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The place for the discussion of recent or classic movies or TV shows.
Yes this place is even for JhonJeter and JBN to discuss the 'latest' episode of The Andy Griffith Show.
Pipe in with your restaurant reviews and recommendations here too.
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. . .and for the absurd "Revue" spelling to continue. . .unless we are indeed planning to stage some sort of online entertainment featuring skits, dances, songs, etc.
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I like "revue." It implies a passing parade; entertainment presented right before our eyes for our gratification and amusement. It may be incorrect, but we're Americans, dammit, and we thrive on misuse of the language.
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. . .and for the absurd "Revue" spelling to continue. . .unless we are indeed planning to stage some sort of online entertainment featuring skits, dances, songs, etc.
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Now THAT is very nice. We need more of that. I was entertained, which is the purpose of any revue.
I like trying to make that silhouette go the other direction. Takes some effort, but she'll turn around for you. <Pre-emptive strike against easy joke made off of "she'll turn around for you">
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Anyone watching "The Borgias" on SHO? Wow. And they've just barely gotten started with Lucrezia.
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I'll have to check that out. There's some other show on SHO that friends recommended... can;t think of what its called. Bill Macy is in it.
Looking forward to the return of "Treme" this weekend! Those mardi Gras Inidans are bad ass!
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Caught Game of Thrones last nite... i have high hopes for that one... the books were great.
First episode was a bit slow...
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Blood, murder, sex, Vatican, Jeremy Irons. You'll like it BlackSox.
Shameless is the Macy one. Haven't seen it, but JohnJeter the Elder likes it, and he hates almost everything on tv.
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Blood, murder, sex, Vatican, Jeremy Irons. You'll like it BlackSox.
Shameless is the Macy one. Haven't seen it, but JohnJeter the Elder likes it, and he hates almost everything on tv.
So its the Tudors all over again? thats basically the plot for game of thrones as well.
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Caught Game of Thrones last nite... i have high hopes for that one... the books were great.
First episode was a bit slow...
Yep, we caught some of it following the Jeff Beck show. Was a great show. I need to read up on who the other folks in the band were.
I thought that was a movie, did not know it was a series. We just gave up our HBO, Showtime etc... as we were not watching it of late.
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Anyone watching "The Borgias" on SHO? Wow. And they've just barely gotten started with Lucrezia.
That sounds like something I'd really, really like. Pope Alexander VI is one of my favorite historical figures of all time.
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So its the Tudors all over again? thats basically the plot for game of thrones as well.
Well, there's garotting instead of beheadings, the plots might be bit juicier and they are DEFINITELY hinting at some incest. So it's typical formula vatican movie stuff. Being fiction and (ugh) "fantasy", hard for me to get excited about Thrones. . .you know, as compared to depictions of history which are largely fictitious. Altho with the Borgias, you really didn't need to make this **** up.
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Caught Game of Thrones last nite... i have high hopes for that one... the books were great.
First episode was a bit slow...
Yep, we caught some of it following the Jeff Beck show. Was a great show. I need to read up on who the other folks in the band were.
I thought that was a movie, did not know it was a series. We just gave up our HBO, Showtime etc... as we were not watching it of late.
The books are positively massive... part 5 comes in a couple months... HBO has not picked up more then 10 episodes yet though... so not sure if i want to get involved only to hve them drop it.
we just got HBO back last nite for Game of Thrones and Treme next week.
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I'll have to check that out. There's some other show on SHO that friends recommended... can;t think of what its called. Bill Macy is in it.
Looking forward to the return of "Treme" this weekend! Those mardi Gras Inidans are bad ass!
It's William H. Macy. The actor credited as 'Bill Macy' played the husband on Maude.
Shameless is a adaption of a UK show also called Shameless. It's good but the UK version was better.
You can watch episodes of Shameless (US) here:
http://www.fastpasstv.eu/tv/shameless-us-/ (http://www.fastpasstv.eu/tv/shameless-us-/)
and season 7 & 8 of Shameless (UK) episodes here:
http://www.fastpasstv.eu/tv/shameless/ (http://www.fastpasstv.eu/tv/shameless/)
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Fastpass TV is a good site to bookmark. It has almost everything there. It even has 85 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show for Jhon Jeter and JBN.
http://www.fastpasstv.eu/tv/the-andy-griffith-show/
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If they had unedited versions of WKRP, they would be my hero.
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I'd be thrilled if they could come up with Get a Life. I was surprised to see what the DVDs were going for on Amazon. But such is the cost to behold televisual genious.
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I'd be thrilled if they could come up with Get a Life. I was surprised to see what the DVDs were going for on Amazon. But such is the cost to behold televisual genious.
You also have the option of downloading the torrents of the DVD version of seasons 1 & 2 of Get a Life and then watch them on your computer:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3950253/Get_A_Life_-_Seasons_1__2____Extras (http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3950253/Get_A_Life_-_Seasons_1__2____Extras)
Not as easy or as quick as watching them on hulu or fastpass TV but still a FREE option (other than the very slight chance of a potential civil action being filed against you by the copyright holders for downloading the torrents).
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I'd be thrilled if they could come up with Get a Life. I was surprised to see what the DVDs were going for on Amazon. But such is the cost to behold televisual genious.
You also have the option of downloading the torrents of the DVD version of seasons 1 & 2 of Get a Life and then watch them on your computer:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3950253/Get_A_Life_-_Seasons_1__2____Extras (http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3950253/Get_A_Life_-_Seasons_1__2____Extras)
Not as easy or as quick as watching them on hulu or fastpass TV but still a FREE option (other than the very slight chance of a potential civil action being filed against you by the copyright holders for downloading the torrents).
Downloading Torrents is not legal! be careful... yes thats it...
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mostly true but then again driving 3 miles over the speed limit and failing to pay state taxes on your amazon.com purchases are illegal too. However people still do it.
The government & copyright holders mostly go after torrent uploaders of movies and music rather than the downloaders of old tv shows.
If you use the 'hit & run' method and adjust your torrent client to limit your upload speed to the the lowest settings, you're 99.999% safe from any potential actions taken against you.
I like British TV. Especially their humour. I download tons of current and old British TV shows (mostly from a private torrent site). I also use public sites like eztv, bt-chat, isohunt and the pirate bay. Most of the stuff I download isn't available on a DVD here or won't become available until months from now. I never download music or movies. In the 5 years I've been into torrents, I have never even received a single warning e-mail from my provider.
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Shameless sounds way too close to Shoeless. In fact they actually may be synonyms.
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Assuming this is also "Restaurant Revue"....
Jeter, got one for you. Cemitas Puebla. 3619 W. North Avenue.
Really, really, really f*cking great.
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Assuming this is also "Restaurant Revue"....
Jeter, got one for you. Cemitas Puebla. 3619 W. North Avenue.
Really, really, really f*cking great.
Great sandwiches, especially the 'atomica'.
(http://chicago.metromix.com/content_image/full/2535878/560/370)
http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1786&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=2006d76312bcc01e3d5f0e497eb19499 (http://www.lthforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1786&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=2006d76312bcc01e3d5f0e497eb19499)
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Looks good. Made me hungry
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Ah! That's been on our list for awhile now! And not heard one single negative on it from anywhere.
On the MUCH more pedestrian side, Dominick's has "Five Dollar Fridays"- one the items is "turkey pot roast" and it's surprisingly quite good. Five bucks has gotten us two dinner servings, then we each had a sandwich with it the following night, AND there still looks to be another two sandwiches worth left.
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I thought of you & JBN yesterday when I was in the Micro Center in Westmont picking up a new monitor.
Located in a large bin near the checkout line was a sign proclaiming 'The Andy Griffith Show DVDs - 99 cents.' Must have been at least a hundred of them there.
I was tempted to buy one or two, just in case I got you +/or JBN in a secret santa grab bag. But I passed.
IIRC, there's also a Micro Center in Bucktown. Located in the shopping center just east of the Kennedy Expressway on Elston just south of Logan Blvd. Shouldn't be too far from you to check out.
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I recently saw Zombieland, which I enjoyed quite a bit (especially Woody Harrelson's character), but it felt like I'd seen a lot of the same shtick before... but better. Then it hit me: Return of the Living Dead, from back in the '80s. Creepy, gross, and really funny. Anyone else a fan of that one?
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Romero's original "Dawn of the Dead" had some nice satirical touches to it- I liked it quite a bit, funny and gruesome.
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Romero's original "Dawn of the Dead" had some nice satirical touches to it- I liked it quite a bit, funny and gruesome.
I'm pretty much a fan of Romero, period. Good stuff.
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Return of the Living Dead, from back in the '80s. Creepy, gross, and really funny. Anyone else a fan of that one?
Awesome movie. Love the Bert guy. I worked at a movie theatre when that came out and we used to watch it all the time.
"Send more cops"
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Yeah, "send more cops" is pretty much THE line from that one. And didn't the girl allow her zombie boyfriend to eat her brain?
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Kinda like how Ozzie Guillen let zombie Juan Pierre eat his brain.
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Watching "The Searchers" whilst waiting for tonight's tilt. It's a damn fine film, and that's somehow an understatement. It's like, really good.
Also a bump for this topic, which I think should receive more traffic amongst the 10 or so of us.
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Watching "The Searchers" whilst waiting for tonight's tilt. It's a damn fine film, and that's somehow an understatement. It's like, really good.
Also a bump for this topic, which I think should receive more traffic amongst the 10 or so of us.
"The Searchers" is one of the few John Wayne movies that I like. "Red River" and "The Shootist" are some others. But for the most part, his "acting" is hard to take.
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Got "To Kill a Mockingbird" from the library. Good movie. I think it was Robert Duval's first film.
Fury, picked up "Sacred" by Lehane too. Okay, but he's much improved now.
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Got "To Kill a Mockingbird" from the library. Good movie. I think it was Robert Duval's first film.
Fury, picked up "Sacred" by Lehane too. Okay, but he's much improved now.
Yeah, Lehane has really sharpened his pencil since then. Compare "Sacred" to "Shutter Island" or "The Given Day"... well, there's no comparison.
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Just saw this week's "South Park". For an (almost) 14-year old show, they still know how to bring it. Reminds me of the uber-brilliant "Terrence & Phillip instead of part 2 of the dumb Who's Cartman's dad / April Fools" episode. Love the "Tween" imagery, and the use of Stevie 'the goat" Nicks at the end.
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So I get "The Searchers" from the library, can't remember seeing that one, and I'm fifteen minutes into it and I'm wondering just what in the hell Jeter is talking about, because it seems like so much corn to me that I want to stick a cob up John Ford's ass, but I give it another try on another day, "buying in", as they say, and I don't know that I would call it "real good", but it does have some moments.
Next week is "Repo Man" because a character in an Elmore Leonard novel is very much taken by Harry Dean Stanton and the film.
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So I get "The Searchers" from the library, can't remember seeing that one, and I'm fifteen minutes into it and I'm wondering just what in the hell Jeter is talking about, because it seems like so much corn to me that I want to stick a cob up John Ford's ass, but I give it another try on another day, "buying in", as they say, and I don't know that I would call it "real good", but it does have some moments.
Next week is "Repo Man" because a character in an Elmore Leonard novel is very much taken by Harry Dean Stanton and the film.
I loved Repo Man, course that is not saying a whole lot, as I am not a movie critic in the least.
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"Let's go do some crimes."
"Yeah, let's go get sushi and not pay."
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Dine and dash!!!
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I'm going to guess dogstoothe doesn't like many Westerns, at least of the Ford/Hawks variety. They all have an element of "corn" if you look at it that way. I on the other hand like 'em quite a bit.
Next week is "Repo Man" because a character in an Elmore Leonard novel is very much taken by Harry Dean Stanton and the film.
Like SO many movies, it's good for about 30-45 minutes.
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Repo Man has some classic quotable lines, as Blackie has already got one on the table.
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"Repo Man" it is then. Jeter, I quite liked "Shane", but that's not a Ford/Hawks, so yeah, I guess you is right. Eastwood's "Unforgiven" on first view I thought was exceptional, but the second time around not so much. I do like him though, as an actor and as a director.
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Gene Hackman is always good, but he was REALLY good in "Unforgiven".
You wanna see a true cult western, where things are really strange and upside-down in a way, check out "Johnny Guitar".
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I will. Sterling Hayden is one of my favorite, if not the favorite, actors. I've seen "Johnny Guitar" but it's been a while and I need to see it with new eyes. Agree about Hackman. Loved him as Popeye Doyle, "The French Connection" (#1) is terrific. Thanks for the tips. The library is hard for new releases but the older classics seem to stay on the shelfs.
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I used to think Warren Oats was the greatest actor, but I think I've changed my mind to Harry Dean (Zen) Stanton.
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http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/the-tubes/video/white-punks-on-dope_-1461247177.html?utm_source=NL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=110617
Love the big "Q" guitar.
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Hahahh, at around 4:00 or so, I like how what's happening on stage just ceases to make any sense at all. I like how they brought the trapeze bit back much later for "She's a Beauty". Conceptual Continuity.
Also, how coincidental, just today purchased the newly released NTSC DVD of their Wild West Show from 2004, previously only available on PAL. Evidently European audiences have more of a stomach for the incredibly retarted.
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There finally will not be "just one more thing". Falk down. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-peter-falk-dead-20110624,0,5103844.story)
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I liked Falk. His glass eye gave his facial expressions a quirky vibe.
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If this ever gets produced for TV, it will be absolutely awful:
Blues Brothers' readies for primetime
Belushi, Beatts write script as possible series
By STUART LEVINE
'Blues Brothers'
Jake and Elwood Blues are on a new mission: to find a place in primetime.
A new incarnation of the Blues Brothers, the duo made famous by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the late 1970s, is about to be pitched to studios and networks in the form of a new TV series.Current TV rights have long been owned by Aykroyd and Judy Belushi -- John's widow -- while Universal owns the film rights. Belushi and former "Saturday Night Live" writer Anne Beatts, along with Wayne Catania and Kieron Lafferty, have penned a pilot.
more of this story can be found at: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118042012 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118042012)
If the pilot goes to series, each episode would include a musical number, presumably featuring a new Blues Brothers band.
"It would be 'Route 66' meets 'Glee,' and it all goes to hell in a handbasket," Beatts said.
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Agreed. A terrible idea.
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The only people that want to see the Blues Brothers reincarnated are the same 2 dozen people in and around Chicago that can't wait for the next Cheap Trick/Styx concert...
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I wouldn't mind seeing Cheap Trick. But definitely not Styx. Or Survivor. Or Chicago.
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Chicago with Terry Kath was actually a pretty good band. Chicago with Peter Cetera at the helm was when the band turned into chick-rock.
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Agreed about TK-era Chicago. Accidentally shot himself while cleaning his gun, IIRC.
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reply to JJ @ the "Today's Game" topic:
Hahaha- man I loves me some a dem tater tots. They're showing up at more and more places I've noticed. The Trader Joe's ones are just fine for home totting.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hoZnwcIcfeM/TVnsmg_kxFI/AAAAAAAAADA/Rx09-wnMkuw/s320/IMG_1464.JPG)
Trader Joe's Trader Potato Tots: http://www.whatsgoodattraderjoes.com/2011/02/trader-joes-trader-potato-tots.html
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Tork [Still] Rules.
Unlike previous Monkees shows which featured mainly the hits, the group dug deep into their catalog and regularly played a 43-song set that lasted over two hours.
"We managed to pile in a lot of songs because we dropped the middle verse from some of them," says Tork.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/peter-tork-monkees-canceled-tour-due-to-a-glitch-20111011
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available October 15, 2011 ........
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http://bighurtbeer.com/ (http://bighurtbeer.com/)
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-31/sports/ct-talk-big-hurt-beer-0801-20110801_1_beer-bandwagon-beer-and-baseball-frank-thomas (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-31/sports/ct-talk-big-hurt-beer-0801-20110801_1_beer-bandwagon-beer-and-baseball-frank-thomas)
http://www.examiner.com/craft-beer-in-chicago/frank-thomas-big-hurt-beer-being-made-by-minhas (http://www.examiner.com/craft-beer-in-chicago/frank-thomas-big-hurt-beer-being-made-by-minhas)
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(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LBLSW_6CqnY/TpYB5WoEmtI/AAAAAAAAEUs/doB6I-YAOM4/s1600/mcdonalds_mcrib_returns.jpg)
News: McDonald's - The McRib returns October 17th!
http://www.brandeating.com/2011/10/news-mcdonalds-mcrib-returns-october.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BrandEatingFoodReviewsFoodNewsAndFoodRecipes+%28Brand+Eating%29 (http://www.brandeating.com/2011/10/news-mcdonalds-mcrib-returns-october.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BrandEatingFoodReviewsFoodNewsAndFoodRecipes+%28Brand+Eating%29)
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gross
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'borrowed' from another message board:
Note the first person you see in the 'official trailer' for the new Starz series Boss which starts this Friday night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxZSS8pViww
Boss is getting some excellent reviews. The new Chicago Sun-Times TV critic, who has previewed the first 4 episodes, thinks it's the best new TV show of the season: http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/8161383-421/meet-the-new-boss-of-chicago.html (http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/8161383-421/meet-the-new-boss-of-chicago.html)
The first full episode is available right now for free view at the Starz website:
http://www.starz.com/originals/Boss/ScreeningRoom#/episode-1 (http://www.starz.com/originals/Boss/ScreeningRoom#/episode-1)
For those who are Comcast cable subscribers, the 1st full episode is also available for free on their 'On Demand' option under the 'Top Picks' section.
Looks like it's also available on the video on demand feature from DirecTV, Dish Network, Time Warner Cable, VerizonFiOS, and many others. AT&T U-Verse subscribers can only see an extended clip from the pilot on their Buzz channel.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/475121-Starz_Looks_To_Boost_Boss_Via_Full_Episode_VOD_Digital_Previews.php (http://www.multichannel.com/article/475121-Starz_Looks_To_Boost_Boss_Via_Full_Episode_VOD_Digital_Previews.php)
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That Big Hurt Beer label and logo is one of the worst I've seen. A marketing fail if I ever saw one.
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Watched "Horrible Bosses" on DVD the other night. No, it's not "Citizen Kane," but it's a very decent light black comedy, and I did laugh quite a few times. Kevin Spacey has the most delicious part (typical Spacey, but still fun). However, Jennifer Aniston does a nice turn as well, and is almost unrecognizable in her "s l u t t y dentist" role at first.
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That Big Hurt Beer label and logo is one of the worst I've seen. A marketing fail if I ever saw one.
That logo looks oddly like Rush Limbaugh's EIB logo, which I think is bad too.
(http://www.logodesignworks.com/blog/images/Excellence-in-Broadcasting-EIB-logo-design.jpg)
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That logo looks oddly like Rush Limbaugh's EIB logo, which I think is bad too.
What does EIB stand for?
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Excellence in Broadcasting
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Oh yeah, I forgot about his little tagline. Too funny.
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Excellence in Bullsh*tting.
Which actually is quite the accomplishment.
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BlackSox -- You are correct, and I don't know why I ever thought different -- Jameson is superior to Bushmills.
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Bushmills
"Protestant Whisky"
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Horrible Bosses has its funny moments, but there's a couple things that just don't add up: really hard to believe that Jennifer Aniston's character would have any interest in that weasly assistant. And they seemed to put to sleep every damn patient that came into the office (and I mean that literally and, er, literally). Do dentists really put you own to change a crown? I was unable to willingly suspend my belief on those things.
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Changing a crown shouldn't require a patient to be put out. Sometimes a crowned tooth does require a root canal if additional decay occurs and it wasn't done earlier, but that still shouldn't require anything other than local. It would be impossible to change a crown without a temporary having been put in place in a prior appointment as the impressions needed for the new crown almost always require the destruction of the first.
---Former Dental Assistant Loveland
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Oh yeah, Sophist, there were a few things that didn't make sense about the movie. I had to force the suspension of belief a couple times. Still enjoyed it.
I do wonder if, in about 10 years, it will be as painful to watch Kevin Spacey act as it is to watch Jack Nicholson now. I enjoy Spacey right now, but I can see his acting evolving into a gross caricature, a la Nicholson.
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Kaiser Soze, still one of my favorite rolls, Spacey nailed that one.
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You need to fact-check that msf
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I think he was great in Swimming with Sharks.
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Michelin selects 56 Chicago restaurants for good value
(Crain's) — Chicago's restaurants got another visit from the Michelin man as the venerable guide named its "good value" places to eat in the city.
Michelin, the French tire company that has branched into travel and leisure guides, on Wednesday released its 2012 Bib Gourmand list. Fifty-six Chicago restaurants landed on the new list; 46 made the cut for 2011.
Read more: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20111109/NEWS07/111109750/michelin-selects-56-chicago-restaurants-for-good-value (http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20111109/NEWS07/111109750/michelin-selects-56-chicago-restaurants-for-good-value)
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Surprised to hear your lack of enthusiasm over Wilco.
I like them fine and get it why people love them -- but Nick Lowe is way cooler.
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Nick was solo, did a helluva version of "Allison"
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I'm not huge on Wilco or Billy Bragg, BUT I think the two albums they did together covering Woody Guthrie's unfinished songs were exceptional, Mermaid Avenue in particular.
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Yeah, I have Mermaid Avenue, it is good.
How about the new Tom Waits, I think Keith Richards adds some guitar on 4 songs, and the Los Lobos guitar player, David Hidalgo plays on it as well. I like it.
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Just received the new Waits as a belated birthday present. Haven't studied on it yet. Love the CD package. If you like it, msf, then I believe I'm in for a treat.
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He likes everything.
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Are you calling MSF easy?
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Yeah, I do like a lot of wide ranging music, but I would like to think I have gotten better. Right now I am following jam bands more.
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My buddy and I saw an Anders Osborne/Galactic/Pearl Jam triple bill at Jazzfest last year...all 3 were excellent...
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And, speaking of jam bands...Im listening to a lot of Umphrey's right now...
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I listen to Jam On station alot on Sirius/XM (when in the vehicle, and I have had some long drives of late. That is where I heard Anders Osborne, and they play Umphrey in there a lot, as well as tons of Phish, Galactic, Yonder Mountain String Band, etc...
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Hey, let's jam.
One of the most prominent examples of xenochrony can be found on Zappa's rock opera Joe's Garage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%27s_Garage) (1979), on which the guitar solos are all xenochronous (with the exceptions of "Watermelon In Easter Hay" and "Crew ****").
In the words of Zappa himself:
A classic "Xenochrony" piece would be "Rubber Shirt", which is a song on the Sheik Yerbouti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheik_Yerbouti) album. It takes a drum set part that was added to a song at one tempo. The drummer was instructed to play along with this one particular thing in a certain time signature, eleven-four, and that drum set part was extracted like a little piece of DNA from that master tape and put over here into this little cubicle. And then the bass part, which was designed to play along with another song at another speed, another rate in another time signature, four-four, that was removed from that master tape and put over here, and then the two were sandwiched together. And so the musical result is the result of two musicians, who were never in the same room at the same time, playing at two different rates in two different moods for two different purposes, when blended together, yielding a third result which is musical and synchronizes in a strange way. That's Xenochrony. And I've done that on a number of tracks.
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Way over my head of course.
Guessing it would be tough to pull off live.
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Way over my head of course.
Nah, just fun things for the musically-curious. At the same time, I get it, "let's jam".
Guessing it would be tough to pull off live.
Excellent examples of really cool interplay, improvisation. . . "jamming" as folks like to term it, can be found on the "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" album set (1981) and another one released in 1988, "Guitar".
Where's 1? A question that BlackSox and I have asked more than once.
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I was reading the Rolling Stone issue on 100 greatest guitarists (not that I agree with them). I did read the bit that Trey Anastasio wrote for FZ. He mentioned "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" as a big inspiration to him. Always enjoy FZ when I hear him, I need to check that one out.
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Lists like that are lightning rods, to be taken with a huge grain of proverbial salt. But overall, I think they got the top ones right. I was particularly pleased that Johnny Ramone made the top 30.
But to rank "The Edge" above Bloomfield, Garcia, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, Joe Walsh, etc.? Blasphemy! He's Peter Buck with a heavy reliance on effect pedals.
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Where's 1?
Heh. More importantly, where's the "and" between 1 and 2?
Guess all that is immaterial with that Xenochrony stuff. Actually, it sounds like a good excuse to suck.
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Not only the Edge was on the list, but so was Bruce Springsteen, come on.
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That MIGHT get shoeless back here... hes been sadly absent lately....
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He is busy fighting the Bruce Weber battle on the Illini Rivals board.
Mrs MSF and I went to a Springsteen concert ONLY as a favor to a friend of ours (he goes to our favs, so what the hell). I was curious, always wanted to know what everyone saw in that band. About halfway thru, Mrs MSF asks, when do we hear some guitars. Course about that time, Bruce screams, "let her rip Stevie" and the Sopranos guy does about a 5 second "jam" and the crowd goes nuts. I looked at her and we just laughed.
Bruce is not much better, but if Keith Richards was #5 on the list, they must give a lot of credit on the rythem from songs like Satisfaction and Jumping Jack Flash. The best guitar player in Springsteens band is the small little dude who used to have some solo work before he joined the band, and he is nothing special either.
Some people like dance music I guess.
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whats the weber battle? to keep him or let him go?
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Havent seen Dave around here recently... but Skip Holtz is in full on save his job mode...
5 JUCO commits in the last week... i dont think he grasps how much his job depends on recruiting tampa talent... and hes not doing that worth a poop.
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I am going to guess most folks want a new coach. We are 11-1, but not winning pretty. Shoe is backing Weber. I could care less, I think I would like to watch better bball, but how can you can a guy who is 11-1. Zook we had to fire, despite the bowl game, he was a shitty coach, Weber knows bball, but his teams just play like crap.
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We'd be happy.. no ecstatic to have Weber here in south florida... watch one of stan heath's teams games... its painful.
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Yeah, Weber is a good coach, but he is always yelling on the sidelines, seems his teams go into a shell. I think these kids get too much information and they think too much (or try to think). He recruits well, but I am starting to wonder about if he recruits kids who fit his system (ala Bo Ryan or Jim Beilein). I like him, but I could understand getting a different coach, but who is to say we will get a better one??
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I could care less
You mean "'COULDN'T' care less", because otherwise you are stating the opposite. People keep turning this phrase wrong, even in the mass media, and it's really starting to stick in my craw.
(Someone had better give me credit for using the term "stick in my craw" btw. I'm looking at you, BlackSox and Fury.)
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Yeah, I am bad about that one. I understand why I am wrong, but 55 years of habit is hard to break.
I had a blind programmer working on my team 10 years or so ago. I used to walk him down to coffee machine and buy him a bad cup of coffee every day. One day he says, MSF, could you please stop taking the Lord's name in vain. I said "Jesus Christ Mike, that is going to be a tough habit to break."
He is lucky I did not say Jesus F------ Christ.
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I get what you mean on yelling at the players... Leavitt was crucified for that style of coaching but his teams always over-achieved... skip is nice and sweet on the players... and we lost 5 games this year where we held a lead with 3 minutes or less to go...
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blind programmer . . .buy him a bad cup of coffee
You're kind of a jagoof then aren't you? From what I understand, sight-impaired folks are way more sensitive to their other senses, so it really kinda sucks that you bought him bad coffee. . .there was no good coffee available in the neighborhood? You are indeed a cruel bastard.
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Jeter, you get full props for referencing the Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsin.
+1, as they say
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Re: "greatest guitarists"... just my opinion, technical expertise does not necessarily make one a "great guitarist."
Keith Richards may be just a riffmeister, but he's the best riffmeister ever, probably. He brings exactly the right thing to his band, and always at the right time. I think he fully deserves to be #5 on that list or any list. IMO, it's not always how fast or how adroitly one can move his fingers around the guitar neck, or how long the guitar solo is. (And if the solo is longer than about 20 or 30 seconds, please, just kill me.)
Stevie Ray Vaughan always makes the lists of "great guitarists"...but I find him derivative, recycled Hendrix for the most part. By comparison, his brother is a way tastier player in my mind. Hendrix himself was innovative in some ways, if you go for that sort of sound (I don't). Don't even get me started on Clapton.
Then again, I like trashy, three-chord songs that clock in at under two and a half minutes. So, disregard.
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I could care less
You mean "'COULDN'T' care less", because otherwise you are stating the opposite. People keep turning this phrase wrong, even in the mass media, and it's really starting to stick in my craw.
(Someone had better give me credit for using the term "stick in my craw" btw. I'm looking at you, BlackSox and Fury.)
Jeter, full credit given.
I LOVE "stick in my craw." I even use that in conversation.
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Lists like that are lightning rods, to be taken with a huge grain of proverbial salt. But overall, I think they got the top ones right. I was particularly pleased that Johnny Ramone made the top 30.
But to rank "The Edge" above Bloomfield, Garcia, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Albert Collins, Joe Walsh, etc.? Blasphemy! He's Peter Buck with a heavy reliance on effect pedals.
On the same page here. I suppose I should look at that list, but doing so would only **** me off.
Nice that Johnny Ramone got in the top 30. I wonder if Ron Asheton made the list at all, or Lowman Pauling?
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Fury, it was only choice I had. Heh
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I could care less
You mean "'COULDN'T' care less", because otherwise you are stating the opposite. People keep turning this phrase wrong, even in the mass media, and it's really starting to stick in my craw.
(Someone had better give me credit for using the term "stick in my craw" btw. I'm looking at you, BlackSox and Fury.)
'could care less' is #2 on my 'stick in my craw list'.
#1 is the incorrect use of resign when they mean re-sign.
Jeter do have any more examples to add to the list?
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The misuse of "less" in place of "fewer" drives me nuts, as does using "farther" and "further" interchangeably.
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You mean like "the Sox have less good minor leaguers than other orgs"?
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Right.
"Less wins."
"Less RBI"
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That MIGHT get shoeless back here... hes been sadly absent lately....
I think I know the perfect photo to draw Shoeless out of hiding.
Now if I can only find it on the internet, it'll replace the old Comiskey Park facade pic at the top.
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I think I know the perfect photo to draw Shoeless out of hiding.
Please, don't put up a n u d e pic of Frank Thomas.
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HAH!
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I think I know the perfect photo to draw Shoeless out of hiding.
Please, don't put up a n u d e pic of Frank Thomas.
LOL Sorry no nakked pics of the Big Hurt as they violate the TOS at C-A-F.
Maybe this 'Sammy Claus' photo will work to draw Shoeless back into the fold.
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Creeppy Stalker Big Brother Andy MacFAIL
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Creeppy Stalker Big Brother Andy MacFAIL
Ha ha!!!!!
That Sammy Clause photo is hilarious, by the way! ;D
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Re: Rolling Stone's 100 guitar players -- I actually know David Fricke, one of the editors of
Rolling Store, that came up with the list. Very mild mannered and unobtrusive guy. Comes for Jazz Fest every year. I don't see Muddy or Robbie Robertson, but it's hard to navigate the Rolling Stone article. B.B. King at number three surprises me, and I'm with Fury on Clapton -- that guy does nothing for me at all. A few of the songs on Springsteen's first couple of albums are worth listening to, but Born to Run was just awful. Keith Richards -- what Fury says again. You don't get that Rolling Stones hip shaking, toe tapping, rock-n-roll groove without him.
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Yeah, I have no problem with Richards that high, he is the Stones unique sound.
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Dogstoothe, did we discuss the Robbie Robertson CD that came out this year, "How to Become Clairavoyant". I really like that. I know you and Fury dislike Clapton, but he adds a lot to that CD as well.
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Re: Rolling Stone's 100 guitar players -- I actually know David Fricke, one of the editors of
Rolling Store, that came up with the list. Very mild mannered and unobtrusive guy. Comes for Jazz Fest every year. I don't see Muddy or Robbie Robertson, but it's hard to navigate the Rolling Stone article. B.B. King at number three surprises me, and I'm with Fury on Clapton -- that guy does nothing for me at all. A few of the songs on Springsteen's first couple of albums are worth listening to, but Born to Run was just awful. Keith Richards -- what Fury says again. You don't get that Rolling Stones hip shaking, toe tapping, rock-n-roll groove without him.
B.B. King is not #3 but #6 on the latest Rolling Stone Magazine list of top 100 guitarists of all-time. B.B. King was #3 in their Top 10 list in 2003. Muddy Waters is #49 and Robbie Robertson is #59 on the latest list. IMO, Rory Gallagher at #57 is low. Probably belongs in the top 46 of all-time if not higher. He was definitely better than either Jerry Garcia or Stephen Stills as a guitarist. Gibson.com had Rory at #42 on their 2010 list of top 50 guitarists of all-time.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123 (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123)
The complete 2011 Rolling Stone Magazine list:
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Eric Claption
3. Jimmy Page
4. Keith Richards
5. Jeff Beck
6. B.B. King
7. Chuck Berry
8. Eddie Van Halen
9. Duane Allman
10. Pete Townshend
11. George Harrison
12. Stevie Ray Vaughan
13. Albert King
14. David Gilmour
15. Freddy King
16. Derek Trucks
17. Neil Young
18. Les Paul
19. James Burton
20. Carlos Santana
21. Chet Atkins
22. Frank Zappa
23. Buddy Guy
24. Angus Young
25. Tony Iommi
26. Brian May
27. Bo Diddley
28. Johnny Ramone
29. Scotty Moore
30. Elmore James
31. Ry Cooder
32. Billy Gibbons
33. Prince
34. Curtis Mayfield
35. John Lee H00ker
36. Randy Rhoads
37. Mick Taylor
38. The Edge
39. Steve Cropper
40. Tom Morello
41. Mick Ronson
42. Mike Bloomfield
43. Hubert Sumlin
44. Mark Knopfler
45. Link Wray
46. Jerry Garcia
47. Stephen Stills
48. Johhny Greenwood
49. Muddy Waters
50. Ritchie Blackmore
51. Johnny Marr
52. Clarence White
53. Otis Rush
54. Joe Walsh
55. John Lennon
56. Albert Collins
57. Rory Gallagher
58. Peter Green
59. Robbie Robertson
60. Ron Asheton
61. Dickey Betts
62. Robert Fripp
63. Johnny Winter
64. Duane Eddy
65. Slash
66. Leslie West
67. T-Bone Walker
68. John McLaughlin
69. Richard Thompson
70. Jack White
71. Robert Johnson
72. John Frusciante
73. Kurt Cobain
74. Dick Dale
75. Joni Mitchell
76. Robby Krieger
77. Willie Nelson
78. John Fahey
79. Mike Campbell
80. Buddy Holly
81. Lou Reed
82. Nels Cline
83. Eddie Hazel
84. Joe Perry
85. Andy Summers
86. J Mascis
87. James Hetfield
88. Carl Perkins
89. Bonnie Raitt
90. Tom Verlaine
91. Dave Davies
92. Dimebag Darrell
93. Paul Simon
94. Peter Buck
95. Roger McGuinn
96. Bruce Springsteen
97. Steve Jones
98. Alex Lifeson
99. Thurston Moore
100. Lindsey Buckingham
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Thanks, Andy. Much easier to see. Seems to me the trouble with getting info from the internet nowadays is that there is too much information and too much stuff you don't need to know, like they are making it hard on purpose. "Visit our website at . . . (because really there is no one that is going to pick up the phone to answer your questions)."
msf -- I've just heard bits and pieces of the new Robertson, and only once, which brings me to the argument that I've had with Scoop -- she claims that the music we like is generational, if you were coming of age when Frank Sinatra was on the radio, and you dug it, then that type of music became your music of choice. Music, she claims, is relative to the individual, has a variety of genres, and for the most part is personal, and not subject to criticism. To each his own so to speak. To some extent I agree with her, for instance I did not grow up listening to jazz music, either progressive or traditional, and I have no interest in it today. Same with classical music. However, within the genres there are certainly great artists, average artists, mediocre and poor, and these rankings are much more than just personal opinions or generational coming of age coincidences. I am too young to have listened to Muddy Waters in my formative years yet nobody can tell me he is not a great great artist/musician/singer. And I think that's what music is really all about -- it hits in some part of the collective unconscious, some part of the back brain, that makes you go "YES, by God that is just terrific, that is great music, that is a great song, that is great guitar work, etc." And the great stuff never gets old. It always works.
Then there's Jeter with his Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart . . . so maybe I'm just a country/folk hillbilly.
Merry Christmas White Sox fans!
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Nice to see Link Wray on that list.
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Now see, that is one type of guitar music I really do not like. I could keep him off, but I can see why he is on there.
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A few of the songs on Springsteen's first couple of albums are worth listening to, but Born to Run was just awful.
Bingo!
Same goes for U2; pretty good early stuff, but the album that propelled them to stardom just plain sucked.
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Now see, that is one type of guitar music I really do not like. I could keep him off, but I can see why he is on there.
Yeah, we all have our preferences (I don't care for most guitarists post-'67, while most people love the late '60s/early '70s style pioneered by Hendrix and Clapton), but without Link Wray we wouldn't have the power chord. So, no Pete Townshend, et al, without Link.
Dick Dale is also on the list, which is great. I saw him a few years ago and he blew me away. He plays loud! And Steve Cropper, one of my favorites, is at #39. Actually I would rather listen to Lowman Pauling (who was Cropper's main influence), but Cropper's presence on the list is reassuring.
I'm also heartened by the absence of Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and Yngwie Malmsteen, who always seem to impress a lot of people.
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the music we like is generational, if you were coming of age when Frank Sinatra was on the radio, and you dug it, then that type of music became your music of choice. Music, she claims, is relative to the individual, has a variety of genres, and for the most part is personal, and not subject to criticism. To each his own so to speak.
To each his own, to be sure. Everybody finds music that resonates with them. I don't know about the generational thing. Maybe to a certain extent it's true, but I grew up in the late '60s and early '70s, listening to a lot what's now called "classic rock" (and also a lot of Motown and soul/funk). These days, I find that I don't like much from that era. On the other hand, I don't like jazz, either.
So, maybe I'm just a mutant.
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well, now that you brought that up, heh
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jim-sherwood-original-mother-of-invention-dies-20111228
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(http://www.ifc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/010912-darth-vader-burger.jpg)
“Star Wars” burgers now available for hungry Jedis in Europe
Do you hear that noise? That’s the sound of the Imperial march being played as a new Darth Vader burger heads towards a Quick near you. Well, near you if you live in Europe. The fast food chain has launched a marketing tie-in with the relaunch of “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” in 3D and it includes a black-bunned Vader burger. Parents be warned, because a child embracing the dark side through a burger is a clear sign of trouble is we’ve ever seen one.
(http://www.ifc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/0109-star-wars-burger-vader.jpg)
Fortunately there are other options for the Jedi- or Sith-inclined fast food enthusiast. Quick is offering a Darth Maul burger featuring a ruddy bun with poppy seeds as well as a Jedi burger with onions and white sauce. Personally, we’re also firm supporters of Culture Map Houston‘s Jabba and Leia burger suggestions.
(http://www.ifc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/0109-Star-Wars-Burger-Maul.jpg)
more at: http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/01/star-wars-burgers (http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/01/star-wars-burgers)
http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/01-06-12-10-19-on-a-fast-food-menu-far-far-away-a-black-bunned-darth-vader-burger-hits-france/ (http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/01-06-12-10-19-on-a-fast-food-menu-far-far-away-a-black-bunned-darth-vader-burger-hits-france/)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2012/0106/Darth-Vader-burger-A-black-bun-Oui (http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/new-economy/2012/0106/Darth-Vader-burger-A-black-bun-Oui)
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Wacky and weird, those Frenchies.
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One for Jeter et al....
http://www.****.com/article_19618_6-horrible-aftermaths-implied-by-movies-with-happy-endings.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fanpage&utm_campaign=new+article&wa_ibsrc=fanpage
6 horrible aftermaths of movies with happy endings.
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That was good stuff.
At the end of her three-plus hour rambling response to Bill Paxton's single question of "Do you know where this comically oversized diamond is?"
Heh
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Yeah, I almost think I recognize that kid in that photo Andy has pinned at top of the forum. But I suppose, as Jeter seemed to infer, we have all met a kid like that, I bet he was a big time ahole.
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I have spent the past two weeks inventorying my baseball card collection, started with 1953 (only a handful of cards) and am at 1988 right now. Found a real nice website that has printable checklists for every year and about every set (yes, even any jello or cereal collections as well). I love my 1962 Nellie Fox jello card, except I could not cut a straight **** line with a scissors at that age.
Had 1200 card in 1985, and close that in every set since. I needed to sort numerically in order to have a fighting chance for entering onto checklists. 1200 cards of a almost 800 card set, and I still am missing like 24 cards. When I get to 90s I typically bought complete sets, and that should be much easier, no need to even open them I guess.
Anyway, quite a nice time, good winter project now that winter finally arrived. Seeing lots of really cool cards, guys I had completely forgotten about.
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Do you have this one?
(http://www.homeruncards.com/imagesrc/ripkenbilly.jpg)
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heh, not quite sure. I bet I have the card, just not sure if it is readable or blacked out. I will let you know, not to that year yet. A buddy swung over last night and asked me the same question.
I have a 1957 Hank Aaron batting left handed (negative came out reversed or some weird thing). I think that would be my best card, other than maybe 1968 Mets Rookie card with Nolan Ryan and Jerry Koosman. Had two of them at one time, sold one about 20 years ago for $750. Some Nolan Ryan freak did not have that one in his collection. Only card I have ever sold I think. I thought the cards were in ok shape, told him to make a choice which card he wanted. He thought they were in fantastic shape.
I just wanted to know what I have and how many I have. Then if I ever want to unload I know what I have, or if I give to my son and his kids, they know what they have.
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Just read "In The Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson. Enjoyed it. Anyone else read it?
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MSF, want to organize my cards? Been in the same box they were in when we put them in mom's attic back in the 80s, but I've moved them with me ever since. Mostly from late 60s to early 80s.
Think I still have a bunch of Kellogg's 3D cards and the ones you'd cut out from the bottom of twinkie boxes.
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I would do it for ya after I got done with me own. They have those Kellogg 3-D checklists as well as the Twinkie ones. I have only found a couple they did not have. Found one page wrong in one Topps too, it was last page from previous year, LOL. They even have a checklist for those coins with players on them that they had in 1964 and maybe a later year, 71 maybe?
When I get done with mine, you haul your cards up here and I will take care of it for ya. If you have doubles of folks I need and vice-versa it would be perfect.
I know a dealer with over a million cards. I used to buy Sox cards from him (tried to fill out every year of all the Sox cards). He told me he could not keep the binders updated due to cost to pay a kid to do it, and then probably worry about what he/she is stealing. I would do it, I need to call him, its been a while, think he is insurance salesman now for a real job. As long as I could blow a doobie while working, I am pretty good at it.
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MSF is obviously getting the most out of his retirement...
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When I get to 90s I typically bought complete sets, and that should be much easier, no need to even open them I guess.
heh! MSF just likes to have them near, no need to even look at them.
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I thought you were going to be playing on his "90s" thing and go with the age angle.
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Do you have this one?
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6689976053_1db7c860e7.jpg)
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Well played...
I'd like to see th4e peace sigh in that little circle cut out... then its definitely ready to be sent to the presses.
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I can't figure out how to get it in there! Especially since I probably should be working
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If his name was Rocket LaDeuche, he'd sound like a character out of Bull Durham.
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Especially since I probably should be working...
Hardly anyone's here in my office today. So of course I'm thinking of setting some stuff on fire.
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Watch what you post at review sites on the internet:
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Suit: Wine expert created blog to trash Yelp critic
BY LISA DONOVAN AND ALLISON HORTON Staff Reporters January 12, 2012 12:20PM
A Chicago woman who took her complaints about a local sommelier and his food and wine pairing class to the Internet said she got more than a taste of revenge from the businessman.
Cecelia Groark’s post on Yelp, the popular online review site, about Bottled Grapes in Albany Park allegedly yielded an angry response from owner Krunch Kretschmar, an internationally known sommelier. She claims he started a blog about her that accused her of “embezzling” from her employer, of having a drug addiction and of “turning to the oldest profession to gain funds need[ed] to support her habits.”
The online battle is detailed in a lawsuit Groark filed this week in Cook County Circuit Court that accuses Kretschmar of posting “malicious and false statements” and seeks more than $650,000 in damages for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
more at: http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/9970014-418/suit-wine-expert-created-blog-to-trash-yelp-critic.html (http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/9970014-418/suit-wine-expert-created-blog-to-trash-yelp-critic.html)]
WBBM radio report on this story: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/01/13/lawsuit-wine-expert-lashed-out-at-woman-after-bad-yelp-review/ (http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/01/13/lawsuit-wine-expert-lashed-out-at-woman-after-bad-yelp-review/)
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This guy seems to be a wacko based on the above story and his replies to negative reviews at yelp.com. Read the reviews and his responses to the negative ones.:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/bottled-grapes-chicago (http://www.yelp.com/biz/bottled-grapes-chicago)
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Loveland, I did open one of the complete sets, wanted to check it out. The cards are not even in numeric order, no order at all. So then I panicked and sorted them to make sure, and they were all there. I keep all my Sox in a binder and am tempted to open all my sets to take the Sox out, but that would likely not be a good business decision.
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Boat, yes, this is what retirement is for me. I was like Blackie, tons of cards and moved them over and over again. This was needed. I know one thing, I have even more cards than I expected, and 90% of them are Topps.
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I have the Ripken "fuhk-face" card, and I also have the '57 Aaron reverse negative card.
I also have a '57 Mantle that is probably my best card.
Still have all my old Hostess (RIP) and Kellogg's cards as well...
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Which year is Ripken's card? Is it Topps? I should be finishing today. Then I will add them all up, has taken me 3-4 weeks and about 10-12 hours a day.
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Hot damn man... how are you with house projects? :P
I got some stuff that needs doing... care to come visit and enjoy the warm weather? Me and MethodGF are both out of the house 12-14 hours a day... as long as you like cats :P
I can arrange for some of florida's finest to be in stock... heh.
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We have 2 cats, heh
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So wtf exactly happened in that Black Swan movie?
Any theories? Director isn't talking.
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He never does... "the answer is in the movie"
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Watched it again- cool use of mirrors and black and white colors, weird mom stuff, and doppelgänger ideas, but still pretty cryptic. Like "No Country For Old Men", it's obvious that "huh?" was what the director was going for. We can play around with the mindphuck that is Memento as well. .. .is that a good movie? I thought so- others think it was stupid masturbatory thing.
Anyhoo, is that a good thing in movies? That open-ended-subject-to audience-interpretation thing? Or do you want it resolved as it was in "The Usual Suspects".
Deuche says "discuss".
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Adding:
You stupid phuckers.
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I enjoy the movies that are left open to interpretation.... the well done ones allow you to watch them over and perhaps come to a different conclusion depending on your perspective or observation at that time.
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Some "open to interpretation" can be quite good, but not if its too overdone. "You get three shakes, then you're playing with it", as they used to say.
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The point of "No Country For Old Men" was that some evil phuckers just need to be taken down.
"Memento"... meh.
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i thought that the point was some evil phuckers persist no matter what...
I really liked memento... have never really quite figured it out... do have my own conclusion... but who knows if its what Nolan was trying to get across.
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Some "open to interpretation" can be quite good, but not if its too overdone. "You get three shakes, then you're playing with it", as they used to say.
That's exactly how I feel about it. Some directors just get too cute.
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She was seeing herself go crazy is what I thought was going on. That is what my sister in law told me
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http://litreactor.com/columns/the-word-youre-looking-for-is-genius-not-crazy-genius-the-top-5-craziest-crime-writers
"And then there are the writers who, for one reason or other, let the darkness completely overwhelm them and they become, well, not so much what they write, but it bends their personalities in such a way that they could essentially be one of the characters they’re writing about."
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Nothing Earth-shattering (or surprising), but I really enjoyed this:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-pat-sajak-drinks-wheel-of-fortune-20120126,0,1798203.story
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I love my 1962 Nellie Fox jello card, except I could not cut a straight ****ing line with a scissors at that age.
MSF neglects to point out that he was 24 at the time. It wasn't until his early-30s that "the nice doctor" let him use the sharp scissors.
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You can only work with what they provide.
How are you doing 4n?
MrsMSF got us tickets for one of the items on my bucket list. Going to NYC in March to see Allman Bros. at the Beacon. Have never seen them, have seen Trucks and Haynes numerous times in other gigs, but never together.
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Very nice! Going to multiple shows? Peakin' at the Beacon!
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We have tix for one night, but rooms at the hotel for 2 nights, so if all works out we may go twice.
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For anyone who has HBO, watch "Namath". I really enjoyed it. Had no idea what an all-around athlete he was (could really run!) before knee injuries (i.e., before he ever joined the Jets). Tells his story from youth up to now, via lots of cool footage (plenty of non-football footage) interspersed with a fairly extensive interview with him at his home and views of friends, players, etc. It's actually kind of touching at the end.
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It's actually kind of touching at the end.
Does this mean they saved the Kolber interview for the closing segment?
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Ha, no but it is there! He talks about it and so does she.
I forgot how, at the height of his popularity, this guy had his name on EVERYTHING. Reminded me of when the Jeter family owned one of these:
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Worked damn well too. Wish I still had it.
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Those things were great!
Did they address his Emmy-worthy guest starring role on the Brady Bunch?
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hah... i had one of those all the way in the motherland... it did work well.. was a pretty big fire hazard with our craptastic converter that was needed to get it to work.
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Did they address his Emmy-worthy guest starring role on the Brady Bunch?
NO! That was a disappointment. Decent coverage of feature film "CC and Company" though, including an oddly long clip of his love scene with Ann-Margret from that film.
I remember how with the popper, you'd simply put the butter into the little receptacle on top and it would melt down into your popcorn. Then when you were done, you'd simply flip the whole thing over, pull the heating element off and there you are.
Method, I would have guessed that product to be before your time!
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Hmmm. . .
http://www.hamiltonbeach.com/products/popcorn-poppers-hot-oil-popcorn-popper-73300.html (http://www.hamiltonbeach.com/products/popcorn-poppers-hot-oil-popcorn-popper-73300.html)
(http://www.hamiltonbeach.com/products/images/products/73300_hero.jpg)
PRODUCT FEATURES - Theater-quality popcorn in under 4 minutes
- 20 cup capacity
- Lid doubles as a serving bowl
- Customize your corn - serve it savory, sweet or simply salted
- Optional butter dispenser with removable cover
- Easy-clean nonstick surface
- Motorized bar stirs kernels as they heat up for fluffy, thorough popping
- On/off switch
Might be the best $35 we'll spend this winter BlackSox.
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Things got to the other continent a little slower NJ
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They are just getting the "Sit 'N Spin" over there now...
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They are just getting the "Sit 'N Spin" over there now...
hah
They had that in Thailand when I was there in the early '90's. . .although maybe we aren't talking about the same thing.
(Thanks for teeing that up for me. )
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Ha!
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Certainly not a Madonna fan, couldn't even name a song by ear or anyway else, but I for one was pretty much "wowed" by the half-time show and the way she moved that right leg and foot of hers. I've heard tell that Sean Penn didn't like Bukowski making fun of her, back in the time they were an item.
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Funny you should mention ol' Charles -- he and Madonna share the same birthday. The dumb things we remember...
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As do I. It's kind of a six degrees thing I have going with Ms Ciccone.
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Bukowksi, Madonna, Steve Carell, Julie Newmar, Edie Gorme, both Frank & Kathy Lee Gifford (how weird), Menachem Begin... and our own "Pete Ward".
Now that's an impressive list!
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Julie Newmar
She'll always be The Only Catwoman to me.
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I met Bukowski, spent an evening observing him. Just as nasty a drunk as his reputation. Sober, he was very shy. He gave a reading at the university in Milwaukee, which was terrific. I got to tag along with the fellow who picked him up at the airport, and also got to tag along with the bar hopping after the reading. He thought Dylan had a "weak chin." Liked Randy Newman a lot, and of course his "son" Tom Waits. Bukowski was a classical music guy though.
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also got to tag along with the bar hopping after the reading
Wow, awesome.
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Whitney Houston... she gone.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/11/showbiz/whitney-houston-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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iPool on who's next?
Demi Moore, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan or Courtney Love. In no particular order.
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...too soon?
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Drats. How did I miss Whitney in that list......a
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Jeter, check it out:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/week-in-rock-history-u2-rocks-a-kmart-20120213?page=2
Watching that is the first time I've ever seen Miami Vice. How lame! Frank should have shot Don Johnson the second he got on the boat.
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hahaahhaahahah, that's excellent. Hard to take Frank seriously; he's also not much of an actor, but then again, look what he has to work with here.
Best part of that show is Jan Hammer's theme music.
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The full episode of Frank Zappa's one appearance on Miami Vice:
http://gorillavid.com/cna/i4wufspbncbw (http://gorillavid.com/cna/i4wufspbncbw)
Not only was Frank Zappa in that episode but Roberto Durán also had appeared in it too.
(suggest you 'start' it and then quickly 'pause' it and let it load completely before you start watching it to avoid any choppiness in the playback. It usually takes 3 to 15 minutes to load completely depending upon the speed of your internet connection and the available memory on your computer.)
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Great site to watch online most TV shows (US, UK and Canadian) from the '80s to present time:
http://watchseries.eu/letters/A (http://watchseries.eu/letters/A)
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Oh wow, they have both SNLs FZ was on as well, the first of which features a great version of "The Purple Lagoon" and the second of which includes hard-to-find-on-the-interwebs "Rollo".
Yes, I'm aware I'm the only one who cares about those two pieces.
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I was actually sitting here trying to figure out if Miami Vice lasted until 1992 when Frank Thomas would be doing guest appearances.
He wasn't much of an actor either.......
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Frank T was on Married w/ Children too, no?
Oh wow, they have both SNLs FZ was on as well
I hope they have the full fll "Attack of the Killer Christmas Trees" sketch...
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Not only was Frank Zappa in that episode but Roberto Durán also had appeared in it too.
And, if I taint mistaken, I spotted "that guy" actor Dan Hedaya in that clip (he played carla's ex-husband in Cheers, among a million other roles you've seen).
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Dan Hedaya
hahahhaa, I had to look that up, and **** up when I saw who it was. "Hey I know him, he's that phucking guy!"
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Gillian Welch -- The Harrow and The Harvest -- one heck of a good album. Song number four, The Way it Goes really works for me.
Side note: All these years I never paid attention to The Sopranos, just liked that opening song a whole lot. Well, I'm paying attention now. Good show.
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No youtube, this is the best I could find.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642206/
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McDonald's food you can't get here
It's been 56 years since McDonald's became synonymous with burgers and fries in the U.S. But since 1967, when it opened an outlet in Vancouver, B.C., it has been an international operation. Now it has more than 32,000 stores in 117 countries, some of which don't eat burgers but all of which, it turns out, eat fries. Here's what else you can find at Mickey D's around the world:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-food-around-the-world,0,5168632.photogallery (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-food-around-the-world,0,5168632.photogallery)
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Damn, a lot of those sound good but wouldn't fly here. You'd think they could offer the onion rings here though.
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The question is... are they just like normal McD food here.. where the pictures and idea is 100000000x better then what you get when you order your food.
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I was wondering that too, especially since of the pics didn't even look that good! Plus, some of these dishes are something you could phuck up WAY more than basic burger and fries fare.
I really wish we had the fast food teriyaki joints here in Chicago like Seattle does.
They GRILL your choice of meat (vs. the icky cloyingly sweet, mushy way they do teriyaki here), include some sauce on the side, throw it on some rice in a styrofoam container and include some obligatory vegetable and out the door you go.
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Whopper Virgins:
http://www.whoppervirgins.com/ (http://www.whoppervirgins.com/)
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Whitney Houston... Davy Jones....
... I guess everybody should be nervous
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http://tinyurl.com/8yleqry (http://tinyurl.com/8yleqry)
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First comment is good:
This sandwich should come with a free trial of Life Alert.
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No thanks, but I'll be lining up for that Double Filet-O-Fish, fer sure.
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Far out -- and one helluva script!
http://deadspin.com/5891346/excerpts-from-the-script-for-monday-night-football-the-cartoon
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A Bridgeport dining institution is closing leaving one less food option near The Cell:
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Ramova Grill Closing April 14
Spring is a time of flux. Rob already posted about the drama surrounding the Portage Theater this morning. Down Bridgeport way, the status of one of the best diners in the city has a certain sense of finality.
The Ramova Grill, home to undoubtedly the best bowl of chili in Chicago, announced they'll be closing for good April 14, after 82 years of service. Owners Tony Dinos and Bob Gertos said in a Facebook post announcing the move they'll "finally get to enjoy retired life."
read more:
http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/12/ramova_grill_closing_april_14.php (http://chicagoist.com/2012/03/12/ramova_grill_closing_april_14.php)
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150622902148509&id=283845503508 (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150622902148509&id=283845503508)
http://ramovagrill.com/ (http://ramovagrill.com/)
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Andy, I had heard it was closing. That place is the greatest. I go there whenever I'm in Chicago... I think I've been going there 20 years. Not only is the decor genuine, vintage... but the chili is fantastic. Great breakfasts too. I'm going to try to come into town just before they close and get about a gallon of chili to take back to Michigan with me.
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Jeesh, IBM up to over 203, yikes. It has sailed up since I retired, what are they trying to tell me.
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they got the warren buffet bump... kept riding it since.
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OK, I was worried they did not miss me ;D
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Ramova- damn!
Need to try the chili! How does it compare to a Lindy's or a Bishop's? Appears to be the same style.
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Jeter, you need to get down there and try it. Ramova's chili is thinner than Lindy's (which I also like quite a bit), let's say on the slightly "soupy" side... BUT the seasonings and spices are superb. Not super fiery, but has a little bite... and there's just a hint of cinnamon, although it doesn't taste like that Cincinnati stuff that claims to be chili. Get it plain, with no beans... it's real Depression/1940s style chili. Just like your grandparents ate.
I haven't had Bishop's, but have always wanted to try it.
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I'm planning on being in Chicago the first weekend of April to get some of the last of that Ramova chili. I am really sad about this. Dammit.
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Just CANNOT get enough of Gillian Welch's new record The Harrow & The Harvest. Every listen brings a new favorite cut.
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$26 Hot dog! Texas Rangers to serve 2-foot, 1-pound wiener
Team president Nolan Ryan did not mince words with ESPN Radio in Dallas regarding the Texas Rangers' most recent acquisition — a two-foot-long, one-pound gourmet hot dog that feeds three or four fans and costs $26:
"It has to be a tremendous wiener. And then we're getting some kind of exotic bread flown in from France. And I don't know what kind of condiments you put on that. But I do want to look at it.
"That's a wild dog."
Holy StrasBurgers! Everything really is bigger in Texas. A result of the work of Rangers Ballpark chef Cristobal Vasquez, the dog is a Coney Island-style wiener that will be topped with shredded cheese, chili and sauteed onions. Not to mention the bun, apparently made of "exotic bread flown in from France" — which might be the most Nolan Ryan thing that Nolan Ryan has ever said.
read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/26-hot-dog-texas-rangers-serve-2-foot-173601862.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/26-hot-dog-texas-rangers-serve-2-foot-173601862.html)
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It has to be a tremendous wiener.
I'd agree; Nolan Ryan is a d*ck.
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Pfffft - that's nothing.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/03/whitecaps_fifth_third_burger_n.html
Five 1/3-pound patties.... the "bun" itself is a full pound, and it's served in a pizza box.
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Not to mention the bun, apparently made of "exotic bread flown in from France" — which might be the most Nolan Ryan thing that Nolan Ryan has ever said.
To a Texan, bread from Arkansas is "exotic."
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That Fifth Third Burger has salsa and Fritos on it too. My stomach hurts just thinking about it.
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It's actually pretty good - to split it between 3 to 4 people, it's not a bad deal ($20 total).
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If a single person can consume the entire 4-pound finished product in one sitting, the team plans to give him or her a special T-shirt.
And, that T-shirt will of course be sized one size up from usual.
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Oddly, I agree with JosephC - that's not a bad deal to split between 4-5 people. See, I did change that a bit. I would remove the fritos and ask for the sour cream on the side.....
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Remove the Fritos and substitute Funyuns. Or Combos.
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Ah luv fritos. I wonder if they'll give you a choice of regular or chili cheese...
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BlackSox (anyone really, but I know BlackSox in particular would be interested): watched a fascinating documentary on the Smithsonian Channel, "Making the Monkees". They'l be running it a few times this week, schedule here or you can just watch it right here:
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?show=133957
Btw, the Smithsonian Channel has a lot of good stuff.
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I always see stuff i'd like to watch on that channel... however its a Premium HD channel... and i refuse to pay any more cashola for Cable.
Anyone catch Game of Thrones last nite?
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Method, looks like they stream a lot of their shows right on that site.
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Yea seeing that now.. they have a lot of good stuff!
Good find... this will lower my productivity at work this month by 20%
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For anyone who gives a ****. The Allman Brothers Band last weekend in NYC was amazing. We were there the final night, the night Gregg missed as he was hospitalized during the Sat night show midway thru with herniated disc problems.
Warren took over and they did not miss a beat. Bruce Katz filled in for Allman. They must have had a dozen guests, one was John Popper, another Jimmy ? (Wet Willie singer and harp player, also played Sax). Hook Herrera played some harp later on, amazing, guess he is from the Black Star Orchestra. Col. Bruce Hampton sang on the Spoonful cover.
Great concert, started at 8pm, ended at 12:30, maybe a 1/2 hour break in the middle. The stay was very nice (Hotel Beacon) and we really had a great time.
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BlackSox (anyone really, but I know BlackSox in particular would be interested): watched a fascinating documentary on the Smithsonian Channel, "Making the Monkees". They'l be running it a few times this week, schedule here or you can just watch it right here:
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?show=133957
Btw, the Smithsonian Channel has a lot of good stuff.
Thanks for the heads up. Actually, I think I saw that about a month ago - it was pretty damned good.
And yeah, that is a good channel.
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MSF, you lucky dog -- seeing the Brothers at the Beacon.
And sorry I didn;t get in your NCAA pool this year -- been busier than a mofo lately.
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Yeah, I will have to get you in the brackets next year. I cut it down from 55 to 26 this year. Left out a bunch of folks I used to work with. I had all 3 spots sewn up with my 3 brackets (mine, Alaska and Little Joe Lars) until Ohio State choked against Kansas.
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I will be in town Thursday, Friday, and part of Saturday to get my last fix of Ramova Grill chili. I plan on taking home at least a gallon of the stuff, too.
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I just saw something on a cooking or travel channel about the variety of ethnic foods in Detroit, incl a supermarket which catered to Arabs (tons of prepared foods also, looked incredible!) as well as the country's largest farmer's market, variety of other stuff, Polish and Yemenis and Bangladeshis in Hamtramck. Who knew! It was almost enough to make me want to visit!
PLEASE tell me you have taken advantage of this stuff Fury.
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I watched that Monkees thing on Smithsonian a couple years ago. The side story about The Archies is what I remember - and that guys mannerisms.
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Url says it all. Fun read.
http://m.complex.com/city-guide/2012/04/the-25-douchiest-bars-in-chicago
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Trailer for the new Aaron Sorkin series, The Newsroom, scheduled to air in late June on HBO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC8ovJYAU3U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC8ovJYAU3U)
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I just saw something on a cooking or travel channel about the variety of ethnic foods in Detroit, incl a supermarket which catered to Arabs (tons of prepared foods also, looked incredible!) as well as the country's largest farmer's market, variety of other stuff, Polish and Yemenis and Bangladeshis in Hamtramck. Who knew! It was almost enough to make me want to visit!
PLEASE tell me you have taken advantage of this stuff Fury.
Yes I have, and I do, on a regular basis.
While we don't have walkable old-time ethnic neighborhoods in metro Detroit (like Chicago's Chinatown or Little Italy), we do have a lot of authentic ethnic food stores and restaurants scattered throughout the area. The supermarket you may have seen in the program is probably Greenland, an Arabic store and deli in Dearborn. The food there is excellent and not expensive. Dearborn is a big Arabic enclave. We have Eastern Market near downtown Detroit, and many smaller farmer's markets in various suburbs. Still a lot of good Polish cafes, stores and delis in Hamtramck, and now also in outlying suburbs.... Hamtown used to be primarily Polish but is now an interesting mix that includes Yemenis, Bangladeshis, Bosnians, Albanians, and even still some Ukrainians.
There is an Asian strip in Madison Heights with great Chinese stores. Excellent imported foods. There is an Italian store within a half-mile of my house as well as a fantastic Lebanese store with all homemade food. There is a Russian store not far from where I live, with great breads, teas, meats, beers, and canned/refrigerated goods. Most is imported, all is honest-to-god food with no chemicals or preservatives.
So... yes, lots of awesome ethnic restaurants and shops here, Jeter, and that kind of food probably comprises 50 percent of my monthly groceries.
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There is an Asian strip in Madison Heights
Fury, you forgot the word "club" in your post.
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Greenland was it! That place looks fantastic. They showed various prepared items (savories and sweets and a combination of both)- people were preparing for Ramadan, really something.
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Jeter, Greenland is a great store. I've probably been in there three or four times (it's on the other side of town from me, and I've got a small Middle Eastern store right down the street, anyway).
On another note, made it to Chicago and the Ramova Grill over the weekend. I brought back a gallon of chili... the last of its kind. Pretty sad that the old place is going away.
I also caught the opening Sox game on TV at Shinnick's Pub. Oh yeah, I "appreciated the game."
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I'm going to grab some Bishop's in Westmont in tribute, because I think that's the closest in style to Ramova. Soupy by typical notions of chili but brown and yummy by my standards!
I love chili!
Everyone thinks they have a great chili recipe! They all suck. Bring it, stupid chili fucx.
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I bet Big Shooter has a good recipe for chili
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I have my own "Atomic Chili" recipe that I've been fine-tuning for decades. It's pretty damn fiery and I've been working on toning it down a couple notches so it's edible by those without cast-iron stomachs.
I use three kinds of ground meat: buffalo, lamb, and something else (usually a game meat, like elk or wild boar).
Now that the Ramova is closing, I may try to incorporate some of that place's seasoning nuances into my recipe as well. When I make my chili, I make a huge vat so part of the batch can be frozen. Typically, one batch lasts for months.
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I use three kinds of ground meat: buffalo, lamb, and something else (usually a game meat, like elk or wild boar).
Suuurrre. You just don't want to admit you throw a little pink slime in there, too. :-)
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My chili recipe is stuff of legend, pork and beef, different cuts, but no thin, stewey. You can kiss my ass JhonJeter!
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hahaha, don't get me wrong, I like the stewy red stuff too. Why, I even like corn in chili sometimes!
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No bean though ...
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Beans are NOT allowed. Have 'em on the side if you wish.
CORN?? Jeez.
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RIP Levon Helm. Guess I'll plug in The Last Waltz.
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Some buddies of mine just saw him a couple of months ago at a very small venue here in Chicago. I bailed because tix were $250.... now wondering if I should have gone. It was supposedly an awesome show.
Dick Clark, Levon Helm..... guess a lot of people are nervous...
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Helm's book about The Band, This Wheel's On Fire, is an interesting behind the scenes sort of narrative, from Helm's eyes of course. There was some friction between him and Robertson towards the end, particularly in the making of The Last Waltz, where Robertson and Scorsese apparantly were quite into the white powder and too focused on Robbie as "movie star". I think The Last Waltz is a terrific musical documentary. When Robertson was asked later about all the so-called **** use, his reply was "I didn't know ANYBODY back then that WASN'T using it." And I also think that Levon Helm SHINES in The Last Waltz.
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Aaron Rowand appeared on the latest episode of American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior.
(This show's still on the air?)
Paul Jr.'s company was building a bike for him.
Full episode on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7LTMageYjw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7LTMageYjw)
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Ex-Giant Rowand on 'American Chopper'
http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-san-francisco-giants/giants-talk/Ex-Giant-Rowand-on-American-Chopper?blockID=695862&feedID=2539 (http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-san-francisco-giants/giants-talk/Ex-Giant-Rowand-on-American-Chopper?blockID=695862&feedID=2539)
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I suppose he is going to ride it in the desert, eh.
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"Idol" Winner Takes Grounder to the Throat
http://www.hallofverygood.com/2012/04/idol-winner-takes-grounder-to-throat.html (http://www.hallofverygood.com/2012/04/idol-winner-takes-grounder-to-throat.html)
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Looking forward to reading this book! Nice little interview, to boot.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/buddy-guy-sets-the-record-straight-with-new-book-20120424
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I want to read it too. I saw him back in the '80s at a club in Reno and he was quite the showman. But even then, he was more rock-styled than blues. I wish he'd go back to playing in a more straight blues style.
Still, he and Otis Rush are probably the two best blues players I've seen play live.
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10 Most Expensive Beers in Baseball
http://business-news.thestreet.com/pekintimes/story/10-most-expensive-beers-in-baseball/11507257 (http://business-news.thestreet.com/pekintimes/story/10-most-expensive-beers-in-baseball/11507257)
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Looking forward to reading this book! Nice little interview, to boot.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/buddy-guy-sets-the-record-straight-with-new-book-20120424
Sweet. Fantastic interview. Oh for the days of the real blues clubs. Just saw this video of Sonny Boy Williamson doing Bye Bye Bird, walking around this shanty shack with his monster hands wrapped around his blues harmonica, just him, it was stunning.
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Aaron Rowand appeared on the latest episode of American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior.
(This show's still on the air?)
Paul Jr.'s company was building a bike for him.
Full episode on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7LTMageYjw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7LTMageYjw)
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Ex-Giant Rowand on 'American Chopper'
http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-san-francisco-giants/giants-talk/Ex-Giant-Rowand-on-American-Chopper?blockID=695862&feedID=2539 (http://www.csnbayarea.com/baseball-san-francisco-giants/giants-talk/Ex-Giant-Rowand-on-American-Chopper?blockID=695862&feedID=2539)
Second of two episodes with Aaron Rowand was telecast on Monday night. This time he's identified as an ex-MLB player and his chopper is completed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKUG_UIP6g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPKUG_UIP6g)
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Phil Vettel recommends
Places to eat near Wrigley, the Cell
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-26/features/ct-dining-0426-pvr-baseball-20120426_1_credit-cards-dmk-burger-bar-organic-food (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-04-26/features/ct-dining-0426-pvr-baseball-20120426_1_credit-cards-dmk-burger-bar-organic-food)
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Have a co-worker who raves about Pleasant House.
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I've been wanting to go there. Maybe the next trip in.
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I just so don't care about Aaron Rowand and American Chopper.
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Nancy Faust will play at ten Sunday home games
starting on Mothers Day May 13th
read more: http://tinyurl.com/6nyqt98 (http://tinyurl.com/6nyqt98)
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I think that's great.
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Jeter, have you been there on Wed? "Specials include bangers & mash Wednesdays," sounds tasty to me
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I haven't been! Co-worker raves about the meat pies and even the salad! I'm also intrigued by the roast special they do on Sunday!
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Bangers and mash is one meal I can do without. Its the former I have a problem with, altho I am not a big mashed potato fan either.
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Trailer to the new Tarantino movie. Looking forward to it!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/la-et-mg-django-unchained-jamie-foxx-trailer-looks,0,941988.story
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Here's an article about the new movie, "Bernie." I think I need to see this one.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/magazine/how-my-aunt-marge-ended-up-in-the-deep-freeze.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
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Interesting read; thanks.
If its a Linklater movie, chances are it will be good.
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Chicago White Sox and concessions and retail partner Delaware North Companies Sportservice have introduced the one pound, two-foot-long “Giant Slugger” hot dog at U.S. Cellular Field.
Created to serve as many as four people, the Giant Slugger is composed of Vienna Beef and topped with nacho cheese, chili, grilled onions, and jalapenos – served in a 22-inch potato bun. White Sox fans can look for the Giant Slugger at portable hot dog stands near sections 109 and 538.
The massive hot dog was created in Texas by Sportservice executive chef Cristobal Vasquez for Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, where it is known as “The Boomstick.” Since its introduction to Rangers fans, it has garnered international attention and continues to be a fan favorite at the ballpark.
http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120703&content_id=34376622&vkey=pr_cws&c_id=cws
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They should've called it "The Big Hurt."
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Cripes, the Sox couldn't be troubled to include a pic? But now looking at one, I can see why maybe they didn't:
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I don't see the chili in this one.
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Ew.
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Jeesh, just what I would want, a pic of myself trying to get my mouth around a 2 foot long hot dog.
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Yeah, there shouldn't be any pics taken of anything like that. That sort of thing should be done only in the privacy of one's own home.
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Guys, I hate to be the bearer of some bad news, but Chumbawamba is breaking up:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/chumbawamba-break-up-20120710
Years from now, you'll always remember where you were when you heard the news...
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Hahhaaa- I had to look up Tubthumping. . .oh yeah. . . .THAT song.
What next, Smash Mouth will break up?
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Heh, I think they are playing one of the street fests this weekend. Or is it Fastball? (Aren't they the same band?)
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I. . . .don't. . .know. . .
I need to look that up. I think Fastball played the Zoo a few years back.
EDIT: Oh shiit, youtube their song "The Way". . .good lord, forgot all about that one. It's also funny to see what other suggested videos show up on the left, yep, you guessed it, Smash Mouth and Chumbawamba are among them. Too funny.
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Friend of mine would play The Way over and over, along with Closing Time by Semisonic. Man, did I hate those 2 songs.
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Came across this online recently:
If you play a Nickelback recording backwards, you can hear the devil speaking. Even worse, if you play a Nickelback recording forwards, you can hear Nickelback.
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I'll be repeating that one for sure
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You guys are killin' me. Good stuff.
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I watched "Drive" on DVD last night. Not bad. Stylized and not realistic, but not bad.
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Hey BlackSox:
http://www.spin.com/articles/remaining-monkees-plan-reunion-tour-elusive-michael-nesmith
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Saw that on RS.com earlier. With Nesmith and no Davy Jones schlock? Count me in!
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Randy Travis going all George Jones the other day. I have to say I love his mug shot. Travis booked with DWI and he was naked. Remember when Jones drove his tractor to the liquor store? So I guess it's Willie, Waylon, Randy, and the boys.
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Re: Travis
http://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/music/Randy-Travis-Arrested-on-DWI-Charge-in-Tioga-165419146.html
My favorite line : According to the owner, Mike Ziyadeh, Travis is a regular at the store and is normally dressed and well-behaved.
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Travis is a regular at the store and is normally dressed and well-behaved.
Isn't that nice....
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It's great when one of the newer artists can add to the lore of country music.
And I love George Jones.
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One day I'll learn to link. Thanks Loveland. George Jones is unique. One heck of a singer. I've heard some stuff by Travis, not much, but he's got something. My impression of him personally as being somewhat of a milquetoast was obviously wrong. You know, the AA stuff, the rehab stuff, is all good and well, but like Fury says, it don't lend to no lore.
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BlackSox, you MUSTMUSTMUST check out Scorsese's documentary about George Harrison "Living In the Material World". I'm not a big Beatles fan but it's utterly fascinating and made me a bit of a bigger fan. You want to see that pretty much immediately. Incredible chronicle of the Beatles story, beyond being about George.
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Already seen it about 8 times. Like Goodfellas, if I'm flipping and its on, I'm watching. Great great great stuff from a very underrated artist. His wife is very candid, which was refreshing. So was Clapton.
My favorite part is the Wilbury stuff. Loved Tom Petty's ukelele story.
By the way, Muddy Waters & the Rolling Stones live at the Checkerboard Lounge 1981 is finally available. Buy it today and watch it tonight, you won't be sorry.
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I got lucky and saw Muddy Waters at a tiny place in Cary IL called Harry Hope's. I'm thinking that was about 1978 and he got a Grammy at some point for recordings around that time, but I'm not convinced they were recording shiit that night altho if you look it up. . . .hmmm.
Plus I was underage drinking a bunch of Heinekens (why do I remember that detail?) and smoking a shiit-ton of bud. Bon temps, bon temps. It was an excellent show and everyone got home safe.
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You lucky bastage... seeing Muddy whilst on 'champagne' & reefer...
Did you know who you were seeing at the time? Reminds me of when a buddy dragged me to Biddy Mulligan's to see Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, way before 'XRT make them popular. Or when I saw John Primer play in a tobacco store in Wicker Park in the early 90s. Years later realizing whose these cats are.
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I KIND OF knew. Remember seeing Jan Hammer at that same tiny venue- killing it on the keytar! Also Oregon and Paul Winter Consort, but no one knows anything about those guys so I will shut up.
I would pay about a bajlillion bucks to see the original five Mahavishnu Orchestra together again but that's going to happen never- don't even know if all of them are alive still and too lazy to look it up. Billy Cobham played with Bob Weir in Bobby and the Midnites, kind of an interesting collaboration. Alphonso Johnson on bass in that group. I should probably listen to that.
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Biddy Mulligan's to see Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
That's pretty much classic right there. Back then you never heard "Buddy Guy" without hearing "Junior Wells". Wow- Biddy Mulligans. And holy crap, Wise Fools Pub still exists?
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We actually played Wise Fools a couple of times a handful of years ago. Once, they couldn't get the Cubs playoff game on the TV, so everyone left, and we played for one person. Yeah, that's the kind of folk who run that joint.
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I like the show "Bar Rescue", i enjoy seeing people being taken to the wood shed but I noticed that alot of what they are doing is to promote products. Its kinda what notice on DIY shows where it is all about the presenters and products very little teaching. What is being taught is usually the wrong thing to do, doesn't fix the problem and is more for cosmetic purposes.
This old house and holmes on homes are prob the best DIY shows IMO
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I saw Junior Wells a long time ago. He was doing his James Brown-esque schtick by then. Still pretty great.
Muddy Waters? Man! Wish I could have caught him before he died...
I did see John Primer with Magic Slim at the old Checkerboard once. Fantastic show, the REAL blues.
Caught both Koko Taylor and Buddy Guy when I lived out in Reno (separate occasions). One of the best "Chicago blues" shows I saw in Reno was Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials.
But, maybe the most memorable one I saw was Jimmy Rogers (who was with Muddy Waters' band and also a solo artist on Chess in the '50s).
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Terrorists love Alfonso Ribeiro:
http://news.yahoo.com/fresh-prince-bel-air-bomb-guantanamo-prisoners-113857263.html
Just wait until they grt Silver Spoons!
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Wait aka Loveland, are you saying that they once made 24 oz. GLASS bottles of coke? I remember the 16 oz. returnables, which somehow tasted better than anything today, but 24 oz?
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No, they were 16 ounce bottles. Ms. Love was just smaller then so they seem bigger.
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just smaller then so they seem bigger.
Anyone wanna take a whack?
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Still means you can't get those today. The Mexican coke comes in 12oz bottles.
When I was a youngin up at camp in WI we used to have a "Pop Zone". Each Pop Zone had a few machines that dispensed bottles, and you opened them with the built-in bottle opener on said machine. If you took pop out of the Pop Zone you were in big trouble!
I do believe that was the guy that was always lurking outside of the Pop Zone as well.
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Jeez, Love, I didn't know you were talking about SIZE...
I was talking about Coke in glass bottles, that's all.
I remember a 6 or 7 oz. bottle... those were commonplace at one time.
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I've come across Mexican Pepsi and Mexican Orange Crush in Mexican grocery stores. Maybe I should try the Crush. Drank a lot of all the Crush products as a Wee Jeter.
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I used to like the Orange Crush, and the Grape Nehi too.
Also, Nesbitt's. Did you have that in the Chicago area?
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If we had Nesbitt's here, it was hard to find. Not sure.
Grape Nehi, oh hell yeah. Mom would get the 8-pack of 16 oz returnable-bottle Diet Rites, and we young uns would clamor for the Nehi and RC Cola. All the same company I believe.
I remember Shasta products tasting like azz. They had some weird flavor to them.
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I remember Shasta products tasting like azz.
And yet the commercials made you think the stuff was awesome. Lyin' shills...
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And yet the commercials made you think the stuff was awesome. Lyin' shills...
Mad Men!
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Jeff Kent confirmed for ‘Survivor: Philippines,’ co-starring Blair from ‘Facts of Life’
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/jeff-kent-confirmed-survivor-philippines-co-starring-blair-202658872--mlb.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/jeff-kent-confirmed-survivor-philippines-co-starring-blair-202658872--mlb.html)
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Apparently "Flat-chested women need not apply" was one of the conditions stipulated on the application form.
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I was more shocked that "Survivor" is still a prime-time TV show.
Kent was pretty much a tool during his time in the league, so he's probably ideal for this.
At least "Blair" didn't go the way of "Kimberly" on Diff'rent Strokes. That worked out poorly.
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Heh, Dana Plato. Not a lot of bon temps for the Diff'rent Strokes kids after the show ended. I blame Conrad Bain.
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I blame Gordon Jump from the "very special episode".
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Just drink some red wine & jump on the bed with your shirt off...
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BlackSox- "The U.S. vs. John Lennon" - looks like it's about six years old, it just surfaced again on Sundance. Am assuming you're acutely familiar. Didn't watch because it was a half hour into it and Sox game was on.
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it starts again on Sundance Channel in 5 minutes.
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Not a big fan of the Beatles' music, prefer more rhythmically and harmonically intricate stuff (read:FZ), but they're certainly interesting as a cultural phenomenon. I'm going to watch the game, can only take so many interviews with John and Yoko in bed.
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Hey NJ... how do you feel about FZ?
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Hey NJ... how do you feel about FZ?
Derp
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heh... indeed.. FZ is derpish.
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No, I meant my view on FZ has been obvious here like forever- hence the "derp". "Derp" meaning "duh" in this case. Internet shorthand is so confusing.
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Sounds like I need to burn Method an FZ CD.
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Please try to refrain from using the standard stuff, like Camarillo Brillo, Joe's Garage (the particular song I mean), and delve deep into more interesting stuff. Hell, why not just send him the brilliant L. Shankar cd "Touch Me There" which was produced by FZ but features Shankar going nuts on the Barcus Berry and has sick drumming by Simon Phillips. Or anything from the "last tour"- Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life or Make a Jazz Noise Here.
For my money, "Zappa in New York" ('77) with that large band at the Palladium shows is mind-bending. Might still be my favorite.
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I don't own anything after Zoot Allures. And that's good enough for a primer CD to introduce someone to his musical genius.
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I don't own anything after Zoot Allures.
What, Yes and King Crimson and Return to Forever seemed a better way to go, no? How does one stop it there? Fuuck.
Anyway bleah, that period, not for these kids. They need it in the face.
Anyway, when I suggested the L Shankar cd for Method, forgot to include:
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Please try to refrain from using the standard stuff, like Camarillo Brillo
Fuuck You, Jheter.
Heh.
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BlackSox- "The U.S. vs. John Lennon" - looks like it's about six years old, it just surfaced again on Sundance. Am assuming you're acutely familiar. Didn't watch because it was a half hour into it and Sox game was on.
Not a big fan of the Beatles' music, prefer more rhythmically and harmonically intricate stuff (read:FZ), but they're certainly interesting as a cultural phenomenon. I'm going to watch the game, can only take so many interviews with John and Yoko in bed.
Saw(r) it. decent watch. I agree with Nixon... Lennon was a threat. Fuucking Long-Haired Weirdo.
Actually, my favorite Nixon is Lou, although The Dick Nixons are a close second.
RE: Beatles: I keep telling you, forget the hype, just listen to "I'm Only Sleeping".
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Pick one... and i'll give it a listen today on spotify :)
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Ha, I knew that would get a rise out of the Black Stockinged One.
Method, pick this one up at about 53:46
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY9qqBHRf6M
Actually, grab this one at 15:07 and get your mind blown at around 19:27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8G5jXpwRik
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FZ is all right if you value musicianship and that kind of thing.
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Sorry about the giant youtube links, forgot it did that when you link to them.
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Thanks BlackSox, "I'm Only Sleeping" pretty much became my favorite Beatles song right away. I may need to dig a bit deeper into their more obscure stuff, as I did with the Beach Boys.
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Thanks for the links NJ.
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Thank you, sir, for the Zappa link. Now I'm not getting any work done this morning. :)
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Better yet, give this one a listen. Frank's solo starting around the two-minute mark is incredible and beautiful. And then the shift at around 6:30 where he lets George Duke have a little fun -- what a composition and what a band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg6X2hsl52E
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My god, that may as well be jazz, for Pete's sake.
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Sorry, should have labeled that NSFF -- Not Suitable For Fury.
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His music is good... but its a lot to take in...
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good call, 4nek8
Hahah, yeah, it's not what you'd call minimalist Method.
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Totally agree, Method. But with some repeated listens, you start picking up on the foundations of his musical genius.
There's also a San Ber'dino/Black Napkins combo and Florentine Pogen video on YouTube. Highly recommended, both with mind-blowing FZ guitar solos too.
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I don't get Zappa at all.
If we're talking musical genius....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLJt4P66VBQ&feature=share&list=AL94UKMTqg-9Ajxv_EWwbFtQnN1DLRXKTx
You can't listen to that without wanting to tap your foot.
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I actually saw Jaco Pastorius when he was with Weather Report, truly a jazz "supergroup" with that lineup.
4nek8, did you know that the solo in Inca Roads never really "happened", at least as it occurs on the recording? He lifted that solo (just the lead, not the rhythm section) from a concert they did in Helsinki. He pulled that stunt a lot and gave it a name, "xenochrony". I think most of Joe's Garage is guitar work pulled from other performances and even different songs than the ones they were put into!
