Monday, February 16, 2009

Emitt Rhodes

In 1970, the same year that the album "McCartney" was released, another homemade eponymous album appeared by a new artist named Emitt Rhodes. Emitt wrote all the songs, played all the instruments and even nearly cracked the top 40 with the catchy single, "Fresh As A Daisy." Critics and fans alike wondered where this terrific singer/songwriter came from (Hawthorne, California actually) despite the fact that he had kicked around in some recording bands over the previous few years and had even appeared on American Television's "The Hollywood Palace" as the front man for the Merry-Go-Round.



You can download the entire Merry-Go-Round clip complete with an introduction by Don Knotts at Bedazzled.com. The Merry-Go-Round also appeared as performers and contestants on The Dating Game!

After the initial "Paul Is Dead" hysteria calmed down in 1970, Emitt's self-titled solo album enjoyed a brief time in the Beatles mystery spotlight. An east coast disc jockey named Barry Richards stated that Emitt Rhodes "could be the Beatles." He played the entire Emitt Rhodes album on his show and commented, "He sounds so much like the Beatles, it's unreal." Then to add to fuel to the fire, Richards said, "Now I heard about the stolen Beatle tapes, which supposedly happened about a year ago." The next thing you know, the phone lines lit up and Richards had enough of a response to convince ABC/Dunhill Records to make Emitt available for not only an on-air interview, but also a local television appearance.



In the phone interview, Emitt showed admiration for the Beatles by proclaiming, "They were the biggest influence on my music, I would imagine." Rhodes told Richards that he had done two albums, one with the Merry-Go-Round and one solo, which had not yet been released. Prophetically, Richards responded, "I'm sure [the solo album] will come out now." A&M wasted no time releasing "Emitt Rhodes - The American Dream," creating all kinds of confusion in the record buying public and putting an end to the success of the ABC/Dunhill album. Emitt was put in the awful position of having two albums competing with each other. Showing the Beatles influence, one of the tracks on "The American Dream" called "Let's All Sing" features Emitt singing "All we are saying is give peace a chance" during the fadeout.



In one interesting exchange, Richards suggested that the song "Live Till You Die" had "some reference to McCartney," which Rhodes quickly denied. He also said he read in "Melody Maker" that Rhodes gave guitar lessons to Paul McCartney. Rhodes responded with a laugh. In a particularly macabre attempt to infuse Rhodes into a Beatles mystery, Richards asked if there was a picture of a body on the back of the album. Rhodes said it was actually a piano. Richards also tried to draw a link between a tree on the Emitt Rhodes album cover and a tree on the Abbey Road cover. Later that week, Rhodes filmed two solo performances for Barry Richards' television show. He also did a new in-studio interview. By that time, Emitt was sick of discussing the Beatles associations. When Richards stumbled over his words while trying to formulate a question about a link between the Beatles and the Merry-Go-Round, Rhodes simply said, "Then let's skip it."

Emitt's followup album "Mirror" (featuring the song "Birthday Lady") failed to produce the interest of his self-titled album. To make matters worse for the fledgling artist, Rhodes signed a contract with ABC/Dunhill that was impossible to fulfill, and by 1973, he saw his career go down the tubes. His last album, "Farewell to Paradise" showed his frustration with the music business. Although he has continued to be involved in the production side of music, we have heard very little from Emitt Rhodes, the artist since 1973.

An unreleased song from 1980 appeared on the Varese Sarabande Records compilation "Listen, Listen The Best of Emitt Rhodes."



He has worked with several artists including Ray Paul, who got him to take the stage again and enlisted his help in recording the McCartney song "Oh Woman, Oh Why" for "Coming Up: Independent Artists Pay Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney."



In the late 1990s, it looked like Emitt Rhodes was going to take a second crack at the music business with a planned solo album on Rocktopia Records, home of former Righteous Brother Bill Medley. Personal issues delayed the album and the record company went broke before it was ever released. The picture below came from the Rocktopia Records website.



He worked with Jim Boggia, who was the subject of a recent post here. In fact after completing that post, I went back and listened to my complete Emitt Rhodes collection back to front. Emitt Rhodes could possibly be my favorite recording artist after the Beatles, but he is NOT The Beatles. His voice is distinctive and easily distinguishable from McCartney's voice. But like the Beatles, Emitt had a way of crafting melodies that stayed with you.

Emitt is still around, still making music, just not releasing it. He is interested in the mathematics of music and reads physics books. When a young fan called him on the phone a few years ago, Emitt queried him on the Pythagorean Theorem before agreeing to discuss anything about music.

There are a couple websites around chronicling the music and life of Emitt Rhodes, but there have been very few updates recently. The Emitt Rhodes Music Site was maintained by Kevin Ryan, who went on to write the book, "Recording The Beatles." There is also a fan myspace site that has not been updated in several months.

