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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 10, 2023 17:47:37 GMT -8
I've told this once before, but it's worth telling again. I have a Catholic friend who once told me about a dream he had in which he could hear amazing, angelic-like music.
When he woke, it was out of his realm to describe it or even remember it plainly. But you know what? I believe him. I don't believe 99% of the bullshit coming out of people's mouths. But I not only believe this guy but I believe he did tune into something special, for reasons we can't understand.
And this was not in the context of him trying to be "special," which is one reason I gave him credence. And by the way, they make good music too:
There is music that lifts our sights to the heavens. And there is music (75% of rock-n-roll) whose purpose is to wallow in the gutter. It's about sex, drugs, beastliness, crud, and not taking a bath in weeks and calling that "natural."
Having in recent years re-discovered the pleasures of classical music, Sinatra-era music, and even some quality jazz, it's given me a new perspective on rock-n-roll. I think rock-n-roll is a horrid form of music. You'll not find heaven in it. But you sure as hell might find hell. This could be apocryphal, but commonly attributed to Frank Sinatra is the quote:
Hell, when all was said and done, the music that Elvis liked to do best was gospel music. Now, you can name fifty songs from the 60's or 70's that I would agree are great songs where "brutal and ugly" doesn't apply. But mostly it does apply.
That's not to say that it is illegitimate to give expression to our baser instincts. But there's much to be said for angel choirs, Sinatra-and-strings, and just music that deepens you instead of deafens you.
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Post by artraveler on Sept 10, 2023 18:28:55 GMT -8
even some quality jazz Getting in my way back machine. In 1966 I went with a friend to New Orleans. he was a trumpet player and our first stop was Dan's Pier 600 on bourbon Street. Al Hirt was a regular there As a jazz club it was small and intimate, people were packed in. In those days smoking indoors was not only legal but almost required in places like Dans. Jazz especially N.O. jazz is music you have to feel as it is done. I have a couple of vintage Al Hirt albums from the 60s that I still play when I wax nostalgic. A lot of great musicians came out of the N.O. jazz era or took took jazz to new levels in Chicago, Kansas City, and New York Harlem. However, don't forget Sturgeon's Law, 90% of everything is crap. |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 11, 2023 11:08:13 GMT -8
This is a fairly short video by Louis. But he is talking about a very fundamental issue here. And that issue, frankly, is about the assholes running corporations these days:
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Post by kungfuzu on Sept 11, 2023 12:10:25 GMT -8
It has been many years since I bought a new car, but in the old days, the German manufacturers were well know for charging for anything which was not standard on cars in the 1960s, or so. For example, well into the 1990s, if one wanted automatic windows in a car, one had to pay for it. I have been in numerous German cars which had the old-fashioned roll-up-window handles.
On the other end of the spectrum were the Japanese. They sold cars which had boo koo extras, which were included in the base price.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 11, 2023 13:38:04 GMT -8
And they did rather well with that model. I just find it hilarious that BMW would try to make a subscription service out of using the seat warmers that you bought already installed in your car. I really do think there are legions of junior executives who come up with these ideas who should be taken outside and publicly flogged.
These assholes would charge us a subscription fee for turning left if they could. The overturning of traditional morals usually instilled via traditional religion, and replacing them with atheistic-materialism, is showing more in more in the douchbags who are running all facets of the West. They are soulless machines.
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Post by artraveler on Sept 11, 2023 13:52:41 GMT -8
These assholes would charge us a subscription fee for turning left if they could No they would only charge for right turns.  |
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Post by kungfuzu on Sept 11, 2023 13:56:43 GMT -8
It seems to me they are taking this model from the computer software giants.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 11, 2023 15:50:22 GMT -8
Oh my FG. That's the hardest I've laughed all day. I walked right into that...or drove. Rimshot. A big one.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 11, 2023 15:51:59 GMT -8
Without a doubt.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jan 9, 2024 19:28:25 GMT -8
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 9, 2024 20:46:41 GMT -8
An interesting article. I enjoyed the history, but at the end of the piece the author is fooling himself or trying to fool us. Frankly, it smacks of the typical conservative writer's disease of thinking that by writing a piece he is actually down in the trenches working for change. He writes,
Tyrrell is absolutely correct. He and Reagan failed big time. When I moved away from the USA in 1977, there was no such thing as political correctness. I never heard the term. Yet during my frequent visits to the USA, I clearly recall Political Correctness was already burrowing its way into our culture in the late 1980s, and continuously grew from strength to strength. I admit this surprised me greatly.
Note, Reagan was president from Jan 1981 to Jan 1989. As far as I can determine, Reagan's administration was merely a hiccup in the left's bacchanal toward the total inebriation of the West and therewith its loss of clarity, meaning and direction.
I would say Reagan had two paramount interests: 1) Bring down the U.S.S.R., 2) Cut taxes. To his credit, he did both, but neither had much to do with any "conservative counterculture."
Perhaps Kengor was just flattering Tyrrell for a long and productive career in journalism. I can understand that.
