More How to Cake It from Yolanda Gampp!
More How to Cake It from Yolanda Gampp!
Admittedly, I don’t like a lot of Styx (just personal preference in this case… nothing against ’em, and they are talented), but there are two Styx songs I love: Come Sail Away and…
Renegade
This one is live in 1996 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. For something that I’m guess is supposed to be an official release, this isn’t the greatest quality (some unofficially released Led Zeppelin pro-shot videos have better quality, and those were recorded in the 70s). However, it’s pretty darn good.
I was trying to find video of Styx playing it live in 1978 or 1979, but that’s okay. This works rather nicely…
The first guitar solo starts at 2:51 and ends at 3:47. The second solo starts at 4:21 and ends at 5:31. The third, and final, solo follows up a rather cheesy lyrical call-and-response section and a shout-out to “I Shot the Sheriff”. It starts at 6:56 and ends at 7:13.
My Dad’s a Hazan, I’ve mentioned this many times, so that’s out there.
He also writes music, and likes to take Jewish prayers and arrange them into these rather nice songs. Here’s a clip of Dad and I singing his arrangement of “Oseh Shalom” at his Cantorial concert last year.
(Obligatory self-criticism incoming…)
I really shouldn’t have had my hair pulled back like that, and I really… really… don’t like wearing suits. I also honestly feel awkward singing on a stage without also playing a guitar, which is why I mostly stare at the music stand… while the music is there, I’m not really reading it so much as wishing I had a guitar… heh…
But otherwise… this is pretty nice…
Sorry for the self-promotion, here…
The marketing is ramping up! I’m loving it!
Anyone criticized by the Church is probably a decent person:
Camara was still a Catholic priest, and had his moments waffling back-and-forth on a number of positions where his theology wrestled with his morality. I only specifically respect his ability to identify an attempt at manipulation within human rights discourse–this idea that social problems can be solved is often met by opponents with changing the topic, rather than examining the specifics or entertaining the possibility that we’re on to something. Proles apologizing for Capitalism seem to me eager to dismiss the injustices of our stratified societies as inevitable rather than easily resolved by, say, eating the rich. (I’m only half-joking).
As ever, there are no heroes, and I could write about Camara’s less palatable positions another day. Today, we just celebrate this particular gem of snark.
-Shiv
Late again. Sorry…
We have two new Wonder Woman TV spots. I’m more excited for this than I am for Justice League.
I’ll throw the two videos below the fold…
This isn’t my recipe, but it’s one I’ve made multiple times. And guess what?
It’s vegan!
Yup, you read that right.
It’s vegan.
Though I hope you aren’t allergic to peanuts. If you are, stay away from this one…
Sorry for the lack of pictures on this one, though. If I manage to get time to make it again, I’ll add pictures to the post.
So… without further ado… African Peanut Soup.
Here’s a couple of spiral galaxies. As usual, click on the picture for the .tif download…
Spiral Galaxy Pair NGC 4302 and NGC 4298
Nick Edelstein is actually a family friend, and one of my all-time favorite guitarists. I even got to play with him at a number of shows. The following song is one of my absolute favorites by him. It also, incidentally, features drums written and played by my brother Aaron.
The guitar solo is one of those that builds… it starts slow and easy, and becomes stronger and stronger until it shreds. It starts at 4:00 and ends at 5:59. It’s so damn good…