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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 1, 2014 16:14:45 GMT
arts.nationalpost.com/2014/06/01/cultural-studies-every-album-is-a-story-so-cue-the-artistic-resurgence-of-the-long-play-format/Cultural Studies: Every album is a story, so cue the artistic resurgence of the long-play formatMike Doherty, Special to National Post | June 1, 2014 8:00 AM ETA rift may have opened in the space-time continuum in the UK this April. Homo Erraticus, a recording by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson that crams “8,400 years of history into 50 minutes of music,” hit No. 6, while caped keyboardist Rick Wakeman took his forty-year-old opus Journey to the Centre of the Earth on a tour complete with orchestra and choir. These weren’t isolated incidents: although the ‘70s aren’t back full-throttle, the concept album certainly is.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2014 18:43:30 GMT
^^ more Canadian mention >> 25 years ago: Lars Ulrich calls from Japan, says Metallica is broadening its horizons by Steve Newton on May 30, 2014 at 12:25 pm Twenty-five years ago tomorrow—on Wednesday, May 31, 1989—Metallica played the Pacific Coliseum on a bill with the Cult. This was just three months after the band had its expected Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance stolen away by Jethro Tull—whose Crest of a Knave album somehow beat out Metallica's mighty ...And Justice for All—and metal fans were still in shock. Nothing against Jethro Tull—Aqualung is one of the greatest albums ever!—but they've never been "hard rock" and were definitely not "metal", so the win was a mistake. But Metallica got its Grammy glory the following year, anyway, when the Justice single "One" took the award for Best Metal Performance. Read more: www.straight.com/blogra/655216/25-years-ago-lars-ulrich-calls-japan-says-metallica-broadening-its-horizons
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 5, 2014 15:43:37 GMT
Monty Python films: rank them from best to worst Monty Python made five films together, but as their final reunion nears, we're wondering which was the best one?www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/jun/04/monty-python-films-movies-best-to-worst-cleese-jones-gilliam-idleMonty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)The Holy Grail was produced between the third and fourth series of the TV show. Based on Arthurian legend, the film was directed by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, and made for just £229,000, with backing from Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin. Rock'n'roll.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 16:42:42 GMT
www.forbes.com/sites/robasghar/2014/06/25/stairway-to-litigation-led-zeppelin-apple-and-the-curse-of-the-copyright-wars/Theft By Led Zeppelin And Apple? No, Just Innovation Comment Now Follow Comments A few years ago, Jethro Tull front-man Ian Anderson acknowledged that his band and the Eagles had toured together in the early 1970s, and that it may be no coincidence that the Eagles’ “Hotel California” bore a resemblance to his band’s song “We Used to Know.” Discussing the similarities between his forgotten song and the Eagles’ mega-selling song, Anderson showed great restraint and serenity: Maybe it was just something they kind of picked up on subconsciously, and introduced that chord sequence into their famous song “Hotel California” sometime later. But, you know, it’s not plagiarism … And I feel flattered that they came across that chord sequence. But it’s difficult to find a chord sequence that hasn’t been used, and hasn’t been the focus of lots of pieces of music. It’s harmonic progression is almost a mathematical certainty you’re gonna crop up with the same thing sooner or later if you sit strumming a few chords on a guitar. Contrast that with the recent hubbub surrounding the attempts launched a few weeks ago by the late Randy California’s estate to cash in on a similar situation. More than four decades after the release of Led Zeppelin’s rock anthem, “Stairway to Heaven,” California’s estate seeks money and attention for a certain superficial resemblance of chord progressions between “Stairway” and an earlier song, “Taurus,” by California’s former group Spirit. But is this creative theft? And even if it may constitute theft in some sense of the word, is it something that needs to be redressed? It seems highly doubtful. Such “theft” is the lifeblood of most innovation. And the less time we spend listening to the petitions of patent trolls, courtroom cloggers and other opportunists, the better off we’ll be in our cultural, economic and technological development. The Age of Open Source Apple AAPL -0.07%’s Steve Jobs, one of the best of our generation at taking existing ideas and reworking them into something distinctive and new, in 1996 quipped: “Picasso had a saying — ‘good artists copy; great artists steal’–and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” Welcome to