We'll be wearing them against Pitt this weekend. Looks like they are out of the future. I like 'em.
http://nikeinc.com/jordan-brand/news/jordan-brand-schools-to-debut-the-aj-xx8-on-court-this-week#/inline/17409
Hope they help with turnovers and making the outside shot. Against an improved PITT team, this time with Woodall, they will need all the help they can get. Including shoes.
They're exclusive.
So fugly
I think the black ones are pretty tight. Any idea what color uniforms we will be wearing?
Those are $250 dollar pairs of shoes. we're sponsored by one of the most iconic brands in the game.
The perks of being a basketball player...
I like the black ones too. The article calls the blue ones Blue Camo, so maybe we'll wear our blue camo uni's to match. I'm wondering why they didn't make them more school specific. MU, Cal, and UNC are all wearing the same blue shoes. Although ugly, would love to see a gold camo, but i have always been a fan of really ugly in-game shoes.
jsglow won't be buying them because he knows they will not look good on a 5'8" white guy.
Looks like a pair of slippers or boots, but at least they're Jordans.
are those basketball shoes or ski boots?
Quote from: warriorchick on February 13, 2013, 07:46:15 PM
jsglow won't be buying them because he knows they will not look good on a 5'8" white guy.
So, this is what you married, aina?
Quote from: 4everwarriors on February 13, 2013, 07:53:36 PM
So, this is what you married, aina?
Please. I wouldn't go on a second date with a socks-and-sandals guy, much less marry one.
Quote from: warriorchick on February 13, 2013, 07:55:37 PM
Please. I wouldn't go on a second date with a socks-and-sandals guy, much less marry one.
Not even a Marquette date? ;D
I like wearing white sox with the Adidas style flip flop and I don't care what you say
Quote from: tommyc6 on February 13, 2013, 07:24:03 PM
We'll be wearing them against Pitt this weekend. Looks like they are out of the future. I like 'em.
http://nikeinc.com/jordan-brand/news/jordan-brand-schools-to-debut-the-aj-xx8-on-court-this-week#/inline/17409
Great publicity. I could care less about the shoe style. Four schools were picked to debut the new Jordans--one of the most iconic brands in the world--and we were one of the schools. Rejoice.
Not impressed. They look like wrestling shoes. But if the kids like 'em ...
UNC wearing them tonight and up 10 on Duke... May be the shoes.
Carolina is wearing them tonight, they look like they have a zipper up the front.
Those things need a circumcision.
Whole new meaning to blue balls.
Quote from: PuertoRicanNightmare on February 13, 2013, 08:17:53 PM
I like wearing white sox with the Adidas style flip flop and I don't care what you say
With pressed khakis and a plain white tshirt? Are you the second coming of Easy E?
Wish we could rock the '03 jerseys with them.
Have to say anything Jordan still gets me jacked up. Watching the hoopla surrounding his 5oth bday on Sportscenter really makes me miss him. When my kids were young I made them watch every Bulls game on TV because watching him was watching history. My single favorite athlete/celeb of all time.
Quote from: Goose on February 14, 2013, 11:20:14 AM
Have to say anything Jordan still gets me jacked up. Watching the hoopla surrounding his 5oth bday on Sportscenter really makes me miss him. When my kids were young I made them watch every Bulls game on TV because watching him was watching history. My single favorite athlete/celeb of all time.
Meh, I am over him. Just like every other celebrity or athlete we hold up as the epitome of a great person, he wound up disappointing everyone. And I am more convinced than ever that his "retirement" was actually a suspension for gambling.
These are the ugliest shoes I have ever seen.
Warriorchick
Agreed on the suspension and other disappointments. As an adult I learned most of these guys are ultimate f ups. My appreciation is the will to win and the fact he did win. I think to be so unique you have to come with warts. Wouldn't want my daughter dating him but that run in Chicago was historic.
Quote from: Goose on February 14, 2013, 12:12:25 PM
Warriorchick
Agreed on the suspension and other disappointments. As an adult I learned most of these guys are ultimate f ups. My appreciation is the will to win and the fact he did win. I think to be so unique you have to come with warts. Wouldn't want my daughter dating him but that run in Chicago was historic.
I suppose like many others, it's hard for me to compartmentalize. I do admire his work ethic, just like I do Tiger Woods's. And Mussolini made the trains run on time.
"Boasting an ultra-modern stealth design"
Opponents may as well not even bother to turn their radars on.
Quote from: LittleMurs on February 14, 2013, 02:34:13 PM
"Boasting an ultra-modern stealth design"
Opponents may as well not even bother to turn their radars on.
"Hey, how did Davante Gardner get behind me in the paint?"
I'm kinda surprised they went blue for 3 of the 4 schools, couldn't CAL or MU get some gold action? Those would be super obnoxious.... and super awesome
Quote from: warriorchick on February 13, 2013, 07:55:37 PM
Please. I wouldn't go on a second date with a socks-and-sandals guy, much less marry one.
Black Dudes where Sox and Sandals all the time.
Quote from: PuertoRicanNightmare on February 13, 2013, 08:17:53 PM
I like wearing white sox with the Adidas style flip flop and I don't care what you say
The black dudes do it all the time
Quote from: KenoshaWarrior on February 14, 2013, 03:06:36 PM
The black dudes do it all the time
I stand corrected, then. I guess I better run out and get jsglow some socks and sandals for Valentine's Day, as well as a full-length fur coat and 2-carat diamond stud earrings.
Quote from: warriorchick on February 14, 2013, 03:15:59 PM
I stand corrected, then. I guess I better run out and get jsglow some socks and sandals for Valentine's Day, as well as a full-length fur coat and 2-carat diamond stud earrings.
And some grills!
(http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/24224000/ngbbs5055f917c850e.jpg)
Quote from: Bocephys on February 14, 2013, 03:36:02 PM
And some grills!
(http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/24224000/ngbbs5055f917c850e.jpg)
I can hook you up
Interesting...
"Earlier this season, the Golden Eagles introduced special baby blue camouflage uniforms that were intended to be worn in the Carrier Classic, but the game was cancelled due to condensation on the court. Marquette had to receive permission from the NCAA to wear the uniforms in its next game against Colgate, so it's unlikely the Golden Eagles will match their shoes with those uniforms during Saturday's game."
http://www.foxsportswisconsin.com/02/14/13/Golden-Eagles-debuting-Jordan-XX8-shoes/msn_landing.html?blockID=864337&feedID=5059
Quote from: Avenue Commons on February 13, 2013, 10:06:32 PM
Are you the second coming of Easy E?
Good God! Is this a reference to Easy Ed Rousseau??
Quote from: warriorchick on February 13, 2013, 07:55:37 PM
Please. I wouldn't go on a second date with a socks-and-sandals guy, much less marry one.
Uh, The Socks and Sandal Guy is ubiquitous in the PNW. PEMCO Insurance featured him in one of their commercials:
http://northwestspecialties.com/article/pemco-sandals-and-socks-guy
Note that despite the rain these guys throw on their socks, sandals, and fleece and head out into the rain to go hiking in the cascades. The ultimate realistic Seattle touch is the Lesbaru in the driveway.
Does not matter how ugly the shoes are, the exciting part of this is that MU is one of four schools to debut these shoes during the same week ESPN is profiling Jordan's 50th birthday. This has to play well with potential recruits and the curent players. Another advantage for MU. Thanks again go out to Wade for making this all happen, even though he is no longer with the Jordan brand.
I wouldn't wear them, but I don't think they are aimed at my demographic.
Quote from: tower912 on February 15, 2013, 07:44:44 AM
I wouldn't wear them, but I don't think they are aimed at my demographic.
I was thinking the same thing.
Many of us probably don't like this either, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK2FqPNIT_U
But it's about the kids man.
Quote from: tower912 on February 15, 2013, 07:44:44 AM
I wouldn't wear them, but I don't think they are aimed at my demographic.
I asked my sixteen year old son for his opinion. He thinks they're pretty cool. I'm reminded of two things: 1) I'm not the target demographic; and 2) I'm getting old.
Quote from: StillAWarrior on February 15, 2013, 08:32:33 AM
I asked my sixteen year old son for his opinion. He thinks they're pretty cool. I'm reminded of two things: 1) I'm not the target demographic; and 2) I'm getting old.
Your right. This is what people need to realize
If Jordan brand is the most popular shoe, then why are only four schools sponsored by Jordan?
Quote from: ShannonSmith on February 15, 2013, 11:00:50 AM
If Jordan brand is the most popular shoe, then why are only four schools sponsored by Jordan?
Exclusivity. If everyone can have something, it's not nearly as cool.
Thought the shoes looked pretty good.
Quote from: setyoursightsnorth on February 13, 2013, 07:41:36 PM
Those are $250 dollar pairs of shoes. we're sponsored by one of the most iconic brands in the game.
The perks of being a basketball player...
You have to be smokin the "good stuff" to pay $250 for those wrestling boots. Jordan is prepping for stardate 2113.
Quote from: warriorchick on February 13, 2013, 07:55:37 PM
Please. I wouldn't go on a second date with a socks-and-sandals guy, much less marry one.
Good for you! :)
Quote from: tommyc6 on February 13, 2013, 07:24:03 PM
We'll be wearing them against Pitt this weekend. Looks like they are out of the future. I like 'em.
http://nikeinc.com/jordan-brand/news/jordan-brand-schools-to-debut-the-aj-xx8-on-court-this-week#/inline/17409
They once said that about Red Ball Jets.
But not on the 'net..... ::)
Quote from: real chili 83 on February 16, 2013, 03:56:26 PM
They once said that about Red Ball Jets.
Punk Band. Saw them with Shady Jim Schade who did the Mug Rack concerts for ASMU in Milwaukee spring 1980 at that place near MU with "Ballroom" in the name. Also on the card were Pearl Harbor and the Explosions, Oil Tasters, Dead Kennedy's, and Scott Puffer. It was a night of raw unbridled teenage angst.
(http://chuckyg.com/loved/images/pearl%20harbor%20&%20the%20explosions.jpg)
Pearl Harbor and The Explosions
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/6981083/Oil+Tasters+1558879111_l.jpg)
Oil Tasters
(http://punkpaper.propagande.org/Papers/DeadKennedys01.jpg)
Dead Kennedys
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Wn3knirFYcY/UNbxA79yZuI/AAAAAAAAA9A/l8szKDP9yj8/s1600/redballjats.jpg)
Red Ball Jets
(http://www.bostonhassle.com/images/2012/10/Screen-shot-2012-10-19-at-3.56.43-AM.png)
Scott Puffer
Quote from: keefe on February 15, 2013, 02:40:30 AM
Good God! Is this a reference to Easy Ed Rousseau??
No. Eric "Easy-E" Wright of the great N.W.A. Rap group. Straight Outta Compton is one of the Top 20 most influential Anerican albums of all time.
Quote from: Avenue Commons on February 16, 2013, 05:00:15 PM
No. Eric "Easy-E" Wright of the great N.W.A. Rap group. Straight Outta Compton is one of the Top 20 most influential Anerican albums of all time.
NWA? Did they open for Jewel back in the '90's?
Quote from: keefe on February 16, 2013, 05:06:13 PM
NWA? Did they open for Jewel back in the '90's?
Please tell me you're kidding and just forgot to use teal.
I know finance guys aren't the hippest cats on the block but......
Quote from: Avenue Commons on February 16, 2013, 05:00:15 PM
No. Eric "Easy-E" Wright of the great N.W.A. Rap group. Straight Outta Compton is one of the Top 20 most influential Anerican albums of all time.
maybe influential rap albums of all time but not of all albums.... please. Just remember that rap is short for crap
Quote from: only a warrior on February 16, 2013, 05:22:32 PM
maybe influential rap albums of all time but not of all albums.... please. Just remember that rap is short for crap
Most INFLUENTIAL. Easily. Absolutely. There isn't even a debate and anyone that makes one knows nothing about pop culture over the past 30 years. You don't have to like something to appreciate its significance.
Quote from: Avenue Commons on February 16, 2013, 06:01:48 PM
Most INFLUENTIAL. Easily. Absolutely. There isn't even a debate and anyone that makes one knows nothing about pop culture over the past 30 years. You don't have to like something to appreciate its significance.
+1
Quote from: Sunbelt15 on February 16, 2013, 03:45:19 PM
You have to be smokin the "good stuff" to pay $250 for those wrestling boots. Jordan is prepping for stardate 2113.
You'd have to be smoking the "good stuff" to buy any freakin' basketball shoe. It seems that all the athlete's have their own sneaker and I'd be surprised if any one of them is below a $100. But then again, our players did not have to pay for them and they probably were given another $1500 dollars worth of Jordan-Brand apparel for free (simple gym shorts, not the MU gameday white/blue/yellow shorts, but a simple black short with a MU logo and Jordan Jumpman go for $60 bucks at the Spirit shop). Any time you can be sponsored by the greatest basketball player ever, I would take that. No matter how ugly the shoe is. Very few schools debuted those, as stated before. It's almost a badge of honor.
Quote from: Avenue Commons on February 16, 2013, 05:16:28 PM
Please tell me you're kidding and just forgot to use teal.
I know finance guys aren't the hippest cats on the block but......
I was effing with ya...
Although NWA opening for Jewel would be one of the world's greatest mind f@cks for their respective fan bases
Back to the shoes....
One thing about them that I thought was kind of cool (and I don't think you saw if you were watching on TV) is that you can unzip the outer covering of the shoes and fold the top part down at the ankles. The inside lining is white and there is a big Jumpman logo on the part of the lining that covers the front of the shoe when it's folded down. Most of the guys were wearing it that way until actual game time.
Father's Day is comin' up.
Greatest Shoe Moment in Marquette History: Dec 1990 vs KU. LA Gear shoe disintegrates on National TV Kind of made US look cheap and shoddy...
Quote from: keefe on February 16, 2013, 09:12:48 PM
Greatest Shoe Moment in Marquette History: Dec 1990 vs KU. LA Gear shoe disintegrates on National TV Kind of made US look cheap and shoddy...
You're a Harvard man. Isn't there a HBR article on that debacle?
Or was it Ad Age case study? I know it was a well documented occurrence.
Quote from: Avenue Commons on February 16, 2013, 10:09:29 PM
You're a Harvard man. Isn't there a HBR article on that debacle?
Or was it Ad Age case study? I know it was a well documented occurrence.
There were several cases done on LA Gear and its founder, Goldberg (?). Guy caught lightening in a bottle marketing a curious blend of "Venice Beach Fitness Chic" combined with "Bel Air glamor" to women just when that whole '80's leg warmer, yoga, chix in body tights fitness craze hit in the '80's. Their Biz model was their core competency was design and their balance sheet reflected that. Everything was outsourced so they had few employees and virtually no capital assets. For a design house they weren't particularly savvy about driving fashion and when tastes changed, Kurt Cobain and grunge took over from LA glitz, they got stuck with a ridiculous amount of inventory. Since they didn't control their distribution their out-of-style product started showing up in the mass channels. As time went on it began appearing in the deep discount/outlet channel. You can imagine what this did top their brand equity which was functional Bel Air glamor. (Jane Fonda don't shop at K Mart...)
But there were more basic structural problems. They are interesting because their revenues went from zero to a billion in a short period of time and Wall Street loved them because of that aggressive growth but also that their lean biz model yielded much higher margins than their more traditional rivals at Nike, Reebok, Adidas, et al who had significant investment in staff and corresponding PPE. They initially focused on women and performed well mining that niche. Since their sales flattened over time they needed to tease the Street so they diversified their product portfolio by addressing men, kids, and performance athletic and non-athletic (mimicking Reebok with Rockports and Cole Haan) footwear. They then mimicked the big guys by launching clothing. They really had no business metrics staff so their forecasting was to look at their own high growth phase in women's footwear while also figuring their stylish lines would significantly cannibalize Nike/Reebok's more plain, performance-based lines. They therefore took on huge inventory that ended up getting dumped at a loss.
Fact is they had zero design expertise. Unlike the other players, who hired from the leading design schools - RISD, Pratt, Stanford's D School, Parson's, Cooper Union, Hong Kong Poly - and therefore drove fashion tastes, Goldberg's design expertise was to copy what the majors did. Thus, when the majors saw micro cultural and economic changes happening they began to shift their design efforts in subtle yet significant ways and were therefore poised to address changed consumer tastes early on. This was the Bush recession when Reagan era conspicuous consumption fell out of favor and there was a general shift from "Class to Mass." Nike was best poised to move as they had a utilitarian performance positioning while Reebok put more emphasis on style and fashion. LA Gear saw none of this occurring and so when consumer taste shift became seismic they had significant capital tied up in out-of-date WIP throughout south China. All of that inventory shipped and buyers from their established points of distribution avoided it like the plague as it was no longer in style. Unlike the majors, especially Nike, LA Gear did not control its distribution and therefore had greater exposure to changing tastes.
Another significant factor was that the majors invested in off-shore infrastructure to ensure logistics, design integrity, and quality control. Goldberg never did and what you saw happen with Marquette's shoes is a direct result. LA Gear focused on earnings and their target demographic was initially much less concerned with performance and durability. Their ignorance of Six Sigma and Juran caught up to them as product failures became more pronounced. In boom times and with new joiners to fitness durability were not distinguishing product characteristics. In a recession and as consumers became more discerning in terms of performance/quality problems in these verticals began to drive consumer satisfaction. So the lack of off shore infrastructure compounded both design and quality problems. HK Poly became a leading design school because of all the fashion production in S. China. The majors had Six Sigma protocols in place in plants in Shenzhen and Zhuhai and designers based in HK to oversee production to design and quality. If a product didn't meet Nike standards for quality and design integrity they refused to accept the product. A key factor was that the majors had depth and breadth in product portfolio so if something was rejected they had other skus to fill that void. LA Gear had a very broad but very thin portfolio so they needed to accept everything in order to flesh out retail plan-o-grams.
