Saturday Video Roundup: Men without…

Howdy folks - time now for yet another episode of Scholars & Rogues’ critically acclaimed Saturday Video Roundup! Today we pay tribute to men, mostly. It’s hard to be a man, especially when there are so many things that a man is without. For example, here are some men without shirts.

The White Album - The Fabs in Autumn…(II)

(Part I Here) It takes a while to drive up to a decent trout stream from where I live. About the time the first side of the cassette ended (sides one and two of The White Album) I stopped at a country store for a diet green tea and a protein snack bar [...]

The White Album -The Fabs in autumn… (I)

Autumn fills me with yearning. Maybe it’s those first twinges of approaching winter - a warm evening begets a frosty morning - that come unexpectedly, as crises or messages from long feared lost loved ones do, when one isn’t expecting them, bringing fear or joy so suddenly that one isn’t able to anticipate [...]

Elvis is king…of his destiny, anyway…and that’s worth a lot….

I saw Elvis Costello two nights ago at (interestingly enough) the Booth Amphitheater in Cary, NC (a suburb of Raleigh). It was an excellent show, and if he’d had a better audience, it would have been a great one.
The amphitheater only holds about 2000, so it was a fairly intimate setting for [...]

Being There…or we knew the bride when she used to marry rockers….

When Tom Snyder asked John Lennon in the famous Tomorrow Show interview why he became a musician and formed a band, Lennon replied slyly, “For the birds, Tom. That’s why every guy does it. To get girls….”
Pattie Boyd was one of the most famous of “the birds….”
Now Boyd has published her [...]

When giants walked the earth…the end of “the age of rock stars…” a personal view…

I think maybe this starts at a Who concert in 1976:
I went to the concert with two musician friends of mine and some women who, for reasons obvious to me at least, shall remain nameless. Toots and the Maytals, one of the great reggae bands, opened the show. In retrospect, they played a nice [...]

Woodstock nation: all that mud made…swine…?

Today is the 38th anniversary of the ending of The Woodstock Music and Art Fair at Bethel, NY.
For all us Boomers who became what Hunter called “The Generation of Swine” and who’ve elected the likes of Thrill Bill and The Decider as OUR POTUSes, time for a little assessment and reflection on what Woodstock [...]

Looking for trouble with Elvis…

Elvis is dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.
There is no doubt that Elvis is dead these thirty years this very day. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.
All that follows may or may not have happened. I’m [...]

Wanna get back to the garden…? Max Yasgur’s farm for sale….

Woodstock is for sale.
Sort of.
Max Yasgur’s farm, made famous by the Joni Mitchell song (which most folks know in the CSNY version) is on the market. Its current owner is tired of fighting the local “powers that be” over use of the property for anniversary concerts.
The figure who’s lost in all this is NY dairy [...]

The social critical school visits S&R on a Friday afternoon…

Production:

Eyeballs to this blog site, please, Britney pregnant, not sure who father is…

Britney Spears is preggers with her third child.
She’s not sure who the father is.
Yes, of course, I understand the implications of this….

2nd most overrated rock star still dead…should we care why…?

People fear death even more than pain. It’s strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah, I guess it is a friend. - Jim Morrison
A new interview with Sam Bernett, close friend of Jim Morrison, in that bastion of serious [...]

The Forgotten Beatle

Dick Cavett: Who’s the greatest drummer in rock?
Ringo: Me.
Dick Cavett: Why’s that, Ringo?
Ringo: Because I’m in the greatest band.
Today, 7/07/07, is special for something much more important than that Live Earth music industry circle jerk (any “rock concert” including the Pussycat Dolls is immediately authenticity bankrupt) posing as a pro-environment direct action. Meanwhile, Sir Paul [...]

Day of Silence for Net radio

Your favorite Internet radio station is probably dark today in observance of a nationwide day of silence.
Day of silence protest hits Net radio
- Stations battle royalty hike
By Cade Metz in San Francisco
Published Friday 22nd June 2007 23:16 GMTOn Tuesday, more than 10,000 U.S. web radio broadcasters will participate in a nationwide “day of silence”, [...]

Daddy don’t go…the sad sagas of Sean and Julian Lennon

The Associated Press reports today that Sean and Julian Lennon, half-brothers and sons of Beatle John Lennon, have reconciled after an 8 year estrangement.
Like you care. But maybe you should.
The Lennon boys’ problems mirror those of a significant part of our society. They’re both boys who grew up without a dad….