#rockin' ricky fox

[eddie-scarpa-lived]

honestly, the three radio anchors in Mafia II are all great, and I love them all (in different ways), and they are all so shippable. I also believe they are so well done to represent the different “types of people”, or different attitudes to the great changes in the 1950s

of course, Rockin’ Ricky Fox from Empire Central Radio is my favorite, because of his youthful enthusiasm, lively personality, and the chaos he causes haha. no, but he’s great, and he’s like the all-american hope and spirit, but also the eagerness and will to try new things, explore, ditch the rules, disobey the “square parents”, listen to the hip music, and be your own person

then we have Slammin’ Sammy Stevens from Empire Delta Radio, who also has a love for modern music, but also, judging from his expressions, voice, and voice actor, happens to be Black. and this of course would surely give him a different view and experience of the whole “American dream” in the post-war USA. also, he might have a different view of the music as well, and of the importance of popular singers and groups.

and then, last but not least, we have Gary Stevens from Empire Classic Radio, who is like the boomer among their generation. he is the most classic (and classy) out of them, but also obviously the one most tied with the WASP idea of the post-war generation, white-picket-fence lifestyle, Christianity, and disdain for rock’n’roll (he repeatedly talks about “the evils of the rock’n’roll”). he even blames the shootout in the old forge on marijuana and rock-n-roll records. where Ricky Fox speaks to the ‘kids of America’, Gary Stevens talks to their parents. also, he blabbers about the “wickedness that is consuming our younger generation”.

like, their respective interaction would have been so interesting. I have some ideas, but I would need to do a bit more research into history (to not make any possible fic sound like fetishizing of the past or something), but imagine:

Gary as a closeted and repressed man. Ricky and Sammy meeting somewhere,. maybe Ricky secretly admires (and copies, tbh) Sammy (even with the nickname - Rockin’ as in Slammin’ - without giving him credit, lmao). maybe he never really admitted that to anyone, because they wouldn’t accept it. maybe they would be sharing their love for rock’n’roll, with Sammy actually sort of “opening” Ricky’s eyes towards the prevailing racism in the music industry, maybe taking him to some dance hall “for non-whites” to show him the other side of America (because yes, Ricky talks shit about the square parents, but still talks to the well-off white kids from suburbia, the “rebels without cause” kind). Gary and Ricky having an awful lot of tension, ehm ehm. Gary realizing that Sammy ain’t that different from him.  Sammy and Ricky coming up with a stage nickname for Gary, as they have “Rockin’” and “Slammin’”, and making fun of him being a boomer of their time.

[tommytranselo]

the way rockin ricky fox gets mad about teenagers being pushed around by their parents...personification of the "fuck yeah stick it to the old folks" meme

[protect-daniel-james]

Eddie Scarpa (head)canons

he doesn’t actually speak Italian apart from a few words (he actually mentions that when he’s drunk and singing Return to me: “Oh shit, I don’t know the fucking Italian words- ! Oh fuck, where is my mother when I need her, huh!”)

he still tries to sing Dean Martin’s Italian songs

he’s actually a romantic soul (look, he sings “Return to Me” and “Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight” - I mean, he changes the words a little bit, but he knows the lyrics)

he wishes he was as cool as Dean Martin

he always sings in his car when his favorite song comes up, and although he’s in awe of the crooners/Martin/Sinatra etc., he kinda enjoys Empire Central Radio as well; sometimes he’s just bopping to the rock’n’roll sound (he doesn’t know the words, but he’s just tapping his fingers on the steering wheel). Falcone hates it, however, so Eddie always plays Delta Radio when they’re in the car together

he also enjoys Rockin’ Ricky Fox’s personality, although he has little understanding for some of the lingo and behavior of the youngsters (he hates the Greasers, after all) - he often speaks to the radio when Ricky is on, doing some news reporting - Eddie is like “Aaah, get the fuck outta here!” but at the same time, he enjoys listening to him (do I sense a ship potential? because yes)

he’s a little bit jealous of the people he knows who were actually born in Italy, since he believes that gives them advantage over him in the respect they get (like they are proper Italians/Sicilians and he’s not). Also, he wanted to learn the language, but gave up quickly, and he’s secretly kinda jealous of people who “automatically” speak the language (and he hates it when someone speaks fluent Italian in his presence because he feels stupid compared to them)

he left school very early but is quite naturally smart; he still hates when people correct him or insult his intelligence (e. g. “You mean astronomy?”)

he prides himself in keeping his promises and hates when people accuse him of breaking them (how many times he mentioned “I always keep my word” in the game?)

he would NEVER EVER betray the family, and he doesn’t wish to replace Falcone at all; he just doesn’t have that kind of ambitions

he might be taking some “pills” to get himself going because sometimes, the booze is not enough

! TW: sexual assault ! now to the serious stuff. he spent 4 years in prison, and lets say he didn’t enjoy his time there at all. imho, he was assaulted, and he’s still dealing with a lot of guilt and self-hatred over that (after all, he used to be a lightweight boxer, so he feels like he should have been able to defend himself) + afterwards, he started doing...favors...in return for alcohol and cigarettes

he lives in constant fear that Falcone will somehow find out about this (maybe Rocco knew and that’s why he was so nasty to him and Eddie didn’t complain?)

when someone calls him a cocksucker, it strikes a nerve (remember the girl in the brothel?) + when Joe makes jokes about Vito being in the prison showers he either laughs hysterically (when he’s drunk) to hide his emotions, or gets annoyed (like in ch. 9, when Vito mentions Leo and the prison and Joe is like “When old Leo dropped the soap?”)

he still kinda hates Falcone for leaving him in prison for 4 years, but is loyal until the end - because he already lost everything and doesn’t have anyone/anything else (ehm ehm apart from Henry ehm ehm)

although he has little respect for women, he takes care of the brothel girls (like in Joe’s Adventures, when he sent Joe to beat up a guy who hurt one of the girls)

he actually doesn’t like seeing blood

he’s probably gay but has a hard time admitting that (especially because of the time in prison - but also naturally because of the business he’s in)

he dreams of running a casino in Las Vegas (and having Dean Martin’s shows there every day, probably) and that’s what gives him strenght to go on with his miserable life in Empire Bay

[henrysfedora]

did people ship vito and rockin' ricky fox because he's the one who asked if vito was alright after the fire

you desperate, desperate simps.. i have to say though his personality is growing on me

[naomana]

Rockin' Ricky Fox: (Talks about new portable telephone and how it will affect women's already poor driving skills)

Me: (offended gasp)

Also me: (Driving like lunatic)

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Songs for Halloween Parties

Halloween parties offer the most wide open subject possibilities of any type of celebration. Halloween is the one day of the year that lets you be any living thing or dead thing, any occupation, any human or non-human and any personality type. You can be a cartoon character if you like. Since Halloween can go hundreds of different directions, the playlist will likely be a diverse list of novelty songs. The Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett Rock Lobster by The B-52's Creep by Radiohead Everyday Is Halloween by Ministry Space Oddity by David Bowie Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo It's the End of the World As We Know it (and I Feel Fine) by R.E.M. Planet Claire by The B-52's Mad World - Tears For Fears Hell by Squirrel Nut Zippers Wicked Game by Chris Isaak Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack by Andrew Lloyd Weber Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon Black Celebration by Depeche Mode Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles Walking On The Moon by The Police The Fly by U2 Lola by The Kinks Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress by The Hollies I Wanna Be a Cowboy by Boy Meets Girl 2000 Light Years From Home by The Rolling Stones The Munsters TV Theme Not Afraid by Eminem Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down Enter Sandman by Metallica Superstition by Stevie Wonder People Are Strange by The Doors Evil Ways by Santana 1999 by Prince Revolution 9 by The Beatles Twilight Zone TV Theme Hotel California by The Eagles Season of the Witch by Donovan Psycho Killer by Talking Heads The Devil Went Down to Georgia by Charlie Daniels Band Highway to Hell by AC/DC Devil Inside by INXS Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran Thriller by Michael Jackson Super Freak by Rick James Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. Le Freak by Chic Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang Girlfriend in a Coma by The Smiths Dark Lady by Cher Scary Monsters by David Bowie Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival Devil Woman by Cliff Richard Riders On The Storm by The Doors Runnin' With the Devil by Van Halen Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones Crocodile Rock by Elton John Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People Frankenstein by Edgar Winter Group Nightmare on My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Time Warp from Rocky Horror Soundtrack Rapture by Blondie She Said She Said by The Beatles Wanted Dead or Alive by Jon Bon Jovi Out of Limits by The Marketts Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell Bad Girls by Donna Summer Black Magic Woman by Santana Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper Boris the Spider by The Who Jungle Boogie by Kool & The Gang Roxanne by The Police Back in Black by AC/DC Addams Family TV Theme The Blob by The Five Blobs Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson Take the Money and Run by Steve Miller Band Mama Told Me Not to Come by Three Dog Night Witchy Woman by The Eagles Speed Racer TV Theme Let's Go Crazy by Prince King Tut by Steve Martin Another One Bites the Dust by Queen Erotic City by Prince White Wedding by Billy Idol Hells Bells by AC/DC Fly Like an Eagle by Steve Miller Band Bad Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult Tarzan Boy by Baltimore Rocket Man by Elton John Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney & Wings Genie in a Bottle by Christina Aguilera Copacabana by Barry Manilow Black Cat by Janet Jackson You Dropped a Bomb on Me by Gap Band Zoo Station by U2 My City Was Gone by The Pretenders Eye of the Tiger by Survivor 99 Red Balloons by Nena Spirits in the Material World by The Police Monster by Fred Schneider Union of the Snake by Duran Duran They're Coming To Take Me Away Ha Ha by Napoleon XIV Rebel Rebel by David Bowie State of Shock by The Jacksons Walk Like an Egyptian by The Bangles Freakazoid by Midnight Star Low Rider by War Church of the Poison Mind by Culture Club Rebel Yell by Billy Idol Valley Girl by Frank Zappa E.T. by Katy Perry and Kanye West We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions by Queen All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix Strange Magic by Electric Light Orchestra Burning Down the House by Talking Heads Der Komissar by After The Fire Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive by Men at Work Taxman by The Beatles Monsters and Angels by Voice of the Beehive Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz Spiders and Snakes by Jim Stafford Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers 2001: A Space Odyssey (Also Sprach Zarathustra) by Deodato Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead by XTC You Are a Tourist by Death Cab for Cutie The Joker by Steve Miller Band Run Through the Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes Head Like a Hole by Nine Inch Nails Jerry Was a Race Car Driver by Primus Clap For the Wolfman by The Guess Who Fear of the Unknown by Siouxsie & The Banshees I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls Centerfold by J. Geils Band Black Velvet by Alannah Myles Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, also The English Beat You Be Illin' by Run DMC Criminal by Fiona Apple Shout At The Devil by Motley Crue Weird Science by Oingo Boingo Swing The Mood by Jive Bunny and the Mix Masters Wild Thing by Tone Loc Whip It by Devo Planet Claire by The B-52's Legend of Wooley Swamp by Charlie Daniels Band Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley The Freaks Come Out at Night by Houdini The Road To Hell by Chris Rea Billionaire by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars Devil With a Blue Dress by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield Space Cowboy by Steve Miller Band Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash, also Social Distortion Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was) Funky Cold Medina by Tone Loc The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace N.W.O. by Ministry Paranomia by Art of Noise Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants If I Only Had a Brain by Lee Marvin from The Wizard of Oz Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini Orchestra Smuggler's Blues by Glenn Frey She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby Runnin' Down a Dream by Tom Petty Axel F by Crazy Frog (You've Got to) Fight For Your Right (To Party) by Beastie Boys In The Year 2525 by Zager and Evans Major Tom by Peter Schilling Man On The Moon by R.E.M. Happy Days Theme by Pratt & McClain Send Me an Angel by Real Life Convoy by C.W. McCall Particle Man by They Might Be Giants Pinball Wizard by The Who Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown It's a Mistake by Men At Work Synchronicity II by The Police Mr. Roboto by Styx Wipeout by Surfaris Evil Woman by Electric Light Orchestra King of Pain by The Police Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody by David Lee Roth Twilight Zone by Golden Earring Rockin' Robin by Michael Jackson Spooky by Classics IV Jungle Love by The Time A View To a Kill by Duran Duran Rain on the Scarecrow by John Mellencamp Love Potion #9 by The Searchers Cult of Personality by Living Colour The Candy Man by Sammy Davis Jr. Authority Song by John Mellencamp Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog The Bird by The Time Lil' Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs Canary in a Coalmine by The Police Octopus's Garden by The Beatles Maxwell's Silver Hammer by The Beatles Puttin' On The Ritz by Taco Livin' La Vida Loca by Ricky Martin The Streak by Ray Stevens Bat Dance by Prince Theme from Greatest American Hero by Joey Scarbury Fame by David Bowie Eye In The Sky by Alan Parsons Project Devil in Disguise by Elvis Presley Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion Deadman's Curve by Jan & Dean Creature from the Black Lagoon by Dave Edmunds Zombie by The Cranberries The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen Haunted House by Jumpin’ Gene Simmons It's Halloween by The Shaggs Dragula by Rob Zombie Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone I Was A Teenage Werewolf by The Cramps Eye of the Zombie by John Fogerty Halloween by Misfits Pet Sematary by The Ramones Horror Movie by Skyhooks The Raven by Alan Parsons Project Bloodletting by Concrete Blonde Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper Don't Be Afraid of the Dark by Robert Cray Hypnotized by Fleetwood Mac The Scientist by Coldplay Run For Your Life by The Beatles Dig My Grave by They Might Be Giants Waltz in Black by The Stranglers I Put a Spell on You by Screamin Jay Hawkins, Creedence Clearwater Revival Ghost Riders in the Sky by The Outlaws, Johnny Cash Ghost of Tom Joad by Rage Against the Machine, Bruce Springsteen Dead Souls by Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails Swamp Witch by Jim Stafford I'm a Goner by Matt and Kim w/ Soulja Boy & Andrew W.K. Mekong Delta - Night on a Bare Mountain Nightmare by Brainbug In the Hall of the Mountain King by Sounds Incorporated One Piece at a Time by Johnny Cash Tequila by The Champs I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night by The Electric Prunes Nasty by Janet Jackson No More Mr. Nice Guy by Alice Cooper Backstabbers by The O'Jays Pets by Porno For Pyros Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man by Concrete Blonde Dr. Tarr & Professor Feather by Alan Parsons Project To Live and Die in LA by Wang Chung Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo, also Camper Van Beethoven Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves by Cher Land of Confusion by Genesis I Fought The Law by Bobby Fuller Four Naughty Girls by Samantha Fox Jimmy Olson's Blues by Spin Doctors Nightmares by Violent Femmes I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie 42 by Coldplay Haunted House of the Century by Tangent Sunset The Warrior by Scandal Pacman Fever by Buckner & Garcia Planet Earth by Duran Duran Skeleton River by Tangent Sunset Junk Food Junkie by Larry Groce Everything Is Broken by Bob Dylan The Gambler by Kenny Rogers Shark Attack by Wailing Souls Season of the Witch by Joan Jett Superman's Song by Crash Test Dummies Brain Damage by Pink Floyd Paranoid by Black Sabbath He's a Vampire by Archie King Mad Scientist by The Zanies

