Plugs.
Just a weird 8 1/2 by Eleven today (530). I really don't know what Lucas was smoking with this one. Perhaps he has been enjoying my Beatles blogs.
You are listening too . .
Speaking of the Beatles, Lady Madonna, one of those singles released between Magical Mystery Tour and The White Album.
The song was a number one hit in the US, and kind of indicated a change of direction for the Beatles, away from the more process sounds of the psychedelic era to a more blues, garage rock style. The song owe alot to 50's blues/rock, and McCartney (who mostly wrote the tune) stated he was trying to do a Fats Domino impersonation. Domino would actually cover the song in 1968 and it would be his last hot 100 US hit. Ron Scott provides the sax for the song.
The song is novel mix of music, with a standard semi-blues rock out, and strange nasally harmony (nose horns). Also we see Paul hit his utmost range of vocals to some interesting effects. Personally I love when he goes above his range slightly and belts out these tunes, something he will do with future Beatles albums and his solo career. Vocal track is also doubled up through the song.
The lyrics are pretty interesting.
Lady Madonna, children at your feet
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet
Who finds the money? When you pay the rent?
Did you think that money was Heaven sent?
Friday night arrives without a suitcase
Sunday morning creep in like a nun
Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace
See how they run
Lady Madonna, baby at your breast
Wonder how you manage to feed the rest
See how they run
Lady Madonna, lying on the bed
Listen to the music playing in your head
Tuesday afternoon is never ending
Wednesday morning papers didn't come
Thursday night you stockings needed mending
See how they run
Lady Madonna, children at your feet
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet
It is a subtle juxtaposition of the familar (Lady Madonna, the references to religion) and the not so subtle (basically about a poor woman who trying to make ends meet).
Some more bad news for Dubya.
His buddy, under some pressure, Tony Blair resigned. And now, Congress has defied his veto threat on the budget. I still wonder where this country would be if Gore was elected.
Just the Good ole' boys.
Is it just me? I really don't picture them Duke boys being all that internet savy.
What has this world come too?
OK, so last night there was a brawl at the Boston Pops Concert. You can see the video here. It gotta be Ben Folds fault . . . Of course it might have be a Yankee vs. Red Sox fan, but there were no Yankees Suck chants after that (you can hear those chant just about anywhere including ballet recitals, wedding, and first communion).
All is not kosher in the Earnhardt family.
Jr. is leaving. Kind of interesting, step mom vs. Dales Sr.'s kids . . .
Steve McNair.
Steve McNair was arrested yesterday for being a passenger in his car that his brother in law was driving drunk. He was immediately singed to a 2 year contract with the Bengals.
Seriouly, who drunk do you think McNair was?
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Wow, up 8 - 0 in the 9th, and Halladay was pitching for the Jays. Amazing. 4 in a row, and a sweep of Toronto. Our Mood: Feeling good!
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day
I am Malach and I met Superman
LADY MADONNA!
Learn how to play the game.
We got plugs for you today.
1. Twisted Darkness has a new piece up called Scraps of Poetry. I find this one very interesting as it reminds me of my paintings.
2. Sunshine 36 in now loaded and this one is scary.
3. There is a new Fetus-X, and once again Millikin thinks he is dying.
4. There is a new 8 1/2 by Eleven, strip 529, and for once Nillian's in a good mood.
5. And for those of you who haven't been with this blog since it's inception, I reposted an old blog post on the WoW.
Ouch.
I got this painful hangnail right on my right thumb, right in the place I type.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Well tonight is 3 in row, and we are click on all cylinders right now. Also Schilling apologized to Barry Bonds today. Malach left him a message linking him to his thoughts on the steroid issue.
AWESOME.
JUST FRIGGIN AWESOME! Gonna have to have Malach's Universe Pic of the Day.
HEY STUPID!
Hurricane Seasons Doesn't begin for another three weeks.
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day:
Guess who's back!
I am Malach and the Bitch is Back.
Seriously, all you need is love
Plugs.
Check out the funny ass video the Angry Piper posted at the WoW. Also, no plugs today for RubberSuit Studios, sorry, I promised some, but I am busy with client work.
Also if you live in the New Bedford area, check out The Furniture Place for furniture. Not your typical low brow New Beige furniture discounter. Some mid range to high quality pieces at very good prices. Right next to Flagship Cinema on King's Highway.
You are listening too . .
One of the most beautiful musical anthems ever made, All You Need is Love. Among the most significant, beloved, and famous songs by the group, it was original played for a 2 hours live television special called Our World. It was specifically written by Lennon, with some McCartney contribution for the special, which aired in over 400 million homes in 1967. It was republished as the closing track on Magical Mystery Tour.
Lennon was asked to come up with simple song, that all nationalities of the world could understand. Lennon worked off a song from Rubber Soul, The Word, which has a similar theme. Many were immediatley amazed by the song, the fact it would not be misunderstood in any culture or language. Lennon also considered it a propoganda song, like many of his later solo works.
Ironically it was the last song recorded and released before Brian Epstein death, and perhaps the high point of the interpersonal relationships between The Beatles.
Because of the international feel of the song, it was given a worldly flavor. Hence the opening of the song with La Marseillaise and several other snippets of song during the long fadeout (2-part Invention #8 in F by Johann Sebastian Bach (transposed to G and played on 2 piccolo trumpets), Greensleeves (played by the strings), Glenn Miller's In The Mood (played on a saxophone), one of the Beatles' seminal hits (particularly in Great Britain), She Loves You (spontaneously ad-libbed by John and Paul), and Jeremiah Clarke's Prince of Denmark's March lilting off at the end).
