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.

mike187 isn't being truthful...deep inside a love for Riff Raff is making an attempt to escape. Bring the rice out man, stop holding it in ....

sounds like some people in this thread need some Versace.

'SACE! Haha Anik that really made me laugh hard...

Raff Reezy actually made that **** show watchable...

Agreed; when RiFF brought the rice out, that show finna pulled the dice out.

* Edited at 04.24.2013, 8:16 PM ET *

Look at what I got in the mail today hehehe

Take a Walk on the Smooth Side.

Jerry Butler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Butler_(singer)

Jerry Butler (born Jerry Butler Jr., December 8, 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi) is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the famed R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

Butler is also an American politician. He serves as a Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois, having first been elected in 1985. As a member of this 17-member county board, he chairs the Health and Hospitals Committee, and serves as Vice Chair of the Construction Committee.

In recent years, he has served as host of PBS TV music specials such as Doo Wop 50 and 51, Rock Rhythm and Doo Wop, and Soul Spectacular: 40 years of R&B, among others. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. In 1991, Butler was inducted, along with the other original members of the Impressions (Curtis Mayfield, Sam Gooden, Fred Cash, and Arthur and Richard Brooks), into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

For Your Precious Love (with the Impressions), 1958
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5VX7AigBOM

He Will Break Your Heart, 1960 (written by Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield, Calvin Carter)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjczGwA7AZ4

Make It Easy On Yourself, 1962
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD-EwhKrMFw

Let It Be Me (with Betty Everett), 1964
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i22xbY4u2iI

Never Give You Up, 1968,  (written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Butler)(produced by Gamble/Huff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7WJLPGKOwM

Only the Strong Survive, 1968, (written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Butler)(produced by Gamble/Huff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyRsV7rUBHs

Moody Woman, 1969, (written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Butler)(produced by Gamble/Huff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNaC9PolboI


Chuck Jackson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Jackson

Chuck Jackson (born July 22, 1937) is an American R&B singer, who was one of the first artists to record material by Burt Bacharach and Hal David successfully. He has performed with moderate success since 1961. His hits include "I Don't Want to Cry," "Any Day Now," "I Keep Forgettin'" and "All Over the World".

He was born in Latta, South Carolina, but was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

I Don't Want To Cry, 1961 (written by Chuck Jackson & Luther Dixon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWTyuLfJj_c

Any Day Now, 1962, (written by Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZoabfaqTgI

Tell Him I'm Not Home, 1963 (with Doris Troy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Aaj5fhYwk

Brook Benton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Benton

Brook Benton, born Benjamin Franklin Peay, (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988) was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.

He made a comeback in 1970 with the ballad "Rainy Night in Georgia." Benton scored over 50 Billboard chart hits as an artist, and also wrote hits for other performers.

Fools Rush In, 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwYac4t7D_w

Frankie and Johnny, 1961
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4Lot4EEUQ

Still Waters Run Deep, 1962
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDcGyRmWWuU

It's Just a Matter Of Time, 1959, (written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis, Belford Hendricks)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K__KKdC5Y-s

Endlessly, 1959, (written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2B4YX3xIew

Nothing Can Take The Place of You, 1969 (written by Toussaint McCall)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz4OUI5nKYg

Nothing Can Take the Place of You, Toussaint McCall's original version, 1967, from 1988 movie, Hairspray)(written by Toussaint McCall)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VDQ10nP4Ww

Rainy Night In Georgia, 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDRbF80NKDU

* Edited at 04.26.2013, 2:09 AM ET *

of course bill loves steppenWOLF. it has wolf in it. + _ +

He loves it because it has 'Step' in it...he's a dancer.

Despite my frustrations with some things here, I've grown attached to you infidels, hooligans, rapscallions, idiots, *******es and blasphemers.  Heresy is your native tongue and you speak it fluently.  I enjoy your MMA chops but I am here more for the camaraderie than the subjective MMA opinions.  They are fun, unimportant and relative.  Sports opinions are as addictive as they are ridiculously absurd.  Such is the nature of fun.

By the way, the ongoing down-arrows do not bother me in the least anymore.  They used to.  I've come to realize that they have nothing to do with my posts or content.  Which was why they originally bothered me.

I now realize that they reflect that someone here deeply dislikes me and seeks to upset me and make me uneasy and get my attention.  And when I realized that, they immediately ceased to exist for me.  I am at ease.  This is the very last you will ever hear from me on that subject.

So long as I have friends and allies as Howl, Swick, Master Spanky, xxTAnk, MikesLovesTacos, jaykool, legacy, MadMike, gunn, p4p, BodyModifier, Blackwork, buffalo ben, WishIsHere, Stealing, hitcher, Russello, Kalibo, Live2, geez, SRA, Anik, etc. I will continue to create threads and posts to support the site.

* Edited at 04.26.2013, 3:13 AM ET *

Brian Wilson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilson

Most people know that Brian Wilson was the guiding light of the Beach Boys.  He wrote, arranged, produced their songs and sang the high parts.  He has always been one of my idols.  To get to where he's at today, he had to overcome mental illness, obesity, drug addiction, and major psychological hurdles of insecurity of his father dominating and belittling him, selling his music out from under him to Capitol records, the Beach Boys having reservations with respect to his 1967 Smile project, and Mike Love sueing him and having his own (Mike Love) name placed on his songs as co-writer!!!  Thereby stealing half of Brian's future songwriting royalties income.  Mike Love is a despicable, contemptible music thief.  He sued Brian knowing Brian suffered from diminished capacity to defend his music legally.  

