Rain

A long time ago it seems, I decided to no longer follow the news, as the only thing it accomplished was to make me miserable. What I do enjoy however is to dive into old 70’s magazines that I purchase on eBay and to read articles about then-current issues. I have just finished a fascinating little piece form July 1974 about the impact of the 1973-74 oil crisis on the record industry, and how it is affecting vinyl production, which in turn makes record companies cautious of releasing double albums, and how they are dropping artists who aren’t as commercially successful as their most mainstream acts, and hesitate to sign up new acts and give them adequate promotion. Unbelievable, right? Who would have thought? It also seems that the quality of the records is affected as manufacturers try to extend their supplies with all kinds of products - which has an audible effect of the end product. Meanwhile, even though the cost of production has only increased by 8 cents per record, the retail price has increased by ONE dollar! I'm thinking of sending them a heartfelt letter! Also - it would seem that a young fellow named Billy Joel may have quite the bright future ahead of him thanks to his latest record simply titled Piano Man. I have my doubts, but we'll see. At any rate, THAT is my kind of news. And how about that sweet, musty smell, uh?

Van Halen - Loss of Control

Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

The first on that came to mind. I knew I could count on you!

Laura Branigan - Self Control

D.R.I. - Gun Control

Sword - Outta Control

The Clash - Remote Control

Mr. Krantzberg is a long time Logic user. I remember picking up some tips from him on the old Logic Users Group - the oldest such group. I know he made some Sonar tutorials at one points but I doubt he ever actually switched to Sonar.

Alice In Chains - And We Die Young

Black Sabbath - Die Young

Mott The Hoople - All the Young Dudes

Essless. Or if the plug-in doesn't do its job that well, essless-ish.

According to South Park, playing some Slayer also works.

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Babies

The Allman Brothers Band - Crazy Love

- I'm So Crazy ('Bout You)

Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now

Alice Cooper - Inmates (We're All Crazy)

Patsy Cline - Crazy

This is not to be considered a pro drug statement in any way shape or form, but a LOT of my favorite popular music was written, recorded, and produced by people by people on blow. In fact, it's probably safe to assume that at least one person involved in the process was on coke for any of my favorite albums. I doubt that any of them are among the "artists" releasing sped up versions of their material, so I wouldn't blame this on coke. Drugs are bad, but people are worse.

There! Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

Lyrics - Waters > Water, water everywhere. Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner