“Twist and Shout” was a hit for the Isley Brothers in 1962 and the Beatles in 1964 (recorded in 1963).
Month: March 2023
Glass Onion and The Menu
Glass Onion and The Menu are 2022 films with a lot in common
ensemble casts
big fire at the end (convenient ending for the story)
eccentric rich bad guy
good people who survive the fire
an unexpected guest
mixture of comedy and drama
I recommend both of them
Trump should be banned from social media again
Errol Morris is doing Chipotle ad
Excessive coverage influences news
I never thought I would use Donald Trump and Lamar Jackson in the same sentence – sorry, Lamar.
What they have in common is endless media coverage by TV and radio stations and websites that have time and space to fill. The problem is the coverage influences events.
The excessive coverage of the Lamar Jackson contract situation (when there is very little actual news) has alienated some fans from Lamar and made the rest of us just sick of hearing and reading about it. I think it’s been unhelpful to having a resolution and probably helped both sides to dig in.
Trump is evil but he is an expert at getting attention which the media gladly gives to him. I doubt that he ever would have been nominated in the old days when national TV news was only on for half an hour. I blame the media for helping him – even negative coverage takes up space that could have been used on other candidates and stories.
I watched Babylon (2022)
Babylon looks great but it lasts too long – over three hours. I got tired of orgies, dwarfs, booze, drugs and a guy who ate a rat. There’s too much of this stuff. Brad Pitt gives an excellent understated performance while Margot Robbie is appropriately over the top. Lesser known actors are also excellent – Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo, and Li Jun Li.
This 1929 scene is recreated in Babylon. Brad Pitt’s character is one of the stars.
The Nuggets collections
Nuggets is a series of vinyl and CD collections started by Lenny Kaye in 1972. They are compilations of garage rock and pyschedelic songs from the 1960s, many by one-hit wonders.
Groundbreaking garage rock compilation ‘Nuggets’ turns 50
The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time
Here are some of my favorite songs from the compilations
The Compact Disc turns 40
I bought my firsr CD player and discs in 1984. There was no US disc manufacturing plant yet so my copy of Born in the USA was made in Japan. I like CDs and am not nostalgic for records – I scratched too many and there were some that were defective which you rarely have with CDs.
More on excessive Trump coverage
The Orioles have enough money to keep their young players
A few weeks ago, John Angelos, who runs the Orioles, held up the Rays as his role model. The Rays do not spend a lot of money. Now, we learn that the Orioles were the fourth most profitable team in baseball. They also have one of the lowest payrolls in baseball.
It was obvious that the Orioles were not going to keep Manny Machado in 2018. The team was bad and they didn’t want to spend the money.
The situation now is different. The team is good and they should find a way to lock up players like Adley Rutschman on long-term deals. Other teams have done it with their young stars. It would be terrible for the Orioles to accumulate all this young talent and let it leave. They can afford to keep the players.
Sad! 