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  • [Catholic Caucus] From Doomsday 1959 to Dire Straits 2024

    11/19/2024 9:49:28 AM PST · by ebb tide · 6 replies
    Crisis Magazine ^ | November 19, 2024 | David Torkington
    [Catholic Caucus] From Doomsday 1959 to Dire Straits 2024When most Catholics hear of revelations, they are understandably skeptical. After all, they say, do we not already have the teaching of Christ, the inspired word of God in the Scriptures, and the dogmatic teaching of the Church? What need do we have of revelations? They are, of course, right. But what happens when the teaching of Christ that may still be alive in the mind goes dead in the heart, as did the love of God when Jansenism was rife in the Church? Christ Himself appeared to St. Margaret Mary—not to...
  • Steely Dan Producer Discusses Firing Don Henley As “Peg” Background Vocalist

    01/14/2022 10:57:04 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 75 replies
    STEREOGUM ^ | JANUARY 13, 2022 | RACHEL BRODSKY
    Interesting gossip out of the classic rock world today: apparently Steely Dan producer Greg Katz once had to fire the Eagles’ Don Henley from tracking vocals on Steely Dan’s 1977 hit “Peg.” And it’s still awkward. Musicians Review 2021: Billionaires' Race To Space Speaking to Ultimate Classic Rock, Katz talked about how both Steely Dan and the Eagles were tight, as they were both managed by Irving Azoff. “In the chorus, the backgrounds are sort of the lead,” Katz said. “It wasn’t like a [usual] background part.” And while the song was originally coming together, Katz and Donald Fagen talked...
  • Gay slur in lyrics disqualifies Dire Straits hit from Canadian radio play

    01/13/2011 7:47:32 AM PST · by Impala64ssa · 48 replies
    The 1980s song Money for Nothing by the British rock band Dire Straits has been deemed unacceptable for play on Canadian radio. In a ruling released Wednesday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says the song contravenes the human rights clauses of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Code of Ethics and Equitable Portrayal Code. A listener to radio station CHOZ-FM in St. John's complained last year that the song includes the word “faggot” in its lyrics and is discriminatory to gays. The broadcaster argued that the song had been played countless times since its release decades ago and has won music...
  • Tonight on Leno - Trey Parker & Matt Stone of South Park & Team America - also Dennis Miller!

    10/05/2004 3:10:02 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 83 replies · 2,255+ views
    NBC - The Tonight Show ^ | October 5, 2004
    The Tonight Show - Jay Leno Tuesday, October 05 Dennis Miller Trey Parker & Matt Stone - Team America
  • Rock star hurt in motorcycle crash (Knopfler forced to cancel Teenage Cancer Trust performance)

    03/18/2003 5:35:40 PM PST · by TLBSHOW · 13 replies · 274+ views
    dailytelegraph ^ | 3/19/2003 | Hugh Davies
    The rock star Mark Knopfler lay in the road screaming in agony after a crash on his high-powered motorcycle, a witness said yesterday. Knopfler: broken ribs The 53-year-old former leader of Dire Straits broke six ribs and a collarbone when his machine collided with a car in Grosvenor Road, Belgravia, central London, two days ago. The witness, who declined to be named, said: "I was waving down a cab when I saw him lying in the middle of the road with a large motor-bike on the floor next to him. "Cars were racing past him, so I ran out next...