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Post by artraveler on Jan 9, 2024 21:36:18 GMT -8
When I moved away from the USA in 1977, there was no such thing as political correctness The essentials of what would be PC were in place. The intelligence cabal had discovered that lots of things could be hidden under the guise of PC. This was inthe early 70s and it was always with a wink and a nod. Now it has come full out and PC is reserved for everyone except white males. |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jan 10, 2024 7:49:10 GMT -8
I thought the above point was a good one, Mr. Flu. Even way back in the late 70's or early 80's, the true "counterculture" (at least on campus, and likely in many other areas) was conservatism.
Reagan can perhaps be seen as the last gasp of normalcy. Americans, by and large, were still capable of electing decent (and conservative) men for high office.
It's hard to blame Reagan or Tyrrell (or any one individual or organization, including the Republican Party) for losing the culture war. And I do think we need to recognize that we have lost it. It's no longer a war. We are, at best, insurgents.
Alex P. Keaton, as cool as I think he was, had no chance again "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll". When feminism was unleashed, in particular, there was no longer a chance at a conservative culture. When men are marginalized and emasculated (or simply bought off by free and easy sex), there aren't enough Alex P. Keatons to matter. And conservatism inherently borrows upon the masculine virtues.
But there were some conservatives then and they obviously still exist. And at the time, The American Spectator was one of the rallying points. But a magazine stands little chance against the tide of feminism, "sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll," entertainment culture, the state indoctrination centers, and the media.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 10, 2024 9:36:15 GMT -8
Absolutely! The left had been working hard to undermine the country since the 1920s, at the very latest. One of the major reasons I left the USA in 1977 was that as bad as things were then, I figured that the generation ahead of me, i.e. those born toward the end of WWII and the late 1940s, would be coming into power shortly and they would make things even worse.
What specifically surprised me about PC was how it shut down discussion on basis of feelings. One couldn't call out nonsense and lies because of how others might be offended. Everyone had to walk on eggshells. And PC covered all aspects of life, not just politics. It was invidious to the society as a whole. Honesty was abandoned for peace, or at least the hope to avoid being harassed. This was something completely new to me. I never thought Americans would fall for such crap. To have honest discussions, feelings must sometimes be bruised. To solve a problem, one must articulate clearly what the problem is. PC obscures problems intentionally in order to promote and prolong them. PC cut off the majority of honest debates very quickly. Another victim of feminism?
In the end, a major goal of PC was to restrict free speech. Again, I never imagined Americans would fall for this. As a result we now have "hate crimes" i.e. the criminalization of speech and politics. Of course, the ultimate goal has always been tyranny.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 10, 2024 11:13:42 GMT -8
I completely agree. It is equally true to deny the author's statement that they "succeeded mightily."
The point is valid and, in fact, it is part of the reason I decided to the leave the USA. It was clear that the generation which attended university in the 1960s had become infected with leftism and would continue their destruction of traditional America.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jan 10, 2024 13:46:10 GMT -8
The short answer for that is "feelings over standards." The even shorter answer is "feminism." Dennis Prager: Compassion and the Decline of America. To be fair, to honor Timothy the Wise, that's not laid at the door of feminism, per se. But when women (hard feminists or otherwise) write the rules, you get "compassion" at the expense of wisdom or truth. And we can go into a long ying/yang discussion about how both male and female traits are needed. And I'd be the first to say, Of course they are. But when one predominates at the exclusion of the other, you lose the benefits of both. Women are nurturers. Men are law-keepers and law-givers. If you want to pretend this doesn't exist because some women can be good judges and some men are milquetoast washrags, then this is just more dishonesty meant to hide the obvious truth: Women are nurturers and are more feelings-based. Men are more rational and tend to be rule-based. And if women rule the roosts, and the manly virtues are considered "toxic," you'll get just what we're seeing now. As much as I agree with the overall of Dennis Prager, he doesn't state the obvious solution: Don't listen to the "compassionate" women when they want to change the score just to avoid hurt feelings. |
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Post by Brad Nelson on Jan 18, 2024 15:18:08 GMT -8
Fil talking about a reasonably good-looking chubby broad with a nice rack who is a fake.
One of the best comments there is:
There's nothing new in this video so I don't recommend it, per se. But I do like hearing a confirmation of the fakery that is going on with some analysis as well. Fil is straightforward. No problem there. It's just that none of this is particularly new.
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Post by kungfuzu on Jan 18, 2024 16:37:33 GMT -8
As you note, this is nothing new. From the moment talkies came out, overdubbing has been used.
Interestingly, during the heyday of pop music in the 1960s, the U.K. passed some law that musical performances on TV had to be live, or something along those lines. I believe this law was one reason the Beatles released one clip, which I saw on TV as a kid, of them fooling around doing silly things and not strumming guitars and beating drums. I can't recall if the song was Ticket to Ride or Day Tripper.
In the 1980s and 1990s, I would point out to a couple of close friends that supposed "live concerts" by the likes of Janet Jackson or Paula Abdul were no such thing. The music was taped and the girls would come out with heat sets on pretending to sing i.e. mouthing the songs, while jumping, leaping and doing other gymnastic maneuvers on the stage. The phenoms never missed a beat or were out of breath. |
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Post by artraveler on Jan 18, 2024 16:39:35 GMT -8
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Post by artraveler on Jan 18, 2024 16:42:38 GMT -8
And then there is, what were they, Milly Willy?
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