So Eddie finished up the musical performances on the David Letterman show last night by playing a "solo" version of Better Man. Seeing their performance from back in '96 and seeing Ed now makes me realize how I've aged right along with the band. Awesome to see them still together and playing music after this long, some near 30 years in. Beatles didn't do it, Stones and Aerosmith had turned into shells of themselves to the point of parody and laughter. As PJ and Ed Ved would want, the only comparable to their longevity and relevance is Neil Young. Enjoy the comparison and contrast between the two performances below.
The second performance is from Eddie's first visit to the Letterman show which occurred after weeks of Letterman making fun of the final chorus of Black and Eddie's "do, do, do, do, dutta, do...do, do, do, do, dutta, do" singing and where he comes out to sing just that part with an exceedingly/overly long hold of a single note...its not a serious performance but you can see the shyness in Eddie that is rarely (ever?) present today.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Women of Off-Road Racing...
I have actually met two of these women personally--Judy Smith and Nicole Pitell-Vaughn and both are extremely impressive in their own rights and accomplishments.
Both articles are worth reading for realizing the depth and breadth of female competitors in off-road sports/racing. I just with they had included perhaps a female stage rally racer in here as well--perhaps Nathalie Richard?
Women of Competitive Off-Road Racing Part 1...
Women of Competitive Off-Road Racing Part 2...
I'm Back...
Holy crap its been a while since I've posted or linked to anything but a new job will do that to you. Also have decided to focus more on slightly different things than I have previously. It will be a subtle change but a change nonetheless. I will also be posting less as I simply don't have the time I did previously...We'll see what we can do...