Just to give you another layer of confusion Method.
" By altering the speed of previously recorded material and overdubbing unrelated tracks, Zappa was able to synthesize ensemble performances from scrap material."
OK, I'll shut up about Zappa now. . .for a few months at least.
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I recall that from the liner notes, yes.
And I thought I remember that the Florentine Pogen recording was straight from the LA TV show, no? The video of that song on YouTube sounds almost identical to what was captured on vinyl.
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Not sure on the Florentine Pogen thing. I have the "Dub Room Special" DVD which includes that TV thing, but I'm not so sure, based on a few things, not the least of which are Napoleon Murphy Brock's vocals.
The "holy grail" for FZ fans is the Roxy DVD (video of the audio performance I posted) that Vaultmeister Joe Travers and Dweezil have been working on forever. I really want to see that completed.
Elsewhere, "Gentle Giant- Playing the Fool" (the live recording of that band) is pretty consistently stimulating. Everyone cared about Yes and Genesis and whomever else in the lameass "prog" world, but that cd is a staple in my rotation and I wouldn't spend a minute listening to other prog rockers (although Yes "Relayer" is kind of interesting).
Saw GG three times, and it's amazing how they jump around on various instruments. And it's of course very intricate, like a jigsaw puzzle in a way. And it still somehow RAWKS.
I hope that everyone else is scrolling beyond this stuff! Sorry! I'm done- sorry.
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After reading the last 10 posts or so, I felt queasy, so I went and put on some Link Wray.
I feel much much better now.
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What's the word on William Friedkin's new film, Killer Joe? The French Connection was so darn good but that was way back. I think I remember about some talk here regarding The French Connection.
In book news, the next to latest Elmore Leonard -- Djibouti -- is so bad it's almost unreadable. I wonder if Leonard is drinking again.
Thanks to Fury, I'm rereading his man Dennis Lehane -- The Given Day -- and like all great novels it's better the second time around . . . "He'd much rather be down around First and Admiral right now with the bell boys and liverymen and the men who toted shine boxes and toolboxes. Men who worked and played with equal effort. Men who wanted nothing more, as the saying goes, than a little whiskey, a little dice, a little p*ssy to make things nice."
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Killer Joe appears to be running here in Chicago. Gina Gershon? She never seems to shy away from anything interesting. She was great in the masterpiece that was "Showgirls". Damn I love that film.
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Dog, glad you're re-reading The Given Day. It's a good one and I think it captures the essence of that era. The characterizations ring true.
I've always thought that Elmore Leonard was overrated.
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Any body been watching Copper on BBC, seems pretty good after only seeing one episode so far
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Any body been watching Copper on BBC, seems pretty good after only seeing one episode so far
I'm watching it. Pretty good series so far on BBC America. For those who missed it or don't have access to BBC America or their OnDemand feature, you can view all the episodes here:
http://watchseries.eu/serie/copper (http://watchseries.eu/serie/copper)
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wsd,
are you watching The Newsroom on HBO? I think it's series you'd have some interest in. The series just concluded their first season and I'm about five episodes behind. Like Copper, all the episodes can be viewed on-line at: http://watchseries.eu/serie/the_newsroom_%282012%29 (http://watchseries.eu/serie/the_newsroom_%282012%29) .
People like boatdrink that have given up their cable or satellite TV subcriptions, can view almost every current TV series at watch-series for free.
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Andy, I have heard good things about it. I have been in school for the past 3 years an I have 3 more to go. So I have been behind a lot of quality tv (Weeds, Boardwalk, Shameless, Breaking bad .......) so little by little i am catching up
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Treating Fans Right — For the pennant race, visit Bridgeport, where the bars are the real thing
By DAVE HOEKSTRA dhoekstra@suntimes.com September 5, 2012 6:18PM
A funny thing happened rounding third on the way to home.
The White Sox built a new ballpark, and much of the old-school flavor of the Bridgeport neighborhood was retained.
Across town, the Cubs market tradition and the Wrigleyville neighborhood has turned into an upscale Disney World for Dizzy Deans of drinking.
Which is why Bridgeport is a more interesting place to hang out during a baseball game; the scene is more down-to-earth. And the White Sox are floating in rarefied air as they make a compelling push for a playoff spot.
I’m a lifelong Cubs fan. Bridgeport reminds me of my mid-1970s days of drinking around Wrigley after suffering through the likes of Champ Summers and George “The Baron” Mitterwald. Lake View bars like Ray’s Bleachers and Bernie’s were cheap, dark and had even darker character. Late Bernie’s owner Donnie Dillman actually would close the door to his tavern when he felt it got too crowded. Can you imagine any barkeep around Wrigleyville doing that today?
It still happens around Bridgeport, specifically at Bernice’s Tavern (a k a Bernice’s Buzzer Bar), 3238 S. Halsted.
read more: http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weekend/14956900-421/treating-fans-right-for-the-pennant-race-visit-bridgeport-where-the-bars-are-the.html (http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weekend/14956900-421/treating-fans-right-for-the-pennant-race-visit-bridgeport-where-the-bars-are-the.html)
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Bridgeport bars you don’t want to miss — in baseball season, and beyond
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weekend/14956901-421/bridgeport-bars-you-dont-want-to-miss-in-baseball-season-and-beyond.html (http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/weekend/14956901-421/bridgeport-bars-you-dont-want-to-miss-in-baseball-season-and-beyond.html)
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Bernice's might be the coolest bar in Bridgeport. Low-key neighborhood place, eclectic crowd, and they often have homemade food in a crock pot on a table for customers (free, make a donation). Owned by Lithuanians, so there's good Lithuanian beer in the cooler.
I have not been to Maria's, it's a media darling right now, because of the selection and the funky vibe (exemplary of the "new Bridgeport"). I need to check it out.
I like Shinnick's. It's a no-frills, Chicago-Irish kind of place with a gorgeous, huge, 1890s-era carved wooden back bar.
Went to Rocky's when I was in town on Tuesday. Not bad at all. Dimly-lighted, very modern. Sort of upscale for Bridgeport (which means it isn't, really) and good food. I had the sausage/peppers/potatoes in marinara appetizer bowl (it was gigantic) and enjoyed it.
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Though it is Wrigleyville esq, I like the Cork and the Turtle is good too
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Okay, let my try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sL6OWZSNuI
Could be my favorite song of all.
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You interested in another Rifles comp CD, Blackie? I've picked up three more of their releases, each of which has some really good tracks. Lemme know and I'll send one your way.
Method, still working on a Zappa CD for you.
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That'd be cool; thanks 4nek. Dig the Rifles. I have to send you me new address... no longer live in the city (sigh).
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Same 4nek... will send you my new address.
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For those of you who like the blues, I've been listening to a Lonesome Sundown compilation CD (his Excello recordings) the past couple of days. Good stuff, recommended.
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Thanks Fury. Good stuff indeed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh-TyHyor5w
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Blackie, that is one of his greatest sides. Obviously influenced by Muddy Waters... but he does his own thing. The sound of the swamp!
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Email me your shipping addresses, gents, your CDs are ready.
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still on ATT address?
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Email me your shipping addresses, gents, your CDs are ready.
Code.
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You're just jealous because you got kicked out of the club.
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Next year anyone going to a game should stop at Punky's at 26th and Wallace, breaded steak sangwich is very good
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Got an early B-day present from the wife.
Going to see Social Distortion Friday at the Vic.
Gimme the Sweet and Lowdown is a fantastic song
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The Social D concert was excellent, this considering the Vic is GA and I have become, in my older age, more misanthropic.
Being that said about the concert being good, the opening acts weren't. Lindi Ortega, I think, is a great singer but did not fit well with a Social D concert and the Biters just plain suck imo
The wife wants to go see Andrew Bird ( a friend has offered us tix) anyone seen a concert at the Fourth Presbyterian Church? if so how was it?
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I have become, in my older age, more misanthropic.
A bit of a relief that I'm not going through this alone. Now get out of my way.
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Anyone seen these videos?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnT78ut9-k
It's like the Bad Lip Reading videos... but music.
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I just had a maple flavored doughnut with bacon on it.
God bless America.
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I just had a maple flavored doughnut with bacon on it.
God bless America.
it was good?
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They can't make that in Russia?
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Muddy Waters, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Ronnie Wood - LIVE @ The Checkerboard Lounge in Chicago (November 22, 1981) with Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Lefty Dizz and Ian Stewart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32YQYJuxyn0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngAoB5Ja2yc
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I've watched that DVD 47 times already. Awesome stuff.
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FANTASTIC! It doesn't get any better.
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"Up with mini-skirts!" Ha! Can't beat that either!
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Chicago peeps- anyone have an opinion on Schuba's as a concert venue? I ask because the Residents are performing there in February and it seems like a really strange venue for them. Last time they were in town they played the auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art! How about Lincoln Hall which is the larger sister venue to Schuba's? They're playing there the following night. Given the nature of their show, it really only makes sense to go one night altho one never knows what the hell they're up to on this tour.
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I went to Schuba's to see the Meat Puppets a few years ago. Not the best club around, but it was sorta intimate in how close you are to the band. I cannot compare it to other places in Chicago, but it was better than 400 Bar up in Minny, but not nearly as nice as First Avenue.
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How big is it? Residents filled the auditorium at MCA, so Schuba's strikes me as a really small place for them. It's pretty much just a bar isn't it?
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http://www.schubas.com/Music/Music
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It's a bar with a back room. Not all that big of a room, or of a stage, but bigger than most back rooms of bars.
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Doing an image search, it's pretty tiny! Also read where capacity is 165. Decent place to see a show? Lincoln Hall looks nice.
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I was going to guess 200, so 165 is probably correct. It was not what I expected.
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I just had a maple flavored doughnut with bacon on it.
God bless America.
Wait, I just saw this. This is unacceptable.
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I heard via "The Wall Street Journal Report" (as if I owned a stock) that they now have bacon scented (flavored? don't know) shaving cream. And that it retails for around $20 a can.
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The Bacon-Themed Gifts Fad Just Got Even More Ridiculous
Alaina McConnell | Nov. 30, 2012, 11:16 AM |
J&D Foods, the company that specializes in all things bacon, recently announced their latest gift promotion, Bacon Shaving Cream.
According to NPR, the shaving cream contains no meat products but is the "highest-quality meat-scented shaving cream on the market today" and is available for all skin types.
Self proclaimed "Bacontrepreneurs" Justin and Dave, the founders of J&D Foods in Seattle, said that the product will only be available for a limited time.
Only 2,500 jars of what the company calls the "pork-scented lather of the gods" are available for purchase at $14.99 a pop.
Bacon crazy customers have also been buying up J&D Foods' Ultimate Bacon Lovers Gift Pack which includes a jar of Baconnaise, a selection of original Bacon Salts, and Bacon Scented Lip Balm.
Other popular bacon products include bacon flavored envelopes, candles, and scratch and sniff stickers.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/jd-foods-makes-bacon-shaving-cream-2012-11 (http://www.businessinsider.com/jd-foods-makes-bacon-shaving-cream-2012-11)
http://store.baconsalt.com/Bacon-Shaving-Cream_p_170.html (http://store.baconsalt.com/Bacon-Shaving-Cream_p_170.html)
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Joseph, my son told me about they maple bacon donut, said he loves them. Guess you were not BSing after all, heh.
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Maple bacon long johns are also terrific. This a nice straightforward approach (throw a piece of damn bacon on top of a phuckin' long john), courtesy of Chicago's "Glazed and Infused". Best name for a doughnut shop evar.
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I am going to be sick.
Next thing I know you all will be smearing lard on top of brownies, or enjoying sausage in your creme brulee.
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enjoying sausage in your creme brulee
Are we talking about food or Paris Hilton?
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...food or Paris Hilton?
That's not food, that's a Petri dish.
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Good one, BS (although Fury did tee it up for you)
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Not sure if Jeter has seen this yet, but a couple of interviews with the firejoemorgan.com writers:
http://deadspin.com/5969850/you-need-to-read-this-oral-history-of-fire-joe-morgan
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Darlene Love performing "Christmas (Baby please come home)" on the Late Show with David Letterman 12/21/2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkaWqneQ0Tg
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Darlene Love performing "Christmas (Baby please come home)" on Late Night with David Letterman in 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-8ZERV_D_Q
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http://deadspin.com/5971745/straight-from-1984-heres-the-disco-version-of-take-me-out-to-the-ball-game-that-never-quite-caught-on
Thankfully this never caught on.
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I have a 45 rpm record of Harry Carey doing a disco version of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, from 1978.
IIRC, it's kind of like Rodney Dangerfield's version of Twist and Shout... mostly spoken. with chick background singers handling most of the melody.
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I have a 45 rpm record of Harry Carey doing a disco version of Take Me Out to the Ballgame, from 1978.
IIRC, it's kind of like Rodney Dangerfield's version of Twist and Shout... mostly spoken. with chick background singers handling most of the melody.
Nice but do you have this bad Chicago sports 45 rpm too?
Eddie Blazoncyk & The Versatones polka version of Bear Down Chicago Bears
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxUZPOIZzNQ
Note: They still make this 45 which costs $2.00 plus S&H. The 'B side' is Chicago Cares About The Bears Polka
http://belairerecords.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=244 (http://belairerecords.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=244)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G61H3lJKi80
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That Bear Down Polka is okay, but I gotta admit, the Packers have a better one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0tssFp9CWU
The ladies chorus at the end rocks.
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Tom Waits is guest starring on The Simpson's tonight (Sunday). Been listening to his early early stuff lately. Feels good.
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Andy, thanks for the Darlene Love clips from the Letterman show. She is always stellar, a REAL singer compared to the "stars" of today; and that is my favorite secular Christmas song.
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Dog, love the early Tom Waits. Small Change, Nighthawks at the Diner, Heart of Saturday Night... great stuff.
His lastest album is pretty damned good, too.
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Eggs and sausage, and a side of toast . . .
Funny story re: Rain Dogs, probably my favorite Waits album. The instrumental cut, Rain Dogs, used to make my dog (at the time) crazy. He would howl and howl during that song. Anyway, I'm recording the album from LP to cassette one afternoon and of course the dog is howling along during the instrumental. Yep, you guessed it, the cassette version has Watson (the dog) right there with the song. I always wanted to send the tape to Waits because Watson was right on key and it seemed a perfect compliment to what Waits was doing.
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I like his latest one quite a bit.
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Jeter, where ya been? Are you famaliar with the writer Tod Robins? This most excellent collection of noir short stories features Spurs by Robins. According to the intro the story was the basis for the classic film noir Freaks. Anybody looking for a little dark reading will certainly enjoy this collection. It's called The Best American Noir of the Century, edited by James Ellroy and Otto Penzler.
Q-- Just how do you pronounce noir? I've always left out the "r", but I'm hearing the hard "r" spoken by Robert Osborn and others.
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Funny how things come around. I'm strolling the Quarter on the way to work and who do I hear and see but Bob Dylan himself in the early sixties. This kid sounded JUST like him, all twangy and stuff, looked like him too, back then.
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This appears to be Spurs in its entirety, complete with a few stills from Freaks. Love that film.
http://www.olgabaclanova.com/spurs.htm
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Tod Robbins, not Robins, geesh. Can't even open the Spurs link from work -- pornography. I'll stick with books. Don't really see any up side to e-books unless you need large print. Computers/Internet, I don't know, but here I am, checking in with the Chicago White Sox.
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The home of the 9,982-calorie "quadruple bypass burger" -- patrons who can finish them are escorted to their cars in wheelchairs -- isn't a safe place for employees, either.
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Heart Attack Grill spokesman dies of apparent heart attack
By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Lookout – 3 hrs ago
A regular patron and unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill has died of an apparent heart attack, the restaurant's owner said on Monday.
John Alleman reportedly suffered a heart attack last week outside the Las Vegas restaurant, according to the Las Vegas Sun. The 52-year-old was taken off life support on Monday.
Alleman, who was not on the restaurant's payroll, inspired the "Patient John" character that appears on the restaurant's menu.
"He lived a very full life," Jon Basso, owner of the Heart Attack Grill, told the newspaper. "He will be missed."
“I told him if you keep eating like this, it’s going to kill ya,” Basso said. “He’d say, 'I just love your place, Jon.' He’s the only person I know who was probably at the restaurant more than I [was]; he’d be here every darned day.”
read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-apparent-heart-attack-162858075.html (http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-apparent-heart-attack-162858075.html)
restaurant's website: http://www.heartattackgrill.com/ (http://www.heartattackgrill.com/)
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That place's business will spike now.
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The comments on that article are uncharacteristically good for a Yahoo! article.
"If you get a heart attack from going to the Heart Attack Grill, what do you get when you go to BJ's Restaurant & Tavern?"
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Heh.
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So let me get this straight, a comment that equates to nothing more than the mentality of Jr. High boys rates as "good"?
zzzzzzzzzzzzz.......
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Yep.
I've learned that for 90% of men, "maturity" isn't a matter of growing out of junior high boys' humor. It's just learning how to hide it.
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I liked this line:
"In March 2011, Blair River, the restaurant's 575-pound representative, died from complications stemming from pneumonia. He was 29."
I suspect Mr. Rivers died from complications of being 575 pounds
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Blackie: Got hold of the Keith Richards' autobiography. Fascinating stuff, but oddly enough I was most impressed with his recipe for sausages and potatoes. Not only can the guy play guitar, sing, write, . . . he can cook too!
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Been meaning to make that recipe... maybe this weekend.
Agree -- I learned a lot fo great guitar tips... and a cooking tip!
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Watched "Mea Maxima Culpa" twice this week. Highly recommend this documentary for Catholics, might learn something about how the organization has basically become a haven for pedafiles. Those poor deaf kids from Milwaukee who were abused by Fr Murphy for 20 years before the church so kindly removed him and sent him up to Boulder Junction, Wi so he could abuse kids for another 20 years before he died. That singing priest in Ireland who may have been one of the worst offenders of all time. And of course, the one from the Vatican who was Pope John's favorite, once John died, at least Benedict removed the "devil", as he is called in the documentary. Course, they just let him retire to Jacksonville, Fla, where he became acquantances with Jeb Bush and Rick Santorum. hmmmm
I am going to rip this organization the remainder of my life until they open the archives. And do not believe for a moment that Pope Benedict is stepping down cause he is old and tired. He knows a lot about this process.
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I'm proud to be an ex-Catholic. That whole corrupt institution makes me sick.
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How is married life treating you Blackie, long time since I have talked to all you folks? Any kids yet???
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In March 2011, Blair River, the restaurant's 575-pound representative, died from complications stemming from pneumonia. He was 29."
I suspect Mr. Rivers died from complications of being 575 pounds
Just before he died, he was planning to change his name to "Blair Tsunami."
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I'm proud to be an ex-Catholic. That whole corrupt institution makes me sick.
The Catholic church needs to allow, even encourage, priests to marry so that pedos don't have a refuge behind the altar anymore. They were allowed to marry back in ancient/medieval times.
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/pope-accepts-senior-analyst-position-at-catholic-t,31255/
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Married life is great, MSF. No "new" kids.... just the one that was part of the package deal. Wife, stepkid, dog, house in the 'burbs with a beer fridge in the garage... t'is the American Dream.
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Sounds like you've got your piece of the pie!
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If only I was movin' on up to the east side...
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Great news Blackie. Happy for you bud.
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If only I was movin' on up to the east side...
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Jeez, Pocket Planes is like crack, well what I image it would be like. It is a good study break though.
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JJ have you seen this?
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/195348/18-obsolete-words-which-should-have-never-gone-out-of-style/
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Curglaff seems like it would still be useful. There really isn't a word for that currently is there?
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4nek: I've been listening to your Vintage Soul Mix quite a lot lately. I dug it when you sent it all those years ago, and put it on the iPod, and I recently rediscovered it in there buried under a thousand playlists. Really dig the Betty wright tune.
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"Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own." -- Nelson Algren (it is his birthday)
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Cool, Blackie. Our little music exchange has dried up a bit, likely just pressed for time with real-life obligations, at least speaking for myself.
But I've continued to look for new stuff (new to me, not necessarily "new"). Have you caught on to this Rodriguez cat? Pretty cool story and his tunes have some appeal.
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What Rodriguez cat?
I got nothing new, except for that Tame Impala feller, who seems to have something going on.
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The latest Rolling Stone has an article on the Rodriguez guy, got it in the mail yesterday, first I have heard of him.
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Haven't gotten the new Stone yet, probably tomorrow.
I'm very much digging the new Replacements EP.
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I will have to check it out, have not heard it, surprisingly. One of my buds up here loved them and really overplayed them, if you know what I mean. Sort of burned me out on them a while back, its now been quite some time, ready to break them back out.
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Sounds like I'll have to send you the Rodriguez CDs then, Blackie!
'Mats minus Bobby just don't do it for me. I mean, Westerberg is a talented songwriter in his own right, but without Bobby's muscle to back him up, it's not really the Replacements. JMO....
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He's dead, so whatchagonnado?
To me, I don't think its the Mats without Mars' drumming. Though whoever they have playing on that EP, and whoever played on "Message to the Boys", is pretty close.
Don't care... would love to see them play again. One of my all-time favorite American bands.
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I am intrigued by this Rodriguez fellow. At first, i thought maybe the guy from Rodrigo Y Gabriela went solo. Then I did a You Tube search and saw a video of him on Letterman. Then I read about the documentary. Sounds great... will check it out!
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He's dead, so whatchagonnado?
Yeah, just a silly stuck-in-the-past mindset of mine there. In which case, "get over it" is certainly an acceptable response.
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Have you caught on to this Rodriguez cat? Pretty cool story and his tunes have some appeal.
I am intrigued by this Rodriguez fellow. At first, i thought maybe the guy from Rodrigo Y Gabriela went solo. Then I did a You Tube search and saw a video of him on Letterman. Then I read about the documentary.
My band played a show with him at a tiny VFW hall in southwest Detroit about three or four years ago. This was, of course, before the movie, his "rediscovery," and all the hoopla.
He's a nice guy, very unassuming, very much lives in his own artistic world.
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The wife and I saw The Book of Mormon. Fantastic! I was hoping they'd make more fun of other religions.
In a sorta " We're happy for ya" moment, sat right behind Christine Lagarde, got to speak to her a little lets say she has a very good sense of humor
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Jonathan Winters - he gone.
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Jonathan Winters - he gone.
RIP to a comedic genius.
Last night I watch the Showtime's "Inside Comedy" episode that featured Robin Williams and Jonathan Winters. Pretty good stuff. If anyone's interesting in watching it, it's available OnDemand on Comcast cable or it can be found online at: http://www.watchseries-online.eu/category/inside-comedy
Speaking of Showtime's "Inside Comedy" the season two finale airs this coming Monday night. It features the late comic Robert Schimmel. A review of the upcoming show: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/how-robert-schimmel-got-the-last-word-on-showtimes-inside-comedy/?src=recg (http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/how-robert-schimmel-got-the-last-word-on-showtimes-inside-comedy/?src=recg)
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Not too long ago I watched The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming which I think is a brilliant movie, with Winters in top form as well. Yes, he was a comedic genius. Maybe TCM will air some of his films.
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Winters' humor was always a little too "cute" for me. He didn't make me laugh that much, although at times I was mildly amused by him.
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10 Highest Beer Prices In Major League Baseball
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11892342/1/10-highest-beer-prices-in-major-league-baseball.html (http://www.thestreet.com/story/11892342/1/10-highest-beer-prices-in-major-league-baseball.html)
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tomorrow is.....................
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http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home (http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home)
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4nek, or anyone... ever hear fo a band called Death? From Detroit, early 70s.
I'm digging the music in this trailer...
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/proto-punk-pioneers-get-their-due-in-a-band-called-death-20130424
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Yep, Death. They've done some reunion shows around here.
http://www.deathfromdetroit.com/
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(http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2013/04/17/big-hurt-microbrewery-coming-to-berwyn/a4fe2al/eeebc1f0-bbaa-4b81-9dbe-f9c2e6a84dcb/image-pv_panel.jpg)
Big Hurt microbrewery coming to Berwyn
By SUBURBAN LIFE MEDIA - Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:15 p.m. CDT
BERWYN – Big Hurt Brew House will transform the vacant historic bank at 6801 W. Cermak Road into a new destination for Chicagoland craft beer enthusiasts and sports fans alike.
The Berwyn City Council approved a redevelopment agreement for Big Hurt Brew House microbrewery, sports bar and grill.
“Establishing a microbrew operation is an ideal use for this unique property and having Heidner Properties and Big Hurt Beer in the project will take it to an extraordinary level,” said Anthony Griffin, executive director of the Berwyn Development Corporation (BDC), who also structured the deal for the city of Berwyn.
The flagship brew house will be operated by Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas, legendary Chicago White Sox first baseman and heavy hitter, who launched his line of specialty brew – Big Hurt Beer – in fall 2011. The brand currently offers an Imperial Lager and recently launched MVP, an All-American lager.
Mayor Robert J. Lovero called the Big Hurt Brew House “a dynamic addition to Cermak Road both for residents and as an attraction for visitors.”
Lovero added the development will grow the momentum already created with Berwyn Gateway Plaza to the west.
Big Hurt Brew House will brew for on-site operations and distribution to other retail locations. The restaurant, beer garden and sports bar will offer a family-friendly environment with planned promotions such as athlete appearances and on-site live broadcasts of sporting events.
The development team, led by Rick Heidner, currently is in the design phase with a completion date estimated for late 2013, or early 2014.
Information can be obtained through the BDC by calling 708-788-8100.
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2013/04/17/big-hurt-microbrewery-coming-to-berwyn/a4fe2al/ (http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2013/04/17/big-hurt-microbrewery-coming-to-berwyn/a4fe2al/)
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That's one entrepreneurial venture by Frank that just might fly. Good luck to him.
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"Berwyn!"
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"Berwyn!"
Heh. That never gets old.
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That's not Son of Svengoolie, that's the original! Kudos.
I feel like I'm fairly knowledgeable about beer, but I'm not clear on "Imperial lager" and how it's different from an "All-American" lager. I'm guessing the Imperial is fuller-bodied? I usually associate "Imperial" with stout.
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the possum has left us. George Jones. RIP
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the possum has left us. George Jones. RIP
Great singer. We'll not see his like again.
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Has anyone been to a Rolling Stones concert? Is it any good? Not a huge fan of their music, but Dad's treating us to the 6/3 show. I just want to manage my expectations so I don't get too excited about this if it's nothing fantastic.
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I saw them when I was 13, and they were good, that was 1969. Saw them about the time the Sox were in the WS (2005) and they sucked. I never thought I would say the Stones suck, but I was not impressed by their guitar playing. I admired the energy of Jagger, but that was about it. I would never have gone but the Mrs had never seen them. Wished I could have just remembered them from 1969 and never seen em again. Course, BB King opened for them in 1969, and that made a difference.
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I wish I'd seen them back in the early '70s.
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Actually Fury, Mick Taylor will be appearing with them on this tour; not sure if that's every concert though.
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I believe Taylor is who their guitar player was when I saw them. I think it was the same tour as the Altamont (sic) tragedy. Gimme Shelter was a hit at the time.
I was far from impressed 8 years ago by Richards and especially Wood. Course Richards is known more for coming up with great riffs than in being an accomplished guitar player, but Wood, ugh, I expected a bit more.
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Mick Taylor is playing the whole tour and every song with them. Keith can barely play anymore. Having Mick Taylor will make them a lot better. Go in with low expectations and I think you'll have a great time. You probably won't like Charlie Watts' drumming, though; he's basically a time-keeper, and I know how much you love metronome drummers!
I last saw them at Soldier Field about 5 years ago, and they were pretty good. The show was in October, and it was cold as balls.
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Wood, ugh, I expected a bit more.
Ron Wood was still drinking a ton in 2005; since he's sobered up his playing got better. That said, there's a reason they added the third guitar player; those two old guys have lost a lost of velocity on theor proverbial fastballs.
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Turns out we're in the 7th row! So that can't hurt the experience! Good news on Taylor.
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Has anyone been to a Rolling Stones concert? Is it any good? Not a huge fan of their music, but Dad's treating us to the 6/3 show. I just want to manage my expectations so I don't get too excited about this if it's nothing fantastic.