Not having logistics or traffic staff in HK or S. China was also a huge mistake. You really do need your own people to ensure your product gets consolidated, trucked, and on-loaded. It is criminal to rely on your Chinese manufacturer to make things happen. Because he doesn't give a sh1t. Really. His concern is getting it manufactured. His span of control is limited to what transpires within the four walls of the Golden Treasure Factory Number 6 in Zhuhai. Once it hits his loading dock it is your problem. And don't think you can rely on Buyer's Consolidators or any of the other steamship companies staff to get your stuff to the port. Space in containers and space on ships is limited, especially with the Christmas season. Companies will place their first order for Christmas in the Spring and that hits the water for the two week transit to Long Beach in August. The trade places their orders late summer and this gives you a chance to place a second order to meet refined market demand. This is retail's second inventory bite and needs to ship by October in order to hit their DC's. LA had none of this expertise on staff so they missed seasonal shipping windows, or only did one shipment in August and therefore didn't refine to seasonal demand. In both cases LA either didn't order enough or ordered too much. And in all cases they lost product in the vast wasteland that is south China.
In terms of Marketing expertise the best way to illustrate is through the endorsement war that characterized the performance shoe sector in the '80's. Nike signed Jordan and we know how that worked out. Reebok signed Shaq and that too was a success. LA Gear wanted a Laker so they signed the greatest of them all Kareem. Problem is that Jordan and Shaq are accomplished on the court but, from a product management perspective, they are magnetic, attractive appealing personalities. Jabbar on the other hand is a sour, dour, grumpy a$$hole. He has no personality. Picture Jordan or Shaq and they have electric smiles and know how to work a crowd. Picture Kareem and he is scowling. And Goldberg couldn't figure this out? He couldn't because he spent zero researching it. No panel, focus, or walk away tests. Never spent a penny with Nielsen or IDS or NPD or Scarborough. I have cut checks to all of these firms because it is an investment. Goldberg was always pinching pennies because he was obsessed with earnings. Idiot.
All of this was a recipe for disaster but the key point is that Goldberg was a fraud in that he had zero expertise other than copying others and knowing where to get stuff made cheaply under contract in China. Wall Street saw aggressive revenue growth with the industry's best earnings so the stock rocketed. At some point in the '90's the business collapsed simply because their Balance Sheet was completely dicked up - No capital assets and huge inventory.
The Goldberg family punched out and started Skechers - with the SAME business model as LA Gear! But that's another case study...
I read a few cases on this back in the day but I was also living in HK in the mid-90's so I saw this unfolding with a front row seat at the American Club bar. There are many other factors that led to their demise but this should give you some insight into why LA Gear went the way of the Pullman Coach Company.
Quote from: Avenue Commons on February 16, 2013, 06:01:48 PM
Most INFLUENTIAL. Easily. Absolutely. There isn't even a debate and anyone that makes one knows nothing about pop culture over the past 30 years. You don't have to like something to appreciate its significance.
you are right - last 30 years I agree. Your original statement said one of the most influential albums ever. Still not buying it as albums have been out lot longer than that with many artists that have also made substantial contributions to the industry and society in gernal.
You know your stuff Keefe. Well done!
Quote from: only a warrior on February 19, 2013, 05:11:01 PM
you are right - last 30 years I agree. Your original statement said one of the most influential albums ever. Still not buying it as albums have been out lot longer than that with many artists that have also made substantial contributions to the industry and society in gernal.
Try and name 20 AMERICAN albums more influential than Straight Outta Compton. It can't be done. Even Kurt Cobain said it was a massive influence on him. Just the Dr Dre production lineage alone of Snoop and Eminem makes it a massively influential album. I can't believe I'm even justifying an "argument" on this.
Next Ill hear Jimi Hendrix isn't one of rock's great guitarists..................
Quote from: Avenue Commons on February 19, 2013, 09:03:20 PM
Try and name 20 AMERICAN albums more influential than Straight Outta Compton. It can't be done. Even Kurt Cobain said it was a massive influence on him. Just the Dr Dre production lineage alone of Snoop and Eminem makes it a massively influential album. I can't believe I'm even justifying an "argument" on this.
Next Ill hear Jimi Hendrix isn't one of rock's great guitarists..................
It can be done. In fact, I wouldn't even say it is the most influential Rap album. Public Enemy's Def Jam was arguably more influential. But here are several albums that had far greater impact on music and culture:
Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
White Album, Sgt Pepper, Revolver - Beatles
London Calling - The Clash
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Offramp, Beyond the Missouri Sky, Imaginary Day - Pat Metheny
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Workingman's Dead, Steal Your Face, Europe '72, From The Mars Hotel - Grateful Dead (But let's face it, they were never a studio band)
Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
The Birth of Soul - Ray Charles
Born to Run - The Boss
Astral Weeks, Moondance - Van Morrison
Let's Stay Together - AL Green
Horses - Patti Smith
Otis Blue - Otis Redding
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
Tapestry - Carole King
The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson
Harvest - Neil Young
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Live At the Apollo - James Brown
Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites - Yo Yo Ma
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
The Doors - The Doors
The Joshua Tree - U2
Abraxas, III - Santana
Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
The Band, Music From Big Pink, The Last Waltz - The Band
Fillmore East, Eat a Peach - The Allman Bros
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Who's Next - The Who
Blue - Joanie Mitchell
Let It Bleed, Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
Ramones - Ramones
The Anthology - Muddy Waters
Hotel California - The Eagles
Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
Saturate Before Using - Jackson Browne
Quote from: 4everwarriors on February 16, 2013, 09:05:16 PM
Father's Day is comin' up.
Is that a hint you want the Marquette Air Jordan boots or the NWA's Straight Outta Compton?
Quote from: keefe on February 20, 2013, 04:30:08 PM
It can be done. In fact, I wouldn't even say it is the most influential Rap album. Public Enemy's Def Jam was arguably more influential. But here are several albums that had far greater impact on music and culture:
Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
White Album, Sgt Pepper, Revolver - Beatles
London Calling - The Clash
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Offramp, Beyond the Missouri Sky, Imaginary Day - Pat Metheny
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Workingman's Dead, Steal Your Face, Europe '72, From The Mars Hotel - Grateful Dead (But let's face it, they were never a studio band)
Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
The Birth of Soul - Ray Charles
Born to Run - The Boss
Astral Weeks, Moondance - Van Morrison
Let's Stay Together - AL Green
Horses - Patti Smith
Otis Blue - Otis Redding
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
Tapestry - Carole King
The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson
Harvest - Neil Young
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Live At the Apollo - James Brown
Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites - Yo Yo Ma
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
The Doors - The Doors
The Joshua Tree - U2
Abraxas, III - Santana
Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
The Band, Music From Big Pink, The Last Waltz - The Band
Fillmore East, Eat a Peach - The Allman Bros
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Who's Next - The Who
Blue - Joanie Mitchell
Let It Bleed, Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
Ramones - Ramones
The Anthology - Muddy Waters
Hotel California - The Eagles
Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
Saturate Before Using - Jackson Browne
He did say American...
Not too mention, The Doors and The Eagles suck.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida anyone?
What? No Buddy Holly, Elvis, The Beach Boys, Dickie Doo and the Dont's, The Oneders?
Quote from: keefe on February 16, 2013, 08:39:30 PM
I was effing with ya...
Although NWA opening for Jewel would be one of the world's greatest mind f@cks for their respective fan bases
Yeah, that would be a funny combination. My wife and I saw Van Halen last year and Kool and the Gang opened up. A rather bizarre combination fans, though at this point in the careers of both bands the fans are in their 40's and 50's and probably didn't give a rip about it as much. :)
Quote from: ATWizJr on February 21, 2013, 09:19:48 AM
What? No Buddy Holly, Elvis, The Beach Boys, Dickie Doo and the Dont's, The Oneders?
I see that thing you did there...
Pretty awesome that we are an official Jordan brand school, not just Nike. Anyone know when we were blessed as Jordan brand? Upon joining Big East? Wonder how our new affiliation with the C7 will affect it...
Quote from: reinko on February 21, 2013, 08:18:08 AM
He did say American...
Not too mention, The Doors and The Eagles suck.
I know he did but that is a silly stipulation. To say that Bob Marley or the Beatles did not have a profound influence on American culture is absurd.
By the way, Santana was born in Mexico but went to grade school, middle school, and high school in the Bay area. His passport has always been American.
Jimi Hendrix is from Seattle.
Quote from: ATWizJr on February 21, 2013, 09:19:48 AM
What? No Buddy Holly, Elvis, The Beach Boys, Dickie Doo and the Dont's, The Oneders?
I'm just not that familiar. I only listed the specific albums with which I a familiar and have read have shaped global culture. From that stream of consciousness I would say Common's challenge has been exceeded.
