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Tuesday, August 12. 2008

"I never really cared for Isaac Hayes"

An obit from Sipp, who knows whereof he speaks (unlike most of us).

His piece led me to this oldie (Isn't that Steve Cropper playing? And how did they book Booker T and the MGs for that aerobics class?) which is not by Hayes but was from Stax records:

Posted by Bird Dog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 07:18 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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Wow -- that is some seriously stiff, inept dancing.
#1 Texan99 on 2008-08-12 08:58 (Reply)
Steve Cropper on lead guitar and I think Donald ' Duck" Dunn on bass. I always watched Shindig and Hulabaloo. The dancers usually sucked, but sometimes you'd catch some good music like Booker T & the MG's.
#2 sean on 2008-08-12 09:21 (Reply)
I need to quit doing productive work and start a website where I can declare who is or is not an American based on specific Booker T & the MG's songs. Not to mention being able to write off the only pop-culture success that encourages young people to consider libertarian values as a "failure" just because I don't like it. Sippi needs to lighten up a little...
#3 KRW on 2008-08-12 09:56 (Reply)
Sipp always has a touch of irony.
#3.1 BD on 2008-08-12 10:00 (Reply)
Yeah, I popped off a little early on that one. Got through the first 3 or 4 paragraphs and ran out of patience with the whole "I'm so over these celebrities" sillyness (I have my own "I'm so over being over these celebrities" sillyness). Though the "Green Onions" paragraph jumped out at me on the scroll down. Since it now turns out I don't have a damn thing to do again for the rest of this day (my own irony about being "productive"), I read the second half of the article and it did lighten up. Long periods of anticipation saps my patience. Still, entertainers are just that. I think we take them more seriously than they take themselves.
#3.1.1 KRW on 2008-08-12 10:33 (Reply)
Sippi was a little hard on Southpark, wasn't he? Well, he doesn't have to watch it. I'm very fond of the show myself.

Anyway, I was glad of the link to his site, which I hadn't seen before. Some great stuff in there on darts and so on, not to mention some good-looking furniture.
#4 Texan99 on 2008-08-12 10:08 (Reply)
Sipp is the bee's knees.
#5 Bird Dog on 2008-08-12 11:07 (Reply)

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