the world of Led Zeppelin. And Shakespeare. And many others, for that matter. If William Shakespeare were plying his trade today, his creative output would be slowed, because he’d be trapped in court defending himself against the estates of Saxo Grammaticus, Arthur Brooke, Raphael Holinshed and others, for “stealing” the basis for Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and many other works. Led Zeppelin has been also accused of “stealing” from various old American blues artists. This is a tricky business, because as Led Zeppelin front-man Robert Plant has often noted, all blues artists took and re-appropriated works from one another. Author Willa Cather once said that there are only three or four human stories, and they go on repeating themselves viciously, as if they’d never happened before. In that spirit, there may be only one or two blues songs, which are endlessly repeated, with key improvisations which become the distinctive signature of each succeeding artist. In short, blues is open source. And so is much of rock and roll and popular culture, as Jethro Tull’s Anderson noted. The moral aspects of intellectual property and intellectual theft—whether in music or technology—can’t be understood outside the context of dollar signs. When millions of dollars aren’t at stake, most reasonable folks are willing to admit that ideas get lifted and refined constantly. But once the price tag gets high enough, everyone becomes a jealous litigator, claiming to have been the first person to copyright fire or the wheel or the touch-pad screen. In a recent CNET interview, Apple exec Phil Schiller tried to reconcile Jobs’ freewheeling notion of creative theft with Apple’s jealous defense of its intellectual property: “I think what he meant by ‘steal’ was you learn, as artists have, from past masters; you figure out what you like about it and what you want to incorporate into your idea, and you take it further and do something new with it. I can see why people might confuse that with the current use people have for that phrase. You don’t just say, ‘I want something that looks just like yours and I’m going to sell it too.’” Yes, one could argue that Google GOOGL +1.15%’s Android is simply a “copy” of the Apple mobile operating system. One could argue that Android became the alternative for people who wanted the iPhone experience with the actual iPhone. Yet Apple has wisely deescalated its patent wars with Google and other competitors. Far better to create new products than defend old ones. Its past litigation has benefited members of the legal profession far more than it’s benefited the company or consumers. But no fans of Zeppelin would have found earlier works by Spirit or Willie Dixon to be appealingly adequate original versions that Zeppelin merely mimicked. Those earlier songs, along with many other songs and genres that the band radically reworked, are of no commercial value in the estimation of the consuming public. I’ve argued since the heyday of Napster that we all need to respect the dance of Shiva, the legendary god of destruction and creative renewal. Certain commercial forces (such as widely distributed recordings) that created great wealth for some artists would inevitably be destroyed through Shiva’s endless dance, as subsequent technologies would make it impossible to protect various artists’ ideas. In one moment this helped Led Zeppelin become rich; in our new moment it has helped hip-hop artists to benefit even more from sampling Led Zeppelin tracks than Led Zeppelin benefited from sampling the blues. So it goes with Shiva. Let Shiva be Shiva, and let innovation happen. Let “Taurus” belong to Spirit, Let “Stairway to Heaven” belong to Zeppelin, let iOS belong to Apple and Android belong to Google, and let all brilliant so-called thieves be liberated to take ideas that exist in the ether and rework them into something new and amazing. It’s what Zeppelin did and what Steve Jobs did. It’s what innovation is all about.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 26, 2014 7:34:44 GMT
Why Will Ferrell Needs to Drop an Album Immediately www.younghollywood.com/scene/why-will-ferrell-needs-to-drop-an-album-immediately.htmlPublished on Tuesday, June 24 2014 Written by Kevin Donaldson "After his departure from SNL to pursue a career in film, Ferrell has continually showed us time and time again that he has the musical talent to record the most successful musical album an actor has ever created. In the film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Ferrell plays the title character and breaks out into a spontaneous jazz flute solo. His musicianship and overall prowess is only rivaled by the flute-playing ability of Jethro Tull’s frontman Ian Anderson, who doesn’t even have an acting credit. In the middle of his jazzy jam, which he is CLEARLY playing himself with no playback track, Ferrell even screams out, “Hey Aqualung!” This is a reference to one of Jethro Tull’s most popular songs entitled, funnily enough, “Aqualung”. It was like Will Ferrell was calling out Ian Anderson. Since there hasn’t been a flute-off between the two, it is clear that Anderson fears Ferrell’s flute playing ability, thus effectively showing us all that Will Ferrell is, in fact, the better flutist."Btw, I must warn you that the suit worn by Mr Ferrell in the main picture of the article is, how can I put it, rather distinctive and something our own Mr Duck might want to purchase to go with his new hat and his multicoloured shoe laces.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 12:17:32 GMT
Progressive Music Awards 2014 Are Go. Nominees Announced... 27/06/2014 ~ by Jerry EwingMore: prog.teamrock.com/news/2014-06-27/progressive-music-awards-2014-are-go-nominees-announcedPublished June 27, 2014 Read more: incendia-management.co.uk/news/incendia-bands-nominated-for-progressive-music-awards-2014/Prog Magazine is proud to announce its third annual Progressive Music Awards presented by Orange Amplification. The 2014 awards will be hosted at the prestigious Underglobe, beneath Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, a venue which plays nicely on progressive rock’s rich theatrical vein, on Thursday September 11, and hosted for the third time by one of the world’s most respected news broadcasters and journalist Gavin Esler. You can vote for your choice of the nominees at: awards.progmagazine.com. Transatlantic and Dream Theater lead the way with four nominations each and go head-to-head in three categories – Album of the Year, Band/Artist of the Year and the Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award – and this is made all that more interesting with Transatlantic drummer Mike Portnoy being a former member of Dream Theater! Meanwhile, last year’s Prog God winner Ian Anderson is nominated for three awards, as is Anathema, Haken, Marillion singer Fish and Bigelf. Jerry Ewing, Prog Magazine Editor, says, “I think more than ever, the depth of quality of the music from the wide spread of artists represented in this year’s nominations both further enhance the fact that progressive music is flourishing and, perhaps more pertinently, progressing as a force in the modern day musical world. It’s been great to see the Progressive Music Awards help convey the progressive message to the masses whilst simultaneously allowing the faithful to rightly celebrate their deserving heroes.” In its short but illustrious history, The Progressive Music Awards has received both critical and public acclaim for acknowledging and celebrating one of the most successful but unsung genres of music. Previous award recipients include Rick Wakeman and Ian Anderson as Prog Gods in 2012 and 2013 respectively, along with other million-selling rock legends such as Genesis, Carl Palmer, Rush andHawkwind’s Dave Brock also being recognised. It has also awarded up-and-coming artists such as TesseracT, Sound Of Contact and Big Big Train who have all gone from strength-to -strength since picking up awards. There are 12 categories of which seven are reader-voted, and these are: LIMELIGHT Thieves Kitchen Messenger Kitten Pyramid Purson White Moth/Black Butterfly Hi Fiction Science Synaesthesia Agent Schnauser Coshish BREAKTHROUGH Karnivool Syd Arthur 65daysofstatic Matt Stevens Moon Safari Voyager Animals As Leaders John Wesley Skyharbor The Safety Fire LIVE EVENTIan Anderson Thick As A Brick TourCamel’s The Snow Goose 2013/14 Tour Progressive Nation At Sea Cruise To The Edge HRH Prog Roger Waters The Wall Stadium Tour Peter Gabriel Back To Front Tour Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited An Evening With Dream Theater Rick Wakeman Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 40th Anniversary Tour ANTHEM Panic Room – Incarnate Se Delan – Tonight IQ – From The Outside In Coshish – Raastey Tim Bowness – Smiler At 50 Big Big Train – Make Some Noise Knifeworld – Don’t Land On Me Haken – The Cockroach King Anathema – Anathema Bigelf – Alien Frequency ALBUM OF THE YEAR Haken – The Mountain Dream Theater – Dream Theater Fish – A Feast Of Consequences Knifeworld – The Unravelling Transatlantic – Kaleidoscope Bigelf – Into The Maelstrom Anathema – Distant Satellites IQ – The Road Of Bones Syd Arthur – Sound Mirror Yes – Heaven & Earth BAND/ARTIST OF THE YEARHaken TesseracT Dream Theater Transatlantic Fish Anathema Yes Bigelf Ian AndersonMogwai GRAND DESIGNKing Crimson – The Road To Red Dream Theater – Limited Edition Collectors Box Set ELP – Brain Salad Surgery Deluxe Box Set Rush – Rush 40th Box Set Rick Wakeman – Journey To The Centre Of The Earth Box Set Pink Floyd – The Division Bell Deluxe Set Fish – Feast Of Consequences Box Set Cynic – Kindly Bent To Free Us Deluxe Book Set Ian Anderson – Homo Erraticus Deluxe Edition Hardback BookTransatlantic – Kaliedoscope Deluxe Edition Box Set The editorially chosen categories are - Visionary, Virtuoso, Guiding Light, Lifetime Achievement and Prog God. VOTE NOW: awards.progmagazine.com/
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2014 13:12:06 GMT