Some Wikipedia excerpts.
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician and the leader, lead vocalist, bassist and chief songwriter of The Beach Boys. Besides being their primary composer, he also functioned as the band's main producer and arranger. After signing with Capitol Records in mid-1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the Beach Boys.

In the mid-1960s, Wilson used his increasingly creative ambitions to compose and produce Pet Sounds, considered one of the greatest albums of all time. The intended follow up to Pet Sounds, Smile, was cancelled for various reasons, including Wilson's deteriorating mental health. Wilson's contributions to the Beach Boys diminished and his erratic behavior led to tensions with the band. After years of treatment and recuperation, he began a solo career in 1988 with Brian Wilson, the same year that he and the Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Since then, he has toured for the first time in decades with a new band and released acclaimed albums, including a reworked version of Smile in 2004, for which Wilson won his first Grammy Award for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (Fire)" as Best Rock Instrumental.

In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine published a list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" that ranked Wilson number 52.  He is an occasional actor and voice actor, having appeared in television shows, films, and other artists' music videos. On December 16, 2011, a 50th Anniversary Reunion was announced and Brian briefly returned to the Beach Boys. Brian Wilson remains a member of the Beach Boys corporation, Brother Records Incorporated.

Since he has been a solo artist since 1988, he has put out several CDs, and I suspect some good tunes have slipped by you.

In case that is so, here are some of his better efforts. Hope you like them!

Love and Mercy - From his 1988 CD, (Brian Wilson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PISkFEzC5XE

Walking' The Line, from his 1988 CD (Brian Wilson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSTGKVOvQkY

Water Builds Up - From his 1991 CD (Sweet Insanity), (Water is a metaphor for anger/frustration)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKRbQpfu4p4

Country Feeling, by Brian Wilson, 1991 (Sweet Insanity)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gkuHQojrd0

The Spirit of Rock and Roll, 1991 (with Bob Dylan singing co-lead) (Sweet Insanity)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0k4WZZ27ew

South American, by Brian Wilson, 1998  (Imagination)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqJ5f-v7OQM

Roll Plymouth Rock from his 2004 Smile CD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxX_a1IJ6TQ

Surf's Up from his 2004 Smile CD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTifX3mpnV4

Listen To Me: Buddy Holly, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk0Ab1H-Fu0

The Like In I Love You, 2011 (from Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6P_FNQyDSY

The Key of Disney (sampler), 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnSNkp1wkUQ

* Edited at 04.26.2013, 5:45 PM ET *

This is an ultra-cool little video.
The classic comedy team of Stan Laurel (thin one)
and Oliver Hardy dancing to a classic
1966 Rolling Stones tune, 'Out Of Time'.

Light, happy, cool fun.  
What more could you ask?

Enjoy!~

http://www.wimp.com/thedance/

* Edited at 04.27.2013, 8:23 PM ET *

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/28/179666890/janos-starker-a-master-of-the-cello-dies-at-88

Janos Starker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Starker

János Starker, (July 5, 1924 – April 28, 2013) was a Hungarian-Americancellist. From 1958 until his death, he taught at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he held the title of Distinguished Professor.  Starker was born in Budapest to a father of Polish descent and a mother who had immigrated from Ukraine, both Jewish.

* Edited at 04.30.2013, 9:46 AM ET *

5 Typical Masculine moments to smile at.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvlQYi5LoYM&feature=youtu.be

* Edited at 04.30.2013, 9:58 AM ET *

Has anyone watched "House of Cards" on Netflix? SO good man, it's really help tie me over until the next Walking Dead and SOA seasons. 

Martha Raye
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Raye

Like Bob Hope, Martha Raye was a USO (United States Overseas) patriot.  She was a comedienne, actress, vocalist, dancer, and overall entertainer.  She was famous for her flamboyant and comedic personality.

http://www.ponderingtheessence.com/archives/martha-raye-who-knew-what-a-woman%E2%80%8F/

Martha Raye (August 27, 1916 – October 19, 1994) was an American comic actress and standards singer who performed in movies, and later on television. She was honored in 1969 with an Academy Award as the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award recipient for her volunteer efforts and services to the troops.

Such a wonderful American icon and person!  Who knew?

* Edited at 05.05.2013, 4:33 AM ET *

A while ago, I asked if anyone knew of a way to watch movies free online.  I was advised to check out Netflix.

A month for free, and $7.99 a month if you stay in, with unlimited access to whatever they have in their catalog that streams.

I just joined it.  They had 6 of the 21 movies on my list that I wanted to see.  I think that is not to bad.  

They are Hugo, Super 8, The Artist, Beautiful Creatures, Hansel and Gretel and The Grey.

They didn't have the ones I wanted most.  Life of Pi, Safe Haven, Oz the Great and Powerful, Jack the Giant-Slayer, Lincoln, Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Oh well.  A little step in the right direction is better than nothing!

* Edited at 05.05.2013, 12:30 PM ET *

@Bill Yeah Netflix rules...alot of great documentaries on there. And BTW check out the TV show 'The Killing' on there, they have both seasons and the 3rd is starting next month...anyway it's a favorite show of mine.

If I think of any other ones I remember being great, i'll let you know. 

Yeah, thanks, Swick.  Looks like Netflix, even though they don't have a lot of stuff that I want, might turn out to be the youtube of films.  

People often tell me I live way too much in the past.  And while that might be true to some extant, I would NEVER want to time-travel back.  Too much amazing technology today.  

@Bill
1993 compared to 2013. Pretty crazy.