The Daily Blog Open Mic – 8th January 2023
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
The Editor doesn’t moderate this blog, 3 volunteers do, they are very lenient to provide you a free speech space but if it’s just deranged abuse or putting words in bloggers mouths to have a pointless argument, we don’t bother publishing.
EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your comment dumped. Sexist language, homophobic language, racist language, anti-muslim hate, transphobic language, Chemtrails, 9/11 truthers, Qanon lunacy, climate deniers, anti-fluoride fanatics, anti-vaxxer lunatics, 5G conspiracy theories, the virus is a bioweapon, some weird bullshit about the UN taking over the world and ANYONE that links to fucking infowar.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/130910432/company-behind-billionaires-fireworks-display-gone-wrong-says-accidents-happen
Why wouldn’t the pyrotechnics company say that! They are skilled, no doubt careful and make good money and meet glossy people doing the job. But other considerations apply to we da people – Upton Sinclair 1878-1968 is pithily on the ball.
Quote by Upton Sinclair: – Goodreads ·
https://www.goodreads.com › quotes › 218…
Upton Sinclair — ‘It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.’
(In 1906, Sinclair acquired particular fame for his classic muck-raking novel, The Jungle, which exposed labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair)
A woman author of power. Fay Weldon has died. A Harry Ricketts interview with her.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018873284/harry-ricketts-the-life-and-influence-of-fay-weldon
The Beatles – marvellous. Talking about counting, do we count, and when we count are we counting the right things? Trying new approaches on an old theme by people who have many talents and experience – it created something outstanding. Could we too in our way non-musically?
“A Day In The Life”
I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car;
He didn’t notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They’d seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
I saw a film today, oh boy;
The English army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I’d love to turn you on
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream
Ah I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I’d love to turn you on
Writers – John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Background:
John Lennon took some inspiration for this song while reading an article in Daily Mail about a Guinness heir Tara Browne who killed himself in a car crash in 1966.
Paul McCartney conducted the orchestra used in this song. The orchestra members came to the session in formal dresses, but there they were asked to put on some funny stuff like party hats, false noses etc.
The alarm clock sound indicates the end of a song portion that would have to be filled later because the band hadn’t an idea at the time of the first session take. Paul McCartney explained, “When we took it to the studio I suggested, ‘Let’s put aside 24 bars and just have Mal count them.’.”
Mal Evans, their roadie, counted from one and set the alarm clock to go off at the end of 24 bars. The band decided to leave that sound, as it complemented the next line “Woke up, fell out of bed”.
The line “The English Army had just won the war” is a reference to the film “How I Won The War” (1967) with John Lennon.
The final chord was produced by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Mal Evans playing three different pianos simultaneously with George Martin on a harmonium.
The loop of studio noises with Paul McCartney saying “Never could see any other way” was constructed in a funny way so that vinyl discs would play it constantly in the run-out groove making an impression that something is wrong with the record.