Plugs for you and your kind.
There is a new 8 1/2 by Eleven, strip 514, and I don't know about you, but Cinn, and Jessica are starting to annoy me. Also, Ben Byrd's latest is up, and so far, this is my favorite of his. It is a short story in a dystopian, cyber punk kind of vein, and is really good. It is called Classification, you must read it now.
The Murk and Malach Show.
Murk and I are starting to get back on track with a monthly podcast. We will be recording this coming monday, so send questions for the mailbag to me or Murk.
You are listening too . .
Sorry, we moved out of Rubber Soul, and onto a double A side single the Beatles released at about the same time. Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out. You are listening to the later. These songs were only available in singles until the release of the June 1966 album Yesterday and Today. Yesterday and Today was a US only release, and was significant becuase it not only contained those songs and some other re-releaseses (Yesterday and the songs removed from the US version of Rubber Soul) it also contained 3 songs that would appear two 
months later on Revolver. It was also significant for it's original cover, affectionatley known as "the Butcher Cover" (at left). Capitol pulled the cover after some backlash in the US. If you have one of these originals they are worth some decent money (there is an unopened one on ebay right now, going for about $8,000).
We Can Work It Out is a very significant song, and one of the Beatles more popular of this era. First it is one of the only post 1963 songs that had fairly equal creation from both McCartney and Lennon, and one of their best until the later materpeice Day In the Life. McCartney and Lennon juxtapose their lyrics brilliantly, with McCartney's slight more positive and Lennon's more negative. The timing change between the McCartney and Lennon parts are also one of the first examples of a extreme timing change on a Beatles record. Harrsion's little sad waltz time harmonium part also work very well, perfectly adding to the contrasting Lennon parts . . you really cannot imagine the song with out them, and they really make the song..
According to McCartney, the song was originally written about his failing relationship with Jane Asher, but as he wrote more, and Lennon added his bit, it became more universal, again similar to The Word and All You Need is Love later.. The textural wash of the dual voice recordings, the fuzzing, and over mixing really begins to signal the direction they were heading. That direction being of course Revolver which is next, are you excited?
The Iraq War
So the House set a firm limit on spending for 8/08 for the Iraq War. No funds available after that date. Dubya aint to happy. Look at it like this. That will make it a 6 year war. That is almost as long as Vietnam, and twice as long as WWII.
New Spacesuit.
I hope they have something in Fuschia!
Wow.
They keep delisting endangered animals, it give me more things to try for dinner.
How drunk do you need to be?
To pass out at a stop light?
Marshall Faulk
Retired yesterday. Faulk once one of the greatest running backs of all time, pretty much a class act, and changed the position. You will be missed even by this hardcore Pats fan.
HMMM.
Perhaps this is why Vonage has been calling all week.
Holy Crap.
My god, do they have difibrilation through the drive thru too?
Again.
Maybe this time this will pass. Idiots, this needs to occur if you want better internet monitoring. I would if I will have to get an .xxx domain for Fat Bug or TLES?
Malach's Quote of the Day
No work which is destined to become a classic can look like the classics which have preceded it. In art, as in biology, there is heredity but no identity with the ascendants. Painters inherit characteristics acquired by their forerunners; that is why no important work of art can belong to any period but its own, to the very moment of its creation. It is necessarily dated by its own appearance. The conscious will of the painter cannot intervene. - Juan Gris
I am Malach and we can work it out.
Try to see it my way, Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
Have you heard the word is love
Plugs.
Just a little plug from Sunshine. It Heroes themed strip number 21. Enjoy.
Some interesting sites.
Godtube. First place I am going to post my first flash video of JesusMan! Also, Conservapedia. And unlike Wikipedia, they aren't all up tight about my webcomics. Well at least not yet.
Burt Rattan Rocks.
I can't wait until he builds a spaceship we all can ride in.
Want to see something scary?
BOO!
How to use Wikipedia.
Hey kids, only use it to research background info. It is not entirely accurate at all times.
HEHEHEHEHE.
Hey Piper, here's a trick for you.
MMMMM
Giant Calamari.
Tommy Brady.
Seriously dude, the Brady Bunch?
Monday Monday.
Could be very interesting.
Hey
I used to have one of these when I was a kid.
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach, and I love my Uncle Muscles
Say the Word and you'll be free
Plugs me buckos.
A new 8 1/2 by Eleven has been published, this is strip 514. In addition, there is a new piece of fiction by CJ Owen. It is a cyberpunk/Sci-fi short story called Meat Chassis. It is very good and remind me a bit of William Gibson. Also, it is similar to some of Ben Byrd's more sci-fiesque stuff. I can assure you though, unless someone is really pulling the wool over my eyes, they are two different people.
You are listening too . . .
The Word, by The Beatles, off of Rubber Soul. Again, I am surprised by the lack of number one hits off this album (there were zero). With songs like Michelle, Norweigan Wood, Drive My Car, Nowhere Man, Girl, and In My Life all being very popular Beatles songs. Actually You Won't See Me was a number one hit, for Ann Murray (Lennon repeatedly said it was his favorite Beatles cover of all time). Perhaps because of the experimental nature of the album (though no where near as experimental as late ones), and the less than poppy love songs replaced by moody one. I think this is the last Rubber Soul tune I am going to write about, we will see my mood in a couple of days.
So that leaves us with The Word. The song was written mostly by Lennon, with some help McCartney. Musically, McCartney has stated that they were going for a similar sound to Little Richard's Long Tall Sally. It is definitely a bit more funky and honky tonk than just about anything the Beatles had done before. What's most interesting is the song itself. Lennon admitted it was one of his first attempts at an anthemic political song, though that message gets a bit lost in the lyrics. It was also a pre cursor to a song like All You Need is Love, basically both songs have the same message, All You Need is Love just got across the message a little better.
The song is also notable (like much of the album), with Harrison doing a Harmonium solo, furthering his exploration of Indian music. Also in the recording of heavily compressed and equalized piano (Lennon is playing) a sound that would be popularized with psychedelic music. In addition the Beatles really experiment with harmonies and their voice, getting really high in pitch.
Al Gore keeps sending me emails.
So I don't know if you saw any of his testimony. It is interesting to me to find politician who still don't believe this is a growing crisis. It also remind of the tobacco hearing back in the 80's.
RIP Cavert DeForest.
You had one funny 15 minutes of fame.
Just what Paul McCartney needs.
More money. Hey Paul, Money can't buy you love . . . Yeah, I'm just jealous.
Pictures of the Sun.
Nice, but I got better one. Check these out.
Oh, I almost forget.
Evidently God is missing.
Hey Mennonites.
Becareful, cameras will steal your soul. I am behind you brah!
More Ana Nicole.
C'mon, get to the good stuff and go on Maury Povich.
She's Back.
And lets hope she still one beer short of a six pack. (Yeah pun intended)
Hey, I can see the connection.
Tom Cruise = Adolf Hitler
Malach's Quote of the Day
I like Beethoven, especially the poems. - Ringo Starr
I am Malach and have you heard that word is love?
