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  1. The Big Schill was on EEI this afternoon and he said that Joe West (Umpire) hates the Red Sox. I hope he is not the ump tonight.
  2. Couldn't agree more. +1 Very much in agreement. And I think that the remasters, bringing Ringo's drumming out more prominently, underscore this point even more than previous pressing of their studio albums. Anybody remember when Bono declared in Rattle & Hum that U2 was "more of a band" than the Beatles? I suppose it depends on how he defines "more" but however you want to look at it the Beatles came together and meshed in a way that was pretty remarkable. I forgot which author it was (maybe Lewishohn), but I recall someone mentioning how their (Lenon-McCartney) differentstyles and desire to write great songs not only fueled competition which often led to excellence, but also worked to perfectly counterbalance one another. Of course we have the obvious aforementioned juxtaposition of side A (Lennon) and side B (McCartney) of Abbey Road, but also even within a particular song you can see this counterpoint coming across: take "Getting Better" as an example. It appears to be primarily Paul's song or at least he sings lead, doing justice as only Paul can to the optimistic message that underpins the tune. But then there is the critic / cynic of Lennon('s voice) interspersed in the chorus throughout. Paul: "I have to admit its getting, a little better all the time" John: "It can't get no worse" Yea but the song also includes this excruciating lyric , "I used to be cruel to my woman I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved". I think the whole McCartney needed Lennon for edginess needs to be revisited it's vastly overrated. Mostly I think this has been perpetuated by Lennon himself in a lot of his post Beatle interviews just being a punk and making reference to Paul's granny music. Surely he didn't feel that way when Paul composed the music for 'In My Life' and other various songs that Lennon couldn't finish because he didn't have some of the gifts musically that McCartney brought to the table. Well, I just returned from the library with a copy of Ian Macdonald's Revolution in the Head in hand. With regard to the song "Getting Better," Macdonald suggests that the aforementioned reference to cruelty to woman is indeed John's contribution: p. 242 "Having prepared the music, McCartney invited his partner [Lennon] to his house in St. John's Wood to write the lyric with him -- hence the allusions to angry youth, problems at school, and woman-beating (not to mention the typically sarcastic rejoinder to the title phrase: 'It can't get much worse.'1 1. The pre-LSD Lennon had been cruel to women: 'I couldn't express myself, and I hit.' During the session on 21st March, he got his supply of pills confused and found himself tripping while trying to sing backing vocals. Considering the subject-matter of the song and the fact that the drug tends to confront its users with their personal contradictions, this must have been a disturbing experience. (McCartney is said to have taken his shaken friend back to his house in St. John's Wood and 'turned on' to keep him company." Really? Lennon was a wife beater, did he hit Cynthia? was this well known I never knew this. what does he mean the pre-LSD so after he dabbled in drugs he became more passive towards women?..I still think it's an awkward moment in the song and every time I hear it it just sounds out of place maybe also because I know it's primarily a Macca song. I found this on Wikipedia ;....I never heard of this before is this stuff well documented in the Beatle Biographies? Lennon's jealousy could manifest itself in violent behavior towards her, as when he slapped her (Cynthia) across the face (hitting her head against the wall) the day after he saw her dancing with Stuart Sutcliffe
  3. Couldn't agree more. +1 Very much in agreement. And I think that the remasters, bringing Ringo's drumming out more prominently, underscore this point even more than previous pressing of their studio albums. Anybody remember when Bono declared in Rattle & Hum that U2 was "more of a band" than the Beatles? I suppose it depends on how he defines "more" but however you want to look at it the Beatles came together and meshed in a way that was pretty remarkable. I forgot which author it was (maybe Lewishohn), but I recall someone mentioning how their (Lenon-McCartney) differentstyles and desire to write great songs not only fueled competition which often led to excellence, but also worked to perfectly counterbalance one another. Of course we have the obvious aforementioned juxtaposition of side A (Lennon) and side B (McCartney) of Abbey Road, but also even within a particular song you can see this counterpoint coming across: take "Getting Better" as an example. It appears to be primarily Paul's song or at least he sings lead, doing justice as only Paul can to the optimistic message that underpins the tune. But then there is the critic / cynic of Lennon('s voice) interspersed in the chorus throughout. Paul: "I have to admit its getting, a little better all the time" John: "It can't get no worse" Yea but the song also includes this excruciating lyric , "I used to be cruel to my woman I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved". I think the whole McCartney needed Lennon for edginess needs to be revisited it's vastly overrated. Mostly I think this has been perpetuated by Lennon himself in a lot of his post Beatle interviews just being a punk and making reference to Paul's granny music. Surely he didn't feel that way when Paul composed the music for 'In My Life' and other various songs that Lennon couldn't finish because he didn't have some of the gifts musically that McCartney brought to the table.
