“Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that; I'm right and I'll be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first – rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.”- Jahn
So two weeks ago I posted HERE asking for some advice for the right bike (cruiser) for a first timer. You all provided some great advice.
Cut to today and I'm happy to tell you all that I am the proud owner of a barely used (1,216 miles) 2004 Kawasaki Vulcan 750cc.
I was at a local dealer, looking at a 2005 Vulcan 750cc (nearly identical bike) with 10k+ miles and got a rock bottom price of $3450. Made a quick call to a buddy, he checked CL for me and found the bike in the picture listed (three weeks prior) for $2995. Long story short...made the deal for cash at $2400. It was a repo from a local tow company. Tow truck driver scratched tank (about 1" long) during repo and the seat is faded (assuming it was parked outside in the Florida sun). That's all I could find wrong with it; yes I brought my more informed buddy with me to help with inspection and haggling.
Include tax, title transfer, plates and a year of pl/pd insurance and it's just shy of $2700. I used the FAQ on the sidebar to educate myself on what to look at while inspecting a used bike...color of fluids, brought a flashlight to look at the frame, tires, brakes, bike was cold when I got there, started first time.
I was looking at 500cc's and 650cc's as /r/motorcycles had suggested, however, the deal was just to good to pass up. Yes, it rides great. Yes I stalled it once on the way to the DMV. Yes I was a little tentative to ride in traffic the first time. I had someone cut me off (no blinker) getting over in front of me from the middle lane and then make a right turn (again with no blinker).
So how'd I do? What do ya think? Comments...criticisms, critiques welcome!
"Don't try to take me to a disco
You can't even get me out on the floor
In ten minutes I'll be late for the door
Still like that old time rock and roll"
whatever you say, bob. lel.
The name will appear as : **Fiiish**
I spawned fucking Dave Lee Roth apparently.
Spoiler for the young 'uns: https://www.insider.com/van-halen-brown-m-ms-contract-2016-9
(Famous rock legend. Good story too!)
There’s been a lot of really boring, lazy post in the sub recently so they decided to try and shake things up with a conversation starter. A year or so ago, I was deep into Parliament Funkadelic and George Clinton. I’d fallen deeply in love with their catalogue and wanted to find people that agreed with me on it. So naturally, considering I don’t have any music nerd friends in real life, I searched for validation online. And in doing so came across an old Pitchfork review of a Parliament Funkadelic album, I can’t remember which one.
But the writer, I believe her name is Dominique Leone, made a point which has stuck with me for quite a while now. She said it’s a great example of racism, and bias towards white bands, that Parliament is only known as a funk group among critics and the general public. If they’re even discussed at all. She said that Parliament had everything Led Zeppelin had. Great guitar solos, mind melting psychedelia, insane production, drugs, sex, fantastic vocalists, in short, everything that we give credit to Led Zeppelin for in the “archetype “ of a great, debauched rock ‘n’ roll band.
And being on this site, which is populated mostly by white middle-class men, there is a distinct bias towards white middle-class rock. And I’m not trying to shame people for not knowing something or for liking the music they like but it is a little ridiculous that there’s a subreddit with thousand of users for a band like the Red Hot Chili Peppers which would not exist without Parliament yet there’s almost no discussion of that very same group that so profoundly influenced them.
I mean Funkadelic and Parliament were not only insanely influential in their own time but they continue to have a legacy and profound effect on popular culture today. Look at the billboard charts today. Most of the groups on there are hip-hop tax or pop.
How did that happen?
Well I think you could arguably say that raps first big “mainstream” moment on the charts came through Dr. Dre and The Chronic, and later Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle, both of which are indebted to the George Clinton samples that helped make G-Funk. Without those incredible songs to sample off and remake, you never would’ve had an album made by two black guys in Compton California falling into the hands of suburban white teenagers. And in a roundabout way it wouldn’t have paved the road to make the dominance hip-hop is experiencing right now on the charts possible.
Is Led Zeppelin still influential?
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as you would expect, it sounds comically horrible. i originally found this video on tumblr with a post caption of something like "aaah, the warmth of analog." it made me laugh a lot. it was quite a while ago and now i wanted to find it to send to a friend and i just can't turn it up anywhere. please help me find this video again!
