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Friday Music: Greta Saves Rock N Roll

by coldwarrior ( 101 Comments › )
Filed under Music, Open thread at January 25th, 2019 - 9:16 am

Like I said a little over a year ago, Greta Van Fleet might just have to save Rock N Roll.

Well…looks like they are.

NEW YORK (AP) — When the members of the rock band Greta Van Fleet put their last touches on their first full-length album, they didn’t celebrate with a round of beers or a fancy dinner. They immediately started working on new songs.

“Once we finished ‘Anthem of the Peaceful Army’ — the very day that we’d OK’d all the mixing — we started writing the next album,” said Jake Kiszka, the band’s guitarist. “If we’re stagnant, it becomes boring.”

The young Michigan rockers whose sound and classic rock look is reminiscent of Led Zeppelin have done the opposite of stagnate in the last 18 months. It’s been more like an explosion, capped by four Grammy Award nominations, including best new artist and best rock album.

Since their April 2017 breakthrough with the song “Highway Tune,” they’ve put out two EPs and their “Anthem of the Peaceful Army” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s rock chart and No. 3 on the all-genre albums chart last year. It has also reached the Top 10 in Canada, Italy and Germany.

They’ve played “Saturday Night Live” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” count Elton John as a fan and have been embraced as the four guys who can save rock ‘n’ roll, a tag they politely decline.

“It’s a silly thing to consider anyone a savior of rock ‘n’ roll. In our opinion, no one king can wear that crown,” said Jake Kiszka, 22. “There’s always someone who carries the torch and takes that into the future and interprets that through their influences.”

Jason Flom, who signed Greta Van Fleet to his Lava Records, said there’s nothing calculated about the band, saying they make music because it’s what they were born to do: “It’s almost like they were sent in a time capsule to save rock ‘n’ roll,” he said. “They wouldn’t say that, but I will.”

The Fall of Dictators

by coldwarrior ( 133 Comments › )
Filed under Economy, Military, Open thread, Venezuela at January 23rd, 2019 - 8:37 am

There is a critical error that most dictators make right before they meet the stout hemp rope and the tall tree, this critical error is not paying the military.

Say good-bye to Maduro:

Retired Maj. Gen. Cliver Alcala, a one-time aide to Chavez and now in exile, said the opposition’s newfound momentum has reverberated with the military’s lower ranks, many of whom are suffering the same hardships as regular Venezuelan families.

I am absolutely certain that right now, especially younger troops are asking themselves whether Maduro is their commander in chief or a usurper,” Alcala said. “As we say in the barracks, hunger is the only thing that can devour fear of the government.”

Trump can have this issue resolved with just the right small nudge at just the right time…

Tales from the Road #1

by coldwarrior ( 91 Comments › )
Filed under Open thread, Tales from the road at January 21st, 2019 - 10:56 pm

And why not, half the time I’m on the road. Why not some tales.

So, Tales #1…

It’s god damned hard core Viking Death Wish cold. 0F, blowing snow and arctic. The windchill is -15F below here in NW PA.

The drive to was going to be ice and cold, get the Benz warmed up, put on some Dead and have a AJ Fernandez New World, ease into the never-ending unpredictability that is my assignment in the only ER/Trauma out in the stix. A shark-Caddie would not function well if at all in this environment, nor would the Miata. A butt-warmer in a fast, well-shod German SUV is never a bad thing. The 520HP AMG AWD package doesn’t hurt either. A fast Teutonic war-chariot would be needed, indeed. The beast is fast from 0-60, but, it is brain-bendingly fast from 70-120mph…and that is where it counts. It passes the $20 bill test.

I knew that I was headed out to the stix again, I could feel it in my bones. My last assignment was as an assassin, I don’t relish those; write reports, recommend firing for failure,. I did it in my past life. The boss wanted me back in the field after the massacre to clear the blood and and get back to what I like. I’m still doing the paper work of the assassinations. For some reason, corporate thinks it’s easier to send a guy to assassinate…sexist? I think so. The incompetent had to go.

So, I get to back to a non-descript ER in NW PA. I had a great pie and a beer here .

Last time I was here, I had the single most terrifying hour of my ER life. TNK given for back to back STEMIs and there were no helicopters flying…and I had two Students with me…

Sunday Night Open

by lobo91 ( 106 Comments › )
Filed under Open thread at January 20th, 2019 - 10:19 pm

Looks like the previous thread gave up the ghost, so here’s a fresh one.

 

Enjoy!


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