Trevor Gordon Hall: That Old Familiar Pain
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Here’s an Amazon MP3 widget that lets you hear samples from Trevor Gordon Hall’s latest album, Entelechy. (And if you buy the album at Amazon, we get a small cut of the purchase price.)
2 | William Barnett-Lewis Mon, Oct 31, 2011 5:58:46pm |
I am really having a bad night - I read Pain as Palin… :banghead:
3 | FreedomMoon Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:01:38pm |
re: #2 wlewisiii
I am really having a bad night - I read Pain as Palin… :banghead:
You may just be clairvoyant. Well maybe not, but odds are Palin will be coming back.
4 | jamesfirecat Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:01:40pm |
Hey everybody.
Sorry I haven’t been on much been busy
A) Getting my butt kicked by the computer in Warcraft 3 on hard.
B) Figuring out what I did wrong.
C) Kicking the computers ass on hard in Warcraft 3.
The good news is I just managed to beat the final mission of Reign of Chaos on hard, the bad news is that I had to set the game on slow to pull it off… so clearly I may have to replay it again soonish on normal speed then on my normal fast as I’ve doubtlessly found a winning strategy now I just need to fine tune my microing skills!
6 | Coracle Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:03:38pm |
I confess to liking Kalimbatar better. That was just phenomenal.
7 | jamesfirecat Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:04:31pm |
9 | laZardo Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:05:56pm |
And as I turned to make my way back home, the snow turned into rain~
10 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:07:00pm |
re: #4 jamesfirecat
Hey everybody.
Sorry I haven’t been on much been busy
A) Getting my butt kicked by the computer in Warcraft 3 on hard.
B) Figuring out what I did wrong.
C) Kicking the computers ass on hard in Warcraft 3.
The good news is I just managed to beat the final mission of Reign of Chaos on hard, the bad news is that I had to set the game on slow to pull it off… so clearly I may have to replay it again soonish on normal speed then on my normal fast as I’ve doubtlessly found a winning strategy now I just need to fine tune my microing skills!
I was really worried
11 | Charles Johnson Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:10:15pm |
re: #6 Coracle
I confess to liking Kalimbatar better. That was just phenomenal.
He’s playing a Stonebridge guitar - one of the very best acoustics available, since Martin relinquished the throne.
12 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:10:49pm |
My husband, no longer content to wait for kids to ring the bell, is now out on the walkway, running them down and giving them Milky Ways.
13 | Coracle Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:12:55pm |
re: #11 Charles
I’m dead curious - is he simply hammering like a demon on the neck, or is the pickup built with fairydust?
14 | Killgore Trout Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:13:07pm |
re: #12 SanFranciscoZionist
My husband, no longer content to wait for kids to ring the bell, is now out on the walkway, running them down and giving them Milky Ways.
Proactive!
15 | HoosierHoops Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:13:11pm |
re: #11 Charles
He’s playing a Stonebridge guitar - one of the very best acoustics available, since Martin relinquished the throne.
Man..I loved those old Gibson Hummingbirds…Awesome sunburst finish and great tone
16 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:13:50pm |
re: #12 SanFranciscoZionist
My husband, no longer content to wait for kids to ring the bell, is now out on the walkway, running them down and giving them Milky Ways.
That’s me in a sec. (and we are just at sunset - dusk) I’m about to have a candy bar dinner if nothing happens. I just forced two teenage guys to take 2 reeces. THIS IS PITIFUL.
18 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:16:19pm |
re: #16 Stanley Sea
That’s me in a sec. (and we are just at sunset - dusk) I’m about to have a candy bar dinner if nothing happens. I just forced two teenage guys to take 2 reeces. THIS IS PITIFUL.
You’re down the coast, no? San Diego?
There’s a little daylight left.
19 | laZardo Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:17:02pm |
re: #12 SanFranciscoZionist
My husband, no longer content to wait for kids to ring the bell, is now out on the walkway, running them down and giving them Milky Ways.
20 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:18:00pm |
re: #11 Charles
He’s playing a Stonebridge guitar - one of the very best acoustics available, since Martin relinquished the throne.
cool…hand made tradition lives on
21 | Decatur Deb Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:20:06pm |
22 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:22:43pm |
OK, report time. I saw some people coming. Our front yard is a gated garden. I’m dressed up as a witch.
I just scared the shit out of two teenage girls. Peeking out my gate with the bowl of candy. I mean, they jumped and screamed like the teenage girls they are. No time for a treat.
I don’t have good hopes of this Halloween and this new neighborhood.
23 | Killgore Trout Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:23:32pm |
Watch out for the razor blades, they’re just empty calories.
/
24 | jamesfirecat Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:23:36pm |
re: #8 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Allies, Soviets, or Empire?
Allies, at least when I’m playing Uprising because there’s nothing like a quartet of harbingers to level a foe’s base in no time flat.
25 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:24:23pm |
re: #18 SanFranciscoZionist
You’re down the coast, no? San Diego?
There’s a little daylight left.
a bit. It’s TIME. Come on now kiddies. (really I think I moved to the non-kid neighborhood, which works most of the time, but tonight? Bummer)
26 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:24:38pm |
re: #12 SanFranciscoZionist
My husband, no longer content to wait for kids to ring the bell, is now out on the walkway, running them down and giving them Milky Ways.
As long as tonights the only time he does that!!
/
27 | freetoken Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:25:18pm |
re: #22 Stanley Sea
You’re down by the water, right? I suspect that is part of the trend overall I was discussing earlier - trick and treating is becoming passe for the younger generations.
28 | Targetpractice Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:26:03pm |
re: #24 jamesfirecat
Allies, at least when I’m playing Uprising because there’s nothing like a quartet of harbingers to level a foe’s base in no time flat.
Ah, go for the long-run style, I see.
29 | HoosierHoops Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:26:12pm |
re: #20 albusteve
cool…hand made tradition lives on
Yup.. The thing going on with Gibson fret boards is a travesty.. It’s so unfair..
I like Fender guitars for playing…Although I played an ES335 that I really liked..Gibsons are too heavy to play all night.. The Black Deluxe looks awesome, Sounds awesome..Will kill your shoulder in 2 hours..I’m sure I saw some Vids of Charles playing Gibsons before…Nice tone
30 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:27:03pm |
re: #25 Stanley Sea
a bit. It’s TIME. Come on now kiddies. (really I think I moved to the non-kid neighborhood, which works most of the time, but tonight? Bummer)
get in your car,, drive around with the windows open, and throw the candy at the kids!
31 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:27:22pm |
re: #27 freetoken
You’re down by the water, right? I suspect that is part of the trend overall I was discussing earlier - trick and treating is becoming passe for the younger generations.
Clairemont now. Ya, we are on a busy street. Probably not the “lucrative” ones the kids are into it go to. blah.
32 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:29:39pm |
re: #31 Stanley Sea
Clairemont now. Ya, we are on a busy street. Probably not the “lucrative” ones the kids are into it go to. blah.
If theres a paper bag on fire on your doorstep, do NOT stamp it out with your feet
trust me!
34 | freetoken Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:31:24pm |
re: #31 Stanley Sea
Decades ago I lived in that area, (which is the mesa between the coastal areas of La Jolla and the inland hills, for those not familiar with San Diego). Centrally located, but quite a few people in that area (as indeed I was myself) only live there for a few years and move on.
35 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:32:08pm |
re: #29 HoosierHoops
Yup.. The thing going on with Gibson fret boards is a travesty.. It’s so unfair..
