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.

excellent job on Led Zeppelin and Las Vegas.

 

when you got time how about an article on mans best friend. DOGS. history and if you can pull up a few YT videos of storys of dogs saving the family or individual people. i have an austrailan Kelpie  and in the news recently i saw a kelpie in austraila stay with its owner for 4 days and kept him warm until he was found.

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The greatest Brazillian Ju-Jitsu fighter I've ever seen, was Royce Gracie, by far.  He was awesome in that when he fought in the early UFC, 1993-1995, he was obliged to fight 2-3 times in one day, and there were no weight divisions.

When he left the UFC after UFC 5, on April 7, 1995, his UFC record was 11-0-1.  The Gracie family objected to the introduction of rounds or weight divisions.  They trained to fight unitl someone lost.  UFC 12 (February 7, 1997) saw the introduction of weight classes (HW, 200 & over), and LW (199 & under), and UFC 21 saw the introduction of 5-minute rounds, (preliminary bouts now consisted of two five minute-rounds, main card bouts were three five-minute rounds and championship bouts were five five-minute rounds).

He owned wins over Ken Shamrock, Dan Severn, Kimo Leopoldo.

Here is a fight where 180 lb. Royce submitted 260 lb. Dan Severn, on December 16, 1994.  Royce was 27, 6'1, and Dan was 34 and 6'2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E18aLFeRNAY

Here is are high-light reels of Royce's wins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWCZTbLtO3U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4jG3D5O5jc

His fighting style was like that of a Python or Anaconda.  Severn and Kimo were massive mountains of men possessed of brute strength.  But all that power was rendered helpless by Brazillian ju-jitsu technique as practiced, taught and advocated by the Gracie family.  He went after armbars and rear nakeds with maniacal determination.  And he got them!  Against giants who out-weighed him by 80 lbs!  Men who were not amateurs or bums, but great, trained fighters like Kimo, Shamrock and Severn!  

And Royce was honest and humble enough to admit that all he accomplished was due to Gracie family ju-jitsu.  Very honest, objective and transparent of him.  The triumph of Gracie ju-jitsu is that every single MMA fighter today and in the future, must have Brazillian ju-jitsu to be competitive.  That is the ultimate triumph of BJJ.

Another masterful BJJ fighter is Demian Maia.  Here is a high-light reel of some of his fights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk2t_ZpV3L4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paJyQ1G9yys

@Wolf  You want dog stories?  We got dog stories!
Hatchiko the dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=609T41LPpJc

Faith the dog that walks upright.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG5vJbJ3S9M

Norton the miracle dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOZVkSRQ8CU

Puppy acts as seeing eye dog for another dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNKvquduXIY

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Some interesting architecture from around the globe.  The locations appear in the top, left.
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/giannisver-1371489-13-arquitectura-del-mundo-pps-ii/

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Love this kind of stuff but, imo, ur thread could be more attractive if u post pics directly in it .. 

@yorma  I've tried.  I have tried.  I keep messing up the procedure.  Can some Good Samaritan break down the exact procedure for doing that sophisticated embedding?

the greatest thread in tapology history. bill check your comments for two more topics.

Wolf asked for a post on why the New York Yankees were so dominant.  It is beyond the scope of a single post to encapsulate such a big subject, but interestingly, I did create an entire thread to that very subject on baseball-fever.

In the interest of conserving space, I will simply give the link to that thead, and a single post in it.

Here is the link to the thread.
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?93429-Why-were-the-Yankees-baseball-s-most-important-team

And here is a single post on how they succeeded in branding themselves better than the New York Giants.
http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?93429-Why-were-the-Yankees-baseball-s-most-important-team&p=1611384#post1611384

^ actually very simple to answer...$$ 

Not so simple.  In 1920, the New York Giants were the premier team in baseball.  They had the most money.  But they didn't have Babe Ruth.  They made lots of mistakes.

Gray Wolf, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_wolf

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Shaun Ellis, Wolf researcher who lived with wolves and adopted a pack of them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ellis_(wolf_researcher)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4vFBXOoHs0

Wolf pack interacts with group of students.  Amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Y_rJiY5oc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvARYn1Pgak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LvSORtf6Qg

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH8hcfhG1Jo - Pleasure and Pain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2TsDF6TD3o - The Good Die Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMSyumchMWA - Boys In Town


Australia lost a true rock legend today. 53 is too young.

Rock also lost 2 others this last week.

Andy Johns, 62, Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin engineer died.
He engineered Exile on Main St.

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

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/arts/music/andy-johns-62-rolling-stones-and-led-zeppelin-engineer-dies.html
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Storm Thorgerson, album designer, dies at 69.  In addition to that of “The Dark Side of the Moon,” Mr. Thorgerson also produced semi-surreal designs for recordings by Led Zeppelin, Genesis, the Cranberries and Phish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_Thorgerson

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/arts/music/storm-thorgerson-69-pink-floyd-album-cover-artist-dies.html

RIP good friends.

All rock groups end up putting their best stuff into a "Best of" or "Greatest Hits of" compilation.  Below are my favorites.  What are yours?

The Temptations (1994, Emperors of Soul); 
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1994, 35th Anniversary Collection); 
The 4 Seasons (1988, 25th Anniversary Collection); 
The Beach Boys (1993, Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys); 
Hank Williams, Sr. (1990, The Original Singles Collection); 
The Supremes (1986, Anthology); 
The Band (1994, Across the Great Divide); 
The Eagles (1994, Very Best Of Eagles); 
Bob Dylan (1985, Biograph); 
Aretha Franklin (1992, Queen of Soul); 
Simon & Garfunkel (1990, Collected Works); 
Elton John (2002, Greatest Hits, 1970-2002); 
Paul Simon (1993, 1964-1993); 
Bob Marley (1999, Songs of Freedom); 
Joan Baez (1993, Rare, Live, & Classic); 
The Very Best of The Dixie Cups (1998, Chapel of Love); 
Fleetwood Mac (1988, Greatest Hits); 
George McCrae (1994, The Best of George McCrae - Rock Your Baby); 
Chicago (2002, The Very Best of Chicago - Only The Beginning).

By the way, I could have easily extended this list almost indefitely, but I didn't want to bore you infidels.

Now let's see some of your own personal favorites!~

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Now, I am listing my personal favorite single CDs.  
Numbers are their ranking in Rolling Stone's Top 500 in 2009.

14. Abbey Road (1969, Beatles); 
5. Rubber Soul (1965, Beatles); 
1. Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967, Beatles)
3. Revolver (1966, Beatles)
10. Double White Album (1968, Beatles)
2. Pet Sounds (1966, Beach Boys); 
Smile (2004, Brian Wilson); 
64. Sticky Fingers (1971, Rolling Stones); 
7. Exile on Main Street (1972, Rolling Stones); 
51. Bridge Over Troubled Waters (1970, Simon & Garfunkle); 
267. There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973, Paul Simon); 
36. Tapestry (1971, Carole King); 
Hair (1968 London version)

Now, who has the chutzpah and balls to list your own personal favorite rock CDs.  Heck list your own personal, favorite non-rock CDs if you'd rather.

If you need a Form Chart, here is Rolling Stone's Greatest 500 CDs of all time, based on polls in 2003 and 2009.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531

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In no order except for number 1...

The Money Store by Death Grips
good kid, mAAd city by Kendrick Lamar
Alive or Just Breathing by Killswitch Engage
American Idiot by Green Day
Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
The Sufferer and the Witness by Rise Against
Avenged Sevenfold by Avenged Sevenfold
channel ORANGE by Frank Ocean
System of a Down by System of a Down
Toxicity by System of a Down
Mezmerize by System of a Down
The Hymn of a Broken Man by Times of Grace
Illmatic by Nas
Dookie by Green Day
Distant Relatives by Nas & Damian Marley
Welcome to Jamrock by Damian Marley
Be by Common
Discovery by Daft Punk
House of Balloons by The Weeknd
Echoes of Silence by The Weeknd
War by U2
blink 182 by blink 182
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
Exmilitary by Death Grips
Home Again by Michael Kiwanuka
Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses) by Slipknot
Untitled by Led Zeppelin
The Beatles by the Beatles
Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine
Ready to Die by Notorious B.I.G.
Use Your Illusion II by Guns N' Roses
*** by Danny Brown
4eva N A Day by Big KRIT
1999 by Joey Bada$$

1. Section 80 by Kendrick Lamar

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Thank you, AnikM.

Oh and I forgot My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge and Danger Days.

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The GOAT