Yay new Tommy

YAAAGH the run at 1:09 is unreal

Tommy's a monster. He's Al Dimeola with taste and humor.

Nice acoustic version of 'Orpheus' from Ash:

That was insanely good.

Thanks for the post Charles,

One of our Australias greatest performers.

He has a brother Phil who is also a great guitar player, but a lot rockier.

He often does Guitar Clinics after shows, I have had the pleasure of playing with him in Byron Bay.

Hes also a wonderful Christian, if you ever see him interviewed he is very humble.

This has always blown me away.

Chet Atkins was a great influence on him in his early days...

Cheers

Portishead : All Mine

No sense in speechifying THAT.

Anyone notice the new cleaner look for the right sidebar?

I'm still playing with ads and affiliate placement systems. The Blog now has an option to place 468x60 ads at intervals between the front page posts, and in the daily posts.

Right now it's set to show an ad every 5 posts. If this is really annoying to you, speak now or forever hold your peace.

I do have the ability to easily turn this feature on and off.

re: #9 Charles

Anyone notice the new cleaner look for the right sidebar?

I'm still playing with ads and affiliate placement systems. The Blog now has an option to place 468x60 ads at intervals between the front page posts, and in the daily posts.

Right now it's set to show an ad every 5 posts. If this is really annoying to you, speak now or forever hold your peace.

I do have the ability to easily turn this feature on and off.

I'd say let's use this thread as a test case. If it messes things up, I'll argue against it.

That was reasonable terrific.

Fine with me, and since we are talking about advertisement, the art of adding intangible value:

Life Lessons from an Ad Man

re: #10 Dark_Falcon

So, are you for it before you're against it?

I just realized that my dream man would be a combination Tommy Emmanuel and William F. Buckley. What do you think Lizard gals?

re: #13 sngnsgt

So, are you for it before you're against it?

No, I'm doing an Obama, and stalling for time. ;)

re: #9 Charles

I like how the lightly green colored background frames the ads on the right sidebar. Makes it clear they're adds, and sets off the product.
Looks very clean.

re: #15 Dark_Falcon

No, I'm doing an Obama, and stalling for time. ;)

Let's have a beer over it.

re: #14 Cathypop

I just realized that my dream man would be a combination Tommy Emmanuel and William F. Buckley. What do you think Lizard gals?

George Clooney and George Bush.

Although I am a Christian, I don't enjoy much contemporary Christian music. I tend to be more impressed by rockers who try to be Christian, than by Christians to try to rock. However, I have always been amazed by Phil Keaggy, and it isn't because he's missing fingers from his strumming hand, either.

re: #18 MandyManners

George Clooney and George Bush.

John Wayne and George Bush

re: #9 Charles

Anyone notice the new cleaner look for the right sidebar?

I'm still playing with ads and affiliate placement systems. The Blog now has an option to place 468x60 ads at intervals between the front page posts, and in the daily posts.

Right now it's set to show an ad every 5 posts. If this is really annoying to you, speak now or forever hold your peace.

I do have the ability to easily turn this feature on and off.

People were talking yesterday about the new look for the right-hand column - the green background, etc. It looks nice.

I went to the front page to see what was happening, and didn't notice that the ads after every 5th post were distracting at all.

But I don't understand what you mean by ad intervals in the daily posts.

re: #17 sngnsgt

Let's have a beer over it.

If you don't mind me opting for a Pepsi instead, I'm up for that.

re: #14 Cathypop

I just realized that my dream man would be a combination Tommy Emmanuel and William F. Buckley.

'Standing athwart History, shouting the blues.'

re: #20 Cathypop

John Wayne and George Bush

Clooney's one of the sexiest men alive but his politics stink.

re: #24 MandyManners

Clooney's one of the sexiest men alive but his politics stink.

Soorry but I find John Wayne VERY sexy

re: #9 Charles

Anyone notice the new cleaner look for the right sidebar?

I'm still playing with ads and affiliate placement systems. The Blog now has an option to place 468x60 ads at intervals between the front page posts, and in the daily posts.

Right now it's set to show an ad every 5 posts. If this is really annoying to you, speak now or forever hold your peace.

I do have the ability to easily turn this feature on and off.

looks good...I'm waiting for the 50% off Viagra deal...get off at half price!

Drum 'n' Bass meets Rage Against The Machine - Roni Size and Zack De La Rocha : Center of the Storm.

Featuring the classic line :"The critics rush me like Salman Rushdie"

re: #27 Jimmah

Nice.

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Nice.

really?...I thought it was like, sonic ear pollution

Whenever I hear great blues guitar, I always flash back to Marvin Gaye thinking "What would Inner City Blues sound like with Tommy Emmanuel playing?" and like things...

re: #21 reine.de.tout

But I don't understand what you mean by ad intervals in the daily posts.

