Photosynthesis is the Batman to Global Warming’s Joker.  Trees and plants absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turn it into oxygen and sugar.  Environmentalists in Oregon have recognized this natural process as a vital component in monitoring the earth’s changing climate, and have started to strategically protect forests as “carbon sinks.”  Forests cannot store carbon indefinitely, though.  In a naturally functioning forest ecosystem, forests get burnt down by fire and re-grow healthier, because all the dead material impeding young growth is cleared away.  But in a forest functioning as a “carbon sink,” fires do the opposite of what environmentalists want the forest to do, by releasing large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.  Therefore, workers clear dead and dry underbrush from the forests to prevent fires from occurring.  This interference with a natural process is a subject of debate in environmental circles.  Some scientists claim the fires should be allowed, because “only 5 percent of the total ecosystem carbon is going up in smoke.  When you talk about trying to prevent that, it’s not as big a carbon pulse to the atmosphere as people think.”  Others do not buy this statistic.  Some propose that different systems of regulation should be fabricated for each forest individually, by weighing the amount of carbon that would be released in a fire against the amount of carbon released trying to prevent a fire.

This has potential for being a pretty cool system.  Saving forests and reducing our effect on the atmosphere seems like a win-win situation.  But maybe this is too much interference.  By taking away wildfires, we are taking the wild and sublime away from an ecosystem.  Maybe it’s ok to do this, and the human presence will replace the need for fire.  Humans will become the new sublime force in nature.  I’d say it’s pretty safe to argue that humans are well on their way of becoming the sublime force of the world.  People can level whole forests with machinery to make way for development, and dam mighty rivers to harness electricity.  Scientists are even working on ways to control weather.  Is this wildfire prevention just another assertion that we are in fact sublime deities?  Who knows, but at least we’re protecting some forest from our other destructive habits.

Bienvenidos a otra edición de El Suplemento de Zuplemento (SUPdeZUP o SdZ). El compilado de tiras cómicas de artistas venezolanos e invitados internacionales; publicado gratis en línea todos los domingos.

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CÓMICS (algunas imágenes pueden ampliarse al ser clickeadas, duh)

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Ron y Vodka
por RAW [http://ronyvodka.smackjeeves.com]

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Die Schrödingers Katze
por Noiryaguara [http://decadentiacoprofaga.blogspot.com]

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Dibujitos “Sobre la ley de los juguetes bélicos de la AN”
por Javo01 [http://javo01.deviantart.com]

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Sopa, Seco y Jugo: “Mario Lover”
por Analí De Sousa [http://sopasecoyjugo.wordpress.com]

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Miss Hellothere
por Rogger [http://orangerender.wordpress.com]

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Paduano’s
por Paduano [http://paduano.blogspot.com]

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Garabatos
por Casanova [http://henryhumor.wordpress.com]

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Te Tocó El Infierno
por soyellobo [http://soyellobo.blogspot.com]

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Nuloman: “NuloAlfil Fail”
por Sergio Almendro [http://karakenio.wordpress.com]

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EXTRAS INTERNACIONALES

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Macanudo
por Liniers, de Argentina [http://autoliniers.blogspot.com]

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xkcd
por Randall Munroe, de EEUU [http://xkcd.com]

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Ce n’est pas que je ne veux pas écrire d’articles. C’est que je manque cruellement de temps. Avec mes études qui prennent toute la place, avec mon stage qui me demande une gestion acrobatique de mon horaire, avec mon blog de musique et les évènements qui s’y rattachent, plus ma relation amoureuse… Je me dirige bientôt vers la crise de panique! Il n’est pas nécessaire de dire que j’ai vraiment hâte aux vacances… Je veux, comme dans cette photo, avoir des trous. Des trous dans mon horaire, pour pouvoir enfin prendre le temps de lire, de peindre, de r-e-l-a-x-e-r. Puis, viendra le temps de réfléchir à un emploi, question de me garnir les poches pour pouvoir voyager cet été. Bon, mieux vaut ne pas y penser, c’est trop difficile de rêver!