I saw them when they were on their "Tour of the Americas" back in July 1975 at the Chicago Stadium. It was their first tour with Ronnie Wood replacing Mick Taylor. They gave a fantastic performance as Mick Jagger was in non-stop motion through out the whole show. The show opened using their lotus flower-shaped stage with Jagger hanging from one of the petals as it opened. Of course that was almost 38 years ago when the boys were in their late 20s/early 30s and not in the late 60s/early 70s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_Tour_of_the_Americas_%2775 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_Tour_of_the_Americas_%2775)
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You probably won't like Charlie Watts' drumming, though; he's basically a time-keeper, and I know how much you love metronome drummers!
I f-ing love Charlie Watts.
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Yeah, from Wikipedia, but I've read it in a few other sources too, so there's probably some truth to it:
A famous anecdote relates that during the mid-1980s, an intoxicated Jagger phoned Watts' hotel room in the middle of the night asking "Where's my drummer?". Watts reportedly got up, shaved, dressed in a suit, put on a tie and freshly shined shoes, descended the stairs, and punched Jagger in the face, saying: "Don't ever call me your drummer again. You're my f***king singer!"
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I think he'd rather be playing jazz, but that's not as lucrative as the little enterprise they've had going for 50 years. I'll have to give his jazz drumming a listen.
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I love Charlie, too. Just joking around with Jheter, as he prefers to drum with some "flair".
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Yeah, I confess to not being able to play the same measure the same way more than twice or so. I get antsy. :-)
Like Fee exhorts to the rest of the Tubes on their live album (paraphrasing), "I'm just going to sit here and have the Veal Cordon Bleu-- do something!".
I can still keep tempo from being a runaway train despite that. And I pay attention to dynamics- not everything can be the same volume. That being said, I'm still kind of ragged and my chops probably blow at this point.
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Saw 'em at the Dome during Steel Wheels I think it was. Way too far away and crushed by ashholes in the stadium to have an opinion. That said, the concert I "wished" I was at is available on DVD -- Scorsese's Shine A Light, the Clinton concert. I cannot get enough of certain cuts -- especially when they move from As Tears Go By to Some Girls. Oh man, Some Girls is something else on that film. Talk about tight.
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Link Wray's birthday. Why he's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is beyond me. It also probably mystifies Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and the countless other musicians who have cited him as a primary influence. He's one of the few major first-generation rockers still left out of the Hall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBvj3NkVp4M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzzuGA2fNsk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaoOmMz_aJ0
Ahead of his time. Great, greasy stuff.
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We got tix yesterday for both Chicago shows for the Allman Bros Band at the Chicago Theater, in August. Probably many of you do not care, but tough ****. I love both their guitar players.
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Scorsese's Shine A Light
That was on Palladium last night. I watched it for about 45 minutes. Cool stuff.
Love me some Link Wray and Allman Brothers
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We got tix yesterday for both Chicago shows for the Allman Bros Band at the Chicago Theater, in August. Probably many of you do not care, but tough ****. I love both their guitar players.
Is Warren Haynes still in the lineup?
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Man, buried under snow and it is still falling. It is May 2nd for chrissakes.
Bet we got 13-14 inches thus far, and it is wet, heavy snow. Going to even have to roof rake this crap.
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We had 12 inches yesterday.
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Catching up:
Death? Never heard of 'em.
George Jones died? Dang...
Stones? Saw them in mid-90s, free ticket. So go see them just to see them, I say.
12 inches yesterday? No comment...
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Some more news for you 4nek8: Zappa Plays Zappa will be performing the entire Roxy & Elsewhere album in sequence on their upcoming tour.
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Caught Dweezil's cameo in "The Running Man" last weekend. Man, that dude can act!
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bahahaha, "Don't touch that dial". I don't know if he had any other lines. Think that was it.
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Mick Fleetwood was also in that film. His character's name was Mick. Maybe he had trouble responding to a name other than his own.
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Great cheesy movie.
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I like that movie more than I should. Total Guilty Pleasure. Richard Dawson was so good as a bad guy, I think that's what made it, and the hilarious other bad guys in the game.
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Dawson totally makes that movie.
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Ray Manzarek... he gone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoRFAbdmKD4
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At the time they were released, the Doors' songs were usually edited to make them shorter to fit on a 45 rpm record and for radio airplay, often omitting Manzarek's long solos.
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Bumma. Not only a legend as a member of The Doors, but for his work as a producer with X.
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Manzarek's post-Doors "supergroup" Nite City, 1977:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/S-a-QoIIY9w (http://www.youtube.com/embed/S-a-QoIIY9w)
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That's a supergroup? I just looked at personnel.
The original Mahavishnu Orchestra, now that is a supergroup.
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(http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XXy8X3Vw5zju9kkO8W7JMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MDA7cT04NTt3PTM5OQ--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2013-05-17/6a874ff4-32aa-40ed-9dc3-6b7e8c0aa8ff_bbqsundae051713.jpg) (http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jkfMYBH3G2j9SInNJ1a.TQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MDA7cT04NTt3PTM5OA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2013-05-17/678dbfa9-8762-4c60-aed9-88e853233767_queencityclub051713.jpg)
10 wild food creations from minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is holding its Food Fight contest where teams submit their crazy food creations. We have picked some of our favorites, would you be brave enough to try them?
http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/wild-food-creations-from-minor-league-baseball-1368832058-slideshow/photo-from-minor-league-baseball-photo--1262920850.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/wild-food-creations-from-minor-league-baseball-1368832058-slideshow/photo-from-minor-league-baseball-photo--1262920850.html)
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I love new foods at the ballpark and creative attempts, but these almost seem like they were going out of their way to make them too big and and unappetizing to eat.
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That's a supergroup? I just looked at personnel.
Paul Warren, the guitarist, did a lot of other stuff, including work for the Temptations, Joe C0cker, Richard Marx, and his current lead guitar gig with Rod Stewart. Nigel Harrison played bass with Blondie. I actually saw Jimmy Hunter play drums when he still lived in Detroit. He was considered the best drummer in town back then (1970s), and considering the Detroit scene at the time, that's saying a lot. He was in Paul Warren's Explorer band in LA and later did recording sessions with Nick Gilder, and the Village People, among others. He's an independent producer now I believe.
Maybe not "super"... but pretty talented.
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I love new foods at the ballpark and creative attempts, but these almost seem like they were going out of their way to make them too big and and unappetizing to eat.
From the 10 listed, "The Babe" was the only one that I think I'd be willing to try.
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Name: The Babe
Made by: Corpus Christi Hooks (Double-A, Houston Astros)
Description: Cheddar wurst, wrapped in a hamburger, then bacon and packed into a fresh roll.
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10 wild food creations from minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is holding its Food Fight contest where teams submit their crazy food creations. We have picked some of our favorites, would you be brave enough to try them?
http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/wild-food-creations-from-minor-league-baseball-1368832058-slideshow/photo-from-minor-league-baseball-photo--1262920850.html
That Funnel Dog sounds particularly revolting. A hot dog with powdered sugar???
Blecccch.
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Every last one of those is disgusting. And a pretty revealing clue as to why America requires a stick to hoist its collective arse off the couch.
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Powdered sugar sucks, I hate it when I order pancakes and they put it on my order unknownst to me.
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Bumma. Not only a legend as a member of The Doors, but for his work as a producer with X.
Amen to that. They should have kept him on for "Ain't Love Grand", maybe it wouldn't have all that icky 80s-reverb all over it.
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The Fifth Third Burger is actually pretty good and reasonable if you divide it up between 4 people. It's a pretty good portion if you split it 4 ways.
They're also introducing the "Baco" - it's a taco with a shell made of bacon. THAT is disgusting.
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#FOODFIGHT
Fans decide the minor leagues' best ballpark concession
(note: there are 4 different categories)
http://www.milb.com/milb/fans/food_fight/y2013/index.jsp?category=sandwiches&club=t572 (http://www.milb.com/milb/fans/food_fight/y2013/index.jsp?category=sandwiches&club=t572)
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one of the choices:
(http://www.milb.com/milb/images/fans/food_fight/y2013/foods/t512.jpg)
Fantastic Freeze Sundae
Toledo Mud Hens
3 flavors of your favorite Toft's ice cream x 5 scoops of each delicious flavor = 1 colossal sweet treat! Topped with whipped cream, hot fudge, rainbow sprinkles, peanuts and cherries, and served in a full-sized Mud Hens helmet.
that's 15 scoops of ice cream plus whipped cream, hot fudge, sprinkles, peanuts & cherries. How many grams of sugar and calories in this sundae?
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Not enough, ah luv ice cream.
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The best soft serve ice cream in the world is Country Style Ice Cream in the Quad Cities. And of course ah's lactose intolerant. Iowa, what the heck you doing at a graduation in Moline? Mom's computer was on the fritz over Mother's Day so never could connect with ya in Muscatine. She wouldn't let me drive her car anyway.
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I see no point in eating mere soft serve ice cream when frozen custard stands abound nearby. Frozen custard crushes soft serve.
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Culver's isn't even that great a frozen custard, and it's still good!
Kopp's in Milwaukee is VERY good.
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Yeah, Kopp's is the best in Milwaukee.
Good enough for Bud Selig to go get at lunch every day when he was running the Brewers, supposedly.
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Culvers was good when I lived in Milwukee, and they were local 15 years ago.
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Frozen custard? Never heard of it. Wait, is that what they serve in these new joints with all the cell phone girls in shorts licking spoons all spic and span? The shops have initials like TGB or something, or maybe those are frozen yogurt spots. I don't know, if it doesn't have a beer sign out front I'm clueless.
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TCBY is yogurt. I am not into frozen custard either.
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Mr. Jeter -- So how did the boys measure up? Or is it Monday that you're going?
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Monday. They did "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" with Mick Taylor Friday. Wouldn't mind them doing that again. Sheryl Crow was special guest (meh)- glad they got that out of their system. I'm thinking maybe Buddy Guy tomorrow?
Also, I'd like to hear "Undercover of the Night" but I'm probably the only one.
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I like that song... and think the Undercover album is underrated. I think they did that song in "Shine a Light", but maybe it was another concert movie.
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Tonight's special guest is. . .. . . . . . . . .Taylor Swift.
You've GOT to be phucking kidding me.
They're going crazy in the comments on the Stones FB page.
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What a drag. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" might be my favorite Stones song.
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Ugh! She sucks.
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They should do "Star Star" or "C o c k sucker Blues".
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Thats what happens when you mock sheryl crow... you get taylor swift.
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"Star Star"... heh. Fits that lame-ass broad quite well.
Great song, real fun to play.
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Taylor Swift's best song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NFgx5MY72Dk
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Jheter, how was the rest of the Stones show?
JoeC, that was hilarious.
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Pretty decent mix of songs I thought. I thought Midnight Rambler was a highlight. My brother-in-law, who is a **** Stones fan, was absolutely thrilled they did Sway. Swift was on stage for all of 3 to 4 minutes and although her voice was totally inappropriate for that song and it sucked, she was only out there for that duration. . .so I can't complain about that much. Richards seems to have some trouble playing his instrument at times, but he did have his moments. Wood seemed fine, and Taylor was a welcome addition although would have liked to see more of him. Jagger is a quite an entertainer- we were in the 7th row so when he came out on the catwalk we were like 15 feet away from him and got a good feel for his eye contact with his audience, etc. He really knows how to work a crowd. They were very tight, except for Richards at times but I guess that's a part of the whole bit- can't be too perfect or it's not rock and roll or something like that. He's pretty funny to watch and listen to. They're not shy about giving him enough volume that's for sure.
Get Off of My Cloud
It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll (But I Like It)
Paint It Black
Gimme Shelter
Sway (by request from fans)
Live With Me
As Tears Go By (with Taylor Swift)
Emotional Rescue
Doom and Gloom
One More Shot
Honky Tonk Women
You Got The Silver
Before They Make Me Run
Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor)
Miss You
Start Me Up
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
Sympathy for the Devil
ENCORE
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (with the Roosevelt University Conservatory Chorus)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
(I Can’t Get Not) Satisfaction (with Mick Taylor)
hahaha, wow, h a r d c o r e gets censored?
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Did you enjoy Taylor Swift as well?
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yeaaahh. . .no.
The people who were sitting (standing actually) around us, I was looking at them and we were all just shaking our heads like wtf.
It was such a small part of the show, it's a minor quibble.
Don't get me wrong, this concert was no Zappa show or the Tubes or even Gentle Giant, but it was pretty good!
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Speaking of the Tubes, they are playing City Winery on June 28th. Unfortunately, I can't go -- prior commitment.
There's anotyher great show in town that night as well that I am going to miss.... Jody Stephens, Ken Stringfellow, Mike Mills, Chris Stamey, Gary Louris, et al., are doing Big Star's Third album.
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Blackie, et. al. -- I watched the Rodriguez documentary, Searching for Sugar Man, last night. Very good, if you haven't seen it yet, you may want to queue it up.
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No Prairie Prince at City Winery, he's touring with:
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2010/2/9/1265735856577/Todd-Rundgren--001.jpg)
They (Tubes) are also at Viper's Alley (nice venue btw) in Lincolnwood in October.
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Under Cover of the Night is on the "additional songs" in Shine A Light. Glad to hear you were not disappointed, JJ. The couple of reviews I've read have mentioned Richards' "in and out" guitar playing. I wonder if that fall on the noggin' is to blame. One review made me laugh by describing the Stones as " some of the skinniest people on the planet."
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I think falling out of the tree messed up Keef pretty bad.
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*Lincolnshire
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james Gandolfini, died on vacation in Italy
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. . . Somebody done hoodooed the hoodoo man . . . Junior Wells. Wow! All the juices are flowing. Just came across one of the greatest DVDs to ever grace the dog's record player. The American Folk Blues Festival 1962 - 1966 Vol.1. Sonny Boy Williamson, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon with Muddy doing Got My Mojo Working . . . Muddy should have worked with Sonny Boy more. This cut was from some concert in Germany. Most of the stuff is not from concerts but rather "set up" for recording. John Lee Hooker and Dixon have spectacular singular performances. I don't know if this DVD is a sleeper or if some of you guys have heard about it, in any case, it is really something.
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Hah, John Lee gets his last name asterisked. Jeesh.
Sounds good, I had not heard of it.
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Listening to it in iTunes now... sounds awesome. Think I'll buy it.
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This is Volume 1, so there must be other ones. I had forgotten what a great song Hoodoo Man Blues (Junior Wells) is. Unique. He almost does a Dylan like thing with the lyrics, running them all together, then drops down into the slowish refrain of hoodooing the hoodoo man. The melody stays with you. Listening (and watching) to Sonny Boy Williamson you are struck with how crisp he plays the harp, that driving rhythm he has. It's something special all right. Then the lyrics on most of these songs -- they are sophisticated. Muddy goes down to Louisianna to get the mojo hand, the back and forth, call and response, Got My Mojo Working, and the song seems to end, but then the last lyric, no instruments, "But it just don't work on you!" Brilliant. Willie Dixon's ballad is touching, and then you remember he wrote so many of the blues standards. And John Lee, just a voice and an acoustic guitar. Can you imagine him sitting at your kitchen table playing and singing a song? Man!
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I knew a guy in Carbondale when at SIU, he was from Wheaton and could play the harp like no one I had ever heard. He had taken lessons from Muddy Waters (I think I have the right name, but it was a very popular name of a harp player I assume hung out around Chicago).
If you google him you can listen to some of his stuff, he ended up in Alaska and plays in a interesting band. Just google Jeff Siniscalchi. I have not seen or talked to him since I left Denver and returned to SIU-C to finish up college after my USAF stint.
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Sweet Home Wheaton...
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I see he wrote a song called Moline. My birthplace and formative years. In the mid-seventies, legal finally, I'm sitting in a bar in Davenport in the early afternoon and in come these fellas, one goes up to the piano, another sets up a drum kit, another plugs up an electric guitar, there's nobody in there but me and the bartender, and the guys start rehearsing. They blow me away. Come to find out they are Patrick Hazell and The Mother Blues Band. Quite famous in the midwest area for a while, now in the Iowa rock-n-roll hall of fame. One of those moments.
Little Walter was Muddy's favorite harp player but he left the band in 1952 after his song Juke became a big smash. I can play a little bit, but I'm not an artist. I do know what I like though.
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Yep, Jeff seems to be more folky these days than bluesy. But pretty cool that he has done ok.
Loveland, did you know a Siniscalchi family in Wheaton?
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The Mother Blues Band
Better be careful with that or Gail Zappa will come and getcha. Speaking of which, she just trademarked the "Captain Beefheart" name, which seems odd but probably makes sense on some level I don't know about.
Also, if you want the spiffnificent re-mastered version of "Trout Mask Replica", (#60 of 500 greatest albums by Rolling Stone magazine, which means total shytte to me but I'll mention it anyway) it's now available. . .but only through zappa.com. Not sure how Jan Van Vliet feels about that, but I'm guessing they have her covered. Also, "Bat Chain Puller" by Mr. Van Vliet- that's one of my favorites- is now available in its proper glory.
Thank you for allowing me to be obscure once again.
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Dog, I was just out in Galesburg for railway days. Was suppose to be out in Quad Cities for drill for the 4th but the river is too high and the op got cancelled
Saw Social Distortion last night at Summerfest, Mike Ness kicks a**
MSF they are going to be out your way tomorrow at Cabooze. What kinda joint is that, good venue?
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I have not been to the Cabooze, would like to go see Umphrey McGee there next week as well. I think it is more like the 400 Bar, all standing, not our cup of tea. We prefer theaters nowadays. My pal that goes to concerts with us a lot is a big Social Distortion fan, I enjoy their stuff. I have a real good Mike Ness CD, it is fairly old.
People up here are super excited about the Replacements. They were done before I moved up here, guess I have a hard time getting as excited about them as all the other folks.
Went to Tom Petty Sat night for the Mrs' Bday. It was as good as usual for them, last night of their tour however and Tom looked like hell warmed over. He just looked really beat. Gotta love Mike Campbell.
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Did Petty play a lot of deep cuts, as he claims they are doing this tour, or was it the usual boring hits?
I am really stoked for the 'Mats reunion.
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Petty did play some deeper cuts, and even played one song off the 1st Traveling Wilburys album. He left off a lot of the usual stuff, yet played the ones I wanted to hear.
I like the Mats, just not quite into them like some of my compadre's up here.
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played one song off the 1st Traveling Wilburys album
Yeah, and its not one of the ones Petty wrote (they should do "Margarita"... that would be a hoot). They are doing one of Dylan's song. Not exactly a show-stopper, but a cool choice none-the-less. Nice jam @ 5:30-ish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW9OgTUw4VA
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Piper Laurie was in last week's episode of Naked City, which was okay, but the show has been very disappointing since last I raved about it. The Fugitive, however, remains tight and tense, although the color episodes are a bit disconcerting, given the title Sunday Night Noir on MeTV. Thriller is terrible.
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Man, forgot how bad festival bands are and how the mighty have fallen.
Went to Naperville Rib Fest and saw some really bad heavy metal and cover bands. Just cause you can scream doesn't mean you sound like Bon Scott or Brian Johnson. Slash was there as a headliner. Once played arenas now is religated to the likes of Naperville Rib Fest
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I saw Joe Walsh at Naperville RibFest last summer. It was awesome. He played The Bomber.
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The Fugitive, however, remains tight and tense
Keep forgetting to tune that in. It is good. I was a bit distracted by the Walking Dead marathon this weekend though. Can't believe how gory that is (for AMC at least) but it almost gets comical after awhile.
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Copper can get gory at times too
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Over the past few weeks, I started watching "Mad Men" on Netflix.
I'm through 7 episodes of Season 1, and I gotta say, I don't see what all the hubbub is about. It's okay, but I fail to see why its supposed to be so great.
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BlackSox- Watched a few episodes and I was like "this is novel", bought Season 2 and 3 on DVD and there they sit in our TV stand drawer, unwatched. On the other hand, we blew right through Deadwood, couldn't wait to watch the next ep.
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Once the novelty of the smoking everywhere and drinking/sexism at work, there's not a whole lot to it. Maybe I'll switch to Deadwood.
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Best thing about Netflix streaming is the ability to catch up on TV shows. Unfortunatley Neflix can't stream HBO shows.
Loved Deadwood, had to rewind a couple times because "what f did he just say" ( Kinda like talking to my relatives from Eire)
Carnivale was great ( dig that good vs evil theme). Real, real disappointing in not only the show ending but how it did. Should have had at least one more season to wrap things up better.
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The Bridge starts tonight with a 90-minute first episode @ 9PM CT on FX. If it's half as good as the original Danish TV series, Bron, it will be worth watching. Alan Sepinwall gave it a positive review: http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-fxs-the-bridge-a-gripping-look-at-crime-on-el-pasojuarez-border (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-fxs-the-bridge-a-gripping-look-at-crime-on-el-pasojuarez-border)
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New Netflix original series available for streaming after midnight PT tonight:
Review: Women's prison show 'Orange Is the New Black' may be Netflix's best original yet
http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-womens-prison-show-orange-is-the-new-black-may-be-netflixs-best-original-yet (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-womens-prison-show-orange-is-the-new-black-may-be-netflixs-best-original-yet)
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Those both look pretty good. Forgot about "House of Cards"... a friend said that was good.
I can't wait for season 2 of "Lilyhammer".... I thought the first season was great.
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Thank You Black Sox.
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Just do "Deadwood" first. I don't think you'll be disappointed. This coming from the King of Short Attention Span.
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Women's prison show looks. I like the fact they picked Juarez over Detroit/Windser. Far more violent down there. The wife's relatives mentioned they like Bron when the they visited last year
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Dope, the Mrs is getting us tix today to see the Waterboys in St Paul, at the Fitzgerald Theater. Mid-October is the date up here, guessing they will be in Chicago area around that time.
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Thanks for the heads up, will look into it
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Yes, quality "bad" tv on tonight.
Sharknado on SyFy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2724064/
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Wow, that looks fantastic. Tara Reid gets some work as well!
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Sharktopus was on earlier today, outstanding cinematic creation
Quote: "Captain Jack: Attention all hands. This is your captain speaking. We're getting more reports of this half shark, half octopus creature that's terrorizing the coast, but please don't panic. There is a way we can stop this thing. Virgin sacrifices. Yes, the Mexican Fish and Game Commission assures me the only way to appease this beast is to offer it a beautiful virgin, preferably 18 to 25 years old. I repeat - sharktopus wants our virgins."
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So, how was Sharknado?
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I was hoping for more sharks flying through windows devouring people, but the bit with the shark atop the SUV was pretty cool. Tara Reid was underutilized. It had its moments. Mrs. JohnJeter said "this is one of the best movies ever."
Now I've gotta see Sharktopus based on what whitesoxdope says.
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Actually the more I think about it and recall scenes and lines, it was pretty fantastic. I think it's on again in the near future for those who missed it last night.
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Sharknado has turned out to be huge, went sickly viral!
When I got home early and a Fox business show is talking about it, I was like "what?". Their point was that it's a big boon for Twitter. People were chatting the shytte out of this thing.
I can't wait to see it again. Sad but true.
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I thought there was some quality movie kills, especially how Nova was "killed" (wont spoil it). Ian Ziering handles a chainsaw with the precision of a surgans scalpel
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Just for JJ.
http://fansided.com/2013/07/12/the-10-best-sharknado-gifs/
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MSF,
Talked to the "boss", waterboys are going to be in MIL on 10-16 and the Old Town School of folk music 10-17. I think she is going to pick the milwaukee show.
My cousins just sent me pictures of them seeing Mumford and Sons in Phoenix Park, Dublin said was a great show.
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I know nothing about Mumford and Son. They are popular, that is for sure. We are in Chicago in a month for the two Allman Bros shows. Looking forward to that, I hear Steve Winwood has been joining them on stage for a song or two. Would love to hear Dear Mr Fantasy in that scenerio.
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Dog, are you still in New Orleans? We're leaning toward going to the Ponderosa Stomp festival down there in October. Probably staying at the Wyndham Convention Center hotel.
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Blackie, I enjoy the dysfunctional characters in Mad Men and I think it's a fairly realistic portrayal of the ad game back then (especially the incessant drinking, smoking, and skirt-chasing). Plus, for those of us who feel that the 1955-1965 era was the apogee of postwar America, it's sort of a neat time-travel excursion. I think they got the wardrobe and the sets down pat.
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Sharknado 2 to come out in 2014, I think there is no need for this it has already jumped the shark
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thats BS... i was hoping lizardquake would make it out before sharknado 2.
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Lizardquake? I got your lizardquake right here pal. heh
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Fury, sure am. I could do a shot of rye with ya for sure. Let me know.
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Told my son about Sharknado after all the reviews I read here so he was pretty pumped to watch it when it aired again yesterday. After it was over he texted the whole family to say he thought it should be mandatory viewing for all family members. When I asked him if it was awesome, he texted back "This movie should win awards". He also said that "Sandshark" (sharks that swim through sand to devour unsuspecting beachgoers) which had aired just before Sharknado paled in comparison. After having seen a few clips of Sandshark while I was home yesterday having a late lunch I can only comment that that is indeed high praise!
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Now I need to add Sandshark to my list along with Sharktopus.
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Aren't these spin-offs all about 35 years late?
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No, these are sharks that are a threat OUT of the ocean. Huge difference. Much bigger threat NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
Your Colorado MIGHT be safe because it's not coastal, but don't count on it.
Actually, I'd like to see that. People in AZ and CO going "how the hell did these sharks get here?" and being totally unprepared for that onslaught.
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They swam upstream like Salmon, leaping over barriers etc.... ended up in the Colorado River. That would be quite the surprise to the rapids rafters.
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Fury, are you going to be playing at the Ponderosa Swamp festival? Man, I could get the wife out and score some points, take a vacation day. I have to say though, that the guy who owns Rock'n'Bowl (I think he owns it, the commercial guy) is so stupid looking/acting in the commercial for the joint that they show down here. He does a "Don't Look Back" thing with the big cue cards and I always feel like punching him in the face to wipe the **** eating grin off.
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"Sharkjetstream"?
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No, these are sharks that are a threat OUT of the ocean. Huge difference. Much bigger threat NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
Your Colorado MIGHT be safe because it's not coastal, but don't count on it.
Actually, I'd like to see that. People in AZ and CO going "how the hell did these sharks get here?" and being totally unprepared for that onslaught.
Vs people on coastal areas... who are totally prepared for tornadoes filed with sharks....
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No, these are sharks that are a threat OUT of the ocean. Huge difference. Much bigger threat NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
Your Colorado MIGHT be safe because it's not coastal, but don't count on it.
Actually, I'd like to see that. People in AZ and CO going "how the hell did these sharks get here?" and being totally unprepared for that onslaught.
Vs people on coastal areas... who are totally prepared for tornadoes filed with sharks....
Well, they are now.
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i am just as unprepared as i was 2 weeks ago...
i did see a water spout the other day wonder if there were any sharks caught up in it!
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well method if you lived further south in Florida, you'd be in danger of being swept into the ocean when 'Hurricane Milo' hits: [/purple]
http://m.rollingstone.com/entry/view/id/39241/pn/all/p/0/?KSID=3abea6fcea25010ed1d475f9418f7a50&seenSplash=1 (http://m.rollingstone.com/entry/view/id/39241/pn/all/p/0/?KSID=3abea6fcea25010ed1d475f9418f7a50&seenSplash=1)
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Maybe this has been mentioned here, but I watched a documentary on Showtime entitled "Knuckleball!". Fascinating, talked about the stigma attached to the knuckleball, the trials and tribulations of these guys, what they do to stay in the bigs or at least survive on some level of pro ball. Very personal.
Focuses on Tim Wakefield and R.A. Dickey, but plenty of chats with knuckleballers of the past (Hough, Wood, Niekro, Candiotti, Bouton who never really got there with it but is always pithy with his comments). They have something of a fraternity- really interesting. It was actually kind of touching on some level.
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here is the trailer...
http://www.knuckleballmovie.com/
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Keep meaning to ask you, Method. Any chance the FZ compilation I sent you clicked? It might require multiple spins if it didn't grab you the first time around...
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I've listened to it a few times. They are a lot more complex then the music i generally listen to. heh.
I agree its more of a composition then just a regular old track.
Little method enjoys listening to it on car rides... so far shes' a fan of FZ and tool... hates bush and guns n roses... lol.
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RANT: I came in early to get some work done and there is a semi sitting ooutside my office window and it is loud! It has been sitting there 15 ft from the building running for 1/2 an hour? WT?.... I can't even think! So I am surfing.....--Annoyed Loveland
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Fury, are you going to be playing at the Ponderosa Swamp festival?