I like Fender guitars for playing…Although I played an ES335 that I really liked..Gibsons are too heavy to play all night.. The Black Deluxe looks awesome, Sounds awesome..Will kill your shoulder in 2 hours..I’m sure I saw some Vids of Charles playing Gibsons before…Nice tone
the criticism regarding the Les Paul was always the weight…Fender stormed back with the Telly and the rest is history…weight is a serious consideration, but the 335 is a sweetheart, just ask Alvin Lee…
36 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:32:18pm |
37 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:34:58pm |
re: #34 freetoken
Decades ago I lived in that area, (which is the mesa between the coastal areas of La Jolla and the inland hills, for those not familiar with San Diego). Centrally located, but quite a few people in that area (as indeed I was myself) only live there for a few years and move on.
I’m actually loving the proximity. I work in Carlsbad, a trek, and love mission hills/hillcrest. And it’s damn cheap. We will see where I end up, as this is definitely transitional.
39 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:36:26pm |
40 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:36:44pm |
re: #35 albusteve
the criticism regarding the Les Paul was always the weight…Fender stormed back with the Telly and the rest is history…weight is a serious consideration, but the 335 is a sweetheart, just ask Alvin Lee…
[Video]
Gibson’s started making them where they ‘chamber’ the bodies by routing a lot of the weight out of them.
I had a ‘54 Les Paul Gold Top for a week when I was a kid. I had to trade it away because it nearly weighed more than I did. I traded it for a ‘65 Strat, brand new at the time.
I don’t think I could afford to buy either one nowadays.
41 | freetoken Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:37:51pm |
re: #37 Stanley Sea
And it’s damn cheap.
No real estate in San Diego area is “damn cheap”! However, Clairemont is certainly more affordable than the regions it borders.
42 | HoosierHoops Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:37:52pm |
re: #35 albusteve
the criticism regarding the Les Paul was always the weight…Fender stormed back with the Telly and the rest is history…weight is a serious consideration, but the 335 is a sweetheart, just ask Alvin Lee…
[Video]
I played in a band that had a guy with a brown ES335..I loved using it for rhythm parts.. The Buckers have great tone…But I think my Green Strat has GREAT Tone…Right Steve? :)
44 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:40:27pm |
re: #40 makeitstop
Gibson’s started making them where they ‘chamber’ the bodies by routing a lot of the weight out of them.
I had a ‘54 Les Paul Gold Top for a week when I was a kid. I had to trade it away because it nearly weighed more than I did. I traded it for a ‘65 Strat.
I don’t think I could afford to buy either one nowadays.
the Gold Top is a gonner….the value is off the meter…here’s one being played by a primo guy…
45 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:41:18pm |
re: #43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Haven’t had one kid show up at our place yet.
Thats because you live in a gated 65+ retirement community!!!
//
46 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:41:42pm |
re: #41 freetoken
No real estate in San Diego area is “damn cheap”! However, Clairemont is certainly more affordable than the regions it borders.
I’m a renter in a bad economy. Some sort of silver lining I guess.
47 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:42:35pm |
re: #43 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Haven’t had one kid show up at our place yet.
WOO, I’ve had 3 groups, and the last? Were the best Ewoks!
48 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:42:53pm |
re: #42 HoosierHoops
I played in a band that had a guy with a brown ES335..I loved using it for rhythm parts.. The Buckers have great tone…But I think my Green Strat has GREAT Tone…Right Steve? :)
a Strat sounds like nothing else…a historic piece of engineering…and my Friends cd is right next to me at this moment…very good stuff
49 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:43:05pm |
re: #42 HoosierHoops
I played in a band that had a guy with a brown ES335..I loved using it for rhythm parts.. The Buckers have great tone…But I think my Green Strat has GREAT Tone…Right Steve? :)
Whattaya asking Steve for? They cut off his ears when they cut off his leg!!!
//
50 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:43:26pm |
About 40 so far.
On the porch. Quiet for this neighborhod.
51 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:43:36pm |
re: #47 Stanley Sea
WOO, I’ve had 3 groups, and the last? Were the best Ewoks!
Did you boil THEM !!?!?!
52 | freetoken Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:43:46pm |
re: #46 Stanley Sea
I’m a renter in a bad economy. Some sort of silver lining I guess.
Yes, I understand.
Yet, you’re still paying twice as much as renting in most cities in this country (outside of the NYC-DC urban areas, or Boston or SF or Hawaii.)
54 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:45:54pm |
Come on kids, I don’t want to eat all this myself!
55 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:46:11pm |
re: #49 sattv4u2
Whattaya asking Steve for? They cut off his ears when they cut off his leg!!!
//
losing my leg simply meant I need higher velocity ammo…go ahead and run
56 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:46:18pm |
re: #52 freetoken
Yes, I understand.
Yet, you’re still paying twice as much as renting in most cities in this country (outside of the NYC-DC urban areas, or Boston or SF or Hawaii.)
ya, for the room and amenities, I’m sure. I’d rather be in a place where you walk out the door and have everything there, rather than have to get in the car. BUT THE WEATHER! haha
57 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:46:57pm |
58 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:46:58pm |
re: #54 EmmmieG
Come on kids, I don’t want to eat all this myself!
umm,, you do know the “kids” didn’t see that!!!
((pretty tricky of you, though,, plausible deniability wise!!))
59 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:47:10pm |
60 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:48:28pm |
OK, when is it time to quit. Emmie, you are central time and still holding out? SFZ? Is hubbie tired yet?
61 | HoosierHoops Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:48:50pm |
re: #48 albusteve
a Strat sounds like nothing else…a historic piece of engineering…and my Friends cd is right next to me at this moment…very good stuff
Thanks Steve…
63 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:51:19pm |
64 | engineer cat Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:51:46pm |
re: #54 EmmmieG
Come on kids, I don’t want to eat all this myself!
this is the first time i’ve been home here at the right time on halloween, so i bought a bag of little dark chocolate with almonds treats
no kids have shown up, and i’m sitting here not eating any more of the chocolates
65 | freetoken Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:52:24pm |
re: #56 Stanley Sea
BUT THE WEATHER! haha
Shhh… don’t tell everyone it was in the 70’s today and not a cloud in the sky… like it was yesterday… and the day before… and…
For me, as I get older, I really need to be somewhere that is not too cold and where I won’t have to deal with ice. It’s a challenge for me to keep my balance on ice and I don’t want to fall. Oh, I’m quite mobile (and I went for a 90 minute walk today) but my balance isn’t very good (or, rather technically, my foot mechanics). So yes, for me living somewhere with very mild winters is a requirement. Alas, that is true of many people, and that is why the southern tier of states grew so much greatly in population, and why real estate prices have risen so much in the SW.
66 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:53:44pm |
PSTre: #60 Stanley Sea
OK, when is it time to quit. Emmie, you are central time and still holding out? SFZ? Is hubbie tired yet?
67 | sattv4u2 Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:55:09pm |
And on that note
The long quiet drive home beckons
(8)
8???
yes ,, 8 ,, the over/under of how many eggs hit my car on said long quiet drive home
68 | HoosierHoops Mon, Oct 31, 2011 6:57:24pm |
re: #62 albusteve
live blogging Halloween
Well Winston is exhausted..He pretty much went crazy for a couple of hours..
At this point he is laying out on the floor praying nobody knocks again..
I could have mercy on him and let him out of his Pirate outfit.. But I keep laughing when he gives me that I hate you look…Welcome to America’s version of Halloween Winston… I think I hear more kids..What are you going to do?