Photo: A Glass darkly, Sublime Magazine.

Going out on the town and getting a little tipsy is usually a good time, but sometimes the good times can lead to too much drinking. The morning after a night of one too many drinks is not a good one. The head is foggy and your phone is filled with drunk txts and calls. Musicians have put this unique experience into songs. Here are my top seven songs regarding the morning after:

1. Offspring – The Worst Hangover Ever

And by my seventh shot I was invincible. I would’ve never thought I’d be this miserable.

2. Louis Logic  – Morning After Pil

I wish they made a morning after pill so I wouldn’t have to feel like such an asshole still. When I swig from every booze on the shelf until I’ve had my fill to the gills and make a fool of myself.

3. Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson – Sunday Morning Coming

The beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad, so I had another for dessert.

4. Avett Brothers – When I Drink

When I drink, I spent the next morning in a Haze, but we only get so many days, now I have one less.

5. Sublime – What Happened?

I know I did something. But what could it be?

6. Atmosphere – The Things That Hate Us

And this is for those that still drink malt liquor. Put the poison in your body just to pass out quicker.

7. Luke Bryan – All My Friends Say

I found my billfold. I cried oh no no. Good time Charlie got me now I’m broke

Any songs I missed?

And I’m not really feeling it. I’d rather stay home after a long day of work or drive down to SD and be with my girlfriend. Having to lug all my stuff into a club, sit around and do nothing for an hour or so, hustle up, get on, play, get off, load back into the car, and drive back across that bridge isn’t sounding very appealing right now.

The band is good and it has little to do with them. It’s just the hassle of a late night all by myself the night before a holiday that has me scowling.

But you know what’s going to happen? Once I take a shower, get dressed for the gig and get loaded in, I’ll be pretty psyched. So often the key to having a good time on these things is staying positive, and even though it sounds like I’m anything but that right now, it’s not hard to do, at least with my homies Glen and Sean in the band. Glen is a creative and solid drummer with an urban sensibility informed by reggae and tempered with L.A. studio restraint. That sounds like a mouthful, but it’s an accurate description. It’s also a great combo. Seriously, it’s Jeff Porcaro meets Sublime, Marley and hip hop. So tonight will actually be fun, and that crew knows how to kind of explore a little bit and switch things up. With them you know that even if the main artist messes up or isn’t happening, there is 0 chance of a train wreck because it’s not in this crew’s DNA to make that happen.

You know what? I’m already feeling better about it!

Giving thanks on Thanksgiving is a somewhat artificial tradition, wherein we feel compelled by our culture to be grateful. The presumption is that without Thanksgiving, we wouldn’t remember to be grateful. This is hardly a good way to lead your life, being thankful only once a year. It’s an archaic, patriarchal philosophy. But the truth is that in times of great suffering, we hardly remember to be thankful for what we have. Thanksigiving may be a poor excuse to remember what the world has given you, but that’s what a blog is for!

I am thankful for…

The beauty, joy, and infectious relaxation that embodies North County San Diego, California

I live here

The University of Southern California, the generosity of its financial aid department, and the fact that its Admission Office believed in me

this be where i work

California State University, Fullerton, without which I would not be where I am today

The English Language and its vast, ever expanding literary canon. Most specifically, I would like to thank William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, William Wordsworth, The Brontes, William Blake, Percy Blysse Shelly, Lord Byron, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Charlotte Perkins Gillman, Jack London, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and TS Eliot. I’m forgetting so many. I love you guys.

The fact that I am living in a golden age of independent cinema, where quality movies can be made on an immensely low budget without any stars, and still have a chance at stardom. Because of this, mainstream movies have been forced to grow artisitically just to compete, and film has improved because of it. This year, thanks to I Love You Man, Zombieland, Inglorious Basterds, An Education, and Where the Wild Things, and here’s to the good movies within the next month!

