tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post4076993117971154588..comments2024-03-29T02:07:08.222-05:00Comments on L.A.Times Crossword Corner: Friday, January 29, 2016, Jeffrey WechslerZhouqin (C.C.) Burnikelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12750267554729853785noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-46189855898423210102016-01-30T04:30:26.379-06:002016-01-30T04:30:26.379-06:00Here lies the worst write-up in the history of wri...Here lies the worst write-up in the history of write-ups. DOA 01/29/2016Dr. Calling Itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-9764544261152876562016-01-30T03:20:11.909-06:002016-01-30T03:20:11.909-06:00That's what I'm talkin' about!
Krupa ...That's what I'm talkin' about!<br /><br />Krupa made sure the rhythm reached your soul, tapping it into every nook and cranny.Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64007189446804830762016-01-30T00:49:32.588-06:002016-01-30T00:49:32.588-06:00"Sing,Sing, Sing" got my ol' wheel c..."Sing,Sing, Sing" got my ol' wheel chair a rockin'. Remember dancing to this in the late 50's. Little high school. Never seen Bandstand, but man, we could move those country energized bodies. If you got the rhythm in your soul, who cares if the steps are right.PKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-84973681761297406422016-01-29T22:28:01.919-06:002016-01-29T22:28:01.919-06:00RIP Paul Kantner.
More WoodstockRIP Paul Kantner.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EdLasOrG6c#t=35.601043" rel="nofollow">More Woodstock</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-73311261730460048122016-01-29T21:57:30.101-06:002016-01-29T21:57:30.101-06:00lemony typed:
"Irish Miss, I am providing a ...lemony typed:<br /><br />"Irish Miss, I am providing a LINK to the Satanic Calendar"<br /><br />Huh?!?!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-30759959206457795842016-01-29T21:32:05.809-06:002016-01-29T21:32:05.809-06:00You say it, the ROYAL WEEVIL plays it! Sing, Sing...You say it, the ROYAL WEEVIL plays it! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A" rel="nofollow">Sing, Sing, Sing</a>!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-13181579297144588112016-01-29T21:21:55.629-06:002016-01-29T21:21:55.629-06:00And now for something completely different: Benny ...And now for something completely different: Benny Goodman. And Gene Krupa. And Louis Prima. The entirety of the human race owes them a debt of gratitude for bringing us Sing Sing Sing. I challenge you to name a recorded tune that gets more toes tapping than that one. Krupa's felt-mallet tom-tom work reaches something primal. And the Goodman 'bone section pumps up the air pressure to lofty levels. Yessir, that's one for the ages - all ages!<br /><br />(In case you're wondering, it just popped up on the radio.)Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587399549104728305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18956722280082206422016-01-29T20:51:00.808-06:002016-01-29T20:51:00.808-06:00Wow! How does this author make the leap of associ...Wow! How does this author make the leap of association from the theme/unifier of "TOUCH OF EVIL" put forth by Jeffrey Wechsler to "St Agnes Eve", a Catholic/satanic holiday? (No offense.)<br /><br />That is jut bananaland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-23884614913040910982016-01-29T20:48:20.373-06:002016-01-29T20:48:20.373-06:00Hello, friends!
Jeffrey's puzzle beat me to a ...Hello, friends!<br />Jeffrey's puzzle beat me to a pulp as he normally does on Friday! I worked on it off and on and deceived myself into thinking it would be doable when I had the top half done. Went to the movies to see The Woman in the Van, came back and worked on it a little more, prepared dinner, worked some more on it. Finally, I chucked it and came to see when Lemonade had to say.<br /><br />Thank you, Jeffrey, you make me think until it hurts. And thanks for the enlightenment, Lem.<br /><br />I hope you all had a wonderful day! The movie is very good. Maggie Smith at her finest.Lucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278649651081244724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-71028312609317960032016-01-29T16:26:48.019-06:002016-01-29T16:26:48.019-06:00Hi All!