Nowhere land
Plugs.
8 1/2 by Eleven updated with strip number 513. Also check out Malach's WoW post on performancing enhancing drugs. It also has a bit to do with the Beatles, and their performance enhancing drugs.
Speaking of the Beatles.
During the Rubber Soul period, Harrison got married to Patty Boyd, and the world famous bigger that Jesus quote from Lennon comes out (March of '66 about a month before they began production on Revolver). The actual statement is as follows. Journalist Maureen Cleave, Evening Standard, decides to ask a religious question outside the norms of regular pop interviews. Lennon is asked his opinion on the Church and God to which he responds: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was alright but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."
That quote would several months later cause quite a bit of controversy in the Bible Belt of the US. It caused some Beatles bonfires, and as many 30 stations, mostly in the Southern US to ban playing the Beatles. An incident also occured in July of '66, which was one of incidents that turned them off from touring. They played before 50,000 fans in Manilla, the Phillipines. Evidently, the Imelda Marcos, invited the boys to show up at a party. They politely refused as was usual for them, but eviedntly insulted the shoe queen. They were basically beaten up by the Manilla police, and the money from their concert was taken from Brian Epstein.
Wow, Arnie.
Did you figure this out all by yourself? Rush has been irrelevant since lick 1995. Little known Ahnold fact. Evidently, the were going to make a Sgt. Rock movie. And of course, at the time (late 80's), they wanted Ahnold to play. Can you just imagine. WWII hero, Sgt. Rock, fighting the germans, with Ahnold shouting: "Take dat you stinkin' Krauts".
Anna Nicole part 35.
DNA tests kiddies! I am so excited for Phil Spector!
Dude.
Some of us would pay good money for that ride.
I'd pay for this too.
Me like scary rides.
American Alligator.
Off the endargered species list! Fries Alligator for all the buckos to celebrate!
Higher refunds.
Yep, mine was about 10% higher, and way higher than the average.
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach and daed si hcalaM.
Nowhere Man
Plugs
A couple, first 8 1/2 By Eleven strip 512 is loaded, and this one comes with a side of extra corn. Also, Sunshine number 20 is up, and may I add, Sears; send me a check for this one.
You are listening to . . .
Nowhere Man, by the Beatles, another gem off of Rubber Soul. Yet another classic Beatles song that never hit number 1, though it did hit number 3 in the US. Nowhere Man is rather famous for not being about love, romance, and relationships, like much of their early stuff was, and the beginning of Lennon's (who wrote the majority of this song) philisophical lyrics.
Many of the Beatles fans when hearing the song commented they felt it was about their Parent's Generation, and their lack of an open mind. . . a very interesting allegory. There is also some thought out there that this is about one of several Beatles friends or associates (perhaps more on that tomorrow), Lennon however stated in a 1980 Playboy interview the song was about himself; mainly about writer's block, giving up, and then this thought of a "nowhere man" popping into his mind after a bit of a rest.
This song is also a interesting juxtaposition of old and new Beatles. The Harmonzing, the general guitar work, and simple drum rythmns. Of course the new is the lyrics, and the middle guitar solo. It is also an interesting lead into later similar style songs like Eleanor Rigby and For No One on later albums. Again it shows the lead in to Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, and even their most experimental album, The Beatles (or the White Album, which after listening to these albums pretty extensively over the past few weeks is officially, Malach's favorite Beatle Album.)
The Forever Stamp
Brilliant idea from the US Post Office, I don't know about you, I am buying a bunch in May.
Crap
Just like most award shows.
Stamp out Malaria
Nice, this will be a huge benefit to third world countries someday. Perhaps as significant as wiping out Malaria and Small Pox.
Hey Joey Porter.
Nice to see a change of scenery didn't take the asshat out of you.
I fully support this
Too long have certain team taken advantage of pass interference. Coaches on the current competition committee have all but taken defense out of the game.
Does this really surprise anyone?
So David Wells has type II diabetes, and he cut alcohol out of his diet . . . I bet there are a bunch of bars in the San Diego area that will be going out of business soon..
So remind me
NEVER fly British Airways. Who wants to bet she was Indian, and this was some revenge for the whole Indian Independence thing.
NO WAY
Pro Wrasslers involved with Steroids?!?
I see . .
some nerds have a REAL LOT of time on their hands.
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach, and I wear my own socks.
What say you!
No plugs today.
There will be plenty this week though, so hold tight.
More Beatles stuff.
Yes, I realize the current Beatles song playing is one of their "worst" songs ever. The goal with the song was to show the early use of fuzzbass, and talk about George Harrison, specifically who the McCartney and Lennon thought most of his stuff was bad early in their career, and as he got more experience became a much better song writer (Something and While My Guitar Gently Weeps are only a year or so away).
Sarah Jessica Parker.
Evidently dog face is creating a cheapo fashion line, to go with here fugly looks.
The stuff of Pulp Science.
I love these mad scientists of global warming. At least they are doing something about it.
Hey, March Madness . .
and I really don't care.
Watch where you spit.
Wow, you got something to hide, watch your expactorating.
You know, when I picture NASCAR going to court . .
I picture that lawyer chicken from Futurama representing them.
There goes my Heroes
watch them getting sued. Hey, I will be right with your if JesusMan! makes an appearance.
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach, ONCE AND FOR ALL!
Think for Yourself
Some plugs on this fine night.
Let us see, there is a new Tales of WoW, straight off the press from the Angry Piper. This one is called The Thirty Minute Murk-out. Also, Sunshine number 19 was published today. Happens to be a fave of mine, so much so, I inked and colored the puppy.
Happy St. Paddy's Day.
If you see Whitey Bulger anywhere, toast him a guiness and turn him in for the reward! Honestly the wife is Irish, but I really don't get the idea behind the holiday.
You are listening too . . .
Think for Yourself, by the Beatles. First and foremost of a couple of Harrison penned songs off of Rubber Soul. Within the groups itself Harrison was a weak song writers, and as the groups matured, became a bit proficient, cumulating in Something years later. Someof the distinct aspects of this song, that differ from their earlier stuff, the extensive use of fuzz bass by McCartney, and hallmark sound of the later 60's, this being an early recorded version of that. In additon, some organ can be heard in this song, another early use of that. The song, many people think is about Harrison first wife Patty Boyd, but this would have been penned when they were dating long before they were married and long before the Clapton, Harrison, Ron Wood, Boyd love affair (LAYLA! YOU GOT ME ON MY KNEES!). Not to get off the subject here, but those Boyd sisters were something else in the 60's and 70's. Her sister Jenny got into this rock and roll love triangle with getting in between the lead singer of Donovan and Mick Fleetwood.
Harrison himself had stated, he couldn't really recall what the song was about, but thinks in was some type of veiled anti-goverment thing. Again, not the Beatles best work at the time, but you can see the experimentation with music, instruments, timing, and of course lyrics, which would lead to other things.
How many Pollacks does it take . .
to make a thong? Joey Polanski, you have the floor.
There could be something to this.
I have a very high tolerance for pain. And I can take injury with the best of them. I also find physicality in sport invogorating.
With that being said, I am also a very fast healer.
Autism.
Interesting article.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
This one is for Toyi, this is the original "video". Notice Mick Jagger in the crowd. Filmed June 25, 1967. Worldwide broadcast 350 million viewers.
I am Malach, and I figured out how to solve the Iraq thing. Force them all to get high and listen to the Beatles.
Well, finally became winter up here.
Some plugs for your early release snow day.
Only Sunshine today, which is a bit ironic considering the weather we had today. Number 18 is up. Expect a few updates this weekend, more Sunshine, a new Tales of WoW, and some more Ben Byrd. It seems to the Piper is a bit upset that the Tales of WoW are not is the correct order they were intially published, we breast buds, send me a list of the order your want them in, and I will change them around.
Some More Beatles.
Well we are in '65, at the release of Rubber Soul. Some events that occurred that year? Ringo's first marriage, 56,000 show up to see them at Shea Stadium (first outdoor rock concert ever), released one film and 4 albums, the last being Rubber Soul in December of '65. In addition the Beatles each recieved their MBE which caused a bit of a political backlash as MBE were usually conferred to military veterans and civic leaders. It resulted in some older MBE recipients to return their MBE (ironically something Lennon did in the the 70's). They also became recreational drug users, most of them doing marijuana pretty regularly, and some of their first experiments with LSD. Another influence on this album, and even more for the next albums.
As for drugs, all the Beatles were big supporters of legalizing Marijuana (McCartney is still to this day) and for mind expansion. They were as big users as any other rock and roll star of that time period, with only Lennon getting really hard core with Heroin later in life.
How's the weather.
So lets see. In New England this year it has been mostly temperate. Two small snowfalls, but mostly in the 40's to 50's. February got cold, and was consistently under 30. Now March has been warm somedays close to 70. So yesterday it was in the mid 50's. Today, we have at least 3" of snow. It was cold, mid 20's, and windy. It is sleeting kind of right now.
Pet Food Recall.
Of course if you trying to rid yourself of said pet . . . . .
YAY!
This is gonna be some must see TV, Spector is one of those insane genius. Move over Anna Nicole and Britney.
Carol Burnett.
OK, listen to me. This little lawsuit, ain't going nowhere, you see Family Guy is parody and spoof.
More on global warming.
Anyone wanna buy my house on the coast?
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach, and it is easy.
I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me
Guess What.
No plugs today, just a special story. So about a month back, Malach asked a favor. He wanted to create a Googlebomb. He asked a bunch of you to take the phrase world's most dangerous bug and link it to Fat Bug as so: world's most dangerous bug. And then put this on all the webspaces you could find, myspace, websites, forums, etc. Well it worked. Got to Google and type in world's most dangerous bug, then hit the I'm Feeling Lucky button. Voila! Keep it up!
You are listening too . .
A personal fave, Norweigan Wood, off of Rubber Soul, by the Beatles.
So we begin.
Rubber Soul marked a departure for the Beatles. Highly influenced by folk, Rubber Soul is one of the greatest albums of all time. Highly inspirational in it's own right, Brian Wilson has stated that this was the main inspiration for Pet Sounds. Pet Sounds of course went on to inspire the Beatles's Revolver and Sgt. Pepper. This album marked the beginning to the most creative part of the Beatles discography. Rubber Soul, the next album Revolver, and the next Sgt. Pepper, you have the Beatles at their high point over basically a 2 year span. The Beatles were about to change, subtle at first, and become what would eventually be known as the greatest band of all time.
One of the issues this album suffers from, like much of their early stuff, is a marked difference between the UK and the US versions. Extremely popular songs like Drive My Car and Nowhere Man, were not on the US album, in favor for more folky songs. Nowadays the UK album is considered the standard.
This album, runs quit a gamut, from songs like Drive My Car and If I Needed Someone which are more like their early stuff, and experimental stuff like The Word, and Girl, which were becoming more surreal. A definite music shift to more guitar, a fuzz bass; some of the earliest examples of the latter. A definite maturing in lyrical content;, less sappy love songs in favor of more songs about emotion, and loss. In additon, songs not having to do with love and relationships.
Also surprisingly, there are no number hits off this album, but the two ep singles release with Rubber Soul, Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out (a really amazing song in itself) both hit number one.
A broadened sound, influenced by Bob Dylan, and the Byrds, there were also recording innovations by the Beatles and George Martin; they had begin playing with tape speeds, compressed music instruments (a pre-cursor to psychedlic), and exotic instruments.
Norweigan Wood is especially ground breaking for the time ('65). Lyrically, it is one of their first that in antagonistic toward women, and relationships, and is the first known pop/rock song to use a sitar. It marked a beginning interest in Eastern Spirituality, meditation, and thought, especially for Harrison who eventually became extreme proficient with the Sitar. The album also featured two Harrison songs, and a Lennon-McCartney-Starkey compositon. The exotic instuments, the new recording methods, and the enigmatic lyrics of this album breifly forshadow, what was to come.
Amazing album, a must own, again consider one of the best of all time.
MMMM.
$1000 pizza!
I don't need your Civil War.
Wow, someone in the government is getting something right a bit. If you look at the definition of a Civil War, Iraq easily fits it.
Google.
Protecting your privacy? Have your seen this octopus's arms? There ain't no privacy anymore.
Hey Scot Pollard.
The phrase is "Hey kids, don't do drugs, unless you want to look cool".
Let's Move to Mars, Hawking.
Not really surprising, scientist discover water ice in Mars poles. Some say enough that is melted would cover the planet.
So, stay with me on this one.
Wagoogle-Mart.
New?
I got one of these right here under my feet.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
I am smiling. - George Harrison
And I am Malach
Yesterday
Some plugs my pretties.
Sunshine 17 is up for your enjoyment, you better enjoy it. Also, there is a new 8 1/2 by Eleven, in which Cinn and Jessica have a mammal beauty contest.
The Beatles.
Again, I'd like to thank everyone who sent me good wished about my Beatles essays I am exploring this this blog, especially those old enough to remember the Beatles (Malach was born in 1972, two years after they broke up). I am going to accumulate them all and make a interactive essay when I am done.
Many of you have asked for a bit more historical information, while I do not want to get into that too deepyl (there are plenty of web resources on that), I do want to set a bit more of HELP! era of the Beatles. That album is the accumulation of early Beatlemania, and a marked switch in tone, musicality, and lyric content from much of the previous albums. In addition, it marks a seperation that begins to develop between McCartney and Lennon, though not as extreme as it will be a few years later. As stated, Yesterday was the first Beatles song that had no involvement of the other Beatles, and it was one of their biggest hits of all time. It gave McCartney some more leadership power in the band, and in the next few years this would develop into a huge power struggle. Lennon had initially formed the band as the Quarrymen in '57, McCartney joined about a year later, eventually molding into the Beatles. There are several former members, Stuart Sutcliffe who died in '62 of a brain hemmorhage and of course Pete Best who was replaced by Ringo in '62 just as they signed their first record contract, who left the band prior to their hitting it big.
Beatles hit it big worldwide in '63, and were constantly touring leading us up to '65 and HELP! in which they and George Martin really began to flex their creative muscles. Also in the same month of releasing the album, the sold out Shea Stadium, being the first outdoor stadium concert in the world, selling 56,000 seats. This of course leads into the masterpiece Rubber Soul, but let not get ahead of ourselves. This, the stress, and inability to recreate some of the music live, and events that eventually led to them all together abandoning touring. Again, that is later in the time line, along with other events. I bet you can't wait until the Paul is Dead conspiracy, got some good sites on that.
Yesterday, is a heart renching song, even listening to it hundreds of times. McCartney has never really talked much about the songs subject, and most feel it has to do with his mother who died from cancer when he was young, or his rocky relationship with Jane Asher. Lennon's mother too had died while he was young (see Julia, later off the The White Album), which is something that drew Lennon and McCartney together at an early age.
Man, someone needs a make over.
So this is not surprising, even if he didn't do it, he would say he did.
Speaking of terrorism.
So Chiquita has plead guilty to sleeping with terrorsist? Man, I got some of those bananas in the kitchen. Better check them for lite bright signs of Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Missing subs.
So evidently the Navy lost communication with the USS San Juan today . . . anyone check for bananas?
Ahh, Deion Branch.
The first sign that you miss us. Talk to Damien Woody, Joe Andruzzi, and the like, they all sing the same song.
OK.
I have worked with severely disabled, self injurious, and homicidal clients. I have NEVER once even conceived doing this would be helpful. Yes, I have gotten into physical altercations with clients also, but I am trained to restrain with the least amount of physical pain and discomfort, and that does work.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know. - Paul_McCartney
I am Malach, and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make . . . . that's awesome.
Today
Plugs for today.
There is a new fictional essay by Twisted Darkness entitled Dissertation on Emo. It is very well done, done in the vein of a nature documentary, kind of. Also, 8 1/2 by Eleven was updated. Cinn and Jessica continue their conversation on Marine Biology. And as always, the DoMT, gives you sneak previews.
Today, you are listening too .. .
Yesterday off of HELP! by the Beatles. OK, lets get some of the big stuff out of the way. First, this song is the most covered song of all time, and also the song with the most radio airplay. It is also arguably the Beatles biggest all time hit. But like all songs like this, it didn't start out that way. Released at the back end on 1965 in the US only, and released later in the UK in the middle of 1966. This strange song (strange for the Beatles) was really never expected to amount to much, and both time it was released as b-side singles. The Beatles themselves (beyond McCartney who wrote 99.9% of the song), thought the song was unremarkable, and even though the song was completed in early 1964, it was passed up for two until HELP!. In fact the feeling was so strong about the song by the other 3 members, that is the reason for the delay in releasing the UK version of the song. In addition British artist Matt Monro, hit it big with a cover version of the song, 6 months before it's UK release.
The song formation itself was pretty strange. McCartney stated the melody came to him in a dream, which he immediately recorded on piano. It seemed so familar to him, he wasn't sure if he subconciously copied it, and took it around with him to music industry people to see if they had ever heard it before. All through 1964, he constantly played the melody, and no one could come up with lyrics that fit it. The group started calling the song Scrambled Eggs, and would insert silly lyrics eventually figuring our a nice vocalization for it. During a tour of France McCartney completed the song, but after presenting to the Beatles, and George Martin, they all did not like it. So, that is where Martin and McCartney worked on a orchestal arrangment for the song (which started alot of imput from Martin over the next few years). In recordings you can hear McCartney talking to Harrison while strumming, but evidently no other Beatles were involved in the recording.
This song took many a Beatles fan by surprise. It's meloncholic lyrics (especially since McCartney was well known for his upbeat songs), the stripped down nature of the music, and it's maturity. This was later repeated with much success with Michelle, and Elanor Rigby. It also took the Beatle by surprise, especially Lennon, who was for the most part at the time, the group's leader. This song cemented McCartney as a equal partner with Lennon. This song, capped off the morose frenetic nature of HELP!, with songs like the title song, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away; Your Gonna Lose That Girl; Ticket to Ride; and the like. It marked a new era song writing for the group.
Anna Nicole heating up again.
Hey, at least I am not the father.
If I Did It.
Man, you think OJ can look himself in the mirror?
Here comes some fun.
Keep an eye on this one, this is going to change the internet.
A fight!
I watched the special, the whole argument was pretty shaky to me, very circumstantial.
Ahh SWEET REVENGE!
Take that Queequeg!
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction.
Seems Van Halen is REALLY messed up.
Skinny Dip anyone?
Too bad it's not on Uranus.
Malach's Quote of the Day
Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we aren't perfect. - Mister Rogers
I am Malach and today is Tuesday roast beef.
The Great Firewall of China
Some plugs.
Several updates today, yo. Milikin went a bit nuts with the puns on the latest Fetus-X. Yeah it's pretty punny. Jessica continues to show us how stupid she really is in the latest 8 1/2 by Eleven. And there was a very funny, albeit mature and rude Sunshine (number 16) loaded today.
The Great Firewall of China.
Found a cool site, greatfirewallofchina.org. Basically, the site owns a server in China, they use the server to see what site are blocked by Chinese governement. Check this out.
Unblocked
RubberSuit Studios
JesusMan!
MySpace
CNN
Blocked
Stool Sample Webcomics
Fat Bug
the Wand of Wonder
This blog
ESPN
It is fun to try. Those of you with blog accounts (blogger, wordpress, livejournal) your are all blocked if hosted by them, the only one not blocked seems to be Typepad. Sorry, Polanski, Angryman, C. Rag, you ain't getting through.
And it's been this way now . . .
for the past 30 years.
Look at them Pats go.
Signed Kelley Washington today, a guy who has a huge upside. A lot of people are shocked by this spending, but look at it this way. The Pats were $28million under the cap, and even with all the signings, they have only reduced that cap by about $6million. Obvioulsy, last season receiver while OK, were a dissappointment. Also, those Pats fans who are frightened of Stallworth. Let compares.
Deion Branch and Stallworth began the same year. Branch 266 Rec; 3469 yards; 13.0 YPC; 18 TD.
Stallworth 233 Rec; 3516 yards; 15.1 YPC; 28 TD.
You basically got Branch (in fact in that time, Branch played one less game), only bigger stronger and faster.
Hey, check us Massholes out.
One of the safest in the country for big truck crashes! Want to know why? All our major cities are with 80 miles of each other, lots of traffic.
Check out New Mexico.
Anyone else know up until recently cock fighting was legal there?
If you have some time.
Very good article of Brain Injury. There is a saying in the disability field, you bring it out every so often for jerks, and people who are rude. Your only one car accident away from being the client.
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach and I can't sleep, clowns will eat me.
