B.B. King died last Thursday at the age of 89. He was just magical on tour with U2 in 1989. In 1988, B.B. reached a new generation of fans with the single "When Love Comes to Town", a collaborative effort between King and U2 on their Rattle and Hum album.
"I'm no good at chords!" -must be one of the best understatements of the 20th century!
"I'm one of those rebel kind of guys. They kinda, look at me kinda wierd, they say, here he is a 62 year old and look what he's try'n to do!"
I'm more than glad to say I saw him after Rattle and Hum at the Hohentwielfestival (near Singen) in 2004. Thank you for all those many years of music B.B.
And luckily enough his life story is here, filmed in 2012.
Freitag, 15. Mai 2015
Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2015
IKEA and Shakespeare
I saw this yesterday on irish television. IKEA quoting Shakespeare to sell furniture but it sure is impressive. One of the better ads.
The Tempest, Act 4 Scene 1, Prospero
"Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air.
.....
We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
There is this however:
"Shakespeare selling mattresses is probably what might have been expected as the logical outcome of society becoming a market where everything, and everyone, is treated as though they had a price label attached. People’s most intimate personal lives are the stuff of daytime commercial television, and journalists claim freedom to intrude into the private lives of people who have endured tragedies, but it seems that a point has come where thoughts on our very existence are no more than the stuff that advertisements are made on."
-Rev. Ian Poulton.
The Tempest, Act 4 Scene 1, Prospero
"Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air.
.....
We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep."
There is this however:
"Shakespeare selling mattresses is probably what might have been expected as the logical outcome of society becoming a market where everything, and everyone, is treated as though they had a price label attached. People’s most intimate personal lives are the stuff of daytime commercial television, and journalists claim freedom to intrude into the private lives of people who have endured tragedies, but it seems that a point has come where thoughts on our very existence are no more than the stuff that advertisements are made on."
-Rev. Ian Poulton.
Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2015
What went wrong with Windows 8
All of us now know that Windows 8 requires the user to learn quite a few new features, most of which, once learned, are handy. But why are they puzzling in the first place?
Well: Microsoft assumed all Windows 8 users would be familiar with Apple or Android smartphones or tablets.
But if you're not used to smartphones, a lot of things in Windows 8 are puzzling. It's as if someone built a car whose controls were designed with the assumption that the driver knew how to ride a motorcycle.
But a PC is not a smartphone and does not benefit from acting like one. Windows 8.1 backtracked a little, toward normal PC behavior; Windows 10 will move back even more, thank goodness.
Well: Microsoft assumed all Windows 8 users would be familiar with Apple or Android smartphones or tablets.
But if you're not used to smartphones, a lot of things in Windows 8 are puzzling. It's as if someone built a car whose controls were designed with the assumption that the driver knew how to ride a motorcycle.
But a PC is not a smartphone and does not benefit from acting like one. Windows 8.1 backtracked a little, toward normal PC behavior; Windows 10 will move back even more, thank goodness.
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