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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Strokes, Last Nite
I had a fun Labor Day weekend. I crossed the Williamsburg Bridge on foot for the first time, explored Greenpoint, went to a great BBQ in Sheepshead Bay, got free tickets to the Museum of Natural History, hung out in Chinatown eating at the legendary Wo-Hop, and had a Belgium Chocolate milkshake at Haagen Dazs. …
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The Beatles, Long, Long, Long
To paraphrase George Harrison, “the “you” in the song, is God.” Gaining this insight gives the song even more creepy mysticism. “Long, Long, Long,” from the “White Album,” is officially one of my favorite Beatles songs. Like many people growing up with the Beatles, I wasn’t a fan of the song until I got much…
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Bob Marley, Pimper's Paradise
“Every need got an ego to feed.” If that’s not the lyric of a master, than nothing is. “Pimper’s Paradise,” from 1980’s Uprising LP, is one of Bob’s best songs. Anyone else obsessed with the way he sings “Well-ell aelll..?” How about the line, “Now she is blusing when there ain’t no blues…?” I’m not…
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Willie Simpson, Another Broken Heart (pt. 7)
I wrote this song last fall, recorded it in the winter, started the music video in the spring, and put it away till..well…today. The reason it’s the 7th part is because it took 7 mixes for me to get it just right. Musically, this song was inspired by John Lennon’s “Julia,” and George Harrison’s “Not…