On that note, I must honor Flower Hill Ultra Star, La Jolla Landmark, and the Hollywood Arclight

The fact that I am living in a undisputed golden age of TELEVISION. Thank you Mad Men, Lost, my new obsession Sons of Anarchy, South Park, Weeds, 30 Rock, and all the shows I listed on my previous blog. Thanks to networks like HBO for continuing to push for quality programming.

Bonnaroo and Coachella, their very existance giving me hope for the universe.

dirty hippie-tastic

The new bands that have graced my ears this year… Airbourne Toxic Event, Arcade Fire, The Flaming Lips, The Smiths, Phoenix, Metric, Bruce Springsteen, Wilco, The National. Some of these are not new bands, I’ve just never really listened to them until this year.

The Beatles forever

Sublime’s cover of Bob Marley’s “No Woman No Cry”

Sublime forever

Just… thank god for the amazing combination of a guitar, a bass guitar, a drum kit and the human voice. Thank god for rock and roll.

Good sushi, Chipotle, Roberto’s, In-N-Out, Kenny’s Korean bbq, Yogurt Land, and my mom’s beef stew. The combination of chocolate and peanut butter also deserves notation.

My health, my good skin, my unique eyes that never give away my high-ness, my good eating habits, my awesome hair (it is too)

Weed. My anti-drug. Enough said. THANK GOD FOR WEED!

I love it...

My summer job and my current job at Bovard.

LONDON NEXT SEMESTER BITCH

oh hell no

THE PEARL – my freedom

Writing, my therapy

My extended family – my dad’s side for dealing with Grandfather’s passing, on my mom’s side for always being the most consistant, reliable, loving people in my life.

My immediate family, my dad for the changes I know he’s making, my step-mom who is very sweet and will make a wonderful mother

Jessica and Melissa

My baby brudder, Ryan. Wherever we go, whatever we do, we’re gonna go through it together.

My mom, her health, her happiness, her success, and her love and trust for me.

And lastly, the greatest friends anyone can have. No individual explanations nessecary, I don’t think I can properly put into words who you all make me feel. My journey through life has been marked by extraordinary friendships, strong bonds that have shattered before my eyes. I have had a habit of surrounding myself with dishonest people, with unreliable people, with people who I desperately wanted to believe in but have no reason to. For the first time in my life, I feel so incredibly loved, genuinely and wholely. I want to raise you all up, for each and every one of you to live out your dreams, for the entire planet to love you as much as I do. You are all extraordinary, beautiful people who deserve nothing but happiness. You have given me nothing but happiness, and your presence in my life means more then you can possibly understand. I cannot write anything special for each of you to put on my blog, and this is in no particular order, but I will tell you how much I love you for hours, if that’s what you need. I love you, I thank you:

Wifey, Cheniko, Kell-eh, KBalch, Julie, Christo, Steph, Jade, the USC GLBTA, Jake, Brendan, the Bovard kids, my dearly beloved roommate Erika, Lauren Cohen, and Sam

And here’s to change, the past that will never go away, and the love that still lives in me. Memories, you are my biggest thank you.

presents:         

featuring

• Marshall Goodman aka Field Marshall (Sublime, Long Beach Dub All Stars, Dubcat)

[Drums]

• Jack Maness (Sublime, Long Beach Dub All Stars, Dubcat)

[Vocalist - Reggae, Rock, Soul]

• Tim Wu (Sublime, Long Beach Dub All Stars, Dubcat)

[Saxophone, Vocals]

• Jud Nester (Abstract Workshop)

[Vocalist - Funk, Soul, Hip Hop]

• Philieano (Skunk Records)

[Emcee - Hip Hop]

• Mike Long (Capital Eye)

[Bass]

• Jon Tomlinson (Economic food chain music group, LMNO & the Six Foot Trolls)

[Guitar, Keys, Vocals]

• Ed Kampwirth (Suburban Rhythm, Nevelle Staple of the Specials)

[Keys, Bass]

• Toko Tasi (Skunk Records)

[Vocalist - Reggae]

Rickshaw is a collective of musicians that have come together to create a variety of musical stylings. Featuring several different vocalists with several different styles that blend together in a production not to be missed! Put together by Marshall Goodman aka Field Marshall aka Ras MG, who is one of the pioneers in the modern music scene from his contributions and production with the multi-platinum Sublime, Long Beach Dub All Stars and Dubcat. Bringing together some old friends and some new, Marshall has the chemistry right and the music speaks for itself.