69 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:01:15pm |
re: #68 HoosierHoops
Well Winston is exhausted..He pretty much went crazy for a couple of hours..
At this point he is laying out on the floor praying nobody knocks again..
I could have mercy on him and let him out of his Pirate outfit.. But I keep laughing when he gives me that I hate you look…Welcome to America’s version of Halloween Winston… I think I hear more kids..What are you going to do?
our Lad used to ferociously howl every time the kids pounded in the door, then lick them unmercifully with glee…dogs are an extension of your soul
70 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:02:02pm |
Family came by with Mom and Dad also dressed up. Accents…Russian, maybe?
71 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:02:28pm |
want to know who you are?…look at your kids and your pets
72 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:04:49pm |
Wind has reversed. I am now sitting in the smoke from the fog machine. Atmospheric, but a functional poblem.
73 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:08:10pm |
re: #65 freetoken
One day freetoken, we will meet. I have lots of chocolate.
the trick ‘r treators all gone.
74 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:08:53pm |
re: #68 HoosierHoops
Well Winston is exhausted..He pretty much went crazy for a couple of hours..
At this point he is laying out on the floor praying nobody knocks again..
I could have mercy on him and let him out of his Pirate outfit.. But I keep laughing when he gives me that I hate you look…Welcome to America’s version of Halloween Winston… I think I hear more kids..What are you going to do?
PHOTOS. PULEEZE
75 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:10:56pm |
76 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:12:08pm |
77 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:14:41pm |
re: #4 jamesfirecat
Hey everybody.
Sorry I haven’t been on much been busy
A) Getting my butt kicked by the computer in Warcraft 3 on hard.
B) Figuring out what I did wrong.
C) Kicking the computers ass on hard in Warcraft 3.
The good news is I just managed to beat the final mission of Reign of Chaos on hard, the bad news is that I had to set the game on slow to pull it off… so clearly I may have to replay it again soonish on normal speed then on my normal fast as I’ve doubtlessly found a winning strategy now I just need to fine tune my microing skills!
Well, you can keep the gamer fires burning here this week. I’m going to be on LGF less than usual while I prepare for a Battletech game I’m running on Saturday. All Lizards who are going to be in or near Chicago are welcome, of course.
78 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:15:01pm |
re: #60 Stanley Sea
OK, when is it time to quit. Emmie, you are central time and still holding out? SFZ? Is hubbie tired yet?
Hubby is back in his computer room. I’ve handled a few clumps—cutest thing so far was a baby lion being carried in his mommy’s arms.
The young Muslim couple across the way does not seem to be celebrating the holiday—kids aren’t in costume—but once they got the idea that this is a holiday in which the neighbors give candy to children they got in the swing of things, so I got them taken care of. (OK, I waved wildly and indicated that I had chocolate.) I’m not sure where they’re from, subcontinent somewhere I think.
I have to say that as I was loading them up with miniature chocolate bars, all I could think of was that jerk in Texas who says he doesn’t have to teach Muslims to shoot. Bet he doesn’t give them Halloween candy either.
79 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:17:26pm |
re: #69 albusteve
our Lad used to ferociously howl every time the kids pounded in the door, then lick them unmercifully with glee…dogs are an extension of your soul
Our dog hated the holiday so much that my father would get into his Russian Army uniform and sit on the front porch, giving out candy, rather than handle the barking and hysterics when the doorbell rang.
Our dog also hated the Fourth of July, New Years Eve, and Chinese New Year. Anything with firecrackers was on his hate list.
80 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:19:27pm |
re: #78 SanFranciscoZionist
Hubby is back in his computer room. I’ve handled a few clumps—cutest thing so far was a baby lion being carried in his mommy’s arms.
The young Muslim couple across the way does not seem to be celebrating the holiday—kids aren’t in costume—but once they got the idea that this is a holiday in which the neighbors give candy to children they got in the swing of things, so I got them taken care of. (OK, I waved wildly and indicated that I had chocolate.) I’m not sure where they’re from, subcontinent somewhere I think.
I have to say that as I was loading them up with miniature chocolate bars, all I could think of was that jerk in Texas who says he doesn’t have to teach Muslims to shoot. Bet he doesn’t give them Halloween candy either.
your’re so nice…really…
kids are special, whenever or for what reason..they’re kids
82 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:20:41pm |
Dad dressed as a test drive dummy.
83 | Vicious Babushka Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:20:55pm |
Halloween, feh.
Purim — A Two-Day Halloween Where Drinking Is Mandatory
“They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s get drunk!”
84 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:21:11pm |
re: #79 SanFranciscoZionist
Our dog hated the holiday so much that my father would get into his Russian Army uniform and sit on the front porch, giving out candy, rather than handle the barking and hysterics when the doorbell rang.
Our dog also hated the Fourth of July, New Years Eve, and Chinese New Year. Anything with firecrackers was on his hate list.
that’s why there is a dog pound
85 | darthstar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:24:51pm |
re: #79 SanFranciscoZionist
Our dog hated the holiday so much that my father would get into his Russian Army uniform and sit on the front porch, giving out candy, rather than handle the barking and hysterics when the doorbell rang.
Our dog also hated the Fourth of July, New Years Eve, and Chinese New Year. Anything with firecrackers was on his hate list.
Our dogs are so wound up that my wife is sitting between them on the couch in the front room and holding them while I go to the door before people “push the crab” (our doorbell is a crab).
86 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:25:00pm |
re: #78 SanFranciscoZionist
Read this post out loud to the folks here, waiting, waiting for more kids. You got updings x 5.
87 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:25:13pm |
re: #22 Stanley Sea
They BUS kids into my neighborhood. I just had the cutest 3 year old girl dressed up as a lamb. AWWW!
88 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:25:40pm |
89 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:25:53pm |
re: #68 HoosierHoops
You owe me or us a picture…
*poke*
90 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:25:59pm |
re: #83 Alouette
Halloween, feh.
Purim — A Two-Day Halloween Where Drinking Is Mandatory
“They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s get drunk!”
Can you think of a better reason?
91 | Stan the Demanded Plan Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:26:22pm |
re: #80 albusteve
your’re so nice…really…
kids are special, whenever or for what reason..they’re kids
It was the post of the evening. so far.
92 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:26:40pm |
re: #84 albusteve
that’s why there is a dog pound
He was a great dog. Probably saved my mother’s life on one occasion. Not a party animal, however.
93 | Targetpractice Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:27:22pm |
So, Halloween this year ends with rain…hmm…what was that noi….*carrier lost*
94 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:28:43pm |
re: #92 SanFranciscoZionist
He was a great dog. Probably saved my mother’s life on one occasion. Not a party animal, however.
they can’t all be Rin Tin Tin…but saving your life wins some sort of merit…never happened with me yet
95 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:30:20pm |
Have now had a gaggle of witches, a beautiful little princess, Little Red Riding Hood, a skeleton, and a couple of litle boys with no costumes, but bags for candy.
My favorites so far were two lovely little girls in fancy shalwar-kameez. Very Bollywood, with jewels and scarves. I think this may also be what they wear to family weddings, but it looked very swank. I told them how glamorous they were.
96 | HoosierHoops Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:31:18pm |
re: #89 Floral Giraffe
You owe me or us a picture…
*poke*
You bet…He is cute…I’ll be flying back home soon.. Winston is staying here..I’m paying the housekeeper to watch over him…I’ll miss the little brat
97 | darthstar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:31:34pm |
re: #86 Stanley Sea
Read this post out loud to the folks here, waiting, waiting for more kids. You got updings x 5.
