Tim Morse

De vraag of Nederlanders tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog wel genoeg hebben ondernomen om de Joden te helpen, blijft controversieel. Het is ook geen gemakkelijk vraagstuk, want we moeten rekening houden met allerlei factoren. Het risico dat men liep wanneer men Joden hielp met onderduiken was bijvoorbeeld ontzettend groot, maar ook blijft het onduidelijk of men in alle lagen van de Nederlandse bevolking geweten heeft dat de Joden massaal vermoord werden in de vernietigingskampen in Polen. Desondanks konden zo’n 25.000 Joden onderduiken dankzij de goede wil en moed van vele Nederlanders. Maar liefst 4.726 Nederlanders werden na de oorlog door Yad Vashem onderscheiden vanwege het redden van hun Joodse medemens tijdens de oorlog en staan thans te boek als Righteous Among the Nations (rechtvaardigen onder de volkeren). Alleen in Polen werden meer mensen met deze titel vereerd. (fonte: tracesofwar.nl)… (més)

Oh, how I loved this book!
The stories behind the songs have always intrigued me, and some of these tales were just plain funny.
I have always wondered where Iron Butterfly came up with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, and now I know.
Doug Ingle was drunk and slurring his words and In the Garden of Eden came out of his mouth as gibberish - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
Also, I was surprised by how many of the singers hate their most famous songs.
Robert Plant said that "I truly loathed it." when asked about Stairway to Heaven.
There is so, so much more in this book and I highly recommend it to fans of old school rock n roll.… (més)

This was one of my fave bands in the prog-era, i.e. I went to several live performances, of which I think "Tales from Topographic Oceans" at Maple Leaf Gardens (1974?) may have been the last. My interest mostly faded after Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman left the group, they seemed have a lot of the joy and self-deprecating humour which translated into their contributions e.g. "Cans and Brahms" & "Five Percent for Nothing" from the Fragile album. Their stories were probably the best part of this book. I also loved those Roger Dean album covers with their fantastical other worlds.

Saying goodbye to several dozen books due to a water damage incident and I thought I'd write at least a little memorial to each of them and about why I kept them around.… (més)