TELEVISION STILL BROADCASTING

IMAGINE IF TELEVISION'S FIRST ALBUM "MARQUEE MOON" WAS THE FIRST
RECORD YOU HEARD AFTER HEARING ABOUT THIS NEW THING CALLED "PUNK
ROCK" HAPPENING IN NEW YORK CITY AT A PLACE CALLED CBGB'S.I'LL NEVER
FORGET HEARING THAT ALBUM FOR THE FIRST TIME.MY BASS PLAYER HAD IT
AND AS SOON AS I SAW IT I IMMEDIATLY SAID "PUT IT ON,I'VE READ SOME AMAZING THINGS ABOUT THIS BAND".SO HE DID AND IT WASN'T WHAT I EXPECTED BUT IT
WAS GREAT.THE SONGS WERE SMART AND THE GUITARS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE.I HAD NEVER HEARD ANYONE PLAY GUITAR LIKE TOM VERLAINE AND I
STILL HAVEN'T TO THIS VERY DAY.
GOOD NEWS FOR TELEVISION FANS.THE BAND IS IN THE STUDIO MAKING A
NEW RECORD.

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

6. "AUTOBAHN"-KRAFTWORK



37 YEARS AFTER IT'S RELEASE KRAFTWORK'S "AUTOBAHN" STILL SOUNDS

LIKE SOMETHING BEING BEAMED DOWN TO US FROM SOME FUTURISTIC ALIEN ASTRAL PLANE.AS FAR AS WE KNOW-KRAFTWORK WERE THE FIRST ALL ELECTRONIC ROCK BAND.THAT'S ONE THING BUT CREATING A SONG AS CATCHY AND FUN AS "AUTOBAHN" MAKES THIS RECORDING TOTALLY UNIQUE BY COMBINING THE TWO ELEMENTS.THE SONG WAS INSPIRED BY THE BEACH BOYS
"FUN,FUN,FUN" AND IF THAT WAS THE GOAL THEN KRAFTWORK DEFINATLY ACHIEVED IT.THEY SEEMED TO BE THE FIRST BAND TO TOTALLY MASTER
THE SYNTHETIC SOUNDS THIER ELECTRONIC INSTUMENTS MADE.

THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF RECORDING ACOUSTIC GUITAR

MOST ACOUSTIC GUITAR RECORDINGS ARE DONE WITH A SEPARETE MIC FOR THE

ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLACED ABOUT 5-10 INCHES FROM THE CENTER OF THE GUITAR

BODY.THOUGH SOME BASS TONE IS LEFT IN,THE TREBLE TONES ARE THE MOST

FOCUSED ON AND CRANKED-UP HIGH WITH THE MIDRANGE TURNED DOWN SO FAR

IT'S NEARLY ELIMINATED.I THINK THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE.BIG ACOUSTIC DREADNAUGHT GUITARS LIKE MY 1980 GUILD DON'T PRODUCE A THIN TREBELY SOUND LIKE YOU HEAR ON MOST MODERN RECORDS AND CD'S.THEY PRODUCE A HUGE SOUND !-IN FACT ONE MIGHT CALL IT A RUMBLE-ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE

STRUMMING HARD WITH A FAIRLY THICK LATEX PICK।THAT RUMBLE GOES BACK AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE EVERLY BROTHERS AND I'M SURE ALOT FURTHER BUT SOMETIME IN THE 1970'S PRODUCERS STARTED REMOVING ALLMOST ALL OF THE

MID-RANGE;DEEMING IT AN UNDESIRABLE SOUND.FOR SOME RECORDINGS IT IS
APPROPRIATE TO TONE DOWN THE MID-RANGE ON AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR-IF
THERE ARE ALOT OF TRACKS IT CAN MUDDY UP THE MIX।BUT IF YOUR RECORDING
A SMALL ENSEMBLE OR A GUITAR AND VOCAL ONLY RECORDING THERE'S NO
REASON NOT TO LET THE MIDRANGE FREE SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT IN ALL IT'S
GLORY.AT SEVERAL SESSIONS IN NASHVILLE AND AUSTIN I INSTRUCTED THE
ENGINEER TO LEAVE THE MID-RANGE IN ! I KNOW THEY WERE BOTH SURPRISED
AND DELIGHTED AT THE SOUND WE GOT।

PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2008

CONCEPT FOR A DAY

SONICALLY AND CREATIVILY THE BEATLES "SARGENT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND" IS A MILESTONE IN ROCK।IT'S WHEN ROCK PROVED THAT IT COULD BE JUST AS INVENTIVE,COMPLEX,AND MYSTERIOUSLY BEATIFUL AS THAT OF ANY CLASSICAL MUSIC।ALLTHOUGH IT WAS CALLED A CONCEPT ALBUM;IT WASN'T.
THERE WAS NO CONCEPT OTHER THAN PAULS LEAD-OFF SONG WHERE THE BEATLES BECOME THE SARGENT PEPPER BAND।ANOTHER NEW FEATURE WAS THE CONECTING MUSICAL SEGWAY BETWEEN "PEPPER" AND "A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS"।LATER ON "ABBEY ROAD" THE BEATLES WOULD RECORD A WHOLE SIDE
WHERE THE SONGS WERE CONNECTED-BUT IT WASN'T A CONCEPT ALBUM EITHER।BUT IT WAS AMAZING.
THE PERSON WHO TOOK PAULS IDEA OF BECOMING ANOTHER BAND FOR THE
WHOLE ALBUM WAS DAVID BOWIE ON HIS BREATHTAKING ALBUM "ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS".ON BOWIES ALBUM ALL THE SONGS ARE COMPLETELY CONNECTED AROUND THE BAND LEADER ZIGGY STARDUST AND HIS
CO-HORTS IN MAYHEM "THE SPIDERS FROM MARS"।BOWIE INGENOUSLY INTERWOAVE THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE DOOMED ROCK STAR WHO,IF ANTTHING,
HIS FANS LOVED TOO MUCH।
EVERY SONG IS A TOUR DE FORCE IN COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION।ONE OF THE GREATIST ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
AN EARLIER ALBUM BY THE MOODY BLUES,"DAYS OF FUTURE PAST" MAY BE THE THE FIRST ROCK CONCEPT ALBUM।IT FOLLOWS THE COARSE OF A DAY-DAWN,
THE MOURNING,{TUESDAY}AFTERNOON,PEAK HOUR AND EVENING.IT'S A STUNNING ACHIEVMENT THAT FOLLOWS A CONCEPT FROM START TO FINISH।
IT WAS RECORDED WITH "THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA" IN 1967,THE SAME
YEAR "PEPPER" CAME OUT।IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT THE MOODY BLUES MADE THE
FIRST ROCK CONCEPT ALBUM BUT ALL THESE ALBUMS HAVE SEVERAL THINGS IN COMMON।THEY ARE GROUNDBREAKING AND THEY ARE ALL AMONG THE GREATIST ROCK ALBUMS OF ALL-TIME।
PETE HOLLY-COPYRIGHT-2007-12/18/07

DISCOGRAPHY
1.SARGENT PEPPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND-THE BEATLES-1967
2.DAYS OF FUTURE PAST-THE MOODY BLUES-1967
3.ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS-DAVID BOWIE-1972

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT THE BIRD IS A WORD

12/11/07

CHRIS MATHERS OF MSNBC'S "HARDBALL" USED AN INTERESTING WORD TODAY:ASSIDOUSLY.HE WAS REFERING A GUEST COLUMNISTS WRITINGS PROCLAIMING THAT HE WAS THE BEST COLUMNIST IN AMERICA AND THAT HE READ HIS WRITINGS "ASSIDOUSLY".SO I LOOKED IT UP IN WEBSTERS DICTIONARY
ONLINE।
ASSIDOUSLY-from Latin-assiduus-1622।
Marked by careful unremitting attention or persistant application.

