I think you will like it. Starts with Iggy Pop interview and talks about MC5, The Slits, New York Dolls and other punk acts from the 70's that i can't quite remember. Then it moves on to the Ramones, Sex Pistols etc. The interview with Johnny Rotten is gold. And a lot of backhanders to Malcolm McLaren.
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Iggy Pop and The Stooges at Bluesfest last year was one of the best gigs I have ever seen. 90 straight balls-out (not literally this time) minutes from go to woah. The day before he turned 72. Legend.
I've never heard of this but will check it out. Have you seen Free Solo?
I'm a couple of eps in to The Plot Against America, another in the reimagined history genre (invented? popularised? by Tarantino). It what-ifs an America where Charles Lindberg runs for president (and wins) against FDR on a platform to keep America out of WW2. Obvious Trump allegory but so far a good watch.
That's a shame. It would be a tremendous record for when the worm finally turns but I get it would be a huge distraction.
Gave it a viewing, Johnny Lydon as always the best value. Geez he’s filled out though.
started The Last Dance last night. Not a basketball fan and knew very little about the Bulls.
It was weird. I kept drawing analogies between Dusty and MJ,
and I started to get melancholy imagining dusty sitting in a big white leather chair in a white mansion on the Gold Coast, talking about his career in the passed tense.
is it fair to say that Scotty Pippin isn't very bright?
Either that or his manager was a total crook, signing a 7 year chicken feed deal?
It was weird. I kept drawing analogies between Dusty and MJ,
and I started to get melancholy imagining dusty sitting in a big white leather chair in a white mansion on the Gold Coast, talking about his career in the passed tense.
is it fair to say that Scotty Pippin isn't very bright?
Either that or his manager was a total crook, signing a 7 year chicken feed deal?
yeah I reckon.
I was trying to make a footy analogy for Pippin.
do you reckon he was to MJ what Roughy was to Buddy?
Jon Browns Alistair Lynch?
yeah that was my take.
I always said I would have had Roughy at Richmond before Buddy though.
I dont watch any tv apart from the footy.
I signed up to Netflix & watched Sunderland till I die, really enjoyed season 1, season 2 not so much.
Anyone think of Gill the Dill when they see / hear Charlie Methven ?, couldn't stand the bloke, maybe thats why I didn't enjoy season 2
I signed up to Netflix & watched Sunderland till I die, really enjoyed season 1, season 2 not so much.
Anyone think of Gill the Dill when they see / hear Charlie Methven ?, couldn't stand the bloke, maybe thats why I didn't enjoy season 2
Neither - Pippen had a big extended family to support and really needed the security of a long term deal. No-one really knew that the NBA and salaries would really take off like they did - remember the NBA actually boomed largely because of Michael Jordan. He became a global phenomenon of a size that we've never really seen since.
In hindsight Pippin seems like a *smile*, but the Bulls were kind of harsh not to consider renegotiating. A contract is a contract but it really cost them in terms of team harmony with Pippin sitting out and nearly leaving.
Could be Richo. I remember the owner saying "if you sign a contract don't come back into my office until it's due to expire".
He had to look after his family - his dad and brother were both in wheelchairs - so he needed the security of a long term deal. So considering the circumstances it was a dog act by the Bulls not to re-negotiate.
Worth a read if you want to understand the Pippen contract story
www.cbssports.com
Scottie Pippen contract explained: How the Bulls managed to sign Hall of Famer for pennies on the dollar
Pippen was the sixth-highest paid Bull and the 122nd highest-paid NBA player
Worth a read if you want to understand the Pippen contract story
Scottie Pippen contract explained: How the Bulls managed to sign Hall of Famer for pennies on the dollar
Pippen was the sixth-highest paid Bull and the 122nd highest-paid NBA player
interesting read.
I still dont reckon having wheelchair bound family members precludes savvy negotiation.
you could flip that and say he should have gone harder to feed and shoe The Arkansas 11
I reckon all things considered, Scotty and/or his managers *smile* it up royally and then sooked a fair bit.
I dont think 'Chicago Spivs diddle Arkansas hayseed' would be a single-use headline?
Did he ever go the Jason Akermanis (who was relatively underpaid also I believe), and pay per play, or auction memorabilia and stuff?
Worth a read if you want to understand the Pippen contract story
Scottie Pippen contract explained: How the Bulls managed to sign Hall of Famer for pennies on the dollar
Pippen was the sixth-highest paid Bull and the 122nd highest-paid NBA player
yeah, good article. My reading is that yes, Pippen took a bad deal too early. But the Bulls were pricks about it.
Anyway he ended up with 130mill after his career ended so don't feel too sorry for him.
The Man in the High Castle is a good historical counterfactual - the Axis powers win WWII and Japan and Germany split the US down the middle - ze Germans on the east and the Japanese take the west. The book by Philip K *smile* is great, but the TV series is pretty good too. Until the last series which loses it a bit.
