The story goes that on this day in 1877, Thomas Edison made the first sound recording on his cylinder phonograph, reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb. Not an invention I can fault - that I am the Walrus episode notwithstanding. As a demonstration of how good big government can be, our National Park Service has provided us with some early recordings, including the earliest known recording of Edison's voice.
Posted by Bobby Farouk at December 6, 2004 03:16 PMWossamatter with I Am The Walrus?
Posted by: ROBBIE at December 7, 2004 01:56 AMNothing. I just associate it with that Paul is dead nonsense.
Posted by: Bobby Farouk at December 7, 2004 05:59 AMOh. I think I Am the Walrus is their best record- a fine moment in English pop culture.
Posted by: ROBBIE at December 7, 2004 08:20 AMI asked two friends what came to their minds when they thought about I am the Walrus. One had only this to say: 'Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog’s eye.' So this association I'm making apparently is not universal.
However - and I think this supports Alan's point about myths and humankind's stupidity - there is a fair amount of information available about the Paul is Dead episode. One site (and I'm not providing a link because it's too off the wall) is quite devoted to the perpetuation of the story. According to it's author, Paul was murdered, replaced by a lookalike aided by lots of plastic surgery; years later, John went to America to find the killers, discovered they were KKK members, and was assassinated by the CIA with Yoko Ono's help (she was a spy for the British Foreign Office).
The moral of the story is that whenever you think you're wasting your life, you can find somebody on the web who has you licked hands down.
Posted by: Bobby Farouk at December 8, 2004 06:14 AMIf you like that one, you should give contrails a shot.
Posted by: Alan Hogue at December 8, 2004 09:41 AM