Giacomo Agostini 1967 he battled Hailwood in one of the most dramatic seasons in Grand Prix history. Each rider had 5 victories before the championship was decided in Agostini's favor at the last race of the season. Agostini dropped a bombshell on the Grand Prix world when he announced he would never again race at the Isle of Man TT, after the death of his close friend, Gilberto Parlotti during the 1972 TT. He considered the 37 mile circuit unsafe for world championship competition. At the time, the TT was the most prestigious race on the motorcycling calendar. Other top riders joined
Between the Times and the Tides happening, and you just sort of roll with it." He further explained that "Fire Island" was the first song he composed in standard tuning since Sonic Youth's debut EP, released in 1982. "Waiting on a Dream", the album's opening track, contains a guitar riff that, according to Damian Fanelli, resembles The Rolling Stones' 1966 song "Paint It, Black" and "Tomorrow Never Comes", the album's closing track, references The Beatles' 1966 song "Tomorrow Never Knows." Ranaldo and Matt De Jong designed "Between the Times and the Tides" artwork, which included photographs by Kelly Jeffrey and Ranaldo's son, Cody. The front cover