Je suis une très grande fan de chaussures tout le monde le sait sauf vous évidemment pour l’instant. Mais comme je suis une fille adorable qui aime partager ses coups de gueule et ses coups de cœur. Je vais aujourd’hui vous faire découvrir mes nombreux coups de cœur en ce qui concerne l’objet fétiche selon moi : la chaussure.

En effet quand on parle de chaussures, on parle en réalité de l’accessoire qui fera la beauté ou non de votre tenue.

 Que ce soit des boots, des bottes, des escarpins ou encore des cuissardes, la chaussure est votre allié et c’est dans ce sens qu’il faudra l’utiliser.

C’est pourquoi j’ai chiné tout le week-end, que ce soit dans ma collec perso ou dans de nombreux magasins et fripes, pour vous dégoter plusieurs bijoux pour habiller vos pieds.

Pour commencer soft, j’ai pensé aux nombreuses femmes qui souhaitent paraître décontractées sans être trop coincées, c’est pourquoi les bottines plates à la « rock’n’roll Touch’ » sont le must have du moment.

 En effet, cette bottine avec autant de caractère que possible donnera un look parfait à une tenue sobre et sans intérêt. La couleur peut varier, du bleu marine au noir de préférence pour garder l’effet 90’s assuré.

Pour un effet un peu plus habillé on optera pour les fameuses cuissardes. Et oui les filles je parle de ses bottes qui ont le pouvoir magique d’allonger vos jambes jusqu’à l’infini …

Kate Moss, il y a deux ans déjà, avait tout compris à ce niveau, mais peu d’entre nous l’avaient suivi. A présent il faut se lancer, les cuissardes peuvent impressionner au premier abord, mais sincèrement en tant qu’adepte  depuis  déjà un moment, je vous assure elles ne sont pas si effrayantes. Les gens vous regarderont car ils apprécieront cette élégance naturelle qu’elles vous donneront.

Bien sûr il ne faut pas tout mélanger, quand je vous dit de mettre des cuissardes il faut évidemment la jouer vraiment soft en haut. Selon moi une petite robe simplissime style t-shirt juste cintrée avec une petite ceinture fine et le tour sera joué.

Les bonnes couleurs : le noir et le beige comme d’habitude, les couleurs les plus simples sont souvent les plus adaptées.

Enfin, si vous préférez vous « botter » pour les soirées parisiennes. Dans ce cas précis je vous propose de choisir les bottines en cuir ou en daim à talon haut qui vous  transformeront en belle d’un soir d’hiver.

Je vous conseille différentes teintes selon les occasions et les envies. Ces bottines seront votre « botte secrète » pour être au top.

La couleur Camel que propose Mellow Yellow est l’atout phare pour un petit dîner entre amis dans un restaurant de quartier. Vous les associerez à une petite robe écru (dans ce cas la en dentelle ce serait parfait) et un collant opaque noir. Cela donnera du cachet à cette robe légèrement trop romantique.

Pour une sortie jusqu’au bout de la nuit, vous opterez pour des bottines noires qui sublimeront une robe noire, elle aussi, élégante avec de nombreux détails de préférence (broderies, sequins, épaulettes…)

Et pour les plus fashionistas d’entre nous, j’ai trouvé la perle rare de cet hiver, cependant ce n’est pas un produit facile à porter, il faut oser.

 Ce sont de magnifiques bottines noires en fourrure à poil long. Elles sont simplement « sublimissimes ».

