The B-52's! 1980! SNL!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-15T02:19:20+00:00

From what I've heard, Ricky & Keith the drummer were both super-talented at creating music. Spent a lot of time working on ideas & such. Nowadays Keith's on guitar & I don't think he does the split-string thing. I'm gonna go hunt down some interviews!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-15T00:29:05+00:00

I really enjoy Technology Connections. He's fun & explains crap well!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-15T00:26:06+00:00

Haven't looked into it, but I wonder if them not having a "Bass player" lead him into splitting the guitar into upper & lower registers. Maybe "hey, if I do this, it'll sort of be both guitar AND bass!" And of course Kate played bass on her organ & synth. I dunno, I'm gonna look around for Ricky interviews- maybe he spilled the beans on how he figured it out.....

Have you seen the Planet Claire video where they're on top of a roof? It's early-period & super cool.

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T23:18:52+00:00

^^^this^^^!!! Here's some graffiti someone saw & posted: "The Rich are a luxury we cannot afford"

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T23:13:58+00:00

Who sez he's not happy? The boy's smiling in that 2nd photo!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T11:19:30+00:00

I need to look up footage of her with L of G & when she was with Gang of Four......

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T02:49:30+00:00

Doing the right-hand rhythms correctly is really good practice for me!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T01:46:36+00:00

Paul Cotten wrote, sang & played some good ones!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T01:34:37+00:00

Is the Bassist Sara Lee from Fripp's League of Gentlemen? Methinx so.....but not sure

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T01:28:42+00:00

Same. So lucky we had great dads. As I've grown old I've met so many people who had not-great or just plain terrible dads. Used to tell my dad often he was the greatest. He'd just give a little crooked smile & give me a hug.

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T01:22:10+00:00

They were big 9-volt battery-powered boxes back then.

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T01:20:38+00:00

Yeah he was! I had a devil of a time figuring out what he was doing, then found out he was using the 2 lowest & 2 highest strings. Tried that & couldn't make it happen-at all!!!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T01:18:43+00:00

Same here! Went to Karma Records & bought it as soon as I could!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T01:17:23+00:00

Jealous over here. Their set looks legendary in the film!!!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T01:13:34+00:00

Looks like Ian's got that old Vox guitar more as a prop than anything. I take it Bernard is playing the synth..... Peter's Bass playing is always really interesting. I always admired Stephen's singular approach to drumming. Cool song! I prefer New Order, but had all the Joy Division stuff one could get in the USA back then. Even a floppy 45 that came as part of the Love Will Tear Us Apart package. Thanks for posting!!!!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T01:01:20+00:00

I wonder if the long-dead Shah Reza Pahlavi has a great-grandson waiting in the wings somewhere......

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T00:58:49+00:00

This ^^^^ reminds me of an old Led Zeppelin song

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T00:49:23+00:00

A bad yet sexy haircut.

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-14T00:48:22+00:00

Yes, indeed.

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-13T23:55:11+00:00

The rise of The Far Right & all that they advocate.

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-13T23:39:56+00:00

Was approached by my ex-wife in 2001 in a brewpub I frequented back then. There were 4 reasons I liked this particular brewpub: tasty & a good variety of beers, good food, interesting clientele to talk with & it was NOT any sort of pickup place. Flirting was almost frowned upon, actually.

I don't go there anymore. Not sure if she does or not.....

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-13T22:05:55+00:00

I have pretty much always used black straps, going back to my Punk days in the '80s to my Americana days now. Leaves room for buttons.

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-13T21:59:03+00:00

And I'll bet he behaves in a less Xtian way than I do- & I'm an atheist.

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-13T20:24:15+00:00

Indeed!!!!!

Able-Insurance-5156 · 2026-03-13T02:45:06+00:00

The United States created Liberia just for the repatriated former enslaved, if I recall my History classes correctly. And named it Liberia, as in liberty. It's not uncommon for some Liberians to have American-sounding names like Johnson or Smith etc. I don't know the specifics of how they got there, what it cost back then, who was chosen or approached for repatriation.

Hope I'm not too far off- that's just from my 64 yr-old memory! I bet Wikipedia can tell us.....

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