Read it to my wife…she was LOL as well.
98 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:31:41pm |
One son has joined the skeleton and me on the porch. Skeleton’s name is Billy. I didn’t name him.
99 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:33:20pm |
Hendrix
Hey Joe
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]
100 | albusteve Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:35:16pm |
101 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:39:30pm |
Downside: 2 trick or treaters
Upside: Bowl full of candy
103 | laZardo Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:40:25pm |
re: #101 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Downside: 2 trick or treaters
Upside: Bowl full of candy
FOREVER ALO-fuck yeah candy
105 | prairiefire Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:43:23pm |
re: #71 albusteve
want to know who you are?…look at your kids and your pets
Our pets! The second beta just died and was deposited under the spruce bush in front.
106 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:43:32pm |
While my wife was out earlier this afternoon, the kids were hitting my house in waves and I was afraid I was going to run out of candy. I sent a frantic text message to my wife, and when she got home she had 3 bags of candy bars.
And true to form, we didn’t get another trick-or-treater past that point. We have a large bowl of candy bars left over. Anybody want one?
107 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:44:17pm |
The trend is three kids and every adult they are related to. Three kids, parents, and grandparents.
108 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:45:35pm |
re: #103 laZardo
FOREVER ALO-fuck yeah candy
Reese’s PB cups, mini Hershey Bars, Whoopers and Smarties
109 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:47:27pm |
re: #107 EmmmieG
The trend is three kids and every adult they are related to. Three kids, parents, and grandparents.
One of my college BFFs has a small nephew. He goes to Kindergym. His grandma keeps trying to get auntie, now that she is off work on disability, to come to Kindergym too.
My friend said, “Mom, you go every time. His mom goes every time. His dad goes, unless he has to work that morning. Four adults is too many to accompany one toddler to Kindergym. THREE is too many.”
110 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:47:44pm |
re: #101 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Downside:
2 trick or treatersCandy to eat
Upside:Bowl full of candy
Dentist trip in the future.
FTFY.
111 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:49:53pm |
re: #110 Floral Giraffe
Dentist trip in the future.
FTFY.
I just figure if you eat it all at once and then brush your teeth, it’s no worse than eating ONE and then brushing your teeth.
112 | prairiefire Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:51:22pm |
The cutest kid tonight was a little Ariel mermaid who was crying when she was pulled up the sidewalk in her wagon, crying on her way to our door. I heard her mom say “let’s practise, say ‘trick or treat’. Crying when she said trick or treat, crying while she picked out her candy and crying when she said “thank you.” I hope she had a better night.
113 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:52:28pm |
re: #111 SanFranciscoZionist
This holiday is just a celebration of Pediatric Dentistry!
Says the lady who pulled out a filling with salt water taffy last year & ended up with a crown & a root canal.
Sorry to be a downer, the little kids are adorable.
Just had a 5 year old “Captain Jack”!
114 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:54:03pm |
Down to 18 pieces and it is not yet 8. I’m buying 250 pieces next year.
115 | Political Atheist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:56:05pm |
116 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:56:08pm |
re: #112 prairiefire
The cutest kid tonight was a little Ariel mermaid who was crying when she was pulled up the sidewalk in her wagon, crying on her way to our door. I heard her mom say “let’s practise, say ‘trick or treat’. Crying when she said trick or treat, crying while she picked out her candy and crying when she said “thank you.” I hope she had a better night.
The princess who came by earlier had a little tiara with a central jewel that flashed—street safety and glamour in one. She also had braids in her hair with pink beads, to match her dress and crown. So. Damn. Cute.
117 | prairiefire Mon, Oct 31, 2011 7:57:42pm |
re: #116 SanFranciscoZionist
I want to get out a spoon and eat them up.
118 | bratwurst Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:02:57pm |
My highlight tonight was a pack of Angry Birds! Luckily, there are no pigs around.
119 | Political Atheist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:04:34pm |
So I clicked on another video-Pine trees & Powerlines- What is that thing he plays on the body of the guitar?
120 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:04:42pm |
re: #35 albusteve
the criticism regarding the Les Paul was always the weight…Fender stormed back with the Telly and the rest is history…weight is a serious consideration, but the 335 is a sweetheart, just ask Alvin Lee…
[Video]
Mass = natural sustain. (All else being equal)
121 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:06:18pm |
re: #40 makeitstop
Gibson’s started making them where they ‘chamber’ the bodies by routing a lot of the weight out of them.
I had a ‘54 Les Paul Gold Top for a week when I was a kid. I had to trade it away because it nearly weighed more than I did. I traded it for a ‘65 Strat, brand new at the time.
I don’t think I could afford to buy either one nowadays.
The chambered Tele’s have a remarkable tone.
122 | WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:09:04pm |
re: #35 albusteve
the les paul IMHO is the best guitar for all my doomy doom rock dreams
123 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:09:14pm |
You are what you eat. I am a sword-wielding, French-speaking figment of someone’s imagination.
124 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:10:01pm |
Candy gone, lights out, retreated from the porch. Brought in poor Billy lest he suffer someone’s wrath.
Next year, I’m buying more candy and I’m also not going to let the boys help. They can’t count to one.
125 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:10:03pm |
re: #42 HoosierHoops
I played in a band that had a guy with a brown ES335..I loved using it for rhythm parts.. The Buckers have great tone…But I think my Green Strat has GREAT Tone…Right Steve? :)
Strats have to be the most versatile of axes. You can even use them for jazz. If they don’t know the words, they can hum.
I have a baritone Danelectro with lipstick pickups. Now those make some interesting sounds.
126 | laZardo Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:10:06pm |
re: #118 bratwurst
My highlight tonight was a pack of Angry Birds! Luckily, there are no pigs around.
127 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:11:39pm |
OK, guys, help me think of a working title for my NANOWRIMO novel. NANO starts in less than four hours.
The novel is about a trio of lady lawyers in San Francisco in the late nineteenth century.
128 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:13:09pm |
re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, guys, help me think of a working title for my NANOWRIMO novel. NANO starts in less than four hours.
The novel is about a trio of lady lawyers in San Francisco in the late nineteenth century.
Can they be steampunk? Fight evil robots?
129 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:13:49pm |
re: #105 prairiefire
Our pets! The second beta just died and was deposited under the spruce bush in front.
You buried it? You could have added it to salad.
130 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:13:52pm |
131 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:14:13pm |
132 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:14:20pm |
re: #111 SanFranciscoZionist
I just figure if you eat it all at once and then brush your teeth, it’s no worse than eating ONE and then brushing your teeth.
Brilliant.
133 | Obdicut Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:15:17pm |
re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist
You Are Being Served
My Face Is Up Here
Garnishments and Garniture
Bosoms Before the Bar
The Three Women That Nobody Would Hire Due To Sexism And Eventually They Knocked Over a Bank And Successfully Defended Themselves Proving a Moral Point
134 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:16:50pm |
re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, guys, help me think of a working title for my NANOWRIMO novel. NANO starts in less than four hours.
The novel is about a trio of lady lawyers in San Francisco in the late nineteenth century.
Col Charlie’s Angelic Ladies of Law
135 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:19:20pm |
High tech lynching - claiming Cain is guilty of sexual harassment.