I have heard of NWA's Compton and its influence is due to its extreme negativity. Replete with violence, racism, and sexism and an artificial bravado that seemed to capture the attention of pinheads in the FBI (Hey, let's send them a nasty letter...)
If the choice is NWA or Thelonoius Monk. Coltrane, Metheny, or Dizzy it would never, ever be NWA.
Keefe...really enjoyed your stuff on LA Gear!
Del Paxton's "Time to Blow"?
John Philip Sousa.
I heard he's influential. Thousands of people sing and bop along to his songs on any given Saturday.
"We" once did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXsdiodeICU
Quote from: thehammock on February 21, 2013, 11:02:00 AM
Keefe...really enjoyed your stuff on LA Gear!
What's amazing is that is a true story. The Goldberg's started Skechers and are using the same "me too" business model.
Quote from: ATWizJr on February 21, 2013, 11:11:44 AM
Del Paxton's "Time to Blow"?
You are my biggest fan for this reference.
Quote from: 77ncaachamps on February 21, 2013, 11:20:22 AM
John Philip Sousa.
I heard he's influential. Thousands of people sing and bop along to his songs on any given Saturday.
"We" once did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXsdiodeICU
I never knew that. I am surprised he lowered himself to do this for a non-AAU member university.
Quote from: keefe on February 20, 2013, 04:30:08 PM
Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
White Album, Sgt Pepper, Revolver - Beatles
London Calling - The Clash
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Offramp, Beyond the Missouri Sky, Imaginary Day - Pat Metheny
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Workingman's Dead, Steal Your Face, Europe '72, From The Mars Hotel - Grateful Dead (But let's face it, they were never a studio band)
Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
The Birth of Soul - Ray Charles
Born to Run - The Boss
Astral Weeks, Moondance - Van Morrison
Let's Stay Together - AL Green
Horses - Patti Smith
Otis Blue - Otis Redding
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
Tapestry - Carole King
The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson
Harvest - Neil Young
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Live At the Apollo - James Brown
Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites - Yo Yo Ma
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
The Doors - The Doors
The Joshua Tree - U2
Abraxas, III - Santana
Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
The Band, Music From Big Pink, The Last Waltz - The Band
Fillmore East, Eat a Peach - The Allman Bros
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Who's Next - The Who
Blue - Joanie Mitchell
Let It Bleed, Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
Ramones - Ramones
The Anthology - Muddy Waters
Hotel California - The Eagles
Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
Saturate Before Using - Jackson Browne
This list is great, however, it is missing Delta Blues (aside from Muddy Waters). In a nut shell, those blues artists most heavily influenced post WWII British invasion artists that thus influenced American baby boomers. An odd cycle for most of the blues artists that died penniless with out recognition in their own homeland. I'd also like to add Husker Du's record Zen Arcade to the list. Husker Du's impact far surpassed their own commercial success. Case in point, bands like Husker Du and Sonic Youth heavily influenced Nirvana. With out those bands, Nirvana wouldn't have existed. Nirvana's Nevermind album that pretty most heavily defines "grunge" and the 90s would have never been made.
Also, check out Gavin McInnes's history of cool. It goes into better explanation. This excerpt is from his Street Boners book from a few years back.
http://www.streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/the-history-of-cool/ (http://www.streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/the-history-of-cool/)
Quote from: Blue Horseshoe on February 21, 2013, 03:54:40 PM
This list is great, however, it is missing Delta Blues (aside from Muddy Waters). In a nut shell, those blues artists most heavily influenced post WWII British invasion artists that thus influenced American baby boomers. An odd cycle for most of the blues artists that died penniless with out recognition in their own homeland. I'd also like to add Husker Du's record Zen Arcade to the list. Husker Du's impact far surpassed their own commercial success. Case in point, bands like Husker Du and Sonic Youth heavily influenced Nirvana. With out those bands, Nirvana wouldn't have existed. Nirvana's Nevermind album that pretty most heavily defines "grunge" and the 90s would have never been made.
Also, check out Gavin McInnes's history of cool. It goes into better explanation. This excerpt is from his Street Boners book from a few years back.
http://www.streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/the-history-of-cool/ (http://www.streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/the-history-of-cool/)
Hold on! I have Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings on the list! This anthology is the definitive survey of the greatest Delta Blues player of them all. Clapton, Duane Allman, John Hiatt, and John Lennon all said Johnson was the most compelling musician of the 20th Century. David Fricke lists him as one of the 5 greatest guitarists of all time.
Some artists I didn't list but could have were BB King, Ella Fitzgerald with Louie, T-Bone Walker, Freddie King, Earl Hooker, Otis Rush, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bessie Smith, Etta James. Koko Taylor, and Aretha. On this board, one never knows the reaction or response one might expect.
I have seen BB King, Koko Taylor, and Etta James in recent years; two of them are gone and BB couldn't stand. He and Lucille were seated for the three hour show. My point is the Blues are dying and global music will never be the same. What is interesting is that players like Robert Johnson were a direct link to the slave cabins and the spirituals that kept a people's hopes alive. without Johnson, and Muddy, and T-Bone, and BB there never would have been the Beatles, the Stones, Cream, the Doors, CCR, the Dead, etc... And to our shrill friend Avenue Commons there would never be Straight Outta Compton without Robert Johnson.
One of the greatest direct influences on both Brit 60's and '70's southern was T-Bone Walker. The Hamburg Sessions and early Stones were really a blatant take on I Get So Weary. Dickie Betts shamelessly copied Walker's riffs and the Allman's covered many of T-Bone's best stuff. And to your point, the Beatles, Stones, and Allmans reaped millions while T-Bone scraped by playing the clubs on Central Ave in LA. The first time T Bone got a whiff of money was when Hemingway produced some of his albums in the 60's and he got his first real paycheck.
The best white guitarist of all-time is Stevie Ray. Texas Flood and his posthumous Fillmore Sessions are legendary. Stevie Ray's coming out was Montreaux in '82 and David Bowie, the Stones, and Clapton all asked him that night to join their upcoming tours. Mick Jagger said he had never seen so much energy and fire get coaxed out of a Fender Stratocaster as Stevie Ray did at Montreaux. The night of his death, at Alpine Valley, Clapton introduced him as the world's greatest guitar player. And Slow Hand meant it. Stevie Ray took the Delta Blues and stoked them with Texas jalapenos for the most electrifying blues ever played.
Quote from: keefe on February 20, 2013, 04:30:08 PM
It can be done. In fact, I wouldn't even say it is the most influential Rap album. Public Enemy's Def Jam was arguably more influential. But here are several albums that had far greater impact on music and culture:
Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
White Album, Sgt Pepper, Revolver - Beatles
London Calling - The Clash
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Offramp, Beyond the Missouri Sky, Imaginary Day - Pat Metheny
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Workingman's Dead, Steal Your Face, Europe '72, From The Mars Hotel - Grateful Dead (But let's face it, they were never a studio band)
Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
The Birth of Soul - Ray Charles
Born to Run - The Boss
Astral Weeks, Moondance - Van Morrison
Let's Stay Together - AL Green
Horses - Patti Smith
Otis Blue - Otis Redding
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
Tapestry - Carole King
The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson
Harvest - Neil Young
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Live At the Apollo - James Brown
Bach: The Unaccompanied Cello Suites - Yo Yo Ma
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
The Doors - The Doors
The Joshua Tree - U2
Abraxas, III - Santana
Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
The Band, Music From Big Pink, The Last Waltz - The Band
Fillmore East, Eat a Peach - The Allman Bros
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Who's Next - The Who
Blue - Joanie Mitchell
Let It Bleed, Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
Ramones - Ramones
The Anthology - Muddy Waters
Hotel California - The Eagles
Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers
I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
Saturate Before Using - Jackson Browne
Great list, Keefe. When ruminating on pop culture then and now you rarely miss. Off the top of my head, I'd include something from Tom Waits (Nighthawks at the Diner?), John Prine, Warren Zevon and Graham Parker but I'm really not quibbling. Loved that you included Highway 61 Revisited with the two more famous Dylan albums. Saturate Before Using is another nice surprise, a somewhat sappy album that I nevertheless loved. All around nice job.
Quote from: Blue Horseshoe on February 21, 2013, 03:54:40 PM
I'd also like to add Husker Du's record Zen Arcade to the list. Husker Du's impact far surpassed their own commercial success. Case in point, bands like Husker Du and Sonic Youth heavily influenced Nirvana. With out those bands, Nirvana wouldn't have existed. Nirvana's Nevermind album that pretty most heavily defines "grunge" and the 90s would have never been made.
Husker Du. Man I forgot all about them. Saw them at the Palms with the Dead Kennedys Holiday in Cambodia Tour. Opening bands were Husker Du, Oil Tasters, Violent Femmes and Bad Brains. Classic stuff. All of these bands (including the Femmes at that time - Gordon Gano was a huge fan of Lou Reed and early Femmes reflected that raw, seedy edge) had that unvarnished, frenetic, angry driving punk sound.
