-
Bob Marley Interview
Here is Bob Marley being interviewed in Aoteraoa, New Zealand talking about reggae music, his Rastafarian beliefs, his dreadlocks, and marijuana. The interviewer announces that Bob Marley smokes a pound of grass a week. I thought that was a high number, no pun intended, but I suppose its true. I liked Bob’s belief that weed…
-
George Gross, Beverly Hills Monster Mash!
One of the most bizarre things to ever happen on Beverly Hills 90210 was when precocious and immature Scott Scanlon suddenly got really interested in guns and country music. His last words were, “Check this out!” What the entire nation ended up “checking out” was Scott’s accidental suicide caused by his poor gun twirling techniques. …
-
The Beatles, Help!
Help! John Lennon managed to cram an unusually clear psychological slogan into one of the best pop songs he’d ever write. It’s hard for most people to just shout out help, especially when they need it. It really must have been difficult for someone as stubborn, independent, and prideful as John Lennon. When you have…
-
Skip James, Devil Got My Woman
Skip James was one of the original Delta Bluesmen. Like many of these original pioneers, he disappeared into obscurity after his rather obscure debut in the 1930s. The blues rock renaissance in the 1960s rescued him from oblivion, and allowed him one last chance to shine. One of the songs that emerged from his exile…
-
Ted Kennedy's Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy
Revolution, liberty, discovery, and moral courage. These were themes prevalent in Ted Kennedy’s eulogy for his brother Bobby, after his insane assassination in 1968. Drawing directly from one of Bobby’s greatest speeches, Ted quoting Bobby, said that, “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or…
-
John Lennon, Mother, Live
I’m not ready to leave John’s 1972 concert just yet. Yesterday I posted about “Come Together,” and in the past I posted the live performance of “Cold Turkey.” Despite the fact that Yoko only released the inferior afternoon version of the show, as opposed to the superior evening version, there are still incredible worthwhile performances…
-
John Lennon, Come Together, Live!
They say elephants never forget, and they also say fuck Yoko Ono. When John Lennon played Madison Square Garden Live in 1972, he played an afternoon show and an evening show. “Elephant’s Memory,” the backup band for John, claimed that the evening show was far superior, but upon releasing this concert in 1986, long after…
-
The Top 20 George Carlin Moments
So I was surfing the internet today, and I came across a brilliant little monolog that Louie C.K. did as a tribute to George Carlin. George Carlin died in 2008, and if you didn’t know, he’s probably the greatest and most influential standup comic next to Richard Pryor. He had an absolutely relentless ability to…
