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Post by JTull 007 on Nov 15, 2019 3:29:46 GMT
Ian has made a contribution to 'The Meaning of Life According to Bikers: The Biker Book for Charity' " Motorcycle riders from all walks of life—from Main Street to Wall Street, Hollywood to Washington, D.C.— are invited to peel back their “badass” masks and answer one simple question: What is the meaning of life? Their answers expose the motorcycle community’s lesser-known philosophical and charitable nature and help to smash the typical motorcycle-rider stereotype. Joining the “regular folks” interviewed are celebrities, including Peter Fonda, Gen. Tommy Franks, John Paul DeJoria, Jillian Michaels, Kyle Petty, Carey Hart, and Norman Reedus, along with a former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a congressman, a senator, a former NASA astronaut, governors, military generals, actors, rock n’roll and country artists, corporate executives, and NFL, NBA, MLB sports figures." AWESOME !!! LINK
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Post by nonrabbit on Nov 21, 2019 17:23:50 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Nov 23, 2019 3:26:56 GMT
If you LOVE Horses you will LOVE JETHRO TULL LINK We are too excited about our Black Friday sale to wait any longer! These prices are in Canadian so for our US friends you are looking at another 22% savings! Happy Hump Day!
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 23, 2019 7:46:23 GMT
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Post by JTull 007 on Dec 1, 2019 1:34:52 GMT
Just around the corner from Freo. Social with Martin Barre
Me and my good mate Roy Lilley, pay homage to the late Bon Scott at the site of his statue in Fremantle, WA, about 30 kms South of Perth.
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 13, 2019 7:46:25 GMT
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Post by Equus on Dec 13, 2019 21:26:04 GMT
Merry Christmas from Denmark!
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Post by jackinthegreen on Dec 14, 2019 1:01:37 GMT
Just around the corner from Freo. Social with Martin Barre
Me and my good mate Roy Lilley, pay homage to the late Bon Scott at the site of his statue in Fremantle, WA, about 30 kms South of Perth. I live in Perth too...…….Scotland... There is a statue of Bon in Kirriemuir which I have seen
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Post by JTull 007 on Dec 14, 2019 2:54:10 GMT
I live in Perth too...…….Scotland... There is a statue of Bon in Kirriemuir which I have seen Tour Scotland video of the Bon Scott Statue on ancestry visit to Kirriemuir in Angus. Bon Scott of AC/DC was born in nearby Forfar and lived in Kirriemuir for a short time from 1947 until 1950 when his family emigrated to Australia, where the family lived in the suburb of Sunshine for four years before moving to Freemantle, Western Australia.
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 31, 2019 10:43:37 GMT
HAPPY HOGMANAY FROM SCOTLAND
and here in Glasgow;
"All over the city, off-licenses pull down their shutters, people make for where they want to be to bring the new year in. In highrises and tenements,sunburst clocks tick on dusted mantel shelves. Everyone puts on their best spread of plenty(for to even hope to prosper this midnight must find us how we would like to be). So there’s a bottle of sickly liqueur among the booze in the alcove. Golden crusts on steak pies,like quilts on a double bed. And this is where we live. There is no time like the present for a kiss....
Liz Lochead
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 31, 2019 21:29:30 GMT
Glasgow will step into the new decade 10 or so hours before us in San Francisco, but I promise to follow. After many years of sedate New Year's Eves, I am joining friends for live music...The Claypool-Lennon Collaboration which attracts 'Primus' fanatics ( I am not one, but what the hell, the Ono-Lennon boy seems to elevate them from one joke, ironic funk to fairly decent latter day rock and roll) who have been attending some iteration of Primus or Claypool and friends for over 25 years. Claypool seems to have a bit of Zappa/Townshend DNA...or at least the full-on rick star schnozz. Should be fun...good music, good friends and a good night to take public transit and avoid drunks behind the wheel. Wish my Tull friends from around the world could join me.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 15, 2020 10:53:44 GMT
Everyone's ears and musical tastes are different - which is great See Bernie's comment in the box below comparing Budapest and Dire Straits Private Investigation. I'll say from the outset that I'm not a fan of Dire Straits but I thought I'd have a go at listening to Private Investigations. I have always heard a Dire Straits vibe in Ian's mid to late 80's period but not listened to any DS's songs close enough to compare. Well Bernie, Youtube agrees with you as Budapest is suggested as my next song after Private Investigation but I don't see it - that close. For me, DS lacks the 'magic' of Tull. Don't ask me to describe the 'magic' or mystery of Tull - you all know! I did see one connection though - Cherry Gillespie, the dancer and a one time favourite of Ian's I believe, is in the DS's video.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 15, 2020 17:48:50 GMT
I might add though that this is in my top 3 on one of my Spotify playlists
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Post by Equus on Jan 17, 2020 19:04:26 GMT
Hello there! I hope that you are all fine and doing well. I had a hell of a Christmas... The worst ever... Problems, problems, problems!!