Dog --
Funny you called it the "Swamp" festival instead of the Stomp. A lot of the early acts, in the first years of the festival, were the original "swamp-pop" artists. No, I won't be playing, although the singer/guitarist in my band will be. Just want to catch the shows. The festival honchos just added the Sonics out of the Pacific NW, a hugely influential group, so I have even more incentive to go now. Lots of good vintage garage acts this year: in addition to the Sonics, there'll be the Standells (with Dick Dodd, the great drummer who sang "Dirty Water"), the Sloths, the Gaunga Dyns, and Ty Wagner. Trying to get the money together for the trip... home it comes off. I'll let you know when/if I get my tix.
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oh oh, an annoyed Loveland. Not a good thing for us other posters!!
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Dick Dodd, the great drummer
I had trouble finding any evidence of this on youtube. Link? He can sing and play the kit at the same time, so there's that.
He's no Vinnie Colaiuta or Gregg Bissonette or Simon Phillips.
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He's no Vinnie Colaiuta or Gregg Bissonette or Simon Phillips.
He's no Earl Palmer, either.
But... right, he doesn't overplay.
"Great" doesn't have to imply how fast or how technically complex one plays.
"Great" implies a value judgment based on personal preference. In this case, mine.
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MSF
the Replacements (and Bob Mould along with others) are coming to Chicago for Riot Fest in Sept. Interesting line up
http://riotfest.org/lineup/
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The Meat Puppets played here a couple weekends ago for the St John's Block Party in Rochester. They played a Beatles cover (Harrison) for their last song, "Within You, Without You" and were joined on stage by the former bass player for Husker Du, Greg Norton (Fury and Jeter should love that).
Pups had a good lineup that day, Kurt's son, Elmo, played guitar along with the two brothers, and the drummer was Doug Sohn's kid (Sohn was known as Sir Douglas with the Sir Douglas Quintet back in the 60s, a sort of Texas music icon I think.
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Ah luv the Meat Puppets.
Dope: I have my tickets for Riotfest; can't miss seeing The Mats..... I'm quite excited about their reunion.
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Saw the Meat Puppets open for STP back in '08...Weiland was good that night, for a change...
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Greg Norton (Fury and Jeter should love that)
I DON'T love that because he always muddies up my google searches for the Slammin' Sooner.
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MSF, Sir Douglas was Doug Sahm, and yeah, I would say he's a Texas music icon.
That Riotfest lineup is interesting. I'd want to check out Dinosaur Jr., X, Replacements, Pixies, Violent Femmes and even Rancid.
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Blackie thats awsome, trying to get "the boss" to sign off on it. She can handle a Social D concert but this maybe a bit much. May have to go with some friends.
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Blackie, tickets go on sale up here tomorrow for a February gig with Neutral Milk Hotel. Thought you may be interested, pretty sure they are doing 2 nights up here, so likely a night or two in Chicago.
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Neutral Milk Hotel
Sounds like a Captain Beefheart song.
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Wow -- two dates at the Riv. They are playing a smaller room in Urbana... that would be cooler.
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coming soon .... to a supermarket & fast food joint near you ... the Google Burger!
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'Close to meat': Foodies underwhelmed by first synthetic beef burger to be eaten in public
The research has been funded by Google co-founder Sergey Brin
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/close-to-meat-foodies-underwhelmed-by-first-synthetic-beef-burger-to-be-eaten-in-public-8746066.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/close-to-meat-foodies-underwhelmed-by-first-synthetic-beef-burger-to-be-eaten-in-public-8746066.html)
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I've nothing against meat, but those soy burgers and sausages are pretty darn tasty. The wife is a vegetarian and she cooks them. They work.
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MSF, found something for your next fishing trip..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/just-add-water-beer_n_3744742.html
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Sept. 28th vs Royals, Craft Beer Night Presented by MillerCoors
That just doesn't sound right
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Miller -- They started this stupid fixation with light (no alcohol hardly) beer. Seems to me before Miller Lite there were only obscure beers that offered a reduction in calories (and buzz). Aggh, ditto all the light (no stinking nicotine) cigarettes. Costs the same though, don't it? Feed an addiction only part of what it needs and guess what? It buys more.
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Regarding our recent discussion on pizza:
http://chicagoist.com/2013/09/18/the_best_pizzas_in_chicago.php
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Hey Dog, looks like I'll be in New Orleans Oct. 3-5. Goin' to the bayou, the Rock 'N' Bowl, and Metairie.
Oh yeah, maybe the Quarter too.
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NEW ORLEANS WELCOMES FURY, OCT. 3-5 2013!! I wish I had the money to do that kind of **** -- hire a plane and a big banner and fly it around. Any of those nights, Fury, if you are in the Quarter after 11pm, stop on by 1024 Chartres, Hotel Provincial. I've got this David Goodis novel just dying to find a hard-boiled dark and cynical reader.
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Dog, thanks for the advance welcome. If I can get over there, I'll stop by the hotel. How exactly do I find you? Send a message if you wish, I think you still have my email address too.
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Fury, still the same email address as a couple of years ago? Got some questions to throw your way.
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Joe, and Dog, I just sent each of you a PM.
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A Tour Of Facebook's Disneyland-Inspired Campus Where The Shops And Restaurants Are Free
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebooks-disneyland-inspired-campus-2013-10 (http://www.businessinsider.com/facebooks-disneyland-inspired-campus-2013-10)
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('borrowed' from another website)
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If you're a Hendrix fan, you'll want to view this 90-minute BBC documentary Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin':
http://www.divxstage.eu/video/5b7eee98c6195 (http://www.divxstage.eu/video/5b7eee98c6195)
It's also available on the BBC iPlayer if you know how to get around their UK-view only block:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03gln7r/imagine..._Winter_2013_Jimi_Hendrix_Hear_My_Train_A_Comin/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03gln7r/imagine..._Winter_2013_Jimi_Hendrix_Hear_My_Train_A_Comin/)
Edited to add: This program will also be available on PBS Tuesday November 5th in their American Masters series. However, it's better to watch it from the above links to avoid the 30 minutes of PBS commercial breaks that were added to the program.
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Cool; thanks for the heads-up.
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Chain Restaurant Workers Reveal The Items They Refuse To Eat
Fast food and chain restaurant employees see how our food is prepared.
A recent Reddit thread asked them "what item on the menu would you absolutely not eat and why?"
Thousands of supposed former employees responded.
Some named menu items that were too unhealthy, while others felt squeamish about how the food was prepared.
NOTE: Reddit sources are anonymous, and can't be independently verified by Business Insider.
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-fast-food-workers-refuse-to-eat-2013-10#subways-crab-meat-1 (http://www.businessinsider.com/what-fast-food-workers-refuse-to-eat-2013-10#subways-crab-meat-1)
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Mmmm! Is it time for lunch yet?
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(If JhonJeter is lurking here, this might draw him out into the open)
2014 Chicago Michelin Bib Gourmand Winners
http://www.chicagonow.com/stephanie-eats-chicago/2013/11/2014-chicago-michelin-bib-gourmand-winners/#image/1 (http://www.chicagonow.com/stephanie-eats-chicago/2013/11/2014-chicago-michelin-bib-gourmand-winners/#image/1)
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heh:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/la-sp-sn-andy-kaufman-alive-jerry-lawler-20131114,0,4243562.story
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So I was facilitating training at work and a couple of our newer hires were discussing how they felt old when they go back to campus ( they are in their late 20's). One turns to me says " oh that's right you've been out of college for almost as long as i've been alive" bastage.
I am currently watching valley girl to relive high school, must say I am a little embarrassed to say I used to like the Plimsouls and Modern English
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I used to like that movie back in the day. Watched some of it recently and it was a bit of a tough watch... rather dated...
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Dope, the Plimsouls were great.
Meanwhile: http://livemusicblog.com/2010/08/02/video-what-phish-sounds-like-to-people-that-dont-like-phish/
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I recently revisited that John Cusack classic, "Better Off Dead". Wow, that was lame....
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pretty good hour-long BBC documentary, Johnny Cash: The Last Great American, from 2004:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjxFdTTy1hU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjxFdTTy1hU)
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And, forgot to mention:
Finally got around to checking out that Jimi Hendrix documentary that I recorded off of BBC weeks ago. Thanks for the heads-up, Andy, if I didn't already say so. Very entertaining and informative, I thought, had some different perspectives and footage. Not really a criticism, but I do take some disappointment that "Axis: Bold As Love" seems to get glossed over when reviewing his catalog, not sure why it isn't given its due as an incredible album.
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That was a good documentary.
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Restaurant Stock of the Year: Wendy's
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/restaurant-stock-of-the-year--wendy-s-165252357.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/restaurant-stock-of-the-year--wendy-s-165252357.html)
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David Goodis. Noir writer of the 40's and 50's. This guy is something else. The Library of America has a five novel collection of his in print, along with a volume of noir novels of the 40's and 50's with yet another brilliant work of Goodis. It simply doesn't get any better.
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Chicago, The Beautiful [1948]
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6YJVqLVu-qpdmhlUHRIR0V6RW8/edit?pli=1 (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6YJVqLVu-qpdmhlUHRIR0V6RW8/edit?pli=1)
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Now that Darlene Love appeared on Letterman last night, it's officially the Christmas season:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7M6wRPuD2w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7M6wRPuD2w)
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dogtoothe---
found this on you tube and thought you'd enjoy it:
Blues Summit in Chicago
Muddy Waters, Dr. John, Johnny Winter, Mike Bloomfield, Junior Wells, Buddy Miles, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, etc. on the old WTTW's Soundstage TV show from November 1974. It's almost a hour long....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp7pkP-UjJI
and
Muddy Waters - Live Dortmund, Germany - October 29, 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltLHsD_A9I4
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Wow! He is so good. So cool. I seem to remember Soundstage. Man. Tip your hat and tap your feet. Thanks a million Andy.
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pretty good BBC Imagine... documentary titled Harry Nilsson: The Missing Beatle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXoXGO-G2g
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BBC's Imagine... documentary, Rod Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now
From beatnik to mod, from folkie to disco tart, from glam rocker to, most recently, crooner of American standards, Rod Stewart has had a remarkable musical journey. Alan Yentob visits Rod at his homes in Beverly Hills and Essex and talks to his friends and family, including all eight children aged from two years old to 50. Featuring rare archival footage of Rod when he was barely out of his teens and living above his parents' north London sweetshop, Imagine examines an entertaining career across five musical decades.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP7dMOYPOxI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP7dMOYPOxI)
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Has anyone else seen Tom Dowd and the Language of Music?
Very cool flick....
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MeTv has run through the color episodes of The Fugitive and is back to the early black and white shows. In New Orleans MeTv does the Sunday night noir which features The Fugitive at 11pm central (followed by Naked City at midnight). Come to find out my new favorite writer David Goodis won a law suit against the television show claiming it was a rip-off of his brilliant novel Dark Passage. I don't see that, but I guess it's neither here nor there.
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The BBC's How the Brits rocked America: Go West
A three-parter about British pop acts that have flourished Stateside. In recent decades, UK bands’ trips across the Atlantic have been dogged by indifference – not so in the 1960s, which is where this series begins. Graham Nash of the Hollies, Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, Eric Burdon of the Animals and, if you please, Paul McCartney are all interviewed, recalling the British Invasion.
http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=How_the_Brits_Rocked_America%3A_Go_West (http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=How_the_Brits_Rocked_America%3A_Go_West)
Part 1: How the West Was Won (1 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cGSW7rrZLg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cGSW7rrZLg)
Part 1: How the West Was Won (2 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17QFixSZOJU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17QFixSZOJU)
Part 2: Stairway to Heaven (1 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvQbxsw-RhI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvQbxsw-RhI)
Part 2: Stairway to Heaven (2 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDAj-wsQR80 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDAj-wsQR80)
Part 3: We're the Kids in America (1 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UiLnmnil8E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UiLnmnil8E)
Part 3: We're the Kids in America (2 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqN1JOC5cYQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqN1JOC5cYQ)
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Morgan Spurlock's "The Decomposition of McDonald's Burgers and Fries"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uHxRwQqWFo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uHxRwQqWFo)
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A third sports talk radio station enters the Chicago market
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-17/business/chi-wgn-fm-sports-talk-station-the-game-20140217_1_merlin-media-wiqi-fm-wgn-radio (http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-17/business/chi-wgn-fm-sports-talk-station-the-game-20140217_1_merlin-media-wiqi-fm-wgn-radio)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/02/17/wgns-new-fm-let-the-game-begin/ (http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/02/17/wgns-new-fm-let-the-game-begin/)
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I fnd it funny that they want to be "young and hip", but have a bunch of third-rate old guys hosting shows.
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I fnd it funny that they want to be "young and hip", but have a bunch of third-rate old guys hosting shows.
It could be worse.
At least they haven't hired Chet Coppock, Mike North and Mike Murphy. YET.
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I'm surprised that they didn't go with North.
That said, if they get Dan McNeil this summer after his contract at WSCR is up, I'll be tuning in. Appointment radio, Chicago.
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http://www.wimp.com/greatroadie/
Great roadie.
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Sweet.
How the **** did he stay in perfect tune after breaking that string?
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http://www.wimp.com/greatroadie/
Great roadie.
Wow, nice find.
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MSf, Blackie and others who may remember, just saw Sugar Man, man sixto was/is soooo good
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RIP: Johnny Winter
http://www.americanbluesscene.com/2014/07/johnny-winter-dead/ (http://www.americanbluesscene.com/2014/07/johnny-winter-dead/)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4t2AVTtPSQ
this is from Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live 1979 featuring Winter on guitar and some vocal. I have this on vinyl, which to my mind sharpens the sound. Listen to this sucker build, man.
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Love love love my "Hard Again"album. Hell yeah, vinyl is way better. "Johnny Winter on guitar and miscellaneous screaming".
Nice link, Dog!
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Love love love my "Hard Again"album.
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Listen and learn, young 'in. Preferably with a bottle of Jameson's.
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I've switched over to Makers Mark these days... But i will give it a listen.
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Wait now! Hold up! I've listened to that cut hundreds of times. There is no doubt that the youtube is the same cut, it's unmistakable. BUT, I don't remember Winter singing a verse. No, he's just "miscellaneous screaming" on the vinyl recording. I've got to check that out. Right, he doesn't sing a verse on the vinyl, but he's doing it on the youtube. Yep, the time of the song is longer. So Winter (who produced the record) cut his verse out. So I'm not over on the other side of reality yet.
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The BBC's Imagine... 2010 documentary on the Kinks' Ray Davies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzyFJQ5PONk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzyFJQ5PONk)
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Frank Thomas Swinging for Big Hurt Brewhouse Opening in September
http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2014/07/30/big-hurt-brewpub-opening-soon.php (http://chicago.eater.com/archives/2014/07/30/big-hurt-brewpub-opening-soon.php)
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Another Canada fishing trip in the books. Maybe best fishing ever and this was my 28th year in the past 30.
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I am going third week of Sept. Have not gone since the magical October 2005 when I woke my snoozing travel mates when I started screaming after Tadahito hit the three run jack in game 2 against Boston.
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Where did you go?
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Another Canada fishing trip in the books. Maybe best fishing ever and this was my 28th year in the past 30.
Where in Canada?
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Another Canada fishing trip in the books. Maybe best fishing ever and this was my 28th year in the past 30.
Where in Canada?
Lake Pakashkan, in Ontario, NW of Thunder Bay. This group started on that lake in the mid 50s and my generation has continued it. My buddy is decendent of the first two dudes who went. This was his 42 year or something like that maybe even 45. Same lake every year. Last year sucked.
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The place we go is on Star (Hike) Lake near Kenora. My friend's grandfather built the original family cabin on that lake in 1951. His family has been going there since then. I started getting invited in 1974 and he (my friend) bought his own cabin on a nearby lake in the late 80's. I used to go every year but fell off in the last 10-15 years due to my own family responsibilities. But given my oldest left for college today and my youngest is 2 years away I hope to start going regularly again.
The fishing is rarely fantastic but the beer drinking, card playing, camraderie, remoteness, and Northern Lights always make for memorable trips.
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Great times Pete. We camp on an island in tents. Keeps bears out better than the mainland and also the breeze helps with mosquitoes. 30 years and I have only been chased to the tent by mosquitoes 1 year. They seem to leave me alone, I never put spray on me. Must be some med I am on or maybe cause I do not drink much any more. But I like that!!
We do not spend much time with breakfast, eat a PB&J sammich or two and go fishing (no dishes that way). Lunch is same way, cold cut sammich and back out. Dinner we eat fish and beans or fish and mashed potatoes. Spend 11-12 hours fishing, clean fish, eat dinner. Time to drink some brews or whiskey by the fire and BS about the day. By 9pm I am so bushed I head to the tent. I have an old army cot and it is not too bad to sleep on.
There is one resort on the lake, but way over on the SW corner, too far away from our favorite spots. Everyone knows their roles so it really runs smoothly. We had to deep six a guy off the trip before this year, not a real fisherman and was a putz besides. Our leader invited him, drinking buddy, and he had been up there 3 years. I discussed with leader and he was unsure he could break it to the guy. I said, "I will talk to him". heh
Your story is just like my buddies. Started by grandfathers in the 50s, and Mike started going in about 1974 or thereabouts as well. 10 years later I met him and started tagging along. Had never done anything like it. Really did not think I would get into it so much. But I love it and miss it when I miss (only twice, one for daughter wedding, the other time was last year after hurting my knee portaging the year before).
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Blackie, I drink Bushmills myself (only because the stupid tradition in our family in the US who think it is the Catholic Whiskey where as the family in Ireland couldn't careless)
Just had a pint of Pliny the Elder, what a wonderful IPA ( not a wussy session IPA)
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Bushmills is Protestant Whisky -- Belfast. Grandma preferred Jamesons in her coffee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCQDave60E
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AMC is doing marathon reruns of Breaking Bad on Sundays. First time seeing the show. Like it a lot. The music is good.
Just what is an IPA? I've heard it used, but am unclear what it stands for.
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AMC is doing marathon reruns of Breaking Bad on Sundays. First time seeing the show. Like it a lot. The music is good.
Just what is an IPA? I've heard it used, but am unclear what it stands for.
IPA = India Pale Ale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Pale_Ale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Pale_Ale)
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Big Hurt takes swing at restaurant business in Berwyn
By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Tribune reporter - August 28, 2014 5:52 pm
Hulking baseball Hall of Famer Frank Thomas stepped to the plate for his first at-bat in the restaurant game Thursday, unveiling plans for the Big Hurt Brewhouse in Berwyn.
Situated in the old American State Bank building in the 6800 block of Cermak Road, the restaurant will feature an upscale sports bar aesthetic without high prices, the former White Sox star said.
Thomas, standing in a newly built addition to the building, said he hopes to have the brewhouse open for business within a month or so.
Berwyn is "the core" for Chicago fan bases, Thomas said.
While he has been approached to lend his name to similar endeavors in the past, Thomas said he always wanted to be hands-on.
"This is my business, I will be here," Thomas said. "You guys will be seeing me a lot around this area."
read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park-river-forest-forest-park/ct-frank-thomas-brewery-talk-0829-20140828-story.html (http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park-river-forest-forest-park/ct-frank-thomas-brewery-talk-0829-20140828-story.html)
whitesox.com story on groundbreaking with more info & a video: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/cws/frank-thomas-hosts-big-hurt-brewhouse-groundbreaking?ymd=20140828&content_id=91940440&vkey=news_cws (http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/cws/frank-thomas-hosts-big-hurt-brewhouse-groundbreaking?ymd=20140828&content_id=91940440&vkey=news_cws)
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Berwyn?
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Berwyn?
Yeah, you know, Berwyn, "the core". That is how I always remember Berwyn. heh
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Berwyn?
Yeah, you know, Berwyn, "the core". That is how I always remember Berwyn. heh
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You might have missed it as I assumed Blackie's intent was to quote the Jerry G. Bishop's and Rich Koz's Svengoolie and Son of Svengoolie characters' running gag (which you can see/hear at the 40 second mark in the 1st clip below):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VdWLVW4B0M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VdWLVW4B0M)
It's also heard on this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB1J3-JFh7o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB1J3-JFh7o#t=36)
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Nicely played.
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msf, Blackie, dogstoothe, et al ...
Have any of you been watching the 8-part HBO series Foo Fighters: Sonic Hiighways that started three weeks ago?
I wasn't expecting much as I'm not a Foo Fighters fan but it's been damn interesting. Episode 1 was Chicago, episode 2 was Washington, D.C. and last night was Nashville.
If you're not a HBO subscriber, here are links to the first two episodes:
episode 1 - Chicago: http://www.videoweed.es/file/a1002287727bb (http://www.videoweed.es/file/a1002287727bb)
episode 2 - Washington, D.C.: http://www.videoweed.es/file/b43a9666f5949 (http://www.videoweed.es/file/b43a9666f5949)
Variety's review of the series: http://variety.com/2014/tv/reviews/tv-review-foo-fighters-sonic-highways-1201332248/ (http://variety.com/2014/tv/reviews/tv-review-foo-fighters-sonic-highways-1201332248/)
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Looks good, Andy. I'm convinced that music plays a vital role in these new shows, as well as camera angles, they way the thing is shot. Walking Dead is an example. Breaking Bad hooked me. Sad to learn the show is over, but I'd like to take that show from the top, study the progression of Walter White.
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I have not Andy. I have gotten a bit tired of how Mr Grohl wants his mug to be seen everywhere. My wife really likes their music, I think they are ok. I really liked them better before they started worrying more about being on TV etc... than just worrying about their music.
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Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways episode 3 - Nashville: http://www.videoweed.es/file/02f4338a25a2f (http://www.videoweed.es/file/02f4338a25a2f)
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I did not realize it was about other bands. Saw a bit last night, but I have a tough time with the Nashville sound. Not a lot of country in me, like almost nil.
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Finally Safe At Home: Frank Thomas' Big Hurt Brewhouse Opens
http://chicago.eater.com/2014/11/3/7142557/frank-thomas-big-hurt-brewhouse-opening-saturday-in-berwyn (http://chicago.eater.com/2014/11/3/7142557/frank-thomas-big-hurt-brewhouse-opening-saturday-in-berwyn)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20141103/BLOGS09/141109979 (http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20141103/BLOGS09/141109979)
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I know where Shoeless will be Saturday night!!
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The Foo Fighters keep making the same album over and over again. I only need their first album, maybe some of the second one, that's it. Saw them on their first tour, at the Metro, opening for Mike Watt. It was sweet.
That said, I really dig their HBO show. I watched the Chicago one four times.
The Foo Fighters documentary movie is quite good, too.
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Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways episode 4 - Austin: http://www.videoweed.es/file/b561f65811f9d (http://www.videoweed.es/file/b561f65811f9d)
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Thrillist: The Best Pizzeria in every state in America. Illinois winner was Vito & Nick's on 84th & Pulaski.
http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/the-best-pizza-in-every-state-in-america (http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/the-best-pizza-in-every-state-in-america)
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/Clip/10824147/chicagos-kitchens-with-corey-vito-and-nicks-pizzeria#.VF19B1Vokf4.facebook (http://www.myfoxchicago.com/Clip/10824147/chicagos-kitchens-with-corey-vito-and-nicks-pizzeria#.VF19B1Vokf4.facebook)
http://vitoandnicks.com/index.php (http://vitoandnicks.com/index.php)
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I wonder if Groucho's is still open... it was less than a block from Vito & Nick's. A young BlackSox would be there on Wednesday Quarter Beer Night ($1.75 pitchers).
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Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways episode 5 - Los Angeles: http://www.videoweed.es/file/632b4d7e9d237 (http://www.videoweed.es/file/632b4d7e9d237)
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Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways episode 6 - New Orleans: http://www.videoweed.es/file/1c7b48a9e7829 (http://www.videoweed.es/file/1c7b48a9e7829)
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Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways episode 7 - Seattle: http://www.videoweed.es/file/788c2006677e6 (http://www.videoweed.es/file/788c2006677e6)
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Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways episode 8 - New York City: http://www.videoweed.es/file/197ba9101c504 (http://www.videoweed.es/file/197ba9101c504)
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Overall a pretty good series. Methinks the Chicago, Austin, and LA episodes were the best. I got a lot less Butch Vig as the series went on, which sucked.
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Butch Vig is good at what he does. I saw him play drums with Garbage about 6-8 years ago, it was really a good concert.
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Holy sh*t. Sons of Anarchy: worst series ending show ever. Worse than Seinfeld.
That was quite possibly was the best "hate watch" I have ever had. A glorious steaming pile of shyte, that was. It was so bad, so pompous, so self-indulgent (and, frankly, masturbatory in its forced imagery), so f*cking cheesy...
The show jumped the proverbial shark 3 seasons ago, yet I still watched out of habit. Even as it spiraled into the abyss of awfulness, especially in this god-awful plot of the last season (damn you and your lies, Gemma!) I never dreamed of an ending so trite, so awful.
Can't wait to get back to my Gulity Pleasure: "Lillyhammer" on Netflix. There's a show that doesn't try too hard, nor should it. It's just fun. Gotta watch me Season Three!
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Good rant there Blackie! Bad "art" should be punished in that manner often.
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While Darlene Love's annual holiday appearance on Letterman isn't until this coming Friday, CBS released this mashup of her singing on Dave's show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJRCeCoCjY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJRCeCoCjY)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEsbXXsiUUg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEsbXXsiUUg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcb2wmkcIcY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcb2wmkcIcY)
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Darlene Love's final holiday appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I)
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Ha!
Now, AMC is doing another marathon of Breaking Bad starting Sunday at 9am central. Can't wait to see the first one.
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Mrs MSF binged thru that last winter. I watched quite a bit of it, but I just do not watch much TV and it is hard for me to try to stick with a series. But that one was really good. She likes Justified as well.
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Breaking Bad was a great series - right up there with The Sopranos and The Wire. So was Sons of Anarchy (at least until Kurt Sutter went overboard with the 'kill count' in the last few seasons). SOA ended three weeks ago. The final first-run episodes of both Mad Men and Justified will be airing this spring. That's four long running excellent TV dramas coming to an end within a 18 month span.
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HBO has been rerunning The Wire these past few days -- a whole season per day.
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Had some Uncle Bub's BBQ tonight. Darn good stuff!
Eating America with Anthony Anderson - Chicago Ribfest: http://gorillavid.in/h27zecxlgu38 (http://gorillavid.in/h27zecxlgu38)
http://www.unclebubs.com/ (http://www.unclebubs.com/)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHxPi9dM7o (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHxPi9dM7o)
set recorded live in Leon Russell's Paradise Studios in Los Angeles.
SET LIST:
1. T-Bone Shuffle
2. Nowhere To Run
3. Coc@ine
4. Ten Easy Lessons
5. Sensitive Kind
6. Hands Off Her
7. Lou-Easy-Ann
8. Going Down
9. Corine Corina
10. Roll On
11 .No Sweat
12. Crazy Mama
13. Fate Of A Fool
14. Boilin' Pot
15. After Midnight
16. T-Bone Shuffle
17. T-Bone Backwards
18. Same Ole Blues
19. Don't Cry Sister
20. Set Your Soul Free (Tell Me Who You Are)
21. 24 Hours A Day
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Been spending a lot of time in the UK, so reading the threads helps keep me informed, thanks guys.
Anyway there is a tv show here called gogglebox. You watch people watching tv an listen to thier comments. Is this really where reality has taken us, has it now come full circle?
There was an attempt here by one critic to compare it to Mystry Science Theater in a positive manner. "Bullocks !!!"
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dope--
I watch plenty of UK telly and I've seen about 15 episodes of Gogglebox. Interesting show and it's usually pretty funny. I enjoy listening to some of the regulars like the 80-year old husband & wife retired teachers and the two 50-ish black women friends. Their comments are usually 'spot on' and hilarious. Most of the time Gogglebox is much better than the actually TV programmes that the cast is watching & commenting on. Gogglebox is critically acclaimed and won the 2014 BAFTA Award (UK version of Emmys/Oscars) for the best "Reality & Constructed Factual" programme.
There already is a U.S. version of Gogglebox called The People's Couch which is shown on the Bravo Channel. The UK version is much better.
http://www.bravotv.com/the-peoples-couch (http://www.bravotv.com/the-peoples-couch)
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I kinda get a kick out of the B&B owners who always have a cocktail in hand
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I kinda get a kick out of the B&B owners who always have a c0cktail in hand
I like them too. Except for their first names (Stephanie & Dominic) the B&B owners definitely fit the bill for what many Americans think are the stereotypical 50-ish upper middle class Brits - an eccentric but light-hearted couple who are always seen with an alcoholic drink in-hand. Half the time I feel like Dom is doing an impersonation of a John Cleese character.
