OK, you've twisted my arm. I'll stay for 4:33 longer.

Too many notes.

Good grief!
When one is as utterly talentless as I am, it is just jaw-droppingly awesome to see honest-to-goodness superior ability.

re: #3 reine.de.tout Not the music I prefer, but the guy is awesome regardless.

Bonnie Raitt has better hair

re: #4 DEZes

Not the music I prefer, but the guy is awesome regardless.

exactly.

He's kind of got a Farah Fawcett thing going on with his hair doesn't he?

I'd love to hear more stories about your time as a professional musician Charles, the Jaco Pastorious story was riveting.

Wow, this guy is great!

re: #8 MrPaulRevere

I'd love to hear more stories about your time as a professional musician Charles, the Jaco Pastorious story was riveting.

Yes. More stories please.

he is very fast...you need some strong fingers to do that...he did not miss a note either...course he's shreddin on a Strat :)

Nice...

Charles,

Thank you for these videos and introducing me to new artists that I would not otherwise have heard. I recently went to a Tommy Emmanuel concert in E'town KY, and I only knew about him because you and LGF. For the lizard's pleasure, here is an interview that Tommy did with a friend of mine on local radio. It is about an hour and a half so you might want to save it for some slow time. Greg Martin is the guitar player for the Kentucky Headhunters but he has a great live blues show weekly on local radio.

http://lowdownhoedown.com/TE.m3u

Joe

Yeah, that dude has got it.
What would you call that tone?
I would call it "light distortion".

Yup, Andy is great...

Hows about some Paul Gilbert...

re: #12 vibemanjoe

Nice...

Charles,

Thank you for these videos and introducing me to new artists that I would not otherwise have heard.

I'll second that. Even if it's not my cup of tea. I definitely appreciated Tom Waits, for instance.

I notice he wrote the piece, too. Awesome.

re: #13 rawmuse

Yeah, that dude has got it.
What would you call that tone?
I would call it "light distortion".

just enough...his harmonics at 3:00 were crystal clear

I see he played along with Steve Morse in the past.

Others too

re: #14 grahamski

Yup, Andy is great...

Hows about some Paul Gilbert...

[Video]

speed and lots of scales...not really a speed fan...taste and style for me

re: #18 Gus 802

I see he played along with Steve Morse in the past.

Others too

he's a great do it all player and been around a long time...

The criteria I use for thoughtful analysis is as follows:
If I were to have heard the same notes and rhythms played on another instrument, would I have enjoyed it just as much?

In this case, the answer is yes. Very inventive use of the entire axe, the rhythms were varied and the note choices were exciting.

re: #2 Zimriel

Too many notes.

Not enough notes. The video's gone.

re: #22 iLikeCandy

Not enough notes. The video's gone.

Still works for me.

re: #20 albusteve

he's a great do it all player and been around a long time...

Timmons or Morse? I actually never heard of Timmons -- his name at least. Sounds like he's pretty versatile from his recording history. One of those players that doesn't have any problems getting work.

And why, exactly, is this man a monster? Did he not evolve? Hmmm? Can we see his nirth cirtifikit?!?!?!

No I am not a troofer, why do you ask? :)

For some reason, it reminds me of this:

Though I have to say, the only thing scarier than the fact that Johnny Winter's performance is thirty five years old, is the black midriff he's wearing.

Way too busy for my taste. I prefer artists who try to engage in intercourse with their audience, not those who try to...please themselves in public.

OT: Never thought I would see Sam Webb, the head of the Communist Party USA, being given a national forum to advocate for and defend Communism in the US ...on Glenn Beck's show.

re: #24 Gus 802

Timmons or Morse? I actually never heard of Timmons -- his name at least. Sounds like he's pretty versatile from his recording history. One of those players that doesn't have any problems getting work.

I was referring to Steve Morse...sorry

Well its dead tonight, and AMW is on, night all!

Another one of my faves...Mr. Frank Gambale...

re: #2 Zimriel

Too many notes.

Wrong century! ;-)

re: #23 DEZes

Still works for me.

Woops, I got it now.

re: #31 grahamski

Corea!

re: #28 pink freud

I listened to Glenn's treatment the next day on the radio and he was trying to get Mr. Webb to demonstrate his absurdity. He mostly succeeded but he did ended up giving a voice to the communist party in the process. I many folks listening may have detected the contradictions in his arguments, but it may not have been entirely clear.

Oh my God, Bruce Hornsby and Ricky Skaggs in the Now Playing slot!

Best song on that album is Hills of Mexico. Can't find a video of them performing it. :(

re: #29 albusteve

Thought maybe that's what you meant. I can actually hear some Morse in Timmons work.

I always wonder at these song titles. Carpe Diem. I could also have called that song Sine Qua Non or Planck's Constant.

Great stuff, thanks Charles!

Crankin' de axe ... lordy do wish we could all play like that?

OT: went to the gun show in Glendale, a suburb at the east end of the San Fernando Valley here in LA, and got there about 3pm.

the locusts had already struck: about the only ammo left was odd ball calibers: almost all the 9mm, 40, 45, 30.06, 308 & 7.62 ComBloc was gone...
at one table, they said a single individual had bought 8000 rounds of 9mm.

the line at the DROS booth was 10-12 sales deep, and they had piles behind the counter already processed.

re: #41 redc1c4

We got the card but forgot about it, darn.

8,000 rounds of 9MM? I wouldn't be surprised if some undercover cop followed that guy out to get his license plate number.

re: #41 redc1c4

the line at the DROS booth was 10-12 sales deep, and they had piles behind the counter already processed.