The songs structure is acutually a bit complex. The background repeatedly sing's "love, love, love" while Lennon's verse are in 7 /4 time, and the chorus in 4/4. It is one of only two songs to every reach the top 20 US in 7/4 time (if you can guess the other one correctly you get a prize). The only difference between the album and live recording is that Lennon rerecorded some of the vocals he was unhappy with.
The song message endures today. All you need is love.
That ends our look back at Magical Mystery Tour. The White Album is next, but because it took so long to record, The Beatles had a number of their most famous hits in between, we will explore those next.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Still on a roll. Did I tell you how much I love this team. Mood: Love, and in love with the new Josh Beckett.
The Pillow Angel.
Again, I find what this child parents did, pretty disgusting, and I am glad a advocacy group says so.
Hey here's some shocking news.
The majority disagrees with Dubya about his veto of the Iraqi funding bill. How much longer we got with this idiot?
MMMMMMMM
Moldy Cheddar.
Hey Jeffri Chadiha, of ESPN.com
You sir, are a moron, for this article. The Patriots were not about to give in to Deion Branch. Do your research. The Pats were more than willing to sing Branch. Problem was, Branch was already signed to play 2006 with the Pats. He decided he did not want to wait until 2007, when his contract was up, and then go for the money, he wanted it, when he was signed already.
The Pats have never, nor will they ever deal with a players contract when they are already signed. Branch was going to sit out his last year, so the Pats, being the smart team they are, traded a mid range reciever for a 1st round draft pick. They only payed a 4th rounder for Moss. You are stupid, and since you don't list contact info at ESPN, you can follow backlinks here, at least my contact info is right on the page.
So.
How much whiskey was need to accomplish this? Or, how much whiskey to tear it all apart?
MMMMMMM
Steak.
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day
I am Malach and I have moon madness
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye
No Plugs today.
You will get some tomorrow though!
Heroes.
Why anyone in the world would continue watching that crappy show 24, and not watch Heroes is beyond me. Idiots, watch it. And Sylar is one of my new favorite villians.
The Murk and Malach Show
Murk apologizes, he has gotten really busy this past month and not been able to update our podcast. Especially since our archive of past podcast in going crazy right now with people listening to it, our feed also has close to 80 subscribers. He is going to try to finish it up this week.
Another reason not to live in Kansas.
Tornados. Seriously, have you seen pictures or video of this destruction? It is absolutely amazing only 10 people were killed.
Now imagine.
You are the marketing department for a new energy drink, and you need to come up with a name. So the brain trust decides "Cocaine" would be a great name . . .
King Herod.
Perhaps the most famous person in the New Testament beyond Christ, St. Peter, Judas, and Mary. After all these years, they find his burial tomb. It will be very interesting to see what they pull out of it.
So you got this earache.
And you head to the Doctor's only to find 2 spiders, the size of pencil erasers in you ear. I got to give the kid credit he is taking it well. Although he did state he was kind of dissapointed the spiders did not turn him into Spiderman, cause if they did, he could make fortune.
Americans Love the Queen.
Epecially those of use like Malach who wonder how long she's got left to live, I really want to see Prince Charles as King. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Bye Bye Photobucket.
What's next for MySpace?
Phil Spector.
Demonic? NO WAY!
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day
What I'm saying is, if God wanted to send us a message, and ancient writings were the only way he could think of doing it, he could have done a better job. - Carl Sagan.
I am Malach and I let my knickers down
Goo Goo G'joob
Plugs.
There is a very special Sunshine up. Number 35 features an extra special message of brotherly love and peace starring the great and mighty Cthulhu.
You are listening too . .
I am the Walrus. Very interesting song, lyrics wise. The first real use of stream of concious type lyrics in a pop song. You look at these lyrics now, and you see Beck's inspiration for many of his songs.
All mixed together with a dead dog's eye,
Slap it on a butty, ten foot thick,
Then wash it all down with a cup of cold sick".
I am the Malach!
Happy Cinco de Mayo
Short blog tonight, no too much time,
No Plugs, it's a fake holiday!
I am Malach and that's all folks!
The Fool on a Hill
Plugs.
A few today. Let's start with the kids. My daughter has some new artwork up, man she is talented, she is going to blow aways her dad by the time she is 16. My son also has some new stuff up. His art is interesting, not the raw talent of the girl, but has some pretty awesome technical know how, loves to invent and experiment with media.
8 1/2 by Eleven 528 is also up, and Nillian is must less whiny in this one. Also something interesting to check out at The Deck of Many Things.
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The Fool on the Hill. This is not only from the album, but an acutually song from the Magical Mystery Tour Album. Also a request from my kids today. Out of the movie soundtrack perhaps the best song (although I am partial to I am the Walrus). Analyzing the album, it can be noted that without the addition of the second side, the previously released singles, this would not be a particualrly good album.
Fool shows a interesting depature toward some of their later softer music in the vein of Blackbird, Golden Slumbers, etc. Mainly written by McCartney, there are several thoughts about the songs influence. McCartney himseld stated: "'Fool On The Hill' was mine and I think I was writing about someone like the Maharishi. His detractors called him a fool. Because of his giggle he wasn't taken too seriously... I was sitting at the piano at my father's house in Liverpool hitting a D6th chord, and I made up 'Fool On The Hill'." McCartney's friend, Alistair Taylor recalls that him and McCartney were on Primrose Hill, debating the existence of God, and a strange man suddenly appeared walking with them, and then disappeared soon after not saying a word.
The song went through several incarnation, at first a McCartney Solo piece. Overddubs were added a few days later, and harmony vocals, creating almost a completely different song. The song sat around for about a month, and then the amazing flute trio was added, as well as a bassline.