9_9
137 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:19:42pm |
139 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:20:52pm |
140 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:21:04pm |
re: #121 b_sharp
The chambered Tele’s have a remarkable tone.
I’ve got two Teles, both solid as can be. That’s the way Leo intended them to be. :)
Also two non-chambered Les Pauls. The weight of LPs, I’ve discovered over the years, swings wildly. You just have to look around and find the light(er) ones.
141 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:21:14pm |
re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, guys, help me think of a working title for my NANOWRIMO novel. NANO starts in less than four hours.
The novel is about a trio of lady lawyers in San Francisco in the late nineteenth century.
Solicitation Strictly Prohibited.
142 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:21:55pm |
143 | prairiefire Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:22:15pm |
re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, guys, help me think of a working title for my NANOWRIMO novel. NANO starts in less than four hours.
The novel is about a trio of lady lawyers in San Francisco in the late nineteenth century.
Can you throw in a steam punk theme somewhere? What if Victor Hugo or HG Welles were robbed while on an American speaking tour?
Trice…something.
Trick track trice
Thrice won, Thrice…
144 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:22:21pm |
re: #133 Obdicut
You Are Being Served
My Face Is Up Here
Garnishments and Garniture
Bosoms Before the Bar
The Three Women That Nobody Would Hire Due To Sexism And Eventually They Knocked Over a Bank And Successfully Defended Themselves Proving a Moral Point
I like the last one.
The first woman to join the California bar actually had to go to court over it. In 1878. It said you had to be a ‘white male’. She petitioned to get that changed to ‘person’.
Clara Foltz. One hell of a woman.
145 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:22:29pm |
re: #137 SanFranciscoZionist
No steampunk! No robots!
I’ve got it!
“Three Lady Lawyers… Nope! Chuck Testa!”
146 | prairiefire Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:22:35pm |
147 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:22:44pm |
148 | Obdicut Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:23:22pm |
re: #138 goddamnedfrank
Ladies Briefs
I’m No Lady, I’m A Lawyer
Women Behaving Legally
Girlfriend of the Court
Lesbianism Does Not Appear In This Book So Don’t Bother Flipping Through It
Portia’s Daughters (that one could actually be a real one)
149 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:23:44pm |
re: #147 SanFranciscoZionist
ME!
I notice a deliberate lack of mentioning pirates, zombies and ninjas, so we still have something to work with.
150 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:24:07pm |
151 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:24:42pm |
re: #143 prairiefire
Can you throw in a steam punk theme somewhere? What if Victor Hugo or HG Welles were robbed while on an American speaking tour?
Trice…something.
Trick track trice
Thrice won, Thrice…
OK, maybe I can get Wells involved.
152 | Obdicut Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:25:02pm |
153 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:25:59pm |
re: #144 SanFranciscoZionist
I like the last one.
The first woman to join the California bar actually had to go to court over it. In 1878. It said you had to be a ‘white male’. She petitioned to get that changed to ‘person’.
Clara Foltz. One hell of a woman.
Apparently, after Clara argued the case that got her onto the bar, the judge told her that she was “Not only a good mother, but a good lawyer.”
154 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:26:20pm |
re: #140 makeitstop
I’ve got two Teles, both solid as can be. That’s the way Leo intended them to be. :)
Also two non-chambered Les Pauls. The weight of LPs, I’ve discovered over the years, swings wildly. You just have to look around and find the light(er) ones.
They should have chosen Alder rather than Ash for the body. Even Mahogany would be lighter.
My first real axe was a Tele clone. (I had a Silvertone Strat before that but it played like shit) I can still remember how tired my left shoulder got playing In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
155 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:26:51pm |
re: #151 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, maybe I can get Wells involved.
HG Wells, Nikola Tesla, and P.T. Barnum engage in a battle of wits to win the affection of 3 lady lawyers, but things don’t quite go as planned.
156 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:27:08pm |
re: #144 SanFranciscoZionist
I like the last one.
The first woman to join the California bar actually had to go to court over it. In 1878. It said you had to be a ‘white male’. She petitioned to get that changed to ‘person’.
Clara Foltz. One hell of a woman.
And apparently there was an all-female law firm in the 1890s. Just in Denver.
Ladies Home Journal did a piece on them, in which they commented that the lady lawyers had not lost their womanly graces.
157 | dell*nix Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:28:17pm |
Some of the trick or treaters here tonight.
[Link: www.flickr.com…]
158 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:29:11pm |
re: #148 Obdicut
I’m No Lady, I’m A Lawyer
Women Behaving Legally
Girlfriend of the Court
Lesbianism Does Not Appear In This Book So Don’t Bother Flipping Through It
Portia’s Daughters (that one could actually be a real one)
Actually, lesbianism does appear in the book. But Persis is a lady, and is not going to provide the reader with any indelicate scenes that would cheapen her love.
“Portia’s Daughters” is actually great, except that one of the ladies is Jewish, and I don’t know what she would make of being a daughter of Portia’s.
159 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:30:20pm |
re: #150 EmmmieG
You’re no fun. I’ll bet there aren’t any mutants, either.
There’s a scene where a bunch of Irish priests trash a brothel, escort the girls out, and then set fire to it.
160 | Obdicut Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:30:50pm |
re: #158 SanFranciscoZionist
I guess that depends on whether she interprets Merchant as anti-semitic or an exploration of anti-semitism.
I’m off to bed. Best of luck.
161 | Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:31:00pm |
re: #159 SanFranciscoZionist
There’s a scene where a bunch of Irish priests trash a brothel, escort the girls out, and then set fire to it.
So…nobody’s going to fly or shoot lasers at a 70 foot cockroach?
Bo-ring.
162 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:31:09pm |
re: #154 b_sharp
They should have chosen Alder rather than Ash for the body. Even Mahogany would be lighter.
My first real axe was a Tele clone. (I had a Silvertone Strat before that but it played like shit) I can still remember how tired my left shoulder got playing In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
Things have definitely gotten easier as far as handling heavy guitars, mostly due to wide straps. If I had had a 3 inch wide leather strap on that ‘54 Gold Top, I’d probably still have it. But back in ‘65, guitar straps looked like belts and all that weight was concentrated on a 3/4 inch piece of leather.
I’ve got a couple of Ibanez Artist guitars from 1980 that each weigh around 9-10 pounds - but they were built to balance so well that the weight isn’t even an issue. I can play them all night without a problem.
163 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:31:49pm |
re: #159 SanFranciscoZionist
There’s a scene where a bunch of Irish priests trash a brothel, escort the girls out, and then set fire to it.
Are they drunk?
What a waste.
164 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:33:28pm |
re: #161 EmmmieG
So…nobody’s going to fly or shoot lasers at a 70 foot cockroach?
Bo-ring.
No Franz Kafka tie in? WTF?
165 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:33:41pm |
re: #155 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
HG Wells, Nikola Tesla, and P.T. Barnum engage in a battle of wits to win the affection of 3 lady lawyers, but things don’t quite go as planned.
Sounds like a shocking humbug. :D
166 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:36:17pm |
re: #162 makeitstop
Things have definitely gotten easier as far as handling heavy guitars, mostly due to wide straps. If I had had a 3 inch wide leather strap on that ‘54 Gold Top, I’d probably still have it. But back in ‘65, guitar straps looked like belts and all that weight was concentrated on a 3/4 inch piece of leather.
I’ve got a couple of Ibanez Artist guitars from 1980 that each weigh around 9-10 pounds - but they were built to balance so well that the weight isn’t even an issue. I can play them all night without a problem.