Doomed in the SE. 54 & 55d xing 62 &a...Hi All!<br /><br />Doomed in the SE. 54 & 55d xing 62 &65a would never break. TITT & DNF.<br /><br />To break the NE, I had to G(n)oogle (G)nome. I was on CED's wavelength thinking of ELP. That wasn't my biggest moment of idiocy. I saw ROAYAL WEEVIL and thought we're adding/subtracting letters to make bole ROYAL. Dumbkauff!<br /><br />WOs: LOL b/f TLC @24a. Hand-up same updo/Afro as all of you. GENERic seemed quite right; perhaps it's spelled GENERAc? V8. DoCO wouldn't glue together the S. Finally I had POoF like Big-E for the coif. Epic fail.<br /><br />Thanks Jeff W. For the <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NY3DrA7tJFk" rel="nofollow">EVIL </a> (>7min) puzzle. Thanks Lem for finishing it in the end.<br /><br />Fav - DOODAD. I couldn't believe my 1st thought was right! Thingy is to technical; even for a Fri. :-)<br /><br />D-O: AutoCLAVE was funny. Thanks for the smile.<br /><br />Of course IM came to mind at DEWERs. Though I was wondering for a spell if it was John crapper (I had reAl for 34a for a while - oh, there's another WO.)<br /><br />CED - I must'a watched a dozen of the lock picking videos last night. Also, to add to you & TTP... I "built" my stereo w/ bits (receiver, double-tape deck, turn-table, & speakers) from the store - whole. My only hack was hooking the cable line to the 300 Ohm input to pickup FM stations from STL. KSHE 95 was big in the day.<br /><br />Obligatory: <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RrZlWw8Di10" rel="nofollow">JIVE link</a> (1:27).<br /><br />Cheers, -TAnonymous Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459563526290288425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-37570857705921145352016-01-29T16:22:24.120-06:002016-01-29T16:22:24.120-06:00Nice puzzle - thanks for the expo, Lemonade.
Try ...Nice puzzle - thanks for the expo, Lemonade.<br /><br />Try "Pictures at an Exhibition" from Emerson, Lake and Palmer for some really awesome 70's prog rock. <br /><br />I don't often respond to comments on comments, but I wanted to mention a couple of things to Nice Cuppa from yesterday:<br /><br />1) You completely missed the point about "dated" clues. An SST might be old, but it will always be an SST. "Last year's Superbowl winners" today would be the Patriots, but they won't be this time next year, which is why you don't clue it that way. If you'd have bothered to do some research, you'd find that the Peso/Dollar exchange rate today is 18.26, which is not "about 17" - it might have been 17-something when the puzzle was constructed, but today the clue is wrong. Ergo, you don't clue like that.<br /><br />2) Hotel rooms in chain hotels are not regular numbers, they refer to floor/room. You wouldn't say that you're staying in room "one thousand two hundred and twenty-six" would you? Neither did the (French) receptionist who checked me in to room 1034 - "dix trente-quatre". You said you weren't sure - now you can be sure.<br /><br />3) It's France, not Frogland. It's not "fun" or "banter" - it's derogatory.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00485564817818402947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-8918281769317958102016-01-29T15:12:46.848-06:002016-01-29T15:12:46.848-06:00Awesome theme. Like Hahtoolah, I zipped through th...Awesome theme. Like Hahtoolah, I zipped through this puzzle more quickly and easily than I expected to. Not that it was easy! Like Jazzb, I love Pictures At An Exhibition, and knew GNOME (called GNOMON in the Moussorgsky piece) right away. I wish I could have been able to attend Jazzb's performance then; I remember how proud he was about it. Well deserved. I guess they never did issue a CD or DVD of it.<br />I wanted CORONET before CIRCLET emerged. Had RAN TO before realizing it had to be RAN AT. And, of course, entered just the A until the perps revealed it to be LOA and not KEA. Didn't know CLAVE, so looked it up and learned a lot. DUCO Cement used to be a staple in our house; now we use Gorilla Glue or "Household Goop."<br />Warren Buffet is right about when to SELL and when to buy. I absolutely can't convince my wife of that; she always wants to sell when the price is way down. "Dumping the losers" she calls it. Fortunately I am usually successful in talking her out of it, and when the price comes back up again she's glad she decided not to sell it.