Overnight Jam: Kwabs, ‘Perfect Ruin’

Somehow it towers over me
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A beautifully filmed video for a moving song, for the overnight thread.

Director: George Belfield
Producer: Jess Wylie
Exec Producers: Sally Campbell, Tim Nash & Tash Tan
Prod Co: Somesuch

Prod Co (Sweden): Salmonfox
Producer: Mathias Fjellstrom
PM: Kaj Snijder
PA: Maja Lindström

Label: Atlantic Records
Commissioner: Dan Curwin

Cinematographer: Steve Annis
Focus Puller: Kim Miell
2nd AC: Adam Soderholm
Gaffer: Peter Brännström
DIT: Johan Norström
Grip: Torulf Öhman
Steadicam: Néstor Salazar

Stylist: Cobbie Yates
Hair & Make-up: Janakie Öhlund

Editor: Tom Grove Carter @ Trim

Grade: Simon Bourne @ Framestore

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220 comments
1 Charles Johnson  Feb 7, 2015 8:43:29pm
2 Charles Johnson  Feb 7, 2015 8:43:54pm
3 Charles Johnson  Feb 7, 2015 8:47:51pm

I said I was signing off Twitter, so Chuck thought he’d be able to get in some free shots against me. I knew he’d do this so I checked back in.

4 teleskiguy  Feb 7, 2015 8:52:42pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

I said I was signing off Twitter, so Chuck thought he’d be able to get in some free shots against me. I knew he’d do this so I checked back in.

Dude has you blocked, but still includes your handle in tweets and is in the comments in a lot of your UpChuck-related tweets. Every time his internet sludge oozes we’re going to mercilessly call him out, as we have done. I really hope Rush Limbaugh or someone of that nature calls UpChuck out for his endless choo-choo train of lies and deceit.

Fuck him. He’s a horrible human being.

5 Charles Johnson  Feb 7, 2015 9:00:26pm
6 Charles Johnson  Feb 7, 2015 9:05:26pm

By the way, the music video above really is great. Don’t miss it. Kwabs is a real talent.

7 retired cynic  Feb 7, 2015 9:08:38pm

Love it. It’s lovely.

8 Charles Johnson  Feb 7, 2015 9:08:54pm

re: #4 teleskiguy

Rush Limbaugh is promoting Chuck - he’s not going to call Chuck out. People like Chuck are very useful to the right wing movement.

9 Charles Johnson  Feb 7, 2015 9:12:56pm
10 teleskiguy  Feb 7, 2015 9:15:46pm

There was SNOW in every shot of the video, it gets my vote.

It is a beautiful song.

11 Kragar  Feb 7, 2015 9:18:13pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

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CCJ: “I’m not a white supremacist, but I routinely parrot their talking points in my writing, retweet their statements and follow them on twitter.”

12 Kragar  Feb 7, 2015 9:19:31pm

The central flaw to all claims made by White Supremacists is: have you taken a look at your average White Supremacist?

13 teleskiguy  Feb 7, 2015 9:29:42pm

Great news from the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships just down the road.

14 Charles Johnson  Feb 7, 2015 9:35:35pm

re: #11 Kragar

I kinda stole that:

15 Kragar  Feb 7, 2015 9:42:57pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

I kinda stole that:

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No biggee.

16 goddamnedfrank  Feb 7, 2015 9:45:42pm
17 teleskiguy  Feb 7, 2015 9:46:47pm
18 Charles Johnson  Feb 7, 2015 10:07:35pm

So today on Twitter, I got accused of being a racist, and being anti-LGBT.

Both times, it was because I posted something humorous intended to expose racism and anti-LGBT bigotry.

Wheee.

19 CuriousLurker  Feb 7, 2015 10:09:24pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Some days Twitter just sucks.

20 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 7, 2015 10:17:32pm

re: #19 CuriousLurker

Some days Every day Twitter just sucks.

FTFY

21 teleskiguy  Feb 7, 2015 10:21:12pm

re: #20 William Barnett-Lewis

Hey now, Twitter can be fun!

22 #FergusonFireside  Feb 7, 2015 10:33:29pm

Hey late nighters.

23 Varek Raith  Feb 7, 2015 10:33:29pm

Boo!

24 #FergusonFireside  Feb 7, 2015 10:34:44pm

Shitty tips tonight. People are just so whack.

25 BeachDem  Feb 7, 2015 10:35:17pm

re: #24 #FergusonFireside

Shitty tips tonight. People are just so whack.

Sorry to hear that. How did Superbowl Sunday work out crowdwise and tipwise?

26 #FergusonFireside  Feb 7, 2015 10:36:35pm

re: #25 BeachDem

Sorry to hear that. How did Superbowl Sunday work out crowdwise and tipwise?

Dead. Completely dead.

I still get a paycheck, they pay us minimum wage 9 something, here in socialist CA. So that’s always good to add to the pile.

27 BeachDem  Feb 7, 2015 10:41:09pm

re: #26 #FergusonFireside

Dead. Completely dead.

I still get a paycheck, they pay us minimum wage 9 something, here in socialist CA. So that’s always good to add to the pile.

Saving up to visit the parental unit here in SC, are ya??

28 Kragar  Feb 7, 2015 10:52:09pm

Tonight’s task: basing appx 115 models using a mixture of water, dishsoap, elmer’s glue, and artificial gravel

29 #FergusonFireside  Feb 7, 2015 10:53:14pm

re: #27 BeachDem

Saving up to visit the parental unit here in SC, are ya??

Yes siree. I’m thinking of relocating. My daytime industry (Flooring) is heavily based in GA. I could get a job there probably easy…?? I could be mid way between both parental units in Florida & Myrtle Beach.

But GA. Could I handle it? Not sure…….

30 Lidane  Feb 7, 2015 11:04:35pm

Not The Onion:

31 #FergusonFireside  Feb 7, 2015 11:05:35pm

I seriously cannot get enough of The Walking Dead. Watched the marathon every minute I was in my house today. Back at it now.

Cannot wait for the new one tomorrow night.

32 #FergusonFireside  Feb 7, 2015 11:09:54pm
33 #FergusonFireside  Feb 7, 2015 11:21:38pm

This man is wonderful. A sage of our times.

34 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 7, 2015 11:45:27pm

re: #30 Lidane

It’s heartening to see that the Kansas legislature can take time out from running their state into the ground to attempt to muzzle their critics. None of them seems to be willing to take the credit for this turd either. Those who voted for these shysters as well as those who failed to vote for their opponents (Assuming that the Democratic party bothered to run anyone) have much to be modest about.

35 #FergusonFireside  Feb 7, 2015 11:49:49pm

re: #34 Higgs Boson’s Mate

It’s heartening to see that the Kansas legislature can take time out from running their state into the ground to attempt to muzzle their critics. None of them seems to be willing to take the credit for this turd either. Those who voted for these shysters as well as those who failed to vote for their opponents (Assuming that the Democratic party bothered to run anyone) have much to be modest about.

We’ve got ourselves a big problem right now.

36 #FergusonFireside  Feb 7, 2015 11:50:40pm
37 Kragar  Feb 8, 2015 12:01:58am

20 models left to go

38 Kragar  Feb 8, 2015 12:53:56am

1 Battle Captain with 5 man command squad: done

1 Chaplain with 5 man honor guard: done

6 10 man Tactical Squads: done

2 10 man Assault Squads with alternate Sgt option: done

2 10 man Devastator Squads: done

Putting off the 3 Dreadnaughts till tomorrow.

I’ve only got half of the transports I need right now, but I can knock those out over the next few weeks.

39 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 8, 2015 12:54:40am

Taken out of context, that statement could have different meanings.

40 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 8, 2015 2:07:46am

re: #37 Kragar

20 models left to go

re: #39 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Taken out of context, that statement could have different meanings.

Couldn’t do the Quote with my Android phone, so here’s what I meant .. in context.

41 Timothy Watson  Feb 8, 2015 3:04:02am

re: #30 Lidane

Not The Onion:

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Yep, nothing unconstitutional about that.

