Boomer Questions

Er...ah

1/ According to a recent PBS doc, how many babies were born every 8 seconds at the height of the Baby Boom brat explosion?

2/ How many total Boomer were born in North America?

3/ What's the "new" 60?

4/ Was the Beav a Boomer? Was Wally?

5/ Regarding the PBS doc, what seminal BB event somehow got no mention?

ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ The Doors vinyl set will include the rare mono mix of the band's debut 1967 effort.

2/ The complete final performance as rendered at Bill Graham's Fillmore West, 1972

3/ Easy Action, but it is still in print, on CD. Check it out.

4/ Raunch and Roll, with Jim Dandy (to the rescue) and Black Oak Arkansas

5/ Massey Hall is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Music Questions

Yep, music:

1/ The Doors will release a special vinyl set of their 6 original LPs later this year. What makes it special?

2/ The Jefferson Airplane released last month a famous live concert. What was it?

3/ What was the title of Alice Cooper's second album, a much overlooked gem in the rough.

4/ Rhino handmade will release a special expanded edition of a very raunchy 70s band seminal live album. What is that LP?

5/ Neil Young just released Live at Massey Hall. Where is the venue located?

ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ The immortal, Beverly Hillbillies

2/ Two. Jethro and Elly.

3/ Based on a real NYC detective, Toma was first, but lasted only one season.

4/ The Dick Van Dyke Show finished up during the 1965-6 season-when many other major sit-coms appeared for the first time in colour-but Rob and Laura stayed monochrome.

5/ Jonas

US Telly Questions

YES, US etc:

1/ What long running sit-com made its debut, incredibly, now some 45 years ago this coming September?

2/ Concerning the above which of the original major cast members are still with us?

3/ What came first, Toma, or Beretta?

4/ Was the Dick Van Dyke show ever broadcast in colour?

5/ What was Gilligan's skipper's first name?


ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ the Cheap Show was a bizarre, one season game show with Dan Rowan featuring Oscar the Wonder Rodent. (No joke)

2/ Young Americans, two years late for its 30 year anniversary

3/ Do the Oz. Yech!

4/ Phil Spector at his first court appearance for murder, in 2003. (You had to see it, to believe it)

5/ NBC, for the most part.

All sorts of questions

Yes, all sorts of Q's

1/ What was the Cheap Show?

2/ What famous David Bowie album is being released shortly in 5.1?

3/ What is perhaps, arguably, the "worst" John Lennon solo song?

4/ What was, arguably, the worst hair-do in rock history?

5/ What television network televised the original AFL?


ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ The Complete 1965 Shea Stadium Concert and Plastic Ono Band outtakes.

2/ Once, in 1965. The 1966 concert, as George Harrison wryly noted "only" drew about 40,000.

3/ The Help! digipack replicates the original vinyl gate-fold cover.

4/ No one knows.

5/ May Pang

Beatle Questions, again

YES IT IS

1/ What two new Beatle Yellow Dog CDs are causing a stir?

2/ How many times did the Beatles sell out Shea Stadium?

3/ What is different about the Japan version of the Capitol Albums Volume 2?

4/ What happened to the Bootleg Zone?

5/ Who has got a new book coming out containing 150 never before seen pix of John Lennon?

ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ Kawasaki's two stroke 750 triple, which had a claimed 1/4 mile ET of 12 seconds. ( I had a 72, and a 74.)

2/ Interestingly, after the big splash of the hard charging triple line (350, 500, 750) the company shifted gears to 4 cylinder four stroke, and the 900 appeared in late '72 to take the crown from the 750.

3/ The notorious Kaw 500 could best the the Honda by about 1/2 second in the quarter mile. The Honda, however, would top out about 10 MPH above the Kaw, at around 125.

4/ The 1969 Honda 750 Four.

5/ Honda. The slogan was designed to counter the impression that only outlaw bikers rode motorcycles.

Speed Questions

Yes, speed q's

1/ For a time in 1972, what was generally accepted as the quickest production motorcycle?

2/ What bike replaced the above as road king by the end of 72'?

3/ In 1970, what was quicker, the Honda 750 Four, or the Kawasaki 500 triple?

4/ What motorcycle is usually considered the first "super-bike'?

5/ Finish this promo: You Meet The Nicest People On A?????

ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ Monterrey Pop, June, 1967

2/ The Jimi Hendrix Experience at Monterrey

3/ John Philips of the Mamas and Papas felt his groups gig-that closed the Monterrey Festival-was not worthy of release due to a ragged performance.

4 Grand Funk Railroad played for free at the Atlanta Pop Festival in the summer of 1969, but turned down Woodstock fearing overexposure.

5/ The Festival Express was a grand idea that did not quite pan out as planned. Originally conceived to kick off Montreal, with stops in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver via train, the gigs only went off in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary before fizzling.

Headliners included Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, the Band, and Mountain
www.festivalexpress.com

Pop Festival Questions

YES, FESTIVAL Q's

1/ What was the first, big, pop festival in the US?

2/ What artists made a stunning American debut utilizing one of the elements?

3/ Why did the artist organizer of the Monterrey Festival not want his group's performance release?

4/ What festival did Grand Funk Railroad first make a national name for themselves. and what other festival did they turn down at around the same time?

5/ What was "The Festival Express?"

ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ According to John Lennon, Dr. Robert was a pseudonym for a musician/star friendly NYC drug dispensing doctor.

2/ Despite cover notations to the contrary, the "stereo" versions of the UA ADHD were not.

3/ Please Please Me and Beatles Red

4/ The mono and stereo versions at just over 7 minutes, and an edited version that was included on a 1980's greatest hits compilation, trimmed down to about 5 minutes.

5/ Eight Arms To Hold You. Help! obviously, was a lot better.

Beatle Music Questions

TWISTING AND RUTTING Q's

1/ What was the song Dr. Robert about?

2/ Was there ever a true stereo version of the United Artists soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night?

3/ What Beatles album cover original photo proof got chucked out with the trash?

4/ The Beatles/Apple/EMI released 3 versions of Hey Jude. What were they?

5/ What was the rather daft working title of the Beatles second feature film?

ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ Nuts. But not according to Woody.

2/ Frank Sinatra

3/ Married...With Children

4/ Paul McCartney

5/ The Beach Boys, with Wouldn't It Be Nice from Pet Sounds, a Macca fave.

Marriage Questions

BALL AND CHAIN Q's

1/ What is it called when a husband marries his adopted daughter?

2/ Who had a chance to marry Marilyn Monroe, but said no.

3/ What TV show was about an institution you can't disparage?

4/ Who was the last Beatle to marry?

5/ What group sang, "we(can) marry; then we'd be happy."

ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ Pink marble

2/ Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane

3/ John Lennon reportedly said that Sgt. P was just a "collection of songs."

4/ Almost 20 long, long, long years.

5/ The mono and stereo mixes of Sgt. P were so different because while the lads were usually all present for mono mixing, the bulk of the stereo mix was conceived by George Martin and engineers.

SGT. P Q's

LET ME INTRODUCE TO U Q's:

1/ What colour was a special vinyl issue of Sgt. P in Canada, in the early 80s.

2/ What two songs were actually intended for Sgt. Pepper, but got released as singles, almost 6 months before the album"

3/ According to at least one Beatle, was Sgt. P a "concept album?"

4/ How olde is the current CD version of Sgt. Pepper?

5/ Why were the mono and stereo mixes of Sgt. P so different?

ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ Showtime

2/ Most likely Big Dick Cheney

3/ Republican and Democrat

4/ On Bullshit, which was listed as On Bull****. In other words, a bullshit thing to do.

5/ Anything you decide it is.

Bullshit Questions

YES, BULLSHIT QUESTIONS

1/ What network does Penn and Teller's Bullshit series run?

2/ Who, on balance, is full of the most bullshit-besides me-in the USA?

3/ What is the difference between bullshit, and horseshit?

4/ What book was on the NYTimes best-seller list for ages, but not noted as intended?

5/ What, exactly, is bullshit.

ANSWERS LAST TIME OUT:

1/ The Rolling Stones, from a 1969 tour date in California, which, according to lore, made the Stones put out Get Yer Ya's Yas' Out.

2/ The Beatles, Stones, and Bob Dylan

3/ Unsurpassed Masters and Ultra rare set new standards for material, and quality

4/ The Beatles, in a 1969 FM broadcast of a rough version of the then planned Get Back album.

5/ Bob Dylan, at Buffalo's Rich Stadium-where the Bills play (now called Ralph Wilson Stadium).