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Back to the Future: The Real Johnny B. Goode Rocked Long Before Marty McFly

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Back to the Future is a classic comedy, one of the most popular films in motion picture history. Almost every laugh line lands with a perfectly executed punch. Every skateboard flip is a motion picture wonder. It’s one of those films which is broadly silly yet still has heart, and it’s a treasure of commercial cinema. But when Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly straps on a cherry red Gibson ES-345 he plunders the golden oldies right out of the fingers of the true original. Ignore the bit where “Marvin Berry” calls his cousin on the phone. Chuck Berry didn’t just write “Johnny B. Goode,” he was Johnny B. Goode. 

The song about the country boy who could play guitar like ringing a bell could have referred to any number of musicians, from Buddy Holly to Bo Diddley or Ricky Nelson. But the singer-songwriting guitarist who penned the line was born at 2520 Goode Avenue, in St. Louis.

Berry had already made his concession to white commercialism by changing the line “that little colored boy could play” to “that little country boy.” Oh my. But then for years, the Father of Rock and Roll watched the self-styled King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, put his stamp on Berry’s signature. The royalties were sweet though for Berry, and the respect was mutual.

But the backhanded homage in the time-traveling 1985 comedy is really a cheap gag, and the joke is at the expense of Berry’s legacy.

“Long Distance information? Get Me Memphis, Tennesse”

“Chuck! Chuck, it’s Marvin, your cousin, Marvin Berry. You know that new sound you’re looking for?” the fictional bandleader yells into a pay phone at the 1955 Enchantment Under the Sea dance in Hill Valley, California. “Listen to this!”

We then hear the subtle sound of casual racial invalidation. Not only does the line denigrate Berry’s contribution to the architecture of rock and roll; it completely sidelines guitarist Carl Hogan who initiated the opening guitar phrasing on Louis Jordan’s 1946 pre-rock and roll song “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman.” Think, McFly. Think!

Michael J. Fox already has a perfectly winning comic ending to the now-iconic scene: when his fingers stretch back to the future, and he channels Eddie Van Halen on the guitar, even the kids at the 1950s dance think he should act his age. So why does director and co-screenwriter Robert Zemeckis feel the need to shit on Chuck Berry with such a disposable throw-away gag? It is even more insulting when you take into consideration who Berry had to sue over the course of his career for stealing his riffs.

Indicative of a long-standing music industry tradition, the two biggest names in white rock and roll, the Beatles and the Beach Boys, had to cough up to the pioneering artist after infringing on his copyrights. Berry sued to get his name on the Beach Boys’ hit “Surfin’ USA” while John Lennon agreed to cover two songs owned by Berry’s publisher in exchange for copping lines from “You Can’t Catch Me” for the song “Come Together.”

But Lennon still declared “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry,’” when he introduced him on The Mike Douglas Show in 1972. “In the 1950s, a whole generation worshipped his music, and when you see him today, past and present all come together, and the message is Hail, Hail Rock and Roll.’”

He Could Play a Guitar Just Like a-Ringin’ a Bell

Berry was the first-ever Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and in the same class as James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Presley. With songs like “Maybellene,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Little Queenie,” “Havana Moon,” “Wee Wee Hours,” “Rock and Roll Music,” and “Sweet Little 16,” Berry scored the soundtrack to the 1950s.

Berry didn’t invent rock and roll. Ike Turner is credited with that for his 1951 song, “Rocket 88.”  Berry recorded his first hit “Maybellene” in 1955 at Chicago’s Chess Studios, the home of the blues. Berry sped up the blues to a country thump and let his fingers do to guitar strings what lips did to horns.