But don't panic! It's only Titanic!
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 18, 2020 22:12:52 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 19, 2020 7:54:57 GMT
Rough Trade: We're selling more records than everBy Robert Plummer Business reporter, BBC News 17 January 2020 At the Rough Trade East record shop in London's Brick Lane, a man dressed as a giant hot dog is on stage introducing a song. "Put your hands up if you're afraid of spiders," says frontman Murray Matravers of fast-rising band Easy Life, before launching into one of their typically quirky compositions. Easy Life's in-store live appearance has attracted a throng of enthusiastic teenage fans, all clutching newly purchased copies of their new album, Junk Food. The majority of the audience pre-ordered the album online and admission to the gig is included in the price. Perhaps you thought young people didn't buy records and CDs? Or that streaming is killing the physical album? Well, welcome to the new reality of music retail. "The idea that physical and digital are incompatible, I think, is outdated," says the shop's assistant manager, Alex Bailey. "We're selling more records now than we ever have." Link
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 22, 2020 7:09:25 GMT
According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Whitney Houston is officially a better “rock” artist than Judas Priest, Blue Oyster Cult and Jethro Tull. The late Houston will be enshrined in the Rock Hall this year while the other, “lesser” rockers remain on the outside. Fortunately, none of them probably care. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has about as much Rock credibility as James Taylor (also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2004). link
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 24, 2020 15:52:03 GMT
New job includes supervision of interns...met one the other day, a young guy (31) who impressed me with some obscure songs and artists he dropped into our fist, lengthy, conversation ( Hank to Hendrix..Momus) so his first assignment is a thorough listen and analysis of A Passion Play. Thus far he knows little of Tull but shared that his father's Zepplin fanatacism exposed him to Tull's Kashmir.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jan 25, 2020 8:24:48 GMT
New job includes supervision of interns...met one the other day, a young guy (31) who impressed me with some obscure songs and artists he dropped into our fist, lengthy, conversation ( Hank to Hendrix..Momus) so his first assignment is a thorough listen and analysis of A Passion Play. Thus far he knows little of Tull but shared that his father's Zepplin fanatacism exposed him to Tull's Kashmir. Has to pass this first
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Post by steelmonkey on Jan 26, 2020 3:54:04 GMT
So today, heading out to work, I asked the electrons in my phone to spit out 25 songs with titles staring with the letter 'O'. Got some really good ones ( Metallica, One...Knopfler, Once upon a time in the west) but the overall result was this: A relatively mediocre ( by Tull standards) song, from a relatively mediocre album ( by Tull standards) was by far and away the best of the 25 songs...The guitar, the vocals, the lyrics, the ensemble playing, the production...'Occasional Demons' was by far the best of the 25 songs. How do they do that?
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Post by Equus on Jan 26, 2020 17:42:50 GMT
I'm having some problems with this lyrics. It's the sentence about the cookie jar... "You're just hand-me-down news in a cookie jar." Does anybody know what that means?
Not Ralitsa Vassileva
Dinner table chattering classes Tell all we need to know. Like it. Lump it. Dig it. Dump it ? on your late, late show.
And do you think you're Ralitsa Vassileva? You're just hand-me-down news in a cookie jar. It's a long way from here to CNN in America And a red-eyed opinion too far.
Dish the dirt or dish the gravy. Spill the beans to me. Sinking fast in terminal boredom Feigned interest flying free.
And do you think you're Ralitsa Vassileva etc.
Talking monkey, Breaking news junkie, tragedies to reveal. Light and breezy, up-beat squeezy, Close in to touchy-feel.
Pass the Merlot, dance the three-step Cut to a better chase. Align yourself with no proposition and simpler thoughts embrace.
Let's talk about me. Let's talk about you. In a world of private rooms. Hide awhile from dark stormbringers Sad messengers of doom.
Sadly, you can't be Ralitsa Vassileva etc.
And do you think you're Ralitsa Vassileva etc.
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 9, 2020 14:47:53 GMT
I see a dark sail on the horizon Set under a black cloud that hides the sun. Bring me my broadsword and clear understanding. Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman.
