year. He was 27-9 with a 1.73 ERA Jim Palmer pitched for the Orioles. His first full season. He was 15-10 with a 3.46 ERA
I'll bite. What's the connection? Did they all model underwear for ads?
edit: Oh wait. The Orioles swept the Dodgers in the 1966 World Series and Jim Palmer beat Sandy Koufax in Game 2. Probably the only time 2 Jewish pitchers faced each other in the WS. Now, you say your fudging with Ken Holzman. Holzman beat Koufax late in the regular season for the only time they faced each other. He was also heralded as "The New Sandy Koufax" in the press
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 16, 2017 2:13:30 GMT -5
And yet we have forgotten the death of the first Howler, the first death of a major character in the Marvel Silver Age, from Sgt Fury #4. Junior Juniper-we barely got to know you and you've been waiting so patiently to be revived and sent to re-boot camp Percy was his replacement Rest well, Junior
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 16, 2017 0:15:03 GMT -5
Team Israel, underdog winners of their first 4 games, have now lost their 2nd straight, this time to Japan, and now eliminated from the WBC. Next appearance for them will be at The Wailing Wall. Ken Holzman took the mound and pitched 5 shutout innings. The offense however was hymie-stymied and even with Rod Carew getting on base 3 successive times, The Hebrew Hammers were unable to plate any runs.
Inexplicably, Manager William Shatner lifted Holzman in the 6th, bringing in red-shirted reliever Schlomo "Slo-Mo" Nusselmeyer. Suddenly huge matzoh balls were thrown to the Japanese batters who slashed and hacked away like sushi chefs. 5 unanswered runs in the 6th and 3 more in the 8th and Team Israel looked like they had to climb the Golan Heights once again to get back into the game
They began to make a valiant last stand in the ninth. Catcher Brad Ausmus reached on a walk, Carew got his 4th single and one out later Hank Greenberg parked one out by the noodle pudding stand across the street. But Ian Kinstler whiffed and Shawn Greene hit a lazy fly to the outfield and it was all over.
Manager William Shatner beamed out before answering questions at the post-game interview room. 1st Base Coach Don Rickles took his place but was just insulting to the gathered reporters. But hope is still alive for the next tourney. Said Sandy Koufax "My arthritis should be under control the next time we play"
Shalom Team Israel.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 15, 2017 19:08:09 GMT -5
Doc Schnozz is guaranteed to snort when he sees Wolverton's art
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 15, 2017 19:01:00 GMT -5
You can hear the Beatles version of I've Got A Woman on the Live At The BBC CD. They also do a cover of his Hallelujah I Just Love Her So on their Anthology CD Vol 1 Ray Charles did an EP, Ray Charles Sings The Beatles and covers the songs Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday, The Long And Winding Road, Something, Imagine and Let It Be. Paul McCartney particularly praised his Eleanor Rigby
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 15, 2017 17:26:48 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for some great images so far. What Doc Schnozz is gonna do is take this thread and through the magic of some apps he has, will transplant the images onto a few templates as mosaics, then print them and display them on a wall in his waiting room. So if you want to expose unsuspecting and mostly comic-ignorant people to the finest nose artwork of the 4-color variety, keep it coming.
Once this thread falls off the 1st page, I'll tell him we're done
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 15, 2017 17:19:31 GMT -5
Ed Brubaker and the various series he's written for Marvel's Icon imprint and Image, all collected in fine tradebooks. Fatale, Velvet, The Fade Out, Criminal
Brubaker paired with Sean Philips- it really does not get better then that
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 15, 2017 17:09:29 GMT -5
I have been going to the dentist for 2 years now for various procedures including surgeries. 2 years of somewhat regular visits. 2 years and each time a 2 1/2 hour commute. And today, finally, was my last appointment. I'm as happy as a dog with a bone. In fact, I can now gnaw on bones too.
(Actually I have to return 1 more time in two weeks just so they can be sure every thing is fine but I don't expect any problem)
Remember young ones, as Soupy Sez, Be true to your teeth or they'll be false to you
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 15, 2017 17:00:26 GMT -5
On this date in 1955 Ray Charles peaked at Number 2 on the R&B Chart with the single "I Got a Woman." Many music historians consider it to be the pure Soul song, combining gospel pacing with secular lyrics and an R&B background sound. Even if you want to say that soul didn't really hit until later this was a huge building block for soul music. Peaked? Heavens no!! Ray Charles continued for decades as an American icon. Truly one of the giants of the 20th Century Lightning Hopkins was one of the best blues guitarists and huge influence on his contemporaries and those that followed Carl Smith is unknown to me
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 15, 2017 10:20:01 GMT -5
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