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42 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 3:10:21am
WND EXCLUSIVE
U.K. AFFIRMS BAN ON PRO-ISRAEL ACTIVISTS
Decision against Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller ‘marks British descent into authoritarianism’

…

43 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 3:16:44am
The woman at the centre of the Prince Andrew ‘sex slave’ scandal has told a US court that she believes the FBI has videos of her having sex with Jeffrey Epstein and his ‘powerful friends’ while she was underage.

ibtimes.co.uk

44 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 3:20:11am

re: #43 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

45 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 3:37:33am

The Roberts case against Andrew and Dersh is complicated, because right now it is based on one witness testimony, and witness testimonies are unreliable evidence, as we have discussed many times in the few last days. In fact, there is no guarantee that V.R.’s testimony is truthful even if she fully believes that it is 100% truthful - because of the false memory/misidentification issues (which are magnified n-fold when we’re talking about traumatic events). I understand how uncomfortable such a conclusion and its implications are, but these issues won’t go away just because we would like them to.

46 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 8, 2015 4:18:35am

Not sure if any of you have caught the latest feature of GotNewsDotCom (GNDC) — a weekly video commentary by UpChuck.
…

He’s taking credit for taking Brian Williams (“finally”) off the air.

The first effort is pretty lame. Peter Duke is the “interviewer.”

Also, UpChuck needs to adjust his glasses.

…

In the name of all that’s holy, it’s 46 minutes long!

47 Bubblehead II  Feb 8, 2015 4:19:29am

Morning Lizards.

48 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 4:26:59am

re: #46 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

His mouth is a permanent inverse smile.

49 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 8, 2015 4:29:31am

re: #48 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

His mouth is a permanent inverse smile.

Old geezer before his time.

50 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 8, 2015 4:33:07am

Someone will have to feed me the highlights, because my VPN is failing to connect to YouTube in my hotel.

I am so disappointed.

Not.

51 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 4:41:26am

re: #49 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Old geezer before his time.

Grumpy ewok.

52 b.d.  Feb 8, 2015 4:49:22am

re: #46 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

I made it 3+ minutes in and decided to turn if off so I wouldn’t puke this early on a Sunday morning.

It is amazing how much he really believes that he is such a force in this world, I wouldn’t be surprised if he took credit for the record snowfalls on the east coast last week. Not an ounce of humanity or self-awareness in that guy. Every time I start to feel sorry for f*cking with him he goes out and does something that makes me realize that people aren’t f*cking with him enough.

53 wrenchwench  Feb 8, 2015 5:07:53am
54 Justanotherhuman  Feb 8, 2015 5:27:20am

You’re not going to believe—OK, maybe.

hollywoodreporter.com

(snip)

‘Laura Poitras claimed the award for outstanding directorial achievement in documentary for Citizenfour, her portrait of Edward Snowden and dissection of the surveillance state.”

So—a low ranking IT guy is celebrated as a hero by some when he stole millions of documents from the US govt and determined the world should see it—aided and abetted by his 2 or more co-conspirators along with Russia—and yet Poitras, who lives in Berlin, has the nerve to call the US “the surveillance state”?

The movie was never distributed widely, and hasn’t made $3M yet for one that Poitras said she made “covertly” and which was panned in a number of reviews. Was the movie just made for Snowden fanboys?

the-numbers.com

55 BeenHereAwhile  Feb 8, 2015 5:34:25am

re: #29 #FergusonFireside

Yes siree. I’m thinking of relocating. My daytime industry (Flooring) is heavily based in GA. I could get a job there probably easy…?? I could be mid way between both parental units in Florida & Myrtle Beach.

But GA. Could I handle it? Not sure…….

Go for Atlanta, Savannah or maybe Athens, and you’ll be fine.

56 lawhawk  Feb 8, 2015 5:36:34am

So, you’re so completely irrelevant Charles that Chuckles has to respond to you even after he blocked you. Yeah, you’re inside what passes for his brain pan.

He’s a sad strange little man.

So, Chuckles is going to take credit for Brian Williams and whatever fate befalls Williams of his own accord and that of the internal decisions of NBC News.

Right.

If I were delusional, I’d say Brian stepped down because I deemed it so. After all, I hashtagged fire Brian Williams. I called him out for violating the trust and for engaging in unethical conduct.

Unlike Chuckles, I’m not delusional and have no right to make any such claims. Mine was just one of many voices questioning his conduct and calling for accountability.

Since I’m on the subject of accountability, when will Rupert Murdoch call anyone at Fox News accountable for what they pass off at news? Year after year of obfuscation, lies, and smears, to say nothing of allowing voices like Chuckles to rise to the surface of a poisonous lake. When will the smear merchants be fired Rupert?

57 wrenchwench  Feb 8, 2015 5:39:16am

Description of Glenn Greenwald’s country of choice in the article,

In the flurry of blue and white that lit up Rio de Janeiro’s vast Sambadrome last week, black bands could be spotted on some of the wrists of those who marched to the driving beats….Yet homophobia is also entrenched in Brazil, with one gay, trans or bisexual person killed on average every 28 hours. Some of the online comments seemed to back this up, condemning the wristband homage and using derogatory homophobic slang such as bicha (animal) to describe Da Silva.

58 lawhawk  Feb 8, 2015 5:39:23am

re: #29 #FergusonFireside

Savannah has the benefit of outstanding food, pretty country, and you’re close to Charleston, historical sites, and golf if you’re into that.

59 Dr Lizardo  Feb 8, 2015 5:50:54am

So, a mysterious “dirty rain” is falling across parts of Oregon and Washington. I looked at the photos, and to be honest, it looks like rain mixed with volcanic ash particulates - I remember it from the various eruptions of Mt. St. Helens when I lived in the Pacific Northwest.

But oh no….. it’s either FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT or CHEMTRAILS!! residue.

Yep…..people are indeed getting dumber - and crazier. God help us.

komonews.com

60 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 8, 2015 5:51:32am

re: #57 wrenchwench

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Description of Glenn Greenwald’s country of choice in the article,

61 Dr Lizardo  Feb 8, 2015 5:54:57am

re: #60 The Vicious Babushka

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Those atrocities only happen to people who aren’t GG. Therefore, they don’t really concern him.

Or something like that.

*spit*

62 Justanotherhuman  Feb 8, 2015 5:59:58am

It’s going to be close to 70 today—we’re having a bit of false spring.

Love it; want to shop for plants but must contain myself. : )

63 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 6:06:21am

From Steve Novella at Neurologica Blog:

Of course, I have no idea what was in Williams’ mind, what he remembered, and if on some level he knew he was embellishing his own story. What is clear, however, is that it is very possible Williams remembered the version of the story he has recently been telling.
[…]
While I can’t know what is in his mind, given what we know about memory it is reasonable to give Williams the benefit of the doubt. It is absolutely possible, even likely, that it is his memory that has shifted over the years, in a fashion consistent with memory research.

theness.com

64 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 6:09:13am

I have yet to see any non-wingnut expert that would doubt that a false memory in this case is plausible.

65 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 8, 2015 6:20:03am

Good morning folks.

As you may remember, some of you at least, I’d decided to learn how to play electric guitar. This morning I found one of my 3 guitar model shortlist as a refurb for significantly less than new and pulled the trigger.

It’s a Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Special in Butterscotch Blond. A Telecaster/Jazzmaster hybrid, it should be fun to play.

That’s all, nothing important, I just wanted to show off a bit :D

66 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 8, 2015 6:20:38am
You may need to adjust your TV set
67 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Feb 8, 2015 6:21:28am

re: #46 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Not sure if any of you have caught the latest feature of GotNewsDotCom (GNDC) — a weekly video commentary by UpChuck.
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Video

He’s taking credit for taking Brian Williams (“finally”) off the air.

The first effort is pretty lame. Peter Duke is the “interviewer.”

Also, UpChuck needs to adjust his glasses.

…

In the name of all that’s holy, it’s 46 minutes long!

Thank FSM I had the sound off when I clicked that video. Also, UpChuck needs to invest in some lighting for his basement.

68 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality  Feb 8, 2015 6:25:12am

re: #67 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Thank FSM I had the sound off when I clicked that video. Also, UpChuck needs to invest in some lighting for his basement.

He sounds like he’s in a broom closet.

70 darthstar  Feb 8, 2015 6:25:47am
71 darthstar  Feb 8, 2015 6:26:05am

Mornin’ everyone.

72 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Feb 8, 2015 6:30:45am

re: #65 William Barnett-Lewis

Good morning folks.

As you may remember, some of you at least, I’d decided to learn how to play electric guitar. This morning I found one of my 3 guitar model shortlist as a refurb for significantly less than new and pulled the trigger.

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It’s a Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Special in Butterscotch Blond. A Telecaster/Jazzmaster hybrid, it should be fun to play.

That’s all, nothing important, I just wanted to show off a bit :D

Sweet axe! I love my Mexican 58 Tele “reissue.” Enjoy the times with it!

73 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Feb 8, 2015 6:34:52am

re: #64 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

I have yet to see any non-wingnut expert that would doubt that a false memory in this case is plausible.

You’d be amazed at how many journalist FB friends I have who are quick to dismiss science because, and I’m quoting verbatim here: “There is no way someone misremembered being shot down in a helicopter by an RPG”

74 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Feb 8, 2015 6:52:17am

Ack! I killed the thread!

75 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 6:53:12am

re: #74 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Ack! I killed the thread!

You bastard!

76 Bubblehead II  Feb 8, 2015 6:54:00am

re: #74 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Ack! I killed the thread!

Nah. It’s just comatose awaiting the proper stimulus to revive it.

77 William Barnett-Lewis  Feb 8, 2015 6:55:45am

re: #72 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Sweet axe! I love my Mexican 58 Tele “reissue.” Enjoy the times with it!

Yeah, looks like it’ll be a lot of fun. Looking forward to it, that’s for sure.

78 Eventual Carrion  Feb 8, 2015 7:10:38am

re: #42 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

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So Pam and Robert don’t think a country should be able to decide who they let across their borders and into their country? Hmmm, funny that.

79 Amory Blaine  Feb 8, 2015 7:12:02am

UW president Ray Cross was just interviewed locally. He thinks he can make his case with facts and figures against the coming cuts. Either he is attempting to tamp down the fear among staff or he is incredibly naive as to who he is dealing with.

80 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Feb 8, 2015 7:12:26am

re: #77 William Barnett-Lewis

Suggestion: Get a good amp to go with it, one that has some amp modeling to change the tone. I’m amazed at how different I play when I’m in a distorted amp mode vs. when I’m in clean, and Tele’s are as clean as they come.

Also, I LOVE the maple neck. Will never go back to rosewood!

81 lawhawk  Feb 8, 2015 7:14:29am

Always nice to get to Central Park, even in the cold.

82 Eventual Carrion  Feb 8, 2015 7:15:52am

re: #66 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

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These’s a nasty smudge on the top center of my test pattern screen.

83 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Feb 8, 2015 7:19:20am
Murphy’s ball!

Puppy break! Took the puppy out for a walk yesterday afternoon. Little wet from snow melt, so we stayed on the park drive most of the time. Leashes are required in city parks, so we’re going to have to find someplace where he can run a bit more and play fetch. This dog was amazingly well trained to be left in a shelter. I assume it was someone’s dog who died or got put in a hospice or he had too much energy for them. Just a shame, but glad we found him.

84 darthstar  Feb 8, 2015 7:32:37am

re: #83 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Nice looking dog. When Banjo was a pup, I looked for a place to exercise him in a break in the rain while my wife was in a store. I threw the ball once onto a lawn in a little public square where we were. He went tearing across the grass kicking up mud and then tried to stop. Feet went out from under him and he slid another 20 feet on his back. When he came back with the ball he was covered in mud. I re-leashed him and returned to the store front and waited for my wife. When she came out and saw the mud-covered pup she said, “What the hell happened?” I looked down at the happy muddy dog and shrugged.

85 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 7:46:56am

re: #65 William Barnett-Lewis

Good morning folks.

As you may remember, some of you at least, I’d decided to learn how to play electric guitar. This morning I found one of my 3 guitar model shortlist as a refurb for significantly less than new and pulled the trigger.

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It’s a Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Special in Butterscotch Blond. A Telecaster/Jazzmaster hybrid, it should be fun to play.

That’s all, nothing important, I just wanted to show off a bit :D

Nice!

Good luck with the learning. Play a little each day and by this time next year, you should be rocking.

86 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Feb 8, 2015 7:50:13am

re: #65 William Barnett-Lewis

re: #85 ObserverArt

I’d just add to what OA said: The first steps to learning are actually pretty easy - learning what notes are where on the Fretboard, The major chords (and some minors), and then you’ll get to a point where you feel like you’re not progressing as quickly - KEEP PLAYING AND LEARNING! It’s a plateau that, with work, you will break through. I’d also recommend playing some songs you like with tablature every once in a while, just to remind you that this is supposed to be fun :)

87 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 8, 2015 7:55:12am
88 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 8, 2015 7:57:27am

And the gun-fuckers are piling on:

89 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 8:00:47am

re: #77 William Barnett-Lewis

Yeah, looks like it’ll be a lot of fun. Looking forward to it, that’s for sure.

You may have already found this link…but just in case…

ChordFind.com

Quick, easy to understand and shows all the variations for every chord.

90 Eventual Carrion  Feb 8, 2015 8:00:58am

re: #88 The Vicious Babushka

And the gun-fuckers are piling on:

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So rule number one:
Treat all guns as if they are loaded.

Doesn’t apply here for teaching the youngins? The future looks bleak.

91 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 8:04:25am

re: #88 The Vicious Babushka

And the gun-fuckers are piling on:

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I guess Mr. Gun doesn’t realize to a youngster, all guns are guns. So, the kid gets to squeeze the trigger on a flint-lock with no problem. I hope Mr. Gun knows that the next gun the little tyke sees he will also go right up and squeeze the trigger because he learned he can from Mr. Gun. Hopefully that gun will not be loaded and ready to fire.

92 Bubblehead II  Feb 8, 2015 8:14:37am

re: #88 The Vicious Babushka

And the gun-fuckers are piling on:

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93 PhillyPretzel  Feb 8, 2015 8:16:08am

re: #88 The Vicious Babushka

Even if that muzzleloader has nothing in it that child should be told not to touch it unless mom or dad is giving a lesson in how to use said firearm. Bubblehead is correct.

94 Pawn of the Oppressor  Feb 8, 2015 8:18:54am

re: #55 BeenHereAwhile

Go for Atlanta, Savannah or maybe Athens, and you’ll be fine.

Savannah is lovely IMO. I’m getting ready to move there sometime this year myself, knock on wood (will be polishing up the ol’ resume this afternoon, as a matter of fact).

95 b.d.  Feb 8, 2015 8:19:36am

re: #92 Bubblehead II

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That snake was a king snake and not a coral snake that the 3 year old was putting in his mouth, you libtard. You can tell by the patterns….oh why bother!?

96 makeitstop  Feb 8, 2015 8:21:09am

re: #65 William Barnett-Lewis

Good morning folks.

As you may remember, some of you at least, I’d decided to learn how to play electric guitar. This morning I found one of my 3 guitar model shortlist as a refurb for significantly less than new and pulled the trigger.

Embedded Image

It’s a Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Special in Butterscotch Blond. A Telecaster/Jazzmaster hybrid, it should be fun to play.

That’s all, nothing important, I just wanted to show off a bit :D

Very nice, congrats! The Squier VMs are pretty nice guitars.

One thing I do to all my Teles - I pull the control plate and flip it around. It moves the pickup selector out of the way, because I always, always knock into it while playing. You have to also flip the volume and tone controls as well, but it cuts way down on unwelcome pickup changes. :)

Happy playing!