Revealed: Psychological profiling shows Henry VIII's most compatible wife was Anne Boleyn - despite him cutting off her headTHE 'LARGER THAN LIFE' KING King Henry VIII was known for his six marriages, all of which ended in some sort of tragedy, divorce, or death, but he was also known for other, stranger things. He was known to self-medicate, even going as far as making his own medicines. A record on a prescription for ulcer treatment in the British Museum reads: 'An Oyntment devised by the kinges Majesty made at Westminster, and devised at Grenwich to take away inflammations and to cease payne and heale ulcers called gray plaster'. The king was also a musician and composer, owning 78 flutes, 78 recorders, five bagpipes, and has since had his songs covered by Jethro Tull. He died while heavily in debt, after having such a lavish lifestyle that he spent far, far more than taxes would earn him. He possessed the largest tapestry collection ever documented, and 6,500 pistols. While most portraits show him as a slight man, he was actually very large, with one observer calling him 'an absolute monster'. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2671064/Anne-Boleyn-Henry-VIIIs-compatible-wife-claims-researcher.html#ixzz35qRRo4lMFollow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 29, 2014 16:38:12 GMT
www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/black-francis-soundtrack-of-my-life-pixiesBlack Francis: soundtrack of my life THE ONE THAT REMINDS ME OF MY FIRST ROCK CONCERT Stand Up, Jethro Tull (1969) My mother took me to see Jethro Tull for my 14th birthday. We were living in the Los Angeles area and they were playing a couple of towns over. It was pretty much my first rock concert. I was heavily into Jethro Tull back then and I still am. Stand Up is the record that moves me the most. It's only their second album and they're still kind of scruffy. There's a heavy rock influence but they had that English thing going on, you know, university dudes who were really into folk music. It didn't seem like an affectation to me – it still seems real.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 29, 2014 21:35:33 GMT
He's the brains behind the Pixies and a great solo artist as well, sometimes as Frank Black. Cool endorsement.
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Post by bassackwards on Jun 29, 2014 22:09:27 GMT
www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/black-francis-soundtrack-of-my-life-pixiesBlack Francis: soundtrack of my life THE ONE THAT REMINDS ME OF MY FIRST ROCK CONCERT Stand Up, Jethro Tull (1969) My mother took me to see Jethro Tull for my 14th birthday. We were living in the Los Angeles area and they were playing a couple of towns over. It was pretty much my first rock concert. I was heavily into Jethro Tull back then and I still am. Stand Up is the record that moves me the most. It's only their second album and they're still kind of scruffy. There's a heavy rock influence but they had that English thing going on, you know, university dudes who were really into folk music. It didn't seem like an affectation to me – it still seems real. That's a very cool interview mad dog. I believe the pixies helped change the course of rock.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 30, 2014 6:32:17 GMT
www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/29/black-francis-soundtrack-of-my-life-pixiesBlack Francis: soundtrack of my life THE ONE THAT REMINDS ME OF MY FIRST ROCK CONCERT Stand Up, Jethro Tull (1969) My mother took me to see Jethro Tull for my 14th birthday. We were living in the Los Angeles area and they were playing a couple of towns over. It was pretty much my first rock concert. I was heavily into Jethro Tull back then and I still am. Stand Up is the record that moves me the most. It's only their second album and they're still kind of scruffy. There's a heavy rock influence but they had that English thing going on, you know, university dudes who were really into folk music. It didn't seem like an affectation to me – it still seems real. That's a very cool interview mad dog. I believe the pixies helped change the course of rock. Must admit that The Pixies have passed me by although I know of them and even maybe heard them on the wireless . Anyone in the know recommend some of their output - the above quote about Stand Up by Frank Black has got me interested.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 2, 2014 12:30:19 GMT
twitter.com/SaveTufnellParkAnna Phoebe @annaphoebe I'm going to ask Ian Anderson & Bob Dylan to join the campaign...just in case they want to visit & need to use the tube
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 10, 2014 16:17:13 GMT
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2686842/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Andrew-BP-boss-tete-tete-Palace.htmlGeorge Michael and Katie Melua are the latest music stars to be caught out seeking to use a £1.2 billion tax avoidance scheme. Ian Anderson, frontman of Jethro Tull, sings from a different hymn sheet.
