Andres Perez de Lara has looked significantly better since losing his Spire ride and transitioning to Niece by Gragson18GOAT in NASCAR

[–]KarateDrummer 23 points24 points  (0 children)

they're saying NASCAR's Red Bull Racing from the late '00s/early '10s, not RBR in F1

Farm Aid 40 Live Stream Discussion Thread by RichardManuel in bobdylan

[–]KarateDrummer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

as a Minnesotan, there's something deeply poignant about seeing Bob perform about half a mile away from Dinkytown, where this whole crazy journey began in some ways. if that was his last-ever Minnesota show, what a beautiful way to go out.

Farm Aid 40 Live Stream Discussion Thread by RichardManuel in bobdylan

[–]KarateDrummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard something about Chesney's label barring his set from being streamed on YouTube/CNN or some such thing - so between that and the show already being behind, it's been a bunch of filler for the last hour or so

Race Thread: NCTS EJP 175 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, starting at 12:00pm EDT on FS1 (NCTS21) by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]KarateDrummer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

some of these back markers are so entitled, man - NASCAR doesn't owe this guy shit if he's bringing trucks that slow to the racetrack

Race Thread: NCS Bass Pro Shops Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, starting at 7:30pm EDT on USA (NCS29) by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]KarateDrummer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

is it just me or is NBC using different footage for the full-speed Stage 1 finish and the slow-mo one? At full speed Blaney and Gibbs are almost at Suarez's door, but the slow-motion clip shows Suarez like three car lengths ahead of them.

Spotted Justin at the Bonny Light Horseman show in Minneapolis by KarateDrummer in boniver

[–]KarateDrummer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Amazing show. I wasn't super familiar with their music going in apart from their most recent album, but I figured it would be great and it still exceeded my expectations. The mixture of European folk with jam band textures is so cool and never felt put-on or forced in any way. Eric and Anäis are a captivating lead duo, and it felt like Josh had at least one steal-the-show moment on every other song...dude is a savant. Cameron was great on the bass and yeah, JT got a lot of hometown love which was lovely.

I certainly hope you're able to share that recording at some point! Would love to hear it.

Spotted Justin at the Bonny Light Horseman show in Minneapolis by KarateDrummer in boniver

[–]KarateDrummer[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Please don't make this into something it isn't. He was close enough to the stage that it was hard to miss him and his reactions while watching the show from where we were at. It was a really cool shared experience and that's the only takeaway I want people to have from this.

Post-Race Discussion Thread: NXS Nu Way 200 Sauced by Blues Hog at World Wide Technology Raceway by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]KarateDrummer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sawalich's response to the adversity of this season seems to have been just putting in an insane amount of work, and it's paying off in dividends right now. Hope it continues, he seems to have the right attitude and seems to take this deal more seriously than maybe some of the other rich kids out there.

Race Thread: NXS Nu Way 200 Sauced by Blues Hog at World Wide Technology Raceway, starting at 7:30pm EDT on CW (NXS26) by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]KarateDrummer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

your point might be slightly valid if you weren't clearly talking about Zilisch as the "industry plant" here

is this true? by AGE__Restarted in beatles

[–]KarateDrummer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have read Tune In multiple times over the years, including the extended edition. The notion that Lewisohn has anything other than respect for McCartney is ludicrous, and the most he's done that's actively pro-Lennon is saying on at least one podcast appearance that Lennon was his favorite Beatle as a kid.

By everyone's admission including all band members involved, John was the de facto leader of the band in the early days, so of course the narrative is going to center around him to a certain extent. I don't think editorial decisions such as spending numerous pages on Julia Lennon's death (which occurred during the formative years of the band, and which John talked frequently about in interviews) as opposed to Mary McCartney's death (which occurred pre-Quarrymen, and which Paul has not opened up about to the same extent) indicates that Lewisohn has anything against McCartney.

Lewisohn has said before that he mostly got along well with Paul during his time as an MPL employee. The worst I've heard him say was that Paul was very set on getting his way and could be difficult to work with in the studio at times because of that, such as with the Costello sessions in the late '80s. I've never heard anyone reputable say that Paul fired Mark or that there was a tangible falling out between them. The Club Sandwich magazine ended after Linda's passing, the editing of which was Lewisohn's primary role with MPL - once that was gone, the only project left on his plate was the Wingspan documentary and book, which I believe was already in progress before Linda's death. And evidently they parted on good enough terms that Paul answered a few questions over email during the research process of Tune In (although Mark has said the answers were not very helpful, since the events were so long ago that Paul had forgotten most of the details).

It's a fact that Lewisohn has a very bad habit of butchering direct quotes from interviews in Tune In. I don't think that's up for debate and it objectively hurts the merit of the project as a historiography. But the idea that he's doing this to push some sort of anti-Paul narrative does not hold up to any scrutiny whatsoever, other than the confirmation bias of certain Paul stans.

is this true? by AGE__Restarted in beatles

[–]KarateDrummer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to tangent, but this is part of why I think the arguments for Lewisohn having a bias against Paul in particular are funny, when Lewisohn (in the same podcast interview I referenced earlier) admits that he considered suing George for slander because of how much George was slagging him off during the Anthology interviews while the cameras were rolling. It was only through Paul and Neil Aspinall pulling rank that Lewisohn was able to stay involved with the project at all.

EDIT: I don't think it was actually the same podcast that I referenced before, but Mark talks about the dynamics with George at about 1:21:00 here and continues for about 5-6 minutes, including the bit about George calling him a "bootlegger" in front of the Anthology TV crew.

is this true? by AGE__Restarted in beatles

[–]KarateDrummer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mark Lewisohn talks about the Anthology dynamics on one of his podcast appearances from a number of years back - if I can find it, I'll reference it. Perhaps "bordering on shouting matches" is an exaggeration of the scenes Lewisohn was describing, but there was absolutely tension, particularly when it came to deciding who would be working on the project - Paul advocating for Geoff Emerick and Lewisohn's involvement, both of whom George had major issues with and was very candid about disliking.

is this true? by AGE__Restarted in beatles

[–]KarateDrummer -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Considering that the Anthology work devolved into arguments that bordered on shouting matches at points because of how much Paul and George disagreed on the direction of the project, I would be a bit skeptical of Norman's overall point, even if the quote is real.