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Post by bunkerfan on Mar 9, 2020 17:42:06 GMT
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 20, 2020 10:45:40 GMT
And the flowers bloom like madness in the Spring
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Post by Equus on Mar 25, 2020 15:08:49 GMT
Is Ian in isolation? Does anybody know? Hopefully he's not fooling around with Prince Charles right now... (... bad joke... bless Prince Charles... ) Maybe he's writing a new album? He's not the youngest man that I know... So hopefully he's taking very good care of himself... Avoid crowds over 1 person... a dwarf is okay... but only within two meters... and above all... avoid yourself... You might be infected... I know... It's not funny... Not funny at all... I call it World War Three... Do the best to help your governments to stop this madness... Divided we stand, together we fall...
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Post by steelmonkey on Mar 26, 2020 2:26:08 GMT
There are funny moments...like today when I heard 'It's the end of the world as we know it' and I remembered when that was just an idea for a song.
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 5, 2020 10:41:15 GMT
For those who still care about equality and justice... Bridge Over Troubled Water by Chris Mann
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 18, 2020 0:56:49 GMT
A chrysalis (Latin chrysallis, from Greek χρυσαλλίς = chrysallís, plural: chrysalides, also known as an aurelia) or nympha is the pupal stage of butterflies
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 22, 2020 6:23:41 GMT
The family of Tom Petty sent a cease and desist notice to President Trump after he used classic track “I Won’t Back Down” at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla. Several artists have objected to the use of their songs at Trump events, but it remains an issue because the public performance license associated with campaigns allows the use of any material the organizers choose, regardless of whether the creator wants to allow it. “Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind,” read a statement issued by Adria, Annakim, Dana and Jane Petty, who administrate the singer’s estate. “Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind. Tom Petty would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate. He liked to bring people together.” Read the full statement below. They added that he’d written the song “for the underdog, for the common man and for everyone,” continuing: “We want to make it clear that we believe everyone is free to vote as they like, think as they like, but the Petty family doesn’t stand for this.” Claiming that Trump did not represent the “noble ideals” of America and democracy, they went on: “We would hate for fans that are marginalized by this administration to think we were complicit in this usage. Concurrently, we have issued an official cease and desist notice to the Trump campaign.” In the past, similar complaints have been made by Neil Young, Queen and Aerosmith, among others. Trump used the Prince classic “Purple Rain” last year, even after promising he’d stop as a result of complaints from the artist’s estate. link
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 14:45:41 GMT
THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE GUITAR
The guitar used by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana’s iconic MTV Unplugged show in 1993 sold at auction for over $6 million, breaking five records in the process.
The limited-edition Martin D-18E, made in 1959, became the world’s most expensive guitar, the most expensive acoustic guitar, the most expensive Martin guitar, the most expensive piece of memorabilia and most expensive Nirvana memorabilia after Rode Microphones founder Peter Freedman bid $6,010,000 in a Julien’s Auctions sale on Saturday.
The conclusion of the guitar auction, which you can watch below, shows a hammer price as $5 million; however, the final amount includes the buyer's premium.
The lot included the guitar, a hard case, some strings, three picks and a set of three lapel pins found in a velvet pouch. During the same auction, a signed Nevermind posted sold for $56,000; the camera and pictures shot for a magazine feature sold for $35,000; and several Nirvana backstage passes sold for $512 each.
Afterward, Freedman said he planned to exhibit the instrument all over the world in an attempt to help the music industry recover from the coronavirus lockdown. “When I heard that this iconic guitar was up for auction, I immediately knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure it and use it as a vehicle to spotlight the struggles that those in the performing arts are facing and have always faced,” he explained (via Blabbermouth).
“For most, access to financial and health services — particularly mental health services — is very limited. While many industries are gradually returning to normal, it's going to take a long time before this industry can begin functioning as it was. The toll this has taken and will continue to take is enormous and requires more than just lip service. It requires action now, and I am a man of action.”
A listing on the Julien’s Auctions site states, “Twenty-six years later, Cobain’s MTV Unplugged performance remains the definitive self-portrait of a generation’s most transformative artist. Cobain’s Martin D-18E guitar survives as the most recognizable and important artifact, not only of Cobain’s MTV Unplugged performance, but of Cobain as an artist.
“Cobain was known for smashing guitars on stage and wreaking havoc with instruments used by the band in their live performances," the description continues. "In contrast, after driving the last song of their MTV Unplugged performance with a primal howling, Cobain held his Martin D-18E guitar with reverence. Ultimately, he placed the guitar carefully back on its stand — almost as a stand-in for himself — and left it center stage as he walked away.”
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