‘As a taxpayer, I get pretty tired of people going to the ends of the earth to avoid paying taxes,’ he says. ‘The richer they get, the more they want to avoid paying taxes. Learn to feel good about being a contributor to your country.’
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 15, 2014 13:44:47 GMT
Pets corner - for those who don't like cats look away now www.stuff.co.nz/stuff-nation/assignments/mega-pets-not-just-big-boned/10177935/Mega-pets-Jethro-TullMega pets: Jethro TullROB GARLAND JETHRO TULL: At over a metre long, this is a cat of significant sizeMy cat Jethro Tull is a huge 6-year-old male Maine coon.
He measures 110 centimetres from nose to tail and stands nearly 40cm high at his back.
He is very inquisitive, and has a huge scratching pole with attached beam that spans the living room ceiling. This is where he likes to hang around, surveying his kingdom.
He can often be found guarding his biscuit barrel and does not hesitate to knock it over and help himself if he has to wait any length of time, yet he is no fatty.
His hobbies are late night hunts (often bringing home live rats to play with then present to his dad), eating catnip and lazing in the sun.
Jethro shares our house with four other cats and a dog.
We would not be without him, he is a true gentle giant and we love him to bits.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 17, 2014 17:23:44 GMT
www.rozhlas.cz/olomouc/hudba/_zprava/legendy-predstavily-solove-album-lidra-jethro-tull--1373655Legends presented solo album Jethro Tull leader Play the full post linkLegends presented solo album Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson was recently headlined the festival Olomouc Bounty Rock Café Open Air 2014, where he played mostly classic Jethro Tull. On his new solo So we focused in the legends of Czech Radio Olomouc. Have previous album indicated that the long-time holder of the name Jethro Tull plans to move away from proven brand. But the issue of the continuation of the classic "Thick As A Brick" at least deserved the epithet of the band. New "Homo erraticus" is already something else. Despite the traditional sound of the flute dominating her Ian had issued solely under his name, and fans are excited to finally see the concept album as 70s. It enthusiasm was so great that the board brought up in 6th place ranking UK the album, which was for several decades Anderson unrecognized feeling. Like the Olomouc concert is to know that the magical charm of a traditional sound Jethro Tull still works. Ian does not invent anything new, no new processes or tools. It is his, in addition to a very good vocal form, what more could you therefore wish. The board "Homo erraticus" can please, which can recognize and excerpts in Wednesday's holiday Legends Czech Radio Olomouc. Think of it as an inspiration for the provision of a whole album. Author: Jiří Matějů
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 21, 2014 15:57:11 GMT
SportsLink Man, the chase scenes were great Posted by Vince Grippi July 20, 2014 8:09 a.m. • 3 comments A GRIP ON SPORTS linkIf you don't believe entertainment folks serve as role models, I will have to strenuously disagree with you. As evidence I present myself. And a man who died last night, James Garner. Now the “real” James Garner had little bearing on the person I became, though he was married to the same woman his entire adult life and held quiet, but deep, political views. And we both drove like, well, Southern Californians. There are some similarities there. But a TV character Garner portrayed in the 1970s, one James Rockford, probably formed my smart-ass personality more than anyone I ever met in the real world. I devoured “The Rockford Files.” Watched each of the 122 episodes over and over and over again, until I could recite dialogue in my sleep. Garner's character, despite being an (pardoned) ex-con, had more ethics than Marshall Dillon, though they sometimes were bent and bruised. Rockford had more loyalty than Rin Tin Tin, even if it was tested time and again by his “friends.” And he had more moves than his beloved Elgin Baylor or Wendell Tyler, getting out of jams with finesse and an occasional sore jaw. It was Jim Rockford who taught this guy how to talk his way out of a mess, like the time, in high school, someone mentioned how much they liked Jethro Tull and I said I liked him too. The laughter, which exploded when the other guy pointed out Tull, headlined by Ian Anderson, was a group, not a person, ended abruptly when I, going into my Rockford mode, begin asserting he was wrong, that Jethro Tull was the guy who founded the group years ago and Anderson just took over after his death. Being this was long before the Internet and smartphones, and I had learned from Rockford that selling a “story” was as important as the story itself, I pulled off the charade. As the years went by, Rockford became a touchstone for me. Early in my newspaper career, the reruns were on late at night, after I got off work. Such was the way I unwound. Then, later, after