Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary)

yeah it's weird! a lot of wishful thinking, a lot of games of telephone, i think

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Glass houses dept.: "it typified in my eyes just how boring a 12-bar blues can be if you play it for 20 minutes": Robert Plant, on a CSNY performance of 'Down by the River,' Feb 1970

I think it was put out on videotape at the time, the source of that YT

There's video from Japan?, i believe, but it's not been well documented: that tour tends to slip between the cracks for archival releases

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It's almost bizarre that Zorn--who seems like he was written to be a closing, thematically-unifying figure of the series---instead wasnt even mentioned?

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A comic panel of Uncle Scrooge thinking "what a horrible fate to befall the world!"

"Their songs are pop ballads reduced to shorthand. Alison Statton has a pure, clear voice that seems to hover near you, rather than speaking directly. On stage, the group's personality is the same as on record: a remote, but friendly presence." Mary Harron, on seeing Young Marble Giants, July 1980

feels like the trajectory would be long, circular debates for half a century or more, and then Trump just gives it to them in 2017 ('it's just a box of dust')

wow, the only one of these I can recall offhand is "Act of Contrition"

odds this van caught fire at some point? probably decent

contest ad to win a red van with Styx LP art on the sides and a band logo on the hood. Allegedly worth $20,000

somewhere in the US in 1979, someone was driving around a Styx van they won from A&M records (Billboard, Feb '79)

i think she was essentially a friend of one of Bowie's bandmates, and sang as a one-off thing

no idea--she may be around, too

with Vernon's passing, I believe the only person still alive who worked on DB's debut album is the drummer, John Eager (and not sure about him)

From David Bowie to Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton, Mike Vernon’s ear was invaluable to British pop and blues The musician, producer and label head, who has died aged 81, turned his boyhood passion for blues into a hugely impactful career

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aw man, was just thinking about diamond dave. peace to a genuine subterranean.

I feel like I've seen David Ellison somewhere before. Can't quite put my finger on it.

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The Maduro escapade was a disastrous precedent: convinced them they could do these mafia-style hits and nothing else would change

Happy birthday Ned!!!

no, that's good

oh yeah don't get me wrong---at least half of my high-school class were reactionary assholes who almost certainly voted for Bush and DT. but were they that much different from the class of 1980 or 2000? i dunno..

i mean, it's like "Boomers" includes Trump as well as my dad, who delivered sandwiches, voted Dem. his whole life, and listened to Jackson Browne records. the broad-brush is the broad brush. it's patina of "science" in this meme that's really grating

i know it's a gag but man i am kind of getting tired of this: i am of the age with the absolute most exposure to lead, according to this likely bullshit chart, and i don't think I am more brain damaged and irrational than people younger or older than me.

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