seriuos shit

[Dictel at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/00 1:19:25 PM, blicero at linknet.idt.net writes:

<< it is good to know that there there are people out there that understand 
and see this type of thing...i am afraid that it is not enough....mabye this 
sounds silly, but i often use to find myself agonizing over the garbage dump 
this world has become... >>

Whoa!  Have Blicero and George Harrison ever been seen in the same room?

Thursday December 21 10:24 AM ET
George Harrison Says 'The World Is Going Mental' 
By Dean Goodman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Beatle George Harrison is so concerned about 
the state of the world that he's jokingly thinking of calling his next album 
``Your Planet is Doomed, Volume One.''
``The world is just going mental as far as I'm concerned,'' Harrison told 
Reuters Wednesday. ``It's speeding up with the whole technology and 
everything that's happening.''
Having survived both a home invasion by a knife-wielding maniac last Dec. 30 
and a throat cancer scare in 1997 -- incidents he declined to discuss -- 
57-year-old Harrison could be forgiven for seeing life in shades of black.
To remind himself of the bright side of things, Harrison has re-recorded his 
ode to peace, love and Hare Krishna, ``My Sweet Lord,'' which topped the 
American and British charts in 1971. It will appear -- along with the 
original -- on a 30th anniversary re-issue of his ``All Things Must Pass'' 
triple album, set for release on Jan. 23 via Capitol Records.
``I just like the idea and the opportunity to freshen it up, because the 
point of 'My Sweet Lord' is just to try and remind myself basically that 
there's more to life than the material world,'' Harrison said.
``Basically I think the planet is doomed,'' he said with a laugh. ``And it's 
my attempt to try to put a bit of a spin on the spiritual side, a reminder 
for myself and for anybody who's interested.''
Harrison added that while pessimistic about the environment, he is positive 
about ``my place in creation ... and I don't have any worries whatsoever 
about that.''
``All Things Must Pass,'' originally released in December 1970 as the Beatles 
were breaking up, served as a much-needed creative outlet for Harrison, whose 
songwriting efforts were overshadowed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Musicians on the sessions included Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, keyboardist 
Billy Preston, guitarist Dave Mason and an uncredited Eric Clapton.
Besides the original album's 23 songs, the reissue also contains an unused 
song from the sessions, ``I Live For You,'' different versions of the tracks 
``Beware of Darkness'' and ``Let It Down,'' and a horns-heavy instrumental 
version of the single ''What Is Life.''
Harrison produced the album with Phil Spector, whose ``Wall of Sound'' 
technique, in which songs were given lush orchestral treatments, sounds 
outdated today, he now claims. But it worked well at the time. ``All Things 
Must Pass'' ended up selling about three million copies worldwide.
Harrison was later dragged into court when it was claimed that ``My Sweet 
Lord'' sounded a lot like the Chiffons' ``He's So Fine.'' He was judged to 
have unknowingly plagiarized the earlier song.
Harrison's son, Dhani, a 22-year-old university student, plays acoustic 
guitar on the updated version, and is also helping his dad a little for an 
album of new material, Harrison's first since 1987's ``Cloud Nine.''
Harrison said it would possibly come out next October or November. He plays 
most of the instruments, with session drummer Jim Keltner, and has produced 
it himself so far, though may bring in an outsider for some finishing 
touches. A free agent, he has talked to a number of labels about distribution.
Needless to say, the album will be computer-free. ``My music doesn't seem to 
belong to any particular period,'' Harrison said. ``I just make it the same 
way as we made it back in the sixties, which is analog tapes, microphones and 
guitars, bass, drums, pianos.''