HELP!
Plugs, once again.
Sunshine number 15 has been loaded, this one is a fave of mine. Also the DoMT has been updated a bit too.
And just because, HUMPERS!
You are listening too . . .
Help! by The Beatles off the album of the same name and of course the theme for the film of the same name. Surprisingly, this was one of Lennon's most favorite Beatles songs, this and Strawberry Fields Forever. Very auto-biographical, it was according to Lennon, a rant of sort, about The Beatles meteoric rise to fame, and the problems that it brought along with the rise (Lennon often labeled this period of his life, his Fat Elvis period). It also again signaled, with the album, a moving away from poppy love songs, to a more deep emotional lyrical content and feel. Lennon himself stated he wished it was recorded in a slower, more folk version, but personally, I don't think it would have the same sort of impact. This song is definitley a cry for help, even it is pop state. It also signalled the bands disdain for touring and all toghether they stopped touring one year after the release of the Help! single.
Again, you begin to see The Beatles exploration (along with George Martin, more of Martin later) of music, and the technology available at the time. This song also has some killer harmonizing vocals, remiscient of some The Beach Boys best stuff. You also see a much bigger concentration of rock guitar and guitar rifts in this song.
RIP Richard Jeni
Evidently (while not confirmed as of this post) died of a self inflicted gunshot wound. Too bad, Jeni was very talented, and a very smart comedian. I seem to recall him stating on The Howard Stern Show, that he suffered from depression.
300
Looks very interesting at least visual. There is also a review at the WoW. Yeah, that's the webcomic author Palmer.
Malach has said this before and will say it again.
If you compare Dogs and Cats to people . . .
Dog = Mentally Retarded
Cat = Mentally Ill
That is all you ever need to know.
Welcome to New England Donte Stallworth
Stallworth is an interesting acquistion. Easily the best WR here since Troy Brown's heyday. This issue with Stallworth? Well, I have had him numerous times on a fantasy team. He can put up HUGE numbers, but try and keep him healthy.
Oh please let the do it!
And let Ahmadinejad do the talking! I need more quote of the day!
Damn!
Stop and Shop (yes, you have seen their stores on Family Guy) has averted a strike. Malach has this plan, you see they were hiring scabs at $15 - 20 hour. . that was going to be my gold mine!
Impossible?
Well, not for Malach.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
With religion, You're basically killing each other to see who's got the better imaginary friend. - Richard Jeni
I am Malach and I wonder if Starbuck is still dead?
Fat Bug v. Ctrl+Alt+Del part duex
Any plugs?
Just one, a Deck of Many Things update from the one and only Dr. Robert J. Murk. That is all.
So what did Malach do today?
OK, many of you know how Fat Bug destroyed Ctrl+Alt+Del (warning mature content in link)several months back. Malach has been "attacked" CAD fans for the strip, especially it's veiled references, and recieve one email for someone claiming to be Tim Buckley. I have never published it cause I am not sure it is him, but the gist of it was that I was going to be sued for using CAD characters in my piece of crap. My response was "Dude, parody, bring it on" and I never heard from the person again.
Well, Digital Overlord was this weekend, as well as my wife's Autism conference in the same building. She was one floor up, so of course Malach felt it his duty to create a little mischief, which I did, passing out close to 150 flyer for the comic. We will see what happens there.
Funny story. According to the wife and co-workers, they could of serviced half the kids there as person's with Asperger's Syndrome, and after seen these bottom of barrel no lifers, it was most interesting. In addtion, the wife got hit on by a large group of gaming geeks, I told her to mention she was the wife of Malach the Merciless, but she was too afraid too. Seriously though, take every sterotype of geeks, nerds, locked in the basement, all nighters playing World of Warcraft, lap tops under arm, playing card games to wind down. I think I saw one female in that hall . . . and she was working there. Is this what our world has come too?
The Beatles.
I have gotten a lot of good feedback on my Beatles articles, and history. Many comment from older fans who are surprised someone from Gen X is writing articles about it. I am going to republish them as a interactive essay for Third Option Media, as I redesign that site for Elias.
If I were early man.
I would make two of them, side by side . . . you see where I am going here?
Don't forget.
Turn the clocks ahead tonight and watch your PC explode!
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach, and I am a Digital Overlord.
Sunshine, on my shoulder
Plugity plugs.
A couple today, Sunshine has been updated with number 14, perhaps the best of the bunch so far. Also, there was a small update in The Deck of Many Things today.
Also Malach is working a new deal with Amazon, and now has control over a on-site Amazon store, featuring deals and products my reader might be interested in. It is just off our main store and located here. Current catagories include, RPGS, Software, Books, Music, and I will probably add Games/Toys. I am probably going to catagorize the music. Enjoy, and remember Malach does get small % of sales out there, so it helps support this site, and my extravagent lifestyle.
You are listening too.
I skipped a couple of US releases namely, a reissue of early hits, and The Beatles VI. VI produced one hit, Eight Days a Week, but VI was mostly b-sides of early hits, so there was nothing particulary groundbreaking about it. Which brings us to HELP! .
Now HELP! is best remembered as a psuedo-soundtrack to a movie by the same name. The movie is a sort of cult classic, and is some of the first real creative stuff The Beatles had done whilst high. The Album is also known as the Album before the period of some of the most amazing music ever made and HELP! sometimes get brushed off. HELP! is definitely a transitional album, away from the pop rock, to a more experimental phase, and not to downplay the pop rock, but they were about to go places no one had ever seen. Again at the time there were differences in the UK and US albums, and more albums being released in the US, and this would continue through to Revolver.
One of the first things many Beatles fans noticed about HELP! was that it was the first time The Beatles had really begun to diverge away from happy love songs. Love Me Do was being replaced by stuff like Yesterday. It also shows the huge influence that Bob Dylan was having on the Beatles at the time, especially Lennon who's Hide Your Love Away (and one Malach's favorite all time songs) was basically a Dylan song. The title song is a supposed lamenting on their fame.
We start with Ticket To Ride, the albums first release. Those first few guitar chords, boy do they set a place and time, and take to you mid/late 60's. This was the first single and hit off the album, and again, was very different lyrically than what many Beatles fans were used to. Ringo's drums, the tribal noise really bring this song together, and the overall slowing down of the entire album is a definite nod to folk music. You can see where they are going musically and will end up later that year with Rubber Soul. I am gonna play a few off of this one.
Younger readers, who did not grow up listening to the Beatles, imaginee, the New Kids on The Block, over 3 years, morphed into Guns and Roses. This is what has happened from Meet the Beatles until now.
Anna Nicole
Just gets more interesting . . . I still got my money on Trim Spa, that murdering bastard!
Sticks and stone may break my bones . .
but evidently posting on YouTube, will hurt you. Hey Turkey, their is a reason you country is named Turkey. Ut, there goes Malach getting blocked too.
Hey.
Yet another drunk to play on the Raiders . . . who want to bet that Pacman Jones ends there, or perhaps the Bengals.
What say the Angryman.
