..."There is no new thing under the sun” ...

... “If there be nothing new, but that which is ... Hath been before... ”

The posts made me reflect how info repeats, music repeats, ideas repeat ... wonderfully recycled material that is born anew ...

Plagirism is a GREAT author, and highest compliment!

My British friend once said to me, "Kate, there is not an inch of ground in England that hasn't been pissed on before ..."

Even like my asking for the 'Musical Idiot Savants' to come out of the woodwork ...and discovering that is Keith's/Mr Music's youtube handle ... Wild!

... The cycles, man, the cycles ... all interconnected and ever so kismik ...


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I believe the Celts all sing SO beautifully because they were disallowed to speak their languages when they were conquered.

This drove the language underground into song, and the only ability to pass history and language. One of the original roots of a category of blues all its own ...

... To my ancestors ...

Phil Spector married Ronnie and then kept her a virtual prisoner in his mansion. When her parents came by for their first and only visit Phil showed them a coffin he bought for Ronnie "...in case she ever leaves me..."

Rick Ocasek of the Cars produced the Bad Brains first album in 81' which still to this day remains a hard-core classic.

Lou Reed used to be a student and friend of the late author Delmore Schwartz who wrote the great story " With Dreams Comes Responsibilities".. Lou's song "Our House" is about Delmore.

Dean Martin's license plate said "DRUNKY" on it!!

Aerosmith booked a plane but their manager cancelled the booking after seeing the condition of it. A week later the plane crashed killing members of Lynrd Skynrd.

Leslie West of Mountain is the second gtr. player on The Who's classic Who's Next album.

Industrial music pioneer Genesis P orridge of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV fame is in the Guiness Book Of World Records for most albums released by an artist. Amongst the multiple Psychic TV releases is a series of 23 albums recorded & released monthly for 23 months.

Stevie Ray Vaugh dreamt he was dead, at his funeral and could see everything and everyone there ...

He was SO freaked out, he told band members, family and friends ...

20 hrs later, and before he ever lived to sleep/dream again???

The fateful helicopter crash that took his life ...

Rick Rubin started Def Jam records in his dorm room at NYU.

Still, Frank Zappa HAD to have the most unreleased, recorded music of any musician ever! ... ???

Charlie Parker was banned from playing the famous jazz club Birdland that was named in his honor. Once, after pawning his horn for drugs, he played a gig using a small childs plastic saxophone.

Eric Burden and War recorded "Spill The Wine" after the studio informed them that they were liable for the damage to the mixing board they spilled a bottle of wine on.

That could ONLY happen on Planet Earth, sad ...

Commenting on Parker, that is ...:

Bird spent 6 months at Camarillo, a mental institution in Camarillo California . His famous composition "Relaxing at Camarillo" was written in honor of his experience there.

In most all of tribal Africa, the drum is considered a man's energied instrument, only to be played by the menfolk.

The Master Musicians of Joujouka are considered to play the loudest acoustic music in the world. They've been recorded by Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones and William Burroughs.

Thelonious Sphere Monk, already mentally ill, was slipped LSD after a performance. He was later found barefoot in the snow walking backwards on the top of cars parked along the street.