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Post by JoJo on Aug 30, 2014 23:18:01 GMT -5
Happy birthday B! I always have enjoyed "my lunches with B", interesting conversations that are rare these days.. Hats off to you. J.
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Post by JoJo on Aug 15, 2014 14:54:18 GMT -5
Well that's what I always thought. I don't know Hotman, it's one of those things he threw out there on occasion.
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Post by JoJo on Aug 14, 2014 17:48:35 GMT -5
Interesting B, thanks. I've seen the movie, and yes it is eerie in the sense you could believe this was really Lennon hiding somewhere all these years. It's funny, because they hit that part on the head, but as a whole it comes across as an amateur video. Which is the premise I know, but.. Our friend Apollo used to say "think Canada" on more than one occasion.. (regarding where someone went, whoever that was)
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Post by JoJo on Jun 30, 2014 16:47:50 GMT -5
What's interesting is that Dave makes the rather provocative claim that many artists besides The Monkees did the same thing they did, i.e. used session musicians to make the albums and then performed live with the purported members of the group. I forget the names, but some big ones as I recall. (not the Beatles though)
Why isn't he interested? Well, perhaps if everyone wanting to introduce him to the topic wasn't browbeating him from all angles. I mean, if were him, and I'd never thought about this as anything other than an urban legend and I was inundated on all sides like that?? Forget it!
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Post by JoJo on Jun 29, 2014 16:55:57 GMT -5
In case anyone was unaware, Dave McGowan has turned his Laurel Canyon series into a book: www.amazon.com/Weird-Scenes-Inside-Canyon-Laurel/dp/1909394122His Facebook page: www.facebook.com/WeirdScenesInsideTheCanyon?fref=nfNow.. Apparently he has been pursued (for lack of a better word) by people he has termed "Faulists". Some posts from his Facebook page: So I've now received correspondence from three different "Faul" researchers. For those not in the know, "Faul" refers to "Fake Paul," the notion that Beatle Paul McCartney died in the late (mid?) 1960s and was replaced with a guy who continues to play the part to this day. I had no idea that so many people devoted their time to that particular line of research. Anyone have any thoughts on that?
So if I'm understanding this correctly, the 'real' Paul was only around long enough to pen a few She Loves Yous and I Want to Hold Your Hands. Then, in 1966, he was replaced by the fake Paul who co-wrote and recorded Sergeant Pepper's, Abbey Road, Yellow Submarine, the White Album, Let It Be and Magical Mystery Tour, along with McCartney's entire solo catalogue of material. This guy then clearly would be considered a musical genius in his own right and has created the vast majority of the music that McCartney is famous for. And yet for nearly a half century, he has been okay with allowing one of the most respected bodies of work in the history of popular music to be credited to a guy who has actually been dead for 48 years? Is that what is being proposed here?
Questions, questions: I'm not a musician myself, but I've known some over the years and I have been told that there are many out there who can listen to a song and know who played the bass guitar, lead guitar, etc. based on their distinctive style of play, just as those of us without musical skills or training can readily identify a favored vocalist. So my question is: are there any actual musicians in the "Faul" movement who have come forward to say that the current Paul McCartney plays nothing like the former Paul McCartney? Also, McCartney was obviously close to a lot of people. Have any of these people - any at all - ever come forward to declare the 'new' Paul McCartney a fraud? Anyone? Extended family members? Childhood friends? Former classmates? Fellow musicians? His doctor, dentist or pastor? Anyone at all? How were all these people fooled and/or silenced? And another question: everything I have thus far found on the topic has claimed that Paul was replaced with a guy who won a lookalike contest. That's all well and good, but how the hell did he learn to precisely mimic Paul's bass playing and singing abilities? One other question: there were a lot of very prominent musicians who died young in that era, depriving their handlers of millions of dollars in lost profits (Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Gram Parsons, etc.) If it was so easy to do, why weren't any of them replaced? Why don't we now have a Frian, and a Fimi, and a Fanis, and a Fim, and a Fram? For that matter, why aren't 'they' still doing it? Why aren't we still getting new music from Furt Cobain? Or from Famy Winehouse? Or from Fayne Staley?