Malach is not a big fan of guns. DC recent handgun ban got struck down, really not too surprisingly by the Supreme Court citing the Second Amendment. Here's my take. When our founding fathers made The Constitution, they never saw repeating easily concealable high powered handguns, machine pistols, sub machine guns, assault rifle, and the like. Honestly, I don't have a issue with a person want to own a gun for personal protection, or hunting, but there has to be some limit. It is much to easy for anyone to buy a gun. I can walk down the street of New Bedford and probably buy a gun within 15 minutes illegally, and probably something more than a handgun. This country is much to cowboy, and violent.
Honestly.
I don't see an issue with this as the classes are not required to graduate and the descision is up to the school to offer the courses, my only concern is why stop with the Bible? Why not the Qu'ran or the Talmud?
Daylight Savings Switchover.
Yeah the internet is going to blow up!
MORE THAN A FEELING!
Yeah Brad Delp, your dead. The Angry Piper is going to be so upset.
Wow, this is a little ass backwards.
Courtney Love evidently owes someone big time drug REHAB money.
Wow Eddie Van Halen.
Looking good brother, and those missing teeth?
Malach's Quote of the Day.
About a year ago, I started seeing these ads in the paper for 'Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation'. First it was a little ad. The next week, it was twice as big. And after a month, it was a full page-it just took over. Something in that triggered a bunch of associations and projections. Like, what kind of activities do you have to engage in to get to the point where you need to bring a laser into the equation? - Beck
I am Malach and I want to know, who stole the soul?
It's been a bit chilly round these parts.
Quite a few plugs today.
Some more Sunshine, number 13 is now loaded. Series is getting weirder and funnier. Wait until 14 . . . Also a new Ben Byrd story, for some reason, I never read this one until today. This one is called Mirage, and was a very interesting concept, the kind of genre Malach likes. Also a new one from Twisted Darkness, the aptly named blah, blah, blah, internet. I am also speaking to another author about host her work. Soon, very soon.
Freakin' cold.
Yeah it has been about 10 degrees the last week, supposed to be up around 60 somtime this weekend though. You may have noticed, Malach has slacked off on the painting front. There are a few reasons for this, one being the cold (yeah studio has heat, but it don't normally turn it on, and it takes a while to heat up, also, the studio is kid of a mess with storage. But when the weather breaks, I have several people interested in lessons, if your interested in lessons, all ages, contact me. I also have experience with persons with disabilities, including Autism and Mental Retardation.
Vonage.
You better not raise my phone bill!
I've said it before.
Michael Jackson is transforming himself into a anime character. Hey, in Japan, you can all but rape kids on the street.
Man that Vladimir Putin.
He is turning, albeit slowly into the Anti-Christ. Yeah he's a Cold War kind of guy. Dead exKGB, now these two, and and all these dead Russian Reporters . . . He is a evil man, you can see it in his face. Some of this stuff is 1960's Cold War crap.
The 2007 World's Richest Person is . . .
NOT MALACH!
Yeah, the black lollipops a nice touch.
Malach's Quote of the Day
"I'm loyal to nothing, General.. except the Dream." - Captain America (God I hate him)
I am Malach and I am UnAmerican.
I Feel Fine, some other people don't.
Plugs.
I told you I had a lot of Sunshine for yous, episode 12 is now up, and this one is a classic. I also changed the rating of it, as I looked at some of the future strips.
Also, The WoW is celebrating it's one year anniversary today.
You are listening too . . .
I Feel Fine, in our Beatles Exploration. This song is in the confusing part of their discography that lasted until Rubber Soul. It was initially released as a single and then found it's way onto the 1964 US album Beatles '65. It ended up on a 1966 UK album, A Collection of Beatles Oldies (yeah stuff from 62 - 64, oldies? I'll never understand the British). This was a first of a set of more experimental songs. The song was based on the opening guitar rift Lennon had rattling around his brain, and Lennon is cited as the creator for the majority of the song. It was the first release to have a real distinctive guitar rift. This is also one of the first instances of recorded feedback on a saleable record. It also includes a much less polished product, extensive use of echo, and reverb added after recording, again one of the first records to do so. Part of the influence was some of the early stuff, Hendrix was doing, before he was famous, the Kinks big hit You Really Got Me, that summer.
This song again has Ringo expanding on his drums, a more subtle tribal, latin influence (he had begun hanging out with Keith Moon). It also get a bit poppy in the breakdown in the middle. This particular release was a influence on The Who, who came later in '65, and the format of The Yardbirds (another very interesting band from this time, we more into Jimmy Page, Clapton, and Harrion later). This is a good one, and leads into some really amazing albums, ie Help! and Rubber Soul.
RIP Captain America.
Well Marvel killed off Captain America. First I must point out, I hate Captain America. That being said, this is about the most famous Superhero death next to when Superman died a few years ago. You ask me, he'll be back. It must make Osama Bin Laden happy though.
RIP Angry Veteran.
The Angry Veteran also died today, read all about it.
Here come the arrests.
I told you earlier, Trimspa did it! Anna Nanna fo Fanna . . .
Sorry Big Bopper.
That was 48 years ago, and you no Anna Nicole, or Britney for that matter.
I need a robot.
I need one to explore my hole. Actually this is really cool, kind of like landing on Mars with Stephen Hawking.
MMMM Mekong Dolphin.
Them's good eating.
So we got crabs from gorillas
HIV/AIDS from Monkeys, and our catankerous attitude from Dr. Robert J. Murk.
So yeah.
9 out of every 10 calls we got at work today were about this. Luckily, I don't work in immigration services, it was quiet for me.
Hey, Wikipedia.
Malach claimed to be a dinosaur is his bio, before you deleted it. I am gonna go put it back right now. Damn, they have me blocked . . . but I have still edited as anonymous . . . hmmm.
Dinosaurs = Birds
Birds = Dinosaurs
Malachs Quote of the Day.
I am Malach a tremendous brunette.
I should be sleeping like a log . .
Big Time plugs.
First, there is a new 8 1/2 by Eleven, in this one, Jessica shares with us here screwed up ideas on marriage.
Now the big one. Hold onto your seats. The New West has returned, well sort of. You see, Hex, has turned it into a new webcomic, he calls Sunshine. Sunshine is pure genius, in a Michael Jackson sort of way. The best way to describe it is one paneled chaos. 11 episodes are loaded and there are PLENTY more where that came from. Now if I could only get Palmer or Big Uncle Gorilla to come back . .
Also, The Deck of Many Things will be sneaking the new episode of Sunshine a day or so before I publish them. The first sneak was up there earlier.
So, there were whole blocks of the South End blocked off by the Police today.
Evidently Bianco Inc was raided by the INS today and netted about 300 - 350 illegal aliens working in their 1900's sweatshop-like conditions. Not surprising. New Bedford has always been a city of immigration. It has worked like this for centuries. The French and Italians moved in, made some good money over the generation, sold their property moved into the surrounding suburbs; then the portuguese, who are now in the process of moving to the surrounding suburbs; now it is the Hispanics. New Bedford has a population of about 93,000; 110,000 is you count illegals. It shows a major problem in this country. Americans don't want these types of jobs, and their crappy pay, but if you can come sneak in here from Guatelamala, $7.00 an hour is a lot of money, and compared to what you family is going through there, it is worth the risk. If you did a sweep of the waterfront here (#1 fishing port in the US 10 years running), you would arrest probably close to 1500 people. Viva New Beige!
As for Bianco, I have had several of my clients work there, and the decriptions of the conditions from the news, don't surprise me. My office is approximately 4 blocks from this picture, don;'t you feel close, you almost sitting on my lap.
What do you think Jail is like?
For a man named Scooter, too bad it won't be real jail.
Wow.
There are a lot of sad whinos, college students, and cheap drunks today. Funny story about Malach. In college he was famous for walking around campus with a gallon of Ernest and Julio Gallo. E&J though, never made the Bum Wines.com list, not potent enough I suppose.
Uh yeah.
So I get into a fight with my wife, and she pisses me off enough to hit her. I take a baby and use it as a bat? Some people REALLY need to use birth control.
I got my tickets.
You got yours? Hey, I can promise you my blog will be really entertaining tomorrow if I win.
So.
Who pays for these stupid studies? The Center for Obvious Information (COI)? Hey Dingus, my website has over 450 pages!
Hey another one for the COI.
O MY GOD CAN YOU BELIEVE RON ARTEST IS ACCUSED OF SLAPPING A WOMAN?!?
The Rap and Roll Hall of Fame.
It was only a matter of time, expect in the next few years the like of Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. and Rakim, Run DMC, NWA . . .
Malach Quote of the Day.
Today I didn't even have to use my A.K., I got to say it was a good day. - Ice Cube
I am Malach and I love to wash in your old bath water.
OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED STARBUCK!
YOU BASTARDS!
Plugs first. Quite a few of them too. Strip 507 of 8 1/2 by Eleven is loaded, for some reason Jess wants to continue to discuss God. Also a new Fetus-X has been loaded in which Eric wants you to meet him and his fetus friend. Also, Friday Night RPG Cartoons has returned (and also been redesigned), with episode 1.7. Let the hilarity ensue. Also interestingly found out that the D20 version of Call of Cthulhu is now a collectors item, and can't be found cheaper than $80. Evidently Wizards only had a year long contract to produce the game, and it was never renewed. Well Malach has one. The Deck of Many Things has also had several updates, and is still looking for contributers. I have a possible publisher to make a series of this, if it takes off, so sign up.
Also, the Cap'n blows open a conspiracy at the WoW.
Yes, I was sick.
No, I was not hungover, Malach rarely drinks. It started at about 2AM Sunday morning, I vomited about a gallon of crap (mostly nuts from the previous nights, RPG session), it tore my throat also, and I spit out some blood, then began to throw up every half hour to hour until about 8PM (though it slowed down after about 3PM). I called in sick this morning, but feel close to 100% now. Took the day off from work and alot of other work done. And the blog is back.
Battlestar Galactica.
Malach is a huge fan of Battlestar Galactica, and like Heroes never misses it. Well, Kara "Starbuck" Thrace was evidently killed off last night. Very surprising, but I don't think she is really dead. Theories: 1. She ejected at the last second, and is on the planet trying to find her spiritual destiny or 2. She's a cylon or cylon experiment.
You are Listening too . ..
A Hard Day's Night, off the album of the same name, by of course, The Beatles. The early Beatles catalogue is a bit hard follow as Capital released albums differently in the US and UK. Many of their early UK hits were released almost 2 years before they were released in the US, and their first few albums had multiple pressing, with multiple album covers, and multiple different song lineups. Evidently it was some type of effort to cathc the US audience up with The Beatles. A Hard Day's Night is no exception. Though released about the same time, the UK version is slightly different the the US version, but it is about this time, the summer of 64, that UK and US albums they became close to the same release(they official were for Rubber Soul in '65). It is acually pretty amazing that from March of 1963 to December of 1965 The Beatles had 15 albums of original music counting the US and UK releases (10 alone in the US) and at points they were releasing as many as 7 albums in one year of mostly new stuff.
A Hard Day's Night, is their 4th US album, released only 5 months after their first US release. Even so, you see a bit of a maturing in this record, from their bubble gummy McCartney -Lennon lyrics of the first few albums, this song explores a bit of their youth in the rough and tumble Liverpool, and definite experimentation of musicality, with Harrison guitar chords getting some crunch and some prominence, and a big increase in the talent of Ringo Starr; a very underratted drummer. Listen to this drumbeat, reminds me a bit of John Bonham and Led Zepplin (Bonham and Starr were very good friends). You can hear some newer influences in The Beatles in this album, perhaps most notable Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound. You also begin to see some of the bands get into the music scene that the Beatles started to open for them. The Stones released their debut album in '64, The Mamas and Papas began recording, and so did MC5 (yeah I know this shocks a lot of you, MC5 is a surprising musical band that began in the mid 60's, a proto punk band). You also began to hear more experimentation from groups like The Beach Boys.
My name is, my name is, my name is
Dicka-Dick Cheney. Yeah, Dick Cheney news is not as much fun as Britney or Anna Nicole.
Hey, ask them in New Hampshire.
Moose happen to be the most dangerous animal in New England!
So this explains the horns on the three year old's head.
I was thought she was just the spawn of Satan.
Another good pick up for the Pats.
Wes Welker is a clone of Troy Brown, only much younger and more talented than Brown was at his age, now if this Randy Moss rumor has any legs. Malach analyzing the Pats offseason soon.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
You the man John Lester.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
A special one, a longer ATHF movie trailer
I am Malach and look at all these rumors, surrounding me everyday.
Let Me Be Your Man
Some Big Plugs.
Did you ever wonder if God gets vertigo? Well 506 of 8 1/2 by Eleven attempts to explain all.
Also, a new webcomic is gracing our pages. The Deck of Many Things, and DoMT is looking for your stuff, a call to the webcomic community. Instructions are in this post.
Also, tomorrow, you will get a new Friday Night RPG Cartoons, is has been a while and this one is weird. In addition you will begin get some new New West comics. They will be totally different, and will also have a new name.
How the world has changed.
Malach is 34 years old. I graduated college during the infancy of the internet. In fact, my first year of college was the first time I was ever required to pass in a paper, that had to be done with word processing program. This was 1990 - 1995.
So yesterday, I watched a boyfriend and girlfriend, who had never met each other in person have a argument and break up in a chat box. Yeah, very strange. Needless to say Malach had fun with that.
A lot of response.
For my post on pro wrestling deaths yesterday, I told a few people I would try to find similar deaths for NFL defensive and offensive linemen. I could not find a similar list, but I will keep looking.
Mitt Romney is coming.
He is coming to eat your first born, he needs blood.
So, where do the Anarchists go?
Evidently Denmark. Seriously though, is there any real appeal to Anarchy? I mean long term?