You can find Gogglebox episodes online at: http://watchseries-online.ch/category/gogglebox (http://watchseries-online.ch/category/gogglebox)
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Lol completely agree
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Fury, you still out and about? I wanted to tell you about the "lost" James M. Cain novel which is now published by Hard Case Crime.
The last project Cain worked on before his demise. Oh it's good. The Cocktail Waitress is the title. Cain writes in first person from
the waitress's point. Nothing like Mildred Pierce, which I didn't care for. This one is all noir.
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The C o c k t a i l Waitress -- cripes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKY6BGcx37k
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Sunday night AMC 9pm central (I'm pretty sure) is the debut of Better Call Saul -- same writers as Breaking Bad, which the show predates.
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whitesoxdope--
The first episode of Gogglebox Australia started this week. It's similar to the UK version. You can watch it here:
http://watchseries-online.ch/episode/gogglebox-australia-s01e01-season-1-episode-1 (http://watchseries-online.ch/episode/gogglebox-australia-s01e01-season-1-episode-1)
Also did you see the Gogglebox spin-off special, titled ‘Steph and Dom Meet Nigel Farage’. The one-off special featured your favs, couple Dominic and Stephanie Parker, chatting rather randomly with the controversial UKIP leader. Here's a link to that show:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2cmsis_steph-dom-meet-nigel-farage-couchtripper_fun
BTW, we're only eight days away from Gogglebox UK's return. Series 5 starts on Friday February 20.
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Thanks, I am back in the States and I have a lot binge watching ahead of me when school is over so not sure I will catch it.
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I recently learned that none other than George Harrison played guitar on Cheech & Chong's classic song "Basketball Jones".
Turns out lots of great players and singers are on that record.
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New White Sox food options at U.S. Cellular Field
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-new-white-sox-food-options-at-us-cellular-field-20150402-photogallery.html (http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-new-white-sox-food-options-at-us-cellular-field-20150402-photogallery.html)
also: the batting helmet full of ribs. fries, slaw & corn bread looks good. So do the Cuban sandwich and the Grilled Chicken Caesar Wrap (freshly grilled chicken breast with Caesar salad dressing wrapped in a gluten-free spinach tortilla).
more photos from the White Sox facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153822464338298.1073741914.45484098297&type=1 (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153822464338298.1073741914.45484098297&type=1)
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Thanks for the tip on that James M. Cain book, Dogstoothe. I'll look for it.
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This Hard Case Crime publisher knows what he's doing. I've devoured several and have yet to find a dud. They are even in the library system, which surprised me. Yeah, I tell ya, most people think Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler when thinking hardboiled, which of course they are, but their heroes are basically good guys, flawed but good. What noir fiction did was move from hero to anti-hero -- and the big three of the noir genre (1950's) are Jim Thompson, David Goodis, and Patricia Highsmith (I'm quoting here from Robert Polito, a scholar of the noir school). Patricia Highsmith -- good lord, ain't nothing "soft" about that dame. I would add to those three as must reads Cornell Woolrich, Charles Willeford,and Chester Himes. And of course James M. Cain, who hated being "categorized" to any genre -- The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity are pristine works of fiction. Of course there are more, and my new mission in life is to exhaust the entire catalogue. Bottoms-up.
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Yick. As if bacon is not bad enough, it looks raw. Ish
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Can it get any better than Muddy at Newport in 1960? Be pretty darn hard. The DVD that I have has two other concerts as well and then an interview. So Mr. Waters was a baseball fan? There you go.
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Hell yeah...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gNs-29s-0Q
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not bad Blackie...
... but (even though it's shorter) I prefer the version on Muddy's 1981 ChicagoFest appearance with Johnny Winter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raP9uVHgfcA
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Here's Muddy Waters whole 1981 ChicagoFest concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXIkpj5BsDE
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Nice!
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Been working my butt off getting all my CDs ripped and put on a cloud (2-terabyte). Now I have the ability to listen to our music using a music application on-line.
Used Exact Audio Copy to create FLAC files. Lose no fidelity going this way, not like downloading music online that does not sound so terrific. Now just need to get another cloud
as backup in case of disaster.
Time consuming, but thus far it is well worth it. I love the flexibility of being able to create lists of songs to play etc...
Blackie/4nek8, I have even put your music you burned for me online. I call the 4nek8's Compilations and Blacksox Compilations (the reggae ones from you Blackie). Also, I have 3 bands named "Mudmen", "Seers Poncho" and "One Louderrr and the Joint Chiefs". heh
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now you need to open up sharing..... and let us download your hard work :)
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Pretty sure I still "owe" you some CDs, msf -- stuff I at one time intended to compile for you and send off. Slackin' off on that kinda thing these days, maybe I'll get motivated.
Did we talk about Little Feat at one point? Monks of Doom? (non-David Lowery CVB members) Old Fleetwood Mac? FIIRC...
And Blackie, did I ever send you a second Rifles CD? If not, you'll get one just as good as the first.
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I have a full Little Feat from you. That was a great burn. I have your Pre-skirt Fleetwood Mac, also a great CD. At the end you threw on some Captain Beyond.
I know nothing at all about Monks of Doom. I did see CVB one night at First Avenue. That has been a while. I think Cracker opened and CVB finished. Lowery must have gotten tired, heh. They were real good. I knew a bit about them and some of their tunes, but the song that blew me away was the Fleetwood Mac song they covered called Tusk. I never liked FM with the two women, especially Nicks, cannot stand that lady. So I was surprised I liked it, but they did a hell of a job on it.
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Abbey Road Studios opens virtual interactive tour
For music fans and music geeks alike, one of the greatest gifts ever has arrived, as now users can take a full, interactive tour of the legendary Abbey Road Studios without ever having to put on pants. Thanks to extensive photo, video and audio work, all combined with Google Maps and Street View, not only can you look at even the smallest detail of the studio The Beatles called home, but you can test your talents on some of the same equipment used to make countless iconic albums.
The project, called Inside Abbey Road, is a truly immersive experience, allowing you to click through all three studios, as well as one of the mastering suites, and each room is filled with photos, videos and text commentary discussing the countless artists and sonic innovations that the studio birthed. From the beginning of film scoring to the unique Echo Chamber, the site offers easy to understand explanations of why the studio remains so highly revered, as well as how many of these innovations shaped modern music.
Along with what is in many ways a point-and-click adventure, the site offers personal tours from the likes of Giles Martin, so you can just sit back as he walks you through the building, as the screen moves and zooms to each element he discusses. As he stated, “This collaboration with Google gives the outside world a great insight into the everyday workings of the studio and allows anyone to glimpse the magic that goes on inside the world’s most famous recording studio.”
As you virtually stroll from room to room, you’ll find interactive elements covering artists like Kanye West, Ella Fitzgerald, Oasis, First Aid Kit, Sam Smith and countless others. It is only when you see these names alongside those of The Beatles and Pink Floyd that you can fully appreciate just how vital a role the studio played in the past century of recorded music. This doesn’t even cover all of the classical works and film scores that have been recorded in Studio 1, with recent blockbusters like Harry Potter and Star Wars using the room for their work.
Regardless of what style of music you enjoy, the ease of use and countless small details to be discovered throughout Inside Abbey Road will bring hours of enjoyment, and for those who may never be able to set foot in the hallowed halls of the studio, it is an unparalleled way to experience some of the magic that resides within those walls.
https://insideabbeyroad.withgoogle.com/en/welcome
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4n, yes, I got the second Rifles disk. Cool stuff.
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I like Penny Dreadful on SHO
Andy another good show the wife an I watched in UK was Dr. Martin
MSF and Blackie, the wife and I saw The Replacements in Milwaukee, good show. I've seen them before at Riotfest which had a more wild crowd. Through mutual friends of the wife I got to meet Paul Westerberg ( just said hi)
After the show, went out with the wife's friends and they talked about going to a venue called Jay's Longhorn Bar. Ever been or heard of it? Wife said it was closed before she started college so she never went.
We also talked about Husker Du. Didn't realize there was still issues between Mould and Hart. I guess Mould is a bit of a dbag which is why they may never get back together
Bastards of Young still one of my favs
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I saw the 'Mats last Wednesday. Ah luv that band. I was at the Riotfest show -- I had an extra VIP ticket (and 12 drink tickets) because everyone bailed since it was a cold, rainy, sh*tty night. Wish I would have run into you there.
The issue between Mould and Hart is that they are former lovers & head strong band "leaders" who had a bad break up... or so was the rumor back in '88. That's a bad combo. Bob is The Man. Last saw him about 8-9 years ago at a street fest -- he played solo. It was just him and his electric guitar on stage, no amps.. he plugged directly into the sound board.
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I have never been able to get into the Replacements or Westerberg. Does not happen that often, just one of my buddies used to overplay them and idolize them.
Never heard that about Mould. The bass player from Husker Du sat in with the Meat Puppets the last time I saw them. He played two songs on bass I think. Elmo Kirkwood was also in the band that day.
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We did go to a Steve Winwood concert last week. He has a pretty good band, very much jazzy and Traffic-like. Still get tears in my eyes every time he plays Dear Mr. Fantasy. He had a drummer who has worked with Jeff Beck and Beck typically has pretty good drummers (I believe JohnJeter told me that in a post one time).
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Blackie thanks for the background info
I guess I was just parroting what my wife's friends were saying( they are to music what foodies are to food, can't think of term for them. They are really into the Minni music scene).
Now that I think back I think they mentioned they are friends with Hart. I guess he's tried on several occasions to get a reunion going but Bob doesn't want anything to do with it.
I really like Mould think he is very talented
I wish ran into you too could have relieved you of the burden of some of those drink tix
I am going again this year, I am also going to see Social D at the House of Blues.
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We did go to a Steve Winwood concert last week. He has a pretty good band, very much jazzy and Traffic-like. Still get tears in my eyes every time he plays Dear Mr. Fantasy. He had a drummer who has worked with Jeff Beck and Beck typically has pretty good drummers (I believe JohnJeter told me that in a post one time).
Speaking of JohnJeter/Jhon Jeter, anyone still in contact with him and knows how's he doing?
I noticed a new member (johnjeterwd40) signed up on April 11th (the day after Hunnie joined) but johnjeterwd40 didn't make a post and he/she hasn't visited this site since then.
The 'original' Jeter is still a member (listed as JhonJeter0112358) and hasn't visited this site since July 10, 2014.
Is this 'new' Jeter the same person as the 'original' Jeter or is someone posing as JJ?
Did Jeter sell his Chicago condo and move out of state like he talking about a couple of years ago?
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Blackie would be the one to know
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Man, speaking of John Jeter. I don't know but it sounds very odd/strange on his facebook page. I left a note saying he's missed at the White Sox board and I just checked to see if he replied and other people are posting as if he passed away.
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I know, I saw. And I wondered the same.
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Dang, really? While I didn't "know him" know him, he had an extremely witty and irreverent sense of humor, which I found very entertaining. Had another guy in my Friends list pass away just after last Christmas, only 51 yrs old and in great shape. Still don't know to this day what happened to him...
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We do not know for sure, correct? Waiting for Blacksox or Big Shooter to check in to let us know.
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I haven;t seen Jheter in a couple of years. Just saw his FB page -- yikes.
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I'm sad to report that, after doing a quick Google search, I found his obit on the tribune website. It was published last Friday.
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Damn. Thanks for following up on that. Now he can talk with FZ.
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He will be missed. That is sad to hear. how old was NJ?
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Wow, that is really sad; will drink a cold beer to him tonight.
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He will be missed. That is sad to hear. how old was NJ?
He was about my age or a bit younger. Early to mid 50's I would guess, the obit did not give a ton of info.
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Wow.
RIP Jheter. You will be missed.
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RIP JhonJeter.
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Can we change the banner to this in honor of Jheter and his legacy?
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+1
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Can we change the banner to this in honor of Jheter and his legacy?
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Sure or I could use this one that JhonJeter created back in January 2012:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6689976053_1db7c860e7.jpg)
http://sox.createaforum.com/general-discussion/tv-cinema-revue/msg8789/#msg8789 (http://sox.createaforum.com/general-discussion/tv-cinema-revue/msg8789/#msg8789)
.....or I can use JJ's favorite photo here:
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You pick which one Joey. Please post your choice on this thread.
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I like the last one. You just know Jheter was just like that kid.
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What MSF said.
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Done.
Now how long should we leave it there? A week? 30 days? The rest of this baseball season?
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Done.
Now how long should we leave it there? A week? 30 days? The rest of this baseball season?
Whatever works. Maybe thru end of this month, or until the AS Game.
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Fitting.
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Sad to hear about Mr. Jheter. I enjoyed his unique humor. He was even funnier in person than on these boards. RIP...
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Still thinking about Jeter a lot. He called me a good sport. I considered that high praise considering the source.
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There you go. It's little things, like using the phrase "good sport." He sure had wit, that's for sure. Sad.
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This totally sucks.
Can someone post the obit link? I can't find his facebook page.
I loved talking Andy Griffith with him.
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http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?pid=174864653
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Sucks to hear that about Jeter...he seemed to be good people...
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I met him a couple times and he was. Same humor offline as online. One time at a Sox tailgate he and his wife brought some Chinese food that was really great, I cannot recall what it was however. Some kind of roll, not egg roll or spring roll. It was deelish.
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Jeter would have had a field day with this photo tweeted by @whitesox :
PK dog - get em while you can!
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Looks more like a Thome Dog...
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heh
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But Jeter wasn't childish. Irreverent, yes.
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And now yesterday I lose one of my best friends here in Rochester. Sudden heart attack, cripes. Just spent Friday night at his place too and all seemed just fine.
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Damn... sorry for your loss MSF.
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Condolences MSF. That is rough.
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speaking of former posters...
Anyone here still in contact with soxfun? He never made the move here from worldcrossing where he was pretty much inactive for a few years.
IIRC, he had a business in the Wisconsin Dells and was planning to open a sports museum in/near Navy Pier? I also seem to remember he went to Lyons Township High School where he pitched on the baseball team. IIRC he had some heart problems.
Anyone still in contact with him or know how is he doing?
..and there's Method's old nemesis Minoats and JoshPR who haven't been active here for quite awhile. I've notice a few JoshPR posts lately at soxtalk but how's Minoats doing?
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Soxfun was pretty sick if I recall, may have lived in same building as Jheter or nearby. The way some of his posts were towards the end I do not think he made it. In fact, didn't his wife get on his account and post how bad things were going?
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No idea on Minoats.
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Oats moved to Midwest somewhere I thought after he was downsized. Posted a couple of times...
I miss Ven23
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Yes, he was in Indiana, taking care of his father who was blind. He started up a business of some sorts, not a clean job if I recall correctly. Something like pumping out shitters.
He was on here a couple different times since then, but that is all I recall.
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Interesting video on the friendship of Randy Johnson & Geddy Lee.
On Their Game: Randy Johnson and Geddy Lee
Base to bass: Hall of Famers are friends, and Big Unit rocks as a photographer
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/126030412/randy-johnson-captures-rush-live-in-concert (http://m.mlb.com/news/article/126030412/randy-johnson-captures-rush-live-in-concert)
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Southern BBQ near Sox Park. This place is 4 blocks directly north of US Cellular Park. Anybody try it?
(http://www.huskyhogbbq.com/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-1N0l9M71U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-1N0l9M71U)
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Andy,
Got a ticket to Saturday's game... its down to being a best of 3 now.
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Hope you were able to make a doubleheader out of that day, Method. Sox v. Rays in the afternoon followed by Hawks v. Lightning that night. Did either of your teams win???
:-)
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Abysmal but fantastically fun weekend.. watched the sox lose twice... and watched the Bolts lose as well.
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(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/K_M_A_2/BHawks/X_zps1ofszrmw.gif)
#TWTW
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this guy has some entertaining fast food reviews. He has over 50 million hits of his YouTube videos.
His review of Sprite LeBron's Mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLZ2D3cX50k
and Chick-fil-A Spicy Chicken:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wG3j8VaNcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK8p9djuD1w
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JhonJeter would have loved this:
(http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-06/10/11/enhanced/webdr11/enhanced-24410-1433950580-7.png)
Bacon Ice Cream Sandwich
http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/bacon-ice-cream-sandwich#.ygDpO6vx77 (http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/bacon-ice-cream-sandwich#.ygDpO6vx77)
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sorry to hear about Jeter, seems like yesterday I was teasing him about getting married.
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BS good to see you around.
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Wow, BillSharp. As Method said, welcome back.
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I never really left, come by to check Min's minor league reporting, but I stopped posting.
Have hated the product for years, I guess since they signed Adam Dunn.
Don't see how the offense gets worse each year, this year it's so bad it's painful to watch.
And there really is nothing to follow in the minors.
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Damn.
RIP, Jeter.
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Boat!!!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxLQcza3EMw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxLQcza3EMw)
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Say Pete, and et al -- I remember that you were up and about when Naked City aired. Do you remember a crime show called M Squad with Lee Marvin? Ran for three years starting in 1957? They say it did for Chicago what Naked City did for New York. Anyway, I've never heard of the show but I got a birthday present of all 117 episodes. Can't wait to have a look see. The music is supposed to be very good. I'll post my review(s) after viewing.
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Yup, remember watching M-Squad as a wee one but in all honesty was too young in that period to realize it was set in Chicago. I think the opening sequence of the police movie genre parody "Police Squad" was a takeoff on M-Squad.
The first time I can remember seeing Chicago immortalized on TV was watching late night showings of the classic "Beginning of the End" starring a pre - Mission Impossible Peter Graves and the always vivacious Peggy Castle. In the film grasshoppers metamorphosize into giant status after eating radioactive grain, develop a taste for human flesh, and then get hoppin' mad and attack Chicago. There were great images of the locusts climbing the Wrigley Building, Merchandize Mart, crossing the draw bridges on the river and hanging around other Chicago landmarks. It was "Must See TV" before there was "Must See TV"
They don't make 'em like that anymore!
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BTW when I was a small one the original Prudential Building (I think it's called One Purudential Tower now?) was THE tallest building in Chicago. Things have changed a little since then
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Don't think for a moment it couldn't happen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqVL8blr-rw
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Nice, I enjoyed that, I remember that movie.
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the always vivacious Peggy Castle
(http://img1.bdbphotos.com/images/orig/z/8/z8241b8wc5nr8bc2.jpg?kj8as6ye)
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"Yup, remember watching M-Squad as a wee one but in all honesty was too young in that period to realize it was set in Chicago. I think the opening sequence of the police movie genre parody "Police Squad" was a takeoff on M-Squad." Pete W.
That's right. Found that out at google. Kinda skimmed the first episode (was in the cups) and it looks to be pretty good. Gritty. Lee Marvin is always interesting to watch. Sunday I'll give it a good going over and report back.
Man, now I've got to see Beginning of the End. Looks terrific.
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Just got a facebook message from Mrs. Jeter telling me the news, sad stuff. Decided to come on here and didn't know it had been so long ago. Sorry I don't hang out here anymore, too much going on chasing around a 16-month old, working and just life. RIP Jeter.
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Yep, tough stuff. Someone thought his facebook indicated he passed and then Blackie found the obit online. That was all we heard. Way too young.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6lIHm0wWwM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHrsTFoRjJ8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHrsTFoRjJ8)
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BlackSox,
mark your calendar for two weeks from today:
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Uncle Bub's BBQ
132 S Cass Ave
Westmont, Illinois 60559
(630) 493-9000
http://www.unclebubs.com/
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Cool. Been awhile, as I have been digging the R.U.B. that opened in Oakbrook.
Still waiting for a good Thai Food place to open out here. I used to live in Lincoln Square, so I was quite spoiled on the that front.
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My favorite place to eat in Rochester is a Thai/Cambodian/Vietnamese place. Mmmmm, deelish.
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Totally random...
But if you love thai food... and are ever in Gainsville... go here
http://www.timsthairestaurant.com/
Expect to spend about 2-4 hours to get your meal... you will enjoy every single bite.
Tim and Fe still run the place and have for some time... fantastic people. best thai food in Florida imo.
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Gracias
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwygA3BBUvs
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Darlene Love's final holiday appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I)
(http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/K_M_A_2/Other/Pdc4675351992575367936.gif)
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<like>
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9srNrpOVzY
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Prince - he gone.
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..for BlackSox:
opening soon in the St. James Crossing Shopping Center in Westmont....
(http://www.dailyherald.com/storyimage/DA/20160628/entlife/160629153/EP/1/9/EP-160629153.jpg&updated=201606291129&MaxW=800&maxH=800&noborder)
(https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12994330_612429895571353_5084608987134138924_n.jpg?oh=36b08f710d8e2eeaa02a88e6262471f2&oe=577233D6)
They're going into the spot which was last occupied by Jimmy's Island Grille.
http://www.grill89.com/
https://www.facebook.com/grill89/info/?tab=page_info
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I went to an Italian restaurant in that strip mall about 7 years ago. It was pretty good.
Another Ditka thing and another "grill"? Ugh. My (proverbial) kingdom for some killer Thai Food out here.
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My two favorite restaurants in town are Thai (one is Thai and Vietnamese combined). I love that stuff man!!!
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Don't tell Shoe, but this is what his family is giving him for Father's Day:
http://tinyurl.com/ShoelessFathersDay
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BlackSox and dogstoothe--
Muddy Waters old home in Westmont was sold last month:
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Westmont/16-S-Adams-St-60559/home/18024236
Here's an old photo from when he owned it:
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Wow! That is priceless! Did you take the picture, Andy? Sorry I haven't been around, got fired from my job in late February, no computer at home (well, it's home for this month anyway).
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No dog I didn't, the photo is not mine. Somebody posted it on one of the Westmont, IL facebook pages when the property was for sale in June/July 2016. Doing further research on the photo I found it was taken by photographer Herb Nolan and it's posted on a pinterest "Modern Rock Gallery" page there.
If you ever find yourself in the Chicago area, take a ride to Westmont as there is a Muddy Waters Historical Exhibit and Blues Tribute in the village's Westmont Centre. His old home (16 S. Adams) is also just three blocks west of the Westmont Centre and there is a Muddy Waters Park also in Westmont (SW corner of 63rd Street & Williams St.).
http://www.muddywatersexhibit.com/
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Drove over to Sioux Falls, SD on Sunday to check out a moe. concert. I bet only 200-300 people were there at a place that holds 950 or so. No seating and I suppose that causes that, but cripes, does no one in SD know how good moe. is??? Amazing concert, 4 hours with a half hour break in the middle of it. Nice venue too, The District, seemed like a newer place.
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Just read a piece about a new studio recording by the Stones -- not really obscure but blues numbers from the fifties and sixties. Should be fantastic.
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You mean they just recorded it with current band, or was it with the band that had Brian Jones on lead guitar and Bill Wyman on base?
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New recordings. Clapton plays on it.
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A minute of one of the new Stones blues covers; pretty stinking' good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXR_SFxMUss
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My sister had the 6X12 Album of the Stones (their 2nd maybe??). It was a lot like these songs, very bluesy. I loved it. Jagger can play the harp.
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BlackSox --
Lunch +/or dinner possibilities for next Monday:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwQ2CqmXEAAW1vM.jpg)
Here's a new review of Uncle Bub's from today's Suburban Life:
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/10/31/westmonts-uncle-bubs-blends-bbq-and-comfort-food/a8bvqj2/?page=1
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Thanks for the heads up!
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Speaking of BBQ, went to Baby Back Blues in Plainfield a couple weeks ago
Pretty good.
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Andy, Juan.
While i am 100% certain i sent sox charities our bet cash... they sent me a nice calender in return last month. I cannot find my card statement with the donation. I will remake it today...
However i'd like to ask for a small edit, I'd prefer to make this one to the NRDC... if agreeable to each of you that is.
https://www.nrdc.org/
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Andy, Juan.
While i am 100% certain i sent sox charities our bet cash... they sent me a nice calender in return last month. I cannot find my card statement with the donation. I will remake it today...
However i'd like to ask for a small edit, I'd prefer to make this one to the NRDC... if agreeable to each of you that is.
https://www.nrdc.org/
OK with me if you want to donate the $25 to a different charity to settle your wager with me.
IIRC, your bet with Juan was for a 'drink' and not a donation to charity.
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Juan is a slick ole cuss. Took me for a bottle of Dom one year at SoxFest, not even sure what the bet was, but he won it.
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Method,
Don't need the donation, nor the beer. What would settle the bet is locating Minoats, am worried he may not be alive.
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(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
Darlene Love's final holiday appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I)
(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
with Letterman retired, she now appears on The View to sing her holiday classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgj54eAGvrY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgj54eAGvrY)
(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbCajkX3IqI
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.
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Just heard this song by Eilen Jewell -- Boundary County -- anybody familiar with her? She seems to have that high lonesome.
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I have not.
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As a wee lad in 1960, I loved this TV show. Always hoping to see a member of the '59 A.L. Champs take part in the show but it never happened. Here are all 26 episodes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaxrzW3aSrc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F44VtFqVnEM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV2Juk2YEHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JAMbwIiV80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKq4xdoS4vE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0avExaz2Rg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pZ6Lvddhrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBj0isVvfuk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=838ffjJqy2c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZLtsEPjyo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtkn8oA7QkQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqVv1NzMv-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QlJ9EhghFs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKLuPCsK83Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN9dsm5dhZo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZESIXtRz9Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7u415RsUjg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziYWmOKlFXc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjYdV568NjU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBY40L_Rp2U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiHOH8rvjsw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijR6Qt-O0C0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA43r43PZwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1oM-cdFwKU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TPE0RlwYOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvIOUFov-u8
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BlackSox --
Lunch +/or dinner possibilities for next Monday:
http://unclebubs.com/20th-anniversary-celebration/
(https://scontent.ford1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/23167688_10154895044966319_3505779970269721143_n.jpg?oh=7d720f8fcc40d5eeedef9151db607d1f&oe=5AAD4A5E)
Here's a review of Uncle Bub's from the Suburban Life:
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/10/31/westmonts-uncle-bubs-blends-bbq-and-comfort-food/a8bvqj2/?page=1
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMwj5efrjFI
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https://twitter.com/PhizLair/status/976997472357687297
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(https://i.imgur.com/nU7sUov.jpg)
Sox New Food Covers All the Bases
https://whitesoxpride.mlblogs.com/sox-new-food-covers-all-the-bases-999395ac1b65
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Vienna Beef opens history museum
http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-vienna-beef-hot-dog-anniversary-20180502-story.html
http://abc7chicago.com/food/vienna-beef-opens-history-museum/3536574/
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(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
Darlene Love's final holiday appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I)
(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
with Letterman retired, she now appears on The View to sing her holiday classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlayFa1H4Lc
(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
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Anyone who grew-up in Chicagoland from the mid-50s to the late 80s should remember this animated short as it was a Christmastime staple on WGN-TV's Garfield Goose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAGkjFVY43I
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Anyone who grew-up in Chicagoland from the mid-50s to the late 80s should remember this animated short as it was a Christmastime staple on WGN-TV's Garfield Goose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAGkjFVY43I
Bet I have asked a dozen people over the years if they ever heard of Hardrock, Coco and Joe. Came up in discussions about old cartoons. I suppose most grew up in Minnesota or maybe Iowa/Wisc. None ever heard of them.
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two more WGN-TV Christmastime staples from the past:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaUBpsn4QjQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C19KEuozt-0
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Frazier Thomas played 3 X-Mas song videos on Garfield Goose:
Hardrock, Coco & Joe; Suzy Snowflake & Frosty the Snowman.
I heard he brought the song tapes to Chicago when he was hired by WGN from some other station in Cincinnati or some place like that.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoFzgpSlIYY
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Baseball Palace of the World
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South Side Servings: Sox Announce New Ballpark Food
https://whitesoxpride.mlblogs.com/south-side-servings-sox-announce-new-ballpark-food-3505e4512a1c
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-cb-white-sox-food-beer-20190320-story.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgDVxKsLlw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Alsk1lQ_no
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Singer Leon Redbone Dies at 69
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/singer-leon-redbone-dies-at-69-1203229012/?fbclid=IwAR36mZqnAPkU92naDUOtfZP2xaWxSgf8-xmyxWawUfKFdw6KrNocQgLA4cQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGUW0uAwDyw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhhIfhAUTUA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU6xhLNfnQ4
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documentary short on Leon Redbone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngas6KfP3s0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhyLa76fweM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txMPjvIlVpk
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They're not that good. Give me a Vienna Beef any day over a Nathan's
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If I never see a highlight of that disgusting event (to me), it will still be too soon.
BlackSox grew up on Viennas, now prefers Best Kosher.
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If I never see a highlight of that disgusting event (to me), it will still be too soon.