The flutes were done by the brothers Christopher and Richard Talor and Jack Ellory. The main flute part is a three part harmony that gets that amazing sound. The song ends in a sort of abrupt way, which is intentional.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Well, Dice-K had his worst outing of the year, Papelbon and Okajima were not available, and they still squeaked out a win. As of right now they are up 1 - 0, Big Papi home run. Mood: It kind of weird, but this team has a Patriots vibe about them.
Joey's dream is one step closer to reality.
See you in 45 days, Paris.
Ahh the NRA.
Guys, you really need to focus in another direction, you sounding about as rediculous as PETA.
Hey, John Schneider.
Where's my cut? Ads for this aution were all over my site the past few days.
In Local News.
This was HUGE when I was in high school, very weird case. New Bedford has always had this strange little political machine, and if you were connected you could get away with a lot of stuff. Ponte has some of those connections. New Bedford also had a lot of secret mod connections also. It did not become the #1 Fishing port in the US by pure luck. Some more on this at WoW later in the week.
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day.
I am Malach, and yes this is a fave of mine
Living is easy with eyes closed
No Plugs Today.
There will be quite a few tomorrow though.
Some more Beatles info.
After the release of Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles were basically exhausted physically and mentally. After a bit of a respite, they began recording for The Beatles (White Album) in May of 1968, 5 months after the release of Magical Mystery Tour. The Beatles was not released until almost exactly one year after Magical Mystery Tour, the longest amount of time ever between recordings. In that time a number of singles were released, but we will get into some of those after exploring Magical Mystery Tour.
During this period between albums several significant events occured. The Beatles went to India and explored Eastern thought, The Apple Boutique opened up as they expanded the Apple name and then promptly closed a year later in finacial ruin, Yellow Submarine the animated movie made it's premiere, Apple Records began releasing other bands music and began having hits, Cynthia Lennon sues John for divorce which he would grant three months later (he was already living with Yoko), Lennon and Ono are arrested for cannibus possession after a raid of their flat, and Hey Jude is released (a song by McCartney about Lennon's divorce).
I will get more into these events and The White Album looms, it's quite a ride.
Lock her up.
Oh Yeah, they will love Paris Hilton in Prison.
Stupid People are so adorable.
Shocking their ceiling didn't collapse.
No freaking way!
Someone wants to ban coolers at NASCAR events . . way to ostracize your longtime fans.
Hey Cash.
Ron Mexico runs a canine brothel. He raises your young for pooch on pooch violence.
Agreement?
Perhaps. What dissappoints me is there seems no commitment to exploring other forms of less polluting energy.
Another reason not to visit Mexico City.
It seems the crocodiles are also on the crime spree.
Spidey Villain Quiz.
Malach got 75%, which means he a geek.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Man, is Dice-K can get rid of the one bad inning . . won yesterday, tied right now, and Dice-K is out. Mood: Ok.
Malach's Quote of the Day
There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers. - Ralph Ellison
I am Malach and I am more dangerous than sleepwalkers.
Let take you down, cause I'm going too . .
Plugs.
Sunshine 34 is up starring SKELETOR! 8 1/2 by Eleven has also updated with strip 527. I am also, almost finally done with the Wraith.
Also some stuff to check out at the WoW. First you got to check out today's Hump Day Jokes, more specifically joke number 2. Tainted~Love posts Hump Day Jokes every Wednesday. This one is great, Malach loves to poke fun at the Irish. Also an incident happened today at work where I thought another one of my clients had died. That got me thinking to the 6 that have died over my career in human services, and decided to post a bit of a tribute to them. Read it, comment if you like.
You are listening too . . .
One of The Beatles best songs of all time, by consesus, Strawberry Fields Forever. And if this song don't make you feel trippy, I don't know what will. A double A side with Penny Lane, as stated in previous post, the two songs are a very interesting juxtapostion. Strawberry Fields is perhaps the defining song of psychedelic rock.
Both Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane are actual locations in Liverpool. Both songs address childhood memories, and landmarks of the city. Penny Lane, mostly written by McCartney is a happier version, while Strawberry Fields written by Lennon is much more morose. Both songs were recorded for Sgt. Pepper, but left off to make singles, which George Martin still regrets to this day (how much more amazing would Sgt. Pepper be with these two songs added).
Again the song express an nostalgic view of childhood, but with surrealistic tones. Strawberry Field is an orphanage down the block from where Lennon grew up with his aunt. Lennon used to play behind the building in the woods with his childhood friends. Strawberry Field had a garden party every summer which the neighborhood was invited too, and Lennon loved.
This song was written during a period of change for Lennon. The bigger than Jesus controversy, his failing marriage to Cynthia Lennon, the disastorous last year of touring. Lennon became more introspective, and some of the pain of his childhood resurfaced (his mother died when he was young and you will see his future albums explore these feelings). Lennon was getting heavy into drugs, especially LSD. The song itself has no drug references, but is highly influenced by those mind altering experiences.
One of the nice parts of this recording is the myriad of demos, and outakes saved from the recording of the song. You can see the creation of the lyrics, and the sound through that. The song, over most of the songs of that period (sans perhaps Tomorrow Never Knows, and a Day in the Life), is a masterwork of sound engineering and recording. There is extensive overdubbing, looping, reverse recording, and compression through the song. The arrangement includes a piano, a Mellotron (played by McCartney), trumpets, cellos, and an Indian swarmandel.
One of the most amazing parts of the song and something many people notice, is that the song is two different version melded together. The were two distinct versions of the song, a acid rock style in the vein of Jefferson Airplane, and a more complex orchestral musical arrangement.
