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iwombat - 2006-05-11 16:39:36
holy moly! I always enjoy juggling, it sends me, but that was amazing. That's part of one of my favorite album fragments of all time, on my short list for the question "if you died and were going to heaven, what music might you hear during your ascent"
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Paula - 2006-05-11 16:47:36
This opens up a whole new topic: the Beatles, which I would have written about earlier this week if I weren't so busy. Long story short: they're pretty good.
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iwombat - 2006-05-11 17:46:51
nicely understated.
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Bob - 2006-05-11 23:21:02
Good 'n' sneaky;; "Norwegian Wood", right on the face of it lyrically, but with a deceptively sweet tone, seems to be about setting fire to a girl's flat because she wouldn't sleep with him. (Which makes the concerns about what they might have been singing BACKWARDS elsewhere seem particularly silly.)
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2fs - 2006-05-12 01:09:00
Going for the juggliar: first, it was really annoying that they kept switching cameras all the time. Man, if you've got somebody who can do what this guy does, LET US FREAKIN' SEE IT, not your ability to shift from Camera #1 to Camera #3 so we lose track, for a second, of what's up (literally). Also: I think he learned this skill to compensate for the sad fact of his parents giving him a first name that rhymes with his surname. Anyway: as technically impressive as this is (more on that later), I really don't think it's more impressive than writing it. I mean, gravity is a constant - the most amazing thing is being coordinated enough and in muscular control enough to toss each ball *exactly* with the right force to land when it's supposed to. (If you get ahead or behind slightly, you compensate by speeding or slowing arm and hand motion, I suppose.) And that, as a feat of muscle control, is equally impressive as, oh, some guitar player who can whip off 64th-note scales with perfect precision. And that really is impressive (esp. if you've tried to do it yourself and keep tripping on your own fingers.) But...it's technique, not art - I mean, otherwise The Great Kat is the best guitar player ever... What I'm wondering is what would happen if this guy juggled in Denver? I mean, the air's thinner, so there's less resistance, and that might affect the speed of things going up? I dunno...
For some reason, lotta Beatle stuff onweb lately...this guy: http://heartachewithhardwork.blogspot.com/, and this one: http://www.marathonpacks.com/2006/05/beatles.html. And just today, someone asked on a music list for the chords to "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"...
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Lemmy - 2006-05-12 06:58:55
We just signed the geezer to juggle bottles of Jack to Ace of Spades on the next tour!!
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Paula - 2006-05-12 10:23:33
hi, Lemmy!
Well, I dunno why there's a bunch of Beatleness in the air, but my Beatlephilia this week (not quite a mania) was stoked by seeing a live band play moptop covers, and realizing that my heart was beating fast and I somehow, just genetically, knew all the words, and felt connected to something large and beautiful. "These Beatles," I said to myself. "They are pretty good."
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Alan - 2006-05-12 10:59:22
I love Coal Miner's Daughter, beautifully nuanced performances all around. It's one of the few cases I can think of where they've successfully brought off the portrayal of a relationship between flawed people and made it believable that not only would they want to stay together, it's the right thing to do for them.
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Paula - 2006-05-12 11:05:48
Alan: yes! Bingo.
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Stu Sutcliffe - 2006-05-12 12:20:53
Hey now! How about Backbeat???
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Paula - 2006-05-12 12:29:36
Which makes the concerns about what they might have been singing BACKWARDS elsewhere seem particularly silly.)
Ha! That's really funny.
Hey Bob can you email me, I have a question for you and I lost yr address.
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jon - 2006-05-27 16:07:09
If you name your daughter Daphne Blue Mustang, make sure she gets a brother named Vincent Black Lightning.
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