LED ZEPPELIN II HAS DIED.
Yes, a man who changed his name to Led Zeppelin II is no longer with us. Click the photo to see the story at the Chicago Tribune.
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For synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog’s 76th birthday, the Google doodle today is a “Goog” synth complete with multitrack recording capability, mixer, oscillators, filter and envelope. You can record a tune, play it back and send a link to someone. All the knobs are adjustable to tweak the sounds you’re getting, and you can record one track at a time on the recorder, then play ‘em back together.
It will fascinate you!
Tags | Moog | Google | Google doodle | Robert Moog | synthesizer | Happy Birthday | it will fascinate you |
“I pulled into Nazareth…
was feelin’ ‘bout half past dead…”
—-The Weight by The Band
It’s not too well known a fact that the reference to Nazareth in The Weight is not a Biblical reference, but a nod to Nazareth, Pennsylvania, which is the home to the Martin Guitar factory. Robbie Robertson has told the story in a few documentaries about how a simple trip begets friends asking for favors, making a burden out of a brief trip, and that led to the writing of the tune.
PBS’ America Revealed visits the C.F. Martin & Co. factory in the Wednesday night show that closes out its 4-episode run. The series has been examining different systems in the United States, from how we get our food, to air traffic control, to manufacturing. Yul Kwon, winner of the Cook Islands edition of Survivor, is the host of the program, which is a fascinating look at how America works. It’s airing Wednesday night on most PBS stations, but as always… check your local listings.
For more info, including catching up on past episodes, visit http://www.pbs.org/america-revealed
It’s funny how this popped up so soon after Levon’s passing.
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Tags | The Band | Martin | Martin Guitars | C.F. Martin & Co. | guitars | yul kwon | pbs | america revealed | it will fascinate you | Levon Helm |
This is a few weeks old, but DAVID LEE ROTH recently explained the exceedingly rational reason behind the legendary tour rider of “no brown M&M’s backstage.”
It will fascinate you.
Elvis wanted to record “I Will Always Love You”
In the wake of Whitney Houston’s death, I went looking up “I Will Always Love You,” which brought some interesting information. Elvis Presley wanted to record the song, but when Colonel Parker discussed their usual terms (Elvis got 50% songwriting credit for any tune he recorded), Dolly Parton took her song and walked.
Dolly apparently did write it for Porter Wagoner, whom she was splitting with at the time. She hit #1 twice with it - the second time when it was redone for the soundtrack of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
John Doe of X is another artist who covered the song; his version actually appears in a scene in The Bodyguard, playing on a jukebox.
Whitney was actually supposed to cover “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” by Jimmy Ruffin as the lead-off single from the soundtrack. When it became known that the upcoming Fried Green Tomatoes movie was using that song, Whitney requested another tune. Kevin Costner brought her Linda Ronstadt’s cover of Dolly’s song, and she re-arranged it with David Foster.
(Source: Wikipedia)
UPDATE: this ain’t true after all.
Here’s the confirmation that this story was not real.
I’ll leave the below up for your amusement, with an updated headline. Yargh.
JAMIE OLIVER DOES NOT FIND JOY DIVISION & NEW ORDER MASTER TAPES
In a story that might’ve fascinated you, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has not found master tapes of Joy Division and New Order whilst gutting the basement of the building that’s going to become his new restaurant.
What was reported previously: The NME reports he’s given the gold and such back to the Treasury, and Stuff adds that a lot of this stuff was in safety deposit boxes buried in the basement of the building, formerly the site of a bank.
Just discovered this remix of “Fake Empire” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. It’s pretty intriguing.
FAKE EMPIRE REMIXXXXX
(Source: pbandhelen)
I’ve been meaning to blog about this for ages now. My buddy Rett a while back sent me a link to the tract entitled “Jocko Homo,” which of course is where Devo’s theory of de-evolution seems to have evolved from. Click on through to read it in its entirety.
It will fascinate you.
Some folks over at the Hold Steady boards made this Google map of their song references in the Twin Cities. This image I made stinks, so click through to see the real thing.
I got a decent dinner ready! And you CRUCIFIED it!!
