I'm not advocating or decrying the actions taken by the police, but Thursday was a rough day in Howard County. There was a bank robbery that morning in Clarksville on Ten Oaks road, which is a couple exits from where this incident concluded. The bank robbers shot a bank employee, led police in a cross-county car and foot chase (apparently right by where I work! I've got to get a window office), and fired upon officers during the foot chase. One of the suspects was killed during the chase. Article in the Columbia Flier.

There was also a followup article in the Baltimore Sun today concerning Zombro's incident. The officer has been put on administrative leave as part of an investigation. Zombro "was wanted on an open warrant for theft. He had been under surveillance and fled from police when they tried to stop him in Jessup on Thursday afternoon, police said." The article details the charges against Zombro from this incident:

• six counts of second-degree assault
• one count of assaulting a law enforcement officer
• one count of reckless endangerment
• four drug possession charges
• four counts of malicious destruction of property

I've mapped out where Zombro's incident started and stopped here. I don't know Zombro's exact route (and I'm pretty sure he didn't take the quickest way to get here as suggested by Google ), but he certainly was on some major roads in the area. While driving, Zombro had to go over I-95, the major north-south highway in the area. The article reference in this post notes that he made a U-turn on route 32, which means he was headed west on route 32, which most likely means he had gone over route 29 once and was headed back to it. Route 29 is the other major north-south highway in this area. Both the bank robbers and Zombro were on route 32 on Thursday.

For the curious, I grew up in Columbia and live a county away now. I drive the road where this happened to get to my parents.

One of Jason Lee's first acting roles!

For the curious, the first song is "Wildwood Flower" and the second (after the coaxing) is "Cripple Creek."

No (oh god no). I couldn't play like that if I tried. Even if I was pretending, it wouldn't sound like that. Besides, I wouldn't have the balls to post a video like that!

Well, it was originally Mario Paint, but the program used in the video is "Mario Paint Composer," available here from unFun Games.

The guy playing Telecaster is Bill Frisell, an absolutely amazing guitar player. He's a genre-hopper but if you like his sound here, you might want to check out the albums Gone, Like a Train, Nashville, or East/West.

The broadcast was basically live with a little help. According to Mark Lewisohn's The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, "...George Martin greatly decreased the chance of an on-air foul-up by having the Beatles play to their own pre-recorded rhythm track of take 10. Only the vocals, bass guitar, the lead guitar solo in the middle eight, drums and the orchestra were actually live." Hence the headphones.

Equally impressive was how fast they got the song done. The Beatles had agreed to perform a new song for an BBC international broadcast on May 22 and the actual performance took place about a month later on June 25; the Beatles didn't start working the song up as a group in the studio until June 14. The program was to be the first live broadcast across five continents and, to keep it accessible to all audiences, the BBC had requested that the Beatles keep the song simple. The international "snippets" were added for the occasion.

Lennon was apparently very nervous beforehand; the gum chewing was probably just a front to hide his anxiety. There was a whole slew of friends sitting around also: "Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Richard, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, Jane Asher, Mike McCartney, Graham Nash and his wife, Gary Leeds and Hunter Davies" (Again, from Lewisohn). After the broadcast was over, the Beatles did a little bit of overdubbing (including some of Lennon's vocals) and the final mix was finished the next day. The single was out in stores on July 7, less than two weeks later.

I wonder if it has anything to do with this: Crew member injured in Letterman fire.
Late nights are burning!

My apologies, I rarely log into videosift

You could rarely go wrong with the Meters; I picked up their Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology before a road trip and was groovin' across statelines. I don't really know if I would really consider Booker T & the MGs "funk" but I tend to group them with the Meters. The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's will get you through a long day... Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration falls into the same cat., not exactly funk but some great music!

I guess the funkiest thing I'd listen to recently was Sly and the Family Stone's Greatest Hits and There's a Riot Goin' On. Hits brings up some pop and party, while Riot is more dirty. Any which way, you can't go wrong with any of that stuff. Happy listening!

In reply to this comment by boombap:


In reply to your comment:
“The song at the beginning (and at the end) is the Meters' "Handclapping Song" from the album Struttin'.”

thanks for the song id! Any other good funk reccomendations?

The song at the beginning (and at the end) is the Meters' "Handclapping Song" from the album Struttin'.