Lennon decide he liked parts of both, so he told George Martin to mix them. Problem. Each version is played in both a different key, and a different tempo. Luckily, the faster version was in a higher key this allowed them to slow down faster version and speed up the slower one and match the tempo. Lennon was amazed, and pitch and slight speed differences in the song, give it that otherworldly sound. Lennon always described it as a "swimming quality".
The flute like sound at the beginning is a Mellotron, which Lennon had purchased, but McCartney soon discovered it's potential. Strawberry Fields is the first rock song to use it, and it was quickly picked up by a number of other bands.
Strawberry Fields also had a very groundbreaking conceptual music video. Both (Penny Lane video) were originally broadcast in 1968 on The Hollywood Palace.
Brian Wilson claims Strawberry Fields ruined the anticipated Beach Boys concept album SMiLE. He says The Beatles achieved the sound he was going for and then he shelved the album. Of course Brian Wilson went a even a bit more nuts after that.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Well Papelbon proved he was human, or at least Mariano Rivera. It is currently 5 - 3 Sox in the eighth. Mood: Disbelief.
KFC.
Uh, Doc, don't eat there. Have you even seen their disgusting Flavor Bowls?
Some more good news.
"Global Warming is all in your head".
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day.
I am Malach and you gotta love YouTube.
UGH!
Plugs.
There is a new 8 1/2 by Eleven up, and I must say, there is not enough Theramin comedy in the world . . . most of you might not know what a Theramin is, unless you are a fan of the Beach Boys. Listen for the strange whistling sound.
Also, there a couple on funny posts up at the wow. This one, I am a Marvel . . and I'm a DC is hilarious. Malach also put up some new undercover video of Otis Serungis, and a Top Ten Terms for Defecation list.
UGH!
The Kombucha Mushroom People lost thier first game today. The site is updated mostly. We never play well under the lights, and that is what happened today. And Papelbon just blew his first save . . see it is all interrelated.
Bush Veto.
So Dubya, evidently did not get the message from the last election and vetoed the Iraq Bill. This is going to be a VERY interesting showdown, especially since 70% of the American People want out. If we are going to stay into Iraq, there needs to be some major changes, included the possibility of conscription. Remember how long Japan and Europe were occupied after WWII? What, yeah they still have a US military presence.
Immigration.
There is a huge push to possibly legalize all illegal Americans who have been in this country for 5 years. This is getting closer to reality. Malach works for an organization that does extensive work with illegals and undocumenteds. Here what you need to do to be prepared. Get everything you can find to prove you have been here for 5 years, employment record, land lord letters, etc, and wait. While waiting protest.
The ethics of Deep Space travel . . .
I like the anti-gravity sex part . . that's hot!
Tom Poston.
RIP to Tom Poston, who made bit parts in a number of popular TV shows, cool.
Kent State.
Interesting, you think Lee Harvey Oswald was somehow involved in this too?
"I just wasn't in the right frame of mind that night,"
Wow, lady, that's understatment.
Tom Brady.
Ultimate Team Player.
MMMMMMM
TACOS!
HUGO CHAVEZ!
YOU LIED TO MALACH!
Let me get this straight . . .
Phil Spector's Lawyer is also John Gotti's?
WARNING NUDITY!
You got to love MSNBC headlines . . .. Waterfowl wage genital warfare . . and of course the sub headline . . . . 'Arms race' has resulted in longer phalluses, more elaborate vaginas. Seriously though, is this science, can one go to graduate school and study duck genitalia?
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day
The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. - The Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam
I am Malach and I have found Muad'Dib
Happy Birthday Memere
Plugs . . .
There is a new 8 1/2 by Eleven as well as a new Fetus-X. Also you need to read Dr. Murks uproariously funny recent blogs. First read his sports blog on the Randy Moss trade and the state of Boston sports and also read his slang primer of alternative ways to say breasts, add a few of your own.
Also, Malach is a huge fan of Bill Simmons. You need to read his blog on Moss, and the rest of the draft.
Happy Birthday Memere.
We love you, your great grand kids love you, and we hope you have a wonderful year
You are Listening too . . .
Penny Lane, from Magical Mystery Tour, by the Beatles. Actually Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever are both from the Sgt. Pepper recording but were pulled and done as a double sinble, then added to Magical Mystery Tour. Both songs are very interesting, as they are basically the same subject, one from McCartney's point of view, the other from Lennon's. It shows the marked difference and split their music was developing into. It was brilliant to market them together. As a general rule, McCartney was writing very smart pop songs, and Lennon experimenting more. McCartney's songs were generating more hits also. This also created a division among Beatles fans. Malach admits he is more of a Lennon guy, but McCartney was genius too.
First Magical Mystery Tour. A strange album and an even stranger movie (I saw in once in college, but I was a little drunk). The album was a double EP in the UK, and a regular 2 sided studio album in the US (EP did not generally do well in the US). The first side of the album was the soundtrack to the movie, side two contained previously released singles, All You Need is Love, from Our World, and a song for the upcoming Yellow Submarine movie. Much of the music on this album were sessions from earlier albums. It is a strange mix of songs, from things like Hello, Goodbye to I am the Walrus.
The movie itself was a huge disaster one of the only disasters The Beatles had in their career. The hour long movie was specifically created for television, and was a flop. Critic totally panned it, but as time has passed it became a sort of cult classic.
Much of the movie was concieved during an acid trip. There was no script, just a series of handwritten ideas, drawings, and sketches. Much of the movie was stream of concious. The basic plot was a group of people were on a bus tour. During the tour strange things begin to happen at the whim of several magicians (The Beatles and road manager Mal Evans). It is really something you have to see.
