Gyroscopic Investing

Gosso wrote:

MediumTex wrote: Below is a 10 minute clip from one of the Presidential debates between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976.

The thing about this clip that is interesting is actually what you can't see.  What's happening in this clip is each candidate has been armed with a new weapon called "The Charismannihilator", which shoots a beam that neutralizes every spark or shred of charisma in the person the weapon is being aimed at.  

What's happening is that right before each candidate begins speaking, the other candidate bathes him in rays from The Charismannihilator, and quickly puts the weapon away before the camera moves back to him, at which point the other candidate begins returning fire.

When the journalists are speaking both candidates are firing their weapons simultaneously at the panel.  

You can just barely make out this dynamic as you watch, but once you begin to see it it's impossible to miss.  Notice how when one of the candidates appears to wake up a little or have some trace of emotion, a deadness suddenly washes across his face--that's a textbook Charismannihilator side-effect.  What a devastating weapon.

Check out the female journalist getting a double barrel shot at :48 into the clip.

http://youtu.be/11TbR5odqTQ

Did we just get RickRoll'd MediumTex'd?

I didn't intend it that way.  I was honestly just stunned that something this dull could find its way onto national television.  

If you want something to clear your 1970s palette, how about a little "Bicentennial Charleston" from Lawrence Welk (2:42).

http://youtu.be/EZXyE4bFvJ8

Or maybe some "Bobby and Cissy" (2:13).

http://youtu.be/gJtILlIqCR8

I first heard "Windy" in the opening segment of that episode of "Breaking Bad."  Here is a very nice version of Windy from Lawrence Welk (2:24).  Think about how many acid trips in the 1970s must have been wrecked by someone innocently flipping channels and coming across one of these Lawrence Welk segments.

http://youtu.be/Y9mYpa2RBlI

AdamA wrote: Cash for gold, South Park style:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/4 ... elry-polka

2 minutes

Hilarious!  I can't wait until that episode will show online.

MediumTex wrote: I first heard "Windy" in the opening segment of that episode of "Breaking Bad."  Here is a very nice version of Windy from Lawrence Welk (2:24).  Think about how many acid trips in the 1970s must have been wrecked by someone innocently flipping channels and coming across one of these Lawrence Welk segments.

http://youtu.be/Y9mYpa2RBlI

I have never done acid, but I would think that a hot hippy chick would only enhance the experience!  Frig I wish I was born in the 50's!

Storm wrote:

AdamA wrote: Cash for gold, South Park style:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/4 ... elry-polka

2 minutes

Hilarious!  I can't wait until that episode will show online.

Damn, all South Park clips are blocked in Canada -- we used to get them but something changed in their contract.  So lame.

MediumTex wrote:
I first heard "Windy" in the opening segment of that episode of "Breaking Bad."  Here is a very nice version of Windy from Lawrence Welk (2:24).  Think about how many acid trips in the 1970s must have been wrecked by someone innocently flipping channels and coming across one of these Lawrence Welk segments.

http://youtu.be/Y9mYpa2RBlI

I saw that opening segment of "Breaking Bad."  The Association was one of the best bands of the late 1960's.  Their "Requiem For The Masses" may have been the best protest song of the decade, although that wasn't generally the focus of their music.  I still don't know how to process that song today. 

That Lawrence Welk YouTube segment makes me gag now.  And I quit tripping over 40 years ago. 

MediumTex wrote: "Simon Birch" was a movie about a charming little boy with some kind of growth-related disability.  It was a little sappy, but not terrible.  There is, however, this one scene in the movie (it's 3:38 long) involving Ashley Judd that when viewed in the right way can be staggeringly humorous.

That movie was based on the classic John Irving novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.  Well worth reading, especially as the humorous little dude would always speak in all capitals.

MG

Levon Helm the great drummer and singer from The Band is dying of cancer.
This is a post from his family:

"Dear Friends,
Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. ...
Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration... he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage...
We appreciate all the love and support and concern.
From his daughter Amy, and wife Sandy"

Someone posted: "Sad to hear...one of my all time favorite singers and so phenomenal on drums. Many years ago a review in the New Yorker referred to him as "the only person who should be allowed to sing and drum at the same time." I also remember that he grew up in Chicken Scratch, Ark., and there was no electricity (hence, no radio) and he commented if you wanted music somebody had to sing/play. A giant of a being.
He was one of the best singers on the planet for my money...and he created whole other worlds when he sang."

Here's Levon singing from The Last Waltz - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOi0tC00 ... re=related

Charlie Sheen's rant from last year, as done by the CGI bears (3:50):

http://youtu.be/Y4zvNu4rzKU

MediumTex wrote: Charlie Sheen's rant from last year, as done by the CGI bears (3:50):

http://youtu.be/Y4zvNu4rzKU

This is apparently a parody Charlie Sheen himself made.

Pretty funny:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LtBSqGz ... lated  7:42

AdamA wrote:

MediumTex wrote: Charlie Sheen's rant from last year, as done by the CGI bears (3:50):

http://youtu.be/Y4zvNu4rzKU

This is apparently a parody Charlie Sheen himself made.

Pretty funny:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LtBSqGz ... lated  7:42

Such a hero!

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The ERE crowd will love this.  It's a tree house for adults; The HemLoft (3:39):

http://youtu.be/6ONLyd2gmV8

Allen Iverson talks "practice" (2:23):

http://youtu.be/eGDBR2L5kzI

Adam Yauch (aka MCA, from the Beastie Boys) has lost his battle with cancer.  He was 47.

