Maverick

The Garden Losing It Resist Not really hits with the general public, but much beloved amongst most Rush fans. I dislike the second and third songs. I outright hate the first. We're talking Sith Lord level hate.

I've only checked out Distant Early Warning, but it was perfect.

Definitely going to have to check this out.

She was more of the "how big she's going to be" and now "how big she could have been." It was five years since her last album until she died.

King Crimson, definitely. Especially Lark's thru Red.

Yes. I had a piezo system on my Music Man JP6 that I had from 2007 to early 2019. I kind of missed having that option, so I thought this was an opportunity to get it back. I think in a lot of ways this guitar replaces that guitar, but in an overall better package. Interestingly, if I hadn't gotten the piezo, there would have been a three way toggle for the pickup selector, much like on the PRS Custom 24 guitars, and the Tone knob would have been push-pull to split the coils. But because I got the piezo, the volume knob went where that toggle would have gone, so I got a five way switch, and no push-pull. I wasn't really clear on that when I ordered it, but I had an idea it might be coming that way based on what the virtual builder showed me. My only complaint with the five way switch is that I get both humbuckers in the third position (at least I'm pretty sure, they don't sound split to me,) but I can't get both split. Positions one and five are bridge and neck humbuckers, respectively, and two and four are bridge and neck split. And I'm really quite happy with 1, 2, 4, and 5. I just don't think I'll be landing on 3 much, or ever. But both split pickups could have been really good. And full and split bridge with the piezo is really quite good, too. So yeah, it is very versatile, it looks amazing, and it plays great, too. And it is a chunk! I haven't weighed it, but it is heavier than my Aries. I'll have to see how it compares to my SE McCarty 594 single cut. That guitar is 8lb 3oz. And if you are curious, the bridge pickup is a Lithium, and the neck is a Beryllium. Apparently it is a pretty popular combination. I have a bridge Beryllium in my Aries. And the neck wood is Walnut and Mahogany.

Well, I did a thing: Kiesel California Carved Top in Crimson Red

Smashing Pumpkins - Atum - At three discs and 33 tracks, it is a bit too long, but there is still some rally good music on this release with a good mix of heavy rock and synth pop. As for Clockwork Angels, I think I appreciate more each time I revisit it. The only songs I always skip are Halo Effect, BU2B2, Wish Them Well, and The Garden. The album essentially stops for me after Headlong Flight, which is really what Rush should have done, too.

Based on artwork, Molly Hatchet had some of the best albums ever.

$4K for a Strat is PRS/Suhr like money. PRS doesn't even charge that much for a Silver Sky. Godin are really reaching far for this one. That's gonna be a hard pass from me, dawg.

He's just trying to be edgy, but he's being dumb. I haven't heard the song (or maybe I have, we play a country music station for our dogs when we're not home, and maybe it was on and I just didn't know it before I turned the radio off.) Iif Beyonce wants a bite at that apple and fan base, and she can pull it off, great. If she puts out a real country song that isn't mocking the genre (which she is fully capable of doing) there's no reason people won't enjoy it. Mithrandir just thinks everyone in the south is a red state redneck racist who's tearing their hair out that a black woman would dare even attempt such a heresy. And in so doing, he exposes his own bigotry and racism.

You're going to get this moved to SOCN, you keep this shit up.

False. Tracy Chapman had a number #1 country song for several weeks last year.

Bill Bruford played a log drum on The Sheltering Sky, and I think he used it for part of the song Discipline, as well.

That was in their commercials in the 80's and 90's right?

I read all of The Walking Dead, if that counts. I know they were monthly, but when I started, I bought the first Compendium, and that was a thick-ass book. Then I bought them in the smaller books up until I was able to buy the current issues. I think it is up to three or four Compendiums now. Graphic novels used to (and maybe still do) get a bad rap because they rely on pictures for a lot of the story telling. "Oh, you can't read a book unless it has a lot of pictures?" One of the things I really learned during my time as a teacher is that for most of human history, there was no written word. And even after writing existed, most people didn't know how to read, or weren't even allowed to learn how to read. But everyone sees images. Pictures and drawings convey many, many words. Graphic novels and comic books show you the action and the setting while you read the dialogue.

We can change to way newspapers and other publications write their headlines. Here's how.

The Washington Post switched to this format a few years ago. It is absolutely terrible. It reminds me of the news stories in the movie Starship Troopers. "Do you want to know more?" I'm for whatever you want to do to them.

Willie Stargell was probably my favorite baseball player when I was a kid. I grew up in Maryland, but I rooted for the Pirates over the Orioles in the 1979 World Series. Kent Tekulve was another favorite of mine, too. By the time Cal Ripken had come on the scene, I had become an Orioles fan, and remained that way until Peter Angelos trashed the franchise in a desperate attempt to keep baseball out of Washington DC. I lived in Maryland, but I was in the Washington suburbs. I've been a Nationals fan ever since they arrived. If the Orioles ever escape the Angelos ownership, I might could have them as my American League team. But not until then.

This was a great interview. I've been a fan of Morse ever since High Tension Wires came out in 1989. And I got Southern Steel on tape in 1991 and just about wore it out listening to it in my car. Interestingly, I mistook Vista Grande for Ghostwind (first song on High Tension Wires) because if had been so long since I'd heard either. I love songs of his like Southern Steel, Tumeni Notes, and especially Highland Wedding. Take It Off The Top from the Dixie Dregs live album Bring 'Em Back Alive is an all time favorite of mine. And I want to say Beato's interview with Andy Summers was great, as well. Now if he could just get Lee and Lifeson together (or separately.)

No bubbles, no care.

The Birmingham incident was 47 years ago. It may not have been the only time, but it was the only time reported. He was drunk on stage. So yeah, let's keep holding that against him. He did have a terrible reaction to the Astra Zeneca shots. So bad, he thought he might never play guitar again. He was assured the shots were safe. He got the shots. He had a reaction to them that almost ended his career. He did what he was supposed to do, and it almost ruined the thing that he is most identified with. But he's just supposed to keep his gob shut like a good little boy? And in late 2023, we all know that the lockdowns were an extreme over reaction. We also all now know ( or we should all know) that the "vaccines" don't keep anyone from getting Covid, they don't prevent you from getting sick, and they don't prevent you from spreading Covid, either.

Vile?

CCR - Ramble Tamble

That should be poll choice #17.