BlackSox grew up on Viennas, now prefers Best Kosher.
I watched it for the first time this year. The highlight was the carnival barker/MC (George Shea) who introduced and hyped all the contestants. He puts Michael Buffer to shame. He was quite entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7f9gycp3SY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0nm6Bk2668
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Gross.
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You saying gross to the song? I liked Chicago when Kath was in it. Too bad he liked to show off his gun collection. Could not stand them later.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIErqYP8KNU
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0WJLpL6TLk
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New food options at the United Center, including This Little Goat and Chicago Pours
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-united-center-new-food-scoreboard-20191004-pcvlm3tsczh3bj23g2qptcv74y-story.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6PByjRnmh4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1foufgg0X0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Iqb5mXpA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEWSaIOagkw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koz25BCHc3g
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(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y9F7CxPwko
(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
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Anyone who grew-up in Chicagoland from the mid-50s to the late 80s should remember this animated short as it was a Christmastime staple on WGN-TV's Garfield Goose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAGkjFVY43I
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the other 2 song videos Frazier Thomas played were Suzy Snowflake and Frosty the Snowman.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4Uu0OlmTg&bpctr=1577305601
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2KaRVGx0yI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRdDTq2YBu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4BSHpl_bWw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uPsYTzjVl4
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"Say It Ain't So, Joe"
(https://i.imgur.com/zpV83c1.png)
3 months after Cubs fired Joe Maddon, Wrigleyville restaurant named after him closes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-maddons-post-closed-tony-mantuano-joe-maddon-1230-20191230-akl6vxq5djgdxfymaj2mnyhz24-story.html
https://chicago.eater.com/2019/12/30/21040532/maddons-post-ex-cubs-manager-restaurant-wrigley-field-tony-mantuano
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8kRxhS_-nU
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Couple tidbits about the Method household/summer.
We're moving to New Jersey from Florida in July... Mrs. Method got a really big promotion (beyound something we thought possible) but it requires us to leave paradise.
We're planning a trip to Chicago the last weekend of June. Tentatively i'll be at the Sox game on 6/27. I do hope to meet some of you in person finally if you can make it to the game. Our plans are 70/30 right now. Just wanted to put it on ya'lls calender now.
If her job requires us to relocate sooner, we'd likely skip that Chicago trip.
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Couple tidbits about the Method household/summer.
We're moving to New Jersey from Florida in July... Mrs. Method got a really big promotion (beyound something we thought possible) but it requires us to leave paradise.
We're planning a trip to Chicago the last weekend of June. Tentatively i'll be at the Sox game on 6/27. I do hope to meet some of you in person finally if you can make it to the game. Our plans are 70/30 right now. Just wanted to put it on ya'lls calender now.
If her job requires us to relocate sooner, we'd likely skip that Chicago trip.
Shoeless just asked me when I would be down for a game. Definitely will keep this date in mind, would love to meet you Metodo.
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Final plan's have shifted us to first weekend of June. We'll be in town from the 4-7th. Working on buying tickets for the Sox game Friday night in the Goose Island area. We'll likely get there a bit early to tail gate as well.
If any of you can make it, would love to cya guys there!
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I’ll be at the Sox/Rox games April 28th and 29th in Denver Sorry to miss you Method.
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We are all set on our tickets.
We'll be in the Goose Island Section Row 09 Seats 1-6.
We're also planning to tailgate with some local friends before the game, will let you know what lot!
Hope to see a couple of you there if you can make it. I reached out to Camelo on FB he's going to try and move some things in his schedule and attend.
Loveland, We're going to be in Denver a bit later in the year, end of September, I'll let you know as it gets closer!
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https://twitter.com/dhsoxfan/status/1243227152230776832
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1GU1qQ1zQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSzL5-SPHM
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This is a "Soundstage" from 11/11/74, produced at WTTW in Chicago. It was called "Arlo and Friends." The friends of Arlo Guthrie were Steve Goodman and Hoyt Axton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT443tAKBU8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsxB_NfxNto
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ATwmyuhmeY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es3Vsfzdr14
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGql8NgF74g
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fduevUJtsv4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zmNs6sWTD8
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s94GcyEL2K4
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Thanks, Ang! Love Fogerty jamming with his kids; so very cool.
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A couple of months ago I "cut the cord" and dropped cable (Xfinity). I kept high speed internet and bought an Android box and a couple of Amazon 4K Firesticks. Loaded them with plenty of free apps that give me thousands of live TV channels worldwide and plenty of VOD movies and TV shows. My monthly cost went from $244 down to $73. Anybody else going the same? What did you switch to and what IPTV services are you currently using?
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No I have not but I am also dropping about $250 a month for xfinity. Guess I'll have to research what an "android box" and "Amazon 4k Firesticks" are.
Does your change allow you to avoid commercials for idiotic shows like "Marriage Boot Camp" and "Love after Lockup"?
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Of course, I wouldn't have to see those commercials if I wasn't addicted to the original "Law and Order", which is on the same channel. Have probably seen all those episodes at least 6 times but can't help myself.
Couple weeks ago they ran one where Lenny Bristow puts his foot on a bad guy they had just run down and last week Rey Curtis kind of lost control and put an alleged cop killer in a choke hold and I thought "Whoops! You guys should probably quit showing those episodes!" :o
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Guess I wasn't the only "cord cutter" that affected Comcast's bottom-line. Sorry to hear they let Leila Rahimi go. She was the best host on the station. Should have cut Dave Kaplan and his huge salary and kept Leila.
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Layoffs hit NBC stations to meet
‘changing economic environment’
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/08/04/layoffs-hit-nbc-stations-meet-changing-economic-environment/
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Yeah, Leila Rahimi is very good. NBC Sports Chicago keeps cutting original programming; that station is getting lame.
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Tavern Style Isn’t Just Chicago’s Signature Pizza,
but Its Signature Food
Chicagoans are ordering a ton of thin-crust pies during the pandemic. A brief history of the style — and why it may edge out Italian beef as our quintessential delicacy.
http://www.chicagomag.com/dining-drinking/June-2020/Tavern-Style-Pizza-History/
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Vito & Nick’s celebrates 100 years in Chicago
with the best tavern-style pizza in the city
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-food-vito-nicks-pizza-rose-george-100-years-20200812-k3wegwn32zhwrone4kc4ys7rwm-story.html
http://vitoandnicks.com/index.php
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Blackie, enlighten me. I’ve become fixated on this phenomenon of singers that sing behind the beat. They are not off beat, but a shade behind it. Here are two examples.
https://youtu.be/-B41dXQp6Bw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI
Note: Edited to fix the Johnny Cash video URL.
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The second one won’t post but it’s Johnny Cash doing Hurt. Cash seems to sing behind the beat a lot.
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Hurt is Cash’s best song.
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It’s a good one. Do you hear the behind the beat? It’s very subtle.
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Dog:
That ever-so-slight delay creates a subtle natural reverb effect, which makes it sound fatter. Also, good rhythm sections know how to play on the "and" (as in, 1 and 2 and)... that probably goes for voices too.
Easier said than done!
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It’s a good one. Do you hear the behind the beat? It’s very subtle.
The piano part is brilliant
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“Easier said than done.” BlackSox
Thanks Blackie. I talked to this guitar player and singer (very good) at an open mic gig and when I mentioned the behind the beat he way too adamantly denied any knowledge of it. My guess is he can’t do it. I can understand Billie Holiday in a sense because she doesn’t play an instrument, but how in heck can you play one beat and sing behind it at the same time? I guess those folks.are also adept at patting their heads and rubbing their stomachs at the same time.
Thanks Andy for the edit on Hurt.
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Dog. I’m not that nuanced, well I can do baseball nuance. Always been a Cash girl though.
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Cash got me into this fixation. I asked this other musician why Cash is so unique. Sure, he’s got a great voice and his choice of songs and songwriting are excellent, but there seems to be something else going on. He replied Cash sings behind the beat, man, didn’t you know that?
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When I was in Jr High WMAQ used to play music between games in a double header or during rain delays. That is how I became a Cash girl. There were regular Double Headers scheduled back then.
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Good ear for music, Loveland. My nemesis and sometimes muse Scoop De Ville can shoot a decent game of straight pool, but her juke box selections are terrible. I wish she’d come out the closet and spar a bit.
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Dan McNeil is out at WSCR-AM after tweet about ESPN’s Maria Taylor: ‘Its degrading and humiliating tone to a fellow female broadcaster was unacceptable’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-dan-mcneil-maria-taylor-tweet-espn-20200915-pqoqgqsvwfdevoj5dyccgfzacq-story.html
https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/09/15/score-fires-dan-mcneil-degrading-tweet-espn-reporter/
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Preposterous.
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There are plenty of things to be outraged about, and rightly so. His tweet is not one of them. Poor taste does not always equal sexism or racism. Social media reminds me of groupthink from 1984.
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There are plenty of things to be outraged about, and rightly so. His tweet is not one of them. Poor taste does not always equal sexism or racism. Social media reminds me of groupthink from 1984.
Agree.
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"Poor taste". Are you referring to his tweet or her dress? ;D
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Ha!
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Here you go dogstoothe, Muddy Waters' old house just hit the market:
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/westmont/16-s-adams-st/pid_38375543/
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/16-S-Adams-St_Westmont_IL_60559_M79517-42340
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Enjoying a Lou Malnatti's Cheese and Sausage Deep Dish tonight.
Mrs. PeteWard buys a 4-pack of the frozen pizzas for me from Taste of Chicago every now and then.
Pop it in the oven at 425 degrees for 45 minutes and you're all set.
Not quite as good as sitting in the original Lou's in Lincolnwood back in the 80's and eating a pie served fresh and hot but not bad for 1000 miles away. ;)
(And the best part is Mrs PW doesn't like 'em so I get to eat the whole thing!) :P
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Can't beat that!!
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Well, my right elbow is broken I’m pretty sure because it hurts like the dickens and I can’t get on top of the pain. I ate a big gummy and it seemed to help for awhile and then it didn’t. All in the name of love I guess.
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very sad news:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL5lfat4Te8
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Alex Trebek 1940-2020
https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/alex-trebek-1940-2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/08/arts/television/alex-trebek-jeopardy.html
https://www.macleans.ca/culture/television/alex-trebek-reinvented-the-role-of-game-show-host-with-accessible-sophistication/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0c1cKoqH0
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Singer Joseph ‘Mojo’ Morganfield, son of blues legend Muddy Waters, has died at 56
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2020/12/10/22168310/joseph-mojo-morganfield-dead-muddy-waters-son-blues-obituary
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At85j6PyN5o
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Darlene Love's final holiday appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I)
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with Letterman retired, she now appears on The View to sing her holiday classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PSWKmRmOPg
(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
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Anyone who grew-up in Chicagoland from the mid-50s to the late 80s should remember this animated short as it was a Christmastime staple on WGN-TV's Garfield Goose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAGkjFVY43I
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two more WGN-TV Christmastime staples from the past:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaUBpsn4QjQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C19KEuozt-0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_kj60DIq2M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2KaRVGx0yI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRdDTq2YBu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4BSHpl_bWw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvY-Abd2FfM
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/24/channel-4-under-fire-for-deepfake-queen-christmas-message
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc3n90gy_44
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyyWJavYk0k
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN9YLLQl7gE
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Very cool, fun song. Dave Grohl is my hero... plays with all these big names and still just a regular guy who loves to rock.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a8j_LEryAs
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South Side restaurant honors Yermín Mercedes through food
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/white-sox-rookie-yermin-mercedes-honored-new-burger
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBFxHHPByX0
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Johnny Crawford, Young Star of 'The Rifleman,' Dies at 75
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/johnny-crawford-young-star-of-the-rifleman-dies-at-75
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/johnny-crawford-original-mouseketeer-rifleman-132535660.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqNRc-OXCDo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9v8vtQRRQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a8w1ri_TwM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj7vY5jVHh4
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I used to love listening to & watching these guys talk baseball on Sundays:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyVHWY9JfwI
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I never forget Ben Bentley talk about Jack Ruby. He thought the allegation that Ruby was part of the mob hysterical. He knew Ruby & described him as the craziest Jew he ever knew. The idea that the mafia had anything to do with him was farcical.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2e3Ov1lFyg
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That Jean Shepherd piece is awesome! My dad drank Blatz beer every night (I think it was all he could afford). And one of his great accomplishments was teaching me to despise and hate the Yankees!
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https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27/1000847547/real-milli-vanilli-singer-john-davis-dead-at-age-66
One of the real singers behind Milli Vanilli has passed away from COVID.
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Nice nuance.
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For you out-of-towners who can't just jump in your car and pick up a beef at Al's, Johnnie's, Mr. Beef, Buona, Chi-Shack, Portillo's, Pop's, Chickies, Roma's, Kombs, Little Joe's or Carm's:
CHICAGO STYLE ITALIAN BEEF SANDWICH (Made By Man From Chicago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNGtpfEahwI
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I'm 30 seconds in, and I already like this guy.
He measures all ingredients in grams. No ambiguity.
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Comedy Central's Drunk History S04E11 - Bob Odenkirk on Disco Demolition:
https://www.cc.com/video/wn3ynw/drunk-history-steve-dahl-s-disco-demolition
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk0kc5Zztcs
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Wow, FUNNY, I’m pretty sure I know the show he’s talking about, you can’t help but hate that guy, and it’s hard to put your finger on exactly why but you hate him anyway. Maybe it’s his car but I think it’s his body language and the way he eats a sandwich.
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Loveland's favorite 4th of July activity. Nathans Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.
With a new world record of 76 dogs in 10 minutes, the winner and still champion of the world ....JOEY CHESTNUT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CWjRl2iQQY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_oqF4hh844
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp7vuYBwnVg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faP4WgK5FSM
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I’m going to throw up.
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I thought the same. I can't eat crap like that anymore.
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Sam the Cooking Guy's 4th of July combo Ribs Cheeseburger looked quite tasty. Piled way too high for me though. I'd either do it with a just a single patty or use a second bun for the rib meat and maple bacon beans.
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Sorry Ang: barf emoji
:D
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I dunno, I see veggies, grains, dairy, meat, legumes in there. Looks like you could just eat one and have all your basic food groups covered. ;)
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I can't eat that kind of crap anymore.
Started eating clean during the pandemic (note: lack of access to office doughnuts has definitely helped) and lost 50 pounds, reversed my hypertension, and am almost entirely off of my acid reflux meds.
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I can't eat that kind of crap anymore.
Started eating clean during the pandemic (note: lack of access to office doughnuts has definitely helped) and lost 50 pounds, reversed my hypertension, and am almost entirely off of my acid reflux meds.
Good for you. I have kept mine off now for quite a few years, feels so much better.
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Thanks.
After reading How Not to Die (after my mom died of cancer), it changed a lot about how I think about our relationship with food.
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I want to eat what Ohtani eats.
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Heh.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7g12E5viZY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdrnaiuKPXs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyQdet0T6Sk
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-dies-1235047778/
https://twitter.com/RollingStones/status/1430209721567416323
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Wow. Don’t know what to say. Besides being a truly great musician, he was a classy guy and a sharp dresser.
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Rolling Stones ZOOM performance with Charlie Watts playing "air drums"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7pZgQepXfA
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The heartbeat of one of the greatest bands of all time. RIP Charlie.
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As one famous story from the band’s heyday goes, Jagger once phoned Watts’ hotel room in the midst of an all-night party, asking, “Where’s my drummer?” Watts reportedly got up, shaved, dressed in a suit, put on a tie and freshly shined shoes, descended the stairs, and punched Jagger in the face, saying, “Don’t ever call me your drummer again. You’re my f*cking singer!”
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Just like we say such and such IS really good on this song, rather than ‘was’. Charlie Watts will always be an ‘IS’. The great ones are always with us. They define (not defy) the present tense.
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Good stuff Dog and Blackie. Charlie was my favorite Stone for some reason, think he was the eldest too.
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Good stuff Dog and Blackie. Charlie was my favorite Stone for some reason, think he was the eldest too.
Greatest Rock and Roll band of all time. Charlie was a great one in a great band.
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https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/1430637072101019660
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msf, Lt. Speirs did what was rumored in Band of Brothers -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-V6OAtgr6c
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That post meant for me Sharp? Not sure what you are talking about here? Must have been something I said in a post long ago?
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yeah, long ago. you didn't think Speirs had committed what we would consider war crimes.
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Had to have been someone else.
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In the fog of war, **** happens and a lot goes into what a combat soldier or marine does while under amazing stress. Don't judge people based on what they do under circumstances and pressure that you do not understand is my advice.
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One of The Medicare / Medicaid commercials on TV during the westerns features a guy who’s facial expressions are almost exact with certain Charlie Watts facial expressions. It’s uncanny.
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Gotta say, the Sopranos prequel was quite the disappointment... one might say it sucked.
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Yeah, it ain’t like it used to be.
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dogstoothe, msf, BlackSox, et al. -
I recently watched a 90-minute long BBC music documentary from 2017 that you might also enjoy.
It's called "Rock N Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sidemen"
Here's a link to the video if you're interested:
https://www.davidbowienews.com/2019/04/rock-n-roll-guns-for-hire-the-story-of-the-sidemen-bbc-four-2017/
https://vimeo.com/227339886
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Thanks, Ang.
Is that different than "Hired Guns" on Netflix? That is quite excellent. As is "Count Me In".
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Thanks, Ang.
Is that different than "Hired Guns" on Netflix? That is quite excellent. As is "Count Me In".
It's a different documentary than the Netflix one but similar in subject.
Another excellent one is "20 Feet from Stardom" from 2013. It dealt manly with the female backup singers like Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, etc. It (20 Feet...) won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary feature. That one is worth a look too.
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I've seen that one; it is great.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKAhLp-NLl8
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Neil Young getting in a couple tokes as they take the stage. heh
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paboNoWWQvk
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Christmas suggestion for a Sox fan:
https://chilidogmvp.com/
foreword by Goose Gossage
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Christmas suggestion for a Sox fan:
https://chilidogmvp.com/
foreword by Goose Gossage
When I was a young guy, I went to watch a Phillies game with the Cubs when Dick Allen was a rookie. Don't remember much of the game except Richie Allen Which he was called back then. He hit two line drive shots to left center and right center that got out of the ball park faster than anything I had ever seen. I will never forget that. He swung a very heavy bat as I remember and he just seemed to flick his wrists and the ball exploded off his bat like a missile.
Later on in life, I became a pretty good high school and college pitcher and learned pretty well how to field my position(I also played center field when not pitching). I always have said that the guys I have seen in baseball that I would be actually afraid to pitch to because of injury, were, Dick Allen, Mickey Mantle, Frank Howard, and Bo Jackson. Mainly because they didn't try to pull the ball because they didn't need to. They didn't have exit speed back then tracking the ball but no one can tell me that those four guys exit speeds would be right up there with anyone who ever played the game. You can also add Roberto Clemente to that list.
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hadn't heard that LaMarr Hoyt died Nov 29th. In his prime he was DOMINANT.
Shame he was self destructive.
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Southwest Side Woman Eats At 367 Hot Dog Stands In Just 5 Weeks To Become Vienna Beef Hot Stand Challenge Winner
The winner visited an average of 10 stands per day to claim the top prize in just five weeks. She'll use part of her prize to help kids and older people through her Park District work.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/10/21/southwest-side-woman-eats-at-367-hot-dog-stands-in-just-5-weeks-to-become-vienna-beef-hot-stand-challenge-winner/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxFAWPnhTPw
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Darlene Love's final holiday appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I)
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with Letterman retired, she now appears on The View to sing her holiday classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PSWKmRmOPg
(http://i.imgur.com/JmJbXmQ.gif)
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Anyone who grew-up in Chicagoland from the mid-50s to the late 80s should remember this animated short as it was a Christmastime staple on WGN-TV's Garfield Goose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAGkjFVY43I
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two more WGN-TV Christmastime staples from the past:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaUBpsn4QjQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C19KEuozt-0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsRJ-iRZasQ
LadBaby’s ‘Sausage Rolls’ With Ed Sheeran and Elton John Leads Race to U.K. Christmas No. 1
LadBaby is rolling to the coveted U.K. Christmas No. 1, with a little help from Ed Sheeran and Elton John.
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ladbaby-sausage-rolls-ed-sheeran-and-elton-john-race-uk-christmas-no-1-1235012715/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_kj60DIq2M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2KaRVGx0yI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRdDTq2YBu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4BSHpl_bWw
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8g10Q3-gY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH1L0ix6_bg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4xztwcKvU
Jethro Tull, live At Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England February 10, 1977.
The concert was covered live by BBC - Sight & Sound
Lineup:
Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, acoustic guitar
Martin Barre - electric guitar
John Glascock - bass guitar
John Evan - keyboards
David Palmer - keyboards
Barriemore Barlow - drums and percussion
Songs:
1. Intro
2. Skating Away
3. Jack In The Green
4. Thick As A Brick
5. Songs From The Wood
6. Velvet Green
7. Hunting Girl
8. Aqualung
9. Wind Up
10. Locomotive Breath
11. End
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Came home one night and the apartment was broken into. The makeshift stereo system was gone, so was Wallace the alligator roach clip and a nickel bag of Mexican shake, but the most painful loss was Jethro Tull’s Aqualung LP. That really stung.
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They were obviously were very sophisticated thieves ;)
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Heh
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT9Y-gJ6njE
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https://youtu.be/uXdx1fwEKrw
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Good one Dog, I saw Richard Thompson solo about 12-15 years ago. I enjoyed it a lot, very good guitar player and what a voice.
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He’s a sleeper, I think everybody who likes him can’t figure out why everybody else doesn’t like him too.
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I recall he played with Fairport Convention in the late 60s
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He’s a sleeper, I think everybody who likes him can’t figure out why everybody else doesn’t like him too.
Sounds about right to me. Shoot Out the Lights is an essential album. And the song he did with Los Lobos (Wreck of the Carlos Rey) is amazing.
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It’s funny how specific tiny little bits of memory seem like earlier in the day. I bought Henry the Human Fly when it came out in ‘72. Bought it at one of those headshops. His debut album. I lucked out, none of his songs were on the radio, I just liked the album cover. Anyway, that brief memory is intact, including the incense smell and the slight slant in the floor and the black light room.
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This one is for aka Loveland.
https://youtu.be/ht7mxF9XZiA
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The videos are often a distraction, I agree.
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Thanks Dog!
I love Johnny Cash! When I was a little girl the White Sox were on WMAQ and they used to play music during rain delays. Young Loveland learned of Mr. Cash from her love of the White Sox. She didn’t appreciate Conway Twitty too much. Heh
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Agree on Cash and Twitty
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When I was a little girl the White Sox were on WMAQ
You are dating yourself.
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WMAQ is gonna make me rich!
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There is something about Mr. Cash that goes beyond his voice, his pitch. It’s his rhythm. How he gets under a song and pulls it up. Baseball is back and I’m happy for that. Good luck to y’all. I tried to quit the Cubs, seemed like an easy thing to do last year. But when ya ain’t got nothin’ ya got nothin’ to lose. Plus it would be impossible to log into a new message board.
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And my long suffering wife and sworn enemy was born in Japan so she’s got a player to watch.
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I really think Hurt is my phenomenal song. What a way to go out.
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It’s incredibly good. I’ve heard a couple of versions by Nine Inch Nails. Kudos to the songwriter, it is terrific song, but Cash takes it to another level.
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Let’s do it again. “You stay the hell away from me, you hear?!!”
https://youtu.be/8AHCfZTRGil
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That one didn’t work, sorry Loveland, tried it six times. On a roll now, so look out:
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Okay, this one should work. I did this one at my first and only open mic
https://youtu.be/3RHsW_dnHBo
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I was working towards this one, but maybe another day
https://youtu.be/q3QO5TCS-hl
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That one didn’t work. My second song at open mic was this one, course I changed it up a bit -
https://youtu.be/WrhAC0dFis0
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And my third song was this one. I was proud of this one. I sung it sad and behind the beat -
https://youtu.be/1gX1EP6mG-E
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Open mic. The first time I was going to do it, or so I thought, but when it came time that feeling of falling off a cliff or high diving came on me and there was no way I could do it. This song is for Andy. I’m convinced that all the artists are making up their lyrics on the spot.
https://youtu.be/RtQ4MriyMjw
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C'mon dog, just do it.
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Stage fright, man. The musicians that I’ve known do not have that fear at all. They tell me the same thing, just go ahead and do it, might be off one night, might be on another. I can’t get over it, and even if I did it would be second rate, there’s no getting around that. Some of those open mic guys and gals are really good. Cool atmosphere usually. I saw John Cale back around ‘85 by himself in a similar setting with no more that 20 people in the club. It was too much. I was blown away. No, I ain’t no musician, can’t sing behind the beat, can’t finger pick hardly. But maybe when you can’t do it you appreciate the ones who can even more . . . and you play your guitar in the other room with the door closed.
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Like Martin Tanner
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https://youtu.be/jG7IZFwN3vs
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Stage fright, man. The musicians that I’ve known do not have that fear at all. They tell me the same thing, just go ahead and do it, might be off one night, might be on another. I can’t get over it, and even if I did it would be second rate, there’s no getting around that.
The reason I'm a bass player is that I had stage fright so bad and didn't want anyone looking at me. ( Okay, the real reason is I suck at guitar. ::) )
I used to get terrified when playing gigs. Granted, playing in a band is different then the solo open mic thing. But there is this amazing freedom of somehow convincing yourself of not giving a f*ck and just have fun and laugh when you flub a note.
Best of luck, me friend. And keep on playing, even if it is by yourself. Playing music is a joy like no other.
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Nice post Blackie
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did "8 men out" tell the true story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJLapw_J0-M
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Stage fright, man. The musicians that I’ve known do not have that fear at all. They tell me the same thing, just go ahead and do it, might be off one night, might be on another. I can’t get over it, and even if I did it would be second rate, there’s no getting around that.
The reason I'm a bass player is that I had stage fright so bad and didn't want anyone looking at me. ( Okay, the real reason is I suck at guitar. ::) )
I used to get terrified when playing gigs. Granted, playing in a band is different then the solo open mic thing. But there is this amazing freedom of somehow convincing yourself of not giving a f*ck and just have fun and laugh when you flub a note.
Best of luck, me friend. And keep on playing, even if it is by yourself. Playing music is a joy like no other.
That’s what it is, Blackie, you have to convince yourself to not give a f*ck whether you fall down or actually pull it off . There’s no difference. Now I am wondering if I’m getting ripped off by the weed (a plant out of place) industry with this “hemp” stuff. I want THC in my reefer, is there a thing you can buy, like a scale, that measures the THC? The CBD is okay for easing a muscle pain but it doesn’t do much more than that. Seems like all the bags smell the same now, so how do you know what you are getting?
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It seems like yesterday when I took the bus then walked two miles and scored a bag of the Loud. Walked back to the bus stop caught the bus but had to get off the bus because the bag in my sock was so Loud. Now there’s Indica and Sativa and Hybrid and so on and so forth. I’m almost wishing for a bag of seeds and stems, at least I’ll know it’s not hemp. Ain’t no Loud weed available these days it seems.
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Pete, I did have a good fishing trip to Ontario. 5 gorgeous days, not a drop of rain. Almost too nice maybe, the walleyes were not jumping in the boat. Just 6 of us this year, the Wisconsin group will not vaccinate so they will not likely be going anymore. Can't say I will miss them much.
3 big highlights. #3: I caught the biggest walleye, 24.5 inches, to win the big walleye pot. #2: On the logging road coming out of the bush we saw a mama black bear with 2 cubs on the road, we stopped and got pics as they munched on their berries. #3: 15 minutes later we happen upon a young moose jogging on the logging road, no antlers, but it was not full grown yet. We did not get a great look at him, he ditched the road in the bush soon after we came up on him. We got out and could not believe the size of the foot prints.
Oh, the food was most excellent. The two younger guys in our group, in their 30s, cooked up some fantastic shore lunches. Even blackened a few filets for me if I wanted them. Green beans, rice and some other different things besides baked beans and mashed taters for every meal.
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did "8 men out" tell the true story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJLapw_J0-M
I think that it was part of the baseball culture at the time. Ken Burns sort of mentioned this too in his documentary.The Sox were the ones that got caught. I think it was much more subtle and with the Sox considered a vastly superior team it shined a huge spot light on the issue.
https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2016/4/20/11454198/if-the-cubs-threw-the-1918-world-series-it-was-a-cardinal-that-fixed
http://archive.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2011/04/20/did_cubs_throw_1918_world_series_vs_red_sox/?page=2
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watch before a copyright claim gets it taken down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRMuA7lqO9Y