Evidemment, elles ne passent réellement pas inaperçu donc avis aux femmes qui aiment se faire remarquer, elles seront le « it » tendance de cette saison. Elles se fondent parfaitement dans une tenue composée d’une jupe noir taille haute et d’un caban noir court à épaulettes.

Enfin pour celles qui n’ont pas peur de découvrir leurs petits petons même au mois de novembre je vous ai concocté une sélection de chaussures à talons qui vous donneront de la classe grâce à leur talent.

Bien évidemment les collants sont de rigueur en cette période de grand froid mais pas de problèmes là-dessus, ces talons s’associeront à vos collants à la perfection.

Tout d’abord, les sandales cloutées ressortiront le côté fougueux de votre caractère. Pour un total look rock qui ne passera pas inaperçu il faut les assembler avec un petit perfecto en cuir et une robe noir assez évasée en bas.

Ne vous inquiétez pas avec ce modèle de chez Givenchy aucun souci, vous ne passerez jamais pour une gothique, simplement pour une femme « glamrock » à souhaits.

Pour finir, les adeptes des tendances « French cancan » vont être ravies. J’ai trouvé une petite paire de sandales ouvertes à froufrou en fourrure devant, un vrai délice !

 Ces talons donneront du cachet à une tenue chic. Elles casseront le côté peut être trop dure et strict que l’on peut adopter sans le vouloir  parfois le soir. Même en étant toute noire elles sont rafraîchissantes et feront de vous une jeune fille avec un ton malicieux dans la tenue.

Xavière Laffont

A Madeira TV apresentou o seu projecto à comunicação social da Madeira e o destaque da programação desta webtelevisão é o programa Sublime Fashion, sobre moda, lifestyle e tendências, do que se faz na ilha da Madeira.
O primeiro Sublime Fashion já foi disponibilizado.

Algumas notas sobre este programa número 1; muito longo (29 minutos), boa qualidade de imagem (embora lento a carregar), entrevistas longas que aparentam pouca edição final.

A notícia: Jornal da Madeira – Madeira TV transmitirá online Funchal Noivos
A notícia: Madeira TV dá início às transmissões

i simply love this song…

Last night the husband and I got away for a little dinner date.  It feels like the first time we’ve really gotten to go out together without the teen since she moved in back in March, though I know she’s spent the night with some friends or something at some point.  It was the first time we actually planned to go, though.

We were going to go to Casablanca Cafe on Fort Lauderdale beach.  I love the architecture and atmosphere of that place.  The menu, though, is very meat-heavy and he wanted to take me someplace where I had more choice than “I’ll have the one item on your menu not made from dead animals, please.”

We thought about Canyon Southwest Cafe (what’s with all the pricey restaurants around here calling themselves “cafes”?), but after checking their menu — which had some very interesting ingredient combinations — we realized it was the same problem of “I’ll have the one appetizer that never had eyeballs.”

So, we ended up at Sublime.  We’ve been there before.  He took me last year for my birthday and then a friend of mine and I went a few months ago.  Last year, he felt he didn’t get his money’s worth.  This time, he loved everything.  We ordered the cauliflower appetizer — which sounds weird, but is utterly delish.  It’s essentially the world’s best sweet and sour chicken without the chicken.  The portion was quite generous, too.  So much so that we brought some home.  He also wanted to try the dynamite roll (no seafood, all veggies) and we gobbled that up.  He ordered a “chicken” sandwich with sweet potato fries and I ordered the Sublime picatta.  He was jealous of my meal and I ended up eating several of his yummy fries.  (I normally hate sweet potatoes because most people add more sweet to them, rather than off-setting the sweet with some salt.  Of course, I usually don’t really care for cauliflower either.)   The chocolate cake for dessert was moist and delicious.