The daily posts are the ones organized by day. There are two ways to get into them right now: 1) by clicking the 'daily archives' button that pops up a calendar to let you choose a day (e.g., that's what I use when I want to know what I posted last Tuesday), or 2) clicking the link at the top and bottom of the front page center column, that says 'Yesterday'.

re: #29 albusteve

I like the sound or the early Rage stuff better but that was still interesting.

re: #31 Charles

The daily posts are the ones organized by day. There are two ways to get into them right now: 1) by clicking the 'daily archives' button that pops up a calendar to let you choose a day (e.g., that's what I use when I want to know what I posted last Tuesday), or 2) clicking the link at the top and bottom of the front page center column, that says 'Yesterday'.

OK - duh, I'm an idiot.
I took it to mean the individual daily posts, like the thread we're in now.
I rarely have need to look at the daily archive listing.

re: #32 Killgore Trout

I like the sound or the early Rage stuff better but that was still interesting.

that's cool...I'm not gonna make any Barry Manilow comparisons

re: #29 albusteve

really?...I thought it was like, sonic ear pollution

Yeah, but you tend to dislike anything made after 1980, unless of course the Stones recorded it.

re: #22 Dark_Falcon

If you don't mind me opting for a Pepsi instead, I'm up for that.

Waitress, one Pepsi, two glasses.

re: #29 albusteve

really?...I thought it was like, sonic ear pollution

Sonic Ear Pollution used to be way cool, but I think they went off the boil after that ill-advised collaboration with Sheena Easton.

re: #25 Cathypop

Soorry but I find John Wayne VERY sexy

For some reason, I never have.

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, but you tend to dislike anything made after 1980, unless of course the Stones recorded it.

how did you come to that conclusion?...the new subdudes CD is just killer...I tend to dislike garbage...garbage is timeless

re: #37 Jimmah

Sonic Ear Pollution used to be way cool, but I think they went off the boil after that ill-advised collaboration with Sheena Easton.

heh...good one

re: #37 Jimmah

Sonic Ear Pollution used to be way cool, but I think they went off the boil after that ill-advised collaboration with Sheena Easton.

LOL! Loves it.

re: #35 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, but you tend to dislike anything made after 1980, unless of course the Stones recorded it.

Heh. I thought it was 1975.

I said my prayers one night and asked God to give me lyrics to
a song that he wanted to touch people's hearts, and lo and behold, in
the middle of the night, I wrote "I'm Your Captain." The following
morning as I sat in the big kitchen at the farmhouse, I grabbed my axe
out of the corner and started strumming. Between sips of coffee, I
was moved to play the chord changes that you now recognize in "I'm
Your Captain." I went to my bedroom, grabbed the lyrics, brought them
back out, and put this song together over a cup of coffee and took it
to reheasal that day. The guys loved it and so do millions of people
around the world.
--Mark Farner

Take your pick:

re: #25 Cathypop

Soorry but I find John Wayne VERY sexy

Damn..The Hoopster can't get any props..*wink*
Just listened to Bill Simmons during the Celtics game hawking his new book about Basketball...Someone said it weighs 7 1/2 pounds...Just like the Health Bill but readable...He is doing a book Signing in Indy this year.. I am so there..
He does something once a month that I think Charles should do..
A mailbag of questions and comments...It is really a fun read.. The last letters he posts are the wackiest you can imagine.. He always ends the column.
Yup..Those are my readers...

re: #39 albusteve

how did you come to that conclusion?...the new subdudes CD is just killer...I tend to dislike garbage...garbage is timeless

I stand corrected, then.

re: #29 albusteve

really?...I thought it was like, sonic ear pollution

Then you probably won't like this either 8-)

Gotta love industrial music back when they couldn't just throw 48 tracks into Pro-Tools.

Tommy Emmanuel - Here Comes The Sun / mix

re: #45 Dark_Falcon

I stand corrected, then.

Ok being fair, he dislikes almost all music after 1975. He does like The Indelicates for instance, IIRC:

re: #32 Killgore Trout

I like the sound or the early Rage stuff better but that was still interesting.

Tom Morello is the critical ingredient in that band. I like Zach's vocals, but Morello is just an outstandingly creative guitarist.

I can see that Zack and Morello are very popular...

Gorillaz - Dirty Harry (Remastered)

/yeah, i know

Arrrgh! Clear the table, I need to bang my head! (and not in time with the music)

I'm the moderator of a message board for people with heart defects. As you may expect, the group is wound up over H1N1 and the availability of the vaccine. We had a lady post that H1N1 is 5 times as deadly as seasonal flu, then commented "I guess the vaccine will be available once the entire county has been wiped out."

Arrrgh! That's true, but the CFR of Seasonal Flu is less than 0.1% So H1N1 kills (Better sit down!) less than 0.5% of all cases!

Proportionally it is higher for those of us with underlying health conditions, but an exaggeration is an exaggeration, especially when your group is trying to get out factual information.

