Imagine someone’s grandma rocking out playing a Gibson SG

The weather and a post from Pepper Crutcher on Facebook inspired this. It’s Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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NotZachScruggs

January 16, 2013 at 11:05 pm

Sorry to jump shift, Tom, but please read the Manti Te’o piece at Deadspin and explain it to us!
NMC

January 16, 2013 at 11:41 pm

I certainly have no explanation for it. It’s one of the most bizarre ones I’ve read. What are we to make of the various media outlets that apparently bought in? Did they just pick up what the local South Bend paper was running and pretend to independently report?
NotZachScruggs

January 17, 2013 at 9:16 am

Was it Ronaiah Tuiasosopo on the other end of the telephone all those hours, pretending to be a woman? Did Ronaiah Tuiasosopo dress as a woman at the Stanford game? This sounds remarkably like M Butterfly. What’s the deal?
NMC

January 17, 2013 at 10:47 am

I have no idea. The role of Te’o's dad is particularly odd- he was apparently telling reporters than when his son first saw “her” at the Stanford game “their eyes locked across the field.”

Jonathan Chait has a funny tirade about the free pass he sees given Notre Dame in sports writing mythologizing, and Slate a decent one on the credulousness of much sports writing (including a flip side– the SI reporter responsible for much of the Te’o nonsense also apparently did a hatchet job on LSU’s honey badger).
NotZachScruggs

January 17, 2013 at 12:40 pm

When the giant Notre Dame media machine decides you’re gonna win the Heisman Trophy, I guess you just go with the flow. But you’d think providing the young man with a script and a teleprompter, and a warning would be in order: Stick to the script, son, and do not embellish it with details like hours on the phone with her, locking eyes with her across the field at Stanford, and sending white roses to her funeral.
NMC

January 17, 2013 at 1:12 pm

NZS, it may be getting weirder.
NMC

January 17, 2013 at 1:13 pm

Oh, and Deadspin (who broke the story) has the perfect response when Donald Trump takes to the Twitters to congratulate them.
Ben

January 17, 2013 at 1:33 pm

Is it April 1 on the Mayan calendar? Maybe?
A friend of the law

January 18, 2013 at 9:11 am

Sister Rosetta is awesome. What year was that video filmed?

Norte Dame, in many ways, was a sham this season. This new revelation regarding their Heisman finalist LB just fits the theme.

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 4:35 pm, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
I was teasing. Grant's candor has its limits. ..

NMC wrote on 4:12 pm, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Anderson, I suppose it would have been more accurate to state: "I note the absence of casualty figures for the assaults of May 19th and 22nd." ..

pamela kay (@kidsroc) wrote on 2:33 pm, May 23, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Tom, I’ve really enjoyed reading about Vicksburg and it reminded me why it was on my list of battlefields to see. I think you are right about actually going to the battlefield to get the real feel. Ev ..

Tom wrote on 1:29 pm, May 23, 2013 about Charles Durning obit in the New York Times
More mystery. See posting # 7 on the below link from 2008 - speech given by French Consul General from French Consulate in Los Angeles when the medal was awarded. Link to the speech on the French Cons ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 10:44 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Ben, I must presume JL meant "Lee" not "Lee and his army." A couple of decent Reb generals could have made things dicey for Grant. Re: the possibly imaginary "exploding musket balls," here is a discus ..

Ben wrote on 10:39 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Scrivener's error correction: the jury-rig mortars Grant mentioned are "coehorns" vice "cochorns." "Exploding musket balls." I never knew there was such a device. I wonder how they were fused. Re J. D ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 9:46 am, May 23, 2013 about Charles Durning obit in the New York Times
Bob's suggestion about a headstone sent me a-googlin. Silver Star, Bronze Star, "PH & 2 OLC" (which I infer to mean "Purple Heart & 2 Oak Leaf Clusters," i.e., 3 Purple Hearts?). ... Mr. Zavag ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 8:27 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
"I’m kind of wondering: Where are the casualties from the May 19th and May 22nd assaults?" Not really "wondering," are you? ..

RICHARD ZAVAGLIA wrote on 8:01 am, May 23, 2013 about Charles Durning obit in the New York Times
Total bullshit Sir. The man was a hero. my close friends the actors Dan Lauria and Joe Mantegna were at his funeral. They saw his Flag draped coffin with the Silver Star, Purple Hearts, and French Med ..

JL wrote on 6:36 am, May 23, 2013 about Grant’s Memoirs, the Vicksburg Campaign May 23rd-25th:
Not to take anything away from Grant's victory here; some points need to be made. Grant had an unbreakable supply line in the Miss. River and the US Navy gave him remarkable support. There was no CS N ..

NMC wrote on 10:13 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
It's a topic where I've had a virtually unlimited capacity, since I was a child. I read a really fine bio about 10-15 years ago, but it was a mass market paperback, and I do not take care of those, mu ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 9:55 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
If you can bear any more Alexander, the Peter Green bio is delightful. ..

NMC wrote on 9:37 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Yes, it' s very clear on comparing accounts of Alexander versus other accounts, making the Arrian into a "one book" by balancing between the various texts that have come down. I have two, and discover ..

Judge Mental wrote on 7:04 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
As a history nerd of the First Order, I have to say that I have relished these posts. ..

thusbloggedanderson wrote on 6:05 pm, May 22, 2013 about Quote of the Day: Gen. Grant could not keep track of papers.
Aren't those awesome? I don't have one, but next time I read any of those authors, I'm getting the Landmark. Doesn't the Arrian provide notes checking facts vs. other authors? There's not "one book" f ..

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