Michael-Patrick Harrington's Blog, page 7
December 12, 2022
Jim Stewart
Jim Stewart, Stax Records Co-Founder, Dead at 92“As producer, engineer, businessman and mentor, Jim Stewart was at the center of it all”
December 8, 2022
John Lennon
42 years gone…
The Beatles and Q-Anon
I knew that Trumpers and Q-Anon followers were a gullible bunch & easily duped, but this takes the cake.
QAnon Followers Are Arguing if the Beatles Were Involved in Witchcraft and Child SacrificeFollowers of the fringe movement think Paul is dead, John was assassinated by communists, and that the group normalized child sacrifice
November 30, 2022
Christine McVie
Christine McVie, Keyboardist and Singer for Fleetwood Mac, Dead at 79The singer-songwriter was responsible for some of the group’s biggest hits like “Don’t Stop” and “Little Lies”
November 17, 2022
Ro-Ro, Navy Wave
This is a photograph of my grandmother, Ro-Ro, when she served in the Navy during WWII. Women in the Navy were called Waves.
November 11, 2022
My first demo (in 20 years) – “I’m Not Ready for the Fall”
Just click on this link & it will take you to Google Drive & you can listen to my demo.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mm-_c5y-kq6LEndqN1qKsGQ5nBn_pLhr/view
“I’m Not Ready for the Fall” by Michael-Patrick & the Poetics
Written by Michael-Patrick Harrington
Spiritual guru: Sir Duke
This is a WAV file, and on my laptop it compressed the file so much, you could hardly hear the bass.
There is no intro and no bridge (unfortunately).
So it goes:
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
3x
Followed by the outro
Instrumentation:
1. Electric guitar—clean (Fender Telecaster)
2. Electric guitar—with vintage tube overdrive effect & chorus effect (Fender Telecaster)
3. Acoustic guitar (Gibson J-180 EC acoustic-electric)
4. Bass guitar (Fender Jazz Special)
5. Drum machine (Boss Dr. Rhythm)
6. Egg shaker
November 7, 2022
Andy Taylor
Andy Taylor, former Duran Duran guitarist, has stage four prostate cancer | CNNAndy Taylor, guitarist with British New Romantic group Duran Duran at the height of their fame, is battling stage four prostate cancer.
November 1, 2022
Happy birthday, Raven
Today was Raven’s birthday. He passed away the day after his 14th birthday. He was a good boy, and I miss him every day.
D. H. Peligro, Dead Kennedys’ Longtime Drummer, Dead at 63“The power, the soul, the recklessness,” Flea writes in tribute to his brief (but “crucial”) Red Hot Chili Peppers band mate
Jerry Lee Lewis, Influential and Condemned Rock & Roll Pioneer, Dead at 87“The Killer” embodied rock rebellion with songs like “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire,” but drew widespread outrage for marryi…
