Hypothetically speaking, what would you all do to a person who appreciates the contributions of The Beatles to the musical canon but *just*doesn’t*like*them*? Hypothetically speaking, of course. George is my favorite.

All I can say is “Money Can’t Buy You Love”. However, I have stayed at a Holiday Inn. THE Beatles may have wanted to hold your hand, but now you can hold one of the Beatles’ hands. As part of Bek Devlin’s World’s Greatest Shave, she is auctioning off a signed George Harrison framed hand […]

Wonder if Lennon himself would endorse this or be rolling over in his grave? John Lennon seance live on pay-per-view LOS ANGELES, March 13 /PRNewswire/ — On April 24, 2006, an historic event will unfold on iN DEMAND Pay-Per-View television as famed psychics around the world conduct a seance to contact John Lennon. John Lennon […]

Chinese authorities asked, no, told the Rolling Stones not to perform 5 of their songs at their first China concert.  “Fortunately, we have 400 more songs that we can play, so it’s not really an issue,” Jagger said.  Wanna guess which songs were objectionable?  I’ll put the answers and a link to the Associated Press […]

F SHARP. A flea. The pun is F, the initial letter, and sharp because the bite is acute. generic propecia online pharmacy (see B Flats. ) Maybe someone could explain that one to me. B FLATS. Bugs. The pun is “B” (the initial letter), and “flat,” from the flatness of the obnoxious insect. I found […]

These people we call “Law-Makers”, i.e., Senators and Representatives, just what do they do with their time and why are they on the tax-payers payroll?….. I mean, the United States has had a constitution for over 200 years now…. Have you ever thought of how many laws you could write in 200 years!?…. I’m surprised […]

This is rather long, but I think everyone should find it interesting, besides I live in downtown MR Central and I like it… Despite anguish and illness, the legendary musician Neil Young says… “I Just Keep Going” By Lisa Birnbach – Published: February 19, 2006 Neil Young remembers the morning last March when he was […]

No, you can’t get Frank Zappa recordings for free in OKC, you can’t find them (almost)…. A friend asked me to do some guitar work on a version of “Montana” he did and I couldn’t find my CD copy of “Over-nite Sensation” anywhere (My Vinyl copy is in storage and would probably take months to […]

Seems like there are already lots of rockers here at MRC.  Well, rest assured you are not alone.  Check out this article: The fantasy rocks on.  It appeared in this week’s Pacific Northwest Magazine.  Here’s an excerpt: THERE SHE SITS, leaning against the bed, beckoning me to caress her supple neck and curvy body. She’s […]

I heard from a friend that John Prine won something at the Grammy’s, but I didn’t get any details….. If he did, it’s about time, he’s been a favorite artist of mine since his first album in the ’70’s….. If anyone knows the details, I would like to be filled-in….. I don’t watch much TV […]

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/extra/P142831.asp Interesting article on MSN.com on vintage guitars. Wonder what some of our instruments will be worth in 20 years (if us old farts are still around)?

I have gathered that we have many former and current musicians among us. Sound off time, let us all know what bands you were with, the years, the genre of music you played with each group, what instruments you play, and any highlights you had. Or if you are still playing what you are doing […]

As you probably know, Wilson Pickett passed away last week at the age of 64. His music was a great influence to many of the musicians of our time. When I first started playing, I learned how to play by listening to his records, backed by the mighty Stax/Volt tandem, including Donald “Duck” Dunn & […]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/01/13/windows.sounds.ap/ http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2148180/robert-fripp-helps-microsoft I saw this as I was blasting 1974-era King Crimson from my Linux machine. Sigh. Although I didn’t post to one of the previous threads on artists allowing their songs to be used in commercials, I agreed with Ttop that an artist can do what the heck he/she wants with their songs or […]

This is sort of a finish up to Randalf the Grey’s post on BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES ………. Check out these ticket stubs: The ELP one is mentioned by Jek and Huskysooner in comments #6 and #7……. The Stones one is mentioned by Sunn in comment #5……. The other one is from 1973, and let me […]