"There ain't nobody I'd rather have alongside me in a fight than my mama with a broken bottle in her hand." - Hank Williams, born this day in 1923.
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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"All I had was the will and the love for music. I couldn't read music or write it. No connections, no car, no money, no bankroll, no clothes, no nothing." - Barry White, born this day in 1944.
"“If it wasn’t for independent record stores, I would be a San Fernando valley real estate agent.” - Fat Mike (NOFX)
"Enjoy every sandwich." - Warren Zevon, 18 years gone today.
"This is how you control your domestic population - by making people afraid and by identifying an enemy." - Roger Waters, born this day in 1943.
"About ten years ago, I knew three chords on the guitar. Now, in 1982, I know three chords on the guitar." - Freddie Mercury, born this day in 1946.
"When I was in the Sex Pistols, I listened to Boston. But I couldn't tell anybody, you know. I'd get lynched." - Steve Jones, born this day in 1955.
"We are here because there are things that need our help. Like the planet. Like each other. Like animals. The world is like a garden, and we are its protectors." - B. B. King
"Here's the new recording sensation for you youngsters..."
"What I am trying to get across to you is please take care of yourselves and those that you love because that is what we are here for, that's all we got, and that is all we can take with us. Are you with me?" - Stevie Ray Vaughan, lost this day in 1990.
"Retire? Not on your life. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop." - Peggy Lee
"Drugs are not the way to the light. They won't lead to a fairy-tale life, they lead to suffering." - Layne Staley
"“The way you get a better world is you don't put up with substandard anything.” - Joe Strummer
"It happens to us quite often-it feels as though I'm not playing my instrument, something else is playing it and that same thing is playing all three of our instruments. That's what I mean when I say it's frightening sometimes. Maybe we'll all play the same phrase out of nowhere. It happens very often with us." - Ginger Baker
"I'm trying to get people to see that we are our brother's keeper. Red, white, black, brown, rich or poor, we all have the blues." - B. B. King
"“Do yourself a tremendous favour and go to a record store today. The relatively mild exertion of getting off your fat, computer-shackled ass and venturing out to find the object of your desire, the thrill of moving through actual space and time, through row upon row of records, and the tactile ecstasy of fondling the quested treasure—all this will enrich you for the rest of your life." - Grinderman (Nick Cave)
I love how J Mascis doesn't so much play a song as he totally assaults it.
@Mather - The basketball deed is done. I'm on to the volleyball. I've gone Ministry 'Psalm 69'. I have chosen very, very wisely.
@Mather - I've gone Parliament/Funkadelic for the basketball finals. How's the In The Flesh Part 2 volleyball montage coming? I'm sure it was received with open arms by your producer.
"What would be great is if everyone who bought a record got a comp ticket to a show." - Gord Downie. RIP Gord. Thanks for everything. -
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