The Culture of Tapology

This MMA community has many non-MMA threads already.  Music, Jokes, baseball, football, etc.

So, I thought it might serve a purpose to create a thread for all the other contributions to each other's lives that don't fit anywhere else.

Do you have something that would enrich the community culturally?  Maybe dance, comedy, nutritional, inspirational, arresting visuals?  But please let's keep this positive, and appropriate to the general public.

Maybe a video clip of a movie, broadway show, highly unusual, utterly creative, a cutting edge piece of information, a new computer application, or something that would make someone's life better or richer.

Give it a chance.

I like The Doors, but there are so many better artists from that period. Take Carlos Santana for instance:

I dated a girl who didn't care for Santana. Needless to say, that relationship didn't last. Haha.

Who can hate Santana honestly?

She called him overrated. But she listened to E-40 and other ****** rap.

I admit, Santana put out some stinkers like Shango, but albums like Abraxas and his self-titled series more than make up for those. 

Buena Vista Social Club was always an interesting group. Chan Chan is such a classic song even though its not even that old.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=877&bih=883&q=Rembrandt&oq=Rembrandt&gs_l=img.12..0l10.2039.3527.0.6221.9.5.0.4.4.0.80.381.5.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.5.img.ng_6BTwXszw

His wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt

It is not easy to identify the greatest painter, there were so many. Something like who is your favorite classical music composer. 

From among Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Rubens, Raphael, Van Gough, El Greco, Turner, Gilbert Stuart, Renoir and others, it is so subjective and arbitrary.

But at the end of the day, I ask myself. If I had only one artist whose work I could see for the rest of my life, I'd have to select - Dutch master Rembrandt, 1606 - 1669.

Among all the masters who put oils on the canvass, he was unsurpassed. He wasalso just as amazing and famous for his etchings. 

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Speaking of paintings, here is some of my uncle's work

Perhaps the closest runner-up Honorable Mention to Rembrandt might be the great British painter, J. M. W. Turner, 1775 - 1851, who seascapes were beyond descriptions.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=877&bih=883&q=Turner&oq=Turner&gs_l=img.12...0.0.0.1582.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1ac..5.img.Ye4hZiQXEv0

Turner's wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._W._Turner

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1. Baby Don't Go - Sonny & Cher, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPvsM1YPf5M

2. Just You - Sonny & Cher, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0fmIjSKI2s

3. I Got You, Babe - Sonny & Cher, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsO8R8u0MYk

4. Laugh At Me - Sonny & Cher, 1965 (solo by Sonny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRFYNlT8PmY&playnext=1&list=PL797F44A723671A09&feature=results_main

5. But You're Mine - Sonny & Cher, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-FrIyVk3rE

6. The Revolution Kind - Sonny & Cher,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxm-2Uhjq18

7. It's the Little Things - Sonny & Cher, 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Q0rPw-kwg

8. Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love - Sonny & Cher, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRKPhjn4jyQ

9. The Beat Goes On - Sonny & Cher, 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEkq-lloW_M

10. What Now My Love - Sonny & Cher, 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjDrTfa6GkM

11. All I Really Want To Do - Sonny & Cher, 1965(solo by Cher)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G3Zg0SRbdo&playnext=1&list=PLA5CDD2DEFC95D8D6&feature=results_main

12. All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny & Cher,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZXafqof2H0 
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The Kinks. Some prominent hits, not including their early hits.

1. Come Dancing - Kinks, 1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEeH5OkjeIY

2. A Rock & Roll Fantasy - Kinks, 1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbW3cCGnauU

3. Long Distance - Kinks, 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2FDvxUAIyE

4. Heart of Gold - Kinks, 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSyDnXTONC4

5. Don't Forget To Dance - Kinks, 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLkpGFMMgHk

6. Celluloid Heroes - Kinks, 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTJVclgwS5g 

7. Lola - Kinks, 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixqbc7X2NQY

8. Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Kinks, 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-JKWDC6fDs

9. A Well-Respected Man - Kinks, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcSm0ShU8Y8

10. A Quiet Life - Ray Davies, 1986 (from movie, 'Absolute Beginners', 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fW0gWSchFY

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The greatest and most famous classical violinist who ever lived was Jascha Heifetz, 1901 - 1987.

His wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jascha_Heifetz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFaq9kTlcaY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPcnGrie__M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVSgx7gKc_k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBv077dSO5A

1. Bonanza, NBC, 1959 - 1973 (Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts (1959-1965), Dan
Blocker, Michael Landon, Victor Sen Yung)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzkFKLrrR8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1LExeKOaBg

2. Have Gun Will Travel, CPB, 1957 - 1963 (Richard Boone)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgvxu8QY01s

3. The Rebel, ABC, 1959 - 1961 (Nick Adams)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGUOSz-rTn4

4. Maverick, ABC, 1957 - 1962 (James Garner / Jack Kelly)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8955uhpXNFk

5. Bat Masterson, NBC, 1958 - 1961
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRNImRxRNjc

6. Theme from The Rifleman, 1958
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B0brdPWdCs

7. Theme from Gunsmoke, 1955
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v1Ikh6-9zA

8. Wagon Train, NBC, 1957 - 1962 (Ward Bond / Robert HOrton)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnya8qw8cHo

8. Theme from The Magnificent Seven, 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iteRKvRKFA

9. Colt .45, ABC, 1957 - 1960 (Wayde Preston / Donald May)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlD_GYIoqII

10. SugarFoot, ABC, 1957 - 1961 (Will Hutchins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wblOUBVH4sg&playnext=1&list=PL8A51DF8564E752A8&feature=results_main

11. Wyatt Earp, ABC, 1955 - 1961 (Hugh O'Brien)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB4R1x8IyKo

12. Cheyenne, ABC, 1955 - 1963 (Clint Walker)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h9rUNf64cw

12. The Virginian, NBC, 1962 - 1971 (James Drury, Doug McClure, Lee J. Cobb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSwEkqEXk-k&feature=related

14. Ballad of Davey Crockett (5-part Walt Disney series), 1955 - 1956 (Fess
Parker, Buddy Ebsen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAVN_n0PljQ

15. Jim Bowie, ABC, 1956 - 1958 (Scott Forbes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxJ0_DW9mCc

16. Yancy Derringer, CBS. 1058 - 1959 (Jock Mahoney, X Brands)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR8_U5Hl6DE

17. The Lone Ranger, 1949 - 1957 (Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXRjuaEVK78

18. Sink The Bismark - Johnny Horton, 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Ufc2hI4FM

19. Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton, 1959
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_iRIcxsz0

20. Snoopy vs. The Red Baron, 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak4JgrNPwIc&playnext=1&list=PLFABB6483A4481A67

The Return of the Red Baron, Part 2, 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR2BvxvvteA

Snoopy's Christmas (vs. The Red Baron), 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-QVFzTBNsg

21. The Man Who Shot Liberty Vanence - Gene Pitney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJMLbyEaPWs

22. Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo

23. Dawn of Correction - The Spokesmen, 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LHBZ5StOiE

24. This Is My Country - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P9gUi7MzEs

25. This Is My Country - Patriotic Medley - US Air Force Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD4SzNBZinM

26. Rawhide - CBS, 1959 - 1965, (Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSHr4ubuD64

27. Jingle Jangle, Jingle - **** Thomas, 1942
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CUXLuVjO-w

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - CBS, 1959 - 1963 (Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Frank Faylen, Florida Friebus, Tuesday Weld, Warren Beatty)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsfFf8KFELo

The Adventures of Robin Hood - CBS, 1955 - 1959 (Richard Greene)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyYr6L5xQM

The Real McCoys, ABC, 1957 - 1963, (Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, Kathleen Nolan, Michael Winkelman, Lyndia Reed, Tony Martinez, Madge Blake, Andy Clyde, Janet De Gore, Butch Patrick)
First Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATAshDSEpos
Later Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv74LT5m9zE