(note: may be NSFW)
Boy this is interesting news for fans of the cult tape, “SHUT UP, LITTLE MAN!”, which has now been turned into a documentary. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s the tale. Two guys living in a dumpy apartment building became fascinated with the ravings of the two men living next door. Their yellers’ names were Raymond and Peter, and their neighbors recorded hours of them fighting with each other. Somehow the tapes eventually leaked out and it became a cult phenomenon not unlike the Jerky Boys or the Tube Bar tapes. The tapes are alternately hilarious, sad and maybe terrifying.
Some of the best taunts:
“Shut Up, Little Man!”
“I’ll kill you in one minute! Not one minute - 30 seconds!”“Do I have to throw you down on the floor again? Do you want to see it happen? Don’t put your hand up against me. You want to see it? You’ll be down on the floor. [thump] There ya are, you’re on the floor.”
“Don’t be a fool, little man. I only attack when I’ve been attacked.”
“Well, I was a mean motherf*cker in my time and I still am!”“
“What did you do during the war? You didn’t do nothin’.”
“I ended up having to be down there at Park Station because of you. Well, I didn’t do anything. They [the police] also said what a fool you were. Go ahead and giggle! You always giggle falsely! You don’t have a decent giggle in you!”
“You were a man before I was born and you’ll be a man after I die; that’s the silliest thing you ever said in your life.”
“Don’t call me darling!”
“Then don’t act like a fool.”
For the original website, which has the story — including actual photos of Peter and Raymond — and to hear samples, check out shutuplittleman.com There’s a great reminiscence there of following Raymond to Walgreen’s and snapping his picture.
For more on the film, go here.
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The roguish reputation dogged Led Zeppelin for years. In 1972, Elvis Presley wanted to meet the band…. Elvis finally turned to them. “Is it true,” he said, “these stories about you boys on the road?”
Plant answered, “Of course not. We’re family men. I get the most pleasure out of walking the hotel corridors, singing your songs.” Plant offered his best Elvis impersonation. “Treat me like a foooool, treat me mean and cruuuel, but loooooove me….”
For a moment Elvis Presley eyed them both very carefully. Then he burst out laughing. Then his bodyguards burst out laughing. For the next two hours he entertained them in his suite. He had never heard their records, he said, except for when his stepbrother played him ‘Stairway to Heaven.’ “I liked it,” said Presley.
Later, walking down the hallway from the hotel room, Page and Plant congratulated themselves on a two-hour meeting with the King.
“Hey,” came a voice from behind them. Presley had poked his head out the door. “Treat me like foooool….”
"— —from Cameron Crowe’s 1993 review of the Led Zeppelin box.
Another tribute to The King on the anniversary of his death.
Another tribute to The King on the anniversary of his death.
Longtime readers may have noticed certain items tagged It will fascinate you on this blog. Here’s a clip of where that phrase comes from, a peculiar stage presentation by Elvis Presley brought to you on the anniversary of his death. It spans a number of topics:
- Bill Cosby
- Karate
- O’Grady - a book that will fascinate you
- Being strung out
- Hotel employees, Jack - bellboys… freaks that carry your luggage up to the room… people workin’ around, you know, talkin’… MAIDS!
- Things that are damaging to: myself, father, daughter, doctor, my relationship with you
- Pulling your tongue out by the roots!
- Getting out of this mood
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12: The Public Good will be appearing at Wonderland Ballroom in Washington DC as part of a live You, Me, Them, Everybody podcast extravaganza. That’s this Friday at 8pm.
You can hear some of their tunes below (if reading in the dashboard, click through).
How did Arcade Fire get all those LED-enhanced beach balls together for Coachella? This video will show (and fascinate) you.
![Fascinating… file this under: The Whomperdinck. or EngelTommy?
The Who vs. Engelbert Humperdinck in comic form!
discographies:
Justice League Of America #89, May 1971: Noted futurist “Harlequin Ellis” [sic] pines longingly for Earth-2 refugee Black Canary as Engelbert Humperdinck serenades them with a show-stopping medley of hits from “Tommy.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmwskprLvU1qd3pbdo1_1280.png)
Fascinating… file this under: The Whomperdinck. or EngelTommy?
The Who vs. Engelbert Humperdinck in comic form!
Justice League Of America #89, May 1971: Noted futurist “Harlequin Ellis” [sic] pines longingly for Earth-2 refugee Black Canary as Engelbert Humperdinck serenades them with a show-stopping medley of hits from “Tommy.”
