This turned up on my ATT home page today….. Since these stories are usually up for only a day or two, I am including the remainder of the article in a comment….. Pretty cool stuff….. Leonardo Painting Has Coded ‘Soundtrack’ Published: 11/9/07, 11:25 PM EDT By ARIEL DAVID ROME (AP) – It’s a new Da […]
For all you younger guys. 1.This group was formed in 1988 by Oxford University students. and released their debut album “Pablo Honey” in spring of 1993. Who are they? 2.In 1994 Dave Grohl formed this group named after a WWII Group that investigated UFO’s 3.This band formed in 1988 in Chicago and went on to […]
Time to edit this “Twisted Fingers” mess…. We’ll start the editing in the comment section so that this Post doesn’t take a lot of room from the main page of the Blog…… Reference back to the other Songwriting Posts (I and II) to see how we got to this point….. If you haven’t been involved […]
Sorry for the delay….. Reference back to the original “Songwriting” Post for how this came about (I will put a link here as soon as I remember how!)….. I like Jek’s idea of “tightening-up” the lyrics….. I had thought of it, and was planning to do it in the editing phase…. The first two verses […]
Yesterday (Saturday Oct 20) Marked the 30th Anniversary of the plane crash that took the life of Ronnie VanZandt, Steve Gaines, Cassie Gaines, and 3 others ending the original line up known as Lynyrd Skynyrd. This weeks quiz is dedicated to those lost that night, as well as Allan Collins and Leon Wilkeson. 1. They […]
Oh boy. Zook turned me onto this recording. It seems that at a recent Van Halen performance in North Carolina they had mistakenly played the keyboards back at a different sampling rate than recorded, which put the keyboards track higher in pitch. Below is a link to a post and the video. BEWARE the recording […]
Do we have any composers out there in MR country?…… We may have tried this once before…. I can’t remember….. We’ve been at this blog thing for a long time…… I was thinking (I know – Bad Idea)….. We could poll the community to decide what genre of song first – Rock, Country Rock, Country, […]
So starts the last quarter of this year. Have at it kids. 1.This country artist won several Nascar races after having several #1 hits. 2.On the Bass, This is the beginning of what classic song? D,D,B,A,F#,D,D 3.This publication was the premier music publication in england What was it’s name. Extra Credit Who was it’s publisher/founder […]
OK here it is The Last Quiz of the Quarter The Greatest Rock and Roll Band In The World THE ROLLING STONES 1.This song from “Exile On Main Street” was inspired by radical Angela Davis. 2.This song was actually written by Marianne Faithful. 3.Keith woke one morning in ’64 with this riff in his head, […]
As promised this week Styx. 1.They formed in Chicago in 1961 as ? 2.What was their only #1 Hit? 3.Who was Kilroy? 4.What Beatles song did they perform at Eric Clapton’s 1st Crossroads Festival? 5.Which song of theirs did Tipper Gore Blast during her BS Tyrades? 6.The Paradise Theatre is based on a real place […]
…..Here It Is….. At your local Chevy dealer….. Another Lennon/McCartney song (actually Paul wrote it for Badfinger) used in a TV commercial….. Thanks again, MJ!….. I wonder if the big execs ever watched the movie “Magic Christian”?…… The Badfinger version of this song is played over a scene where people are diving for money in […]
Ask and you shall receive MR: DEVO 1.What/Where was their 1st stage appearance? 2.What is the name of their 3rd Home Video release, that contains this performance? 3.Which album ends with the promoter unplugging their equipment? 4.Who Produced their famous album “Q:Are We Not Men? A: We Are DEVO.” 5.What was the name of their […]
http://www.courttv.com/trials/spector/091807_hung_jury_ctv.html It’s looking like Money and BS have bought another one.
…..And Don’t be Late….. 37 years ago today, The world became a sadder place….. We lost Jimi…… A moment or two of silent remembrance please…… The best there ever was….. It’s impossible to top a complete and total original…..
….At the lowest, possible bottom of the barrel……. I just witnessed a TV commercial touting cat food….. The music and related graphics were “Hello Goodbye”…… Can we go much lower?….. Thank you, MJ…… You big Jerk…..