<br />Best wishes to you all.Jaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906163232315177399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-64906460823954524522016-01-29T15:04:58.478-06:002016-01-29T15:04:58.478-06:00Selective memory? How many times does lemony clai...Selective memory? How many times does lemony claim to remember the most obscure of facts, relating them to a book one of his sons read in class back in high school 20 years ago but now claims not to remember such things. Personally, I read everything he writes with background of suspicion. No offense, Jason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-21579206482287035762016-01-29T14:35:57.083-06:002016-01-29T14:35:57.083-06:00Lemonade, the expo was wonderful! If the theme of...Lemonade, the expo was wonderful! If the theme of the puzzle is EVIL, that's what you discuss. Your links to St Agnes and the Satanic calendar seemed appropriate to me. You just explained things very thoroughly. That doesn't seem "religious" to me.<br /><br />St. Agnes' day was once celebrated on both Jan 21 and Jan 28. I have no idea why! At some point it was officially moved to Jan 21. So both you and whoever commented on it being last week were right. <br /><br />And the puzzle was certainly devilish! I loved the struggle. Thanks Jeffrey!<br />SwampCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06893584705424353444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4379111710636633342016-01-29T14:26:12.125-06:002016-01-29T14:26:12.125-06:00Oban, I obviously needed you around when I was pre...Oban, I obviously needed you around when I was preparing my write up. I do however confess to not remembering book or song titles, so your selections did not come to mind. When <i>Santana</i> played at Woodstock they were a very much unknown group and those three days were a bit overwhelming. I remember the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0mDM0A70Fc" rel="nofollow"> DRUM SOLO </a> by Michael Shrieve more than anything else about their set. <br />Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-88307636215978861162016-01-29T14:14:16.476-06:002016-01-29T14:14:16.476-06:00Pictures at an Exhibition is one of my favorites, ...Pictures at an Exhibition is one of my favorites, especially The Great Gate of Kiev. Thanks, O.M. Keith<br />I, for one, did not find Lemony's info offensive. He was not advocating for Satanism. I am sure that there is some evil doer or other associated with most of our given names. That's no knock on us.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-81822934961359156832016-01-29T14:10:01.127-06:002016-01-29T14:10:01.127-06:00Good afternoon everyone.
Great intro, Lemon. Esp...Good afternoon everyone.<br /><br />Great intro, Lemon. Especially liked the map depicting the Columbia River Basin with the SNAKE RIVER highlighted. Hard to believe the watershed extends all the way to Yellowstone, WY.<br />Finally got the whole puzzle without searches. Took several restarts. Very clever cluing . Juxtapositioning of doable and harder fill just right to afford an eventual solve. Makes me wonder how many rounds of test solving might have been done in its preparation.<br />INE - Fluorine, Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine; what my chem. teacher in HS called the 4 girls. The 5th, Astatine, was not taught. Los Alamos Nat. Lab. says less than 1 oz. occurs in the earth's crust. Unstable; it can be produced by bombarding bismuth with alpha particles.Spitzboovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448007368332133086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18972393485008762122016-01-29T14:04:16.068-06:002016-01-29T14:04:16.068-06:00Lemon, I didn't see the link ( I was too afrai...Lemon, I didn't see the link ( I was too afraid to open it...)<br /><br />TTP from Yest, (but actually today because the post was 6:59AM)<br />Your post brought back many memories. I was (sort of) an audiophile <br />wayback when, except I was broke & could only afford a few trips to Radio Shack.<br /><br />Around the time of that Emerson Lake & Palmer album, I was building my own stereo.