And that's not even counting the dealers who were doing it themselves by paper or the dealers who can access the electronic DROS at the show, right?

I love music threads.

Especially since I lost my hearing.

Got it back in one ear and I listen all of the time thinking that one of these days my hearing loss may come back and so I try to keep something going all of the time.

While I was deaf, I still played piano at church but I had to ask folks if I it sounded like I was hitting the right notes. They were nice but i am not sure if they were always truthful, even at church. Since I improvise, I am sure the results were interesting at times.

Joe

Proves my wife right after my 5 chord jam session on my refurbished Fender Lead III this afternoon... I do in fact suck, and don't surprised if I find guitar and amp smoldering in the yard in the morning...

Anybody got a Hendrix gig that compares?

OK, hold on to your socks and garters...

Bruce Hornsby, Ricky Skaggs, and Kentucky Thunder perform a Bluegrass version of "Superfreak"!

I wish I could walk with that kind of finesse.

Way cool Charles - thanks.

I would have never associated the band Danger Danger with the talents Andy has. This man is truly a gift!

re: #46 Bobibutu

Anybody got a Hendrix gig that compares?

Little Wing...

Hendrix,,,Little Wing 1968

re: #27 USBeast

Way too busy for my taste. I prefer artists who try to engage in intercourse with their audience, not those who try to...please themselves in public.

You mean like this:

Of course music appreciation is a personal choice. He does seem to engage with his audience rather well.

re: #47 SteveC

Nice but lacks energy and intensity.

re: #50 albusteve

Little Wing...

Link?

re: #50 albusteve

Little Wing...

One of my favorite songs of all time..

re: #55 Bobibutu

Got it.

OT-Did I already miss the discussion of Obama screwing up Brown's visit because he's tired?

by compaison SRV...Little Wing...yowza!

re: #58 livefreeor die

OT-Did I already miss the discussion of Obama screwing up Brown's visit because he's tired?

It was discussed a bit in the previous thread, but worth bringing up again.

re: #52 albusteve

Hendrix,,,Little Wing 1968

[Video]

Nice - but no enchilada in comparison
IMHO.

re: #46 Bobibutu

Can't really compare Hendrix with Timmons.

Apples, oranges IMO.

re: #60 CynicalConservative

It was discussed a bit in the previous thread, but worth bringing up again.

Sorry-I was busy with the baby. I'm just in shock that the leader of the free world, who is suppposed to protect us, is promoting an "overwhelmed" meme. After only six weeks.

You know, I bet Bush felt overwhelmed and tired at times but since he was President, he didn't mention it!

re: #61 Bobibutu

Nice - but no enchilada in comparison
IMHO.

heh...ask Andy what he thinks of Hendrix

re: #58 livefreeor die

OT-Did I already miss the discussion of Obama screwing up Brown's visit because he's tired?

He's not the only one tired. Hillary blamed this gem on 'tiredness'...

A veteran politician, Clinton compared the complex European political environment to that of the two-party U.S. system, before adding:

"I have never understood multiparty democracy.

"It is hard enough with two parties to come to any resolution, and I say this very respectfully, because I feel the same way about our own democracy, which has been around a lot longer than European democracy."

The remark provoked much headshaking in the parliament of a bloc that likes to trace back its democratic tradition thousands of years to the days of classical Greece.

One working lunch later with EU leaders, Clinton raised more eyebrows when she referred to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who stood beside her, as "High Representative Solano."

She also dubbed European Commission External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner as "Benito."

Who wouldn't be tired being the tip of the spear of liberalism and its posterboy... You have no soul or principles and spend every waking hour keeping 1000 liberal interest groups happy...

re: #58 livefreeor die

OT-Did I already miss the discussion of Obama screwing up Brown's visit because he's tired?

re: #3 reine.de.tout

Good grief!
When one is as utterly talentless as I am, it is just jaw-droppingly awesome to see honest-to-goodness superior ability.

But not every musician can put together a kick ass cook book!

Well, if this is going to turn into a de facto blues rock thread, we can't leave Hendrix doppleganger Robin Trower out:

And now for some Green Slime!

re: #62 Gus 802

Can't really compare Hendrix with Timmons.

Apples, oranges IMO.

How so?

re: #51 Iron Fist

This may sound crazy, but I have started seeing guns show up here on craigslist. I also see ads posted for people looking for specific guns. Maybe you could try that? (I don't know where you are or if that is legal in your area.)

Is he Coltrane's son, or something?
He's very talented ... er ... but ...

re: #72 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Is he Coltrane's son, or something?
He's very talented ... er ... but ...

Good evening brat!

re: #64 albusteve

heh...ask Andy what he thinks of Hendrix

Since it aint happening what do you think?

re: #65 NJDhockeyfan

They need to coordinate their excuses better. Two of them in one day blaming it on tiredness?

By the way, ask my 13 year old how well the "I was tired" excuse works in our house...

Back to reality:
Obama mulls reaching out to moderate Taliban - NYT

WTF! Is this guy serious? Is there no better definition of an oxymoron than a "moderate" Taliban?

He must have hired some Paki advisers (and I don't care if some think that is an insult, for whatever reason they think it is).

re: #73 HoosierHoops

Good evening brat!

Hoops!

You guys are killing me with the blues videos. I'm on dial up.

re: #63 livefreeor die

You know, I bet Bush felt overwhelmed and tired at times but since he was President, he didn't mention it!

"Yes, we're tired. Yes, there is no relief. Yes, the Cylons keep coming after us time after time after time. And yes, we are still expected to do our jobs!" - Saul Tigh, Battlestar Galactica

Call me shallow, but, ah...
Gorgeous Guitar

re: #76 Naso Tang

Dildo Brain sub Zer0 1 never ceases to amaze us.

re: #77 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Hoops!