Wow.
Who knew that the Anarchists were living in a California suburb.
Damn.
I was hoping for a breathtaking view of Uranus!
The Mood of Patriots Nation . .
FUGGIN' A, Adalius Thomas, nice!
YAY!
Good job US!
Steven Speilberg.
Is an art theif. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
Malach's Quote of the Day
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
I am Malach and I am sweeter than gummi bears.
I want to hold YOUR hand.
No Plugs today.
Busy with designing other sites.
You are listening too . . .
First, I just wanted to point out, that the album I am advertisting is 1, it is a 2000 release and contains all the number one hits (US) The Beatles had. If you want a OK Beatles primer, this is a good one to get, especially since much of their early hits were reissued over and over in multple album. I Want to Hold Your Hand is the Beatles first US number 1, 18 months after the album was released and huge UK hit. The Beatles had a lot of trouble getting played US in 62 - 63 (yeah imagine that). The US airwave were dominated by doo wop, soul, Phil Spector, Elvis, and soft ballads. This "raggedly dressed, sloppy haired" garage guitar was kind of outdated. Several Beatles release were passed intially for radio play, Please, Please Me, She Loves You, and Love Me Do, were all passed for major airplay. According to Dick Clark, She Love You was tested for American Bandstand and the teenage audience basically erupted in laughter at their haricuts.
Somehow Brain Epstein, manager extrodinaire convinced Ed Sullivan in November of '63, to book The Beatles for three shows in February of '64. This was to time the American release of I Want to Hold Your Hand, which was in January. This generated some buzz for She Loves You. In December, a CBS Evening News broadcast showed a clip of frenzied fans in England, at a Beatles performance (which they were performing I Want to Hold Your Hand). This caused request to come in for the song, and a DC are radio station got a import of it, started playing it forcing Capitol records to release the single early. In turn, and bunch of East Coast DJ's began playing the record, and by February, well, we all seen the images before (In fact, I have a hard time listening to this song with out the screaming in it).
What is going on in Pro Wrestling.
Look at this list of Pro Wrestlers since 1985, who have died before the age of 65.
Chris Von Erich - 21
Mike Von Erich - 23
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29
Jay Youngblood - 30
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30
Ed Gatner - 31
Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer - 32
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33
D.J. Peterson - 33
Eddie Gilbert - 33
The Renegade - 33
Owen Hart - 33
Chris Candido - 33
Adrian Adonis - 34
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34
Yokozuna - 34
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36
Big Bad Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38
Eddie Guerrero - 38
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39
Vivian Vachon - 40 J
eep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Bam Bam Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Mike Awesome (died last week)- 42
Ray Candy - 43
Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45
Jerry Blackwell - 45
Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
Andre the Giant - 46
Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
Mike Davis - 46
Hawk - 46
Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Moondog Spot - 51
Ken Timbs - 53
Uncle Elmer - 54
Pez Whatley - 54
Eddie Graham - 55
Tarzan Tyler - 55
Haystacks Calhoun- 55
Giant Haystacks - 55
The Spoiler - 56
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Moondog King - 56
Gene Anderson - 58
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
Tony Parisi - 58
Rufus R. Jones - 60
Ray Stevens - 60
Stan Stasiak - 60
Terry Garvin - 60
Boris Malenko - 61
Little Beaver - 61
Sapphire - 61
Shohei Baba - 61
Dick the Bruiser - 62
Wilbur Snyder - 62
George Cannon - 62
Karl Krupp - 62
Dale Lewis - 62
Gorilla Monsoon - 62
Hiro Matsuda - 62
Bulldog Brower - 63
Wahoo McDaniel - 63
Did some of the names on this list surprise you? You can do a wiki search on any of these guys and it will give you the known caused of death. And this is only the famous guys, guys who got on National TV. Imagine the local schlubs, they guys in these small feds.
Is this wrestling dirty little secret? Many of these guys died of drug overdoses, and heart attacks. There are suicides in there, car accidents, a couple deaths in the ring. Look at the lifestyle. Yeah wrestling fixed, but the physical toll is immense. Many of these guys work 300 days a year (that more than most people), drive place to place, use painkillers and uppers to get by, and we haven't even metioned steroids. Many of these guys tipped 300 lbs too. Shouldn't someone be responsible for this? If these were say NFL players, would things be more out in the open?
I just find this unbelievable.
Damn!
I missed Ana's funeral! Looked nutty, people booing here mother and stuff. Hey Buckos, don't boo my mom when I dies, I will haunt you.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them. ~ Alexander Graham Bell
I am Malach and I have a new idea, coming soon.
I'll always be true . ..
Plugs
A couple of updates. First 8 1/2 By Eleven was updated with strip number 505. And it is really nice to see that everyone in the strip is neurotic. Also, Tainted Love Erotic Stories also updated with a new piece called The Passing. Again TLES is rated 18+.
Dave part II.
Pertaing to my WoW post involving one of my clients. I had an interesting conversation with Dave about Jesus. Dave is in a sense a born again Christian. The coversation was as follows.
Dave: I thank Yeshua everday for my accident, if not for the accident, I would be dead or in jail.
Malach: Yeshua? You mean Jesus?
Dave: That what other people call him, not me, I call him Yeshua, anything else is blasphemy.
Malach: So let me get this straight. Since Jesus's name in Aramaic, which is what he spoke is Yeshua, using the English tranlation of that is Blasphemy?
Dave: You got brother.
Malach: OK. So you telling me the million of people across the world the use the name Jesus are sinning?
Dave: Yes
Dave rocks.
ABS has got some good stuff recently.
This is a ton of fun.
I find it hard.
There are still people that don't believe global warming is a reality. I can just think of when I was a kid, the amount of snow, and how cold it was in Fairhaven was 10x greater if not more, that it is now.
I hate the hiccups.
Keep this broad away from me.
This is a very interesting TIME article.
Who committed the crime of the century? They list the top 25 in no particular order. I am surprised they did not include the Kennedy Assassination, Johnsberg, Hitler, Stalin and a few others. This is their reasoning:
You may notice that there are no political assassinations on the list. Nor mass suicides or genocide. All of those are certainly terrible crimes and possibly even graver sins. But there is a degree of conscious orchestration to those acts. The Crime of the Century must strike at the most undefined and thus most vulnerable part of the soul: it must touch the messy unconscious, where all kinds of emotions meld into each other. Pity and envy are involved; desire and revulsion; fear and sometimes schadenfreude. And while each person has his or her own brew of emotions, we all recognize them. So our fascination with the crime becomes a populist mania: an obsession with the wreckage of the rich and famous, comeuppance for hubris, a communal grasping for a moral to a sordid tale. These horrible disruptions of ordinary life must be able to function as a way to order our most frightening thoughts, becoming cautions and lessons for the future.
I still see at least Kennedy, and Hitler meeting this.
Just as in Life.
She is in Death.
Well . .
I guess it wasn't his perogative.
Albino Centepedes
The real Glow Worm.
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach and yes, my legs are long.