<br />With limited funds, it was made from garbage I had found. <br />The left channel came from a battery powered 45 player, the right channel was a small 3 tube<br />amplifier. For more oomph I got rid of the ceramic cartridge needle & replaced it<br />with a magnetic cartridge once I found a suitable pre amp.<br /><br />The whole thing worked quite well, until I tried to build a Bass Booster that I saw in<br />Popular Electronics Magazine. Unfortunately my Stereo started picking CB Taxi transmissions.<br /><br />The good news was it stared me building CB radios! (but they never worked as well as that<br />stupid bass booster...)<br /><br />Anyway, long segue short, it made me want to pull out this box of 50 year old<br />Popular Electronics Mags. But they are so old the pages are turning to dust.<br /><br />Luckily I found an alternative that some of you might like to peruse:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Popular-Electronics-Guide.htm" rel="nofollow">They are all here in PDF format.</a> Just pick a check mark & click on it!CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-4939337811561463742016-01-29T14:00:03.793-06:002016-01-29T14:00:03.793-06:00I solved this puzzle late last night and thought f...I solved this puzzle late last night and thought for sure Lemonade, considering where he was back in 1969 and Dudley's late post on yesterday's blog, we would see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPauXWjY4T8" rel="nofollow">this title</a> as his theme and obvious musical interlude for this puzzle. Bzzzzt.<br /><br />Or how about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9qeJskx6r0" rel="nofollow">this great song</a> from an old crossword staple? Bzzzzt!<br /><br />No, I think we'll talk about devil worshipping and extraneously link that to one of my favorite posters here on the blog. Also, I know sweet Agnes does not need me to stick up for her, but what blog veteren doesn't remember the countless times Agens prefers Dewars? Tin is a Pinch man. But, whatever, lemony is funny that way... Obannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38954782658552262522016-01-29T13:53:34.290-06:002016-01-29T13:53:34.290-06:00"PICTURES at an Exhibition" was the firs...<i>"PICTURES at an Exhibition"</i> was the first piece of classical music I ever used in a stage production. The triumphal section (<i>"The Great Gate at Kiev"</i>, heard <a href="https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=%22great+gate+aty+kiev%22+mussorgksy&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001" rel="nofollow">here</a><b>*</b>) offers a wonderfully pompous entrance theme that I used to underscore the arrival of our high school's student treasurer at a school rally. He was coming to sell student body cards to the assembly, and we wanted to emphasize the importance of his pitch. <br />Too bad I missed today's theme until I completed the answers. This is one where I'm sure it would have helped to catch onto it earlier.<br /><b>*</b> To get the full impact of the Mussorgsky piece, cue it up to 4:30. Ol' Man Keith https://www.blogger.com/profile/02073553138045178596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-18427754429033023702016-01-29T13:42:53.823-06:002016-01-29T13:42:53.823-06:00So lemony, since you know that it is obvious that...So lemony, since you know that it is obvious that many would find that "information" offensive, why would include any reference to it in the opening paragraph of a puzzle summary?!?!?! Your leap from "EVIL" to Satan seems a little too dark for this forum.<br /><br />Upon reading it, I immediately thought of sweet Irish Miss and wondered why you would bring this up knowing her name is Agnes. To the fact that religion is a touchy subject, I also was surprised to read a faithful Jew relate a disparaging devil worshipping "holiday" about a Christian saint. Seems a little over the top for our morning read. I'm glad I had my funnys nearby to lighten the mood. Hell, even the news this morning was more lighthearted than this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-58263809383254351002016-01-29T13:40:07.585-06:002016-01-29T13:40:07.585-06:00From Yest, Anonymous T @ 9:24PM