Can you believe on the History channel they are showing Einstein's life and theory? Usually it's about UFO's..

re: #78 NJDhockeyfan

You guys are killing me with the blues videos. I'm on dial up.

We won't send any mo'dem then.

This is interesting.

Text to speech.

re: #78 NJDhockeyfan

You guys are killing me with the blues videos. I'm on dial up.

No kidding? Are you in Afghanistan?

re: #79 SteveC

"Yes, we're tired. Yes, there is no relief. Yes, the Cylons keep coming after us time after time after time. And yes, we are still expected to do our jobs!" - Saul Tigh, Battlestar Galactica

Let's put him in charge.

re: #82 HoosierHoops

Can you believe on the History channel they are showing Einstein's life and theory? Usually it's about UFO's..

"Relativity" is very, very important to liberals.

re: #76 Naso Tang

Back to reality:
Obama mulls reaching out to moderate Taliban - NYT

WTF! Is this guy serious? Is there no better definition of an oxymoron than a "moderate" Taliban?

He must have hired some Paki advisers (and I don't care if some think that is an insult, for whatever reason they think it is).

Holy crap.

re: #83 pre-Boomer Marine brat

re: #87 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Funny and evil, both. You on da jazz tonight.

re: #74 Bobibutu

Since it aint happening what do you think?

I think Hendrix invented a new thing from whole cloth...he was so far ahead of his time peoples heads were spinning...he WROTE Little Wing and the fact that SRV uses that song to showcase his shred talent says alot...sure eveyone has caught up and passed Hendrix but at 25-29 yrs old he was a sensation, playing his guitar upside down...he did a thing nobody else ever did and it took years for players to figure him out and most still can't...Hendrix was the real deal

re: #70 Bobibutu

It's different musical styles and techniques. Hendrix was singer, songwriter as well as guitarist that introduced a lot of groundbreaking material during his short life. Timmons is a well respected studio musician and backup guitarist as well as a solo artist and very well versed in guitar.

Two completely different people and music both having respectable accomplishments. I don't like the comparing game but if you had to compare Hendrix to someone it could be to Robin Trower. Timmons than can be compared to Steve Morse.

Think of it like comparing Yehudi Menuhin with Stephan Grappelli both historical and groundbreaking vilonists.

re: #76 Naso Tang

He must have hired some Paki advisers...

Undoubtedly. Probably being "Gul-ed".

re: #85 Naso Tang

No kidding? Are you in Afghanistan?

No, rural Virginia. Supposedly we are getting BPL soon. They have been telling us that for the past 5 years. We'll see.

re: #86 livefreeor die

Let's put him in charge.

So say we all! Even though he is a toaster...
or a skin job...
who thinks he's one of us...
I mean them...
damn it, you need a scorecard to keep everyone straight these days!

re: #89 Van Helsing

re: #87 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Funny and evil, both. You on da jazz tonight.

Having fun while I can.
Goddess is probably lurking.
I'll get a face full of cat claws any moment.

re: #90 albusteve

I think Hendrix invented a new thing from whole cloth...he was so far ahead of his time peoples heads were spinning...he WROTE Little Wing and the fact that SRV uses that song to showcase his shred talent says alot...sure eveyone has caught up and passed Hendrix but at 25-29 yrs old he was a sensation, playing his guitar upside down...he did a thing nobody else ever did and it took years for players to figure him out and most still can't...Hendrix was the real deal

Upding! Jimmy wrote a simple song in E minor and moved the world...

re: #93 NJDhockeyfan

No, rural Virginia. Supposedly we are getting BPL soon. They have been telling us that for the past 5 years. We'll see.

What's BPL? I

re: #53 Gus 802

You mean like this:

[Video]

Of course music appreciation is a personal choice. He does seem to engage with his audience rather well.

Not exactly. He was having fun with his audience, which is totally cool. Fun is a form of intercourse. What bores me is an instrumentalists who tries to impress me with the number of gnat notes they can cram into a measure while conveying no meaning.

re: #97 Naso Tang

What's BPL? I

Barak Pays Little?

Jimi Hendrix?!?!

Wes Montgomery
Segovia
Julian Bream
Les Paul
Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian

Smokin'!

re: #90 albusteve

I think Hendrix invented a new thing from whole cloth...he was so far ahead of his time peoples heads were spinning...he WROTE Little Wing and the fact that SRV uses that song to showcase his shred talent says alot...sure eveyone has caught up and passed Hendrix but at 25-29 yrs old he was a sensation, playing his guitar upside down...he did a thing nobody else ever did and it took years for players to figure him out and most still can't...Hendrix was the real deal

No argument - but this gig was exceptional.

U.S. Marine Reception Smackdown:
George W. Bush meets the Marines on Labor Day
vs.
Barack 0bama meets the Marines last week

The result?

(h/t Pajamas Media)

re: #98 USBeast

I know and completely understand. I've basically drifted away from a lot of instrumental music towards a more melodic or song based style. I still like the instrumental works but I prefer to mix it up now -- what I listen to that is.

I read the news
I read the blogs
day after day after day after day
I think "it can't get worse. can it?"
then...it does.
after "teh one" was elected I thought I had moved through the 7 stages
of grief till I had finally come to acceptance then another drip drip drip

I would weep but I have no tears

re: #76 Naso Tang

No fucking way. Is this quote accurate?:

In an interview with the newspaper published on its website, Obama said that some of the U.S. success in Iraq involved reaching out to Islamic fundamentalists who had been alienated by the tactics of al Qaeda in Iraq.

