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Theodoric
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Message 106 of 1282 (598703)
01-01-2011 10:32 PM
Reply to: Message 105 by Minnemooseus
01-01-2011 7:12 PM


Re: Captain Beefheart January 15, 1941 — December 17, 2010
I love KUMD. Since I moved to Cumberland I only get to listen to it online or when I go up to Duluth/Superior area.

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xongsmith
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Message 107 of 1282 (606659)
02-27-2011 3:21 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Asgara
07-11-2006 7:25 PM


The power of a Muse
It is not often that we get to observe the story-line of the creative process being shaped by someone looking as if she were only on the sidelines, but if there was anyone who may have tangentially altered the course of recent history in a more amazing way, it was the now, sadly late, Suze Rotolo. Suze may have been rudely discarded by Bob's own callous pushing on towards the Light of Stardom, but we, the world at large, are all so much the luckier to have all the songs she inspired and also a great sense of the power of the artistic movement in the 60's.
For those of you in the dark, she appears on the cover of Bob's Freewheeling Bob Dylan album, clutching onto him in the vicious cold New York winter, exuding a smile that gave us all, at the time when we were young, the sense that anything was possible....... 50-60 songs easy.

- xongsmith, 5.7d

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Omnivorous
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Message 108 of 1282 (606890)
02-28-2011 8:41 PM


My Dad's Favorite Pin-up
RIP, Jane Russell.
My dad carried you through the WWII Pacific theater and back home again to Indiana, where you curled up inside the lid of his toolbox, where Mom wouldn't see you.
What a babe.


Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
-Shakespeare
Real things always push back.
-William James

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ringo
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Message 109 of 1282 (606897)
02-28-2011 8:57 PM
Reply to: Message 108 by Omnivorous
02-28-2011 8:41 PM


Re: My Dad's Favorite Pin-up
In Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Jane Russell stole the show from Marilyn Monroe - no small feat.

You can have brevity and clarify, or you can have accuracy and detail, but you can't easily have both. --Percy

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Minnemooseus
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Message 110 of 1282 (606911)
02-28-2011 10:53 PM
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02-27-2011 3:21 PM


Re: The power of a Muse (re: things Bob Dylan)
Earlier this weekend I had been browsing through the first Rolling Stone Record Guide (the red one), and I encountered the album jacket for "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan". I wondered who the woman was - Now I find out.
A couple of Suze Rotolo links:
Suze Rotolo - Wikipedia
Page not found – Rolling Stone
Dylan related post here.
Moose

Professor, geology, Whatsamatta U
Evolution - Changes in the environment, caused by the interactions of the components of the environment.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." - Bruce Graham
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"Yesterday on Fox News, commentator Glenn Beck said that he believes President Obama is a racist. To be fair, every time you watch Glenn Beck, it does get a little easier to hate white people." - Conan O'Brien
"I know a little about a lot of things, and a lot about a few things, but I'm highly ignorant about everything." - Moose

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Omnivorous
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Message 111 of 1282 (609065)
03-16-2011 10:50 AM


Owsley Stanley, 1935-2011
Happy trails, Bear.
What a long strange trip it was.


Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
-Shakespeare
Real things always push back.
-William James

  
fearandloathing
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Message 112 of 1282 (609805)
03-23-2011 10:05 AM


Liz Taylor
Elizibeth Taylor 1932-2011.

  
rueh
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Message 113 of 1282 (609820)
03-23-2011 11:43 AM


Pinetop Perkins
Rest in peace Pinetop Perkins, July 7, 1913 - March 21, 2011.

'Qui non intelligit, aut taceat, aut discat'
The mind is like a parachute. It only works when it is open.-FZ
The industrial revolution, flipped a bitch on evolution.-NOFX

  
subbie
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Message 114 of 1282 (615840)
05-17-2011 1:07 PM


Hall of Fame Slugger Harmon Killebrew dead at 74
My baseball hero growing up, I met him and got his autograph twice, once during the 1987 World Series.
Story here.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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xongsmith
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Message 115 of 1282 (615847)
05-17-2011 3:22 PM
Reply to: Message 114 by subbie
05-17-2011 1:07 PM


Re: Hall of Fame Slugger Harmon Killebrew dead at 74
Sad indeed. Him & Allison were a very feared back-to-back threat for many years. Salute! Harmon was the big bat those years. Mudcat, Oliva, Kaat...it was still Harmon's team.
Forgot to mention MVP Ziolo Versalles....
p.s. - message mood button in this thread should always be the default one...
Edited by xongsmith, : brain cramp

- xongsmith, 5.7d

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Taq
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Message 116 of 1282 (615929)
05-18-2011 12:22 PM
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05-17-2011 1:07 PM


Re: Hall of Fame Slugger Harmon Killebrew dead at 74
Killer's hometown was only a few miles away from where I grew up. He will be missed. Not only did he have a huge bat, he had a big heart as well. He was always a class act, even during his last days. Baseball lost a great one.

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subbie
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Message 117 of 1282 (615949)
05-18-2011 1:59 PM
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05-18-2011 12:22 PM


Re: Hall of Fame Slugger Harmon Killebrew dead at 74
Outside of Target Field, they have bronze statues of Twins greats. Killebrew had his statue
modeled after the home run he hit in the 1965 All Star game at Met Stadium, the first home of the Twins.
This picture
captured that moment.
He had the most home runs during the '60s, and at the time of his retirement, only Babe Ruth had more home runs per at bat than Killer.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. -- Thomas Jefferson
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat
It has always struck me as odd that fundies devote so much time and effort into trying to find a naturalistic explanation for their mythical flood, while looking for magical explanations for things that actually happened. -- Dr. Adequate
...creationists have a great way to detect fraud and it doesn't take 8 or 40 years or even a scientific degree to spot the fraud--'if it disagrees with the bible then it is wrong'.... -- archaeologist

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Phat
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Message 118 of 1282 (620647)
06-19-2011 6:20 AM


Clarence Clemons and the Joy of Sax
I never liked the E Street Band as much after the music became popular, but I always respected the saxophonic sound that defined the music.
Springsteen sidekick, sax man Clarence Clemons dies

  
Artemis Entreri 
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Message 119 of 1282 (623570)
07-11-2011 4:30 PM


I'd like to raise a toast for Betty Ford.

  
Minnemooseus
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Message 120 of 1282 (636345)
10-05-2011 9:19 PM


Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
The link PZ Myers supplied:
Steve Jobs Is Dead
Moose
Edited by Minnemooseus, : Change ID.

  
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