Bottom line, save up your nickels and get to Sublime.

ma tot obsedeaza melodia asta, imi tot canta in cap atunci cand ma trezesc si ma tot trezesc fredonandu-o pe strada si la baie si nu pot sa scap de ritmul extrem de melodios pe care mi l-a impregnat in fibre.

andreea, nu mai accept melodii de genul asta de la tine )

acus descopar si eu ce canta cette musicienne. si-s foarte incantata. e genul de muzica pe care o ascultam la libraria noi si nu stiam de unde sa iau artistii. din pacate, cel mai ieftin bilet la concertul de duminica e de 100 de ron .. iar eu mai posed cam 10 ron all in all. imi place corespondenta dintre bossa nova si jazz pe care o creeaza (bossa nova fiind un gen that truly appeals to me).

deci, de ascultat si de primit in suflet, alaturi de cineva (neaparat de cineva) si de ceva (ceai sau dulceata de gutui, dar nu-i asa neaparat, deci can do well without )

Milla Jovovich, em pêlo, sublime.

Sunt genul de persoana care este mereu in cautare de ceva nou. Imi place sa gasesc locuri noi cu personalitate, unde poti bea  doar o cafea timp de 3 ore fara ca ospatarul sa se uite urat ca nu faci consumatie. Imi plac cafenelele. Fiecare oras vizitat are o poveste legata de o cafenea. Insa pentru Bucuresti nu aveam una. Sunt multe cafenele care imi plac, insa ceva le lipseste. Astazi m-am dus in Monkaff. Prima impresie cand intri este ca te afli intr-un coffee shop (nu au joint-uri )  in Amsterdam. In difuzoare se aude Bob Marley, decorul este simplu, intim, original. Deschid meniul, din care poti alege sortimente de cafea de pe toate continetele, si comand Monkaff Caramel.  Da, sunt o pagana pentru ca imi beau cafeaua cu lapte si caramel. Si ca experinta sa fie unica…..incep sa rasfoiesc “Decat o revista”.  Sublime!

Nu ma pot abtine si mai postez o cantare a grupului meu de muzica psaltica preferat, iesenii Byzantion. Cantarea e de pe acelasi album, Volumul III.

am descoperit un album Byzantion pe resurse ortodoxe. highly fancy-like!

Hearing about what James Mummery has done (see video in previous post) was very inspiring. But there is after all, only so much we, as consumers can do. So I went in search of someone working in the media, who not only shared his vision, but was implementing it too.

Uncovering Sublime, the first international sustainable lifestyle magazine, put a really big smile on my face. Printing on recycled paper is just the tip of the iceberg. Their ethos, approach, and content are grounded in wholesome living. And as if that’s not enough, editors Damian and Laura Santamaria are taking on the media too…

Did the Beatles borrow from a 1956 jazz hit before their song was shamelessly copied by a 1990s alternative group? How did Rod Stewart get around a plagiarism lawsuit? Does Seal’s mega-hit Kiss From A Rose borrow from Natalie Cole? Did Keith Richards and Mick Jagger really never hear k.d. lang’s Constant Craving? Why am I writing the intro in question format? Could it be because the Copy Borrow Steal posts are not intended to directly accuse songwriters of plagiarism (except when they do)? Shall we proceed to the meat of the post?

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Jorge Ben – Taj Mahal (1976).mp3
Bob Dylan – One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) (1966).mp3
Rod Stewart – Do Ya Think I’m Sexy (1978).mp3
Steve Dahl – Do You Think I’m Disco (1979).mp3
It didn’t go down well when Rod the Mod donned the leopard-print spandex tights and satin shirt to cash in on the disco boom. His fans were appalled, the disco purists even more so, and the disco haters went into overdrive. Radio jock Steve Dahl was prompted to organise the despicable record burning at Chicago’s Comiskey Park in part because of Rod’s single (for my views on Comiskey, go here). Dahl later released the non-genius spoof Do You Think I’m Disco. In the outrage, few noticed that the chorus of Rod’s song (and, for that matter, Dahl’s) was lifted almost wholesale from Brazilian jazz maestro Jorge Ben’s samba-funk workout Taj Mahal, which he has recorded at least three times since its first appearance in 1972 (featured here is the 1976 version).

