Sunday Open Thread: February 25 is George Harrison's Birthday
World History this day
1843 -- Lord George Paulet occupied the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain
1932 -- Adolf Hitler became a naturalized German citizen
1948 -- The Communist Party took control of the Czechoslovakian government
1956 -- Nikita Khrushchev denounced Stalin's cult of personality
1968 -- The Ha My massacre in South Vietnam
1986 -- Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines and Corazon Aquino became president
1991 -- The Warsaw Pact was disbanded temporarily scaring the US MIC
1992 -- Khojaly massacre in Azerbaijan.
1994 -- Mosque of Abraham massacre in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron
US History this day
1870 -- Hiram Rhodes Revels, became a US Senator and becoming the first African American in Congress
1901 -- J. P. Morgan incorporated the United States Steel Corporation.
1919 -- Oregon became the first U.S. state to tax gasoline
Science & Technology this day
1836 -- Samuel Colt got a patent on the Colt revolver.
The Arts this day
Misc. this day
Birthdays of Note this day
1644 -- Thomas Newcomen, pastor and engineer, invented Newcomen engine
1670 -- Maria Margarethe Kirch, astronomer and mathematician
1707 -- Carlo Goldoni, playwright and composer
1841 -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter and sculptor
1873 -- Enrico Caruso, tenor
1888 -- John Foster Dulles, war monger and war criminal
1894 -- Meher Baba, yet another Avatar
1901 -- Zeppo Marx, a Marx Brother
1906 -- Mary Coyle Chase, journalist and playwright
1910 -- Millicent Fenwick, journalist, politician, and diplomate, civil rights advocate
1917 -- Anthony Burgess, author, playwright, and critic
1918 -- Bobby Riggs, loudmouther loser
1920 -- Sun Myung Moon, yet another Messiah
1927 -- Ralph Stanley, singer and banjo player
1929 -- Tommy Newsom, saxophonist and bandleader
1932 -- Faron Young, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist
1943 -- George Harrison, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 -- Pete Wernick, banjo player
1947 -- Doug Yule, singer, songwriter and guitarist
Deaths of Note this day
1634 -- Albrecht von Wallenstein, military contractor
1723 -- Christopher Wren, architect
1914 -- John Tenniel, illustrator and political cartoonist. **
1950 -- George Minot, physician and medical researcher
1957 -- Bugs Moran, businesssman
1970 -- Mark Rothko, painter
1983 -- Tennessee Williams, playwright
1994 -- Baruch Goldstein, terrorist
1999 -- Glenn T. Seaborg, chemist
2009 -- Philip Jose Farmer, author
2012 -- Louisiana Red, singer, songwriter and guitarist
2014 -- Paco de Lucia, guitarist
** Did the original art for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
So now some music
heh, starting with opera versus opry
Ralph Stanley
George Harrison
Photo: "Birthday" by Michele Sabetha
It's an open thread, so do your thing
Comments
Apparently the Saudis issue official death-by-stoning guidelines
informing participants how to stone a man or woman to death using proper religious forms and etiquette.
https://angryarab.blogspot.de/2018/02/saudi-law-specifies-rules-and.html
https://angryarab.blogspot.de/2018/02/these-are-official-saudi-regime.html
The etiquette of stoning to death. What a concept.
Good morning, lotlizard. I wonder if those graphics are
copyrighted or if they can be used by other sects who believe in and aspire to such practices. Official barbarism, openly displayed, seems fine with the UN, it appears.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
good morning
It's a rainy one here, but that's a good thing. We've had a warm week and spring is happening. Daffodils, Forsythia, Redbuds swelling about to bloom. I even saw an early azalea in full bloom in town yesterday.
Winter isn't over... it likes to play tricks coming back for a visit after everything has put out. Every year is different though, and there have been years where the freezes were over by March....but that is a rare story. I look for a couple more doses of cold weather before spring is here for good.
Hope your day is a good one!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning, lookout. Our cold spell continues, it is 29 right
now, froze yesterday morning and the day before too. Have a great day.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
The movie "Time Bandits" was a colaboration effort
backed in part by "executive producer" George Harrison. He wrote a song Dream Away for the soundtrack.
Good morning, jbob. I can't recall that movie, though something
tells me that I watched it. Time to track it down and take a look, I guess. Thanks for posting that about it.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
"Stinking Rich"
"Yeah Stinking Rich!"
harrison
and his Handmade Films also bankrolled Bruce Robinson's Withnail And I and How To Get Ahead In Advertising. The former contains this eulogy for the 1960s:
One of my favorite movies of all time
A cult classic, even for children.
Concentrated evil, what America's made of.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Mark Rothko
Morning EL and all
Always begs the question - Is it art? Why Yes! Yes it is!
It's all about impact and scale (size, shape, colors)
The man himself:
Have a great day all!
I want a Pony!
Good morning, Arrow. Hope you're doing well. Rothko does
indeed make an impact. Thanks for dropping by and have a great day.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I had no idea.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps
Good morning, HAW, and thanks mucho. I was unaware of that
myself. No wonder Eric did it so well in that clip.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I had no idea.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps
I had no idea.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps
We have houseguests today, so I'll be in and out.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
George Harrison would have been 75
today. Man, does that make me feel old. LOL.
This song was recorded live on tape. It was done 55 years ago. Audio recording was very simple back then. The Beatles were a polished bar band and you can hear it. Listen to the lead guitarist who recorded this at 20 years old. Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Good morning, orlbucfan. Thanks and have a good one.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
CA Housing Crisis: What Next? Where Do We Go From Here?
Isn't that the name of Bernie's new book tour? LOL Where can one go to live out a frugal life in peace and quiet, free from the book touring class? I am not for any sort of gun control anymore, the 25cent Stop&Drop seems more humane than these "wait for the data" assholes in charge. good luck
Published on Feb 13, 2018
Please listen and comment if you have time. Why would anyone vote for a D governor in California again? I don't know. My love for Jerry Brown has dissipated to less than zero, unfortunately. Governor sub-zero.
State Redevelopment -100%
State Housing Bonds -96%
Yesterday I spent lunch hour with my new pals down by the river. I brought an old pair of gore-tex gloves and a fluorescent yellow jacket for wheeling in traffic, both well received. I can't say any more about it right now, it's too hard. Church bells are ringing right now, how effing ironic. Better hurry!
not wanted
forgotten
Was on my way to a gig last night & WFUV was celebrating George
Heard some cool covers I was completely unaware of.
How about this!
Also played Billy Preston's "All Things Must Pass," which seems to have been released just after the album of the same name in which he also played on.
Made me think of Nina Simone covering a couple herself:
Concrete Blonde was a great L.A. band fronted by Johnette Napolitano who put out a bunch of good albums in the late 80's/90's. They did this:
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC"
- Kurt Vonnegut
Thanks.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Happy birthday, George
Still feel your presence here on Earth.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.