LA Law - NBC, 1986 - 1994(Richard Dysart, Jimmmy Smits, Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Alan Rachins, Michele Greene, Michael Tucker, Blair Underwood, Larry Drake, Jill Eikenberry, Susan Ruttan, John Spencer, Diana Muldaur).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTjd-eSWq-E

Chips - NBC, 1977 - 1983 (Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYKdayl7BHM

The Jeffersons - CBS, 1975 - 1985 (Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Marla Gibbs, Roxie Roker)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYcqToQzzGY

The Brady Bunch - ABC, 1969 - 1974 (Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDVHWcL0NTg

The Beverly Hillbillies - CBS, 1962 - 1971 (Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer, Raymond Bailey, Nancy Kulp)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZuWdfMoVBA

The Patty Duke Show - ABC, 1963 - 1966 - (Patty Duke)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtsvCvQobJc

The Golden Girls - NBC, 1985 - 1992 (Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWbz_mIAShM

Gimme A Break - NBC, 1981 - 1987 (Nell Carter, Kari Michaelsen, Lauri Hendler, Lara Jill Miller)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4EAGiefnxc

All In The Family - CBS, 1971 - 1979 (Carrol O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d8FTPv955I

Cartoon Corners General Store - 1959 - 1977 (Gene London)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--yKaKCtFVQ

Captain Kangaroo - CBS, 1955 - 1984 (Bob Keeshan, Hugh Brannum, Cosmo Allegretti [Bunny Rabbit, Mr. Moose, Grandfather Clock)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSW-LJJHH3U

Romper Room - (Miss Mary Ann, Do Bee)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDvdSGkN0aU

Pinky Lee - NBC, 1954 - 1955 (Pinky Lee)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXt1KUZaX8E

Howdy Doody - NBC, 1947 - 1960 (Bufalo Bob Smith, Clarabell, Sir Guidy Guy, Flub-a-dub, Mayor Phineas T. Bluster, Dilly Dally, Chief Thunderthud)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQEqLUtp9Bg

Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - ABC, 1954 - 1990 (Walt Disney; animated characters: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daffy Duck, Goofy, Pluto)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiwfFNxH-rQ

Astro Boy - ABC, 1963 - 1975 (animation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-uraMj5xSo

Quick Draw McGraw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaRvBbOxnfY

Car 54, Where Are You? - NBC, 1961 - 1963 (Joe E. Ross, Fred Gwynne)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDz9HfEEUqA

Mr. Ed - CBS, CBS, 1961 - 1966 (Alan Young, Connie Hines)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_PZPpWTRTU

Winky Dink and You! - CBS, 1953 - 1957 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfZGcWGvnuI

Welcome Back Kotter - ABC, 1975 - 1979 (Gabe Kaplan, John Travolta, Marcia Strassman, John White, Bob Hegyes, Larry Hilton-Jacobs, Ron Palillo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZzEzDkeHzI 

Cheers - NBC, 1982 - 1993 (Ted Danson, Shelly Long, Kirstie Ally, Kelsey Grammer, Nicholas Colasanto, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, Woody Harrelson, Bebe Neuwirth, George Wendt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvRGh2NEjSU

Tomorrow Never Comes - Jim Nabors Variety Hour, 1969 - 1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGsy6Ynu-pw
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Some of the TV show theme songs that I didn't include were: The Early and Late Show (The Syncopated Clock), Bonanza, Hill Street Blues, Dynasty, Rifleman, Mash, American Bandstand, Gunsmoke, Alfred Hitch**** Presents.
I have already included them in Intrumental Hits We Loved.

Today, I was thinking about NYC and reminiscing of my long lost days in the wonderful world of the Big Apple. So many memories. So many things to love and miss.

So, I decided to write a love letter to my dear NYC. A Valentine, so to speak. How it is so unique and marvelous.

What other place in the world has so many famous places. Places made famous in film, books, magazines, etc. Just a few that come to mind.

Herald Square, Washington Square Park, Central Park, Greenwich Village, Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge, George Washington Bridge, Columbus Circle, The Bowery, Wall Street;

What other city has so many famous landmarks, tourist attractions, and specific places of fame?

Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Plaza Hotel, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Statler-Hilton Hotel, Hotel Pierre, Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, Mama Leone's, Luchow's, Museum of Modern Art, Guggunhime Museum, Madison Square Garden, Pennsylvania Station, Grand Central Station, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Chrysler Builder, Public Library, 5th Ave. & 42nd St. General Post Office, 34th st. 8th Ave., Apollo Theater, World Trade Center?, China Town, Woolworth Builder, Flatiron Building, Yankee Stadium, HS of Performing Arts, American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, New York Metropolitan, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, Paul Sanasardo Dance Company, Julliard College of Performing Arts, City Center;

Just to put things in perspective, New York City has more lost landmarks than most cities have landmarks. original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was demolished to make space for the present Empire State Building, Joffrey Ballet, located in
NYC from 1956, relocated to Chicago in 1995, Ebbets Field, home to the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1913 was demolished in 1960, The Polo Grounds, home to the New York Giants from 1911, was demolished in 1964, Trude Heller's night dance club closed in 1979, RiverBoat Restaurant, Gimbals, famous department store rival to Macy's, closed in 1987 after 100 years of business.

But NYC is so much more than all of the above. Some of my favorite things to do were to walk into a real NYC Jewish Deli and just stand there, breathing in and absorbing the great smells. A NY Jewish deli is one of the things I miss
most. They had everything you ever wanted to eat! Here are some of the things I most miss of those wonderful delicatessens. 

Fried Jumbo shrimp, chopped liver, shrimp salad, chicken salad, tuna salad, various potato salads, various egg salads, rice pudding, tapioca pudding, bread pudding, salamis, brisket, hot corned beef, tongue, hard-boiled eggs,
lobster, crab cakes, southern fried chicken, pastrami, oysters, clams, scallops, artichokes, mushrooms; pickles, dolmas (stuffed g**** leaves), Reubens sandwiches, all sodas, juices, coffee, bagels, soft pretzels, various
cheeses, melted patties with cheeses, casseroles,

They had several jars of marinated things like artichokes, mushrooms, Brussels sprouts, olives, peppers, hearts of palm;

Almost as much as I miss those Jewish delis is Nathan's. Good old, Nathan's fast food chain. They had so many things. Burgers, hot dogs, fried shrimp, popcorn, french fries, pizza, fried onion rings, fish and chips, Philly
cheesesteaks, crispy fried chicken, etc.

Jewish delis and Nathan's! Two of the truly supreme good things that the mind of man was able to put together to keep the natives content.

I thought of the Stage Delicatessen Restaurant. 834 Seventh Avenue(between 54th & 55th St.), 1937 - November 29, 2012. It had a friendly rivalry with Carnegie Delicatessen Restaurant.

I thought of the Carnegie Delicatessen Restaurant. 854 7th Avenue (between 54th & 55th St.), 1937 - present. It is basically a Jewish deli and possibly the most famous deli in the US.

I remembered that NYC hosted Horn & Hardard automats. These cafeterias-styled luncheonettes featured prepared foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots. Lots of chrome added to their quaint charm.

One of its lost landmarks was the Jack Dempsey steakhouse, in Times Square. And Chock Full of Nuts eating places. And Orange Julius. 

NYC also hosted Weiser Bookstore. It finally relocated to York, ME in the early 1980's. It specializes in New Age, Eastern Wisdoms, magic, mysticism, eastern religions and alternative spirituality, yoga, meditation. It was
located at 735 Broadway, near Astor Place, near Washington Square, in Greenwich Village.

NYC had Ray's Pizza (sometimes called 'Famous Ray's Pizza), which gained fame by piling cheese higher than any other pizza parlor. It was located on 11th street at the corner of 6th Avenue, in Greenwich Village. Closed October 30,
2011.

Brooklyn used to have a famous bookstore that specialized in baseball and sports, but I can't remember its name. Was it Manny's?

And so much more!

New York City! I miss you so! My heart aches for Paradise Lost. You haunt my dreams like the proverbial woman that got away! I will always be true to you in my fashion. Always true to you darling in my way! 

