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Post by iburiedpaul on Apr 13, 2008 12:33:46 GMT -5
I know a couple of people who know Allen Klein, but I can't ask them about Faul because they will think I'm kidding or crazy. If you have any thoughts, however, I am open. I know some musicians who know Sir Paul, and I tried it out on one an it didn't go very well <g> What I did learn i can't repeat anyway, but this person indulged me and still thinks I'm wrong. The other musicians would cut me a lot less slack. Oh I just thought of something. Someone has been trying to hook me up with David Spinozza, and I was told he asked about me. I plan to buzz him today, but I will be able to stay in touch with him (unless i my huge ego gets in the way and I say something stupid). Let me know if you have questions for him that don't make me sound like a nut. About David: Spinozza's guitar can be heard on Don McLean's classic "American Pie," Paul Simon's "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" and Paul McCartney's "Just Another Day." He has also played with Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, B.B. King, Judy Collins, Jim Croce, George Benson and Yoko Ono. www.fairfield.edu/x7526.htmland there was a rumor that he had a relationship with Yoko which I once joked to him about, and he didn't deny it (not that that means anything one way or the other). I was actually reading the May Pang book when I happened to get the introduction to David, so I took at as a weird coincidence and perhaps a meaningful event in a holographic universe (if you believe in that kind of science). xywe.com/music/17-648-re-may-pang-s-lost-weekend-read.shtml
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Post by jarvitronics on Apr 13, 2008 13:04:11 GMT -5
I know a couple of people who know Allen Klein, but I can't ask them about Faul because they will think I'm kidding or crazy. If you have any thoughts, however, I am open. I know some musicians who know Sir Paul, and I tried it out on one an it didn't go very well <g> What I did learn i can't repeat anyway, but this person indulged me and still thinks I'm wrong. The other musicians would cut me a lot less slack. Oh I just thought of something. Someone has been trying to hook me up with David Spinozza, and I was told he asked about me. I plan to buzz him today, but I will be able to stay in touch with him (unless i my huge ego gets in the way and I say something stupid). Let me know if you have questions for him that don't make me sound like a nut. About David: Spinozza's guitar can be heard on Don McLean's classic "American Pie," Paul Simon's "Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard" and Paul McCartney's "Just Another Day." He has also played with Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt, Roberta Flack, Bette Midler, B.B. King, Judy Collins, Jim Croce, George Benson and Yoko Ono. www.fairfield.edu/x7526.htmland there was a rumor that he had a relationship with Yoko which I once joked to him about, and he didn't deny it (not that that means anything one way or the other). I was actually reading the May Pang book when I happened to get the introduction to David, so I took at as a weird coincidence and perhaps a meaningful event in a holographic universe (if you believe in that kind of science). xywe.com/music/17-648-re-may-pang-s-lost-weekend-read.shtmlFascinating post. I get what you mean about questions being a touchy thing. I know Paul Krassner (he knew *everybody* from the sixties) and I once asked him if he thought Lennon/McCartney had intentionally planned and played the "Paul is Dead" game; he deftly changed the subject. -j
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Post by TotalInformation on Apr 13, 2008 13:09:25 GMT -5
Ask what it was like working with "Paul"... flatter this guy by asking if "Paul" was leaning on his guitar skillz... maybe ask what Yoko thought of "Paul" ... try to gently elicit information on the working conditions, if Paul was up to anything weird, particluarly vis-a-vis "Paul" hiding his musicianship (Did Spinozza lay his tracks separately?) ... do all that before you drop PID on him....