Do Ya Think I’m Sexy was written by Stewart with his drummer, Carmine Appice. But clearly, it was largely plagiarised, so Jorge Ben threatened to sue. Rod deftly outmanoeuvred him, and Ben (who also wrote the bossa nova standard Mais Que Nada) saw no profit from it. Stewart grandly announced that future royalties of his ripped-off track would go to UNICEF, at whose proto-Live Aid show he sang “his” song. Ben — now known as Jorge Ben Jor, after somehow royalties due to him were paid to George Benson — later complained that UNICEF never even contacted him about the agreement. He was not happy about having been ripped off, but would have been fine with his melody being lifted if only Stewart and Appice had asked him.

It is said that Da Ya Think also lifted from Bobby Womack’s 1975 track (If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It, but I don’t have it, nor have I heard it. The Can-Smashing Robot blog, however, believes to have spotted another subtle rip-off: Al Kooper’s organ hook at 2:59 in Bob Dylan’s One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later). You decide. But as you do, think about this: Dylan’s track appeared on Blonde On Blonde; Stewart’s on Blondes Have More Fun. Coincidence?

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Humphrey Lyttleton – Bad Penny Blues (1956).mp3
The Beatles – Lady Madonna (1967).mp3
Sublime – What I Got (1996).mp3
The piano riff of Humphrey Lyttleton’s Bad Penny Blues, played by Johnny Parker, allegedly inspired Paul McCartney ivory-tinkling on Lady Madonna. Engineered by the legendary Joe Meek (who should have received the producer credit), it was the first British jazz number to reach the UK Top 20. Lyttleton, a jazz traditionalist, did not like the song on account of Meek’s innovations.

The aristocratic Lyttleton, who died in April last year, was a colourful character. Apart from playing jazz, he was also a cartoonist for the Daily Mail (which at the time evidently still employed left-leaning characters). At school, he played in a band with the journalist Ludovic Kennedy, who died last month. The trumpet was his constant companion, it seems. During the war, he reportedly landed on Salerno beach during Operation Avalanche with gun in one hand and trumpet in the other. On VE Day, the BBC filmed him celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany sitting in a wheelbarrow playing his trumpet. For 40 years he presented a jazz programme on BBC radio, retiring the month before his death. He also appeared on the BBC radio comedy quiz show I’m Sorry, I Haven’t Got A Clue; one of his replacement after his death was the magnificent Stephen Fry. And in 2001, he contributed to Radiohead’s Life In A Glasshouse.

To spoil a good story, McCartney says that the piano on Lady Madonna was in fact inspired by Fats Domino, whose vocal style he also tried to replicate. And, in fairness, I can’t hear much similarity between Lyttleton’s and McCartney’s songs.

There is, however, more than just a little similarity between Lady Madonna and alternative rock outfit Sublime’s 1997 hit What You Got. The latter’s first verse melody is almost identical to that of the Beatles’ song. Apparently the Sublime song, released after lead singer Bradley Nowell’s death, was based on a song by called Loving by Jamaican dancehall singer Half Pint. He gets a writer’s credit; McCartney doesn’t.

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Natalie Cole – Our Love (1978).mp3
Seal – Kiss From A Rose (1995).mp3
You’ll have to make your own mind up about this: to me, the piano intro of Natalie Cole’s 1978 song Our Love sounds suspiciously like the scatted intro of Seal’s 1995 hit Kiss From A Rose (a song I can’t say I’m particularly partial to, though I’ll allow that Seal’s vocal performance is pretty good).

Natalie Cole’s song was written by Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy, and covered in 1997 by Mary J Blige, though I don’t remember her version at all. Cole’s version was a US #10 hit; Seal’s, written for the Batman Forever soundtrack by Seal and Trevor Horn, topped the US charts.