I have Sonic Youth in my iPod. Interestingly I have both Fascism and Superstar. Superstar's sardonic undercurrent always makes me laugh at that whole manufactured SoCal Syntho Pop rubbish churned out by the labels in the 70's - The Carpenters, The Captain and Tennille, et al.
Quote from: ChicosBailBonds on February 21, 2013, 09:45:45 AM
Yeah, that would be a funny combination. My wife and I saw Van Halen last year and Kool and the Gang opened up. A rather bizarre combination fans, though at this point in the careers of both bands the fans are in their 40's and 50's and probably didn't give a rip about it as much. :)
This is weird...these are two very different demographics. I guess the ultimate in crossover.
Quote from: Lennys Tap on February 21, 2013, 07:04:36 PM
Great list, Keefe. When ruminating on pop culture then and now you rarely miss. Off the top of my head, I'd include something from Tom Waits (Nighthawks at the Diner?), John Prine, Warren Zevon and Graham Parker but I'm really not quibbling. Loved that you included Highway 61 Revisited with the two more famous Dylan albums. Saturate Before Using is another nice surprise, a somewhat sappy album that I nevertheless loved. All around nice job.
Thanks, Lenny. I am a huge fan of Waits but the challenge here was those albums having a significant impact on the broader cultural spectrum. Waits is a bit esoteric and I think his largest audience has been through his work for Coppola. Problem with most soundtracks is that the music registers more deeply but there is rarely a recognition for the work as stand alone art. Of his work I am particularly fond of his live stuff and Nighthawks is the best of that work.
You might notice I listed Captain Beefheart. What many don't know is that Waits and Don van Vliet were close and shared an intense admiration for Robert Johnson and the Delta Blues. Blue Horseshoe was spot on in citing the seminal influence of the Delta Blues in virtually all modern music - from Buddy Holly all the way through to today's rap. Elvis came out of that social milieu - the Presley's were from the poor, white side of the tracks and he grew up listening to Gospel and the Delta Blues living cheek to jowl with the blacks.
The others you mention are great as well and to Zevon and Prine I would add another cultural icon, Frank Zappa. These artists were great satirists who lampooned the foibles of an America trying to come to grips with seismic social change against a backdrop of economic prosperity, political stability, and status quo inertia.
I threw in Jackson Browne because his folksy, thought provoking lyricism really did define the 70's in many ways and his song writing influenced the Dirt Band, the Velvet Underground, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, The Doobies, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Nataly Dawn, Neko Case among others. Browne is quite active in domestic politics and while that doesn't appeal to me he has contributed to efforts on the Tibetan refugee issue and that is where my efforts are now focused so I deeply appreciate his ability to generate attention and funds.
Quote from: keefe on February 21, 2013, 07:55:50 PM
Thanks, Lenny. I am a huge fan of Waits but the challenge here was those albums having a significant impact on the broader cultural spectrum. Waits is a bit esoteric and I think his largest audience has been through his work for Coppola. Problem with most soundtracks is that the music registers more deeply but there is rarely a recognition for the work as stand alone art. Of his work I am particularly fond of his live stuff and Nighthawks is the best of that work.
You might notice I listed Captain Beefheart. What many don't know is that Waits and Don van Vliet were close and shared an intense admiration for Robert Johnson and the Delta Blues. Blue Horseshoe was spot on in citing the seminal influence of the Delta Blues in virtually all modern music - from Buddy Holly all the way through to today's rap. Elvis came out of that social milieu - the Presley's were from the poor, white side of the tracks and he grew up listening to Gospel and the Delta Blues living cheek to jowl with the blacks.
The others you mention are great as well and to Zevon and Prine I would add another cultural icon, Frank Zappa. These artists were great satirists who lampooned the foibles of an America trying to come to grips with seismic social change against a backdrop of economic prosperity, political stability, and status quo inertia.
I threw in Jackson Browne because his folksy, thought provoking lyricism really did define the 70's in many ways and his song writing influenced the Dirt Band, the Velvet Underground, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, The Doobies, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Nataly Dawn, Neko Case among others. Browne is quite active in domestic politics and while that doesn't appeal to me he has contributed to efforts on the Tibetan refugee issue and that is where my efforts are now focused so I deeply appreciate his ability to generate attention and funds.
Can't believe I left Zappa off my list - good catch.
A thought on Highway 61 - it's opening stanza may be my all time favorite:
God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son!"
Abe said "Man, you must be putin' me on!"
God say "No" Abe say "What?"
God say "You can do what you want Abe, but-
The next time you see me comin', you'd better run"
Abe say, "Where you want this killin' done?"
God said "Out on Highway 61"
This website decides it...sorted by US albums
http://www.besteveralbums.com/overall.php?&f=CountryCode&fv=us
Quote from: Lennys Tap on February 21, 2013, 08:26:37 PM
Can't believe I left Zappa off my list - good catch.
A thought on Highway 61 - it's opening stanza may be my all time favorite:
God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son!"
Abe said "Man, you must putin' me on!"
God say "No" Abe say "What?"
God say "You can do what you want Abe, but-
The next time you see me comin', you'd better run"
Abe say, "Where you want this killin' done?"
God said "Out on Highway 61"
We think alike! That is exactly why I love Dylan.
I think music was traditionally inspirational. With the 20th Century it became more evocative. Our generation's was more intellectually engaging and that has given way to the emotional. Frankly, I prefer ours but then I am an old guy.
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on February 21, 2013, 09:08:04 PM
This website decides it...sorted by US albums
http://www.besteveralbums.com/overall.php?&f=CountryCode&fv=us
I took the filter off...not sure I agree 4 of the best 20 are radiohead but a very good representative sample.
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on February 21, 2013, 09:08:04 PM
This website decides it...sorted by US albums
http://www.besteveralbums.com/overall.php?&f=CountryCode&fv=us
Good site. Not a huge Beach Boys fan, but Pet Sounds was great and had a major influence on the Beatles (mostly McCartney). And how did I leave Jack White/White Stripes off my list?
Quote from: keefe on February 21, 2013, 07:55:50 PM
Thanks, Lenny. I am a huge fan of Waits but the challenge here was those albums having a significant impact on the broader cultural spectrum. Waits is a bit esoteric and I think his largest audience has been through his work for Coppola. Problem with most soundtracks is that the music registers more deeply but there is rarely a recognition for the work as stand alone art. Of his work I am particularly fond of his live stuff and Nighthawks is the best of that work.
You might notice I listed Captain Beefheart. What many don't know is that Waits and Don van Vliet were close and shared an intense admiration for Robert Johnson and the Delta Blues. Blue Horseshoe was spot on in citing the seminal influence of the Delta Blues in virtually all modern music - from Buddy Holly all the way through to today's rap. Elvis came out of that social milieu - the Presley's were from the poor, white side of the tracks and he grew up listening to Gospel and the Delta Blues living cheek to jowl with the blacks.
The others you mention are great as well and to Zevon and Prine I would add another cultural icon, Frank Zappa. These artists were great satirists who lampooned the foibles of an America trying to come to grips with seismic social change against a backdrop of economic prosperity, political stability, and status quo inertia.
I threw in Jackson Browne because his folksy, thought provoking lyricism really did define the 70's in many ways and his song writing influenced the Dirt Band, the Velvet Underground, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, The Doobies, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Nataly Dawn, Neko Case among others. Browne is quite active in domestic politics and while that doesn't appeal to me he has contributed to efforts on the Tibetan refugee issue and that is where my efforts are now focused so I deeply appreciate his ability to generate attention and funds.
The Velvet Underground were a few years before Jackson Browne, all four of their albums were released before Browne's first and speaking of overall American influence, the Velvet Underground has to be near the top of that list, without a doubt.
Everytime Clapton plays I hear Lightnin' Hopkins. Big influence on him
Quote from: JoeSmith1721 on February 21, 2013, 09:44:52 PM
The Velvet Underground were a few years before Jackson Browne, all four of their albums were released before Browne's first and speaking of overall American influence, the Velvet Underground has to be near the top of that list, without a doubt.
Jackson Browne lived in Greenwich Village and wrote songs and played with the Dirt Band in the mid-to-late 60's. He became friends with Lou Reed and ended up living together with Nico. Browne was a prolific song writer and many bands recorded his work. It was during this period while living with Nico that he gave a lot of input to the Underground.
He started his own solo career with Saturate Before Using in 72 or 73.
Quote from: elephantraker on February 21, 2013, 09:55:38 PM
Everytime Clapton plays I hear Lightnin' Hopkins. Big influence on him
I'll check him out. What album is best place to start?
Quote from: keefe on February 21, 2013, 10:14:50 PM
Jackson Browne lived in Greenwich Village and wrote songs and played with the Dirt Band in the mid-to-late 60's. He became friends with Lou Reed and ended up living together with Nico. Browne was a prolific song writer and many bands recorded his work. It was during this period while living with Nico that he gave a lot of input to the Underground.