I became a dad, VHS tapes were all the rage. I recorded every Rockford File just so, when I was up late at night with one of the boys, I had something to watch other than infocommercials. In those days, I would usually gravitate to the episodes that featured Garner interacting with his TV father, Noah Beery, Jr. It seemed to resonate. As the years rolled by, the Files were always there, living on in re-run heaven to this day. My lifelong friend Kent and I still watch and text back and forth over episodes, sharing dialogue or just pointing out pieces of trivia (as in the little-known fact David Chase, he of “The Sopranos,” cut his teeth as a writer and producer on “Rockford”). And Garner? He always seemed to play the same type of role, making it obvious there was a little Jim Rockford (or Bret Maverick) in his own personality. He went on to this or that after the Files ended, including appearing in two of my wife's favorite movies, “Victor, Victoria” and her No. 1 love story, “Murphy's Romance.” Every once in a while, if I see the latter on sale in a bargain bin, I'll pick up the DVD, wrap it and give it to her as a present. In fact, if I see one on this trip, I'll sneak away and buy it. It will be just my way of saying goodbye to James Garner.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2014 16:23:39 GMT
Fist Bump Is The Cleanest Greetingwxrt.cbslocal.com/2014/07/28/fist-bump-is-the-cleanest-greeting/July 28, 2014 9:30 AM Story by Haley Jones. Fist bumps are not just for the young and hip anymore, but are now for all who want to avoid germs. British researchers found that a fist bump transfers the least amount of bacteria; handshakes are the worst germ spreaders. The American Journal of Infection Control reports the “adoption of the fist bump as a greeting could substantially reduce the transmission of infectious disease between individuals.” Rocker Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is definitely on board for the fist bump phenomenon. Anderson is a well-known germaphobe. Imagine all the disinfectant that man has used on his flute over the years.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 29, 2014 9:39:08 GMT
Fist Bump Is The Cleanest Greetingwxrt.cbslocal.com/2014/07/28/fist-bump-is-the-cleanest-greeting/July 28, 2014 9:30 AM Story by Haley Jones. Fist bumps are not just for the young and hip anymore, but are now for all who want to avoid germs. British researchers found that a fist bump transfers the least amount of bacteria; handshakes are the worst germ spreaders. The American Journal of Infection Control reports the “adoption of the fist bump as a greeting could substantially reduce the transmission of infectious disease between individuals.” Rocker Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is definitely on board for the fist bump phenomenon. Anderson is a well-known germaphobe. Imagine all the disinfectant that man has used on his flute over the years. Do you suppose an endorsement by Dettol hand wipes is on the cards ? In any case it's always advisable to greet IA with a rubbing of elbows
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 6, 2014 8:10:45 GMT
www.thehighwaystar.com/thsblog/2014/08/06/a-kindred-spirit/The Original Deep Purple Web PagesThe Highway Star Wednesday 6th August 2014 A kindred spirit It’s a poorly hidden secret that one Ritchie Blackmore has an admiration for one Ian Anderson. After all, after unknown amount of persuasion, Anderson played a flute solo on the first Blackmore’s Night album. The whole thing was arranged online. The solo was recorded overseas and overlayed in the studio later on. A little less known fact is that some time later said Mr. Anderson got a very stern notice from Her Majesty’s Customs to present his sorry arse at the nearest office for explanations. Turns out, there was a package in his name containing a handgun. In full compliance of the 2nd Amendment, but a big no-no back in the old country. That was Ritchie’s way to say thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 14:39:32 GMT
Cool We await your story...one day. I was having problems posting this morning - problem solved for now. Videos were disappearing. Most likely a problem at proboards - I'll check to see if they're having troubles. As for the "story" it'll have to wait a bit as I'm off for a cup of tea and a digestive
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 7, 2014 8:01:25 GMT
Most likely a problem at proboards - I'll check to see if they're having troubles. As for the "story" it'll have to wait a bit as I'm off for a cup of tea and a digestive Some proboards sites were reporting slow loading issues yesterday so I'll assume for the moment it was that. No further reports about this issue/problem today so we live in hope.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 12:37:39 GMT
Some proboards sites were reporting slow loading issues yesterday so I'll assume for the moment it was that. No further reports about this issue/problem today so we live in hope. Thanks, Graham cheers!
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 8, 2014 8:06:15 GMT
www.teamrock.com/news/2014-08-07/rock-icons-join-forces-in-charity-auctionROCK ICONS JOIN FORCES IN CHARITY AUCTION07/08/2014 ~ by Stef Lach The biggest names in rock and metal have joined forces for a massive charity fundraiser. Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Metallica, Alice Cooper, Status Quo, Alice In Chains, Slash and many more have donated memorabilia for an auction to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust, Childline and Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy. Organised by Heavy Metal Truants in association with TeamRock.com, the auction offers the largest-ever assembling of rock and metal bands memorabilia and exclusive signed merchandise for a charity event. TO VIEW THE FULL MONSTER ROCK AUCTION LISTING, CLICK HEREAmongst the items to be auctioned:
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 16, 2014 9:18:45 GMT
10 Rock Stars Who Didn’t Play Woodstock – And Whyby Nick DeRiso ultimateclassicrock.com/woodstock-who-didnt-play/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=referralWoodstock was a legend-making moment for a number of the participants, including Santana and Crosby Stills and Nash — both of whom could look back to the 1969 festival as a launching pad for the legendary careers that followed. Still, for all of its famous participants, the number of people who didn’t perform — and the reasons they chose to skip this epic event — has come to hold just as much intrigue. Here are 10 of the more memorable stars who didn’t play Woodstock, and why … 1. Jethro Tull Reason: Fear of Naked Ladies "I asked our manager Terry Ellis, 'Well, who else is going to be there?' And he listed a large number of groups who were reputedly going to play, and that it was going to be a hippie festival," Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson once told SongFacts, "and I said, 'Will there be lots of naked ladies? And will there be taking drugs and drinking lots of beer, and fooling around in the mud?' Because rain was forecast. And he said, 'Oh, yeah.' So I said, 'Right. I don't want to go.' Because I don't like hippies, and I'm usually rather put off by naked ladies unless the time is right."
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 16, 2014 16:43:25 GMT
Poor Ian...Thank God no one wrote down the stupid crap i said twenty or thirty or forty years ago ! ( Or yesterday...wait, I post it for the world to see...aaaaargh)
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 17, 2014 9:39:42 GMT
Poor Ian...Thank God no one wrote down the stupid crap i said twenty or thirty or forty years ago ! ( Or yesterday...wait, I post it for the world to see...aaaaargh) Ian must have realised very early on in his and Tull's career that almost everything that was said by them was going to be written down, filed away and then dragged out screaming into the light of day 10 or 20 years later. Comments like this one regarding Woodstock are a tongue in the cheek reply to a cub reporter who, at that time, didn't realise the humour of it. Wonderful stuff though
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 17, 2014 15:24:57 GMT
Poor Ian...Thank God no one wrote down the stupid crap i said twenty or thirty or forty years ago ! ( Or yesterday...wait, I post it for the world to see...aaaaargh) Ian must have realised very early on in his and Tull's career that almost everything that was said by them was going to be written down, filed away and then dragged out screaming into the light of day 10 or 20 years later. Comments like this one regarding Woodstock are a tongue in the cheek reply to a cub reporter who, at that time, didn't realise the humour of it. Wonderful stuff though Here is my take on Ian and hippies...
Back in the Groovy sixties Ian must have had a bad experience somewhere in Blackpool. Not all early adventures were as much fun as Woodstock and he must have felt uneasy about so many cool people in one location.
Regardless, Ian was not as hip as he appeared to others. Being addicted to nicotine may have been a factor.
I cut him some slack because his talent is so unique, but being judgmental to your fan base is not always a successful way to promote oneself in any career.
Although I have had many wild times back in the day, everyone learns how to find limits. Moderation is key and without preaching... we all need to take care of ourselves.
So as with second hand smoke issues, even tobacco is not allowed at most venues. Beer will flow. An occasional outburst which may include "Play Aqualung" is always a distraction.
So after all the crazy nights in places around the world Ian may still fear Hippies in 2014. Like I always say... Peace, Love, TULL Far Out Ian! Make TULL Not War
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 17, 2014 19:48:40 GMT
Wise words, Jim...For me it wasn't easy being a Deadhead whose favorite group was hippie hating Tull. Ian's superficial dismissal of the whole hippie ethos is a soundbite, not a full formed philosophy.....His path....no drugs. many traditional values...is admirable and sincere but does not diminish my gratitude for my hippie path, cosmic explorations with chemical help and more comprehensive rejection of my parent's world. I'm just glad Ian's way and my way have merged, here in the twenty-teens: Happy, healthy, beating the odds and trying to do our best work !
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