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That they are - or at least appear to be. They're thinking on way more levels than the rest of us probably. A good friend went to Berkley to do an astrophysics degree. He ended up leaving the field and going on to do a Ph.D. at Stanford in ultra-low-temp particle physics. He also helped design some of the automation robots they used to finish up the Human Genome Project. Man, what a dummy that guy is, huh?

That one is Day of the Dead. I was personally hoping he would have dropped the other showe and made "Day Off of the Dead" (where Death takes a Holiday and all that), but this one sounds pretty darn good as far as the Romero zombie flicks are concerned.

Yeah, the "Number 9" backwards becoming "Turn me on Dead Man" is intense. So is, Paul is a dead man miss him Miss Him MISS HIM!!! at the end of I'm so Tird. I think the "Heaven knows Me" from Blackbird is a stretch though.

Good topic! #9 belonged on John and Yoko's Life with the Lions or Wedding Album. It is painful to losten to for all but historical and experimental appreciation purposes. Not my least favorite though. CW, you have the wrong take on Run For Your Life which is, to be sure, a lesser work. If you think of it as the Beatles doing the Monkees though (replete with bad Mickey Dolenz "Uh Na Na Na" at the end) it's great. It also is pure Cynical John, even if the lyrics are slapdash. "I'd rather see you dead little girl than to see you with another man" is as cruel and snide and, well, John, as any of his similar cynical stuff. For my least favorite I have to go with Birthday. I know a lot pf people like the song, and it is a rock party staple... But is sooo Goddamn annoying - and not just the Yoko parts (I love her on Bungalo Bill). Lyrics like "I would like you to dance... take a cha cha cha chance" make Run For Your Life look brilliant by comparison.

Before Patterson published the book (95-96??), He did a lecture tour and I saw him. A friend and I had actually done similar "Paul is Dead" presentations in the late 80s at UofI playing the backmasked recordings, dissecting the album covers, lyrics, etc. He added a couple dozen "clues" to the collection when I saw him. I'll eventually pick up the book. It is fun stuff, and every once in a while you catch yourself saying, "hey, maybe... nah!" That William Campbell is some singer, huh?

Cool beanz, thanks for the info. I think I have one of the '63 EMI takes on the BEEB vinyl radio show set if there is one on there (I have yet to buy the Official CD release and need to fix that). I'm pretty sure i haven't heard any of the earlier recordings. I have a nice version of Paul and Elvis Costello doing it that came from some live deal somewhere.

Heck Yeah I will. I have a question for you. Do you know of any early recordings of One After 909? Like, from back when they wrote it? I go to thinking about it the other day and I don't think I ever heard any early unreleased versions of that. I'll have to dig out what I have to be sure.

Here's My top 30 (until I hear others I forgot, of course). In roughly chronological order. The list is definitive, and that means everybody else's picks are wrong. Please Please Me All My Loving Tell Me Why If I Fell I'll Cry Instead Yes It Is Think For Yourself I'm Down I'm a Loser Baby's in Black I Don't Want to Spoil the Party I'm Only Sleeping And Your Bird Can Sing Nowhere Man In My Life Taxman Got To Get You Into My Life For No One Good Day Sunshine Penny Lane Getting Better A Day In the Life Helter Skelter Savoy Truffle I'm So Tired Sexy Sadie Oh Darling Get Back Don't Let Me Down Abbey Road Side 2 Medley (Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/Polythene Pam/The End)

Have a good one.

Cable, through our cable tv provider brightHouse Networks. Wi-fi for the laptop. For the most part I like the connection but I think there's rainwater in a line somewhere or something right now. The cable signal has been crapping out regularly over the last week - not enought to knock out the tv but enough to kill the high speed data.

Ah, OK. Out of context the quote took me off guard. Dang. "My girlfriend likes to sleep above the sheets... SIX FEET above the sheets."

Just get on the damn plane already! You're safer up there than down here. That's not an easy thing to get across to the aerophobic (there's probably a more correct word than that) I understand, and fear is fear and reason cannot easily overcome that I know. Then again, heck, you are in far greater danger from the near-certain induced coma from the weekend's retreat topic (*yawn*) than any mere earthly gravitational forces. Ecclesiwhatziss... and Epistomawhoozzat...? I'll save you the trouble and cut to the chase as far as religion and spirituality and all that noise. The Holy Trinity = onion + celery + bell pepper, sauteed until soft and cooked into a nice roux. Anybody who tells you different hasn't had good gumbo yet. And anyway, you're predestined to make it there and back in one piece because you STILL have that one glaring, inexplicable musical blind spot to tend to. Jazz. Glorious, American, melting-pot, learn-the-rules-then-break-them, suck de heads fo'sure JAZZ. St. Peter and St. James have found religion, now it's your turn. Safe travels.

OK. I'll admit it, I don't get it. Explain it to the old, slow person please.

Mike's not really my type... Now that wife of his on the other hand...

Hendrix at Woodstock.

Not as much fun as kicking puppies, but I could get the hang of it.

Beatles Sshmeatles... blah, blah, blah... Sorry, with PA out of the loop, someone had to provide his take on the greatest band ever. Cool find indeed. Mal's story is just so surreal, especially the way he was killed. It's always eerie to see footage like the let it Be stuff where he's just an ordinary guy, and to think about how his life would end a few years later. The 4.5 hours of new tape will be cool and all the other memorabilia is an awesome find for somebody, but I'll mostly be really interested in seeing if this stuff can really be traced back to Mal. Sure sounds like it with a Get back/Abbey Road vintage ascribed to the tape.

Yeah, old people!! I'll add.. Hong Kong Phooey Speed Buggy Speed Racer Prince Planet Clutch Cargo (creepy lips) Groovy Ghoulies Penelope Pitstop Land of the Lost

As far as I know none of my college substance-modified excursions ever crossed state lines, so I at least have that on the guy.

Mmmmm... sweet or green tostones? Both are yummy.

I admit I usually spend more time knocking the folks on the other side of the aisle, but here's a Dem who I'll hapily bash. Top NJ Dem fundraiser tries to block probe with hooker and blackmail... Another fine piece of work.

Caribbean food rocks. Jerk-seasoned meat is the tip of the iceberg, but good for BBQ. Cracked conch caviche with lime juice and Jamaican bird peppers and conch chowder are yummy, but not really BBQ food. You could do some nice curried goat on the grill (or plain old beef if you want to be boring). How about roast pork with a good caribbean spice rub? Serve that with a garlic mojo sauce and some Kalik beer and you'll be set.