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k.d. lang – Constant Craving (1992).mp3
Rolling Stones – Anybody Seen My Baby (1997).mp3
One of my favourite passages in Timothy English’s fascinating book on songs that have copied, borrowed or stolen, Sounds Like Teen Spirit (website and buy) concerns the Rolling Stones’ Anybody Seen My Baby from the mostly mediocre Bridges To Babylon album. It’s 1997 and Keef is playing the soon-to-be-release album to his daughter and her friends. As the chorus of Anybody Seen My Baby begins, the girls launch into the chorus of k.d. lang’s Constant Craving. Richards and Jagger denied having consciously heard lang’s mammoth hit of 1992 (nor, as English pointedly notes, did the producer, engineer, session musicians or record company honchos, it seems).

However, by the time Ms Richards and pals had alerted Keef to the potential plagiarism, the marketing machine for Bridges To Babylon was already in overdrive, and the track could not be pulled. The pragmatic, and honourable, solution was to add Lang and her co-writer, Ben Mink, to the writing credit. As for Richards, he later told CNN: “If you’re a songwriter, it can happen. You know, it’s what goes in may well come out.”

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Hey, tell us a little information about yourself.  Who are you and where are you from.

My name is John Mooty and I am a senior at the University of Minnesota. I will be graduating this spring with majors in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management so I have been very fortunate with the alignment of what I have learned and how it applies to creating and running Airtime. Although I do not have any official schooling in design, I have been able to teach myself everything I know up to this point.

What is life like up in Minneapolis?  As far as music, fashion, and popular culture.

From an outsider’s perspective, I feel like it is easy to dismiss the power of the Minneapolis scene. Although it may not stack up to the likes of LA or New York, it is an extremely tight knit and growing community with a lot of history as well as growing influences.

With the rise of solid local hip-hop artists and DJ’s, new events and initiatives by Twin Cities’ street wear shops, and overall support from the community, we have really been able to find a niche in a city that just needed a reason to be involved.

Tell us a little about The Airtime Collection and the people involved.

We really wanted to create something that looked simple on the exterior but had an extreme amount of depth when it came to the concepts and ideas that actually formed the brand.

Yes, we are a company that makes tees, sweatshirts, and hats but really those elements are just the medium we have chosen to get our message across. If you read the quote on the home page of our website taken from Edward Murrow’s Box and Wires Speech (http://www.rtnda.org/pages/media_items/edward-r.-murrow-speech998.php), you can clearly see the parallels between old-time radio and the street wear industry. 

I do all of the artwork but I am not the only one who comes up with the ideas. My close friends are one of the biggest reasons why this concept has so much depth. Through our conversations, ideas, and past experiences, we can each bring unique angles to the table. Most importantly, we have fun doing it.

What are some of your favorite brands out right now?

I am a big fan of simplicity when it comes to brands. Also, I am a tall guy so fit is a determinant as well.  My top three favorite companies right now are Undefeated, The Award Tour, and Supreme. I pull influence from many places but watching these three are huge when it comes to setting my own game plan.

What new upcoming events or releases are you currently working on?

We are waiting on our Fall/Winter release right now, which honestly has been a pain as far as production. Our printer has run into more problems than you can imagine so we are playing the waiting game that I, myself am not too good at.

We also just released a mixtape with Pwelbs.com featuring many up and coming artists from all over the country so I am very excited to let people see the music that directly influences our company.

Last, new hat samples, events, and collaborations are in the works so we have both short and long term things to look forward to…which is nice.

What would you say are the most difficult aspects or being in your line of work?

I am a very trusting and positive individual so in my early stages of running a business, this has been a double-edged sword. On one hand, I bring a light hearted and open mind to all points of operation while on the contrary; people have taken my kindness for weakness and in turn, attempt to take advantage of it.

The fashion and music worlds are often tied together…What music artists out right now are grabbing your attention.

This is definitely true in terms of street wear. Honestly, I listen to everything on the map from CCR to Al Green to Sublime, but in terms of what I listen to on a consistent basis right now I would say A Tribe Called Quest, Nero, Kid Cudi, and Wu-Tang. These guys are so incredible and timeless that it never gets old.