Because it really seems to annoy the Faulists in the crowd (who have labeled me "unprofessional," "childish," "a sell out," and "closed minded"), I have came up with some more facts to add support to my Rim theory: (1) in the final years, "Jim" went through some major changes - putting on weight, growing thick facial hair, and becoming rather reclusive. All of these were obviously strategies employed by Rim to hide from the public. (2) it is a fact that Jim stated that he only had one brief period in his life when he was a songwriter, just before the Doors formed, after which he lost his muse. That's because he was no longer Jim, he was Rim. (3) the song "The End" contains the lyrics "the killer awoke before dawn ... he put his boots on." According to my theory, Jim was killed just before dawn by a guy who had a friend who sometimes wore boots. Coincidence? (4) a few dozen women who were in attendance at the infamous Miami show later came forward to say that the guy on stage was noticeably less well-hung than Jim had been. A press release by the band claimed that "it was a cold night and there was shrinkage." (6) Jim had to be killed off in 1966 because he had discovered that David Crosby had been killed and replaced in 1965. (7) I skipped #5 to make it look like there was more here than what there actually is. (8) I haven't found it yet, but I am certain that there exists a publicity photo of the Doors in which three doors can be seen in the buildings in the background. Where is the fourth door?
In response to some of the comments on the previous thread: First of all, I am not the one who first brought the "Faul" issue up. As I mentioned previously, I have received a number of emails urging me to get behind the notion that Paul is dead. I have also been asked about it by two different radio hosts on recent appearances - by Jim Fetzer on the air, which caught me by surprise, and by another guy who asked me about it during a break and wanted to cover it on the air but I declined. So I figured that if it was a question that was going to keep coming up, I should look into it to see if there was anything there. Also, it has very recently come to my awareness that there is a gal by the name of Clare Kuehn who has been making the rounds doing radio shows during which she has explicitly tried to draw parallels between her 'work' and mine (I have listened to 6 hours of her interviews and on every occasion she has mentioned me by name and mingled my research with hers). On the show I listened to last night, she mentioned that Doris Day was also replaced, and that some other guy whose name I can't think of was replaced twice! On the previous thread there is a guy claiming that Eric Clapton was replaced. Elsewhere he has claimed that John Denver was replaced as well. Others on this page have claimed that both Michael Jackson and Britney Spears were replaced. Is it really so hard to understand that I do not want my many years of hard work compromised by having people try to link it to the notion that Hollywood is running some kind of a clone factory? I am just trying to protect the integrity of my work. Also, you all have followed my previous work ... right? Because I'm a little confused as to why some of you think that humor, satire and sarcasm are something new that I have added to my repertoire. And just because I am considered a conspiracy theorist does not mean that I buy into every half-baked theory floating around in the cyberworld. I have never been shy about calling out theories and theorists that I think are full of shit, and it is very unlikely that I will change course anytime soon. Again, have you read my previous work? Have you forgotten the heated exchanges with Mike Ruppert and Fucktard, among many others? I'm not in this to make friends or to get rich and famous - I'm in it to tell the truth as I see it. And if people don't want to buy my book because of something they read on this page, then so be it. If they don't appreciate the satire and sarcasm on this page, then they probably aren't going to much like my books anyway. Peace, out and happy fathers' day to all the dads in the crowd!
Just got this by email today: "Hi Dave, I wonder if you could spare me a moment? Just wanted to hit you with a quick query.
I'm a long-standing English radio/ club DJ and writer. A while back I started producing a series of podcasts under the Good Vibrations banner, consisting of far-reaching conversations with relevant people. These started out discussing the manipulations and mind control techniques employed in the mainstream music industry, but I've now branched out to encompass all kinds of subjects within the truth/consciousness/spirituality/conspiracy fields ...
I just produced a volume looking into the controversial, but fascinating suggestion that the real Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by a impostor. That one's here: soundcloud.com/mark-devlin/good-vibrations-podcast-vol-42
I'm aware of your great work on Laurel Canyon and the interesting backgrounds of many of the musicians from the late 60s era, and would love to do an interview with you on this, (ideally via Skype if possible,) as it would fit great into the series.
If you could let me know if the idea is of interest, that'd be much appreciated. If so, we can then hopefully set a mutually convenient time to record.
All the best, Mark Devlin"
*Sigh* And some of you wonder why *I* keep bringing this up?
Re my last post: I just listened to just the first few minutes of the interview with Tina Foster, who is apparently the most prominent of the 'Paul is dead' researchers, and couldn't help noticing that she claims she first started seriously looking into the Faul thing in 2008. And it appears that Clare Kuehn, another prominent Faulist, picked up the baton shortly after that. And the Italian edition of Wired magazine weighed in not long after, in 2009, adding fuel to the fire by providing the Faulists with supposed forensic evidence. It seems then that the 'Paul is dead' meme, which had been bouncing around as a marginalized theory since 1969, suddenly became a 'real' conspiracy theory around 2008-2009. Does anyone remember what else happened in 2008? (hint: my Inside the LC series was launched, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence)Well, I beg to differ with that, TKIN was around since about 2003, and NIR a year or so after. I tried emailing Dave McGowan once, but received no response, but that's cool, I get it. He's not interested in this, and the approach that those who have contacted him have taken (aggressive/nagging) is NOT going to do anything but make him dig in his heels. I welcome Dave to join us of course.