He started his own solo career with Saturate Before Using in 72 or 73.
Wow, I had no idea, thanks for the info.
Keefe, I'm impressed with your vast amounts of knowledge. Do you work in the music industry, or just a big fan like some of us?
Quote from: Blue Horseshoe on February 22, 2013, 11:06:18 AM
Keefe, I'm impressed with your vast amounts of knowledge. Do you work in the music industry, or just a big fan like some of us?
Just a fan. Music is important. The wife played violin and made all the kids do so growing up. Oldest almost went to Berklee.
Biggest problem when I'm in Nepal is lack of electricity. I have 2 iPods but they run out of juice. It's a long walk to get them charged.
I lived on Schroeder 10N and this cover art was painted on the walls. Just wondering if it's still there 30 years later:
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_yrDhVV7Uzw/UOGKjQ8dJ6I/AAAAAAAAGbo/r_TaTL4E9T0/s1600/rogerdean-yessongs_pathways.jpg)
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Quote from: keefe on February 22, 2013, 12:18:20 PM
I lived on Schroeder 10N and this cover art was painted on the walls. Just wondering if it's still there 30 years later:
By the time I got to Schroeder that had been removed. The 10th floor was also a girls floor during my tenure. Ironically, according to the Office of Residence Life, Schroeder only has "9" floors. That can't be right. Unless they do the most MU thing and not count the first floor because it is where the dining hall is located instead of dorm rooms.
http://www.marquette.edu/orl/res/reshalls/schroeder.shtml (http://www.marquette.edu/orl/res/reshalls/schroeder.shtml)
Quote from: Blue Horseshoe on February 22, 2013, 03:33:19 PM
By the time I got to Schroeder that had been removed. The 10th floor was also a girls floor during my tenure. Ironically, according to the Office of Residence Life, Schroeder only has "9" floors. That can't be right. Unless they do the most MU thing and not count the first floor because it is where the dining hall is located instead of dorm rooms.
http://www.marquette.edu/orl/res/reshalls/schroeder.shtml (http://www.marquette.edu/orl/res/reshalls/schroeder.shtml)
That's too bad. About 30 guys helped with that art project. The walls really did look like the album cover art.
We thought that art would be there forever.
Quote from: keefe on February 22, 2013, 08:26:11 PM
That's too bad. About 30 guys helped with that art project. The walls really did look like the album cover art.
We thought that art would be there forever.
If it makes you feel any better, my son, who may be a Schroeder resident next year, loves at least 3 of these bands. I don't think he's really been introduced to Traffic yet.
Quote from: warriorchick on February 22, 2013, 09:14:30 PM
If it makes you feel any better, my son, who may be a Schroeder resident next year, loves at least 3 of these bands. I don't think he's really been introduced to Traffic yet.
Then your son has impeccable taste in music. I would recommend getting him John Barleycorn Must Die for his entrée followed by Low Spark of High Heeled Boys. Side B of Last Exit is a live performance at the Fillmore and demonstrates the improvisational skill of the players which was a strength of the band. Their improv skills were so pronounced that Stevie Winwood, Dave Mason, and Chris Wood together toured with Hendrix and are featured on Electric Ladyland.
Quote from: Blue Horseshoe on February 22, 2013, 03:33:19 PM
By the time I got to Schroeder that had been removed. The 10th floor was also a girls floor during my tenure. Ironically, according to the Office of Residence Life, Schroeder only has "9" floors. That can't be right. Unless they do the most MU thing and not count the first floor because it is where the dining hall is located instead of dorm rooms.
http://www.marquette.edu/orl/res/reshalls/schroeder.shtml (http://www.marquette.edu/orl/res/reshalls/schroeder.shtml)
I lived on the 10th floor of Schroeder 93-94 which was the first year after they renovated. Nothing on the walls
Quote from: ATWizJr on February 21, 2013, 01:12:02 PM
Thanks, Skitch.
I don't know what you're thanking me for, I voted for Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters
Quote from: Skitch on February 23, 2013, 12:26:54 AM
I lived on the 10th floor of Schroeder 93-94 which was the first year after they renovated. Nothing on the walls
Then I would like to think the cover art was there for 16 years. Shame they couldn't have renovated around it. Like painting over the Sistine Chapel ceiling, man.
Quote from: keefe on February 22, 2013, 11:18:49 PM
Then your son has impeccable taste in music. I would recommend getting him John Barleycorn Must Die for his entrée followed by Low Spark of High Heeled Boys. Side B of Last Exit is a live performance at the Fillmore and demonstrates the improvisational skill of the players which was a strength of the band. Their improv skills were so pronounced that Stevie Winwood, Dave Mason, and Chris Wood together toured with Hendrix and are featured on Electric Ladyland.
His musical tastes were influenced by his dad, who is more of a Rush/Yes/Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin guy. He picked up the rest by listening to classic rock radio, which doesn't play a lot of Traffic (at least around here). I do think it is very cool that his generation may be the first that has a great deal of commonality in musical taste with its parents. It was a very proud moment for me when I redecorated his bed room when he was a young teen and he asked me to buy this 4'x6' poster of The Who circa 1964.
Quote from: keefe on February 22, 2013, 12:18:20 PM
I lived on Schroeder 10N and this cover art was painted on the walls. Just wondering if it's still there 30 years later:
(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZlR1iiUz1n5GwQvg4JhW1Kwmu832ngpE0udJF1BaF7zLHsuXU)
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Keefe, I was on 10 north a year or two after you. 79-80 and 80-81. Room 1025.
In 79, the floor was painted over. In '79 Under the guidance of our friend, Rocky Rochenbach, we did the cover of Dark Side of the Moon down both sides of 10N. It got painted over
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Quote from: real chili 83 on February 23, 2013, 08:16:32 AM
Keefe, I was on 10 north a year or two after you. 79-80 and 80-81. Room 1025.
In 79, the floor was painted over. In '79 Under the guidance of our friend, Rocky Rochenbach, we did the cover of Dark Side of the Moon down both sides of 10N. It got painted over
Damn, so it only lasted a few years. Rocky was on 10S the year I was on 10N; he was behind Dark Side. They had the refracted colored light running down the length of 10S. Don't know if you knew Cullen Vane but he was the one who got some guys together to do Steal Your Face.
Rocky was a great guy. I was sorry to hear he passed. Genuinely nice person who was all about giving. He was raised right. He must have been a great RA.
The RA on 10S was Pete De Salva. He was a Marine ROTC from NJ. Pete was a bit of a hard ass but then he wanted to be a Marine. I ran into him in 04 or 05 at a Joint Working Group dealing with Counter Insurgency Ops. I was an Air Force Lt Col at the time and he was a Marine Col (there is a huge difference in service cultures.) I went up to him and said, "Hey, it's Pete De Salva!" I could see it in his eyes, he was thinking "Who the f@ck is this AF Fly Boy puke and why isn't he calling me sir?" Once we sorted out the Marquette thing he relaxed and we compared life notes. I mention Pete because he was against doing Dark Side because he thought it had drug implications. It was Rocky who talked Pete down off the ledge and got him to agree.
Quote from: warriorchick on February 23, 2013, 07:48:34 AM
His musical tastes were influenced by his dad, who is more of a Rush/Yes/Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin guy. He picked up the rest by listening to classic rock radio, which doesn't play a lot of Traffic (at least around here). I do think it is very cool that his generation may be the first that has a great deal of commonality in musical taste with its parents. It was a very proud moment for me when I redecorated his bed room when he was a young teen and he asked me to buy this 4'x6' poster of The Who circa 1964.
I remember in McCormick we had some stoners who always cranked ZMF. That station hammered Rush and Led Zep first thing in the am. What a way to wake up.
I know what you are saying about classic rock making a comeback. I heard a kid's ring tone in a Seattle Starbucks this week - it was Freebird.
Your son has great taste in music. The early Who was their best. My Generation, Live at Leeds and Who's Next are essential for any proper music collection.
Quote from: keefe on February 23, 2013, 01:10:58 PM
Damn, so it only lasted a few years. Rocky was on 10S the year I was on 10N; he was behind Dark Side. They had the refracted colored light running down the length of 10S. Don't know if you knew Cullen Vane but he was the one who got some guys together to do Steal Your Face.
Rocky was a great guy. I was sorry to hear he passed. Genuinely nice person who was all about giving. He was raised right. He must have been a great RA.
The RA on 10S was Pete De Salva. He was a Marine ROTC from NJ. Pete was a bit of a hard ass but then he wanted to be a Marine. I ran into him in 04 or 05 at a Joint Working Group dealing with Counter Insurgency Ops. I was an Air Force Lt Col at the time and he was aMarine Col (there is a huge difference in service cultures.) I went up to him and said, "Hey, it's Pete De Salva!" I could see it in his eyes, he was thinking "Who the f@ck is this AF Fly Boy puke and why isn't he calling me sir?" Once we sorted out the Marquette thing he relaxed and we compared life notes. I mention Pete because he was against doing Dark Side because he thought it had drug implications. It was Rocky who talked Pete down off the ledge and got him to agree.