We reached out to Sunni tribesmen who were alienated by Islamic fundamentalists. I guess it really doesn't matter if the quote is accurate in that if Reuters thought that Bush had said something that jaw-droppingly stupid, they would have been all over him like stink on shit.

re: #100 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Almost went to see Segovia (which was soon before he passed away) but got lazy.

Here's another in the same vein as BO's outreach to the Taliban:
The Obama administration warned the Syrian ruler to desist from his maneuverings to orchestrate a victory for Hizballah and its allies in Lebanon's July 7 elections.

Debka is a bit suspicious in it's reporting sometimes, but this rings true, as in wishful thinking by the administration.

Not being quite as fervent in my disdain as some, I like to tell myself that Obama and Co are smart enough to know what's what and are pandering to their moonbat supporters, fully expecting their efforts to fail but then being able to say "we tried".

What comes next however will be the real thing.

re: #105 rain of lead

I read the news
I read the blogs
day after day after day after day
I think "it can't get worse. can it?"
then...it does.
after "teh one" was elected I thought I had moved through the 7 stages
of grief till I had finally come to acceptance then another drip drip drip

I would weep but I have no tears

drink more fluids...it's all about money, if you have alot you're cool

re: #91 Gus 802

Point well taken - but this was some awesome playing that IMHO rivals teeth playing.

re: #107 Gus 802

Almost went to see Segovia (which was soon before he passed away) but got lazy.

I got to see Carlos Montoya.
(*eyes upwards* ... thank you, thank you, thank you)

re: #106 David Simon

No fucking way. Is this quote accurate?:...

Is that rhetorical or do you think I know?

re: #103 gmsc

A "mostly tepid response" for Obama, rousing cheer and what sure as hell looked like genuine happiness for Bush.

What could the reason be? Think, think, think...

I got nuffin'... A complete mystery.

Not.

re: #109 albusteve

drink more fluids...it's all about money, if you have alot you're cool

$ yeah, had some, have alot less now...fluids..hmmm beer is a fluid
need more beer looots more beer

I am hoping that some young man steps froward from the ranks of our wonderful military and leads our country back to its collective senses.

re: #115 Van Helsing

He was leaving.

re: #112 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I got to see Carlos Montoya.
(*eyes upwards* ... thank you, thank you, thank you)

I saw jon scofield in Berkley once with billy comham on drums.
That dude played guitar like I have never heard..

re: #103 gmsc

Thank you so much for that video.

re: #97 Naso Tang

What's BPL?

Broadband over power lines. My county is a test market. They sent me a modem last year. I am waiting for them to go live.

re: #106 David Simon

BRO!

re: #117 Wishing

I am hoping that some young man steps froward from the ranks of our wonderful military and leads our country back to its collective senses.

Huh?

re: #112 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Another one of "the greats."

re: #119 Iron Fist

There was a wicked piece about the Obama-Britain fiasco today in the National Post...I'm too lazy to link...worth reading.

Good evening all.

Looks like it's reality check time for PBO.

1. Somethings wrong when Hugo Chavez is cheering you on.
2. It takes two weeks for you to react to to your AG's inflammatory speech.
3. Your own countries business community has no faith in your policies and
your ability to lead.
4. When you thrive on a crisis.

re: #123 WriterMom

BRO!

Writermom! good evening

re: #103 gmsc

U.S. Marine Reception Smackdown:
George W. Bush meets the Marines on Labor Day
vs.
Barack 0bama meets the Marines last week

The result?

(h/t Pajamas Media)

Were they ordered to not clap when FCBBHO walked in the room?

re: #114 Naso Tang

Is that rhetorical or do you think I know?

I have no idea if you know or don't know; I'm just wondering aloud. I can't seem to find the NYT piece. Anyone?

re: #124 Naso Tang

Huh?

Not sure what the huh? is about...

re: #128 HoosierHoops

Hi HH..how are things?

re: #119 Iron Fist

What can I say, except I hope you are wrong, at least in something.

re: #118 pre-Boomer Marine brat

He was leaving.

And in the meantime, some regiment's mascot dog had peed on the left rear tire of the Presidential limo.

re: #100 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Jimi Hendrix?!?!

Wes Montgomery
Segovia
Julian Bream
Les Paul
Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian

And Kottke

re: #113 ploome hineni

Tepid response! One of many understated observations to come.

re: #123 WriterMom

BRO!

SIS! How are you this evening?

re: #121 Wishing

Thank you so much for that video.

You're welcome.

re: #129 MandyManners

Were they ordered to not clap when FCBBHO walked in the room?

If so, that would be one order that would be easy to follow.

Geraldo makes me sick. He just broke the news that Obama is considering sending U.S. troops to the Mexican border to help Mexico with the drug cartels. Geraldo doesn't seem to have a problem with that. Remember when he said on national TV he wanted to spit in Michele Malkin's face for wanting our borders secure?

re: #129 MandyManners

HAHAHAH awesome vid..

re: #132 WriterMom

Hi HH..how are things?

Hey you..pretty slow night..just watching dumb and dumber..
/it was moms favorite movie..pretty funny

Left hand in your pocket, Right hand full of cash for Islamics, underhanded
in your congress and senate, your new President has lots of hands fanning the fires.

re: #110 Iron Fist

That is one way to try and find what you want. The problem with that is that you are pretty much at the mercy of whomever has the weapon in regards to the price. I've been watching gunbroker.com for the past few months. You hae weapons for sale there that I didn't even know existed, Like semi-auto MG-42s, which was a WWII German light-machine gun. They run around $3000.

It'd be nice to have that kind of money to throw at it :-)

I've been looking for a 16" fluted AR-15/M-4 barrel (or barreled upper), and I can't find even one company that actually has it in stock. Everyone is backordered to the hilt. I've gotten some of the things I've been looking for in the last 3-4 months, and I still have one item backordered (non-firearm).

Even if Obama and the Democrats do nothing on gun control, they've already gotten a lot of people who might not have otherwise armed themselves to invest in weaponry. This is, in the grand scheme of things, a good thing.

this is/was a small gun show, so not many vendors, but there were a variety of AR uppers, etc, available. we ran into a guy with a CZ-52 in very good condition, matching numbers and all, who wanted $275 for it. while they were in the DROS line, i was drooling over a Rock Island 45 in the case next door for $450. unfortunately, i'm the starving college student these days, so i had to settle for a case of M1 carbine ammo and 4 10 round mags for us to use at the CPM matches.

re: #137 David Simon

Still looking for some goyische volunteers for my Hamentaschen tomorrow...

re: #135 USBeast

And Kottke

That brings back old times and memories.

Fatboy Slim, "Weapon of Choice". Christopher Walken busts a move! (several moves!)

re: #142 HoosierHoops

I suffered through some really idiotic cartoons. I think some of the cartoon writers and illustrators are derranged, drug-addicted psychopaths.

History International channel has a great program on right now on sharpshooters. A guy was just on with a rifle (22 cal I think) tossing coins up in the air then shooting holes through them. He then threw aspirin up and shot them. Incredible.

re: #122 NJDhockeyfan

Broadband over power lines. My county is a test market. They sent me a modem last year. I am waiting for them to go live.

Oh. I read about that. You must be really out in the boonies though. My wife tells me about her cousins in the hollers and the outhouses logistically placed on the hill above the vegetable garden, but that was before they paved the roads. I've got a place 35 minutes drive from the nearest civilization in Georgia (aka Wallmart), but we do have DSL and then there is that large group of people from Verizon always hovering up the driveway...

re: #145 WriterMom

Still looking for some goyische volunteers for my Hamentaschen tomorrow...

bwahaha, Arab "news" is going to lift that quote!

re: #111 Bobibutu

Point well taken - but this was some awesome playing that IMHO rivals teeth playing.

it's all about attack and style...lots of players can play fast and hit every note...scales are like that and speed and articulation are okay...but beyond that there is a feel for the guitar too...a natural extention of your brain to your hands...attack...it reveals how comfortable you are and how unforced the playing comes out..some player grit their teeth and grind away and others just lay back and it all comes out just like they hear it in their head, fluid and and easy...you can tell the difference when you compare alot of different players...SRV was the most fluid, natural guitarist I ever saw and I saw Hendrix too...you just watch how easy it seems to be for them and you get the feeling that they could do anything, play anything they want effortlessly...and I'm talking an extremely difficult thing to master...there is a higher order to it...some players have it and some don't

re: #135 USBeast

And Kottke

Very nice.

Craig Ogden, from Rodrigo's Concierto En Aranjuez
I have this on CD. WOW!

re: #140 ciaospirit

He's such a turd. FUGGETABOUTIT.

re: #140 ciaospirit

Geraldo makes me sick. He just broke the news that Obama is considering sending U.S. troops to the Mexican border to help Mexico with the drug cartels. Geraldo doesn't seem to have a problem with that. Remember when he said on national TV he wanted to spit in Michele Malkin's face for wanting our borders secure?

That's when I stopped watching him. When he comes on I turn the channel.

re: #151 David Simon

Good, they can fucking quote me on that.

:P

re: #139 gmsc

If so, that would be one order that would be easy to follow.

Other than outright dislike they probably have for him, that's the only thing I could think of that would cause such a reaction.

re: #139 gmsc

If so, that would be one order that would be easy to follow.

no one would give that order, as it would likely be a UCMJ violation, and it sure as hell would get out that it had been given.

i believe what you saw was the natural antipathy that warriors feel for whinny little candy asses.

re: #141 WriterMom

HAHAHAH awesome vid..

GMSC posted it in No. 103.

re: #156 WriterMom

Good, they can fucking quote me on that.

:P

Ooh I love it when you're feisty :->

re: #159 MandyManners

I just gave it a ding.

re: #146 Gus 802

That brings back old times and memories.

Ain't that what it's all about?

re: #160 David Simon

Oh puh lease. I'm in my flannels. Fiesty in flannel? ROFL.

re: #148 WriterMom

I suffered through some really idiotic cartoons. I think some of the cartoon writers and illustrators are derranged, drug-addicted psychopaths.

LOL
anybody named square pants should not live at the bottom of the Ocean?
/weird.

Paul Simon festival on PBS ... back then, people wrote songs, with lyrics, and like that.

She said a good day ain't got no rain
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed
And I think of things that might have been.

/lyrics for the Obamanation

re: #140 ciaospirit

Geraldo makes me sick. He just broke the news that Obama is considering sending U.S. troops to the Mexican border to help Mexico with the drug cartels. Geraldo doesn't seem to have a problem with that. Remember when he said on national TV he wanted to spit in Michele Malkin's face for wanting our borders secure?

Remember the way Alex Jones treated her in Denver? He and Geraldo are two peas in a pod.

re: #166 MandyManners

Remember the way Alex Jones treated her in Denver? He and Geraldo are two peas in a pod.

can you imagine the screaming if Bush had sent troops to the border?

re: #162 USBeast

Sure is. I love all kinds of music. I learned that very Kottke tune soon after I first heard it. Did it with an open E tuning and slide.

re: #163 WriterMom

Oh puh lease. I'm in my flannels. Fiesty in flannel? ROFL.

