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bedsitter23) wrote2013-05-21 05:05 pm
bedsitter23) wrote2013-05-21 05:05 pm
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Today's news
I probably should make some mention of Ray Manzarek's passing. Cliche as it is, I think the Doors were amazing.
It was last month, CBS Sunday morning had on John Densmore and although it is hardly news, hearing Densmore talk about Jim Morrison's anti-commericalism bent and the band's democracy (every member has a veto, which sounds great, but can be problematic when you want to sell a song to Budweiser for loads of money or you want to tour with Ian Astbury and call yourself The Doors).
Manzarek besides being a great keyboardist and a great writer ( I always heard it was Manzarek's jazz riff that propelled the Doors biggest hit "Light My Fire") also produced X's first 4 albums (which are brilliant0 and produced or performed with Echo & the Bunnymen, Iggy Pop, and Philip Glass.
Still, for the day's news, I am going to go with the story of WWE's Kane that is going around that he is going to run against Lamar Alexander for Lamar's Senate seat. Kane is a noted Libertarian and would (I guess there's a word for this now) "primary" Lamar running as an alternative to the former governor.
That Kane
Which is less ridiculous than it sounds. Kane has been a vocal Ron Paul supporter for going on a decade.
He's made a recent attempt to debate Tennessee's Lt Governor over tax policy on internet sales.
Alexander meanwhile has been an easy target for fiscal conservatives, scoring 68% from the Club of Growth, and supporting (unpopular with Tea Party groups) issues like the Wall Street Bailout and expanding medicare.
Kane meanwhile burned down his childhood home and killed his parents, chased after wrestling superstar Lita, impregnating her and causing her to misscarriage, killed another girlfriend in a car accident, chokeslammed Pete Rose on countless occasions.and caused a lot of dental pain as Isaac Yankem DDS.
Sadly, Bleacher Report concludes the rumor is just that, and that Kane does not intend to run, which is a shame, because that would have been awesome.
That said, he did say he's not running "at this time", which gives some hope we still could see the Big Red Machine and the Red Plaid Governor.
It was last month, CBS Sunday morning had on John Densmore and although it is hardly news, hearing Densmore talk about Jim Morrison's anti-commericalism bent and the band's democracy (every member has a veto, which sounds great, but can be problematic when you want to sell a song to Budweiser for loads of money or you want to tour with Ian Astbury and call yourself The Doors).
Manzarek besides being a great keyboardist and a great writer ( I always heard it was Manzarek's jazz riff that propelled the Doors biggest hit "Light My Fire") also produced X's first 4 albums (which are brilliant0 and produced or performed with Echo & the Bunnymen, Iggy Pop, and Philip Glass.
Still, for the day's news, I am going to go with the story of WWE's Kane that is going around that he is going to run against Lamar Alexander for Lamar's Senate seat. Kane is a noted Libertarian and would (I guess there's a word for this now) "primary" Lamar running as an alternative to the former governor.
That Kane
Which is less ridiculous than it sounds. Kane has been a vocal Ron Paul supporter for going on a decade.
He's made a recent attempt to debate Tennessee's Lt Governor over tax policy on internet sales.
Alexander meanwhile has been an easy target for fiscal conservatives, scoring 68% from the Club of Growth, and supporting (unpopular with Tea Party groups) issues like the Wall Street Bailout and expanding medicare.
Kane meanwhile burned down his childhood home and killed his parents, chased after wrestling superstar Lita, impregnating her and causing her to misscarriage, killed another girlfriend in a car accident, chokeslammed Pete Rose on countless occasions.and caused a lot of dental pain as Isaac Yankem DDS.
Sadly, Bleacher Report concludes the rumor is just that, and that Kane does not intend to run, which is a shame, because that would have been awesome.
That said, he did say he's not running "at this time", which gives some hope we still could see the Big Red Machine and the Red Plaid Governor.
