{"id":4962,"date":"2023-09-22T16:21:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T21:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:30:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T21:30:43","slug":"aaah-ah-yawa-em-ekat-ot-gnimoc-eryeht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=4962","title":{"rendered":"!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er&#8217;yehT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were saddened to recently learn of the passing of Jerrold Laurence Samuels (May 3, 1938 \u2013 March 10, 2023), better known as Napoleon XIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jerrold was probably best known for his 1966 top-40 hit &#8220;They&#8217;re Coming to Take Me Away Ha Haaa!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/They%27re_Coming_to_Take_Me_Away,_Ha-Haaa!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"374\" data-id=\"4964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_157.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_157.png 450w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_157-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/17\/arts\/music\/jerry-samuels-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"344\" data-id=\"4965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_175.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_175.png 673w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_175-300x153.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Half a million copies in five days.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">= 500,000 \/ (5 * 24 * 60 * 60), or 1.157407 every second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How did Warner Bros. crank out half a million 45s so fast? I seriously doubt they anticipated that volume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The &#8220;B&#8221; Side<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The B-side is the A-side played backwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is truly Exorcist \/ Backwards Demonspeak-worthy. I played a clip for UC#2a and she immediately knew the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"516\" data-id=\"4970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_163.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_163.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_163-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gbvcEkuFFI?si=VQUs4Xr9gNK7LKcK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1878\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_161a-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_161a-1.png 1878w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_161a-1-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_161a-1-1024x310.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_161a-1-768x232.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_161a-1-1536x465.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_161a-1-1200x363.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1878px) 100vw, 1878px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quora seems a bit befuddled on this topic&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-is-the-connection-between-reverse-speech-and-paranormal-entities-such-as-angels-and-demons-Could-the-concept-of-anti-time-play-into-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"219\" data-id=\"4967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_176.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_176.png 700w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_176-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-is-the-connection-between-reverse-speech-and-paranormal-entities-such-as-angels-and-demons-Could-the-concept-of-anti-time-play-into-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"249\" data-id=\"4968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_177.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_177.png 707w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_177-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More &#8220;B&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/They%27re_Coming_to_Take_Me_Away,_Ha-Haaa!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"306\" data-id=\"4973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_159.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_159.png 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_159-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/They%27re_Coming_to_Take_Me_Away,_Ha-Haaa!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"306\" data-id=\"4974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_159B.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_159B.png 683w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_159B-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WLBOTT Wonders:<\/strong> How did they get the font backwards? Here&#8217;s a section of the Wikipedia HTML for the &#8220;B-Side&#8221;. Wait! In the HTML, the letters aren&#8217;t mirror-image, just backwards! We think there is some axial symmetry <em>sorcery<\/em> taking place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1027\" height=\"504\" data-id=\"4975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_164.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_164.png 1027w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_164-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_164-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_164-768x377.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1027px) 100vw, 1027px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"292\" data-id=\"4976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_165.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_165.png 992w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_165-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_165-768x226.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"633\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_178.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_178.png 633w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_178-300x78.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>WLBOTT<\/strong> Spotify playlist has been updated to reflect our cultural augmentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_174.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_174.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/irl_13_174-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were saddened to recently learn of the passing of Jerrold Laurence Samuels (May 3, 1938 \u2013 March 10, 2023), better known as Napoleon XIV Jerrold was probably best known for his 1966 top-40 hit &#8220;They&#8217;re Coming to Take Me Away Ha Haaa!&#8221; &#8220;Half a million copies in five days.&#8221; = 500,000 \/ (5 * [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35,32,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fine-arts","category-mildly-interesting","category-music"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4962"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4985,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions\/4985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}