While the movie was pretty much destroyed critically in the 60's it has become a bit of a classic, with it's concept, and is a favorite of Stephen Speilbergs.
Penny Lane is a semi-autobiographical song, about a street in Liverpool, where Lennon and McCartney grew up. They would meet as teens at the Penny Lane junction to catch the bus to get to the center of Liverpool. Needless to say, the theft of Penny Lane street signs over the years caused local officials to begin painting it on the side of buildings. The song describes all real and actual places in and around Penny Lane. The song goes through a number of temporal stream of concious moments with McCartney describing sunny weather, rain, Rememberance Day, Summer, and Fall.
Penny Lane's music is very similar to The Beach Boys God Only Knows, which is one of McCartney's favorite all time songs. It is especially notable of the sections of the song, attrubuted to McCartney; the block piano chords, and the rythmn of the base.
Also used was a piccolo trumpet solo, which was the first instance of it's use in a pop song, and that instrument is now pretty common. McCartney was inspired after lackluster solos of other instruments by a Dave Mason performance he heard on the radio. Mason agreed to do a solo for this song. Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields both had extremely influential early"music videos".
Becuase of the song, the real Penny Lane, basically a bus route, became a trendy art and shopping district, which it still is today. In addition in 2006, Liverpool attempted to abolish street names recognizing people of the slave trade, of course Penny Lane was one of them, named after James Penny. Ultimaltely, city elders decided it would be unwise to change the street name.
Penny Lane began setting the groundwork for soft rock, and pop of the 70's. It also begins to show The Beatles slowly moving back to some of their earlier pop garage rock. Magical Mystery Tour is also a very strange transition album from Sgt. Pepper to the White Album.
See what the Yankees do?
They turn people evil. And you know, I don't really see this Steinbrennae press conference as a huge vote of confidence. Hey Joe Torre, if the do fire you, what better way to get some revenge but come work for the Red Sox as a bench coach? Sox are off tonight.
Malach Quote/Video of the Day
I am Malach, and I remeber this video from the early days of MTV.
I'd love to turn you on.
No Plugs.
See I told you it was a day of rest.
Randy Moss.
So, for those of you that did not know, Randy Moss was traded to the Patriots today for a 4th round draft choice in this years draft. Needless to say I am pretty speechless. Many were shocked. But before I begin on my why Randy Moss will fit into this team argument, let me give you two things. 1. Moss restructured his contract to come play here, instead of the $9 million he was owed, he cut that to $3million plus incentives, so does this show a change of attitude, time will tell. 2. Bellichick has NO ISSUES cutting any player, no matter the talent, who does not fit in . . see Jonathan Sullivan, Doug Gabriel, Lawyer Milloy, etc, etc.
The Patriots, who have already had a killer offseason, have added the following players beyond Moss. Adealius Thomas, Donte Stallworth, Wes Welker, Kelly Washington . . . Remember also, they were 1 first down away from going to, and probably winning another Super Bowl . . they did this with Rodney Harrison and Eugene Wilson out, Lawrence Maroney hurt, and a 3rd reciever (Reche Caldwell) as their number 1, and 4th reciever (Jabbar Gaffney) as their number 2.
Why will this work and what will it do. Well, Stallworth and Moss now become the best receiving tandem in the Bellichick era, and have the potential to be the best tandem in the league. The Pats have taken plenty of malcontents: Rodney Harrison, Corey Dillion, Brian Cox, and turned them into team players. Dillion is perhaps the best example. Dillion quit on Cincinnati when he was no longer the man, he was sick of losing, and had a bad attitude. That changed with the Patriots. Even now, when he knew he was being replaced by Maroney, he did not put up a whine fest, he just asked to be released. Moss, has quit on teams, he has been on a really bad team in Oakland, and in Minnesota, they couldn't get anywhere deep into the playoffs. One thing about Moss, he wants to win. Imagine to, Moss made Culpepper, Culpepper has not done it without Moss . . . Imagine if Moss can do the same to Brady, already one of the best quarterbacks of all time. The Patriots player police themselves and guys on that team, don't put up with malcontents
Again, here is the Bellichick system. You play hard, you play for the team, if not, you get benched and eventually discarded. Everyone is the same . . the man has even benched Richard Seymour. This is Moss best chance to help cement his hall of fame status.
Only time will tell, but I am damn excited.
Some more Beatles stuff.
We will be moving out of Sgt. Pepper tomorrow. The Beatles get very interesting. They start to break down as a band, and there are many causes for it. They also make some of the most innovative music of all time.
After Espstein died, their business affairs began to unravel. They spent a bit of time healing in India, and upon their return, McCartney and Lennon formed Apple Corps. Dissention began to really develop in the band, and their were many factors: Lennon and McCartney different ideas about the Beatles musical direction, the introduction of Yoko Ono into the band's dynamic, Harrison want more of his own songs, and the division between the band about who should now manage their affairs. We will go more into this later.
Hugo Chavez
Publicist, Castro Administration.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Best record in the league. Seriously, this a very good team, better than the 2004 version. Mood: Happy
Malach's Quote of the Day.
Thank you to every American who has not sued me so far. - Sacha Baron Cohen
I am Malach and are you ready for some football?
I read the news today Oh Boy!
Plugs
Sunshine 33 is up with a questions and a bit of advice for the buckos.
You are listening too . . .
Perhaps the best song every created by The Beatles, or anyone else for that matter, and a song that defintely had a huge influence on all music to follow, A Day in the Life, off Sgt. Pepper . . . .
Before I get into this song, a little bit about Malach and this song. Malach has always been a Beatles fan, even though I was born in 1972. Mom and Pop both listened to The Beatles, though neither were really a fan of their stuff after Rubber Soul. I find this strange, Mom and Pop have very good taste in music and introduced me to things like Janis Joplin; Jimmy Hedrix, Johnny Guitar Watson; Simon and Garfunkel; The Beach Boys; Jan and Dean; Otis Redding; and a host of 70's soft rock classics. As The Beatles became more rock oriented and experimental, my parents lost interest in The Beatles stuff, along with stuff that came after in similar genre (The Who, Led Zepplin, The Doors etc). It wasn't until High School and College that I really started getting into The Beatles on my own, especially their post-Rubber Soul stuff. While I was familiar with many of their radio friendly later hits, I never really listened extensively to any later albums . . . then one day I heard (or for that matter really listened to) A Day in the Life. I got so excited about that song, I dove into much of their later stuff and was hooked. A Day . . really opened my eyes to how great a band The Beatles actually were.
As for the song. One thing that is immiediately notice in this song is a 50-50 Lennon/McCartney split in it's creation, their last real collaboration and one of the only ones in recent Beatles memory. The song is a merging of 2 partial but complimentary compositions began seperately by the two. McCartney's fragment was plastered right in the middle of this Lennon song. Featuring impressionistic surreal lyrics, innovative production techniques and a complex arrangement including a cacophonous, partially-improvised almost otherworldy orchestral crescendo, the song is considered to be one of the most ambitious, influential, and groundbreaking works in music history.
The story of the song and it's creation is also pretty much agreed upon by all The Beatles. Lennon began kind of free from writing of a song based upon the days version of the Daily Mail. The lead story was about the fatal car accident of Tara Browne a socialite and friend to the band. In addition another story that caught his eye was a plan to fill over 4,000 potholes in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Lennon took us on a trip form those point of inspiration. McCartney then added the piano of his part of the song, and began singing a song about a morning commuter, almost as fill in lyrics, until they all agreed that is some strange way, it fit really well with the song. McCartney had tried the song on it's own, but hated it, and he too felt this was the perfect vehicle for the song. McCartney explains the song as a wistful recollection of his younger years. McCartney is also given credit for the line "I'd love to turn you on" which transitions into the crescendo. Lennon loved the phrase, and immediately added it. Lennon added a wordless vocal part to transition back out of the McCartney section of the song back to Lennon's.
The biggest problem was how to fill the transition between the two parts of the song. The song sections were seperated by 24 bars and basically only consisted of a repeated piano riff and an assitant, Mal Evans, counting the bars. The assitant's vocal was treated by copious amounts of echo, creating a early sort of crescendo. The transition ended with an accidental recording of an alarm clock. It was to be edited out, but fit so well with McCartney's section it was left in.
McCartney was the one who suggested that an "orchestral freak out" might be what the transition ordered. So, they brought in a 41 piece job, and ordered them to freak out. George Martin was concerned that traditionally trained muscian wouldn't know how to freak out, so he wrote an extended atonal crescendo to follow and also encouraged imporvisation within that guideline of the written piece. Martin basically created a crescendo for each instrument to start at it's lowest note, and in 24 bars reach it's highest note within E major. Of course the orchestra though he was mad.
As the orchestra practiced McCartney tried to lend a hand. They spent most of the day recording, took the best 4 recordings and mixed and overdubbed it, with brilliant results, probably even better than they imagined they could get.
The last crescendo ends in perhaps the most famous final chords and piano chords of all time. A loud crashing end to a amazing song. Lennon, McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Martin, and Mal Evans, simultaneously playing an E-major chord on three different pianos. The final chord was manipulated to last nearly a minute by increasing the sound level of the tape as the chord faded out. Recording levels were turned so high that the sound of papers rustling, a chair squeaking, and someone saying "Shhh!" can all be heard. Some claim you can even hear the Abbey Road Studio air conditioning. Immediately following the chord is a sound too high for most humans to hear, though many animals can. It was added for the bemusment of Lennon to irritate owners dogs. Immediatley after that comes one of the most famous pranks in music history. The Beatles added a ending groove (remember we are dealing with vinyl here), that would not allow most needles to return to their begining point. The groove consisted basically of laughing, gibberish, noise, and a highly sped up voice saying "never could see any other way". What would occur is the needle would hit that groove and settle into it, repeating what you hear at the end of this track, over and over into infinity, unless the needle was manually reset. People have tried to interpret this loop, but no one really has come close, and The Beatles themselves claim it was just random pieces of recording thrown together.
The song was actually banned by the BBC as they felt the song promoted drug use. Both McCartney and Lennon have denied this, staing it is based on a newpaper and some dream like elements, though they have never said drug use did not influence the song. Officially the song was never unbanned by the BBC but like a lot of stuff that has been banned, it has been forgotten and has been played extensively over British airwaves in the past 25 years. The song (and this album) also become a intregal part of the "Paul is Dead legend", but that is later for this history (1969).
Controversy also followed this song in the wake of the September 11th attacks. This was one of the songs Clear Channel banned from it's airwaves as to "not upset Americans" after the attacks. Yeah Clear Channel is weird.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Well, I knew they had to lose one to the Yankees sooner of later. Mood: Still great.
So.
What kind of second mortgage do you think this guy has?
Damn!
You can buy absolutely anything at Wal-Mart!
OK.
I always though you could not bring you Ipod, Cell Phone and such to class. This may surprise you but Malach is also for school dress codes.
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day.
I am Malach and I don't know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
Will YOU still need me, when I'm 64?