1025 was 10 S, not 10 north.
We had a few guys on our floor you might know. Do you remember a particular kid who was the son of and admiral on 10S? Had a rockin pair of bose 901's.
Quote from: real chili 83 on February 23, 2013, 04:27:25 PM
1025 was 10 S, not 10 north.
We had a few guys on our floor you might know. Do you remember a particular kid who was the son of and admiral on 10S? Had a rockin pair of bose 901's.
Yea. I want to say his name was Pete Eggert? His dad was a one star and Commander Naval Forces Japan in Yokosuka. He had a sh1tload of stereo gear since his dad was stationed in Japan.
It was funny because Pete was in Schroeder as a freshman. I guess he was there for two years. Is that the guy you knew? I think he was a Navy ROTC.
Quote from: keefe on February 23, 2013, 07:37:01 PM
Yea. I want to say his name was Pete Eggert? His dad was a one star and Commander Naval Forces Japan in Yokosuka. He had a sh1tload of stereo gear since his dad was stationed in Japan.
It was funny because Pete was in Schroeder as a freshman. I guess he was there for two years. Is that the guy you knew? I think he was a Navy ROTC.
Yes, Pete. He ended up dropping out of ROTC.
He was the guy behind the infamous fireworks war on 10s. I remember pete standing at the end of the hall with a roman candle pumping rounds at us down by Rocky's room. Pete also had a samurai sword, with which he would run down the hallway slicing open ceiling tiles in his ninja robe.
Quote from: warriorchick on February 23, 2013, 07:48:34 AM
His musical tastes were influenced by his dad, who is more of a Rush/Yes/Pink Floyd/Led Zeppelin guy. He picked up the rest by listening to classic rock radio, which doesn't play a lot of Traffic (at least around here). I do think it is very cool that his generation may be the first that has a great deal of commonality in musical taste with its parents. It was a very proud moment for me when I redecorated his bed room when he was a young teen and he asked me to buy this 4'x6' poster of The Who circa 1964.
Was your husband one of those stoners who listened to ZMF all the time? Man you could hear Rush playing in the showers! Our RA in Schroeder was pretty hands off...he was shacked up with his GF who was a photographer for the Trib (Not Chuck Kouri!) Only saw him come out to go to class and to eat. I think they were supposed to have quiet hours at some point. If anyone laid down the law on our end it was Pete De Salva.
We also had this muscle head black dude, Claude Tyus who went by TC. His schtick was that he could tear yellow pages in half. By the end of the first month there weren't any phone books left on 10.
Actually, he wasn't a stoner at all. Just had a stoner's taste in music for some reason....
And still does
Quote from: keefe on February 22, 2013, 12:18:20 PM
I lived on Schroeder 10N and this cover art was painted on the walls. Just wondering if it's still there 30 years later:
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It didn't have the triangle and line thingy in that picture, but ZFB's wall had a bunch of those rainbows on it
Quote from: keefe on February 24, 2013, 06:51:08 PM
Was your husband one of those stoners who listened to ZMF all the time? Man you could hear Rush playing in the showers!
No, but I did listen to ZMF and Rush was my first concert at age 14. July 4th can't come soon enough.
More props to my kid. A few years back I was able to personally tell Mike Shinoda that one of jsglow jr's. first albums was Meteora and that I considered it a wise choice. Other kids were listening to drivel. He understood quality music even at 12-13.
Quote from: real chili 83 on February 23, 2013, 08:16:32 AM
Real Chili '83 – I was in Schroeder 4th floor N Frosh/Soph '79-'81. Also stayed at Schroeder over the summer prior to start of year so did get to see the covers done while kefee was there. Do remember seen the mural of Pink Floyd's The Wall at McCormick. We were going to do Yes album covers on our floor but were not allowed. Proud to say kids as teenagers asked to go to concerts with the wife and I. Would have never expected my children to want to see the Stones, The Police, Aerosmith.....with their parents.
Quote from: jsglow on February 26, 2013, 01:30:39 PM
No, but I did listen to ZMF and Rush was my first concert at age 14. July 4th can't come soon enough.
More props to my kid. A few years back I was able to personally tell Mike Shinoda that one of jsglow jr's. first albums was Meteora and that I considered it a wise choice. Other kids were listening to drivel. He understood quality music even at 12-13.
Clearly he inherited some enlightened genetics from his father. I have Numb in my iPod as well as In the End from Hybrid Theory. Both offer a dark, gloomy perspective on life...I always felt like I needed to watch a Julie Andrews movie to bring back a small glimmer of hope into my life after listening to Meteora or Hybrid cover to cover.
I remember ZMF before she was taken from us...she was a raging, seething, hissing cauldron of lewdness in that otherwise cold, chaste, bland, barren tundra of abstinence. Her siren's song lured us with a lascivious playlist that leavened metal with ballads while remaining true to her primal past only to dash our youthful dreams on the silk shrouded shoals of her soul. But her raven locks, red leather halter, purple spandex tights, and spiked heels gave way to Talbots grey flannel, Bastad clogs, and the blue rinse of Henry Mancini.
It was March '79. Marquette was a sea of homogeneity back then but there were Stoners on campus and it seemed that the Office of Residence Life, in an outburst of quiet desperation, made the 8th and 10th floors of Schroeder a Gulag for Dennis Hopper wannabes. But it was an eclectic group that gathered that night to hear the dirge. There were freaks beside jocks sitting next to brains. We were an earlier and more honest version of The Breakfast Club giving lie to the sanguine optimism of John Hughes' Northbrook. Frankincense and myrrh had given way to a post modern funerary bouquet and while the mood was black the Lebanese was blond and the sickly sweet air hung heavy, redolent of the Casbah with the suggestion of our own Midnight Express though certainly without the anal rape.
Conversation centered on what would be the swan song for this great friend as she was carried across the River. The most popular seemed to be Stairway to Heaven though that seemed too trite and too Wagnerian for so lithe and young a woman. An even less inspired thought was Knockin' On Heaven's Door but its dour banality could come across as almost crass due to the acerbic cynicism of the Dylan rendition. For myself, I offered the Cream classic Crossroads as it seemed to offer the promise of choice and continuity in some form. Unfortunately no one else shared my enthusiasm and it was quickly dismissed. In the end it was the obvious and yet sublime that won out and as midnight neared it was Jimi Hendrix' Star Spangled Banner that ended the brilliant life of ZMF.
The flat line came abruptly and was as anti-climactic and unprepossessing as Henry Fonda's Tom Joad facing backwards on that Ford, refusing to stand up and face the injustices that had taunted him and held him down. As those last melancholic notes hurtled through the Milky Way we emerged into the night as a group though each man was left alone with his thoughts and feelings of the loss we had just suffered. We trudged through the dark and as one sat down at the counter of Real Chili, hoping to find some measure of solace in the pools of grease slowly congealing atop seasoned meat.
Quote from: newsdrms on February 26, 2013, 08:06:13 PM
Real Chili '83 – I was in Schroeder 4th floor N Frosh/Soph '79-'81. Also stayed at Schroeder over the summer prior to start of year so did get to see the covers done while kefee was there. Do remember seen the mural of Pink Floyd's The Wall at McCormick. We were going to do Yes album covers on our floor but were not allowed. Proud to say kids as teenagers asked to go to concerts with the wife and I. Would have never expected my children to want to see the Stones, The Police, Aerosmith.....with their parents.
I vaguely remember the paintings at McCormick.....spent most my time in Schroeder.
Frosh year, we re did the dark side cover on 10s under Rocky's leadership. It got painted over that following summer. They refused to allow it be re-done ORL seemed to have no sense of humor. I believe the guy who made the call at ORL was Mark Braeverman. (?)
That was a cool read keefe. I had long forgotten exactly when or how ZMF closed up shop. Your post reminded me somewhat. I vaguely remember staying up to listen that last night and assuming your Spring '79 date is correct, I would have been a senior in HS. To have been in college with a bunch of like minded audiophiles, whether brainers or potheads or whatever would have been a cool experience.
Disco was raging at the time. I absolutely knew it sucked and I never endulged, even if it meant I limited my access to 'chicks' at Park Avenue.
Quote from: keefe on February 27, 2013, 04:57:40 AM
Clearly he inherited some enlightened genetics from his father. I have Numb in my iPod as well as In the End from Hybrid Theory. Both offer a dark, gloomy perspective on life...I always felt like I needed to watch a Julie Andrews movie to bring back a small glimmer of hope into my life after listening to Meteora or Hybrid cover to cover.