Re: Interesting lo...From Yest, Anonymous T @ 9:24PM<br />Re: Interesting lock picking<br />I had to laugh out loud when I read the second comment under the video.<br /><br />"Use it to lock up your explosives, problem solved!"<br /><br />Re: Today, WYS (What Yellowrocks Said)<br />Limited time today, this was a real pencil buster.<br />Thank goodness for red letters and alphabet runs...<br /><br />Lemon, loved the write up, you seem in a very punny mood today...<br />I was also intrigued by your world heritage site link, I have seen<br />many of these places on the history channel. Now I can research them further.<br /><br />I also thought I could do a little cut & paste & see if I could find<br />any World Heritage Sites closer to home. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=List+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+New+Jersey&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go" rel="nofollow">Bummer!</a><br /><br />Pictures at an Exhibition? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOfdMfANHhc" rel="nofollow">I thought that was written by Emerson Lake & Palmer?</a> (53:04 Full Album)CrossEyedDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745913007262424048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-20480060255124326762016-01-29T13:15:54.739-06:002016-01-29T13:15:54.739-06:00Thanks YR for explaining HIKE; sometimes our persp...Thanks YR for explaining HIKE; sometimes our perspective is limited.<br /><br />Irish Miss, I am providing a <a href="http://www.theopenscroll.com/hosting/SatanicCalendar.htm" rel="nofollow"> LINK</a> to the Satanic Calendar which many might find offensive. I include it solely for information purposes and only to explain my comment. <br /><br />BE, I did not in any way mean to disparage Eli but if you watch football there are many comments about Eli both very good and not. Lemonade714https://www.blogger.com/profile/13642909374639570868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-38166250142222110492016-01-29T12:38:13.543-06:002016-01-29T12:38:13.543-06:00Hi gang -
Looks like Jeffrey is our Man Friday.
...Hi gang -<br /><br />Looks like Jeffrey is our Man Friday.<br /><br />Despite a couple nits, this is close to being my all time favorite puzzle. part of it was right in my wheel house - and part of it was somewhere off in a different county. Eventually made it through.<br /><br />The theme is just awesome. <br /><br />I know HVAC because it is an automotive term. Had a hard time remembering Niven ,and the subject of the first picture. Have the music in head, but couldn't EVOKE the image. I also went POOF.<br /><br />I'm surprised more of you don't know Mussorgsky in GENERAL and Pictures in particular. The music was written for piano. There are many orchestral transcriptions. Ravel's is the most widely known and played. Here is an example of how knowing something too well can lead you astray. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fkc290ZxQ8" rel="nofollow">In this excerpt</a>, the opening Promenade is truncated and the Gnome picture representation starts at 1:05. The picture itself has been lost, but the Gnome is described as "clumsily running with crooked legs." The example illustrates the use of SILENCE in music, following a flurry of notes. So this was my entry for 10D instead of the unfortunate SILENT G. <br /><br />I dearly love this music. One of the highlights of my musical life was performing this - and it's the only symphony concert I ever played on bass trombone.<br /><br />I've also performed IVES America variations. They get rather weird.<br /><br />The CLAVE I learned was simplified - just 1, 2&, 4. Guess I'm not a MAVEN.<br /><br />I share Gary's DEWAR concept.<br /><br />Happy weekend, everyone.<br /><br />Cool regards!<br />JzBJazzbumpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5995532066584316410.post-76755940928158214752016-01-29T12:01:42.249-06:002016-01-29T12:01:42.249-06:00Clever puzzle, great expo. I was too busy and dis...Clever puzzle, great expo. I was too busy and distracted to give this one its due. I made many, many alphabet runs and red letters. Outside of the puzzle, I have accomplished a lot in the past two days.<br />HIKE was my favorite.. I think the clue was not about ELI, himself, but about a football move.<br />WIKI:A snap (colloquially called a "HIKE", "snapback", or "pass from center") is the backwards passing of the ball in American and Canadian football at the start of play from scrimmage.Yellowrockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590216912123103432noreply@blogger.com