  4. You must live on a much fancier road than I do! I was thinking the same thing. If $8000 is "middle of the road," my system isn't even a cobblestone street. More like a dusty, unpaved, country footpath...to the outhouse... What I wouldn't give to have my system be a dusty, unpaved, country footpath...to the outhouse...mine is the Outhouse!
  5. But didn't it look like the catcher moved his glove up a little quick to try and sell it?....I think that might have made the ump question whether it was in the strike zone? A lot people on EEI this morning couldn't believe that the left fielder didn't dive to try and catch that ball Gonzalez hit it looked like it fell right in front of his feet.
  6. Don't kid yourself about the Cd-R on demand market being cheap look at what Amazon is charging for CD-R copies $15.99 and up . Also Warner Brothers new burn on demand DVDs start at $19.99 !, sometimes they have a buy 5 for $50 sale but big deal these are bare bones DVDs and no matter how rare they are they should only be worth around $5 or 7 bucks a pop.
  7. It might be a long wait for Remixes......
  8. I went to Target this morning and picked up A Hard Days Night, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt.Pepper, Magical Mystery, Abbey Road for a grand total of $69 ,I signed up for a target card which gave me another 10% off. and with the gift certificates they gave me, The White Album cost $3.05 !
  9. One of the Reasons the Yankees are in first and no one has mentioned is the fact that the Red Sox starting pitching has been Beckett and Lester for most of the second half. Who would of guessed that Dice K would never pitch again this season and it looks the same for Wake (who won 11 games before the break)!!! Bucholz is coming along and now they are relying on Byrd for some innings ,Penny and Smoltz are long gone ...The Yankees should be 15 games in front of them! The fact that the Sox are hanging in there and have a shot at the Wild Card is amazing! And as for offense the Red Sox have the Most Home Runs since July 31, so they are hitting more of them than the Yankees.
  10. I think Francona barely escaped that blunder , he should of had Okie in the 7th and then Wagner in the 8th and Pap in the 9th.
  11. They don't sound very good live , never did except on the rooftop . The comments from people below the Nowhere Man clip state that Nowhere Man is such a hard song to play ?...why is it so hard to play?
  12. The Sox have placed a waiver claim on Mets reliever Billy Wagner.
  13. WOW ,what a ninth inning !!!....Thank God we traded for Victor Martinez!
  14. Did anyone see the press conference with Ortiz?. I thought he came off very well and the players union guy came off even better According to Weiner, there could be 96 players on the list, not 104 as has been reported. Furthermore, some of those are disputed. The number of confirmed positives is 83, and that includes some players who may have tested positive more than once. And in some cases, the positives could have been triggered by andro, an over-the-counter supplement taken by players. "David does not know if he tested positive," Weiner said, "or what he tested positive for. We did not tell him he tested positive. ... His reputation has been called into question. He does not know specifically why. And he can't get the information that would allow him to offer a full explanation." To me what everyone should be more concerned with is that the U.S. government raided the labs and offices and broke the 4th amendment.
  15. Sean McAdam on the Comcast Sports Network Baseball show tonight said that The Boston Red Sox offered The Blue Jays Clay Bucholz,Mike Bowden,Lars Anderson,Masterson,Hagadone and some more prospects for Doc Halladay and were turned down by Riccardi !!!!.......Unbelievable!
  16. Unless they send him down to get steady playing time and then bring him up in Sept. , But I don't think they will do that . The Sox are really concerned with Lowell and Varitek being able to play ever day down the stretch. Look for Varitek to go on the DL at some point , the guy has an injured neck and Beckett couldn't believe he started the game when he pitched.
  17. Financially it was a wash the Sox added 1 million in the deal so basically its 2 million a player also Kotchman has arbitration for the next 2 years and the Sox love that he has a good OBP. I wouldn't be surprised to see him next year at first on a daily basis with Youk at 3rd and Lowell being the platoon guy. This deal might be better than you think....Lowell is not gonna get any better, he can barely run.
  18. The Indians are reporting that they want Masterson as a starter, also Carfado said that the key of the trade is Hagadone who is coming off Tommy John surgery BUT who had advanced to the #3 prospect in the Sox organization!
  19. Well Nick Carfado (Boston Globe) said that Bobby Cox was not happy with Kotchmans lack of power.
  20. On NESN they (Maz,Buckley) said that Kotchman will accept being a role player more so than LaRoche?.I don't know that remains to be seen. Also of note they said that the Sox have been enamored of Kotchman for a long time ya know Theos Man Crush syndrome (remember Lugo)
  21. They traded LaRoche for Casey Kotchman
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