NEW VIDEO TIME-"IN THE VALLEY"

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT WE MADE A NEW VIDEO OVER THE SUMMER.FILMED IN ONE OF THE WILDER AREA'S OF WILDER IDAHO WE MANAGED TO FILM A VERY POSITIVE AND CREATIVE VIDEO।FEATURING OUR YOUNG STARLET,।
BRIANNA, WHO IS ONE HELL OF AN EQUESTRIAN{HORSE RIDER}AS WELL AS BEING
A NATURAL AS AN ACTRESS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME GREAT FOOTAGE AND THE WHOLE PROJECT WENT VERY SMOOTHLY FROM
START TO FINISH।
I PURPOSELY KEPT THE VIDEO VERY SIMPLE AND FREE OF ANY SPECIAL EFFECTS।EVERYTHING YOU SEE 100% REAL AND NATURAL.A NATIVE AMERICAN
ONCE SAID "I FEEL AT PEACE WHEN I AM AROUND HORSE'S"।I COULDN'T AGREE MORE।
HAPPY TRAILS,
PETE HOLLY

TO SEE THE VIDEO GO HERE http://www.peteholly.com

PROBABILITY-DOUBLE COMPLEXITY

FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS OR SO HUMAN BRAINS WERE CONDITIONED TO BE MOSTLY AWARE OF DANGER AND SEEKING FOOD AND SHELTER।TODAY OUR BRAINS FUNCTION PRETTY MUCH IN THE SAME .WHEN
PROBLEMS OF MULTIPLE COMPLEXITIES ARISE WE WITHOUT EXCEPTION FAIL
TO SEE THE EFFECT OF ONE COMPLEXITY ON THE OTHER-EVEN EXPERTS IN
EVERY FIELD-FROM STOCKBROKERS TO SCIENTISTS-FAIL CONSISTANTLY WHEN
PRESENTED WITH PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDE MULTIPLE COMPLEXITIES.THE
AWARENESS OF HOW TO FIGURE OUT THE EFFECTS OF THESE DOUBLED
COMPLEXITIES-EVEN TO SPOT THEM-JUST ISN'T IN OUR GENES OR OUR MINDS।
HERE IS A SIMPLE BUT GOOD EXAMPLE।THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF AN
AMERICAN IS 76.WE CALCULATE THAT AS THAT PERSON AGES THIER
ODDS OF DYING GO UP IN PROPORTION TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS THEY
HAVE LIVED. BUT SCIENTIFICALLY THIS IS NOT TRUE.AS A PERSON AGES
THIER CHANCES OF LIVING TO AN EVEN OLDER AGE GO UP ! THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE DIED AT A YOUNGER AGE HAVE TAKEN THIER PLACE IN THE FORMER EQUATION SO THAT NOW WHEN BOTH FACTORS ARE FIGURED INTO
THE EQUATION THE OLDER PERSONS CHANCES OF LIVING TO AN EVEN
OLDER AGE INCREASE।
YOU CAN SEE NOW EVEN THOUGH I HAVE STATED THE FACTS IN A SIMPLE
MANNER;OUR MINDS,INCLUDING MINE,FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THIS SIMPLE
DOUBLE COMPLEXITY COMPUTATION।
BUT TELL IT TO AN OLDER PERSON AND THEY MAY BE MORE INCLINED TO
ACCEPT THE FACTS OWEING TO THE RESULTS BEING THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER
CHANCE AT LIVING AN EVEN LONGER LIFE.IN OTHER WORDS-THERE IS SOMETHING OF GREAT IMPORT IN IT FOR THEM-MORE LIFE।TIME REALLY IS ON THIER SIDE.
P। HOLLY 11/21/2007
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