Behind the Kit http://www.behindthekit.com/ A rhythmic paradigm of music, culture and progress Sat, 15 Dec 2018 08:50:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Nine Reasons Trump Got Elected https://www.behindthekit.com/nine-reasons-trump-got-elected/ https://www.behindthekit.com/nine-reasons-trump-got-elected/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2016 19:57:03 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=1232 Sixteen years and 6 days ago, I sat at my computer with its giant 12GB hard drive and hammered away on a class project for UCSD. Y2k had come and gone, all the satellites failed to fall from the sky and I chose to go back to school and finish a degree. As I explored […]

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]]> https://www.behindthekit.com/nine-reasons-trump-got-elected/feed/ 1 Goodbye Ziggy https://www.behindthekit.com/goodbye-ziggy/ https://www.behindthekit.com/goodbye-ziggy/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2016 05:22:36 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=1220 Aladdin Sane.             I used to stare at that record for hours. What was it? What did it mean? What was that teardrop thing in his clavicle? I was nine years old. My Mom’s friend used to work at a radio station and somehow managed to walk away with a complete […]

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]]> https://www.behindthekit.com/goodbye-ziggy/feed/ 3 Bill https://www.behindthekit.com/bill/ https://www.behindthekit.com/bill/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2015 02:21:09 +0000 http://dev.behindthekit.com/?p=1203 “Hey Buddy, what’s your name?” “Keith.” “Hi Keith, I’m Bill!” He shook my eight year old hand and engulfed it. “You ever play ping-pong Keith?” “No.” “Well Keith, I’m going to show you how to play, and you’re going enter some tournaments and win! OK?” I inhaled deeply, exhaled slowly and mumbled, “OK.” I was […]

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]]> https://www.behindthekit.com/bill/feed/ 4 Heavy Metal Name Chart https://www.behindthekit.com/heavy-metal-name-chart/ https://www.behindthekit.com/heavy-metal-name-chart/#respond Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:43:57 +0000 http://dev.behindthekit.com/?p=1140 This is all kinds of awesome. There once was a time when a Rock band had to have some uber-masculine name to convey the essence of their manly rockness. That requirement eventually shifted to Metal bands only as names like ‘Red Hot Chili Peppers’ proved one could rock and have a completely retarded name. For […]

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]]> https://www.behindthekit.com/heavy-metal-name-chart/feed/ 0 Is Everyone a Rockstar? https://www.behindthekit.com/is-everyone-a-rockstar/ https://www.behindthekit.com/is-everyone-a-rockstar/#respond Thu, 12 May 2011 06:15:00 +0000 http://dev.behindthekit.com/?p=1157 I once heard an established music producer say something along these lines – “We are created beings, therefore it naturally follows that we ourselves are creators; creativity is something that is inherent in every one of us. Where we get hung up is to what degree of influence our creativity possesses. Some people are only […]

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]]> https://www.behindthekit.com/is-everyone-a-rockstar/feed/ 0 Run DMC and Sarah Mclachlan? https://www.behindthekit.com/run-dmc-and-sarah-mclachlan/ https://www.behindthekit.com/run-dmc-and-sarah-mclachlan/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:30:25 +0000 http://dev.behindthekit.com/?p=1143 If you like/love/hate Run DMC you must listen to this. If you like/love/hate Sarah Mclachlan you must listen to this. If your life has been touched in any way by adoption, you definitely must listen to this. Rap star Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels from the groundbreaking rap group Run DMC tells a fascinating, hilarious and touching […]

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]]> https://www.behindthekit.com/run-dmc-and-sarah-mclachlan/feed/ 10 Dear God, we’re headed for another ice age!?! https://www.behindthekit.com/dear-god-were-headed-for-another-ice-age/ https://www.behindthekit.com/dear-god-were-headed-for-another-ice-age/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:00:08 +0000 http://dev.behindthekit.com/?p=1125 At least that’s what ‘science’ was saying back in 1977 in this issue of TIME magazine along with 51 things you could do about it. Really? 51 things you can do to help stop the coming ice age?  Or at least ‘survive’ it? Wait a minute… I thought the globe was warming, not cooling? Bottom […]

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]]> https://www.behindthekit.com/dear-god-were-headed-for-another-ice-age/feed/ 21 MLK – Has his dream come true? https://www.behindthekit.com/mlk-has-his-dream-come-true/ https://www.behindthekit.com/mlk-has-his-dream-come-true/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:01:59 +0000 http://dev.behindthekit.com/?p=1117 I first watched Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I have a dream’ speech in my first college English course. This was a few years before you could whip up whatever you wanted on Youtube, so to watch the speech in its entirety was much more of a special event. I had seen bits and pieces of […]

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]]> https://www.behindthekit.com/mlk-has-his-dream-come-true/feed/ 3 Sunday Wrestle: To Give or Not to Give? https://www.behindthekit.com/sunday-struggle-to-give-or-not-to-give/ https://www.behindthekit.com/sunday-struggle-to-give-or-not-to-give/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:26:40 +0000 http://dev.behindthekit.com/?p=1084 At an earlier point in life it was simple. If a homeless person asked me for money, I gave it. It seemed like the ‘Christian’ thing to do. Plus, I felt like I was being a holy type guy in giving whenever asked. Then when I was about nineteen, I was having lunch at a […]

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