Berry made rock and roll fun, funny, and subtly rebellious. The teenager in “You Can’t Catch Me” is motorvating away from the cops. His “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” hit a home run with color coded racial pride. The artist who was glad, so glad, he was “living in the U.S.A.” (in the song “Back in the U.S.A.”) was barred from many of the things he found so wondrous in this country to sing about.

Almost Grown

Charles Edward Anderson Berry was born on Oct. 18, 1926. His St. Louis neighborhood, “The Ville,” was segregated. His great-grandparents were slaves. In 1944, Berry was arrested for driving along in an automobile he carjacked at gunpoint after robbing three stores in Kansas City. He did a three-year stint in reform school.

Berry began playing music professionally when he was in his mid-20s, sitting in with local bands like piano player Johnnie Johnson’s group, Sir John’s Trio. Blues icon Muddy Waters suggested Berry bring his songs to Chess Records where Howlin’ Wolf, the Moonglows, and Big Bill Broonzy were recording sides. Label owner Leonard Chess had a good feeling about the song “Ida Red.” 

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Berry renamed the song “Maybellene” when he recorded it on May 21, 1955. It was Berry’s first nationwide hit. He was 28. Willie Dixon was on bass, Johnnie Johnson played piano, Jerome Green shook maracas, and Ebby Hardy beat the drums. Alan Freed and Russ Fratto didn’t do anything for the song, but their names are on the credits as co-songwriters. They effectively collected royalties for teaching Berry a valuable lesson.

Chuck Berry wrote all the songs on his first album, After School Session, which was released in May 1957. It was the same for his next two albums. Berry didn’t include any covers on his albums at all until his fourth album, Rockin’ at the Hops, released in July 1960. Berry starred in some of Alan Freed’s jukebox movies like Rock Rock Rock!, Mister Rock and Roll, and Go, Johnny, Go! He also appeared in Jazz on a Summer’s Day, a 1959 documentary about the Newport Jazz Festival.

“No Need to Be Complainin’, My Objections Overruled”

Berry was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, in December 1959 for transporting Janice Norine Escalan, a 14-year-old hatcheck girl at Club Bandstand in Juarez, Mexico, across state lines for “immoral purposes.”  He was charged under the Mann Act. Berry argued he was offering legitimate employment. An all-male, all-white jury found him guilty on March 11, 1960. Berry appealed, but the conviction was upheld at a 1961 trial. Berry was sentenced to three years. He served 18 months and was released from prison in 1964.

Berry’s career never quite took off again. He had some hits in 1964 and 1965, “Nadine,” “No Particular Place to Go,” “You Never Can Tell,” and “Promised Land.” He was one of the artists in the 1964 concert film The TAMI Show. Berry’s last number 1 hit, “My Ding-a-Ling,” was recorded live in London in 1972 for The London Chuck Berry Sessions album.

Berry never stopped playing live. He traveled with only his guitar and a briefcase for his money, and would grab local bar bands to back him when he hit town. Everyone knew Chuck Berry songs. Simple, three-chord pangs to teenage love, cars and safety belts. Bandleaders like Bruce Springsteen and Steve Miller eagerly lent their fingers and bands to the light traveling guitar player. Most groups were thrilled to get the chance to play for a legend when they weren’t harangued for bending a string too far on an intro. Not even Keith Richards got away with that, just watch the rehearsal portion of the 1987 documentary Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll.

The Rolling Stones’ guitarist had already been brought in as a surprise backing player for a 1972 Los Angeles show where he was kicked off the stage for setting his amp too loud. Berry would also give Richards a black eye for touching his guitar after a New York City show a decade later. Richards’ early guitar work is modeled on Berry’s style. The Stones covered “Carol,” “Around and Around” and “You Can’t Catch Me.” Richards inducted Berry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986.

Back to the Future is really just a light, inoffensive, time-bending screwball comedy, and Berry has been the butt of far worse jokes. Spy magazine alleged Berry secretly filmed women in bathrooms. In January 1990, High Society claimed to be “the only magazine with the balls to show Chuck’s berries,” when it published photos of him posing nude with different women.

So when you read an article about Berry recalling the incident where the white kid played “Johnny B. Goode,” remember: it ran in The Onion. Chuck Berry could be accused of a lot of things, but he was an original.

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VHS #329

American Roots Music 1-4 PBS, Down From The Mountain concert at the Ryman Auditorium with O Brother Where Art Thou musicians, Life and Times of Bill Monroe, Agnazar - A singer from Badakhshan, Coleman Barks & Paul Winter Consort - 3 Rumi poems (2002?) Geraldine R Dodge poetry festival, Ray Charles at the White House 2003 Correspondent's Dinner, 4/26/03. *** American Roots Music 1-4 Produced by Ginger Brown/The Ginger Group Narrated by Kris Kristofferson (Ginger reads some credits, Buzzy Hum mixed it…)2001 http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/ Episode One: When First Unto This Country Marty Stewart, Bernice Johnson-Reagon, Ricky Skaggs, Robert Mirabel, Gillian Welch, Bonnie Raitt, Rufus ThomasMy Blue Ridge Cabin Home - Jay Ungar and Molly Mason track gangTurkey in the Straw at a fiddler's convention Dinah - Louis Armstrong Mary, Don't You Weep  -  Georgia field hands Home on the Range - Jules Allen The Fisk Jubilee Singers Mavis Staples Rockin JerusalemSteal Away - the Princely Players, Joshua Fit de Battle, spirituals James D. Vaughn and the Beginnings of Southern Gospel, Ralph Stanley,  Gordon Stoker, Doyle Lawson Amazing Grace - a group of Shape Note singersWhere the Shades of Love Lie Deep -Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver The First Recording of Vaudeville Blues and Hillbilly Music Arlo Guthrie, Pete Daniel, Rufus, Paul Kingsbury, Merle Haggard Lonesome Blues - Louis Armstrong Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith Will the Circle Be Unbroken - the Carter Family Old Joe Clark  - Fiddlin John Carson, the start of country music records Wildwood Flower - the Carter Family, Bristol sessions Keep on the Sunnyside - the Whites, AP Carter collected songs and reworked them Waiting for a Train  - Jimmie Rodgers Never No Mo Blues - Doc Watson In the Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers Country and Delta Blues Bonnie, Keb, Robbie Robertson, Keith Richards Henry - Keb' Mo' Death Letter Blues - Son House John the Revelator  - Son House Crossroad Blues  - Robert JohnsonLove in Vain Blues  - Keb' Mo' Love in Vain Blues   - Robert Johnson Boogie Woogie Dream  - Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons, 1930s Foldin' Bed - Whistler's Jug Band The First Recording of Cajun and Tejano Music  (brief mention only) Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza The Influence of Radio and the Grand Ole Opry Ranger Doug (Riders In The Sky), Mike Seeger, Sam Phillips, Doc Take Me Back to That Old Carolina Home  - Uncle Dave Macon, old but regular Fox Chase - DeFord Bailey Great Speckled Bird  - Roy Acuff Hillbilly Fever - Roy Acuff The Father of Gospel Music Thomas Dorsey, It's Tight Like That - Tampa Red and Georgia Tom (Dorsey), after he lost money he turned to gospel He's Blessing Me - The National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses If You See My Savior - Thomas A. Dorsey and Sallie Martin Precious Lord - Thomas A. Dorsey Precious Lord - The National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses Mike Seeger - The Cuckoo *** Episode Two: This Land Was Made For You And Me Opening Sequence: Lord, Lord - Mamie Smith Boogie Woogie Dream - Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons Cowboys and Western Swing Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Douglas B. Green (Riders In The Sky) Tumbling Tumbleweeds -  The Sons of the Pioneers Pete Seeger talks about John LomaxLay My Burden Down - Turner Junior Johnson Unknown title - Ken Maynard on fiddle Back in the Saddle Again - Gene Autry Silver Haired Daddy of Mine - Gene Autry A breakdown - Bob Wills Merle Haggard, Ray Benson and Willie Nelson talk about Bob Wills, Bob wanted to sing like Bessie Smith (Ray) Sitting on Top of the World - Bob Wills (distorted) Bonnie Raitt talks about the Lomax field recordings Early Folk Revival: Good Night Irene - Lead Belly Alan Lomax talks about LeadbellyPick a Bale of Cotton - Lead Belly Gray Goose - Lead Belly Leadbelly met Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie in NYThis Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie Arlo talks about his dad, voice of Woody talking about the dust bowl Blowin' Down the Road - Woody Guthrie, pic of him singing in the subway, Marty Stuart talks about WoodyJohn Henry - Woody Guthrie with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGeeWoody joined the Almanac Singers, This Land is Your Land, songs could bring about social change, Studs Terkel Bluegrass: John Henry - Bill Monroe Marty Stuart, Ricky Skaggs, Bill talks about singing in church, learned music by ear A Voice from on High - Bill Monroe Mike Seeger talks about Bill, James Monroe, Earl Scruggs Sally Goodin'  - Earl Scruggs Doc Watson and Bela Fleck talk about Earl's banjo playing. Rabbit in a Log - Flatt and Scruggs Salty Dog Blues - Flatt and Scruggs Monroe didn’t want Flatt and Scruggs to go on the Grand Ole Opry until Martha White Flour insisted Earl's Breakdown - Earl Scruggs (at Newport) Earl's Breakdown - Earl Scruggs and friends Country, Honky Tonk: Dark as a Dungeon - Merle Travis Paul KingsburyNine Pound Hammer - Merle Travis If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time - Lefty Frizzell Kitty Wells, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson talk about honky tonksI'm Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb Always Late With Your Kisses - Lefty Frizzell (distorted) I Want to Be With You Always - Merle Haggard It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams … Robbie Robertson talk about Hank The Blues & Radio: Your Funeral and My Trial - Sonny Boy Williamson King Biscuit Time - couldn’t give away the flour... Bye, Bye Bird - Sonny Boy Williamson King Biscuit Time Theme - James Cotton (wanted to be just like Sonny Boy Williamson) Take a Little Walk with Me - Robert Lockwood Jr. with James Cotton BB King talked about listening to Sonny Boy Williamson during an hour off for lunch when he worked on a plantation Rufus talks about BB, BB talks about Memphis,Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King WDIA first black station in the nation, Sam Phillips, I'll Be Back Someday - Howlin' Wolf Sun Records/StudioI'll Never Let You Go Darlin’ - Elvis Presley BB talks about ElvisThat's All Right Mama - Elvis Presley Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis PresleySam talks about Blue Moon and Bill Monroe *** Episode Three: The Times They are A-Changin’ Opening Sequence: Foldin’ Bed - Whistler's Jug Band Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Earl Scruggs Electric Chicago and Urban Blues: Rollin' and Tumblin’ - Muddy Waters Keb Mo, Marshall Chess, Muddy Waters talk about Chicago Rock Me - Muddy Waters BB, Bonnie Raitt, Marshall Chess, Rufus Thomas talk about Muddy Got My Mojo Working  - Muddy Waters (with James Cotton) Willie Dixon - unknown songBuddy Guy, Marshall, Hubert Sumlin talk about WillieShake for Me  - Howlin' Wolf Bonnie talks about Howlin’ Wolf - take me, take me, take meKeith Richards talks about MuddyI'm Ready  - Muddy Waters Three O' Clock Blues - B.B. King Rufus, Koko Taylor, BB, Keb talk about BBHow Blue Can You Get?  - B.B. King The Thrill is Gone  - B.B. King Cissy Houston, Keb, Flaco Jimenez, WIllie talk about BB Gospel's Golden Years: Do You Call that Religion?  - a quartet of oyster shuckers Blind Barnabus - the Golden Gate Quartet BB KIng and other talk about the GG QuartetWade in the Water  - the Soul Stirrers Down  the Riverside - Sister Rosetta Tharpe Bonnie, others, mavis Staple talk about Sister Rosetta Tharpe He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - Mahalia Jackson Mahalia worked for Thomas Dorsey selling sheet music, Mitch Miller promoted herMove on Up a Little Higher - Mahalia Jackson Come on Children Let's Sing - Mahalia Jackson When the Saints Go Marching In - the Clara Ward Singers CL Franklin, Sam CookeSit Down Servant - the Staple Singers Robbie Robertson, Mavis, Marty Stuart talk about the Staple Singers Folk and Blues Revival: Good Night Irene  - The Weavers Pete talks about The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins, Decca Record Co totally dumbfounded over success of first recordHarold Leventhal, talk about Carnegie Hall concert and blacklisting, Peter YarrowSo Long, Been Good to Know Ya  - The Weavers Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio Harry Smith's American Anthology of Folk MusicThe Soldier and the Lady  - the New Lost City Ramblers John Cohen, MikeSeeger, (Dave Van Ronk song), John Sebastian, Washington SquareIf I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul and Mary Peter talk about PP&M, Albert Grossman, Bitter End, the rest is historyA Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan Dylan becomes Woody, John Cohen, John Sebastian, Pete Seeger on DylanThe Times They are A-Changin’ - Bob Dylan Newport Folk Festival, Ralph Rinzler looked for talent for NewportCuckoo Bird - Clarence Ashley Doc Watson - son, I believe you’ll do (Ralph)Way Down Town - Doc Watson Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt Dick WatermanWe Shall Overcome - Odetta with The Freedom Singers Blowin' In the Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary Juke -  the Paul Butterfield Blues Band Dylan went electric at Newport with Butterfield Blues Band backing him, Pete retells story of wanting to change it Maggie's Farm - Bob Dylan It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan *** Episode Four: All My Children of the Sun Opening Sequence: The Times They are A-Changin’ - Bob Dylan We Shall Overcome - Odetta and The Freedom Singers Cajun & Zydeco: Dans La Louisianne - Marc & Ann Savoy Marc talks, Ralph Rinzler looked for music there, Port Arthur Blues - the Balfa Brothers La Valse Criminelle - the Balfa Brothers, 1975Steve Riley, Savoy jam session, over 100 accordion builders in LA, Ann Savoy Zydeco Two-Step - Clifton Chenier Marc talls of Clifton Two-Step d’Amede - Marc Savoy I'm a Hog for You Baby - Clifton Chenier  at Jazz Fest Ossun Two-Step - Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys during Mardi GrasAnn Savoy La Valse de Mardi Gras - the children of  the Basile Mardi Gras trail ride Tejano: Rosalito - Valerio Longoria with Little Joe Hernandez and Mingo Saldivar Flaco, bajo sexto, Valerio made the accordion sound Cajun-y (Saldivar)Las Nubes/ The Clouds - Little Joe y la Familia with Valerio Longoria and Mingo Saldivar Ring of Fire - Mingo Saldivar!Sorry Boy - Flaco Jimenez, rock?? Native American Pow Wow and Crossover: Traditional Powwow Drumming  - Renzel Last Horse and his group Robert Mirabal, Floyd Red Crow WestermanTraditional Powwow Drumming  - Nellie Two Bulls and Lakota children Robbie Robertson, native americans used to follow the buffalo, now they follow the pow wowWounded Knee - Floyd Red Crow Westerman Enchantment Song - R. Carlos Nakai Jesus Loves Me  - Everette Red Bear and Sandor Iron Rope of the Native American Church, peyote The Dance - Robert Mirabal, native american rock operaSmithsonian Folk Life Festival Century Wrap Up: Stomping Grounds - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, one of the first integrated bands on the circuit Oh Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins with the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses, hit on underground rock station in SF, then NY... Stomp Remix - Kirk Franklin Hoochie Coochie Man - Billy Branch with Pinetop Perkins, John Primer and Willie Big Eye Smith Mannish Boy - Billy Branch with school kids Rock of Ages - Gillian Welch, repackaged… alt/no depression, Steve Earle Train on the Island  - the Old Crow Medicine Show Little Maggie - Ralph Stanley Get Up John - Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder Worried Man Blues - Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, James Cotton and Marc and Ann Savoy, Stewart Duncan on fiddle *** O Brother and Beyond - Down From The Mountain Musicbenefit concert, CMT1/2 hr, s, 2001missed beginning Coen Brothers, T-Bone Burnett, Jerry Douglas, Dan Tyminski, I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow, Fairfield Four, music recorded before the movie then they performed for playback, "Down From The Mountain" concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on May 24, 2000 filmed by DA Pennebaker, Fairfield Four - Lazurus (https://youtu.be/sxSRkYaGgDc) this clip, The Cox Family, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, and Alison Krauss (https://youtu.be/tCQiCCnn9IQ), The Whites, John Hartford, Alison Krauss, Chris Thomas King, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - My Dear Someone (https://youtu.be/lswjecWmJkM), Ralph Stanley. *** Life and Times of Bill Monroe 1 hr, cmt, smissed beginning1996 Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Mac Wiseman, Sonny Osborne, birth, Charles Wolfe, Arnold Shultz, Uncle Pen, moved north, worked at Sinclair, Monroe Brothers, fighters, The Bluegrass Boys, John Hartford, Muleskinner Blues, Chubby Wise, Flatt and Scruggs, baseball, tent shows, when band members left he wouldn’t talk to them for years, Del McCoury, took a long time to accept other bluegrass groups, Ralph Rinzler, doesn’t talk much. *** Agnazar - A singer from BadakhshanPersian music 1/2 hr, 2002sibilant narration lyrics by Rumi, wedding, funeral songs, dancing, top themes - girls, girls and girls, *** Bill Moyer’s - NowColeman Barks & Paul Winter Consort 3 Rumi poems (Geraldine R Dodge poetry festival 9/22/02?, Sun am session I just missed?)(https://youtu.be/a-AX6_YrsWM) this clip!2003 Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing there is a field...Who makes these changes? ...Today, like every other day, we woke up empty and frightened. ... *** Ray Charles at the White House 2003 Correspondent's Dinner w/ President Bush, 4/26/03, C-Spanpt 1 of 2, (see #311 for pt 2)See the whole thing here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?176331-3/2003-white-house-correspondents-dinner-entertainmentsmall band of 4crowd looks bored, Bush too Georgia On My Mind.Stranger In My Own Home TownYour Cheating HeartRain Teardrops From My EyesJust For A Thrill (tape runs out)

[junker-town]

10 super important things to watch in sports this weekend

What to watch and read this weekend if you want to be your best sports self.

Oh, hey, sports fans! Didn’t see ya there. But now that I have you, let me just offer up a few suggestions for what to do if you want to get the most out of #sports this weekend.

WHAT TO WATCH

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1. THE MASTERS! Friday, 3-7 p.m. on ESPN Saturday, 3-7 p.m. EST, Sunday, 2-7 p.m. EST on CBS

This is arguably the weekend’s biggest deal — or at least what most people will be talking about around the water cooler (are those still a thing?) on Monday — so get your pimento cheese sandwiches ready. Augusta is already rockin’, and you can watch the tournament on CBS all weekend.

The final two rounds are on Saturday and Sunday — but we’re also providing you with live updates on our delightful sports website. (Here’s ALL of our Masters coverage).

2. There’s NBA happening: Russell Westbrook goes for the triple-double record, Clippers vs. Spurs, Saturday at 8:30 p.m. EST on ABC

None of the games this week is absolutely can’t miss, though it is the last week of the regular season. Saturday’s national game is the Clippers vs. Spurs, if you’re interested. But the real thing to keep an eye on when it comes to basketball is the playoff standings, which we have assembled RIGHT HERE for your very own convenience.

Oh, also: You might want to watch the Thunder play the Suns on Friday night at 10 p.m. EST, because Russell Westbrook is going for the triple-double record. If he doesn’t do it on Friday, he has another chance when OKC plays the Nuggets on Sunday at 5 p.m. EST. (He also only needs six more assists to officially average a triple-double on the season.)

3. USA vs. Canada in the Women’s World Championship, Friday, 7:35 p.m. EST, on NHL network or NHL.com

“Canada and the USA have met in every single gold medal game in the history of the Women’s World Championship, dating back to 1990, with Canada winning 10 gold and the United States winning seven overall,” says SB Nation hockey dude Travis Hughes. “There’s a bit more on the line for the Americans this year after their much-publicized threat to boycott this tournament before finally winning their demands in negotiations with USA Hockey. Canada, meanwhile, has dropped the last three WWC gold medal games to the U.S. — including two on Canadian soil — so they will definitely be looking to spoil the party in Michigan.”

Here’s everything you need to know about the game.

4. Frozen Four National Championship Game, Minnesota Duluth vs. Denver: Saturday at 8 p.m. EST, ESPN

The top two seeds in the NCAA tournament have made it to the Finals: Denver beat Notre Dame, and Minnesota Duluth beat Harvard to advance to what I like to call the BIG DANCE of college hockey. THIS IS APRIL!!!

5. EVEN MORE HOCKEY, NHL-style

Here are the GAMES TO WATCH: The Penguins play in Toronto on Saturday (7 p.m. ET, NHL Network), Buffalo plays at Tampa Bay on Sunday (5 p.m. ET, MSG/Fox Sports), and Columbus plays at Toronto on Sunday (6 p.m. ET, Sportsnet/Fox Sports Ohio). Tampa’s three points back of the Leafs in the wild card after beating them on Thursday. They’ll battle for the final wild card spot all weekend.

6. Dodgers vs. Rockies, Saturday, 5:10 p.m. EST on SportsNet L.A., MLB TV

Watching Clayton Kershaw pitch is never, ever, ever a waste of time.

7. Well, we’ve got Patriots vs. Steele — hah, PSYCH! It’s spring; there’s no NFL.

Related to NFL, however: Rex Ryan will be calling the Florida State game when he makes his ESPN debut after getting fired by the Bills last season. RIP Rex Ryan’s Bills-themed pickup truck.

8. College football spring games!

Speaking of spring games, if you just can’t live without college football, here are some more:

Florida, 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, SEC Network

Auburn, 2 p.m. ET Saturday, SEC Network

Oklahoma, 2 p.m. ET Saturday, Fox Sports Net

Texas A&M, 2 p.m. ET Saturday, ESPNU

Clemson, 2:30 p.m. ET Saturday, ACC Extra

Florida State, 3 p.m. ET Saturday, ESPN

9. Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund, 12:30 p.m. EST, Saturday on FS1

“Bayern Munich already has the German championship in the bag,” says our soccer editor Kevin McCauley. “But Dortmund is really good, so this game will be fun. American Christian Pulisic also might play for Dortmund.”

Listen, I don’t know much about soccer, but I do know that Pulisic is a sensation — if this happens, you should watch.

10. Cycling? Yes, cycling! Paris-Roubaix 2017, live at 4:35 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold, finishing around 8 a.m. (This will re-air on NBCSN at 7 p.m. ET on Monday)

“Cycling isn't a popular sport outside of the Tour de France, which is a shame because it's one of the most dangerous, silly, and thrilling sports on Earth,” says SB Nation’s very own Louis Bien. “Paris-Roubaix, which will take place on Sunday, is as dangerous, silly, and thrilling as it gets. The one-day classic takes place north of Paris across bad terrain and cobblestones, and it's nicknamed "the Hell of the North." Like golf, nothing happens for most of the event. Unlike golf, when something does happen it's chaos.”

WHAT TO READ:

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ON SB NATION:

Brendan Porath talked to Masters legend Gary Player about Augusta without Arnie (heart breaks all over again).

Jessica Luther and Avital Norman Nathman on Quinnipiac’s women’s rugby team’s fight for equality.

Here’s a wacked-out live blog of WrestleMania I wrote.

Tom Ziller on how Russell Westbrook is an inspiration.

Zito Madu on LeBron being turbo-mode LeBron.

Tyler Tynes on NFL players righting for criminal justice reform.

Ricky O’Donnell on the stories behind UNC's redemption tour.

Louis Bien on Tony Romo’s career now that he’s leaving football to replace Phil Simms as an announcer on CBS.

Adam Stites on how Marshawn Lynch would be the perfect person to send the Raiders out of Oakland.

Kevin McCauley on what the U.S. Women’s National Team got in its collective bargaining deal.

Richard Johnson on the Kick Six.

Matt Ufford on the problem the NBA has with resting players:

OFF SB NATION

Anya Alvarez on how golf is ready for a women’s Masters for The Guardian.

Chris Ballard on Monty Williams for Sports Illustrated.

Gabriella Levine on UConn’s dynasty for The Hartford Courant.

Bill Barnwell on the four versions of Tony Romo for ESPN.

Rodger Sherman on Oscar Robertson’s triple-doubles for The Ringer.

Kate Cimini for Sports Illustrated on North Dakota’s women’s hockey program getting cut.

May the sports be with you.

[eddie-scarpa-lived]

Gary Stevens, enjoying his lonely mandatory glass of whiskey in the evening in a smoky bar after yet another difficult day at work, when another man sits down at the bar and orders a whiskey. The voice sounds familiar, and Gary cannot quite put his finger on it, but he surely must have heard that voice somewhere, The man notices him staring, and reacts a bit unpleasantly.  “I’m sorry, mister. Is there something on my face?” “Apologies, no. It’s just - “ Gary is not a man to start conversations with people he doesn’t know in bars - he’s spent the last ten years trying to avoid that, but he feels extremely lonely tonight. “You look familiar. Or, I should rather say, sound familiar.” The man smirks. “Really?” “Yes. Is it possible that I have heard you on the radio?” The man actually chuckled now, raising his glass. “You don’t look like a typical listener of the station.” “I’m sorry, which station?” And the man takes a sip of his drink, his lips curl into a smile, and he finally turns to Gary, extending his hand. “I’m Ricky Fox.” Gary’s first reaction is to yank his hand away. Ricky Fox. Even the stupid infantilizing nickname. Ricky. But led by his good manners and education, Gary accepted the hand and replied. “Gary Stevens.” Ricky’s smile fully bloomed on his face. “Well, look at us.” “Look at us,” Gary said, retreating his hand. “We might not be so different,” Ricky says, nodding to Gary’s drink. “It can get lonely in the studio, am I right?” “It’s a difficult job.” “I wouldn’t expect you to be sitting in a bar though.” Stevens’ eyebrows furrowed as he wasn’t sure what that was supposed to mean. “I thought you’d be,” Ricky continued, “having dinner with your wife and two kids, right after pledging to the American flag and praying at the table.” Gary actually chuckled at that. He’d be damned if he hadn’t thought that as well, some years ago.

[tommytranselo]

it's occurred to me that i've been picturing ricky fox with black rectangular glasses and just assumed this was how everyone else envisions him...i'm right though

[eddie-scarpa-lived]

i was listening to the musical ‘Chess’ (my beloved) after a long time and I realized that Ricky Fox reminds me of The Arbiter from the musical... like the only sane person who literally only wants to do one thing he’s passionate about (in The Arbiter’s case it’s watching over the chess world championship, in Ricky’s case it’s playing rock’n’roll music) while all the other protagonists are making it extremely hard for him lmao. so he just comments on it and tries to do things ‘his way’ but the others just ignore/sing over him like it happens in Chess in ‘Quartet’ (where literally The Arbiter is reminding everyone of the rules and they are like yeah, fuck it, we’re all dealing with personal problems here)

[eddie-scarpa-lived]

Rockin’ Ricky Fox + ‘Beanie’ (?)

so, we all know and love Rockin’ Ricky Fox, but who is ‘Beanie’? (i don’t even know if that’s the name/nickname)

well, he’s Ricky’s producer, and he’s the one handing him the bad news Ricky then has to report on, and I love the subtle details in the game like this, because it’s literally like 2 seconds and it’s enough for people (ehm ehm me) to create a ship based on that

so, I imagine Ricky being a lot like Corny Collins from ‘Hairspray’

and like, he just wants his rock’n’roll and ‘american dream’ lifestyle, and suddenly, he’s living and working in a city torn apart by mobsters and their crimes, and he’s sad whenever he has to stop the rock’n’roll to report on the deaths of people (you can actually hear the distress in his voice when he’s reporting on the events in Empire Bay, and like after Vito’s house burned down, he seemed to genuinely care about Vito’s well being, it’s so sweet)

you can actually listen to Ricky’s newsbreaks here (and this is what I do in my free time)

my favorite moments (+ basis for this ship)

the report on the fire in Vito’s house (”Or indeed, if you are listening yourself, Mr. Scaletta - Vito - please let the EBPD know that you are okay.”) + the moment at the end (around 10:20) “HEY! Why am I getting all these reports? I’m trying to entertain the kids!”

the moment at 3:40, when’s like “LETS GO - w-what - wait - give old Rockin’ Ricky a second - “ and he sighs as he has to speak about the dead greasers, and gets almost emotional

around 6:43, once again, he gets interrupted, and has to talk about the Empire Arms Hotel, and he’s like “For Pete’s sake, kids, be careful”

and then again, he has to report on the shooting (from the chase after Clemente) at 8:15, and he’s so distressed he says “I am Richard Fox”

probably the most emotional he gets is at 11:50 when reporting on the Sea Gift shootout, and he’s just almost unable to even talk about it, and he doesn’t even say his name at the end

the whole sequence around 18:00, where Ricky actually mentions that ‘Beanie’ handed him information about a shootout in progress and then he’s like “WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS TO ME BEANIE?!” as he gets frustrated

in conclusion, poor Ricky, he just wants to have fun, and these fucking mobsters are ruining his life

[eddie-scarpa-lived]

lmao at Rockin’ Ricky Fox: “you can find these tunes at Rick’s Records, Empire Bay’s largest selection of new LP play records, which makes him my second favorite Rick, haha” :D :D :D he’s such a dork

[eddie-scarpa-lived]

fic prompt:

Eddie is a drunken miserable mess. His days are filled with caffeine, booze, cigarettes, and stress. The only moment he can breathe out and be happy for a moment is when he’s driving in his car. He used to hate the over-the-top happy personality of Rockin’ Ricky Fox, but eventually grew onto him and now spends a lot of time just listening to him, laughing at the adverts and information about the rock’n’roll songs, being like “oh shit, kids these days...”, and smirking when Ricky is reporting on the crimes around the city, talking back to the radio a lot.

One day, he runs into Ricky somewhere in the city, recognizes him by the voice, and can’t help but come up to him to tell him he’s been enjoying the program.

Ricky is, naturally, shocked. Eddie just needs some company.

[tommytranselo]

what kinda music do you think the different radio stations from the mafia trilogy were playing like...in the time frame of each other’s games?  is rockin’ ricky fox still on air in 1968 and is he playing the rolling stones?  and is empire classic still playing big band/swing around that time?  what the hell was WBYU playing in 1945 (and, hell, what year did remy’s show start)?  what does WLH play in 1951?

also, on the topic of the radio stations, new bordeaux can be assumed to be located east of the mississippi river because all its stations’ call signs begin with W (K is for west of the mississippi, so for example it’d be KBYU).  new orleans, which is located in the mississippi delta, has mostly W stations but a few K.  because new orleans presumably exists in the mafia trilogy universe instead of new bordeaux replacing it (since chicago & lost heaven coexist), we can assume new bordeaux is east of new orleans.