Still, every few months a new "Emitt Rhodes is recording a new album" rumor surfaces. The latest one has him being backed by a slightly country-tinged band. There doesn't seem to be any definitive information about it, but it was good to see a picture of Emitt in a recording studio from 2008 on Joel Larson's webpage. Joel was most notably the drummer of the Grassroots and Lee Michaels, but he also backed Emitt in the Merry-Go-Round. That's Emitt on the far right.



It is a crime that his outstanding voice and songwriting skills have been silent all of these years. We miss you, Emitt.

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Anonymous said...

first!

Anonymous said...

Good article Taf. It would be interesting to compare the successes and failures of Harry Nillsson alongside Emmitt Rhodes. Harry was another artist who was called a "one man Beatles" and at a time when the Beatles were in disarray and seemingly heading back to their bar band roots, Harry's music reminded listeners of the wonder and promise of the Beatles from 1966 to 1967. Of course Harry went one step further and befriended John Lennon and got the Beatles (while still a group) to endorse his music. I wonder if Emmit and Harry's paths ever crossed. It's a shame they never recorded together. Harry could have been "John" to Emmitt's "Paul" or maybe a Pete to his Tom (know what I mean Apple Records fans?).

Anonymous said...

"...or maybe a Pete to his Tom (know what I mean Apple Records fans?"

No,

Anonymous said...

Tom to his Jerry.

Anonymous said...

Come on guys I thought you were hardcore Beatle fans? I'll let Tafultong answer it for ya.

Tafultong said...

I think most readers will know that Pete and Tom were songwriting partners in Badfinger (another place where people turned when trying to fill the Beatles void in the early 1970s).

The thing about John and Paul was despite their formidable egos, they were both "band" men. Emitt and Harry seemed to be solo, through and through. Funny though, I have been listening to Harry all week.

Anonymous said...

Tafultong said...I think most readers will know that Pete and Tom were songwriting partners in Badfinger...

Perhaps. Then again some of your readers who claim to be experts in PID keep referring to solo McCartney songs in their respective PID forums with titles like "Baby I'm Amazed" and "Someone's Been Knocking At The Door" so I wouldn't put money on them catching a Badfinger reference.

Anonymous said...

During phoney's failures, you respond with this, Taf.

All the more reason to leave phoney behind. Ditch the name of this blog, name it something else (I know the page hits prohibit that), but shit, you focus 25% on IAAP and 75% on other topics.

Anonymous said...

True about Harry and Emitt being purely solo. Considering the early 1970's was a golden age for singer/songwriters and Beatle-influenced music it's a wonder that both Harry and Emmitt didn't achieve greater success, although Harry scored a few hits and a monster one with his Badfinger cover. I take it you know already that you share a love of Rhodes with publisher Bill King?
I can't get over how uneducated on the Beatles and particularly McCartney solo many of the posters on NIR are. They frequently get names wrong, song titles, the sequence that albums were released, misidentify photos of artists, etc. It's a real mess and Jojo seems to be the only one with some working knowledge on the subject but rarely corrects the bad information. It would be a pain in the ass to police every post I suppose.

Anonymous said...

"but shit, you focus 25% on IAAP and 75% on other topics."


Hell you try focusing a blog on an obscure and unknown video editor from the Netherlands and see how long before you start moving on to other topics. Geez, cut him some slack.

Anonymous said...

its 10 % iamaphoney, 30 % Taf-Beatles-blog, 60 % bullshit comments like this one!

;-)

So yes, please leave the Phoney behind and make this into an 80% Beatles blog, 20 % BS.

;-)

Anonymous said...

please tafu,when will you go through all the iama videos as promised.Emitt Rhodes have nothing to do with iama.it is getting boring reading about other artist without any connection with iama.please stck to the subject.i like your blog.muito obrigado

Anonymous said...

or change the blog subject as suggested by many.

i wont come here again soon

Anonymous said...

I come here like i believe everyone else for the IAAP subject and surrounding regions, like asking the paul mccartney website to change to a soccer fan site. I love you just the way you are, tafultong.

Anonymous said...

or change the blog subject as suggested by many.

i wont come here again soon

and we won't miss you :-)

Anonymous said...

when the band begins to play listen, listen

Anonymous said...

Speaking of Badfinger, I friend of mine once told me a story about the one who killed himself; I know now it's not true, but did any one else hear this story, or was I just a naive little kid?
When listening to demos for the latest record, the suites at Warner Bros. told him, they needed something better. The songs sucked, and told him to come back with better songs. So, he hung himself in the garage, and tape recorded it, and had the tape sent to the Warner executives, with a note that said, "Is THIS any better?"


vince.

Tafultong said...

Vince,

Actually two members of Badfinger committed suicide by hanging.

Pete Ham's suicide note read:

"Anne, I love you. Blair, I love you. I will not be allowed to love and trust everybody. This is better. Pete. P.S. Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. I will take him with me."

Not as much is known about Tommy Evans's suicide, but wiki says:

During the evening of November 18, 1983, Evans had a heated argument with Joey Molland of Badfinger on the telephone, chiefly regarding potential publishing/ASCAP divisions of the "Without You" song whose ASCAP royalties accumulating for airplay which had been funding Evans, and other publishing funds being held by Apple Corps Ltd. pending resolution of disbursement. Early the following morning, the 19th of November, Evans was found dead by suicide, his body hanging in his backyard on a willow tree. Allegedly, he left no note. Family and friends have speculated he was overwhelmed by the combination of his conflicts with Molland, ex-manager Bill Collins and ex-bandmate Mike Gibbins over the pending royalties, plus the U.S. lawsuit he felt threatened his livelihood further. But a major factor of Evans depression, alluded by many friends and family members, was that he was never able to get over his former bandmate's Pete Ham's suicide. Marianne Evans, his wife, was quoted in a documentary stating "Tommy said 'I want to be where Pete is. It's a better place than down here' ...." Thus the sad and final irony of the man who wrote the chorus of "Without You", "I can't live, if living is without you..."

I don't put any credibility in the recorded death story you heard.

Anonymous said...

Well, yeah...... I know NOW it's not true.
But, I was wondering if the guy who told me the story was just 'fuckin'' with me, or was it a story that was 'going around'?


vince.

Anonymous said...

Oh, and I don't care if you change the name of this blog or not.
Just keep me informed if you do.


vince.

Tafultong said...

Vince said...

Well, yeah...... I know NOW it's not true.
But, I was wondering if the guy who told me the story was just 'fuckin'' with me, or was it a story that was 'going around'?


I had not ever heard that story, but I can see it evolving from the real story. Lots of people just aren't that great with details.

Anonymous said...

all sounds sort gay, not that there's anything wrong with that.

Anonymous said...

Please allow me to introduce myself
Im a man of wealth and taste
Ive been around for a long, long year
Stole many a mans soul and faith
And I was round when jesus christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name

Anonymous said...

'Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah "

Anonymous said...

Aw, man....... FUCK THE STONES!!!


vince.

Anonymous said...

"Well, yeah...... I know NOW it's not true.
But, I was wondering if the guy who told me the story was just 'fuckin'' with me, or was it a story that was 'going around'?"

Yeah, that's the story I heard many moons ago.

Anonymous said...

Hang in there, Emmitt.

Anonymous said...

Message to 65If:
The guy on the right with the nose whiskers is Derek Taylor Apple PR.

He'll know what I'm talking about.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for staying on topic, ANon!

Anonymous said...

iMonkey Watch....


iamaphoney
Joined: July 23, 2006
Last Sign In: 1 hour ago
Videos Watched: 6,120
Subscribers: 986
Channel Views: 187,137

Anonymous said...

so? iaap checks in and this is big news? wonder why i yawn?

Anonymous said...

Look at the subtle changes to the iaap page... IF YOU DARE!

Anonymous said...

Iamaphoney is brilliant

Anonymous said...

Take that haters, well played IAAP!

Anonymous said...

what did he do?

Anonymous said...

Nothing. Which is the most brilliant move of all. Suck it haters

Anonymous said...

What are we hating?

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
What are we hating?
February 17, 2009 4:42 PM


People wanting to change the name of this blog from the most brilliant Youtube series ever to something else. Dont hate iamaphoney because he is more brilliant then you. Get used to it, shut up, and quit complaining.

Anonymous said...

iamaphoney = orson wells

from Citizen Kane to Paul Masson Wine commercials. ho hum

Anonymous said...

Ouch!


Et tu, Brute?

Anonymous said...

OK, I've bitten my tongue long enough.
Emitt Rhodes sucks! He wasn't that great to begin with, and he hasn't managed to get his act together in 39 years! I am not impressed.
So he sounds like Paul McCartney does he? So does Plastic Paul at NIR! (Or was it Mikey?)
But I think he's a part of the PWR mystery because Neil Young wrote a song about him, called "American Dream" saying he was "all washed up", and Neil used that name in a reference to a Paul replacement in the Buffalo Springfield song "Broken Arrow". So he probably does have something to do with it.

Anonymous said...

Please don't bite your tongue!
Emitt Rhodes DOES suck!

Anonymous said...

Et tu, Emitt?

Anonymous said...

I have bitten my own tongue long enough! May I bite yours?

Anonymous said...

Ewwwwwwwwwwww!

Anonymous said...

We miss you Emitt!

Anonymous said...

Harry Nillsson
a man with extra letters in his name




Emmitt Rhodes
a man with extra letters in his name




You figure it out....

Anonymous said...

People wanting to change the name of this blog from the most brilliant Youtube series ever to something else. Dont hate iamaphoney because he is more brilliant then you. Get used to it, shut up, and quit complaining.

February 17, 2009 5:06 PM

Crummy sounding Beatles ripoff music, homoerotic shirtless men frolicing on the beach and wobbly clips taken from other YouTube videos is brilliant, eh? Oooookaaay......

Anonymous said...

Crummy sounding Beatles ripoff music, homoerotic shirtless men frolicing on the beach and wobbly clips taken from other YouTube videos is brilliant, eh? Oooookaaay......

February 17, 2009 5:58 PM



You are SOOOOOOO jealous!

Oooookaaay? Ok.

Its the IAMAPHONEY blog.

Anonymous said...

iamaphoney
Subscribers: 986

DO YOU HAVE 986 subscribers????!?!

NO, you do not!

Anonymous said...

iamaphoney
Subscribers: 986


MOST OF THOSE SUBSCRIBERS ARE IAMAPHONEY PHONEY ACCOUNTS!!!!!

Anonymous said...

"MOST OF THOSE SUBSCRIBERS ARE IAMAPHONEY PHONEY ACCOUNTS!!!!!

February 17, 2009 6:06 PM"


O RLY? How many? Huh?
Bet not as many as YOU think.

Anonymous said...

Aren't you going to feel silly when the Iamaphoney revolution revelation happens? Yes you are!

Anonymous said...

O RLY? How many? Huh?
Bet not as many as YOU think.

ph0neyprophet, you are really late to the party if you don't know how many accounts this guy set up.


Jealous? of what? repeated failure? No thanks, I'll pass.

Anonymous said...

Aren't you going to feel silly when the Iamaphoney revolution revelation happens? Yes you are!

The revolution/revelation came and went. I'd feel silly waiting for a revelation to come from a YouTube video if I were you.

Anonymous said...

TO HELL WITH ALL OF YOU! IAMAPHONEY IS JESUS CHRIST! WHY DO YOU NOT SEE THIS? READ YOUR DAMN BIBLE!

Anonymous said...

"READ YOUR DAMN BIBLE"

The hypocricy in that statement is masterful.

Anonymous said...

what chapter and verse?

Anonymous said...

READ YOUR DAMN BIBLE!

February 17, 2009 6:20 PM


Read your DAMN BIBLE.

LOL

Funny stuff here.

Anonymous said...

The hypocricy in that statement is masterful.

February 17, 2009 6:22 PM


Way to boost your own comment! So we could see your subtle masterful ways! OOOOOkeeeeey.....

Anonymous said...

"READ YOUR DAMN BIBLE"

The hypocricy in that statement is masterful."



quite. your's too!

Anonymous said...

Masterful?

Anonymous said...

Alright, how many people are on here right now? Be honest you h8ters!

One

Anonymous said...

Still waiting. Fess up y'all.

Anonymous said...

two

Anonymous said...

Two so far. Be honest. There's at least one other person.

Anonymous said...

Three

Anonymous said...

Good to see some honesty.

Anonymous said...
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Anonymous said...

Sir Larry! What about Mikey? Miles?

Anonymous said...

Please post a link to that oraguatan pic you once used

Anonymous said...

I'm still using it. It is on my YT channel.

/sirlawrencemildew

Anonymous said...

yhshvh 10?

Anonymous said...

Four...

Ya got me, I held out but you sherlock holmes it outta me..

damn you are good.

dare I say, MASTERFUL???!?!?

Anonymous said...

Why did you change your name on the account?

Anonymous said...

five, i surrender it to sir larry

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Four...

Ya got me, I held out but you sherlock holmes it outta me..

damn you are good.

dare I say, MASTERFUL???!?!?

LOL I think I figured out your style. Hiya.

Anonymous said...

Why did you change your name on the account?

February 17, 2009 6:45 PM


Long story short, awhile back, I became bored with all this phoney business and closed my original account. A month or so ago, someone kept bringing my name up in the blogs, "Sir Larry, where are you?" kind of stuff, so I opened a new account just for shits and giggles.

Anonymous said...

yhshvh 10? he is ten?

Anonymous said...

Sir Larry,
I had three accounts but I never caught on (cries). I think it's that monkey picture. It made me crack up every time. Who was playing the part of the "revelation" guy? yhshvh 10?

Anonymous said...

Like most Beatle fans, I enjoy reading Tafs blog. He comes up with some interesting things that I have either forgotten about, and at times, not read about at all.

And....there are 3-4 people posting that need to take their act on the road; you read some pretty funny stuff here sometimes.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
yhshvh 10? he is ten?

February 17, 2009 6:53 PM

No, I think in his early 20's.

Anyone else here listen to Alex Jones?

Anonymous said...

Anyone else here listen to Alex Jones?

February 17, 2009 6:55 PM


I am listening to him right now? HOW DID YOU KNOW!?!?

Anonymous said...

And....there are 3-4 people posting that need to take their act on the road; you read some pretty funny stuff here sometimes.

February 17, 2009 6:55 PM

I like the fake Iamaphoney who always says OBEY ME. I haven't seen him posting here in a while unless it's one of you guys already here.

Anonymous said...

I am listening to him right now? HOW DID YOU KNOW!?!?


I didn't. I listen every day around this time to the clips on thealexjonechannel YouTube account. I'm too lasy to register on prisonplanet

Anonymous said...

awesome!

Anonymous said...

I didn't. I listen every day around this time to the clips on thealexjonechannel YouTube account. I'm too lasy to register on prisonplanet

February 17, 2009 6:59 PM

If Alex is right, those that register will be the first on the train. Don't ya think?

Anonymous said...

lol well I think we'll all be on the train if the globalists have their way. I'm really excited about this state sovereignty movement but I'm thinking the feds will crack down soon.

Anonymous said...

So how many people here post both pro-IAAP and anti-IAAP comments?

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

So how many people here post both pro-IAAP and anti-IAAP comments?

February 17, 2009 7:10 PM


All the time Sherlock... All the time

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...

So how many people here post both pro-IAAP and anti-IAAP comments?

February 17, 2009 7:10 PM


All the time Sherlock... All the time

February 17, 2009 7:17 PM

ROFL

Anonymous said...

industry standard... tafultong doesn't believe Paul is Dead, yet he has a blog about it. MikeNL makes videos about it, doesn't believe it.
Pretty much to be both sides of the fence is an industry standard.
The Paul is Dead equivalent to THX. A set of specifications to be adhered to.

Anonymous said...

I ♥ Sir Larry Mildew!

Anonymous said...

I ♥ Tafultong!

Anonymous said...

I really dislike MikeNL

Anonymous said...

I ♥ IAMAPHONEY!

Anonymous said...

I ♥ YENZ!

Anonymous said...

I ♥ Harold AND BERN!

Anonymous said...

I ♥ aIIofthemwitches! THE FAKE ONE, not the real one.

Anonymous said...

I ♥ VINCE!

Anonymous said...

I ♥ Aja!

Anonymous said...

I ♥ Mojo! IN HER HOT SEAT!

Anonymous said...

I ♥ Mojo's gay dallas newspaper man who KNOWS FOR A FACT THAT PAUL LIKES BOYS!

Glendiffich's for everybody reading this now, if you are at the Raddison in Dallas!

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

I really dislike MikeNL

February 17, 2009 7:25 PM



HEY!

Anonymous said...

Sensitive Mike...NL said...

Anonymous said...

I really dislike MikeNL

February 17, 2009 7:25 PM



HEY!

February 17, 2009 7:29 PM



The NL stands for :NO LOVE:
Booooohoooooo!

Anonymous said...

industry standard... tafultong doesn't believe Paul is Dead, yet he has a blog about it. MikeNL makes videos about it, doesn't believe it.
Pretty much to be both sides of the fence is an industry standard.
The Paul is Dead equivalent to THX. A set of specifications to be adhered to.


If it wasn't for us this thing would have died a long time ago. Iamaphoney should write us PAYCHECKS!

Anonymous said...

I ♥ Emitt Rhodes!

Anonymous said...

Mr. TAFobscureTong... I want a t-shirt for when I play Silver Edition Tong. So I can be TafobscureTong too!

Anonymous said...

I ♥ Grandfatheraliester!

Not Grandfatheraleister!

I before E, except after C.

GFA can't spell for SH*T!

Anonymous said...

damn spelling Nazi...

Anonymous said...

This comedy writing on this blog reached it's zenith with Yenz. Oh how I do wish he would resurface just one more time.

Anonymous said...

1. MOST OF THOSE SUBSCRIBERS ARE IAMAPHONEY PHONEY ACCOUNTS!!!!!

2. TO HELL WITH ALL OF YOU! IAMAPHONEY IS JESUS CHRIST! WHY DO YOU NOT SEE THIS? READ YOUR DAMN BIBLE!

Same guy? I've got a feeling...a feeling deep inside...oh yeah...,

Sherlock

Anonymous said...

I ♥ orson iamaphoney wells!

Raising a glass of Paul Masson to your Glendiffich glass Mr. Gay dallas newspaper man who according to Mojo had sex with Sir Paul around the time of the Kennedy assassination I might add.

Maybe Paul also KNEW(in the biblical sense) David Ferrie and Clay Shaw!

Where my JFK believers?

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

1. MOST OF THOSE SUBSCRIBERS ARE IAMAPHONEY PHONEY ACCOUNTS!!!!!

2. TO HELL WITH ALL OF YOU! IAMAPHONEY IS JESUS CHRIST! WHY DO YOU NOT SEE THIS? READ YOUR DAMN BIBLE!

Same guy? I've got a feeling...a feeling deep inside...oh yeah...,

Sherlock

February 17, 2009 7:40 PM


You can tell from the ALL CAPS!
Skoolin!

Dr. Watson

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

This comedy writing on this blog reached it's zenith with Yenz. Oh how I do wish he would resurface just one more time.

February 17, 2009 7:37 PM





Orson Wells never made another Citizen Kane.

Anonymous said...

Paul was (is?) a JFK conspiracy believer. He doubted the Warren Commission report back in 1964 in an interview with Larry Kane.

Anonymous said...

Orson Welles made many movies after Kane. The Trial and Touch Of Evil are better films than Kane IMO. The Trial is the ultimate conspiracy movie!

Anonymous said...

Same guy? I've got a feeling...a feeling deep inside...oh yeah...,

Sherlock

February 17, 2009 7:40 PM



Don't sing that around Mojo's Glendiffich buddy. He will give you a hot seat, while Mojo contemplates Sir Paul's.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Orson Welles made many movies after Kane. The Trial and Touch Of Evil are better films than Kane IMO. The Trial is the ultimate conspiracy movie!

February 17, 2009 7:47 PM


Your humble opinion sucks..


~AFI

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Paul was (is?) a JFK conspiracy believer. He doubted the Warren Commission report back in 1964 in an interview with Larry Kane.

February 17, 2009 7:45 PM



Proof that Sir Paul was the O.G Political Beatle.

Take that h8ters!

John Lennon is Dead... THANK G-D!

Anonymous said...

Anonymous Mr. TAFobscureTong said...

Anonymous TafulkaraokeTong said...


You going to take this sh*t tafultong?
THEY ARE PRETENDING TO BE YOU!

ZAP EM!

Anonymous said...

Your humble opinion sucks..


~AFI

He said "IMO" not "IMHO"... dilltard.

Anonymous said...

watch?v=OjXTJUWhvlU

Anonymous said...

My opinion is not humble. There is nothing even close to humility behind my words. I am a fat head with lard up the blubber and sugar round the testi's. Harken back to a golden era of sludge and circumstance ye.

Anonymous said...

Let's do an article about Randi Rhodes!

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Let's do an article about Randi Rhodes!

We could ask Tafultong to make a connection between Randi Rhodes the liberal talker and Randy Rhodes the dead Ozzy guitarist.

Anonymous said...

I see that over at PID Miss Him that they're sending drawings of penises to each other.

Anonymous said...

WOO HOO! IT'S OFFICIAL! IAMAPHONEY GIVES THAT INTERVIEW!

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/14/article-1145434-0380939C000005DC-216_468x396.jpg

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
I see that over at PID Miss Him that they're sending drawings of penises to each other.

February 17, 2009 8:28 PM

Don't get any ideas!

Anonymous said...

six!

Anonymous said...

penes? OMG

RockXLight said...

"This comedy writing on this blog reached it's zenith with Yenz. Oh how I do wish he would resurface just one more time."


Is it really comedy writing when there's only one person laughing at the jokes, one person writing them, and they are the same damn person?

Anonymous said...

Well said Jude. Unusual for you. Especially since no one arsed you.

Anonymous said...

Why is it always about you Jude?

Anonymous said...

Jude goes to Sarasota Florida, blames Stephen King for killing Lennon, and he does it on FILM.

http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=9859527&nav=menu577_2_1


"I am known by 10% of Florida
I am known by 50% of California"


You are known by 100% of the PID community.


They laughed at the Condensed Pilgrim, but notice nobody is suing even though it is written all over your van.


"California laughed, look at California now!"

Anonymous said...

Well Jude, I think it's funny too. And I'm not the one who posts them. En ik ben nog wel een Nederlander, Mike!

Anonymous said...

Since Jude no longer takes the vicious bait from you hooligans, let me point out a couple of things you have wrong here.

1. Not Funny
2. Stephen King did not kill John Lennon because JOHN LENNON IS ALIVE.
3. Did you actually watch the Condensed Pilgrim?
4. It wasn't Jude. The man says, and says it clearly, that his name is Steve Lightfoot, not Jude.
5. Get a life.
6. Get a girlfriend
7. Get a job
8. Notice how God hates you? I did.

Anonymous said...

9. Notice how God should not have allowed you to have been born? I did.

Anonymous said...

If you read the book by Stephen King "the Shining" backwards,
it says clearly

"I shot John Winston Lennon, but he lived. I got famous, we condensed a pilgrim, and told Jude."

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Well Jude, I think it's funny too. And I'm not the one who posts them. En ik ben nog wel een Nederlander, Mike!

February 18, 2009 1:35 AM


See how wrong you are Jude? Two people think its funny. We voted you off the island.

Anonymous said...

JIA

Anonymous said...

JIA

Anonymous said...

10. Get a haircut

Anonymous said...

11. Get off my lawn

MikeNL said...

is it genuine?

Anonymous said...

"See how wrong you are Jude? Two people think its funny. We voted you off the island.

February 18, 2009 1:42 AM"


Since Jude will not defend himself from these vicious hate filled attacks, I will speak for him.
Two people? Only two? Among the hundreds of people who read this blog daily, only two are laughing. We vote you off the island.
Who has the last laugh now? We do.
And you can't vote us off the island because we voted YOU off first. And there are more of us. Way more. And we aren't laughing at your jokes. We are laughing smugly because we don't laugh at your jokes, there are more of us and we aren't laughing except because we are laughing because we voted YOU off the island first. Before you even said you voted us off we had already voted you off by not laughing. So take that you vicious hate filled two people who laugh at your own jokes.

Anonymous said...

MikeNL said...

is it genuine?

February 18, 2009 1:49 AM

Greet the day knowing that it is genuine Mike. While America sleeps, you know before they know, that it is. And we can all have a good laugh now that we own the island. And we can laugh at our own jokes now, because none dare vote us off the island because there are more of us. Way more. And we all have the same sense of humor. And we all know that Paul is Alive! And so is John Lennon.

Anonymous said...

Anyone got any Condensed pilgrim for my morning coffee?

Anonymous said...

12. Jude is British. Steve Lightfoot is Californian.

Anonymous said...

Does George Kush aka Mario know that Steve Lightfoot is basically in his backyard stealing virtually every idea he ever had and is profiting on Sarasota live television? Does he?
That Steve Lightfoot has a website and a book that steals almost verbatim every idea that George Kush has ever said!

Anonymous said...

13. No laughing on the island. None. Or we vote you off. Period. Even if Jude says something funny unintentionally. Especially then. Then we laugh, and only then. Or if he says "arsed" like all good British subjects of the Queen. Because nothing can be funny to Jude. Ever. Never ever ever.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

12. Jude is British. Steve Lightfoot is Californian.

February 18, 2009 2:05 AM


Notice that you never see Brittan and California in the same room together? That should tell you something...

Anonymous said...

Wot the hell is a "Brittan"?

Anonymous said...

Learn to use the King's English mate, its


BRITAIN

Anonymous said...

14. Learn to spell, or we vote you off the island as well.

Anonymous said...

I laugh more at your poor spelling then I ever have at your putrid jokes...

Anonymous said...

"Because nothing can be funny to Jude. Ever. Never ever ever.

February 18, 2009 2:13 AM"



Not true at all. Jude made a joke about Fight Club. Remember that?
We all had a good laugh then and it was funny. Not funny in a laughing AT Jude way, but funny in a normal natural joke way.

"The first rule about the Iamaphoney Fight Club is: "Never talk about the Iamaphoney Fight Club"

And then some putrid hate filled idiot had to say "You don't know where I've been Jude!" and totally ruin it. No wonder we hate you and God hates you.

Anonymous said...

"Jude said... "First rule of Faul club... DONT TALK ABOUT FAUL CLUB!"


JOIN
http://www.youtube.com/user/PAULISEVlL

or prepare to be voted off the island. and don't laugh. ever. never ever.

Anonymous said...

You know who laughed one to many times at Jude? SolesGirlRachel

And look what happened to her!


http://www.youtube.com/user/SolesGirlRachel

ACCOUNT SUSPENED

Which means, we vote you off the island in Brittan


or Britain.

Don't laugh, or YOU may be next!

Anonymous said...

"http://www.youtube.com/user/SolesGirlRachel

ACCOUNT SUSPENED

February 18, 2009 2:34 AM"




And jude keeps a video of hers in his favorites as a trophy to remind people not to laugh or you will be suspended..

Anonymous said...

Sir Larry is not laughing.

Anonymous said...

Because he is a gentleman and a scholar.

Anonymous said...

PAULISEVlL
Joined: January 13, 2009
Last Sign In: 2 weeks ago
Videos Watched: 86
Subscribers: 4
Channel Views: 56


Dear Jude,
I like your sense of humor way better then these putrid hate filled hooligans.
Us 4 subscribers are twice as many as those laughing now, and in a democracy, thats all we need to vote them off the island.

Anonymous said...

Is Brittan a Democracy? Anyone ever arsed that?

Anonymous said...

BRITAIN! BRITAIN! BRITAIN! write it on the blackboard putrid hooligan!

Anonymous said...

Hi. My name is Steve Lightfoot. If you would like to purchase my evidence magazine proving that Steven King shot John Lennon
please mail $5.oo (check or cash) to me c/o;:

Steve Lightfoot
General Delivery
Santa Rosa, Calif. 95402

My e-mail address is; lennonmurdertruth@Yahoo.com


Someone here doesn't want you to know the truth. I am not Jude. Order my evidence magazine for only $5 and get the information that will shock you. This is not a joke and I am not laughing.

Anonymous said...

Since Mr. Lightfoot is not laughing, does that mean we can't vote him off the island?

Anonymous said...

that was interesting. that's jude?
http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=9859527&nav=menu577_2_1

Anonymous said...

faulclub?

lrn2spell

its spelled failclub

Anonymous said...

I nominate YOU chapter leader.

Anonymous said...

-You can be replaced, chicky baby.

Anonymous said...

Good morning, good people!

Sorry to change the subject, but I found a killer anti-Facebook article, from the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook


"Tin-foil-hats" of a feather.....

vince.

Anonymous said...

Could Steve Lightfoot be...(pregnant pause)...Lamaphoney?! (gasp!)

Anonymous said...

http://consumerist.com/5150175/facebooks-new-terms-of-service-we-can-do-anything-we-want-with-your-content-forever

Anonymous said...

" Nashunal Enquirer said...
Could Steve Lightfoot be...(pregnant pause)...Lamaphoney?! (gasp!)"


why?

Anonymous said...

facebook backs off somewhat:

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090218/ap_on_hi_te/facebook_sharing

Anonymous said...

We have sources....

Anonymous said...

for what?

RockXLight said...

I never called anyone a hate-filled hooligan. What you are is a coward who posts anonymously, just as you've always been since you first started posting at this blog eons ago. You know that by issuing your ad-hominem attacks anonymously I can never effectively "fight back", so to speak. You like being the only one who can play your little schoolyard games; you know that once you register a name and really stick with it that every taunt, every joke, every instance of ridicule will be hurled right back into your face. And you can't take what you can dish out.

P.S. You MAKE IT about me.

Anonymous said...

Emmett is Willy weary.

Anonymous said...

Yes he was. Emmett Kelly was a clown named Weary Willie.

Anonymous said...

That may be why Emitt is wearing clown clothes in that last picture in the article.

Anonymous said...

Fattempleclowncode blog

Anonymous said...

Jude I'm shocked at you. Yes you've been villified but you have also been commended at times as well. There is more than ONE person commenting here anonymously. By yesterday's total there are at least 5 and I'm pretty sure that you KNOW several of them. It would seem that, yes, maybe one person has a continuing issue with you but the majority of the anonymous comments do not even mention you. This one IS directed at you obviously but I don't have a personal stake in whatever went down at NIR so I have no reason to attack you and in fact never have. Keep an open mind.

Anonymous said...

I only harass Jude 10% of the time in Florida and 50% of the time in California. The other 40% of time I just watch Emitt's three ring in the van.

Anonymous said...

Tafultong, in response to your question regarding SongMuseum, the answer is . . . yes.

Your fan,

youknowwho

Anonymous said...

What was the question

Anonymous said...

Ever post anonymously Jude?

Anonymous said...

Jude said...
"I never called anyone a hate-filled hooligan. "



Who said you did????????



Jude said...
"You like being the only one who can play your little schoolyard games;"


I would like you to play as well, but you usually pout.



Jude said...
"And you can't take what you can dish out."



Why would I want to subject myself to it? Do you think you are going to be a gold star or a cookie because you are a masochist???
You can post anonymously as well.


"P.S. You MAKE IT about me."


There are no victims Jude, only volunteers...



~The Fake Jude

Anonymous said...

"Blogger Jude said...

I never called anyone a hate-filled hooligan."



Damn right you didnt, I did! I was defending YOU! There putrid jokes are a scourge! Everyone hates them, they have no friends, never even kissed a girl. All they do is make it about you. We should vote them off the island.

Anonymous said...

Who's gunga carry the water?

Anonymous said...

Blogger Jude said...
Is it really comedy writing when there's only one person laughing at the jokes, one person writing them, and they are the same damn person?

February 17, 2009 11:13 PM



We had a truce. You drew first blood. It wasn't my war.

Anonymous said...

go back to the truce.

Anonymous said...

195

Anonymous said...

Emitt Rhodes anagrams:

Smothered It
Tis Mothered
Hoisted Term
Homed Sitter
Shorted Time
Method Rites
Shorted Item
Timed Others
Steroid Them
Edits Mother

many more....

Anonymous said...

ER was a chicky baby.

Anonymous said...

Hermit Dotes
Mothers Tide
Termites, D'oh!
Ed Metro Sh*t
I Shot Termed
Him To Desert
Or Detest Him
Hide Me Torts
It Rest Homed

Anonymous said...

Shored Me Tit :-)

Anonymous said...

" You're harassing me. Stop harassing me."

Anonymous said...

Pepe le Pew?

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