Interesting. So the Irish Nationalist violence is what gets most of the coverage?Silent Majority wrote: ↑17 Sep 2020, 10:18amNo, loyalist violence isn't really remembered in the UK.matedog wrote: ↑17 Sep 2020, 10:12amI saw a preview for a Netflix doc on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Showband_killings and had never heard of it. Is this event well known in UK/Ireland? But holy shit, what a fucked up event.
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Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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I'm sure we discussed this doc elsewhere in the "Watching" thread. About a year or so ago.matedog wrote: ↑17 Sep 2020, 11:59amInteresting. So the Irish Nationalist violence is what gets most of the coverage?Silent Majority wrote: ↑17 Sep 2020, 10:18amNo, loyalist violence isn't really remembered in the UK.matedog wrote: ↑17 Sep 2020, 10:12amI saw a preview for a Netflix doc on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Showband_killings and had never heard of it. Is this event well known in UK/Ireland? But holy shit, what a fucked up event.
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That's right, the establishment supported the brave patriotic work of their proxies in the area and the Republicans were terrorists for doing the same as the Loyalist paramilitaries and also force out of the solitary hands of the state.matedog wrote: ↑17 Sep 2020, 11:59amInteresting. So the Irish Nationalist violence is what gets most of the coverage?Silent Majority wrote: ↑17 Sep 2020, 10:18amNo, loyalist violence isn't really remembered in the UK.matedog wrote: ↑17 Sep 2020, 10:12amI saw a preview for a Netflix doc on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Showband_killings and had never heard of it. Is this event well known in UK/Ireland? But holy shit, what a fucked up event.
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On a lighter note: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fratellini_family
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How have I never heard of this.
2004 Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident
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2004 Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident
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And yet they are free to dump their aural feces at will.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 10:59pmHow have I never heard of this.
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It happened right after I moved here and it’s definitely huge in local lore.revbob wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 11:07pmAnd yet they are free to dump their aural feces at will.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 10:59pmHow have I never heard of this.
2004 Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Da ... r_incident
EDIT: checking the page, and it was literally the same week I moved here.
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That's on Flex and Flex alone.revbob wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 11:07pmAnd yet they are free to dump their aural feces at will.BostonBeaneater wrote: ↑10 Oct 2020, 10:59pmHow have I never heard of this.
2004 Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Womack
Okay, so I revisited the song "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack. As far as I know, this song was a hit everywhere except the US. I was curious if there was any relation to Bobby Womack and wow this is fucked up.
Sam Cooke has a daughter Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke is murdered.
Sam Cooke's widow marries Bobby Womack. Bobby becomes stepfather to Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke's widow finds Bobby allegedly sexually abusing Linda, his stepdaughter and she shots a gun at him. Linda never talks to her mother again after this.
Linda Cooke marries Bobby's uncle. Basically, her step-uncle.
What a weird, incestuous story.
Okay, so I revisited the song "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack. As far as I know, this song was a hit everywhere except the US. I was curious if there was any relation to Bobby Womack and wow this is fucked up.
Sam Cooke has a daughter Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke is murdered.
Sam Cooke's widow marries Bobby Womack. Bobby becomes stepfather to Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke's widow finds Bobby allegedly sexually abusing Linda, his stepdaughter and she shots a gun at him. Linda never talks to her mother again after this.
Linda Cooke marries Bobby's uncle. Basically, her step-uncle.
What a weird, incestuous story.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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John Phillips and Woody Allen choose to withhold judgment.matedog wrote: ↑26 Aug 2022, 4:47pmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Womack
Okay, so I revisited the song "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack. As far as I know, this song was a hit everywhere except the US. I was curious if there was any relation to Bobby Womack and wow this is fucked up.
Sam Cooke has a daughter Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke is murdered.
Sam Cooke's widow marries Bobby Womack. Bobby becomes stepfather to Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke's widow finds Bobby allegedly sexually abusing Linda, his stepdaughter and she shots a gun at him. Linda never talks to her mother again after this.
Linda Cooke marries Bobby's uncle. Basically, her step-uncle.
What a weird, incestuous story.
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"Stepdad is kind of a creep, but his brother is kinda cute. I'm going to have seven kids and a couple chart toppers with him."Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Aug 2022, 4:51pmJohn Phillips and Woody Allen choose to withhold judgment.matedog wrote: ↑26 Aug 2022, 4:47pmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Womack
Okay, so I revisited the song "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack. As far as I know, this song was a hit everywhere except the US. I was curious if there was any relation to Bobby Womack and wow this is fucked up.
Sam Cooke has a daughter Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke is murdered.
Sam Cooke's widow marries Bobby Womack. Bobby becomes stepfather to Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke's widow finds Bobby allegedly sexually abusing Linda, his stepdaughter and she shots a gun at him. Linda never talks to her mother again after this.
Linda Cooke marries Bobby's uncle. Basically, her step-uncle.
What a weird, incestuous story.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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The, uh, heart wants … um, what the heart wants?matedog wrote: ↑26 Aug 2022, 5:19pm"Stepdad is kind of a creep, but his brother is kinda cute. I'm going to have seven kids and a couple chart toppers with him."Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑26 Aug 2022, 4:51pmJohn Phillips and Woody Allen choose to withhold judgment.matedog wrote: ↑26 Aug 2022, 4:47pmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Womack
Okay, so I revisited the song "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack. As far as I know, this song was a hit everywhere except the US. I was curious if there was any relation to Bobby Womack and wow this is fucked up.
Sam Cooke has a daughter Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke is murdered.
Sam Cooke's widow marries Bobby Womack. Bobby becomes stepfather to Linda Cooke.
Sam Cooke's widow finds Bobby allegedly sexually abusing Linda, his stepdaughter and she shots a gun at him. Linda never talks to her mother again after this.
Linda Cooke marries Bobby's uncle. Basically, her step-uncle.
What a weird, incestuous story.
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Heard a passing reference to this guy on a podcast, so I looked him up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Wearing
Guy got sick and now has amnesia where he can only remember 7-30 seconds at a time. Seems like a nightmarish existence and so hard to comprehend where time has no real meaning. Found an interesting doc on him as well and he seems like a perfectly affable guy:
Guy got sick and now has amnesia where he can only remember 7-30 seconds at a time. Seems like a nightmarish existence and so hard to comprehend where time has no real meaning. Found an interesting doc on him as well and he seems like a perfectly affable guy:
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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That's heartbreaking. It's just permanent unfamiliarity.matedog wrote: ↑11 Jan 2023, 5:18pmHeard a passing reference to this guy on a podcast, so I looked him up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Wearing
Guy got sick and now has amnesia where he can only remember 7-30 seconds at a time. Seems like a nightmarish existence and so hard to comprehend where time has no real meaning. Found an interesting doc on him as well and he seems like a perfectly affable guy:
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft