GrandmaPoses

GrandmaPoses t1_iyp62kb wrote

Reply to comment by Aselleus in Woman’s name and tiny sketches found in 1,300-year-old medieval text | Old English name, Eadburg, repeatedly scored into manuscript had remained hidden for more than 12 centuries by ArtOak

Yeah that was the strangest quote.

“We’ve got this drawing of someone with open arms and the other person doesn’t notice them. Then we have the name Eadburg written repeatedly. I think it’s pretty obvious what’s going on here: Eadburg is writing her own name over and over for some unknown reason.”

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GrandmaPoses t1_ixm2lfu wrote

Reply to comment by Major_Lennox in TIL about Willem Arondeus, a gay painter and artist. When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands he joined the dutch resistance. He participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Nazi German effort to identify Dutch Jews. He was caught and executed soon after his arrest. by Random_German_Name

Yes, that does make more sense because it’s written more clearly.

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GrandmaPoses t1_ix85kc3 wrote

Reply to comment by LeaCTrockboys in TIL singer songwriter Leonard Cohen claimed to have written approximately 150 draft verses of his most famous song "Hallelujah", a claim substantiated by his notebooks containing manifold revisions and additions, and by contemporary interviews. by big_macaroons

I get what you're saying but you're cherry-picking songs for comparison here. Sugar, Sugar by the Archies came out the year after All Along the Watchtower. It's not like Dylan overturned the entire pop engine; yes he was inspirational and wrote amazing lyrics, but shitty songwriting has and will continue to be popular as well.

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GrandmaPoses t1_ivm5bd1 wrote

Reply to comment by DefaultSubsAreTerrib in What are y’all sick with? by xTiredSoulx

I had what you had, came on late the weekend before last and lasted for about two days. Tested negative for all the big stuff, still don’t know what it was. It was really strange. Like I didn’t feel super “sick” sick, just incredibly fatigued and then the other same symptoms as you. Wish I knew what it was.

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GrandmaPoses t1_ivi24zm wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that the band The Hondells had a top-ten hit with their 1964 cover of The Beach Boy's song "Little Honda," except "The Hondells" didn't actually exist by wowbobwow

The teen idol formula existed just about from the beginning of rock/pop. In the 50s and 60s Bobby Rydell, Fabian, etc. were young, pretty faces with passable voices (sometimes electronically enhanced) that could sell records. And television just made it easier: a couple of lip synced performances on American Bandstand and the record company was swimming in cash.

The packaging may have gotten slicker over time, but the idea has always been the same.

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GrandmaPoses t1_iudlst5 wrote

Reply to comment by hiddenrealism in Richmond's last Confederate statue can be removed, judge rules by sleevieb

Stop conflating the removal of statues with removal from history books. This is the conservative line that by removing statues we are “deleting history”. This is a false equivalency. Statues like these are not history lessons, they are celebrations of historical figures. And no, we do not want to celebrate these individuals.

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GrandmaPoses t1_iud3gm7 wrote

Reply to comment by blackeyedsusan25 in Richmond's last Confederate statue can be removed, judge rules by sleevieb

You’re mistaken that it’s just for the black community. It should be looked at as a correction for the city of Richmond as a whole. In that sense, it’s for the good of the entire community to project that we’re moving away from celebrating the evils of the past or - just as bad - letting these monuments hang around simply because “they’ve always been there” or “what does removing them change?”

Sometimes when you fuck up, it costs money just to get back to zero.

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GrandmaPoses t1_iuatb06 wrote

Reply to TIL that Transdermal Celebration by Ween has a guitar solo that was played with Carlos Santana's guitar without him knowing it. Ween sneaked into the storage where Santana's tools were, played the solo just once, recorded it, and left the place. That solo is the one used in the final song. by outfoxingthefoxes

As a kid, I used to lay awake and think

When was Santana gonna make a drink?

But now I'm all grown and my dream came true

Santana champagne, from here to you

From the heart of napa valley and the guitar king

Comes a sparkling wine, to make a blind man sing

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GrandmaPoses t1_iu5uige wrote

Reply to comment by gypsy_remover in TIL Al Capone was only 33 when he was locked away for tax evasion and developed neurosyphilis, leading to his death at 48. Eliot Ness was 27 when he formed the Untouchables--he died in a state of financial ruin in his 50s, likely hastened by his heavy drinking in his later life by capsaicinintheeyes

Until food safety standards came into effect, that era’s “fresh” food was still pretty dodgy.

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GrandmaPoses t1_iu26g4i wrote

Reply to comment by open_closet in TIL that Fahrenheit 451, a book about a distopian future where books are banned and burned, was banned and burned by the apartheid regime in South Africa with other tens of thousands. by open_closet

Yeah the book is more a critique of modern pop culture than anything but - proving the book’s message - the actual meaning has been buried under the more sensational and easy to digest “they burn books in the future”.

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GrandmaPoses t1_itlxjs5 wrote

Reply to comment by Few-Ability-7312 in Unsatisfied Richmond-area teachers leaving in droves by CrassostreaVirginica

What’s the crap in today’s schools? The standardized testing the teachers have no say in? The threat and fear of gun violence? Conservatives accusing teachers of “indoctrination” while at the same time attempting to dictate what is and isn’t allowable speech in a classroom? Is it the spending cuts? Is it teachers having to purchase their own supplies on an already low income?

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GrandmaPoses t1_isjrfsw wrote

Reply to Moved to Florida and want to come back by heartrva

You’re not crazy but also did you not know it was a humid swamp filled with people you have nothing in common with before you moved? That’s like the first thing I think of when I think of Florida.

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