Willie Simpson – Page 55

Classic Larry David

Larry David’s rise to full on stardom was a long an interesting road. He started off as a standup but got his first big break as a writer and performer on ABC’s answer to SNL, “Fridays.” After “Fridays,” Larry made it to SNL as a writer for the 84-85 season. He only ever got one…

July 18, 2011
AC/DC Week, Hells Bells

And thus the bell tolls for the end of AC/DC week, and what better way to close it out then with “Hells Bells” from Back in Black. A lot of my fellow baseball fans know this song mainly from all time saves leader Trevor Hoffman, who used the song whenever he entered a game for…

July 16, 2011
AC/DC Week, Shoot to Thrill

AC/DC is really good live. For this installment of AC/DC Week, I have them live in Houston, Texas in 1983 performing “Shoot to Thrill” from Back in Black. It blows my mind that Brian Johnson can sing the way he can for hours. There are rumors that now, in 2011, he is finally considering retirement. …

July 15, 2011
AC/DC Week, Back in Black

So Bon Scott died and in comes English native and Geordie lead singer Brian Johnson. Johnson never would match Bon’s rock star charisma, but he would out sing him in every demonic capacity. Scott had a high raspy McCartney/Plant like voice, not nearly as good as those guys, but similar. Johnson had something altogether different;…

July 14, 2011
AC/DC Week, Highway to Hell

AC/DC week won’t stop, but Bon Scott’s contributions will. Highway to Hell was released in 1979, and it would be the last album to feature the legendary front man. Ten days after the video below was created, Bon Scott died from choking on vomit. Whether it was his vomit or not, no one knows, because…

July 13, 2011
AC/DC Week, Live Wire…LIVE!

For today’s AC/DC tribute, I got “Live Wire” from 1975’s T.N.T. and it’s LIVE…in London! This is a GREAT video performance. AC/DC were fantastic because they could easily recreate the energy from all their recorded tracks live. It’s no surprise that they achieved massive international success. All they had to do was show up, turn…

July 12, 2011
AC/DC Week, It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)

AC/DC week rocks on with their 1975 hit “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock n’ Roll) from High Voltage. Great title, great lyrics, great song. The entire song is a musical orgasm of rock and roll simplicity topped off with an excellent bagpipe solo from Bon Scott himself. This is…

July 11, 2011
AC/DC Week, Girl's Got Rhythm

AC/DC week…why the hell not. AC/DC is one of my guiltier pleasures. Adored by a fan base that never understood that they were probably a parody band, AC/DC took rock and roll to a comical level of extremeness. The Young brothers who founded the band were very talented rock and roll artists, but were also…

July 9, 2011
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 8!

Larry David is coming back, this Sunday, to HBO. Seinfeld, Larry’s first masterpiece of television an amazing 9 seasons, so it’s equally incredible that Curb Your Enthusiasm is about to enter its 8th glorious season, and by the looks of it, Larry hasn’t lost his touch one bit. The write up today in the nytimes…

July 8, 2011
John Lennon Was Wrong About Bob Dylan's New Morning LP

Here is an exchange between John Lennon and Jann S. Wenner of Rolling Stone Magazine on Bob Dylan’s 1970 release New Morning, ” WENNER: What do you think of Dylan’s album? LENNON: I thought it wasn’t much. Because I expect more–maybe I expect too much from people – but I expect more. I haven’t been…

July 7, 2011