Plugs.
A new 8 1/2 By Eleven is up. Strip 524.
Check out Community Autism Resources first podcast! Malach is the producer and consultant for this podcast. Yeah it's fun getting paid for stuff like this.
Also, if you want to keep track of Malach's softball team, go the the Sandlot Softball League website, Malach's team is the Kombucha Mushroom People or KMP. As of this writing, they are having a MySQL database issue, but Tim, who runs the site should have that cleared up ASAP.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Wow, do the Yankees look bad. They have a killer offense, but their pitching is atrocious. And Dice-K. This guy is going to be amazing. Look at it this way . . he went from the Japanese league to the American League East. The Japanese is a step above AAA, and he has moved into the toughest division is baseball. As he adjust, he is going to be amazing. The Mood: On Top of the World.
NFL Draft.
Now that's some quality Saturday Morning viewing. Nice to fold laundry too.
I wonder.
Was he that incognito in life too? Also reminded me of a conversation had with Ma and Dad after Uncle Franks funeral about when they die, and cremation and such, and me telling Dad, hey, remember Weekend at Bernies? Yeah, I'll post pictures someday when that happens.
So, I like to scan Wikipedia.
Even though I hate the Wikinazis. A lot of time, I like to start with an article and then link over to a new article. I don't remember what I was looking for, but I ended up on snuff films. That lead me to an entry for the film Snuff. That in turn led me to the Video Nasties. So looking over the list, I have seen: Evil Dead, Faces of Death, I Spit on Your Grave, Last House on the Left, Shogun Assassin, and Xtro. I know have a list of must see movies. And now you know just how cultured Malach is. I have even seen Redneck Zombies. Also surprisingly I have never seen any of the Guinea Pig films . .
Phillip K. Dick?
Yeah, wait until they try and adapt some of his drug addled schizophrenic pieces.
Malach's Quote Video of the Day.
I am Malach and WHERE'S MY MONEY?
Would you lock the door?
Plugs.
There is a new 8 1/2 By Eleven up. Also, Malach has a new post at the WoW, about the new controversy about Curt Schilling and his bloody sock. I just left a link and a comment at Schilling's blog, so their might be a ton of responses there (comment 101). Here is Malach's feeling.
While Schill is a bit of a publicity whore, he is not a scam artist. He has too much respect for baseball and it's history to do something like that. I also can't picture Schilling who is obsessed with a schedule on the days he pitching, taking time out of said schedule, especially in the playoffs and world series to doctor up a sock. Also the other part that seems really strange is why Thorne would say nothing for two years. As of now there is a retraction from Thorne. Also if you know anything about Mirabelli, he is a bit of a practical joker, and razzer.
It is nice to see this has cleared up a bit.
Your are Listening too . . .
When I'm Sixty-Four, of the Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's . . . In one way a cute little song, and a bit strange to be on this album. Again, remember the context of the song. 1967. Very unique compared to much of the music out then. So, what about the song. The Beatles themselves remember that McCartney had penned a version of the song when he was 16 during the Beatles Cavern Club days. The Beatles even played it back then, they used it as a soft song when the electricity or their amplifiers broke down.
The song was obviously about aging, and appealed to many of the parents of The Beatles generation. Why it took them this long to record it? No one has ever really said, and why for this album? Who knows. The song instrumentation feature the famous clarinet duet, that is unique for this song and give it it's cute sing songy signature. In addition it feature piano, cello, chimes and some electic guitar. Lennon liked the song, and said he could have never written a song like this. McCartney also slighty sped up his voice in a attempt to get it to sound younger.
Overall a very strange and interesting song for this album.
Bombing Abortion Clinics. .
Wow, this is so 80's, what next? Gay Bashing? I have always found it strange when religious zealots will kill people to save the unborn, or kill people to make a terrorist statement. Do any of you idiots actually read the teachings of Jesus or Mohammed?
Stephen Hawking.
Congrats on you first zero g experience, see you in space.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Two in a row from the lowly Orioles. Yankees again this weekend. Willie Mo . . . man if the boy could learn to hit a breaking ball. Mood: Mad about the sock.
Malach Quote/Video of the Day
Overall the rap that we're exposed to is maybe 15% of what's out there. What the major companies have done in the last few years is find out that they couldn't find any more Whitesnakes. They took a look at their marketing budget and put it behind hip-hop and figured out how to make it pop. - Chuck D
I am Malach, and here it is, blam, and you say goddamn, this is a dope jam.
For the Beneft of Mr. Kite!
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A new 8 1/2 by Eleven, strip 522. And let me tell you, there is nothing like a Canadian based webcomic, having and entire strip dedicated to hockey, eh?
Beatles History, 66 - 67, Sgt. Pepper era
Sgt. Pepper took 120 or so days to record, and in that time several significant things occured. Their manager Brian Epstein merged with the Robert Stigwood Association while retaining sole control over the Beatles. As of March 11th of that year, there were 446 recorded and released version of the song Yesterday. Also in that month, McCartney in a very messy relationship with Jane Asher, meets for the first time Linda Eastman, who would later become his long time wife. After the release of the album, McCartney caused a bit of an uproar by announcing he has experimented with LSD. This seemed to shock much of the world (anyone listening to their recent music?). About a week later The Beatles performed live in one of the highest rated TV events of all time with All You Need Is Love on their 2 hours TV special Our World. This was done during the height of the Vietnam conflict.
To further addled the establishment, The Beatles and Epstein signed their names to a full page advertisement that declared: "the law against marijuana is immoral in principal and unworkable in practice." The list included a number of artists, actors, authors, doctors, and politicians also. They also began their first experiments with eastern meditation and religious thought.