Then in the same message she is all worked up because the Obama children recived the H1N1 shot, and why couldn't that shot be saved for someone who couldn't get the shot? That made no sense. But the article she cited First Daughters receive H1N1 Vaccine says they got the vaccine; it says nothing about if it was the injection or the the mist.

In true LGF fashion I called her out on both statements. Ya'll would have been proud!

re: #46 WindUpBird

Gotta love industrial music back when they couldn't just throw 48 tracks into Pro-Tools.

I agree. Heard of Tackhead? Bunch of American industrial/funk heavyweights in collaboration with UK dub producer Adrian Sherwood back in the late eighties. Rare (in youtube terms) but I did find this -sound quality isn't great I'm afraid:

Some slower blues

Wayfaring Stranger

re: #14 Cathypop

Gary Cooper and Chris Cornell.

Mad Monster Mash

Mad Monster Party!

Something mellow for halloween from Diamanda Galas:

BBL

re: #54 Thanos

Some slower blues

Wayfaring Stranger

RIP Roy

re: #54 Thanos

Some slower blues

Wayfaring Stranger

Excellent stuff, thanks.

re: #55 theheat

Gary Cooper and Chris Cornell.

Gary Cooper!

re: #52 SteveC

Good going, Steve. Keep after the nutters, It'll make your board a bettter place. Sanity is contagious!

And to typicalwhitey, the troll net-stalking the thread (and me personally) at The Deuce; I cordially invite you to Fuck Off.

Pens Win 4-3 in shootout!

re: #61 Dark_Falcon

Good going, Steve. Keep after the nutters, It'll make your board a bettter place. Sanity is contagious!

And to typicalwhitey, the troll net-stalking the thread (and me personally) at The Deuce; I cordially invite you to Fuck Off.

did you post over there?

truckin through a dead thread

re: #63 albusteve

did you post over there?

Hell, no. I have never posted over there, nor will I ever do so. But, I do keep an eye on those jerks sometimes as a "know your enemy" exercise. Last night that guy was reposting my comments and taking insulting riffs on them. So I decided to take the opportunity tonight to flip him the bird. I don't like being mocked. Most of the time I take it in stride, especially if it is good natured like it is here. But when jerks decide to insult me and my friends repeatedly, I sometimes feel the need to say something about it.

re: #65 Dark_Falcon

Hell, no. I have never posted over there, nor will I ever do so. But, I do keep an eye on those jerks sometimes as a "know your enemy" exercise. Last night that guy was reposting my comments and taking insulting riffs on them. So I decided to take the opportunity tonight to flip him the bird. I don't like being mocked. Most of the time I take it in stride, especially if it is good natured like it is here. But when jerks decide to insult me and my friends repeatedly, I sometimes feel the need to say something about it.

you play the game but you don't like the results...you exchange posts on separate blogs...got it

re: #65 Dark_Falcon

re: #65 Dark_Falcon

Let it go.
They are "stalkers" for a reason. You are not, for the same reason. You are better than that. IMHO by posting to them, you give them some credibility, and visibility, that they haven't earned.

re: #68 Floral Giraffe

Let it go.
They are "stalkers" for a reason. You are not, for the same reason. You are better than that. IMHO by posting to them, you give them some credibility, and visibility, that they haven't earned.

I will. That post was a one-off. It's not something I've made a habit, nor will it be a habit. I just get irritated enough once in a great while that I have to make my feelings known. Having said it, I intend to drop it.

re: #69 Dark_Falcon

Good! They aren't worth an instant of your time, wasted thinking about them.

re: #70 Floral Giraffe

Good! They aren't worth an instant of your time, wasted thinking about them.

Roger, wilco.

re: #70 Floral Giraffe

Good! They aren't worth an instant of your time, wasted thinking about them.

Besides, only at LGF can you find a black and white western in a music thread!!

/

That was great! Thanks for sharing it, Charles.

re: #74 HoosierHoops

You can't control other people. Just let them fester in peace. You wouldn't let someone grab your limbs and move you around, would you? Why let these people manipulate your feelings?

Sorry Charles...

re: #76 HoosierHoops

{Hoops}- you have such a big heart. Don't give them any ammo...

re: #77 Sharmuta

{Hoops}- you have such a big heart. Don't give them any ammo...

It hurts me when ex-lizards trash Charles who gave them a voice on the Internet.. They are so mean to Charles and you..and they trash talk me and thousands of good folks..
I am so sorry...I should live to a higher standard.
Crap..Thanks Sharm

re: #78 HoosierHoops

It hurts me when ex-lizards trash Charles who gave them a voice on the Internet.. They are so mean to Charles and you..and they trash talk me and thousands of good folks..
I am so sorry...I should live to a higher standard.
Crap..Thanks Sharm

Don't let it get you down, Hoops. You got mad and had to have a post deleted. Just promise me you'll learn from it, because that sort of thing happens to all of us.

Love this...Emmanuel is the Clifford Brown of the guitar...you just shake your head. Then you've got TE and Doyle Dykes together...makes you just laugh out loud...

Here...