of course if this guy was involved in the early 70s, it is extremely likely he knew the score and will stonewall you
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Post by B on Apr 13, 2008 13:24:21 GMT -5
Have a few beers with him; tell some goat jokes. Bring along a foxy girl friend Betty. Have a smoke. Then hit him with the hard questions! Or take the indirect approach. "Accidently" bring up the Zodiak killer. Have Eyesbleed accompany you to steer the conversation back towards where you want it to go. ;D
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Post by iburiedpaul on Apr 13, 2008 13:38:43 GMT -5
Ask what it was like working with "Paul"... flatter this guy by asking if "Paul" was leaning on his guitar skillz... maybe ask what Yoko thought of "Paul" ... try to gently elicit information on the working conditions, if Paul was up to anything weird, particluarly vis-a-vis "Paul" hiding his musicianship (Did Spinozza lay his tracks separately?) ... do all that before you drop PID on him.... of course if this guy was involved in the early 70s, it is extremely likely he knew the score and will stonewall you I don't think it's an official illuminati super torch ritual event (although I can't say it's not), but we are planning to hang out on 5/23
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Post by iburiedpaul on Apr 13, 2008 13:41:44 GMT -5
Have a few beers with him; tell some goat jokes. Bring along a foxy girl friend Betty. Have a smoke. Then hit him with the hard questions! Or take the indirect approach. "Accidently" bring up the Zodiak killer. Have Eyesbleed accompany you to steer the conversation back towards where you want it to go. ;D Betty is my ex :{{ but I am working with another fox mercylove.net/ I apologize in advance for the shameless self-promotion <grin>
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Post by iburiedpaul on Apr 13, 2008 14:20:02 GMT -5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_SpinozzaDavid Spinozza From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Spinozza is an American musician (guitar), who worked with former Beatles Paul McCartney and John Lennon during the 1970s, and had a long collaboration with singer-songwriter James Taylor, producing Taylor's album Walking Man. Spinozza also dated Yoko Ono during 1973 and 1974, during her separation from John Lennon. Spinozza worked with McCartney during sessions for McCartney's Red Rose Speedway album during 1972. When the chance came to work with Lennon and Ono the next year, as Ono prepared her Feeling the Space album and Lennon his Mind Games, Spinozza discovered that Lennon was not aware he had previously worked with McCartney, and was afraid he would be fired if Lennon found out, given their recent feuding in the media. When Lennon did learn of it, his only comment was that McCartney "knows how to pick good people." After the release of Mind Games, Lennon and Ono split, with Lennon taking their assistant May Pang to Los Angeles; a relationship that carried Ono's sanction. Ono turned her attentions to Spinozza, who encouraged her to completely break with Lennon, if she did not want to stay married to him. Ono nonetheless stayed in daily contact with Lennon and Pang, causing Spinozza to gradually cool on her. Spinozza contributed to Ono's album A Story, recorded during 1974 (but not released until 1998), served as her bandleader during a residency at Kenny's Castaways, and rehearsed Ono's band to tour her native Japan, but parted ways with her when the tour began. After no communication for several years, Ono contacted Spinozza late in 1980, for his permission to release "It Happened", a track from A Story, as a B-side to "Walking on Thin Ice", her tribute to the recently-murdered John Lennon and the last song they had recorded together. Spinozza gave his permission. The track appeared with a new coda, recorded by Lennon and Ono's band from Double Fantasy. Spinozza later made contributions to the soundtracks of the movies Dead Man Walking, Happiness, and Just the Ticket.
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Post by B on Apr 13, 2008 14:55:03 GMT -5
Interesting movie titles, those.
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Post by iburiedpaul on Apr 23, 2008 14:31:30 GMT -5
I was planning to get together with Spinozza today, but it looks like it might not work out for today. We are still making plans to hang when we can coordinate perhaps in NYC?
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Post by B on Apr 23, 2008 23:32:59 GMT -5
I am really looking forward to hearing how it goes. Btw, Paul Simon would simply have to know all about PID/PWR. Many Simon and Garfunkel songs pertain to it, imo. Perhaps you could speak with him. Best wishes with David Spinozza, and Good Luck!
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Post by ithinkiknow on May 1, 2008 21:46:34 GMT -5
which songs are those Letter B?
I guess I wonder how much is being drawn into PID/PWR and what is really about it. How do you know?
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Post by iburiedpaul on May 2, 2008 11:15:38 GMT -5
I didn't get a chance to hang with David yet, but I hung out with another top player and he mentioned that like Dylan, the Eagles etc McCartney is a strange guy. It doesn't mean anything but it made me think that being famous is actually a very good cover for odd behavior. Like if you worked in an office and did a bunch of weird stuff, other people might notice. On the other hand if you are a huge star, it's fairly normal to be completely unhuman.
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Post by B on May 2, 2008 17:18:58 GMT -5
which songs are those Letter B? I guess I wonder how much is being drawn into PID/PWR and what is really about it. How do you know? I know this will sound like an excuse, but really, to try to answer that would take more energy than I have. Listen to their songs with an open mind; that's all I can say. I'm in my 50s, and a lot of my perspective is based on hindsight, and having grown up with them.
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