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Post by JoJo on Mar 4, 2014 17:56:46 GMT -5
Hey JoJo, you shouldn't post your e-mail address as text. You'll get spam mails. post it as a picture instead - M Eh that ship has sailed.
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Post by JoJo on Mar 3, 2014 17:20:29 GMT -5
?? I checked the membership list, and sadly, you are right. Who threw you under the bus? Obviously there's been a terrible mistake! A case of mistaken identity, perhaps. I will make sure this comes to JoJo's attention. I think it was a situation where it was "voluntary" if I'm remembering correctly. That was sad, and there are those of us here who would like you to return Pinch... The problem is, it's really a "do it yourself" operation, and it goes like this: Go to this link: login.proboards.com/register/859169Enter your email and click continue: The next page is where you enter the username you want, password, etc, and then you will have an account. But... If you want me to do it all for you, I will, but you would have to email me to get your password, as obviously I couldn't post it here. My email is: zezinho@comcast.net Please do return!
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Post by JoJo on Mar 3, 2014 15:55:53 GMT -5
Sorry, has it been a week? My apologies! The week from hell at work, but I'll try to figure this out shortly..
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Post by JoJo on Feb 18, 2014 13:26:08 GMT -5
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Post by JoJo on Feb 18, 2014 5:33:03 GMT -5
So so sorry.. Someone posted 150 threads of spam on this board selling something, and in the mass delete the IAAP thread got whacked.. Thought I was being careful, again really sorry about that.
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Post by JoJo on Nov 15, 2013 18:49:20 GMT -5
You guys are quick.. Just trying it out, didn't mean to cause any alarm. Not an uncommon feature of many boards, although in Proboards it's not built in. What are your thoughts? I suspect those who feel every word they type should be seen by all will feel chagrined.. Those who feel annoyed/bothered by certain posters will feel relieved.. But human nature being what it is, most won't be able to leave someone "ignored" for very long, as they would be too curious anyway. And.. It turns out this version of Proboards has had it all along.. Click on someone's name which brings up their profile, then click on the "gear" icon at the far right which will bring up "block member" with various options. Like it or not, it's a Proboards thing.
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Post by JoJo on Oct 4, 2013 17:24:58 GMT -5
Well.. I seriously doubt that, I mean perhaps a civil suit, and if he could show damages. (talking about US law, don't know about the UK) Criminal charges? Pretty far fetched. But, "Paul is dead/replaced" is part of the McCartney legend, and far from being damaged, when it first emerged in the late 60's ALL Beatles album sales went through the roof, doesn't sound so bad! I think the man has lived with what is considered by most people to be a crazy theory anyway, and in his own way enjoys it. Witness his little wink wink on his Davis Letterman appearance a few years back.
Anyway, I have enjoyed your posts, from going through them you seem to feel he has disappeared and re-appeared over time.. Perhaps, I don't know. For my part, I haven't settled 100% on anything, but I lean toward your scenario more than others.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 26, 2013 6:51:08 GMT -5
I would have deleted this one too, but Ramone's response was kinda funny..
These "kitchen remodel spammers" show up from time to time, so just send an email to me at the address in my profile if you want me to know about it more quickly.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 10, 2013 18:03:32 GMT -5
Stopping off for a pint with Lucy, APOV Please, may I join you? I'll run a tab! And, sorry about your health problems APOV, I know it's not easy.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 7, 2013 23:31:14 GMT -5
Hi POV, thanks for writing, and really still being unable to stop reading from time to time. Kinda sorry to see you leave, seemingly burned the ol' bridge, but can't stay away, eh? I dig that..
When I conspired with Darkhorse, XPT626, Spanky, Eyesbleed and of course LJ (who designed and really was the driving force behind getting this going) to create this forum it was to put out our ideas, "say them out loud" so to speak. Speaking for myself, I endeavored to work with what was "shown", meaning what was available in the public domain. Or, hidden in plain sight if you prefer..
I don't do the stuff I used to do too much anymore, except to keep an eye on the forum, lest it be one of those forums that's "abandoned by the moderators". (it happens)
ACV said he wanted to point us in the right direction, and yeah, I think he did. From Klaatu to the Pepper cover, People did some interesting work I would think, and we have ACV to thank. Really.
Cheers APOV.
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Post by JoJo on Sept 2, 2013 8:44:15 GMT -5
The line is there, just really hard to see with our forum colors. I don't know what to tell ya.. There are however a couple of "skins" you can choose in your profile, one is called "PID Classic" (based on TKIN's old colors) and one very vanilla one called "Proboards default". Maybe one of those would work better. There is also a library of board themes here: www.proboards.com/library/themes/859169Anyone who would like to pick one or more to have as a board option, please let me know. As for the default avatar, I can change that, and you can't get less creepy than this: But I'm open to suggestions..
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Post by JoJo on Sept 1, 2013 16:23:54 GMT -5
Well, there's really no way to stop people from having signature text anyway, from what I see in the forum settings.
But TBH I probably wouldn't anyway, most people enjoy it and I am guilty of it as well..
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Post by JoJo on Sept 1, 2013 13:28:23 GMT -5
Sorry sorry... My fault!
I didn't realize this would be the effect (but I should have) when I was monkeying around with the forum settings.
I have been spending more time here due to complaints about a certain situation, but anyway..
I'll fix the embed thing right away!
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Post by JoJo on Aug 30, 2013 18:06:08 GMT -5
Yeah thanks Jude great site. I have a book that attempted to do the same thing this web site does, and if I'm remembering correctly, the author was asked to cease and desist as far as putting certain pieces of conversation in the book. The book did get published, but in a pared down version. What they took out, I don't know, but here someone's doing it for free on the web many years later, and certain concerned parties just shrug it off. (times change)
I've listened to much (but not all) of the Nagra Tape Rolls and IMO they are guardedly candid, but not 100% either as they know the tapes are rolling. At the same time they didn't believe that they would end up in the hands of the thieves that would spread the audio essentially everywhere.
The feeling that crept up on me from listening was that yes, that Paul that speaks on those tapes is the real deal, the same Paul that John grew to despise enough to write "How Do You Sleep". But, was Paul replaced or missing for a while? I believe yes. I believe the Hello Goodbye video was smoke and mirrors for example. (amongst other things)
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Post by JoJo on Aug 29, 2013 14:19:59 GMT -5
Ooops, Jojo, We said a Naughty Word. But It is completely ACCEPTABLE to claim Joe Meek murdered someone. Opps. Fuck off and let us dirge. Thanks for the kind wishes, but I believe I will refrain from "fucking off".
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Post by JoJo on Aug 29, 2013 14:18:07 GMT -5
No. Do you even know anything about the Grateful Dead and Owsley? No. Jojo "Threatens" me with a Ban, but all I did was take his advice and spend thousands at auctions to buy the hard copies of this information. I spent over 6 months going to auctions, every two or three days for six months, spending all my money to collect. I have not threatened YOU with anything, I did however have a conversation with Thefreakatdornish and mentioned something about a ban to him.. But you only "share the same computer"? I also don't remember advising you or anyone else to spend vast sums of money at auctions. I have in the past bought things to scan and share at the forum like an occasional book or magazine, and mentioned it when I did, but that's all.
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Post by JoJo on Aug 25, 2013 17:02:51 GMT -5
What are sock puppets? A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception. The term—a reference to the manipulation of a simple hand puppet made from a sock—originally referred to a false identity assumed by a member of an internet community who spoke to, or about, himself while pretending to be another person. The term now includes other misleading uses of online identities, such as those created to praise, defend or support a person or organization, or to circumvent a suspension or ban from a website. A significant difference between the use of a pseudonym and the creation of a sockpuppet is that the sockpuppet poses as an independent third-party unaffiliated with the puppeteer.Many online communities have a policy of blocking sockpuppets.From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)I'm not against it 100%, BUT... If you create a second identity so that the first one can remain "reasonable" (by comparison) and the second one goes on rants and tirades, then no.. that's not gonna happen here, and will result in a ban.
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Post by JoJo on Aug 11, 2013 16:56:34 GMT -5
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Post by JoJo on Jun 1, 2013 23:13:54 GMT -5
Well, I knew this was coming but wasn't expecting it to be this different.. But we'll get used to it.
I'll see if I can get the logo working again, and just generally familiarize myself with it.
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Post by JoJo on Jun 1, 2013 10:39:35 GMT -5
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