OTB Latenight - Pink Floyd
Scores of classics to choose from, yet somehow this is the obvious right choice (well, this or "One of These Days"1): There was a brief time in the late '80s when I could play the opening on a guitar. That was, in fact, the peak of my accomplishments with that (or any other) instrument. 1 A word of advice, guys: Never, ever ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 16, 2008 22:01
Educating the Masses
Clive Crook contends that, "Broadly speaking, educational quality has topped out - and on at least one measure, it is actually deteriorating. In 2006, Americans aged 55-59 collectively possessed more masters degrees, professional degrees and doctorates than Americans aged 30-34." Arnold Kling fears that this is just a caste system at work, observing, "I don't think we have a recipe ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 8, 2008 14:53
Caption Contest Winners
The I've gotta Whopper Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (Matt Sullivan/Reuters) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: Elmo - In a Solomonic move … the DNC attempts to settle the question of Michigan and Florida’s delegates. With a round of rock, paper, scissors. Second: charles austin - Hillary still struggles with the whole “Kobe, I’m open!” thing. Third: Jim - ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 24, 2008 17:23
Late Night OTB - Pink Floyd
A live cut of "Wish You Were Here," reportedly from the "Pulse" tour. The song was the title track of their 1975 concept album. Lyrics via sing365 So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? Did they get you ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 24, 2007 20:30
$50 For Unlimited Music Downloads
Eliot Van Buskirk reports that one knowledgeable source has estimated that an annual fee of $50 per music lover would allow record labels to remain profitable while allowing unlimited downloads. At a SXSW panel called "Reinventing Payment Models for Digital Music," Cambridge-educated economist-turned-music-manager (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Billy Bragg) Peter Jenner put a figure on how ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on March 19, 2007 10:40
All-TIME 100 Albums
TIME magazine has chosen its "All-TIME 100 Albums." Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" doesn't make the cut. Kanye West's "The College Dropout" does, along with an inordinate number of anthologies. I would argue that their methodology is flawed.Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 25, 2006 09:35
Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd Founder, Dead at 60
Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd's original singer, has died of cancer at the age of 60. Syd Barrett, the former lead singer of Pink Floyd and one of the key figures of the 60s, has died at the Cambridgeshire home to which he retreated as a recluse more than 30 years ago. The Guardian has learned that the singer, 60, who suffered ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 11, 2006 14:25