Like the Neil Diamond song sings about.

LA's fine, sunshine most of the time, 
The feeling is laid back
Palm trees grow and the rents are low, 
But you know I keep thinking about Making my way back

Well, I'm New York City born and raised
But nowadays, I'm lost between two shores
LA's fine, but it ain't home
New York's home but it ain't mine no more.

But I got an emptiness deep inside
And I've tried but it won't let me go

I refuse to die in the Land of Sunshine.
I need to die where the cement grows.

East is east and west is west
And the wrong one I have chose

Don't bury me in this prairie
Take me where the cement grows
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I thought of more things that NYC has that, put with everything else, helps it to be the best place to live in the whole wide world!

I thought of the Stage Delicatessen Restaurant. 834 Seventh Avenue(between 54th & 55th St.), 1937 - November 29, 2012. It had a friendly rivalry with Carnegie Delicatessen Restaurant.

I thought of the Carnegie Delicatessen Restaurant. 854 7th Avenue (between 54th & 55th St.), 1937 - present.  It is basically a Jewish deli and possibly the most famous deli in the US.

I remembered that NYC hosted Horn & Hardard automats. These cafeterias-styled luncheonettes featured prepared foods behind small glass windows and coin-operated slots.  Lots of chrome added to their quaint charm.

One of its lost landmarks was the Jack Dempsey steakhouse, in Times Square.  And Chock Full of Nuts eating places.  And Orange Julius.  

NYC also hosted Weiser Bookstore.  It finally relocated to York, ME in the early 1980's. It specializes in New Age, Eastern Wisdoms,  magic, mysticism, eastern religions and alternative spirituality, yoga, meditation. It was located at 735 Broadway, near Astor Place, near Washington Square, in Greenwich Village.

NYC had Ray's Pizza (sometimes called 'Famous Ray's Pizza), which gained fame by piling cheese higher than any other pizza parlor. It was located on 11th street at the corner of 6th Avenue, in Greenwich Village. Closed October 30,
2011.

Brooklyn used to have a famous bookstore that specialized in baseball and sports, but I can't remember its name.  Was it Manny's?

And so much more!

If you couldn't tell, I like New York City.

Today, Benvenuto Cellini is only remembered in the history books as a Renaissance goldsmith.  But he was os much more!

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=877&bih=883&q=Benvenuto+Cellini&oq=Benvenuto+Cellini&gs_l=img.12..0l6j0i24l4.2886.7026.0.9213.17.11.0.6.6.0.178.889.10j1.11.0...0.0...1ac.1.5.img.5XnD9oATwOg

His wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benvenuto_Cellini
He was a goldsmith, scuptor and painter. He was Italian, naturally, and lived
1500 - 1571.

He was one of the Renasance's greatest creative, artistic geniuses.

His fantastic bejeweled masterpieces of gold and silver and gems are
unsurpassed, even today. He was an artistic genius who deserves to be
remembered, not forgotten in obscurity as he is today. His statues rival the
Statue of David by Michelangelo. 

* Edited at 03.12.2013, 5:45 PM ET *

Obviously Santana is a boss...but he ain't as cool as The Doors, sorry guys.

* Edited at 03.12.2013, 1:14 PM ET *

Santana ain´t cool enough? come on he worked playing guitar in a Tijuana stripclub at age 16! what´s cooler than that?

 

This is the best Santana song ever:

legacy.  How about signing my Guest Book?  Using Suggested Format?  You in?

And Wolf?  You're next.  Gotta take the plunge.

And where the heck are buffalo ben and Master Spanky?  The club gotta grow!

* Edited at 03.12.2013, 6:00 PM ET *

Bill's NYC post made me think of this rant by Edward Norton on Spike Lee's 'The 25th Hour'. It's pretty much the antithesis of what Bill is saying; a pretty hate-filled monologue, crapping on every citizen of NY, but I liked it.

Don't take it personal, it's just a movie, and if you think about it, the message is positive: you have only yourself to blame, it's no one else's fault.

If you find this offensive, let me know and I'll take it down, it is certainly not the purpose.