Comments on: Helloo, Baaaybee http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/ over 5 billion neurons served Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:45:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eat Our Brains » Blog Archive » Changing All Those Changes http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/comment-page-1/#comment-61013 Eat Our Brains » Blog Archive » Changing All Those Changes Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:44:29 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/#comment-61013 [...] This past Tuesday, February 3, 2009, was the 50th anniversary of The Day the Music Died. But I’ve already written about that day in a previous Eat Our Brains post. [...] [...] This past Tuesday, February 3, 2009, was the 50th anniversary of The Day the Music Died. But I’ve already written about that day in a previous Eat Our Brains post. [...]

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]]> By: Doug Potter http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/comment-page-1/#comment-5279 Doug Potter Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:27:06 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/#comment-5279 Brad! Well, that might be a reason to stop in Beaumont, as Holly's statue is in Lubbock. The last(and only) time I was in Beaumont was to be inducted into the army. Brad!

Well, that might be a reason to stop in Beaumont, as Holly’s statue is in Lubbock. The last(and only) time I was in Beaumont was to be inducted into the army.

]]> By: Rory Harper http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/comment-page-1/#comment-5109 Rory Harper Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:57:53 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/#comment-5109 I hadn't heard the conspiracy theory about Buddy and the Bopper's death. Honestly, if there was a gun involved, with fired bullets, I'd want to dig everybody up, and also check every piece of the fuselage that could be recovered. Maybe go over the ground with a metal detector. And if those results were inconclusive, I'd always still wonder a bit. Your post reminded me of the rumors surrounding the plane crash that killed Rick Nelson. From IMDB: <em>Ever since his death in a private plane crash on New Year's Eve, 1985, it has been speculated that the fire that caused the crash was the result of drug use--supposedly freebasing cocaine--either by Nelson himself or by one of his crew. This theory has since been discredited by, among other sources, the Civil Aeornautics Board in their official report on the crash. Their evidence shows that the cause originally given for the crash (an on-board heater short-circuiting and catching fire) is the correct one.</em> I hadn’t heard the conspiracy theory about Buddy and the Bopper’s death. Honestly, if there was a gun involved, with fired bullets, I’d want to dig everybody up, and also check every piece of the fuselage that could be recovered. Maybe go over the ground with a metal detector.

And if those results were inconclusive, I’d always still wonder a bit.

Your post reminded me of the rumors surrounding the plane crash that killed Rick Nelson.

From IMDB: Ever since his death in a private plane crash on New Year’s Eve, 1985, it has been speculated that the fire that caused the crash was the result of drug use–supposedly freebasing cocaine–either by Nelson himself or by one of his crew.

This theory has since been discredited by, among other sources, the Civil Aeornautics Board in their official report on the crash. Their evidence shows that the cause originally given for the crash (an on-board heater short-circuiting and catching fire) is the correct one.

]]> By: Steven Gould http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 Steven Gould Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:32:05 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/#comment-5032 <blockquote><em>We’re beasts that compulsively connect the dots. And it drives us crazy when they don’t make a picture.</em></blockquote> Which is why we're constantly hearing about the appearances of the Virgin Mary and her relatives in the oddest of places. Our wiring recognizes faces before anything. Even in tortillas.

We’re beasts that compulsively connect the dots. And it drives us crazy when they don’t make a picture.

Which is why we’re constantly hearing about the appearances of the Virgin Mary and her relatives in the oddest of places. Our wiring recognizes faces before anything.

Even in tortillas.

]]> By: Rory Harper http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/comment-page-1/#comment-5027 Rory Harper Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:40:16 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/#comment-5027 So -- conspiracy theories are maybe a sort of proto-fiction or proto-religion? I've always thought that fiction serves some of the same purpose that religion does, by enveloping us, however transitorily, in a world with purpose and structure. Story-telling and religion and conspiracy theories all comfort us in the same way. We're beasts that compulsively connect the dots. And it drives us crazy when they don't make a picture. So — conspiracy theories are maybe a sort of proto-fiction or proto-religion?

I’ve always thought that fiction serves some of the same purpose that religion does, by enveloping us, however transitorily, in a world with purpose and structure.

Story-telling and religion and conspiracy theories all comfort us in the same way.

We’re beasts that compulsively connect the dots. And it drives us crazy when they don’t make a picture.

]]> By: Steven Gould http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/comment-page-1/#comment-5017 Steven Gould Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:48:10 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/#comment-5017 I think we like conspiracy theories because we want to believe someone really does know what they're doing. That complex and confusing events actually do have someone who understands and steers them. This is a little more tolerable (for some) than the thought that we surf on the edge of chaos. Terrific post. I think we like conspiracy theories because we want to believe someone really does know what they’re doing. That complex and confusing events actually do have someone who understands and steers them.

This is a little more tolerable (for some) than the thought that we surf on the edge of chaos.

Terrific post.

]]> By: Maureen McQ http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/comment-page-1/#comment-5011 Maureen McQ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:11:49 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/#comment-5011 What a great post. I think another reason why we like conspiracy theories is that we like to be the one who knows. We like to be the one who understands the local language, who gets the inside scoop, who can show someone the best place to buy, to drink, to eat. We like to make story, and there's not much story in pilot error. What a great post.

I think another reason why we like conspiracy theories is that we like to be the one who knows. We like to be the one who understands the local language, who gets the inside scoop, who can show someone the best place to buy, to drink, to eat. We like to make story, and there’s not much story in pilot error.

]]> By: Caroline Spector http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/comment-page-1/#comment-5009 Caroline Spector Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:15:47 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2007/03/15/helloo-baaaybee/#comment-5009 Terrific post, Brad. Life does indeed rain a shit storm down on us one and all every now and again. And as Howard likes to say, "The Midwest has a lot to answer for . . ." And some folks will never be happy with the simple explanation for anything. I think it's because if someone like Buddy Holly can be snuffed out in a horrible random way ... someone so bright, and talented, and special. Well, if it can happen to someone like that, it can happen to any one of us. Terrific post, Brad.

Life does indeed rain a shit storm down on us one and all every now and again. And as Howard likes to say, “The Midwest has a lot to answer for . . .”

And some folks will never be happy with the simple explanation for anything. I think it’s because if someone like Buddy Holly can be snuffed out in a horrible random way … someone so bright, and talented, and special. Well, if it can happen to someone like that, it can happen to any one of us.

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