This is a new version of my Ibanez. I really should go dig it out and take a pic.
167 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:37:07pm |
I’m seriously considering buying this Les Paul - I’ve done those type of repairs before, and the price is most definitely right. Finding a $300 Gibson anything is nearly impossible.
168 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:37:16pm |
re: #163 b_sharp
Are they drunk?
What a waste.
Drunk, but well-meaning. Chinese women in brothels in the City had a hell of a time. The good faathers won’t stand the insult to womanhood any longer.
This is based on a possibly true story. Legend has it that the brothel owner called the cops, but since the cops in SF at the time were…you guessed it…Irish, the patrolman simply asked the priests for their blessing, and hustled the outraged property owner off to lockup for being disorderly.
169 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:38:51pm |
Today’s quota of Kitteh!
How is the evening going?
Had a weird tummy today — still feels strange.
You ever have that?
170 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:39:07pm |
re: #166 b_sharp
This is a new version of my Ibanez. I really should go dig it out and take a pic.
That is lovely. Here are the ‘80 Artists, with a Strat-style IBZ that I got for 20 bucks.
171 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:40:34pm |
re: #168 SanFranciscoZionist
Thinking about the lives of women who lived generations ( and not that many!) before me, makes me so very grateful for the freedoms that I have.
Even my mother & grandmother could not envision the freedoms that I have.
173 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:42:18pm |
re: #167 makeitstop
I’m seriously considering buying this Les Paul - I’ve done those type of repairs before, and the price is most definitely right. Finding a $300 Gibson anything is nearly impossible.
Go for it. That Tele clone I mentioned got broken almost exactly like that during a fight between my brother and me. My youngest brother fixed it and played it for years before he could afford a new one.
175 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:43:35pm |
re: #168 SanFranciscoZionist
Drunk, but well-meaning. Chinese women in brothels in the City had a hell of a time. The good faathers won’t stand the insult to womanhood any longer.
This is based on a possibly true story. Legend has it that the brothel owner called the cops, but since the cops in SF at the time were…you guessed it…Irish, the patrolman simply asked the priests for their blessing, and hustled the outraged property owner off to lockup for being disorderly.
I thought the cops didn’t even go into the ChinaTown in SF of old. pretty much leave China Town alone unless it affected the rest of the City (white people)?
176 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:44:19pm |
re: #174 b_sharp
No, I can’t say that I’ve ever had your weird tummy.
Good! I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
177 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:45:23pm |
re: #170 makeitstop
That is lovely. Here are the ‘80 Artists, with a Strat-style IBZ that I got for 20 bucks.
Oh man! Those are beautiful. What’s up with the sunburst’s electronics?
178 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:45:53pm |
re: #175 ggt
I thought the cops didn’t even go into the ChinaTown in SF of old. pretty much leave China Town alone unless it affected the rest of the City (white people)?
Forget it, GGT. Its Chinatown.
179 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:46:23pm |
re: #171 Floral Giraffe
Thinking about the lives of women who lived generations ( and not that many!) before me, makes me so very grateful for the freedoms that I have.
Even my mother & grandmother could not envision the freedoms that I have.
It’s just not so long ago. I realize that when Donaldina Cameron (how’s that for a nice steampunky name?) “Chinatown’s Avenging Angel”, started pulling girls out of the San Francisco brothels, it was thirty years before my grandmother was born. When Grandma was born, women had had the vote for four years.
I read novels from the years that my mother was a child and young woman, and it’s still like another world, the lack of freedom women had.
180 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:48:29pm |
re: #172 ggt
Ok, there are more kittehs.
The video at the end is vewy cute. All babies like boxes I guess.
181 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:48:36pm |
re: #175 ggt
I thought the cops didn’t even go into the ChinaTown in SF of old. pretty much leave China Town alone unless it affected the rest of the City (white people)?
I don’t think they patrolled there, although I don’t know that for sure, but a patrolman might well have responded to the fire, and been collared by an outraged pimp watching his building burn, and his girls being shooed across the street by Irishmen in cassocks.
182 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:48:49pm |
183 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:49:10pm |
re: #179 SanFranciscoZionist
It’s just not so long ago. I realize that when Donaldina Cameron (how’s that for a nice steampunky name?) “Chinatown’s Avenging Angel”, started pulling girls out of the San Francisco brothels, it was thirty years before my grandmother was born. When Grandma was born, women had had the vote for four years.
I read novels from the years that my mother was a child and young woman, and it’s still like another world, the lack of freedom women had.
Hey, don’t worry your pretty little head over it. If the religious right has its way women will be back in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant with nothing as stressful as voting to bother them.
184 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:49:36pm |
re: #177 b_sharp
Oh man! Those are beautiful. What’s up with the sunburst’s electronics?
That one is the AR-1000 - the top of the Artist line circa 1980. It has a factory-installed EQ/preamp (the three black knobs), coil tap/phase switches (the black mini-switches) and an active boost control. That guitar can sound like anything - Strat, Tele, Les Paul, you name it.
It took 5 years of beggin to get a friend of mine to sell it to me. I used it to record an album and was completely hooked.
The Tobacco one is the other end of the Artist line, the AR-100. Still a very well-made guitar, with no bells or whistles. They both compare very favorably with my Gibson Les Pauls.
185 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:50:23pm |
re: #184 makeitstop
That one is the AR-1000 - the top of the Artist line. It has a factory-installed EQ/preamp (the three black knobs), coil tap/phase switches (the black mini-switches) and an active boost control. That guitar can sound like anything - Strat, Tele, Les Paul, you name it.
The Tobacco one is the other end of the Artist line, the AR-100. Still a very well-made guitar, with no bells or whistles. They both compare very favorably with my Gibson Les Pauls.
Which one goes to 11?
187 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:51:52pm |
188 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:52:56pm |
re: #181 SanFranciscoZionist
I don’t think they patrolled there, although I don’t know that for sure, but a patrolman might well have responded to the fire, and been collared by an outraged pimp watching his building burn, and his girls being shooed across the street by Irishmen in cassocks.
One of the Isabel Allende novels was set in Chinatown before 1900 —interesting stuff!
189 | prairiefire Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:53:08pm |
190 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:55:22pm |
re: #184 makeitstop
That one is the AR-1000 - the top of the Artist line. It has a factory-installed EQ/preamp (the three black knobs), coil tap/phase switches (the black mini-switches) and an active boost control. That guitar can sound like anything - Strat, Tele, Les Paul, you name it.
The Tobacco one is the other end of the Artist line, the AR-100. Still a very well-made guitar, with no bells or whistles. They both compare very favorably with my Gibson Les Pauls.
I added a 5 position multi-switch for tap/phase control to my Strat clone (then gave it away), and my Jackson has active boost control.
You are making me jealous.
191 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:57:50pm |
re: #181 SanFranciscoZionist
I don’t think they patrolled there, although I don’t know that for sure, but a patrolman might well have responded to the fire, and been collared by an outraged pimp watching his building burn, and his girls being shooed across the street by Irishmen in cassocks.
Are you going to describe how the women actually got access to Law books to “read law” and got permission to take the bar exam?
That would have taken some doing, in itself.
192 | prairiefire Mon, Oct 31, 2011 8:58:06pm |
re: #157 dell*nix
Some of the trick or treaters here tonight.
[Link: www.flickr.com…]
The giant cupcakes are teh awesome.
