SORRY ABOUT THAT CHIEF!
No, this isn't going to be about the Kansas City loss to Denver last night. I fell asleep around halftime anyway. Rather this is about the late great Don Adams, who just recently died. His claim to fame is his role as Maxwell Smart, Agent 86 for Control. Definitely this was one of the greatest television shows ever to be on the airwaves. Written by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks, this show gave you action, adventure, and great humor. You don't see a lot of that offered anymore. Don Adams was great in the role of Max and I think he was definitely one of the funniest characters ever. This show is without a doubt, a TV classic, and we should be seeing more of this, rather than reruns of "Roseanne" and "Cheers". These two shows, as well as many more that are in syndication, do not really hold up that well as time passes on. "Get Smart" on the other hand is a true classic, meaning it set a standard that other television should try to live up to, rather than shooting for the lowest common denominator, which it does way too much of in these sad and desolate days of boob tube programming.
I hadn't really realized how long it's been since I've posted, but it has been a stretch of time, even for a lazy bum such as myself. So for the four of ya out there that read this here blog, and the one of you that actually cares enough to comment, I'll try to be a bit more current with these here posts that even though a lot of ya won't admit it, ya probably can't live without.
I did come across a couple of things that you all may or may not be interested in. First off is a book by Michael Luckman called ALIEN ROCK:THE ROCK 'N' ROLL EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONNECTION. I heard about this book through an interview with the author that he did on the Coast To Coast AM radio program. A program I find to be pretty snat most of the time. Anyway, after hearing the show I decided to get the book. I found the book for around five bucks and figured I probably couldn't go wrong at that price. I've got to say that I llike the chapter on Elvis. I didn't know that he was very interested in the subject of UFO's and the Paranormal. (Much to the chagrin of fat bastard Col. Parker.)
There are also some more interesting stories about other famous rockers UFO experiences, but as the book goes on, the stories seem to lag and become pretty much just people seeing unexplained lights in the sky. There is some good stuff here but all in all, it seems to come up rather short and not even getting in depth in regards to some of the cases. Such as John Lennon receiving a strange object from people that came into his apartment that he thought were maybe aliens. Another story that he doesn't go into that I would love to know more about, is the one of Jerry Garcia. It has to do with a two day ordeal involving being trapped on a spaceship and insectiod creatures. That's all the info you get from the book. Maybe the story is mainstream in Dead Head circles so he didn't feel the need to go into it.
The thing about this book that I find really irritating ,(info omissions aside)is the fact that this guy pretty much seems to think since Jimi Hendryx wrote songs that contain sci fi imagery, then he was obviously in tune with aliens, and therefore, they must exist. He of course doesn't say it in those words, but that does kind of seem to be his point. Even Garcia says that the experience with the Insectiods could possibly be explained by drugs, but the Luckman doesn't seem to want any of that.
I don't have a problem with the author believing in his subject, and I am not a total disbeliever when it comes to the paranormal, but just because David Bowie believes in men from space, doesn't exactly clinch the deal for me. I might be wrong in my assessment of Luckman's ideas about proof, but it seems to me that he takes pretty superficial things and then passes them of as evidence.
Overall, There are some interesting things in this book. The Elvis stuff is cool, as well as a lot of other stuff, but I don't think you're gonna want to pay full price for this thing. Check the internet for used copies, or better yet, try and get this thing at the library. Rock On.
I hadn't really realized how long it's been since I've posted, but it has been a stretch of time, even for a lazy bum such as myself. So for the four of ya out there that read this here blog, and the one of you that actually cares enough to comment, I'll try to be a bit more current with these here posts that even though a lot of ya won't admit it, ya probably can't live without.
I did come across a couple of things that you all may or may not be interested in. First off is a book by Michael Luckman called ALIEN ROCK:THE ROCK 'N' ROLL EXTRATERRESTRIAL CONNECTION. I heard about this book through an interview with the author that he did on the Coast To Coast AM radio program. A program I find to be pretty snat most of the time. Anyway, after hearing the show I decided to get the book. I found the book for around five bucks and figured I probably couldn't go wrong at that price. I've got to say that I llike the chapter on Elvis. I didn't know that he was very interested in the subject of UFO's and the Paranormal. (Much to the chagrin of fat bastard Col. Parker.)
There are also some more interesting stories about other famous rockers UFO experiences, but as the book goes on, the stories seem to lag and become pretty much just people seeing unexplained lights in the sky. There is some good stuff here but all in all, it seems to come up rather short and not even getting in depth in regards to some of the cases. Such as John Lennon receiving a strange object from people that came into his apartment that he thought were maybe aliens. Another story that he doesn't go into that I would love to know more about, is the one of Jerry Garcia. It has to do with a two day ordeal involving being trapped on a spaceship and insectiod creatures. That's all the info you get from the book. Maybe the story is mainstream in Dead Head circles so he didn't feel the need to go into it.
The thing about this book that I find really irritating ,(info omissions aside)is the fact that this guy pretty much seems to think since Jimi Hendryx wrote songs that contain sci fi imagery, then he was obviously in tune with aliens, and therefore, they must exist. He of course doesn't say it in those words, but that does kind of seem to be his point. Even Garcia says that the experience with the Insectiods could possibly be explained by drugs, but the Luckman doesn't seem to want any of that.
I don't have a problem with the author believing in his subject, and I am not a total disbeliever when it comes to the paranormal, but just because David Bowie believes in men from space, doesn't exactly clinch the deal for me. I might be wrong in my assessment of Luckman's ideas about proof, but it seems to me that he takes pretty superficial things and then passes them of as evidence.
Overall, There are some interesting things in this book. The Elvis stuff is cool, as well as a lot of other stuff, but I don't think you're gonna want to pay full price for this thing. Check the internet for used copies, or better yet, try and get this thing at the library. Rock On.
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