97 Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2015 8:21:28am

re: #92 Bubblehead II

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Forget the kid. Look at daddy’s muzzle control.

98 PhillyPretzel  Feb 8, 2015 8:22:19am

re: #97 Decatur Deb

lol. I agree dad is “control” of his mouth.

99 The Vicious Babushka  Feb 8, 2015 8:23:35am
100 makeitstop  Feb 8, 2015 8:24:13am

re: #80 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing

Suggestion: Get a good amp to go with it, one that has some amp modeling to change the tone. I’m amazed at how different I play when I’m in a distorted amp mode vs. when I’m in clean, and Tele’s are as clean as they come.

Also, I LOVE the maple neck. Will never go back to rosewood!

I take the Tele’s clean tone as a challenge. If you can play a solo on a clean Tele, you can play a solo on anything.

I have a friend in a famous metal band who’s got quite a few vintage Telecasters, but he admits that there’s a level of precision involved in playing a Tele that he can’t hit, so he plays Gibsons.

101 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 8:28:31am

re: #88 The Vicious Babushka

And the gun-fuckers are piling on:

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I’m sure that 4 year old understands the difference between types of rifles and which ones are safe to touch.

102 Bubblehead II  Feb 8, 2015 8:29:48am

bbiab. Meat world stuff to take care of.

103 FemNaziBitch  Feb 8, 2015 8:34:12am

Ok, well, I left for what I thought was a short while yesterday.

Life happens that way sometimes.

How is it for you-all today?

104 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 8:38:43am

re: #103 FemNaziBitch

Ok, well, I left for what I thought was a short while yesterday.

Life happens that way sometimes.

How is it for you-all today?

Pain and fatigue. Nothing different than yesterday.

105 FemNaziBitch  Feb 8, 2015 8:39:58am

re: #104 b_sharp

Pain and fatigue. Nothing different than yesterday.

As I’ve gotten old(er), I’ve noticed that SSDD is a lot more common than it used to be.

106 Bear  Feb 8, 2015 8:43:17am

Well the power here has been off since early Friday morning and will be off for a while. Trees down across the lines in many many places and more high winds for tonight if wx people are correct. Snow level maybe down to 6500 feet in the Northern Sierras.

107 FemNaziBitch  Feb 8, 2015 8:43:52am

re: #106 Bear

Well the power here has been off since early Friday morning and will be off for a while. Trees down across the lines in many many places and more high winds for tonight if wx people are correct. Snow level maybe down to 6500 feet in the Northern Sierras.

((((Bear))))

108 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 8:44:19am

re: #46 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

Not sure if any of you have caught the latest feature of GotNewsDotCom (GNDC) — a weekly video commentary by UpChuck.
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Video

He’s taking credit for taking Brian Williams (“finally”) off the air.

The first effort is pretty lame. Peter Duke is the “interviewer.”

Also, UpChuck needs to adjust his glasses.

…

In the name of all that’s holy, it’s 46 minutes long!

What the hell is that crap?

Uh, Uh, Umm…wipes nose with sleeve…Uh, yeah, we took him out. Uh, um we ended his career. Um, Uh (wipe nose), this is the exciting new…uh, um…
new…um, uh.

And here I thought I’ve seen bad before.

109 PhillyPretzel  Feb 8, 2015 8:44:28am

re: #106 Bear

Do you have any sort of power back-up? Or are you using your smartphone?

110 FemNaziBitch  Feb 8, 2015 8:44:44am

57th Grammy’s tonite.

111 FemNaziBitch  Feb 8, 2015 8:46:29am

Barry Manilow is nominated?

who knew?

112 Bear  Feb 8, 2015 8:48:42am

re: #109 PhillyPretzel

This is from lap top and AT&T Netgear WiFi. Have backup generator but I only run it for around an hour at a time.

113 PhillyPretzel  Feb 8, 2015 8:49:40am

re: #112 Bear

I understand. Even though I live in a city I have my electric back-ups.

114 Jayleia  Feb 8, 2015 8:55:35am

God I hate Twits on Twitter.

115 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 8:58:06am

re: #18 Charles Johnson

So today on Twitter, I got accused of being a racist, and being anti-LGBT.

Both times, it was because I posted something humorous intended to expose racism and anti-LGBT bigotry.

Wheee.

Some people have real hair triggers, especially online. And there are some people who make accusations of bigotry in bad faith. No one on this blog does that latter thing, though.

116 b.d.  Feb 8, 2015 8:58:17am

Good vibes being sent the way of all Lizards in the dark and in pain today.

Sounds like we all need a break.

117 Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2015 8:58:38am
118 SteveMcGaziBolaGate  Feb 8, 2015 9:00:07am

re: #100 makeitstop

I take the Tele’s clean tone as a challenge. If you can play a solo on a clean Tele, you can play a solo on anything.

I have a friend in a famous metal band who’s got quite a few vintage Telecasters, but he admits that there’s a level of precision involved in playing a Tele that he can’t hit, so he plays Gibsons.

I always wondered about that. I assumed I didn’t have a sophisticated ear, but I always felt that Fenders sounded cleaner than Gibsons. Is that because of the single coil pickup vs the dual coils?

119 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 9:02:16am

re: #117 Charles Johnson

??

He’s not sure.

120 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 9:02:40am

re: #118 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I always wondered about that. I assumed I didn’t have a sophisticated ear, but I always felt that Fenders sounded cleaner than Gibsons. Is that because of the single coil pickup vs the dual coils?

Has more to do with the material used to build the guitar. Single coils tend to hum, while dual coil because of the way they are wound cancel out the hum.

That said, I have some dual coils that have been wound to sound really gritty and some wound to be clean.

Normally the neck pickup is cleaner than the bridge pickup.

121 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 9:03:27am

re: #118 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I always wondered about that. I assumed I didn’t have a sophisticated ear, but I always felt that Fenders sounded cleaner than Gibsons. Is that because of the single coil pickup vs the dual coils?

That has some to do with it. Also, all that metal tailpiece the bridge is mounted to brightens the sound a lot. Add in a thick solid body and everything adds up to a screamer.

122 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 9:06:23am

re: #114 Jayleia

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God I hate Twits on Twitter.

I heard that a possible source of the outbreak was unvaccinated tourists from Belgium, where it was said there are apparently a substantial number of parents who don’t vaccinate on religious grounds.

I hope that isn’t true, either part of it. Because I can just see the wingnut meme now: This measles outbreak was incubated in MUSLIM NO-GO ZONES!!1 And Obama blacks out the truth because HE’S A MUSLIM TOO!!!11

123 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 9:07:51am

re: #121 ObserverArt

That has some to do with it. Also, all that metal tailpiece the bridge is mounted to brightens the sound a lot. Add in a thick solid body and everything adds up to a screamer.

You can wire a dual pickup to be a single coil pickup by turning off one pickup. I did that with my Squire Strat clone which had one dual and two singles.

124 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 9:09:41am
125 Jayleia  Feb 8, 2015 9:12:25am

re: #122 Dark_Falcon

Its bad enough that they’re working the “Obama’s Illegal’s” angle.

I’m assuming that muslim angle is already percolating in the minds of people smarter than but just as vile as CCJ.

126 Dr Lizardo  Feb 8, 2015 9:15:14am

re: #125 Jayleia

Its bad enough that they’re working the “Obama’s Illegal’s” angle.

I’m assuming that muslim angle is already percolating in the minds of people smarter than but just as vile as CCJ.

Yep. Pammy’s on it, I’m sure.

*headdesk*

127 Great White Snark  Feb 8, 2015 9:15:16am

Oh no not this again…

The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever
New data shows that the “vanishing” of polar ice is not the result of runaway global warming

So the deniers have embraced recycling. Of their propaganda at least.

