Monday, July 20, 2020
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
The Fake Chef
A guy fools local news shows into thinking he's a real chef with a real book and gets on the air.
Monday, July 13, 2020
Neil Armstrong Interview
Famously, after walking on the Moon, Neil Armstrong basically became a hermit and retired from all public life. I mean, he still led a normal life - he was a college professor, for example and I wish I had taken that class - but I don't think ever in my life have I ever seen him on TV or in an interview.
So when I saw this modern interview... on youtube, no less... after he's already died, it seemed unreal to me. I watched this interview half convinced that it was a hoax. I haven't seen any photos of Neil Armstrong post-1969 so how can you tell?
Anyways, there's no new information in this interview, I post it simply because its very existence is amazing.
So when I saw this modern interview... on youtube, no less... after he's already died, it seemed unreal to me. I watched this interview half convinced that it was a hoax. I haven't seen any photos of Neil Armstrong post-1969 so how can you tell?
Anyways, there's no new information in this interview, I post it simply because its very existence is amazing.
Friday, July 10, 2020
The Far Side
Today "Far Side" cartoonist Gary Larson released 3 new comics for the first time in 25 years. You can see them here.
Ray Manzarek - Riders on the Storm
Ray Manzarek was the keyboardist for The Doors. Here he talks about the making of "Riders on the Storm".
He refers to being in the studio with a bassist but on tour, The Doors had no bassist - Ray would play the bass part with his left hand. On nights when Jim Morrison was incapacitated or arrested or otherwise unable to perform, Ray Manzarek would take over the vocals. So there you have one guy playing the bass part with one hand, playing the melody with the other and singing.
I find there's a certain set of songs - a certain collection of keyboard parts in popular music that I just find hypnotizing and feel like I could listen to them forever. It might be a blog post. This is one of those keyboard parts. The falling "rain" scale thing is as evocative to me as anything in music. I've been trying to figure out why but have not. If you think about it, it has nothing to do with rain at all. But it just so plainly evokes rain for some reason.
Part of the keyboard melody sounds like the original sample used in Beck's "Where It's At" but in actuality there is no connection (as far as I know).
In honor of a full day of constant rain.
He refers to being in the studio with a bassist but on tour, The Doors had no bassist - Ray would play the bass part with his left hand. On nights when Jim Morrison was incapacitated or arrested or otherwise unable to perform, Ray Manzarek would take over the vocals. So there you have one guy playing the bass part with one hand, playing the melody with the other and singing.
I find there's a certain set of songs - a certain collection of keyboard parts in popular music that I just find hypnotizing and feel like I could listen to them forever. It might be a blog post. This is one of those keyboard parts. The falling "rain" scale thing is as evocative to me as anything in music. I've been trying to figure out why but have not. If you think about it, it has nothing to do with rain at all. But it just so plainly evokes rain for some reason.
Part of the keyboard melody sounds like the original sample used in Beck's "Where It's At" but in actuality there is no connection (as far as I know).
In honor of a full day of constant rain.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
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