One of the most painful incidents, and a turning point for this band, was Epstein death from an overdose on August 27 of '67. You will see with later years and albums, The Beatles begin to disintegrate without Epstein as the glue holding them together.
More history at a later date.
Interesting Ethical Debate.
Texas v. Gonzales. Of course Texas, the US most killing state, wants the kid ventilator pulled. Mom of course, loves her baby, even though the baby is essentially dead, and waste resources. Where do you stand?
This is in a way similiar to the Terry Schiavo case. On one hand, the optimist in me is to say let the kid live as long as he can, you never know what tomorrow brings. The rehab part of me sees the kid as a lost cause.
And so it begins.
We will soon see just how crazy Phil Spector is . . . is he OJ crazy? Ike Turner crazy? Brian Wilson Crazy?
The View . . .
OK, can't stand the show, can't stand Rosie O'Donnell, but I will miss the little controversies that come up from time to time.
Another reason to be glad Captain America is dead.
He gropes women, get's into bar fights, and sells drugs.
Nice.
You know, I make fun of Canada alot eh? But this should be done in the US, eh? Slowly converting my house to these bulbs also.
Well that nice to see.
Pirate attacks were down in the 1st quarter of 2007!
BAD JOKE ALERT!
So Heather Mills got booted from Dancing with the Stars. She did not have a leg to stand on.
Malach's Quote/Video of the Day
I am Malach and LGBNAF.
"Manny Just Being Manny"
First the plugs.
You Are Listening Too . .
Lennon than McCartney. The entire song is based upon a promotional poster for a circus Lennon purchased at an Antiques shop (Poster is at left). It is perhaps, beyond a Day in the Life, the most musically complex song on the album. In Lennon attempt for the song to have a surreal carnival atmosphere, multiple recording sessions featuring organ noise, harmonica, and overdubbed guitar were used. Lennon told George Martin, he wanted "to smell the sawdust on the floor" in the middle eight bars of the song. In an attempt to do that Martin and sound engineer Geoff Emerick spliced in calliope and circus music, Lennon was not happy. In a sort of frustrated inspiration, Martin and Emerick chopped up the slice into random pieces with scissors, and re-assembled it at random. Lennon was fairly critical of the song, but in 1980 did state the song was "pure, like a painting". This song was one of three songs banned from the BBC for it supposed drug references. "Henry the Horse" at the time was known slang for heroin, but Lennon always denied this.I am Malach and when I'm called off, I got a sawed off, squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off.
No Blog tonight
Sorry.
Wife has a ton of work to do, and has the PC. I do have a plug or two though. First Malach explains Red Sox Nation a bit and strip 521 of 8 1/2 by Eleven is loaded.
I am Malach, see you tomorrow.
Fixing a Hole
No plugs today.
And on the 7th day, Malach rested.
You are listening too . . .
Fixing a Hole, the Beatles, off of Sgt. Pepper. Very interesting song, explore some of the sing songy circus music they used over much of the album, and the overall circus them of the the Lonely Hearts Club Band psuedonyms. This song was the first song not recorded at Abbey Road Studios while they were recording for EMI records . . . reason, the studio wasn't available that night. Weird looking back on it no? Some interesting overdubbing of McCartney's lead vocal.
Some weiredness about the songs recording. The night they were going to record it a strange man showed up at McCartney home, claiming to be Jesus Christ. McCartney invited him in for tea, then to the studio . . . he never said a word, and left after recording. I suppose your could do this back in the late 60's. Imagine trying this now.
A common theory is that the song is about heroin, but according to McCartney the song was "another ode to pot". He also stated at various times that the song was about letting your mind loose to wander freely, fixing an actual hole in the roof of his home, getting high and watching a road crew fix a hole in the street, and a few other statements over the years.
Some very interesting organ and bass work, adds to the pyschedlic and surreal nature, along with a significant tempo change, with a screaming guitar with some feedback. Nice guitar solo, and good harmonizing.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Games going on now, but I promised several people to write a Red Sox Nation, the mental illness article. Tomorrow on the WoW. Just him 4 homers in a row.
MMMMM.
Missing Children.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Ok, some people and or organization have WAY TOO MUCH MONEY. And I typed this in 8 seconds, with a bum finger.
I wonder what is intentional.
When MSNBC has an article called Black holes exhale enormous gas cloud . . Am I the only one who thinks this is a attempt at humor?
Malach's Quote of the Day
I am Malach and I line my walls with brimstone also.
And that is dying.
RIP Uncle Frank.
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and startsf
or the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone
"Gone where?
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she let my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voicesready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
-Henry Van Dyke
My Uncle Frank's funeral was today, and it was a beautiful ceremony. It is nice to reconnect with people and relatives you haven't seen in a long time. I might have more to say on this at a later date. It makes one reflect on what one has, missed opportunities, and cherished memories.
Some memories, if not for Uncle Frank having very intelligent children like my cousin Franco, Malach never becomes a Dungeons and Dragons fanatic. Summers at their beach house in Mattapoisett. Long drive to Concord, that was always fun playing with my cousins.
Plug.
Sunshine number 31 is up. Yes, it is an intentional spelling, I think.
The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
What did I say, at least 2 out of 3. The pitching is awesome. The mood, getting cocky.
UFC tonight on SPIKE.
Free PPV on Spike tonight at 9PM, US only. If you have not seen any MMA, watch it, you will enjoy it. CroCop has some nasty kicks, Arlovski's pretty good too if his head is on staight.
Malach's Quote of the Day.
I am Malach and time to watch some beatings