128 darthstar  Feb 8, 2015 9:17:54am
Doing a modern day interpretation of William Carlos Williams’ Red Wheelbarrow
129 b.d.  Feb 8, 2015 9:19:12am

re: #127 Great White Snark

Oh no not this again…

The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever
New data shows that the “vanishing” of polar ice is not the result of runaway global warming

So the deniers have embraced recycling. Of their propaganda at least.

The vanishing ice cap is not because of climate change? What is causing it? Ice pilferers taking it to make premium vodkas?

130 darthstar  Feb 8, 2015 9:21:07am

I suck at using photo tools…put a big red slash across the middle.

131 Higgs Boson's Mate  Feb 8, 2015 9:22:14am

Berlin outbreak blasts hopes of eradicating measles in Germany by 2015

There’s new pressure on parents to vaccinate their kids against measles as outbreaks spread in California and Berlin. Germany had wanted to eradicate measles by 2015. Some are blaming migrants and tourists.

Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said the country faces its largest outbreak of measles since the introduction of an Infection Protection Act in 2001.

The RKI said there have been 375 cases of measles in Germany in the past four months. More than half of infected people are adults.

But in January, the RKI said the number of new cases rose rapidly by 254, with 82 of those cases reported in the fourth week of the month.

Health authorities said the outbreak was first detected in October among asylum seekers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia.

They suggest this could be because vaccination programs failed during the Yugoslav civil war of the 1990s.

132 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 9:24:52am

This one of mine got more attention than my tweets normally do:

Note that I’m agree with the post I’m replying to. Because the diplomats need to wise up: Russia can in fact impose a military solution upon Ukraine. The question is not if that can happen but whether it will happen or not.

133 Jayleia  Feb 8, 2015 9:27:47am

re: #129 b.d.

This is the cause
Where the Ice is REALLY going!

134 darthstar  Feb 8, 2015 9:28:43am

re: #132 Dark_Falcon

This one of mine got more attention than my tweets normally do:

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Note that I’m agree with the post I’m replying to. Because the diplomats need to wise up: Russia can in fact impose a military solution upon Ukraine. The question is not if that can happen but whether it will happen or not.

I finally dropped that dick-tweeting guy from my timeline a week ago…can’t say I miss him. He was fun during the Snowden-Greenwald affair.

135 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 9:34:27am

re: #134 darthstar

I finally dropped that dick-tweeting guy from my timeline a week ago…can’t say I miss him. He was fun during the Snowden-Greenwald affair.

He hit a rough patch but he’s settled back down. But that’s my opinion, which others here may not share. Still, he isn’t some by the numbers wingnut and his views on Ukraine should receive a respectful hearing.

136 Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2015 9:36:06am

re: #134 darthstar

Schindler just went all in on the “Obama’s not a real Christian” bullshit, and brought up, yes, Rev. Wright. He’s stopped pretending to be anything other than a hardcore wingnut.

137 Timothy Watson  Feb 8, 2015 9:37:03am

re: #133 Jayleia

LIES! The real reason:
…

138 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 9:37:33am
139 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 9:39:25am

re: #136 Charles Johnson

Schindler just went all in on the “Obama’s not a real Christian” bullshit, and brought up, yes, Rev. Wright. He’s stopped pretending to be anything other than a hardcore wingnut.

No, he explained what Wright had preached and taught in a fair manner. He thinks Wright is incorrect, but he didn’t try to say Obama isn’t a Christian.

140 Jayleia  Feb 8, 2015 9:39:33am

re: #136 Charles Johnson

Wasn’t part of his “sales pitch” to the dick-pic receiver was that he was more conservative and religious than he pretended to be?

141 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 9:39:43am

re: #131 Higgs Boson’s Mate

Berlin outbreak blasts hopes of eradicating measles in Germany by 2015

Germany must have let a pile of illegals cross their Mexican border.

142 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 9:40:02am
143 Timothy Watson  Feb 8, 2015 9:42:06am

re: #141 b_sharp

Germany must have let a pile of illegals cross their Mexican border.

Even odds they blame it on the Turkish immigrants living in Germany.

144 Dr. Matt  Feb 8, 2015 9:43:48am
145 Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2015 9:44:00am

re: #139 Dark_Falcon

Oh please. The guy has been linking to Gateway Pundit and retweeting Chuck Johnson. Full. Metal. Wingnut.

146 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 9:44:14am

re: #123 b_sharp

You can wire a dual pickup to be a single coil pickup by turning off one pickup. I did that with my Squire Strat clone which had one dual and two singles.

Here is my main guitar. It is a Tradition Tele knock-off built with the same type of materials as an original Tele but in China. The necks were made in America.

I got it through a local shop I’ve done some graphics work for the guy. He builds his own line of guitars. He knew the guys from United Sales Associates the guys that were behind the money of Tradition guitars. He hooked them up with the neck manufacturer. The neck is great. I’d put the body and neck up against a G&L but at 1/3 the cost.

I had him put in the brass bridge pieces like used on the original Telecasters. I also had him put on the single layer simple black pickguard. I wanted that original 50s Tele look.

Also, the bridge pickups is a Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack sold as a Vintage-voiced humbucker. Seymour Duncan states it as: Perfect for traditional country, country pop, chicken pickin’, rockabilly, blues, and classic rock.

I love it. It does all I want and need for my level of ability. She’s my baby.

147 Great White Snark  Feb 8, 2015 9:45:09am

re: #142 Dark_Falcon

148 Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2015 9:45:12am

re: #140 Jayleia

Wasn’t part of his “sales pitch” to the dick-pic receiver was that he was more conservative and religious than he pretended to be?

Exactly, and he’s not trying to hide it any more.

149 Great White Snark  Feb 8, 2015 9:46:28am

re: #146 ObserverArt

You guitar guys should embed a few notes so I can understand these things of which you speak. Or, is there a good guitar playlist to learn the distinctions maybe?

150 Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2015 9:46:50am
151 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 9:47:29am

re: #127 Great White Snark

theconversation.com

152 stpaulbear  Feb 8, 2015 9:47:34am

re: #61 Dr Lizardo

Those atrocities only happen to people who aren’t GG. Therefore, they don’t really concern him.

Or something like that.

*spit*

I wonder it it’s going to affect him when the water supply in his country’s largest city finally collapses due to drought brought on by deforestation?

153 darthstar  Feb 8, 2015 9:47:39am

re: #136 Charles Johnson

Schindler just went all in on the “Obama’s not a real Christian” bullshit, and brought up, yes, Rev. Wright. He’s stopped pretending to be anything other than a hardcore wingnut.

Yeah…I caught that too. Done with him.

154 Jayleia  Feb 8, 2015 9:48:28am

re: #148 Charles Johnson

Of course, nothing says “conservative” or “religious” quite like “Here, have a pic of my junk!”…

155 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 9:48:50am

re: #145 Charles Johnson

Oh please. The guy has been linking to Gateway Pundit and retweeting Chuck Johnson. Full. Metal. Wingnut.

You can’t say he didn’t warn you ;)

156 #FergusonFireside  Feb 8, 2015 9:48:57am

re: #68 wheat-dogghazi-bola-trality

He sounds like he’s in a broom closet.

“I need to use the pantry, don’t ask why, I just need it.”

157 Dr Lizardo  Feb 8, 2015 9:50:27am

re: #152 stpaulbear

I wonder it it’s going to affect him when the water supply in his country’s largest city finally collapses due to drought brought on by deforestation?

Probably not. He’s got a lot of $$$.

158 Dr. Matt  Feb 8, 2015 9:51:19am

Looks like I’m blocked by John Schindler (@20committee) as well. Jebus, I’m starting to get the feeling that the wing-nuts really don’t like me. >:)

159 Charles Johnson  Feb 8, 2015 9:51:27am

re: #155 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

You can’t say he didn’t warn you ;)

He was trying to hide it for a while - that leaked email blew his cover.

160 stpaulbear  Feb 8, 2015 9:55:32am

re: #127 Great White Snark

New data shows that the “vanishing” of polar ice is not the result of runaway global warming

It’s just that ice has decided to melt at 28F now. Things change…

161 Great White Snark  Feb 8, 2015 9:57:23am

re: #160 stpaulbear

Heh, I know where that ice went. It’s been falling on Northern California all weekend.