194 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:00:46pm |
195 | prairiefire Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:02:39pm |
196 | darthstar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:03:09pm |
Best costume of the night…I open the door, look at the kid - probably 7 or 8 years old, and say, “My god, you look like Peter Frampton!” He reaches down and pulls up the badge hanging around his neck…it’s the pic from “Frampton Comes Alive”…he got a full handful.
197 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:04:00pm |
mmmmm, Chinatown, lady lawyers and Wells. After the transcontinental RR was complete?
Can I read it?
198 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:04:32pm |
re: #193 ggt
Of course they were set up to kill each other by a conniving bitch who was working to get them both out of the picture.
199 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:05:04pm |
re: #195 prairiefire
Did you see them? It looks like a fun party.
I’m not all that into the nose picking activity.
Doesn’t sound like my kind of party.
200 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:05:50pm |
re: #198 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Of course they were set up to kill each other by a conniving bitch who was working to get them both out of the picture.
They were pretty awesome shoes!
201 | Dark_Falcon Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:07:39pm |
202 | prairiefire Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:08:39pm |
re: #199 ggt
I’m not all that into the nose picking activity.
Doesn’t sound like my kind of party.
Click through on the right arrow.
203 | dell*nix Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:09:30pm |
re: #192 prairiefire
Had to pass on them. Waaay too much sugar.
204 | Dancing along the light of day Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:10:53pm |
re: #183 b_sharp
Hey, don’t worry your pretty little head over it. If the religious right has its way women will be back in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant with nothing as stressful as voting to bother them.
F THAT. There are too many of us with BRAINS to ever let that happen.
Oh, and we vote.
205 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:11:09pm |
re: #190 b_sharp
I added a 5 position multi-switch for tap/phase control to my Strat clone (then gave it away), and my Jackson has active boost control.
You are making me jealous.
In the past couple of years, I’ve gotten into P-90 pickups - I’ve got a Les Paul Junior and 2 Specials, a PRS with a single soapbar, even took a bunch of Strat parts and built a P-90 Strat.
I’m waiting for the Fender Modern Player series to get to the stores - I’ve got my eye on the MP Jaguar with P-90s.
207 | darthstar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:13:37pm |
208 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:15:02pm |
re: #202 prairiefire
Click through on the right arrow.
Kids look like they are having a good time!
and if you keep clicking you find a Halloween Kitteh!
209 | b_sharp Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:15:33pm |
re: #205 makeitstop
In the past couple of years, I’ve gotten into P-90 pickups - Les Paul Juniors and Specials, I’ve got a PRS with a single soapbar, even took a bunch of Strat parts and built a P-89 Strat.
I’m waiting for the Fender Modern Player series to get to the stores - I’ve got my eye on the MP Jaguar with P-90s.
You have a PRS? That’s something I’ve wanted for a while.
They still make the Jaguar?
You may be the only person here, other than Charles, who has more guitars than I do.
I’m heading to bed, but I may just play my EVH for a bit before I go to sleep.
210 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:15:41pm |
re: #204 Floral Giraffe
F THAT. There are too many of us with BRAINS to ever let that happen.
Oh, and we vote.
We have our own money too!
212 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:17:19pm |
re: #191 ggt
Are you going to describe how the women actually got access to Law books to “read law” and got permission to take the bar exam?
That would have taken some doing, in itself.
Yes, I’m going to give some background. Most women who went into law in the period read under relatives. Clara Foltz did go to Hastings, though.
213 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:19:47pm |
re: #197 ggt
mmm, Chinatown, lady lawyers and Wells. After the transcontinental RR was complete?
Can I read it?
Of course.
214 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:19:53pm |
re: #212 SanFranciscoZionist
Yes, I’m going to give some background. Most women who went into law in the period read under relatives. Clara Foltz did go to Hastings, though.
Remember how Virginia Woolf wrote about how she couldn’t even get past the lobby of the University Library because she was a woman . ..
215 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:21:09pm |
re: #209 b_sharp
You have a PRS? That’s something I’ve wanted for a while.
A discontinued model called the SE-One. It’s a low-end PRS with one pickup, one volume (no tone!), just a slab mahogany body and neck. PRS’ take on the Les Paul Jr.
They still make the Jaguar?
Yeah, they make that horrible, kludgy guitar with all those switches. The Modern Player model is all stripped down - 1 volume, 1 tone, 3-way toggle switch.
You may be the only person here, other than Charles, who has more guitars than I do.
I’m hovering around 35 right now, but I’m trying to sell off some stuff that doesn’t get much play. Selling guitars is kinda tough nowadays, though.
I’m heading to bed, but I may just play my EVH for a bit before I go to sleep.
An EVH? Now I’m jealous. :)
216 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:24:45pm |
re: #214 ggt
Remember how Virginia Woolf wrote about how she couldn’t even get past the lobby of the University Library because she was a woman . ..
The West was full of women doing things they weren’t supposed to be doing, though. And the whole period, the late ninteenth century, was a remarkable one for women. Lots of challenges to ‘can’t’ and ‘shouldn’t’ going on.
217 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:25:44pm |
In the HBO series Deadwood, they had a ChinaTown section. Chinese girls sold into slavery in China, living in cages in Deadwood to service the Chinese mine workers who were also slaves. All considered disposable human life by their Chinese “owners” and the white people that benefited from their labor.
What a fucked-up way of life.
218 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:26:35pm |
re: #216 SanFranciscoZionist
The West was full of women doing things they weren’t supposed to be doing, though. And the whole period, the late ninteenth century, was a remarkable one for women. Lots of challenges to ‘can’t’ and ‘shouldn’t’ going on.
Maria Montessori is someone who I really admire. Amazing what she “got away” with.
219 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:27:07pm |
re: #217 ggt
In the HBO series Deadwood, they had a ChinaTown section. Chinese girls sold into slavery in China, living in cages in Deadwood to service the Chinese mine workers who were also slaves. All considered disposable human life by their Chinese “owners” and the white people that benefited from their labor.
What a fucked-up way of life.
It was bad.
There was also, eventually, a considerable backlash. The ninteenth century was also a time of fierce activists.
220 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:28:11pm |
re: #216 SanFranciscoZionist
The West was full of women doing things they weren’t supposed to be doing, though. And the whole period, the late ninteenth century, was a remarkable one for women. Lots of challenges to ‘can’t’ and ‘shouldn’t’ going on.
Yeah, there were a lot of people turning away from religion and questioning tradition. Then the wars came and … . ..
I think was meant to live in Greenwich Village in the 10’s and 20’s.
221 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:29:58pm |
re: #219 SanFranciscoZionist
It was bad.
There was also, eventually, a considerable backlash. The ninteenth century was also a time of fierce activists.
I think activism got a bad name after prohibition … .
222 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:30:13pm |
re: #219 SanFranciscoZionist
It was bad.
There was also, eventually, a considerable backlash. The ninteenth century was also a time of fierce activists.
223 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:31:06pm |
re: #221 ggt
I think activism got a bad name after prohibition …
Apparently, one thing that was big during the ninteenth century was women organizing against the import of feathers from endangered exotic species for hats.
224 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:32:09pm |
225 | Political Atheist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:36:39pm |
This being a music thread and all…
I so miss her already.
RIP
226 | dell*nix Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:37:32pm |
re: #224 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Deal!! 5 cent a bucket beer anyone?
227 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:38:16pm |
Late-19th Century European women and the opportunity for reproductive freedom as well.
“In 1838, German gynecologist Friedrich Wilde created the first modern cervical cap by making custom-made rubber molds of the cervix for some of his patients.[8] These caps were probably short-lived, as uncured rubber degrades fairly quickly. An important precursor to the invention of more lasting caps was the rubber vulcanization process, patented by Charles Goodyear in 1844. An occlusive pessary marketed in the United States as the “womb veil” seems to have been an early form of diaphragm or cervical cap.[9]”
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The idea of blocking the cervix to prevent pregnancy is thousands of years old. Various cultures have used cervix-shaped devices such as oiled paper cones or lemon halves, or have made sticky mixtures that include honey or cedar rosin to be applied to the cervical opening.[33] However, the diaphragm - which stays in place because of the spring in its rim, rather than hooking over the cervix or being sticky - is of much more recent origin.
An important precursor to the invention of the diaphragm was the rubber vulcanization process, patented by Charles Goodyear in 1844. In the 1880s, a German gynecologist C. Haase published the first description of a rubber contraceptive device with a spring molded into the rim. Haase wrote under the pseudonym Wilhelm P.J. Mensinga, and the Mensinga diaphragm was the only brand available for many decades.[34] In the United States, the physician Edward Bliss Foote designed and sold an early form of occlusive pessary under the name “womb veil” starting in the 1860s.[35]
American birth control activist Margaret Sanger fled to Europe in 1914 to escape prosecution under the Comstock laws, which prohibited sending contraceptive devices, or information about contraception, through the mail. Sanger learned about the diaphragm in the Netherlands and introduced the product to the United States when she returned in 1916. Sanger and her second husband, Noah Slee, illegally imported large quantities of the devices from Germany and the Netherlands. In 1925, Slee provided funding to Sanger’s friend Herbert Simonds, who used the funds to found the first diaphragm manufacturing company in the U.S., the Holland-Rantos Company.[33][36]
Diaphragms played a role in overturning the federal Comstock Act. In 1932, Sanger arranged for a Japanese manufacturer to mail a package of diaphragms to a New York physician who supported Sanger’s activism. U.S. customs confiscated the package, and Sanger helped file a lawsuit. In 1936, in the court case United States v. One Package of Japanese Pessaries, a federal appellate court ruled that the package could be delivered.[33]
Although in Europe, the cervical cap was more popular than the diaphragm, the diaphragm became one of the most widely used contraceptives in the United States. In 1940, one-third of all U.S. married couples used a diaphragm for contraception. The number of women using diaphragms dropped dramatically after the 1960s introduction of the IUD and the combined oral contraceptive pill. In 1965, only 10% of U.S. married couples used a diaphragm for contraception.[34] That number has continued to fall, and in 2002 only 0.2% of American women were using a diaphragm as their primary method of contraception.[37] Diaphragms, both the Ortho brand and Reflexions, and the spermicidal gel used with them, can be purchased online. There is an e-mail community of users, where resources may be found, as well as tips on making one’s own homemade spermicide, to be used with a barrier method
228 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:38:21pm |
re: #225 Rightwingconspirator
This being a music thread and all…
I so miss her already.
RIP[Video]
My favorite Winehouse.
229 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:39:33pm |
re: #228 SanFranciscoZionist
My favorite Winehouse.
[Video]
she looks clean and sober in this video.
230 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:40:06pm |
231 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:45:37pm |
re: #230 SanFranciscoZionist
It’s early, I think. She looks…happy.
I like this song, I think it features her voice well.
232 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:45:40pm |
re: #230 SanFranciscoZionist
It’s early, I think. She looks…happy.
The moment at the end where she kicks off the shoes and puts down the mic just makes me smile.
233 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:46:01pm |
re: #232 SanFranciscoZionist
The moment at the end where she kicks off the shoes and puts down the mic just makes me smile.
I like the guy in the car —
234 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:46:27pm |
235 | SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:46:53pm |
236 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:47:49pm |
re: #235 SanFranciscoZionist
He has no idea what this is about, but he doesn’t like it.
He doesn’t mind the eye candy tho …
237 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:48:03pm |
re: #225 Rightwingconspirator
This being a music thread and all…
I so miss her already.
RIP[Video]
That is a beautiful clip. She must have been over the moon to perform with Tony.
I saw an interview with him where he mentioned that he told Amy that she reminded him of Dinah Washington, and that her face lit up like Christmas morning. Turns out Dinah was one of her idols.
238 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:48:44pm |
re: #237 makeitstop
That is a beautiful clip. She must have been over the moon to perform with Tony.
I saw an interview with him where he mentioned that he told Amy that she reminded him of Dinah Washington, and that her face lit up like Christmas morning. Turns out Dinah was one of her idols.
I thought her performance with him sucked. I was so upset for her.
239 | makeitstop Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:49:50pm |
240 | CuriousLurker Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:51:32pm |
241 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:51:43pm |
re: #224 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Challenge accepted.
Standing at nearly 6 feet tall and weighing 180 pounds, Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Carrie Nation, as she came to be known, cut an imposing figure. Wielding a hatchet, she was downright frightful. In 1900, the target of Nation’s wrath was alcoholic drink. Nation, who described herself as “a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus, barking at what he doesn’t like,” felt divinely ordained to forcefully promote temperance. A brief marriage to an alcoholic in the late 1800’s fueled Nation’s disdain for alcohol. Kiowa, Kansas was the setting of Nation’s first outburst of destruction in the name of temperance in 1900. Between 1900 and 1910 she was arrested some 30 times after leading her followers in the destruction of one water hole after another with cries of “Smash, ladies, smash!” Prize-fighter John L. Sullivan was reported to have run and hid when Nation burst into his New York City saloon. Self-righteous and formidable, Nation mocked her opponents as “rum-soaked, whiskey-swilled, saturn-faced rummies.”
While Carrie Nation was certainly among their most colorful members, the members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, founded in 1874, left more in their wake than strewn glass. Once the largest women’s organization in the country, the WCTU concerned itself with issues ranging from health and hygiene, prison reform, and world peace.
242 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:52:37pm |
re: #239 makeitstop
Seriously? How so?
I thought she could have enunciated the words better — she sounded fucked-up to me.
243 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:54:14pm |
This is a great version -- her voice is so distinct here.
244 | engineer cat Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:54:24pm |
i think she was the most talented and original singer/songwriter in the last 15 years
245 | Kragar Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:55:12pm |
246 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:57:25pm |
re: #245 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I was referring more to the drinking of serious amounts of alcohol and disregarding them entirely.
Well, they would certainly drive a person to do so.
247 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 9:58:45pm |
re: #244 engineer dog
i think she was the most talented and original singer/songwriter in the last 15 years
One of a select few. The last few years have shown us some young people who are truly original.
248 | engineer cat Mon, Oct 31, 2011 10:01:08pm |
i have to say, i would never think of writing a song with lyrics that start out with “what kind of fuckery is this?”
249 | FemNaziBitch Mon, Oct 31, 2011 10:05:21pm |
Tony Bennett is certainly enjoying his age and status.
:)
250 | OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Oct 31, 2011 10:50:20pm |
re: #49 sattv4u2
Whattaya asking Steve for? They cut off his ears when they cut off his leg!!!
//
Plus, he’s never even played one and wouldn’t know what to do if he had the opportunity.
251 | OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Mon, Oct 31, 2011 10:57:47pm |
re: #241 ggt
I love the Carrie Nations
from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The person doing the actual vocals, Lynn Carey, is a vocals idols of mine. That girl had the pipes, seriously.