३० जानेवारी, २०१७

"When we found this house, it became, like, the clubhouse, where guys would go every day and hang out... like a street gang."

"And it was a place to go, like a workshop... And this had been a dream of mine: If we could only have the clubhouse, where we could go every day, and we could lock ourselves away from the world and create something that we are meant to do, that we are on a mission to do."

I'll leave that quote unattributed for while. I didn't transcribe it to make a guessing game, but apart from the context, it's some fascinating psychology, perhaps distinctly masculine.

ADDED: Meade read this post and, without reading any comments, immediately gave the right answer: "He's talking about Big Pink."

Earnest Prole, at 7:30 a.m., gives a wrong answer that I believe is a humorous way to reveal he knows the right answer:
Obviously you’re referring to Hell House, an old cabin with a tin roof located in the Florida woods where the band One Percent wrote and perfected their music in the blazing Southern heat. You may know One Percent as the band later called Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sadly, Hell House and Lynyrd Skynyrd took the night train to the big adios, as we all shortly will.
3 minutes later, perhaps taking Earnest Prole's comments as a prompt, Amadeus 48 spells out the correct answer:
Robbie Robertson talking about "The Band" and music from Big Pink?
Here's Robbie Robertson on the Marc Maron podcast that went up this morning.

३१ टिप्पण्या:

PB म्हणाले...

I don't see why this would be a solely masculine desire. I notice women tend to hang out together, too.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

It's the Gang as a force multiplier, complete with a leader you can follow. That is a tribal instinct. Of course girls who want to can be a part of our gang as the junior support team.

Otto म्हणाले...

Discussing something out of context leads to just venting and no intellectual conversation. We call that rabble rousing. Next thread.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Women always sue to get in.

MayBee म्हणाले...

I'm guessing this is Jon Favreau, Ben Rhodes, and Tommy Vietor in 2009.

Danno म्हणाले...

It brought Spanky and Alfalfa to mind for me.

Robert Cook म्हणाले...

"Robert, this is a yes or no question.

"Is the United States entitled to control entry and exit of foreigners to its territory?"


There are few true "yes or no" questions, so I won't adhere to your condition.

Any nation has a right to control ingress and egress of people across is borders. However, whatever decision any nation makes as to how it will control such to-and-fro movement is their decision, and how they pay for implementing their decided upon solution is their responsibility.

If Trump has decided the USA will build a wall along the Mexican border, then it is the USA's responsibility to pay for the wall, and in no way is it Mexico's obligation to contribute one cent toward the wall.

Tommy Duncan म्हणाले...

Barack Obama and the Choom Gang?

David म्हणाले...

Santa Claus?

Bob Boyd म्हणाले...

We found this Althouse, where we could go every day and hang out...like a street gang.

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...

Guys have clubhouses.

Girls have the ladies room.

Bob Ellison म्हणाले...

Robert Cook, interesting that you jumped from one thread to another to answer a question.

Yes, the USA might pay for the wall. The USA might extract monies for it from Mexico, though.

This is not a moral question at all. You seem to want to see it that way.

It's a money question.

Bad Lieutenant म्हणाले...

Robert, what were you afraid of? You gave me the answer I wanted in the first sentence of your second paragraph. I'm driving now so we'll proceed later.

Bad Lieutenant म्हणाले...

Bob, I asked Robert that question on another thread, I presume he got mixed up.

Humperdink म्हणाले...

A college fraternity for the nerd set.

Earnest Prole म्हणाले...

Obviously you’re referring to Hell House, an old cabin with a tin roof located in the Florida woods where the band One Percent wrote and perfected their music in the blazing Southern heat. You may know One Percent as the band later called Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sadly, Hell House and Lynyrd Skynyrd took the night train to the big adios, as we all shortly will.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

"I don't see why this would be a solely masculine desire. I notice women tend to hang out together, too."

Hanging out together is only one element. There's the idea of the clubhouse as a place where you can find your true mission and where it is possible to do the kind of work that really matters, that is the true meaning of your life, which you find in the bonding with your gang.

Amadeus 48 म्हणाले...

Robbie Robertson talking about "The Band" and music from Big Pink?

AllenS म्हणाले...

When I was a kid, we called them "forts". Usually in a tree.

Bob Ellison म्हणाले...

I'd like to hang out with people who don't want to hang out.

Earnest Prole म्हणाले...

"I had this yearning to find a clubhouse, a workshop place where we could make music and never disturb anybody, very isolated."

SayAahh म्हणाले...

Groucho disdained club houses.

Earnest Prole म्हणाले...

What's sad is that he talked about Shangri-La the same way.

Xmas म्हणाले...

"Makers"?

Kate म्हणाले...

Oppenheimer, is that you?

My other guess is Louisa May Alcott. But she was always on the boy-sy side.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Guys owning airplanes hang out at the airport every weekend.

Lustre Donor म्हणाले...

The Fight Club?

David म्हणाले...

Big Pink? Boy am I out of touch. Who dat?

Henry म्हणाले...

It's rentable!

BudBrown म्हणाले...

Parris Island?

TML म्हणाले...

C'mon! How did Meade know that? I'm listening to the entire album now. It's great. Spotify Family Premium has its advantages.