tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2418224069645958993..comments2024-03-28T20:43:56.857-05:00Comments on Althouse: Wow! This WaPo front-page squib for Paul Kantner irks me.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34520003607588701502016-01-31T12:21:59.480-06:002016-01-31T12:21:59.480-06:00Do you live at The Rigby?Do you live at The Rigby?Char Char Binks, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10649888089413308406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74827405980799742942016-01-30T02:05:43.613-06:002016-01-30T02:05:43.613-06:00Laslo asked: What Boomer has to Die before you say...Laslo asked: What Boomer has to Die before you say it is all, finally, over?<br /><br />His/her own each, duh!chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91661719287950380902016-01-30T01:37:51.411-06:002016-01-30T01:37:51.411-06:00We Built This City is a great song. Though I have...We Built This City is a great song. Though I have no idea who Marconi is, or why he is playing the "Mamba" (do they mean "mambo"?)<br /><br />If you hate it, you're just a dirty hippie looking in the mirror and hating yourself and what you've become. Even though what you wanted to be was a pretty stupid idea in the first place.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865567065778234500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72431987930030665532016-01-29T22:49:36.736-06:002016-01-29T22:49:36.736-06:00I shall not live to see the death of the last big ...I shall not live to see the death of the last big rock star. A melancholy thought. I'll probably live long enough to mourn the passing of David Crosby, but you can't be certain of these things. Wendell Wilkie looked young and vital when he ran against FDR, but, in fact, he had a massive coronary and croaked first......On the bright side , I won't live long enough to see Justin Bieber become the grand old man of the music industry and receive a lifetime achievement award at the Kennedy Center. There's some consolation in that.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78185152925956712302016-01-29T21:39:14.475-06:002016-01-29T21:39:14.475-06:00'TreHammer said... [hush][hide comment]
...<i>'TreHammer said... [hush][hide comment]<br /><br /> "After Bathing at Baxter's" was supposedly based on a time when the band dropped acid together. I don't know who Baxter is/was.</i><br />Never met Baxter, but Owsley was a favorite.<br />FullMoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541560904252155570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51648296722649980192016-01-29T21:19:19.480-06:002016-01-29T21:19:19.480-06:00Laslo Spatula said... [hush][hide comment]
A...<i>Laslo Spatula said... [hush][hide comment]<br /><br /> Ah Honest Question to the Boomers:<br /><br /> What Boomer has to Die before you say it is all, finally, over?<br /><br /> The Dream finally died?<br /><br /> We can bury dirt on the Coffin of the Sixties?<br /><br /> I am Laslo.</i><br />I am not to proud to admit I will be very un-happy if Dylan turns out to be mortal.<br />BTW. The Hells Angel with the knife at Altamont was murdered in San Jose some years back. Chased through a field, if memory serves. <br />FullMoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541560904252155570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47967497456948734972016-01-29T20:58:00.728-06:002016-01-29T20:58:00.728-06:00Hi Laslo - I am one of your greatest fans, keep it...Hi Laslo - I am one of your greatest fans, keep it up. FYI, the Dream died at Altamont. Douglas B. Levenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916420802096618688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22403247739250262272016-01-29T20:34:41.854-06:002016-01-29T20:34:41.854-06:00"After Bathing at Baxter's" was supp..."After Bathing at Baxter's" was supposedly based on a time when the band dropped acid together. I don't know who Baxter is/was.'TreHammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13483897292776483102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61604506563846321402016-01-29T20:31:08.137-06:002016-01-29T20:31:08.137-06:00"Don't blame Paul Kantner for it. He wasn..."Don't blame Paul Kantner for it. He wasn't even in the band Starship, which recorded it. The band wasn't even called Jefferson Starship. And it sure wasn't Jefferson Airplane."<br /><br> my respect for him just went up tenfold. jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/06250384040393259866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75563028798473939982016-01-29T20:23:11.496-06:002016-01-29T20:23:11.496-06:00The Paul Butterfield Blues Band is the sleeper on ...The Paul Butterfield Blues Band is the sleeper on your line up, Ann. Not that it included a lot of slackers.Fabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17991749875348408368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80080784652500912962016-01-29T19:45:35.465-06:002016-01-29T19:45:35.465-06:00Ah Honest Question to the Boomers:
What Boomer ha...Ah Honest Question to the Boomers:<br /><br />What Boomer has to Die before you say it is all, finally, over?<br /><br />The Dream finally died?<br /><br />We can bury dirt on the Coffin of the Sixties?<br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2273014810083407702016-01-29T19:24:49.002-06:002016-01-29T19:24:49.002-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Etiennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463542962653770911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60316190514587983752016-01-29T19:09:08.291-06:002016-01-29T19:09:08.291-06:00To respond to some of the comments above about the...To respond to some of the comments above about the Sixties: it had a great soundtrack, but the plot sucked. Douglas B. Levenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916420802096618688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49886563264617506912016-01-29T19:05:59.161-06:002016-01-29T19:05:59.161-06:00I loved the Jefferson Airplane but then I'm th...I loved the Jefferson Airplane but then I'm the same age as our hostess. For a brief moment in time, they were the best rock band in the United States. Surrealistic Pillow was great but I liked After Bathing at Baxter's even more. "Watch Her Ride" "Ballad of You & Me & Pooneil" "3/5 of a Mile in Ten Seconds" "Won't You Try" "Young Girl Sunday Blues" "Other Side of This Life" - those are the songs I remember and loved the most. RIP Paul. Douglas B. Levenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916420802096618688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58739843959581689212016-01-29T16:32:01.770-06:002016-01-29T16:32:01.770-06:00Blows Against The Empire, Chrome Nun, and Surreali...Blows Against The Empire, Chrome Nun, and Surrealistic Pillow are still on my mix of favorite music. I don't have anything newer than about 1992.hoydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13269690586125378243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10390465040957408062016-01-29T15:35:50.609-06:002016-01-29T15:35:50.609-06:00love johnson --
"Baxter's" was not ...love johnson --<br /><br />"Baxter's" was not a live album.<br />Will Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01697259400752147065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78079617366099186152016-01-29T15:32:46.648-06:002016-01-29T15:32:46.648-06:00Why would you reference a 1980s song — a song many...<i>Why would you reference a 1980s song — a song many people loathe — from a later iteration of the band that didn't even include Paul Kantner?</i><br /><br />Because the target audience for the news isn't old people?<br /><br />(I kid.<br /><br />A little.)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88263157785183136072016-01-29T14:29:20.252-06:002016-01-29T14:29:20.252-06:00"Much of it worked, much of it didn't.&qu..."Much of it worked, much of it didn't."<br /><br />"Not a revolution, but progress."<br /><br />A voice of sanity from the '60s.<br /><br />A great Michael Douglas film, "The Game," uses "White Rabbit," both in the film and in closing, appropriately, I think. The first time to reference fear of the unknown, and in closing, the promise of the unknown. It works.<br /><br />RIP, Mr. Kantner.<br />Paul Snivelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08176093036690144698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66845525970650835742016-01-29T14:21:43.474-06:002016-01-29T14:21:43.474-06:00"The Jefferson Airplane was one of the greate..."The Jefferson Airplane was one of the greatest manifestations of the 1960s." This says a lot about that decade.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00505631054204611033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73030073119478321152016-01-29T14:07:41.411-06:002016-01-29T14:07:41.411-06:00I bought the one Starship album with the kid chasi...I bought the one Starship album with the kid chasing the flying saucer or whatever and liked it. Can't think of a single 60s band I like much at all though. Well, a few that maybe started in the 60s. Maybe you had to have been there. <br /><br /><br />Okay, I adored Herb Aloert. Just saw him this past week, too.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05973774692416760687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33188742383740317582016-01-29T13:51:26.015-06:002016-01-29T13:51:26.015-06:00Paul Kantner did a few 'solo' albums with ...Paul Kantner did a few 'solo' albums with members of Jefferson Airplane that are worth a listen including: Blows Against the Empire [1970] and Baron Von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun [1973]. RIP.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977662030208589392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5419019610662372132016-01-29T13:12:29.361-06:002016-01-29T13:12:29.361-06:00If it wasn't for "Sha Na Na" Woodsto...<i>If it wasn't for "Sha Na Na" Woodstock would just be remembered now as some place where hypocritical hippies played hypocritical music while people took acid and lived in the mud...<br /><br />I am Laslo.</i><br /><br />I thought that's what it was known for. I almost went to Altamont with a friend. Kind of wish I had.<br />Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403113111574246294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57551978851474498662016-01-29T12:59:57.981-06:002016-01-29T12:59:57.981-06:00The Airplane were a great live band, a jam band in...The Airplane were a great live band, a jam band in the vein of The Allman Brothers. If you listen to them live, from Gracie's first show in 1966 to Monterey in 1967 to Woodstock in 1969, they went from a folksy band to a rock-jam band. Much of it was LSD induced, so you never knew what you would get....but when they were on, they were on. <br /><br />Many say "After Bathing at Baxter's" is their favorite JA live recording....mine is the re-issue of their whole Woodstock set, it's incredible.love johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228672941613202104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19613160912790466152016-01-29T12:46:11.312-06:002016-01-29T12:46:11.312-06:00You have to really be a 'head' to know any...<i>You have to really be a 'head' to know any names in Jefferson beyond the divine Grace.</i><br /><br />Harldy. Jorma Kaukonen (guitar) and Jack Casady(bass) are fairly well-known and still perform as the core of the band Hot Tuna.<br /><br />From Wikipedia, "Hot Tuna began during a hiatus in Jefferson Airplane's touring schedule in early 1969 while Grace Slick was undergoing recovery from throat node surgery that had left her unable to perform."Roger Sweenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734128265493099062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50398923614464043422016-01-29T12:45:20.262-06:002016-01-29T12:45:20.262-06:00Canned Heat
Dr. John
Janis Joplin
Joe Cocker
Santa...Canned Heat<br />Dr. John<br />Janis Joplin<br />Joe Cocker<br />Santana<br />Sha Na Na<br />Sir Douglas Quintet<br />The Buddy Rich Big Band<br />The Moody Blues<br />The Mothers of Invention<br /><br />Quite a list. Too bad. Canned Heat, Mothers of Invention, pretty much all dead now. Joplin, Cocker and Santana would have been pretty spectacular for a single day.<br /><br />lgvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18001474064691931617noreply@blogger.com