I remember ZMF before she was taken from us...she was a raging, seething, hissing cauldron of lewdness in that otherwise cold, chaste, bland, barren tundra of abstinence. Her siren's song lured us with a lascivious playlist that leavened metal with ballads while remaining true to her primal past only to dash our youthful dreams on the silk shrouded shoals of her soul. But her raven locks, red leather halter, purple spandex tights, and spiked heels gave way to Talbots grey flannel, Bastad clogs, and the blue rinse of Henry Mancini.
It was March '79. Marquette was a sea of homogeneity back then but there were Stoners on campus and it seemed that the Office of Residence Life, in an outburst of quiet desperation, made the 8th and 10th floors of Schroeder a Gulag for Dennis Hopper wannabes. But it was an eclectic group that gathered that night to hear the dirge. There were freaks beside jocks sitting next to brains. We were an earlier and more honest version of The Breakfast Club giving lie to the sanguine optimism of John Hughes' Northbrook. Frankincense and myrrh had given way to a post modern funerary bouquet and while the mood was black the Lebanese was blond and the sickly sweet air hung heavy, redolent of the Casbah with the suggestion of our own Midnight Express though certainly without the anal rape.
Conversation centered on what would be the swan song for this great friend as she was carried across the River. The most popular seemed to be Stairway to Heaven though that seemed too trite and too Wagnerian for so lithe and young a woman. An even less inspired thought was Knockin' On Heaven's Door but its dour banality could come across as almost crass due to the acerbic cynicism of the Dylan rendition. For myself, I offered the Cream classic Crossroads as it seemed to offer the promise of choice and continuity in some form. Unfortunately no one else shared my enthusiasm and it was quickly dismissed. In the end it was the obvious and yet sublime that won out and as midnight neared it was Jimi Hendrix' Star Spangled Banner that ended the brilliant life of ZMF.
The flat line came abruptly and was as anti-climactic and unprepossessing as Henry Fonda's Tom Joad facing backwards on that Ford, refusing to stand up and face the injustices that had taunted him and held him down. As those last melancholic notes hurtled through the Milky Way we emerged into the night as a group though each man was left alone with his thoughts and feelings of the loss we had just suffered. We trudged through the dark and as one sat down at the counter of Real Chili, hoping to find some measure of solace in the pools of grease slowly congealing atop seasoned meat.
Found a photo of JSGlow and Warriorchick at Banaroo last Summer
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Quote from: jsglow on February 27, 2013, 10:08:06 AM
That was a cool read keefe. I had long forgotten exactly when or how ZMF closed up shop. Your post reminded me somewhat. I vaguely remember staying up to listen that last night and assuming your Spring '79 date is correct, I would have been a senior in HS. To have been in college with a bunch of like minded audiophiles, whether brainers or potheads or whatever would have been a cool experience.
Disco was raging at the time. I absolutely knew it sucked and I never endulged, even if it meant I limited my access to 'chicks' at Park Avenue.
Keefe has the date right. My junior year at MU. Bob Reitman was a ZMF jockey. ZMF switched over to a classical music format. Switched call letters, don't remember what they were. Don't remember much from spring of '79 either.
Quote from: newsdrms on February 26, 2013, 08:06:13 PM
Real Chili '83 – I was in Schroeder 4th floor N Frosh/Soph '79-'81. Also stayed at Schroeder over the summer prior to start of year so did get to see the covers done while kefee was there. Do remember seen the mural of Pink Floyd's The Wall at McCormick. We were going to do Yes album covers on our floor but were not allowed. Proud to say kids as teenagers asked to go to concerts with the wife and I. Would have never expected my children to want to see the Stones, The Police, Aerosmith.....with their parents.
Glad to hear you were able to admire the Sistine Chapel of Schroeder in its brief yet transcendent existence. The more I reflect on it the more outrage I feel towards those fascists in ORL. Who appointed them the Moral Arbiters of Geschmack und Kultur
I have read of kids rediscovering the music we listened to. It is validating, in many ways. Question I have is if you go to see Pink Floyd with your kids to you spark a Doob with them or sneak it in the bedroom before leaving?
When we were living in Jakarta there was a Reggae Fest on Bali that went 3 or 4 days. Several couples went and many of us had kids in tow. It was agreed we would bring the high schoolers with us to the concert. I remember these kids met us at the gate of the venue and it was clear they had primed themselves for a Full On Rastafarian Experience. I know my wife was not happy but I reminded her about hypocrisy. Once we got through the gate the kids ditched us old folks and we only saw them the next day. It was perhaps best that way.
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Quote from: jsglow on February 27, 2013, 10:08:06 AM
That was a cool read keefe. I had long forgotten exactly when or how ZMF closed up shop. Your post reminded me somewhat. I vaguely remember staying up to listen that last night and assuming your Spring '79 date is correct, I would have been a senior in HS. To have been in college with a bunch of like minded audiophiles, whether brainers or potheads or whatever would have been a cool experience.
Disco was raging at the time. I absolutely knew it sucked and I never endulged, even if it meant I limited my access to 'chicks' at Park Avenue.
It was like clock work that year. At around midnight people would close the books and hole up in numerous dorm rooms with music. We all had such different backgrounds, tastes, and experiences that it was very compelling to share each other's music. Developed my taste for Dizzy, Monk, and Coltrane while introducing the Blues to others. The drill was that guys would bring along albums, a wet towel would be laid along the bottom of the door, windows opened, a water pipe would emerge from the back of a closet and new worlds were made possible. And we were an eclectic group which is what made it great. Marquette was a pretty homogeneous community with 67% being Irish Catholic from Chicago or the East Coast but on 10N we had Hispanics, Asians, and Brothers and the variety of music reflected that diversity.
A group of us got a house on 15th the next year and the centerpiece of the living room was the stereo. We mixed and matched components to put together the dream system. I know my Carver Amp and Pre Amp and Nakamichi Cassette Deck were used. There were two B&O turn tables, a Sansui Tuner and several speakers - I had a pair of Infinity's, another guy had Bose 901's with the pedestals (he pulled them one Sunday after people left plastic beer cups on them,) and there were some Advents. One guy had this 8 track satellite player that we banned because of the terrible sound quality. Which reminds me, everything today is digital, but there was nothing like the snap, crackle, and pop of ceramic on vinyl. That is something kids today have likely never experienced.
We borrowed cinder blocks and two by fours from a construction site on State Street to house the stereo system and ended going back many times for more as we had about 3,000 albums in that house. I guess all of that music and gear weighed hundreds of pounds. Now, I have all of that in two iPods.
And yes, disco was raging but the guys I knew avoided it like the plague. That trend was horrible in many ways. Fortunately I was with someone whom I ended up marrying because I knew guys who succumbed and dressed up in order to find companionship.
Quote from: Sir Lawrence on February 27, 2013, 08:41:54 PM
Keefe has the date right. My junior year at MU. Bob Reitman was a ZMF jockey. ZMF switched over to a classical music format. Switched call letters, don't remember what they were. Don't remember much from spring of '79 either.
Reitman was a fixture at ZMF. The morning guy was Marty Racine who used to blast Rush at 7 am. Never understood how people could listen to that so early. I was more of a Mozart guy in the morning, even back then, much to the chagrin of my roommate who today listens to Mozart in the morning.
ZMF had a cult following that made sense - it played the best music in a landscape dominated by Top 40 and Disco. I remember Reitman would play the Stones, then Peter Tosh, then the Allmans, followed by Ska. You never knew what to expect but it was vibrant.
Quote from: keefe on February 27, 2013, 10:10:02 PM
I know my Carver Amp and Pre Amp and Nakamichi Cassette Deck were used. There were two B&O turn tables, a Sansui Tuner and several speakers - I had a pair of Infinity's, another guy had Bose 901's with the pedestals (he pulled them one Sunday after people left plastic beer cups on them,) and there were some Advents. One guy had this 8 track satellite player that we banned because of the terrible sound quality. Which reminds me, everything today is digital, but there was nothing like the snap, crackle, and pop of ceramic on vinyl. That is something kids today have likely never experienced.
Too funny. Still got my M&K's satellite subwoofer combo. Sound as good as the day I bought them. With digital technology, they really reveal difference in recording quality. Gotta love the feel of the volkswoofer pounding out a tight bass.
Quote from: real chili 83 on February 27, 2013, 10:41:33 PM
Too funny. Still got my M&K's satellite subwoofer combo. Sound as good as the day I bought them. With digital technology, they really reveal difference in recording quality. Gotta love the feel of the volkswoofer pounding out a tight bass.
All of my stereo stuff got lost in one our many moves over the years. I replaced it with a Bose system in Tokyo. I am downsizing these days so I told the kids to take whatever they want. My daughter took the Bose system and has it in Brooklyn. She speaks Japanese but doesn't read it and the instructions are in Japanese. She had to get a Japanese friend from Columbia to set it up for her.
I am often without my music in Nepal and do miss it at times but have found superb replacements. Buddhist chants in the Himalayas in the evening is extraordinary. The sunset off the Annapournas whilst 200 monks are doing their incantations is heavenly.
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Viva Nepal.