162 b.d.  Feb 8, 2015 9:57:30am

Is Jim disappointed that the Spanish Inquisition didn’t kill more heathens or is he mad that Obama has killed a number of people that would be a small fraction of the number that Jim wants killed?

163 FemNaziBitch  Feb 8, 2015 9:59:27am

re: #136 Charles Johnson

Schindler just went all in on the “Obama’s not a real Christian” bullshit, and brought up, yes, Rev. Wright. He’s stopped pretending to be anything other than a hardcore wingnut.

no True Scotsman?

recycled over and over and over

164 Dr. Matt  Feb 8, 2015 9:59:53am

re: #145 Charles Johnson

Oh please. The guy has been linking to Gateway Pundit and retweeting Chuck Johnson. Full. Metal. Wingnut.

Bingo. In his piece about Obama’s Faith he links to the Moony Times, Red State, National Review, and Patheos as sources of actual “real” information.

165 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 10:01:22am

re: #163 FemNaziBitch

no True Scotsman?

recycled over and over and over

Yep. Seems like everybody does it these days. “not a true …” has become “I don’t like him and don’t want to be associated with him”.

166 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 10:01:36am

re: #162 b.d.

Is Jim disappointed that the Spanish Inquisition didn’t kill more heathens or is he mad that Obama has killed a number of people that would be a small fraction of the number that Jim wants killed?

Both, plus he’s calling Obama a mass murderer. Basically, whatever the headline, Hoft will use it to attack Barack Obama. This is just another dumb and dishonest hate spew.

167 urbanmeemaw  Feb 8, 2015 10:02:34am

re: #152 stpaulbear

He’ll blame Obama and the US. No worries.

168 FemNaziBitch  Feb 8, 2015 10:06:11am

re: #160 stpaulbear

It’s just that ice has decided to melt at 28F now. Things change…

28F, but 35 or higher in the sun!

169 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 10:09:13am

Someone at the Daily Mail wants to see a clown car crash. That’s the chief I reason I see for running a positive piece about Rick Santorum and his family. I’m glad his daughter has beaten the odds and lived as long as she has, and I don’t doubt that her parents and siblings truly love her. But giving Santorum positive coverage gives him reason to run for president again, and I can’t see the good that would come of that. Unless of course the DM simply wants to be able to cover the “more conservative than thou” ethos of the ‘cattle-show’ debates that will start later this year. Which brings me back to my point about clown car crashes, to which I might add circus train wrecks.

170 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 10:09:17am

Did Schindler compare Wright to the Nazis? Because that’s what I’m reading in that piece.

171 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 10:11:27am

re: #138 Dark_Falcon

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Since 2009 314 civilians have died, from 2003 to 2009 ten times that many died in Iraq due to coalition forces.

If the wingnuts are going to compare fatalities taking place during what they characterize as a war, then the comparison should be within that same war.

But do the wingnuts even recognize the difference between apples and oranges?

172 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 10:11:55am

re: #170 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

Did Schindler compare Wright to the Nazis? Because that’s what I’m reading in that piece.

No, he’s saying that similar theological mistakes were made. Jeremiah Wright has at no point I know of called for violence, and that right there clearly differentiates him from the malicious and violent Hitler.

173 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 10:12:30am

re: #149 Great White Snark

You guitar guys should embed a few notes so I can understand these things of which you speak. Or, is there a good guitar playlist to learn the distinctions maybe?

Do you mean something like this?

174 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 10:13:01am

re: #171 b_sharp

Since 2009 314 civilians have died, from 2003 to 2009 ten times that many died in Iraq due to coalition forces.

If the wingnuts are going to compare fatalities taking place during what they characterize as a war, then the comparison should be within that same war.

But do the wingnuts even recognize the difference between apples and oranges?

What is your source for the latter statistic? And how does it define civilian?

175 Dr. Matt  Feb 8, 2015 10:13:21am

So, the wingnuts are outraged over American drone strikes on Islamic targets, but they are ecstatic over Jordan F16 airstrikes on Islamic targets. Am I missing anything?

176 Dr Lizardo  Feb 8, 2015 10:14:42am

re: #171 b_sharp

But do the wingnuts even recognize the difference between apples and oranges?

Wingnut apples:

Wingnut oranges:

177 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 10:15:03am

re: #146 ObserverArt

Here is my main guitar. It is a Tradition Tele knock-off built with the same type of materials as an original Tele but in China. The necks were made in America.

I got it through a local shop I’ve done some graphics work for the guy. He builds his own line of guitars. He knew the guys from United Sales Associates the guys that were behind the money of Tradition guitars. He hooked them up with the neck manufacturer. The neck is great. I’d put the body and neck up against a G&L but at 1/3 the cost.

I had him put in the brass bridge pieces like used on the original Telecasters. I also had him put on the single layer simple black pickguard. I wanted that original 50s Tele look.

Also, the bridge pickups is a Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack sold as a Vintage-voiced humbucker. Seymour Duncan states it as: Perfect for traditional country, country pop, chicken pickin’, rockabilly, blues, and classic rock.

I love it. It does all I want and need for my level of ability. She’s my baby.

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I’ve given way several guitars, including my Squire clone, but I still have too many. I have to get rid of 9 or 10 to get out from under the feeling I’m a hoarder.

178 Jayleia  Feb 8, 2015 10:15:51am

re: #175 Dr. Matt

Its not that you’re missing something, its that you’re NOT missing something…you are not missing a brain.

179 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 10:16:30am

re: #149 Great White Snark

You guitar guys should embed a few notes so I can understand these things of which you speak. Or, is there a good guitar playlist to learn the distinctions maybe?

Here’s a ‘D’ followed by a ‘C’.

DC

180 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD  Feb 8, 2015 10:16:38am

re: #172 Dark_Falcon

No, he’s saying that similar theological mistakes were made. Jeremiah Wright has at no point I know of called for violence, and that right there clearly differentiates him from the malicious and violent Hitler.

Please. Here’s what he wrote:

Of course, Americans will answer that James Cone and Jeremiah Wright rewriting Christianity for the benefit of their race is good, or at least understandable, while the Nazis doing the same thing was bad, even evil, but we need to recognize that the underlying theological sleight of hand is the same. Recasting Christianity to benefit your race or ethnic group, while highlighting others as hate figures who need to be expunged from the “true faith,” is unhealthy — traditional Christians would say sinful too — and ought to be resisted by all people who seek harmony and peace.

Why the fuck bring Nazis into this at all? Of course he compares Wright to the Nazis. Literally.

And while he whines about ahistoricity of the “black Jesus”, he has no time for criticism of the white Christians’ “rewriting” of Christianity with European Baby Jesus in the main role. For him it is somehow limited to the Nazis.

181 Dr. Matt  Feb 8, 2015 10:19:14am

re: #180 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD

And WTF is a “traditional Christian” and how exactly does Schindler speak for them?

182 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 10:19:39am

re: #174 Dark_Falcon

What is your source for the latter statistic? And how does it define civilian?

iraqbodycount.org

183 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 10:21:51am

re: #175 Dr. Matt

So, the wingnuts are outraged over American drone strikes on Islamic targets, but they are ecstatic over Jordan F16 airstrikes on Islamic targets. Am I missing anything?

It’s simple: King Abdullah II is a Sunni Muslim monarch, but he was Special Forces trained, so he’s a Real Man, and he’s not Obama. Again, the only rule in play with Dim Jim is: Blame Obama First.

The ‘Blame Obama First’ presentation of events is as dishonest and untrue as the ‘Blame America First’ presentation. Both are intended not to educate the reader but to agitate him or her and end up stirring up intense and irrational hatred.

184 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 10:21:51am

re: #176 Dr Lizardo

Wingnut apples:

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Wingnut oranges:

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Wingnut Apples
185 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss  Feb 8, 2015 10:22:00am

re: #181 Dr. Matt

And WTF is a “traditional Christian” and how exactly does Schindler speak for them?

You know: white, believes in the free market, willing to cast stones.

186 Dr. Matt  Feb 8, 2015 10:22:38am

re: #185 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss

You know: white, believes in the free market, willing to cast stones.

And hate Teh Gays.

187 stpaulbear  Feb 8, 2015 10:22:45am

re: #177 b_sharp

Did you have any connection with the B Sharp music store on Central Avenue in NE Minneapolis? That was THE place to buy musical gear in the ‘60’s. I (well, my dad) bought a set of Roger’s drums at that store in 1968.

188 The Ghost of Tonalite Gneiss  Feb 8, 2015 10:24:35am

re: #186 Dr. Matt

And hate Teh Gays.

File under “acceptable stoning targets.”

189 Great White Snark  Feb 8, 2015 10:25:41am

re: #173 ObserverArt

That’s helpful but still curious about the sound differences between guitars.

adding-I have a few favorites (Satriani, Vai, Buckethead) I listen to, but have little idea how much of that particular sound is guitar vs player vs setup, effects, amps etc. Then the acoustic side, I listen to Candyrat and obviously some of those are pretty exotic.

190 Amory Blaine  Feb 8, 2015 10:29:44am

I will only play Smoke on The Water and Mustang Sally through a Dumble!!

Dumble Overdrive Special $80,000 + FREE Shipping

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191 b_sharp  Feb 8, 2015 10:31:16am

re: #187 stpaulbear

Did you have any connection with the B Sharp music store on Central Avenue in NE Minneapolis? That was THE place to buy musical gear in the ‘60’s. I (well, my dad) bought a set of Roger’s drums at that store in 1968.

Sorry, I’m a Canuck. My family has never lived in the US.

192 Jayleia  Feb 8, 2015 10:33:50am

re: #191 b_sharp

Minnesota is basically Baja Canada, anyway…

193 Dr. Matt  Feb 8, 2015 10:34:36am
194 Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2015 10:43:56am

Heh. Memory problems:

A colonel took Johnson’s allocated seat on one bomber, and it was shot down with no survivors. Reports vary on what happened to the B-26 Marauder carrying Johnson. He said it was also attacked by Japanese fighters but survived, while others, including other members of the flight crew, claim it turned back because of generator trouble before reaching the objective and before encountering enemy aircraft and never came under fire; this is supported by official flight records.[25] Other airplanes that continued to the target did come under fire near the target at about the same time that Johnson’s plane was recorded as having landed back at the original airbase. MacArthur awarded Johnson the Silver Star, the military’s third-highest medal.[25]

195 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 10:45:54am

Here’s one I think the group will find interesting:

The Alternative aka Gun Condom

Alternative Ballistics has developed a less than lethal option for law enforcement. It acts like a condom for the gun. The “Alternative” is placed over the muzzle end of the slide. It holds onto an alloy metal ball. When the first round is fired, the bullet is captured by the metal ball and the force releases the ball from the slide attachment. It is propelled forward to the shooter’s target. Once fired, the docking device automatically ejects from the slide allowing the next followup shot to be lethal if needed. By increasing the size and mass of the projectile, it supposedly does not penetrate and is not lethal. I am sure there will be instances where it could cause damage or even death. Even rubber bullets have been scrutinized and in some cases have caused death.

Here is a diagram showing the unit on a M&P. Other than the potential hazard of installing the device, the Alternative does seem rather well thought out in terms of the user operating their firearm. Consideration for weapon mounted lights and a channel for the front sight does not alter how one uses his or her firearm.

Image: Alt_Ballistics14_Large_Alpha5.png

Well, I suppose that’s one solution you could market to gun fuckers…

196 Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2015 10:47:56am

re: #195 Dark_Falcon

Here’s one I think the group will find interesting:

The Alternative aka Gun Condom

Image: Alt_Ballistics14_Large_Alpha5.png

Well, I suppose that’s one solution you could market to gun fuckers…

That’s the launching mechanism for the Israeli (IMI) “bullet capture” rifle grenade.

197 stpaulbear  Feb 8, 2015 10:49:13am

re: #191 b_sharp

Sorry, I’m a Canuck.

[pander]No problem! Why, some of my best favorite bands are Canadian![/pander]

Is saying that I really like Sloan going to get me a lot of grief here?

198 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 10:49:21am

re: #196 Decatur Deb

That’s the launching mechanism for the Israeli (IMI) “bullet capture” rifle grenade.

True, I’d forgotten that. The IDF probably already has less-lethal devices like this in service.

199 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 10:49:35am

re: #189 Great White Snark

That’s helpful but still curious about the sound differences between guitars.

adding-I have a few favorites (Satriani, Vai, Buckethead) I listen to, but have little idea how much of that particular sound is guitar vs player vs setup, effects, amps etc. Then the acoustic side, I listen to Candyrat and obviously some of those are pretty exotic.

Oh! Well, that is real tough. There is so much that can change a guitar sound. And much of that has nothing to do with the guitar. You have all kinds of modification of sound with all the pedals and effects processors, and then you have a lot you can change on the amps.

The amp in my picture is a modeling amp (Vox VT-100 - Valvetronic) which means there is a computer chip in it that is set to model many different types of classic amplifiers. A few flips of the switches and I can have a completely different sound.

About the only way you could find out how a guitarist got a particular sound would be to ask them, or if you are lucky you can find a YouTube video of then or their roadie/guitar tech explaining it.

Such as this: Johnny Marr talks about his BOSS sound processor.

…

200 Archangelus  Feb 8, 2015 10:53:35am

re: #198 Dark_Falcon

True, I’d forgotten that. The IDF probably already has less-lethal devices like this in service.

Eh, don’t bet on it - it generally takes a LONG time for new tech to be distributed among the units once out of testing and approval - most still serve with weapons that border on prehistoric as far as I’m concerned, with the exception of the elite units.

201 Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2015 10:56:30am

re: #200 Archangelus

Eh, don’t bet on it - it generally takes a LONG time for new tech to be distributed among the units once out of testing and approval - most still serve with weapons that border on prehistoric as far as I’m concerned, with the exception of the elite units.

That’s a policy—older weapons end their useful lives deeper and deeper in the reserve units. They were still running M3 half-tracks and C47s in 2000.

202 Dark_Falcon  Feb 8, 2015 10:57:06am

re: #200 Archangelus

Eh, don’t bet on it - it generally takes a LONG time for new tech to be distributed among the units once out of testing and approval - most still serve with weapons that border on prehistoric as far as I’m concerned, with the exception of the elite units.

Ah, bureaucracy! Governments need it, but it sure can be a pain in the ass at times.

203 Archangelus  Feb 8, 2015 11:00:46am

re: #201 Decatur Deb

That’s a policy—older weapons end their useful lives deeper and deeper in the reserve units. They were still running M3 half-tracks and C47s in 2000.

Don’t remind me - my boot camp training weapon was LITERALLY used in Vietnam based on the markings (old surplus)…

204 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 11:02:09am

Great White Snark/RWC,

Just found this YouTube. Check it out, as it explains a lot of what we are talking about. The guy in the video compares Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Ray Vaughn, how they relate and how they don’t. And it captures the nuance of the artists.

…

205 Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2015 11:06:09am

re: #203 Archangelus

Don’t remind me - my boot camp training weapon was LITERALLY used in Vietnam based on the markings (old surplus)…

My opposite number at (then) IMI took me through their corporate museum, showed me a knock-off Sten gun.

ON: “We made this in 1946.”
Me: “There was no Israel in 1946.”
ON: “Yeah.”

206 stpaulbear  Feb 8, 2015 11:10:36am

re: #189 Great White Snark

That’s helpful but still curious about the sound differences between guitars.

adding-I have a few favorites (Satriani, Vai, Buckethead) I listen to, but have little idea how much of that particular sound is guitar vs player vs setup, effects, amps etc. Then the acoustic side, I listen to Candyrat and obviously some of those are pretty exotic.