Colour me plucky in polyester.

re: #166 MandyManners

Alex Jones is vermin. Compared to him Geraldo looks like Edward R. Murrow.

re: #155 NJDhockeyfan

That's when I stopped watching him. When he comes on I turn the channel.

He says it's to help Mexico and thinks nothing of the fact that he adamantly did not support protecting Americans being overrun by illegals at the border. He just now said "We've got to help Mexico."

Spit

re: #163 WriterMom

Oh puh lease. I'm in my flannels. Fiesty in flannel? ROFL.

I've put all mine away 'cause we're in the 70s already. The forsythia bushes are blooming, too.

re: #167 redc1c4

can you imagine the screaming if Bush had sent troops to the border?

Moonbat-shit crazy.

re: #153 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Very nice.

Craig Ogden, from Rodrigo's Concierto En Aranjuez
I have this on CD. WOW!

Excellent! Thank you.

Uh, if Andy wasn't playing live in a studio... Charles? Keep the sounds coming.

re: #172 MandyManners

I'm so jealous. We had one nice day this week, but now it's pouring rain and only about 7 or 8 C, which is about 45F. I hate the cold.

re: #150 Naso Tang

Oh. I read about that. You must be really out in the boonies though. My wife tells me about her cousins in the hollers and the outhouses logistically placed on the hill above the vegetable garden, but that was before they paved the roads. I've got a place 35 minutes drive from the nearest civilization in Georgia (aka Wallmart), but we do have DSL and then there is that large group of people from Verizon always hovering up the driveway...

Ntelos has a wireless modem available out here but the tower is on top of the mountain and my house is on the side of the mountain. The signal goes right over my house. You have to have a direct view of the cell tower to get a signal.

re: #170 MrPaulRevere

Alex Jones is vermin. Compared to him Geraldo looks like Edward R. Murrow.

More like Robin Leach.

re: #172 MandyManners

I've put all mine away 'cause we're in the 70s already. The forsythia bushes are blooming, too.

Isn't it heaven that we get to experience spring every year?

re: #169 Josephine

Hey you!

re: #169 Josephine

Colour me plucky in polyester.

I'm terrific in a T.

re: #172 MandyManners

I've put all mine away 'cause we're in the 70s already. The forsythia bushes are blooming, too.

Will this be turning into a nightgown thread?
Should I give it rapt attention?

/should I duck?

re: #176 WriterMom

I'm so jealous. We had one nice day this week, but now it's pouring rain and only about 7 or 8 C, which is about 45F. I hate the cold.

My body hates cold and wet. Ooh. I got a twinge just thinking about it.

re: #166 MandyManners

Remember the way Alex Jones treated her in Denver? He and Geraldo are two peas in a pod.

Geraldo (aka Jerry Rivers) is a dipstick. He overhypes everything, and hyperventilates for the cameras. Remember his performance (only word for it) in New Orleans after Katrina? Remember his opening the empty Al Capone vault? Geraldo has no right nor room to talk about anyone else, anytime, anywhere.

I'm getting tired. I really am stress about tomorrow. I am baking hamentaschen and putting together Mishloach Manot AND have a Purim party and a dinner to go to. GAAA. But it's all good.

re: #179 HoosierHoops

Isn't it heaven that we get to experience spring every year?

It makes winter bearable.

re: #182 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Will this be turning into a nightgown thread?
Should I give it rapt attention?

/should I duck?

Nightgowns? Blech.

re: #183 MandyManners

UCH. Me too. And everyone in my nuclear family is always hot. I'm freezing and they are in t-shirts. There is no justice!

re: #182 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Nightgowns? UGH.

re: #186 WriterMom

I'm getting tired. I really am stress about tomorrow. I am baking hamentaschen and putting together Mishloach Manot AND have a Purim party and a dinner to go to. GAAA. But it's all good.

So, you wanna be President?

re: #188 MandyManners

Nightgowns? Blech.

You sleep in the nude too? Glad to hear it.

Leo Kottke live...Louise

re: #173 MandyManners

Moonbat-shit crazy.

on both sides of the border.

re: #192 Naso Tang

You sleep in the nude too? Glad to hear it.

That's almost as good as "I prefer fucking."

LOL! :-)

re: #186 WriterMom

I'm getting tired. I really am stress about tomorrow. I am baking hamentaschen and putting together Mishloach Manot AND have a Purim party and a dinner to go to. GAAA. But it's all good.

I just thought it would be really nice to go to Toronto for the holiday but it's kind of late to hit up my daughter-in-law for an invitation.

re: #188 MandyManners

Nightgowns? Blech.

are you insane? %-)

re: #191 SteveC

Sadly, I would not be eligible as a Canadian. But thanks for thinking of me. I'm sure I could have at least picked out a better gift for the British PM and his family than effing DVD movies and plastic helicopters.

re: #165 itellu3times

And KAET (Phoenix) is playing Victor Borge.
It's beg-a-thon time. The really good shows come out.

re: #196 Alouette

Awww bummer. There are some mega Purim parties going on here.

re: #174 USBeast

Excellent! Thank you.

You are very welcome.

Do an Amazon search under music for "craig ogden" rodrigo
It'll take you right to the album.

BUT remember to go there via Charles' Amazon link

re: #184 Honorary Yooper

Geraldo (aka Jerry Rivers) is a dipstick. He overhypes everything, and hyperventilates for the cameras. Remember his performance (only word for it) in New Orleans after Katrina? Remember his opening the empty Al Capone vault? Geraldo has no right nor room to talk about anyone else, anytime, anywhere.

"Michelle Malkin is the most vile, hateful commentator I've ever met in my life", he says. "She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching out neighbors, and we should be deporting people. It's good she's in D.C. and I’m in NY. I’d spit on her if I saw her.”

He should talk!

I think he's rather envious of her.

re: #197 redc1c4

are you insane? %-)

See through with spaghetti straps for the ladies.

Spandex shorts for the guys. With spandex shirts that say "All this and brains too!"

re: #58 livefreeor die

OT-Did I already miss the discussion of Obama screwing up Brown's visit because he's tired?

[Link: powerlineblog.com...]

re: #189 WriterMom

UCH. Me too. And everyone in my nuclear family is always hot. I'm freezing and they are in t-shirts. There is no justice!

Silk long-johns.

re: #193 albusteve

Nice. And there's that slide. Kottke always knows how to get great tone out his guitar.

re: #192 Naso Tang

You sleep in the nude too? Glad to hear it.

Ummm...there's quite a bit between nightgowns and nudity.

re: #188 MandyManners

Nightgowns? Blech.

(wondering if I should make a comment about her in the "T", #181)
(wondering if I'm through living)

Testing new avatar...

re: #194 redc1c4

on both sides of the border.

Will the troops operate in Mexico? Who will be giving the orders?

re: #209 Macker

Too Damn Good!

re: #195 Honorary Yooper

IT WAS ABOUT DICTION!

Has this been mentioned yet?

New Charges Against Neo-Nazi Bill White

Last year was not a good one for bellicose neo-Nazi Bill White. This year could be worse. White, the founder and leader of the American National Socialist Workers Party, was indicted in Roanoke, Va., in December on seven federal counts related to making Internet and other threats. If convicted on all counts, he faces as much as 55 years in prison and $1.75 million in fines. White already was in a federal holding facility in Chicago, following his arrest in October on an obstruction of justice charge stemming from personal information he published on his website about the jury foreman in the trial of another neo-Nazi leader.

Gotta' tuck The Kid in. bbiab

This guy calls himself Jazzguts on You Tube. I like his guitar work.

re: #206 Gus 802

Nice. And there's that slide. Kottke always knows how to get great tone out his guitar.

plays a very sweet 12 string...I'm glad you noticed with all the bitchfesting around here

What a surprise. Once again, negotiation overtures signal weakness:

Hizbullah deputy leader Sheik Naim Kassem said Saturday that he welcomes a new American and European approach toward the Lebanese guerrilla group. He added that his group expected new language by the West in dealing with the Iranian-backed Shi'ite Muslim group which calls for Israel's destruction.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

A certain Santayana aphorism comes to mind.

re: #185 Iron Fist

$450s not a bad price. Not a great price either. Of course, that depends on what you are comparing it to. Springfield Armory used to be moderate priced (and moderate quality) .45s, and these days they are up there with Colt and Kimber.

It is going to be interesting to see what happens to demand over the next year or so. If Obama spends most of his time working on outreach to the "moderate" Taliban (I'm sorry, but that freaks me the hell out. I'm ot saying what I think of it, but WTF) and I guess, the more mainstream al Qaeda people (Dick Durban, for instance) instead of gun control, then surely demand will drop off. I know that before the '94 ban you had a lot of people that had never owned a gun before buying AK-47s simply because Clinton was trying to tell them what they could and could not have.

OTOH, if Obama and the Democrats come out swinging demand will get even higher than it currently is.

around here $450 for a 1911A1 is a DAMN good price.

demand is likely to stay high simply because no one seems to trust Ear Leader but the morons who voted for him. hell, 2H6 never bought a gun until this fall, and now we're shooting High Power matches, skeet, trap, and she's looking at Sporting Clays, as well as hand gun training... she also said we need a safe just for ammo and reloading supplies.

po' me. %-)

re: #212 MandyManners

IT WAS ABOUT DICTION!

I know that, but the quote was by itself, and damn funny that way. :-)
Honestly, I was at work when I saw that, and burst out laughing.

re: #194 redc1c4

on both sides of the border.

/it'll spill over

re: #195 Honorary Yooper

I lost my voice there.

re: #210 MandyManners

Will the troops operate in Mexico? Who will be giving the orders?

Line the troops up arms length apart at the border. Every time someone violates the sovereign territory of the United States, the soldiers are ordered to take five steps forward.

re: #213 Sharmuta

Wasn't that the sack of trash that threatened Charles?

re: #223 MrPaulRevere

Yes.

re: #217 David Simon

A certain Santayana aphorism comes to mind.

An aphorism is a terrible thing to waste.

Later Lizards. Tomorrow is Ye Olde Beastie's Friday and I've got to clean the crocks, change the clocks, lock the locks, wash behind my ears and go to bed. I wish you all a pleasant evening.

re: #222 SteveC

Line the troops up arms length apart at the border. Every time someone violates the sovereign territory of the United States, the soldiers are ordered to take five steps forward.

They will be in Panama in a week.

re: #210 MandyManners

Will the troops operate in Mexico? Who will be giving the orders?

i meant the raving would occur on both sides of the borders...

no way in hell Mexico is going to allow US troops on their soil, and there's no way we should send them even if they wanted them.

re: #216 albusteve

Yeah, sometimes I make a pretty good horse if you know what I mean.

You like Bela Fleck?

re: #207 MandyManners

Ummm...there's quite a bit between nightgowns and nudity.

I'm definitely getting in over my head here. I Pass.

re: #161 WriterMom

I just gave it a ding.

Thanks!

re: #223 MrPaulRevere

Wasn't that the sack of trash that threatened Charles?

IIRC, yes. I don't recall the exact threat (maybe it's a thread somewhere), but Bill White's a real piece of work. Hope he goes away for a long, long time.

re: #215 kansas

This guy calls himself Jazzguts on You Tube. I like his guitar work.

[Video]

very very nice...straight forward and clean...thanks

re: #232 Honorary Yooper

Hope he goes away for a long, long time.

Me too.

re: #232 Honorary Yooper

IIRC, yes. I don't recall the exact threat (maybe it's a thread somewhere), but Bill White's a real piece of work. Hope he goes away for a long, long time.

he would have an exciting time in prison...

what a shame. %-)

re: #227 Aviator

They will be in Panama in a week.

"I thought this was border patrol duty. Nobody mentioned a freakin' 1000 mile dash!"

re: #233 albusteve

You can subscribe to him. He plays a really wide variety of styles.

re: #204 kansas

No time to deal with international matters? Tired? We are sitting ducks. Obama is not ready to lead.

Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.

British officials, meanwhile, admit that the White House and US State Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.

But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama's inner circle explained the slight by saying that those high up in the administration have had little time to deal with international matters, let alone the diplomatic niceties of the special relationship.
Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.

I LOVE Andy Timmons Vibrato and the attitude his playing has.
I agree with #14 how about some Paul Gilbert.

Shit. I just remembered we have to set the clocks an hour ahead tonight. I lose an hour of sleep during my busiest time of year.

re: #238 ciaospirit

Has Obama ever had a job before this?

re: #229 Gus 802

Yeah, sometimes I make a pretty good horse if you know what I mean.

You like Bela Fleck?

met him!...hell of a picker yep...met Sam Bush too!...I hate to keep doing that but it was my hobby for 25 yrs...saw David Grisman a coupla time too...I love all those acoustic pickers...Bela is pretty special tho

re: #238 ciaospirit

Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.

British officials, meanwhile, admit that the White House and US State Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.

But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama's inner circle explained the slight by saying that those high up in the administration have had little time to deal with international matters, let alone the diplomatic niceties of the special relationship.
Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.

In the not so distant past they'd be throwing some extra logs on the Bush-B-Que.

re: #241 kansas

Has Obama ever had a job before this?

Never.

re: #239 bombarafat

I LOVE Andy Timmons Vibrato and the attitude his playing has.
I agree with #14 how about some Paul Gilbert.

Too many notes way too fast.

re: #237 kansas

You can subscribe to him. He plays a really wide variety of styles.

I booked him and will surf his stuff tomarrow

re: #241 kansas

Has Obama ever had a job before this?

He organized his community, IIRC.

WTF?

Minn. state agency offers Islamic Mortgages

re: #241 kansas

Has Obama ever had a job before this?

Supposedly although no one seems to be available to talk about his job performance. And it seems no one knows how he did in college...

re: #240 David Simon

Shit. I just remembered we have to set the clocks an hour ahead tonight. I lose an hour of sleep during my busiest time of year.

I have to ask, what makes early March the busiest time of the year?

re: #240 David Simon

Shit. I just remembered we have to set the clocks an hour ahead tonight. I lose an hour of sleep during my busiest time of year.

Damn, I almost forgot. Thanks for reminding all of us (except Hawai'i and Arizona). I hate the switch between standard and daylight savings time. Why not just do as those two states and leave it at standard time all years 'round?

re: #242 albusteve

Takes the banjo to an all different level. Grisman is another one. Top mandolin player -- also eclectic.

re: #213 Sharmuta

Wow, he's gotten fat in prison.

re: #236 SteveC

"I thought this was border patrol duty. Nobody mentioned a freakin' 1000 mile dash!"

The tunnels the Mexicans have built are sophisticated, extensive, and have electricity. Unbelievable that the U.S. hasn't done something about it. Maybe they will now that Geraldo says we should. //

re: #248 NJDhockeyfan

WTF?

Minn. state agency offers Islamic Mortgages

For houses with how many bedrooms for how many wives?

/i.e., are they "harem"

re: #255 pre-Boomer Marine brat

For houses with how many bedrooms for how many wives?

/i.e., are they "harem"

And the toilets all have to face Mecca?

re: #248 NJDhockeyfan

WTF?

Minn. state agency offers Islamic Mortgages

Nawawi Sheikh is one of them. The Somali-American said he and his wife just couldn't go against their beliefs, even if it meant giving up their dream of owning a home. Still, he grew tired of moving from one rented apartment to another.

"One thing I hated was moving. I don't like to move all the time," he said.

Why did you move out of Somalia?

re: #241 kansas

Has Obama ever had a job before this?

Not sure, but he would have made one hell of a used car salesmen...

/S

re: #241 kansas

Has Obama ever had a job before this?

Community Organizer...they make their own hours. Work when they want to. Or not.

re: #254 ciaospirit

The tunnels the Mexicans have built are sophisticated, extensive, and have electricity. Unbelievable that the U.S. hasn't done something about it. Maybe they will now that Geraldo says we should. //

I say we invade Mexico and get some payback...Villa burned Columbus to the ground and I'm still pissed

This is rich

‘Animal House’ Party Days Are Over for U.S. Banks: John Kerry

I believe we have to insist that tax dollars be spent wisely because, otherwise, Americans will refuse to rescue any business struggling in the most difficult economic times since the Great Depression. And believe me, Americans struggling to hold onto their homes and their jobs are already tired of picking up the newspaper and reading about idiotic abuses of taxpayer money.

Pot calling the kettle black...hey John, this includes you and your merry gang of thieves.