NONKINSENSE

Adventures of an Analog Man in the Digital Universe, with a little help from my friends and relations.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

The Reviews Are IN...

Today's jam was very cool. I knew it was a good jam when we went into a GREAT version of Like a Hurricane (Neil Young). Rob suggested that one. It was good enough to do on stage right then & there! You sounded GREAT on keys tonight! Very impressive!

I hope we can do another Studio project soon. Either a workshop, as Rob suggested or a Slick project. Its just been so crazy lately.


Thanks Ira.

See you soon.

Jeff


Thanks a million! I had a grand old time. Let's do it again!
Gabe

Hi Everyone,

I had a great time too. Sorry I missed an hour of fun. Thanks for putting this together Ira.

Jen


Let's get together and do it again ..." "Go back Jack, do it again..."

Thanks for putting this together, Ira.

Rob

Monday, March 05, 2007

Purim



Everyone,
Five Songs (in appropriate Purim Fashion) for Purim:

1. Magilla Gorilla Theme - The Magilla Gorilla Show

2. Hey Man! - Richard X. Heyman (Album)

3. Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade

4. Raspberry Beret - Prince

5. Apricot Brandy - Rhinoceros

Donny

1-The Stranger-Billy Joel

2-This Masquerade-George Benson

3-Noises-Ian Hunter

4-Loud Music In Cars-Billy Bremner

5-Help The Poor-BB King

Ira


Monday, February 19, 2007

Presidents Day



Excellent. Hail to you, Chief


Most Presidents mentioned in song on this one:


We Didn't Start the Fire-Billy Joel
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea,
Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye"

Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

CHORUS
We didn't start the fire
It was always burning
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the fire
No we didn't light it
But we tried to fight it

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"

Einstein,
James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett,
Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez

CHORUS

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai"

Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball
Starkweather homicide, children of thalidomide

Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia
Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

U-2, Syngman Rhee, Payola and Kennedy
Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo

CHORUS

Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

"Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania
Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex
JFK blown away, what else do I have to say

CHORUS

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock
Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline
Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

"
Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide
Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law
Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore

CHORUS

We didn't start the fire
But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...

Ira,
Getting Five for this one is very difficult without resorting to the AMG. Four out of the five have to do with JFK and Nixon:

1. Abraham, Martin & John - Dion (Lincoln and JFK)

2. He Was a Friend Of Mine - Byrds (JFK)

3. Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt - Jesse Winchester (FDR)

4. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Nixon)

5. Presidential Rag - Arlo Guthrie (Nixon)

Donny


Monday, February 05, 2007

They finally did it.

Damn them all to Hitchings. Posted by Picasa

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Indianapolis-Chicago



Ira,
In fact, the only Indiana song I can think of is R. Dean Taylor's Indiana Wants Me. Sinatra had two songs entitled Chicago: 1. ('that toddlin' town) and 2. ("my kind of town")... DK - LK adds the traditional By The Banks Of The Wabash.

Based on song reference(s) Chicago wins easily:

1- Mary Jane's Last Dance-Tom Petty
She grew up in a Indiana town,

2- Burning-Nick Lowe
We stole a kiss in Indianapolis

3- Sweet Home Chicago-Robert Johnson, various

4- Chicago-Graham Nash

5- Peacefrog-The Doors
Blood on the streets in the town of Chicago

6. Route 66-various
Well it winds from Chicago to L.A.

7. Truckin'-Grateful Dead
Chicago, new york, detroit and its all on the same street.

Friday, February 02, 2007

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007





President's State of the Union speech is on tonight at 9 p.m. We'll be playing the Drinking Game and thinking of you. What's your chosen buzzword?

LB...
Times, like these, I'm glad, I'm working nights.

Freedom is always good to go with.

Others:

Bipartisan

Cooperation

Together

Brave Men and Women in our Military

Strong / Strength

The American People

Partners in Liberty / Freedom

Mission

Completed

Success

Secure / Security

Act now.

As long as I am President

Withdrawal would mean disastrous results

But for generations to come

Hard Decisions

The Will of the American people and those who love freedom.

Thank you and G-d Bless the United States of America...


Ira :
can guarantee the last one (Thank you and God Bless the United States of America).

If I only had to pick one, I would always go with Freedom!

Also good odds on History / Historic.

Ira

I am betting on the word “together”.
MM ....
From the Washington Post -
Ventnor is showing the State of the Union Address on 13 flat-screen televisions and offering food specials all night. But what sounds most promising is the sports bar's State of the Union drinking game. Before the speech, everyone picks a word -- "terrorists," "Iraq" or, if you're feeling brave, "freedom." Every time it passes the president's lips, you get $1 shots. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/washington/20070123_STATEOFUNION.html