This is kind of fun: Richard Thompson does a blind test for four different amplifiers. He talks a lot about what makes an amp sound desirable for him.

…

207 Archangelus  Feb 8, 2015 11:12:41am

re: #205 Decatur Deb

OK two questions arise: first, where were/do you work for, if you don’t my asking, and two, why the use of the past tense? Last I checked while covering the industry, IMI’s still around and kicking …

208 Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2015 11:16:09am

re: #207 Archangelus

OK two questions arise: first, where were/do you work for, if you don’t my asking, and two, why the use of the past tense? Last I checked while covering the industry, IMI’s still around and kicking …

For a couple years I was stationed with a US DoD logistics team, on loan from Army. Since then, IMI has somewhat privatized and renamed itself “Israeli Weapons Industries”. You still see the old name around.

209 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 11:16:39am

I see this thread is ending and I don’t want to mess with a new thread with ongoing music talk.

I mention that I also play drums, which was my main participation in the bands I’ve been in and working with my buddies in our Friday night jams for so long.

Here is my ‘other’ instrument…

210 Archangelus  Feb 8, 2015 11:23:20am

re: #208 Decatur Deb

Since then, IMI has somewhat privatized and renamed itself “Israeli Weapons Industries”. You still see the old name around.

Yes and no, actually - IWI was formed from just the company’s Small Arms division back in 2005. Since then, IMI and IWI are essentially separate companies and former is still its own thing - the bulk of the full current privatization planned for IMI is still unfolding, ever so slowly (I’ll probably have great grandchildren by the time it concludes - and I’m single now)…

211 Decatur Deb  Feb 8, 2015 11:33:08am

re: #210 Archangelus

Yes and no, actually - IWI was formed from just the company’s Small Arms division back in 2005. Since then, IMI and IWI are essentially separate companies and former is still its own thing - the bulk of the privatization planned for IMI is still unfolding, ever so slowly (I’ll probably have great grandchildren by the time it concludes - and I’m single now)…

Ah. That was around 2000. Worked with anything that goes ‘bang’. (Humorously, I kept running into guys from my old US arsenals who had made aliya after retirement.)

212 makeitstop  Feb 8, 2015 11:46:41am

re: #118 SteveMcGaziBolaGate

I always wondered about that. I assumed I didn’t have a sophisticated ear, but I always felt that Fenders sounded cleaner than Gibsons. Is that because of the single coil pickup vs the dual coils?

Pretty much, yeah. Gibsons can be cranked more through high-gain amps because of the Humbucking pickups, while Fenders tend to buzz quite a bit (although I’ll still play Fenders with a lot of gain from time to time).

Ironically, the Humbuckers were developed to emulate the sound of Gibson’s P-90 pickup, which is a single coil. I personally love P-90s and will live with the buzz because they sound so good.

213 Great White Snark  Feb 8, 2015 12:03:30pm

re: #204 ObserverArt

Great White Snark/RWC,

Just found this YouTube. Check it out, as it explains a lot of what we are talking about. The guy in the video compares Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Ray Vaughn, how they relate and how they don’t. And it captures the nuance of the artists.

[Embedded content]

Thanks, gonna listen later.

214 makeitstop  Feb 8, 2015 12:19:42pm

re: #199 ObserverArt

The amp in my picture is a modeling amp (Vox VT-100 - Valvetronic) which means there is a computer chip in it that is set to model many different types of classic amplifiers. A few flips of the switches and I can have a completely different sound.

I use a Vox Tonelab (first generation) for my modeling. I have four Line 6 units (I loved them early on but dislike them more with every release), but the Vox sounds closer to ‘real’ because it’s got a 12AX7 preamp tube in the circuit.

I send the Tonelab through an amp called an Atomic Reactor - a 50 watt tube amp with no controls except a master volume. The Reactor was built to be tonally ‘transparent,’ with no tone circuits that could change the sound of whatever modeling rig you put through it.

Woth the Tonelab and the Reactor, I get the best of both worlds - it’s easy to dial in different amp models, but I still get the ‘push’ from an actual tube amp on the output side. Most modeling rigs haven’t really figured that part out yet.

215 makeitstop  Feb 8, 2015 12:33:39pm

re: #204 ObserverArt

Great White Snark/RWC,

Just found this YouTube. Check it out, as it explains a lot of what we are talking about. The guy in the video compares Jimi Hendrix to Stevie Ray Vaughn, how they relate and how they don’t. And it captures the nuance of the artists.

[Embedded content]

Video

That guy completely missed two things in regard to Hendrix -

First, he played left handed on a guitar strung right handed. As a result, all of his bends and the way he played blues was completely different from how a right handed player would do it, and it sounded different.

Second - he missed Curtis Mayfield and a host of R&B rhythm players and their influence on Hendrix’ sound. Listen to Mayfield’s rhythm work on his hit ‘Gypsy Woman’ - there’s an awful lot of Hendrix in there.

…

Also - Hendrix’ hands were enormous, which gave him strength and reach that most guitar players don’t have. It makes a huge difference when you’re trying to play a lot of his stuff.

216 Eventual Carrion  Feb 8, 2015 12:37:41pm

re: #117 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

I’m sure simple math wobbles his mind.

217 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Feb 8, 2015 1:01:44pm

re: #206 stpaulbear

This is kind of fun: Richard Thompson does a blind test for four different amplifiers. He talks a lot about what makes an amp sound desirable for him.

[Embedded content]

Realizing the thread is dead, thanks for that RT video!

218 ObserverArt  Feb 8, 2015 1:10:55pm

re: #215 makeitstop

That guy completely missed two things in regard to Hendrix -

First, he played left handed on a guitar strung right handed. As a result, all of his bends and the way he played blues was completely different from how a right handed player would do it, and it sounded different.

Second - he missed Curtis Mayfield and a host of R&B rhythm players and their influence on Hendrix’ sound. Listen to Mayfield’s rhythm work on his hit ‘Gypsy Woman’ - there’s an awful lot of Hendrix in there.

[Embedded content]

Also - Hendrix’ hands were enormous, which gave him strength and reach that most guitar players don’t have. It makes a huge difference when you’re trying to play a lot of his stuff.

I agree with all your points. Especially JImi’s hands. He sometimes did funky barre chords with his thumb while doing notes with his fingers.

Did you ever see ” A film about Jimi Hendrix?” The original documentary done on Hendrix in 1973? There is some footage in there that really shows how physical he was with his guitar. And somehow also keeping it relatively in tune, though he bent his notes into tune too.

And that gets to what is the beauty of the guitar. No two players are ever the same. The individual touch comes out no matter.

And that video I put up you have commented on isn’t perfect, but it gets to what Great White Snark was wanting to know…what makes individuals sound different. What you are adding to some of the points that guy was making lends more to what makes guitarists sound different.

It might be in that Hendrix film, or something I read somewhere one time, but at a Hendrix gig, a couple well known guitarists went to the sound guy after the show and asked to check out Jimi’s gear. Supposedly the tech let them turn it all on and and all of it sounded like crap in their hands. They didn’t like the distortion from his fuzz, they didn’t like the feedback they were getting. They were not Jimi.

219 Rev_Arthur_Icantbreatheing  Feb 8, 2015 1:28:58pm

re: #218 ObserverArt

I remember an interview with Stevie Ray once where he said he had a dream where Jimi was teaching him a bunch of stuff, solos and the like, and then he woke up and couldn’t play any of it for shit. That about sums up Jimi. :D

220 makeitstop  Feb 8, 2015 1:37:44pm

Hendrix was my first great role model for guitar. My first really good guitar was a ‘65 Strat, and I used to sit with ‘Are You Experienced’ and ‘Axis’ on my record player, just playing the songs over and over in hopes I’d be able to pick up what the hell he was doing.

I eventually figured a lot of it out. But there are still songs, nearly 50 years after the fact, that I still haven’t figured out. I can hear what he’s doing, but I’ll be damned if I can translate it to my fingers.


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