I think a little "Sabotage" is in order!

http://youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE

Gosso wrote: Adam Yauch (aka MCA, from the Beastie Boys) has lost his battle with cancer.  He was 47.

I think a little "Sabotage" is in order!

http://youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE

I am so sorry to hear this news.

One of my favorite acts from the very beginning.  I was 16 when Licensed to Ill came out.

MediumTex wrote:

Gosso wrote: Adam Yauch (aka MCA, from the Beastie Boys) has lost his battle with cancer.  He was 47.

I think a little "Sabotage" is in order!

http://youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE

I am so sorry to hear this news.

One of my favorite acts from the very beginning.  I was 16 when Licensed to Ill came out.

I was only 1.

It is truly amazing that their music is still so popular.  Great for getting the party started!

My favorite Beastie Boys album was a slightly underrated one: Paul's Boutique. Many hip-hop aficionados consider it one of the all-time best albums in the genre.

Check out "Shake Your Rump" at 01:29:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKNmLMs7ugw

Mr. T sings "Treat Your Mother Right" (3:05):

http://youtu.be/U53XWlGK4hY

New Metric! (4:18)

http://youtu.be/pITsgRaJxy0

Although, I prefer the singles from their previous album, IMO here is their best, "Sick Muse" (3:20):

http://youtu.be/BEz8N8AT-yo

And a great acoustic version of "Twilight Galaxy" (4:22):

http://youtu.be/R7U8wz78fIM

Talking Heads! Once in a Lifetime 5:19

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-io-kZKl_BI

Same as it ever was...

Talking Heads! Take Me to the River 7:42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM

lazyboy wrote: Talking Heads! Take Me to the River 7:42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM

I believe today is David Byrne's birthday.

I saw him a couple of years ago and it was a great show. 

MediumTex wrote:

lazyboy wrote: Talking Heads! Take Me to the River 7:42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM

I believe today is David Byrne's birthday.

I saw him a couple of years ago and it was a great show. 

You guys sure had some weird pants back in the 80's!

Following related videos to the Talking Heads, I found an old favorite of mine by Otis Redding - "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" (2:42):

http://youtu.be/UCmUhYSr-e4

Booker T & The MGs

Time Is Tight 4:57
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHXkfLRS ... re=related

RIP Donald Duck Dunn

Booket T & The MGs backed Otis Reading and many other artists. 

Booker T & the MGs

Hang Em High (Finale) 11:44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=en ... tes4tm5n38

Booker T. & the M.G.'s is an instrumental R&B band that was influential in shaping the sound of southern soul and Memphis soul. Original members of the group were Booker T. Jones (organ, piano), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lewie Steinberg (bass), and Al Jackson, Jr. (drums). In the 1960s, as members of the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds of recordings by artists such as Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers, Sam & Dave, Carla and Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor. They also released instrumental records under their own name, such as the 1962 hit single "Green Onions".[1] As originators of the unique Stax sound, the group was one of the most prolific, respected, and imitated of their era. By the mid-1960s, bands on both sides of the Atlantic were trying to sound like Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
In 1965, Steinberg was replaced by Donald "Duck" Dunn, who has played with the group ever since. Al Jackson, Jr. was murdered in 1975. Since then, the trio of Dunn, Cropper and Jones have reunited on numerous occasions using various drummers, including Willie Hall, Anton Fig, Steve Jordan and Steve Potts.
Having two white members (Cropper and Dunn), Booker T. & the M.G.'s were unusual in being racially integrated, at a time when soul music, and the Memphis music scene in particular, were generally considered the preserve of black culture.

Gosso wrote:

MediumTex wrote:

lazyboy wrote: Talking Heads! Take Me to the River 7:42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM

I believe today is David Byrne's birthday.

I saw him a couple of years ago and it was a great show. 

You guys sure had some weird pants back in the 80's!

Following related videos to the Talking Heads, I found an old favorite of mine by Otis Redding - "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" (2:42):

http://youtu.be/UCmUhYSr-e4

Yeah, David Byrne is as much a visual and conceptual artist as he is a musician. He's also a film maker.

lazyboy wrote: Booker T & The MGs

Time Is Tight 4:57
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHXkfLRS ... re=related

RIP Donald Duck Dunn

Booket T & The MGs backed Otis Reading and many other artists. 

Sorry to hear this.  I'll admit that I'm a bit of a poser since my only connection to this genre is through the Blue's Brothers.  Here is "Somebody to Love" (3:00):

http://youtu.be/HCTJeT2i9QU

Gosso wrote:

lazyboy wrote: Booker T & The MGs

Time Is Tight 4:57
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHXkfLRS ... re=related

RIP Donald Duck Dunn

Booket T & The MGs backed Otis Reading and many other artists. 

Sorry to hear this.  I'll admit that I'm a bit of a poser since my only connection to this genre is through the Blue's Brothers.  Here is "Somebody to Love" (3:00):

http://youtu.be/HCTJeT2i9QU

Remarkably great! That's "Duck" playing bass with a pipe clamped in mouth along with Steve Cropper, to his right, on guitar. Both from Booker T and MGs. I heard that the Blues Bros. tried to get Booker T for the movie but couldn't do it for some reason. Here's the church clip with James Brown as the preacher, I have seen the light:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZVhzVTBDvA