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  1. Hi Shadecatcher,

    Michael Moore isn't on my list of favorites either, but you're right about Fahrenheit 9/11. I loved when he stood out in front of Congress asking these elected officials to drag their 'little snowflakes' out of their East coast Ivy League dorms to go to Iraq.

    He nailed it is right. Thanks for posting this.

    I was just talking to a woman the other day who said her 23 yr old is being deployed by the end of March. That's like NOW.

    Sorry to be a hijacker of this thread..stepping off my soapbox now.

    :)

    Hi Planted. Thank you for the comments. I found Capitalism the stronger film but Fahrenheit 9/11 is very provocative. I liked when he intercepted congressmen on the street as well. In Capitalism he ropes off the stock exchange with crime scene tape. That about says it all. Back in 2005 I was working in NYC and met a woman from Spanish Harlem. She said her son, who was head hunted by the military in high school was being bombarded with phone calls every morning from the Army to ensure he was still going to turn up for duty. After the recruiters promised his parents that he'd never be deployed to a war zone because he was the family's only son, he was on his way to Iraq. The gov could always depend on filling their ranks with young men and women from economically depressed areas with Ivy Leaguers left untouched. But that began to change back in 2005 as more Spanish Harlem mothers and many others began to speak out. It is an injustice.

  2. We have loads of cooking shows here. Masterchef is great ( amateurs and professionals) - google it. Ramsey is a twat.A bully in the kitchen. I do have one or 2 of his books which are pretty good, jamie Oliver is OK . Nigella Lawson is on for the old "fanarr fanarr" double entendre brigade, can't stand the woman. But the ones I really hate are, say an unknown ex model. Stick thin and is eye candy for the dads. She will make a cake which would equate to 1000 calories a slice. Use 10 eggs, a bucket of cream and 4 lbs chocolate. " eeemmmmm my favourite, the dolly would say" She erotically slices a wedge and just as it goes in the trap - yep you guessed it the film cuts to a shop in London selling Parma hams. Yes she NEVER eats anything she makes and has a fixed grin as she makes her gut busting recipes from a kitchen which can only be dreamed about.

    See the trouble in this country being so small (in comparison) is that most foodie shows are based in London and consequently most, but not all, books have recepies with ingriedients so alien to 99% of the population, that they are pretty much a waste of paper. I mean you will hear and read things like - 50 grams or Granada Jambon or 5ml of latvian rosewater or the like. And of course when the "busy all the time" fat Lawson trawls round her deli in Chelsea you know you will never cook anything from her smug written book. She did a programme based on meals in a hurry or healthy dinners whilst you work that sort of thing. She would patronise you by saying "when you have a busy schedule or you work 50 hours a week, I know when time is tight" Yeah right Jumbo, you happen to be married to one of the richest men in the country and have servants and nannies and live in house in the most exclusive part of the Capital. Funny though when they do her TV shows, the kitchen is usually "borrowed" and filmed on location in another house which is bigger than the village I live in.

    Maybe I should do a foodie show to showcase what 90% of the population eats. Firstly pick up the phone. Order a number 12 with a 16 and 28 or open the packet, put in the microwave, wait for a ring sound. Stir and eat

    Well said - laughing away at your comments, Chill. I think the most creative meals are what you make with bits and leftovers. It's fun to cook something more exotic sometimes and shop the ethnic markets for ingredients, but if you don't live in a big city that's difficult. Wonder what Nigella can do with beans on toast? I've never seen her with a jar of Marmite either, so how British can she be?

  3. I find to believe that people feel sorry for Audrey... she got to fly with Zeppelin on their last tour... that must of been the most amazing experience....i know anyone on this forum would love to have that chance, & the fact that she told us that JpJ called her a home wrecker shows that she's up front... & it wasn't all fun & games... and gives us an idea, of the dark atmosphere that surounded the 77 tour.... thank you for your insight Audrey,

    I'm willing to bet there are quite a few people here like me who have zero interest in traveling with a band, LZ or not, whether back in the 70s or today.

  4. The best example of this in my opinion is Pamela Des Barres who until this day lives off these guys' fame. Even in her sixties she is still convinced that her relationship with Page was something very special, I think he called her a bimbo or something like that, but I'm not sure. In my opinion, she is a bit delusional.

    It seems there are more than a few making their living off of former liaisons. The one that made me feel a real twinge of pity was the very young girl who said she was "kidnapped" by a bodyguard.

  5. The first part is an excuse - "that's the way it is." Bullshit. They could abstain - the fault is on them, not the business.

    Isn't it a judgment to say that people are "pathetic"?

    I don't think it's an excuse, and no need to lay blame either: people are going to do what they want to do. Each person chose whether to be on the bus or not. The atmosphere, era and availability didn't compel anyone to do anything they didn't want to do. To expect anyone else to do as we would do or not seems fruitless to me. We are talking about adults here with free will.

    Pathetic, sad: yes, IMO. What would you call someone who needs to glom on to someone in the limelight to validate their existence? The girls who were just having some fun now and again and didn't take it seriously as the guys, but the ones that lived to be with a guy in a band had something else going on in their heads me thinks, and struck me then and now as sad.

  6. I watched a cooking show online, does that count?

    I've decided I'm going completely online TV and Netflix, ditching cable tv. There is practically nothing on worth watching on the standard network channels anymore and cable is extremely expensive here not to mention pretty much a monopoly price wise. So I'm watching home shows back to back to get my fill of what has become mostly uninteresting so I won't miss it a bit when my cable ends April 19.

    Oh and I love cooking shows online. What's your favourite?

  7. yes, they did choose to do what they did, i was just saying that it isn't something the everyday person has been exposed to - the fame and all that comes with it.

    just trying not to judge either side, i s'pose :)

    There's a saying that has been around a long time, "what goes on the road, stays on the road". I've been around enough musicians in my life to see what goes on and what doesn't. If you are in a serious relationship with one you know the routine from day one and you either deal with it or not. Not saying it's good, bad or indifferent, just that is the way it is. The problem comes when road girls think they are serious partners in those relationships.

    I've always felt sad for the girls that glommed onto anyone of profile because it's rather pathetic that they have nothing better to do than to follow some guy around in the hopes of a little attention. Not judging, each to his own. I think generally when the guys get older and realize how sad the girls are, they get past the groupie thing, maybe realize they might be doing some damage. I don't know one musician who didn't indulge back in the day but now that they are older there too many other interesting things going on to be bothered with that scene. I'd be suspicious of anyone that carries on with road antics for very long - makes me think they either suffer from a lack of either self-esteem or can't have a serious private relationship.

  8. How uplifting to hear of all the sunshine some folks here are basking in. As for what is going on outside my window, that Texas low that has parts of the midwest under snow has moved northeast. Giant soppy snowflakes have surrounded my little car and have me wondering if I'm out of salt again. I'll take snow over the sheer ice that was my parking spot. We're sick of the snowstorms already and we've only had little ones compared to New England.

  9. American Masters Sister Rosetta Tharpe last night. Wow, she was quite the guitarist and singer. Interesting how she influenced so many who would follow in R&R including Presley. In '64 she toured England with Muddy Waters for a folk, blues and gospel caravan tour. Footage of the train station performance near Manchester with the audience on one side of the tracks and performers on the other was the most unusual setting for a concert I've ever seen.

  10. post-18747-0-14326600-1360433391_thumb.jSo loveable....

    Funny but in reality, bears are not lovable when they invade your campsite in the middle of the night. Ground vibration from the bear's heavy weight announced its arrival. Then grunting sniffs down the side of our tent (my side of course), the trashing of a neighbour's dinner party (they retreated to their car), and the slapping of another neighbour's trailer with its powerful paws (screams in the night). After surviving that night we were told it was a rare treat to see the "shy" rattlesnakes sunbathe on a granite outcrop. I called it something else and packed the car to leave.

  11. The storm we had yesterday (the combo of two low systems) has now moved on to New England to top up the Noreaster you guys had yesterday. What you are in for: about 15 inches of fluffy, blowing soft snow. Today we have bright sunshine and blue skies. Temperatures on the rise and by Monday we'll be well above zero with rain.

  12. Never got my head round those 3 words

    : ) I know, but there is something quite magical about walking in fresh snow especially in a forest. The silence and landscape are very calming. Not that I'm about to move from my desk and book today. Also low pressure systems encourage headaches. Ouch.

  13. It's -8 C/-15 C with wind chill and snowing heavily. About a foot of snow caps everything in my garden, the antenna on my VW has nearly disappeared and no traffic is moving on my street. It would be a good time to escape south, but more than 30% of flights are cancelled. A good day for reading and writing and hot tea.

  14. Hello cm, have no tears, sending sunshine your way. May only be virtual, but perhaps the real thing will come along too!

    Thanks Kate, You have a great attitude. Now if we could only convert that to some sun! :D

    Hi there and thanks, good to see you too.

    Hey, you forgot to say what the weather is like where you are! Do tell. :)

    Oh, rub all that sunshine in : ) It is snowing, big fluffy flakes. Pretty, but not so much when you have to shovel and drive in it.

  15. Catching up on some older Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame DVDs and last night's was the 3 DVD set that covered the Doors, Stones, ZZ Top, Who, Cream etc. in performance. Eddie Vader did a terrific job with Light My Fire. I actually felt Kid Rock fit right in on Sweet Home Alabama and What can you say about Clapton, Bruce and Baker, amazing. Toward the end it was the Jimi Hendrix Experience induction. The "jam" on stage included way too many people crowded together with most doing nothing but there off the the side was Page who took the solo which I didn't find particularly good or bad. Just me maybe?

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