Words will never describe how much I despise Sam Phillips.
How he manipulated the artists who were signed to Sun. That his words, no matter how wrong, were upheld by music writers and are still echoed today.
How he carried himself as if he were some sort of God, and how fans Sun history speak of him as though he was.
That the artists signed to Sun, like Carl, John, Roy, and Jerry Lee, speaking well of him is as a justification. They said, they owe everything to him, so he mustn’t be allthat bad. Yet they’ll overlook the power dynamic he had with them. Him being the adult in the room, having the money, and control that boarded on abuse.
It’s embarrassing that anyone would defend Sam. Turn the tables, as he would. Bring up things the artists signed to Sun did, to justify his mistreatment of them. It’s always gross when people choose to defend an abuser.
What I truly hate Sam for is what he’s cultivated. He knew, standing on his failed ventures, the renewed interest for Sun artists was his chance. At forging a new legacy for himself. The grandiose delusion that pressing a record button made him better than everyone. Including the person, who’s talents he was recording. The lie he cultivated, his legacy, that’s well and thriving to this day.
Oscar and Johnny Cash in 1973 - Wide Screen Version singing Nasty Dan, Written by Jeff Moss Date 1973 Publisher Festival Attractions Inc EKA Episode 1247 “Nasty Dan” is a song that was performed by Johnny Cash during Season 5
I posted their Pokémon teams before on here, but here’s an updated version! With their Pokémon backstories, mixed with the public details of their lives.
Carl never planned on becoming a gym leader, let alone the mayor of his town. He’d had a troubled childhood. The effects of which endured, even when fulfilling his dream of becoming a musician. After an encounter with a legendary Pokémon, his new dream became to help others. He founded a center for abused Pokémon and children, a safe place for both to heal. It also has programs for adults, activities for older kids, and a school for younger kids. His center became a hub for the town’s community.
Due to the many positions he holds, he’s a busy man. He’s usually away from the gym, still performing or traveling to better the center. His wife and children run the center and fight trainers who want a gym badge, in his place. He never specialized or favored types, instead, he preferred befriending Pokémon over catching. In becoming a gym leader, he had noticed (though he should’ve years ago), how Normal types are drawn to him. To round out his team, John gifted his shiny Ambipom to him. While Carl looks mean, he’s a big softy and loves Pokémon and kids, and can be very protective of both.
Jerry Lee loved Bug and Fire-types as a kid. Since he saw them as being the best types of Pokémon in the world, as an adult, he stuck to them. Like Carl, he dreamed of becoming a musician. That changed to beat Elvis Presley and become the new Champion. He was so arrogant about how good of a trainer he was, those who didn’t believe him wanted to test him. Every night, at the nightclub he played, “Suga’s Hideaway,” a new opponent challenged him. He became “the infamous Ferriday Fireball,” in this case, infamous for fighting dirty. He’d get into physical fights with trainers, and his microphone stand didn’t discriminate. A decade and the Pokémon Association offered him an official gym. He was reluctant to accept, TV Producer Jack Good, encouraged him to at least try it out.
The Gym, still a nightclub, became “The Fireball Lounge.” It had a stage with a piano that doubled as a battlefield, which saw little use. Having a bad habit of not being at his gym, the challenger would seek him. He’d be at his house, with a piano-shaped battlefield in his backyard. Another bad habit was having other Pokémon besides Bug and Fire-types on his team. These bad habits got him in trouble with the PA, but as long as a trainer got their badge, all was well. When he retired, he gave his gym to his children. Though they’d fight each other, more than the trainers, over who the leader was. Even in old age, there are many a soul who wants to battle him and he obliges, with a team of random types.
Roy, an expert of all elemental types. His interest in learning began when he lived in his hometown, Wink. He didn’t have any friends. The kids at school picked on him for how he looked, so he kept to himself. He spent his time playing guitar, reading and befriending wild Pokemon. It’s no wonder that his fondness for Ground, Dark, Psychic, and Steel types came from loneliness. With unwavering determination, he dedicated everything to his research, music, and Pokemon. He became the first gym leader of Wink, with a Ground-type team, the fourth out of eight gyms. Not long after, the PA promoted him to the eighth and final gym, a trainer would face.
Out of all the elemental teams he’d have, Steel was his favorite. He’d say, “Steel-types are sharp, yes. They can hurt you if you aren’t careful but they aren’t cold or unfeeling as some would think.” Years later, he’d become the first outta four, in the Elite Four, with a Dark-type team. Then the new champion, with a Psychic/Fairy team. All while keeping a tight touring schedule. Though he accomplished everything he set out to do, he missed time with his family, which he wasn’t proud of. He’d retire from his position as Champion, though not from battling.
John, like his dear friends, hadn’t planned to become a gym leader. He led a tumultuous life, at one of the more peaceful lulls, he took to spelunking. In a cave, he found an Aerodactyl fossil, thus the beginning of his search for ancient Pokemon. From one of his travels, he brought a revived Kabuto home, it didn’t adjust well to his Lakeside home. The cave, where his fossil craze started, flooded. It was a perfect home for Kabuto and later his other revived fossil Pokemon, that prefer the dark.
The rowdier ones needed regular battles, word spread, he was willing to battle anyone with them. Back then, no one had seen such prehistoric Pokemon. The PA offered to make him a gym leader. He had a fondness for Water-types, the first he caught was while fishing, a Magikarp. Back then it was bigger than him, then he outgrew it, then it evolved into Gyarados. To keep with the fossil theme, he made a Water/Rock team. His gym would be at the mouth of the cave, adding moss and trees. He’d explain, “plants produce oxygen, and you need that down here.” His gym was also a Fossil Pokemon Sanctuary and remained so after his retirement. Those wishing to battle him have to travel to a faraway region, he welcomes all challengers.
I was gonna post this thought – then I remembered how my posts are copypasted to a JLL fan group. Like, they did word for word, and it’s creepy. If you like my posts, esp my opinion ones like these, credit me. If you don’t know how just write “from pinkeye.private.i on Tumblr.” Don’t copy and paste like it’s your own thoughts bc that makes me uncomfortable and it looks creepy.
I haven’t looked back on that group bc I don’t want to feel like that again. I should go more indepth on this topic but I remain in awkward realm where my findings don’t matter (let alone my involvement), yet everything gets reposted or a random stranger gets offended by something I wrote. It’s really weird. The occasional words of encouragement help, though.
Anyway, all that came to mind while writing this thought: Whenever I see, read, or hear John doing something from the old days, I always say to myself, “he’s in love with that.” I’m referring to Jerry Lee, the “that” is John. It works vice-versa too, when they’re doing something silly or strange, I’m like “wow, and you loved that?” Then John screaming, “owAaH!” happens, and I get it. I suppose it applies to all of John or Jerry Lee’s love interests, but I always think of them.
It’s funny, people steal so much content from me, yet the whole Jerry Lee Lewis loving Johnny Cash thing, isn’t. Like, whether anyone wants to accept it or not, Jerry Lee had a fondness in his heart for John. To where even if John’s being a dork, Jerry Lee still holds him high, that’s love. ACCEPT IT!
In June 2016, this song reminded me of the four and I made a gifset on Tumblr of it. I’d make lyric posts/gifs, couldn’t tell if anyone understood what I was going for? So, I decided to make it into an edit. I always wanted to improve it, this is the start of a longer version I wanna make.
“There’s unconditional love there. You hear that phrase a lot but it’s real with me and her [June Carter]. She loves me in spite of everything, in spite of myself. She has saved my life more than once. She’s always been there with her love, and it has certainly made me forget the pain for a long time, many times. When it gets dark and everybody’s gone home and the lights are turned off, it’s just me and her.”
We get old and get used to each other. We think alike. We read each other’s minds. We know what the other wants without asking. Sometimes we irritate each other a little bit. Maybe sometimes take each other for granted.
But once in awhile, like today, I meditate on it and realize how lucky I am to share my life with the greatest woman I ever met. You still fascinate and inspire me. You influence me for the better. You’re the object of my desire, the #1 earthly reason for my existence. I love you very much.
ON RBP this week we’re marking the release of Duran Duran’s first new album in six years with three great pieces by the gal who discovered the “Beau Brummies” in late 1980: New Romantic champion Beverly “Betty Page” Glick recalls her first enounter with Simon, Nick, John et al., plus we’re running her 1982 Sounds piece on the jet-setting video pin-ups.
Also free for a week are pieces about Radiohead’s radical self-reinvention at the dawn of this century: two great interviews with Thom, Jonny et al., plus reviews of Kid A andAmnesiac – expanded versions of which are released as Kid A Mnesia on November 5th. And you can read three pieces that reference departed legends Alan Hawkshaw,Ronnie Tutt&Dee Pop…
The week’s new audio interview finds Don McLeantalking to John Tobler in 1989 about his folkie years, the Weavers, recording in Nashville, and the American Pie album, which is 50 years old this week. Subscribers can also dive deep into the 50+ articles we’ve added to the RBP library this week, including…
Robert Shelton reviewing Johnny Cash at Carnegie Hall n 1962;
Lillian Roxon introducing her fellow Ozzies to T. Rex in 1971;
Ed Jones interviewing Elton John’s managerJohn Reidin 1977;
Angus Batey revisiting DJ Kool Herc’s first-ever block party;
and Bud Scoppa paying homage to Neil Young’s legendary manager Elliot Roberts in 2019.
Don’t miss the latest episode of the RBP podcast, with special guest Paul Morley talking about Joy Division, Factory’s Tony Wilson and krautrockers Faust.
Straddle the line in discord and rhyme I’m on the hunt down, I’m after you…
