James McMurty’s Powerful New Song on the Trump Era: “State of the Union”
“My brother’s a fascist”
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Saddest thing.
Read the whole thing.
Emmanuel Mensah, a private in the Army National Guard, evacuated his six roommates and rescued four neighbors from a deadly Bronx fire. He went back in the building to save more, but wound up among the 12 victims who did not survive: https://t.co/29VdLCJhPH
— Ashley Southall (@AshleyAtTimes) December 30, 2017
This is from the FBI raid in Sterling, VA. A bunch of agents just took bags and boxes from this apt along Courtyard Square. The @FBI will only tell us they are “conducting court authorized law enforcement activity”. (@wusa9) pic.twitter.com/fm3CCSULmY
— John Henry (@JohnHenryWUSA) December 30, 2017
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
Team Mueller up to something?
Unfortunately, right wingers (and this includes the current occupant of the Oval Office) don’t care if they look foolish on this issue. They’re just regurgitating the deceptive propaganda they’ve been fed. Reality is irrelevant to them.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 30, 2017
Reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with the regime’s corruption and its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. The Iranian government should respect their people’s rights including their right to express themselves. The world is watching
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) December 30, 2017
Hey @PressSec , the world also watches as the President calls peaceful protesters in America fed up with police brutality sons of bitches when they #TakeAKnee https://t.co/lQKmQ1GiHK
— Maggie Jordan: (@MaggieJordanACN) December 30, 2017
The emolument presidency having the gal to point to other countries and criticize them for “corruption.” Mein gott, that’s a whole new level of chutzpah.
re: #10 Targetpractice
The emolument presidency having the gal to point to other countries and criticize them for “corruption.” Mein gott, that’s a whole new level of chutzpah.
And Sarah’s just the gal to do it!
“A workplace shooting just before 2:30 p.m. in a quiet neighborhood of Long Beach on Friday left two men dead, including the shooter, officials said.
Long Beach police said they went to a law office in the Bixby Knolls neighborhood amid reports of an active shooter at large. They said they found multiple casualties but it was no longer considered an active shooting scene.
Authorities said the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and did not engage with police. Police found a weapon at the scene.
Two men died inside the law office, in the 300 block of San Antonio Drive, said Long Beach Police Department Sgt. Brad Johnson.”
Ho Hum, another shooting in the US. Not even a blip on the radar anymore.
Heh.
.@mike_pence gets message from Aspen neighbors: “Make America Gay Again” https://t.co/7TUb1b5J0j
— The Denver Post (@denverpost) December 30, 2017
re: #13 VegasGolfer
“A workplace shooting just before 2:30 p.m. in a quiet neighborhood of Long Beach on Friday left two men dead, including the shooter, officials said.
Long Beach police said they went to a law office in the Bixby Knolls neighborhood amid reports of an active shooter at large. They said they found multiple casualties but it was no longer considered an active shooting scene.
Authorities said the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and did not engage with police. Police found a weapon at the scene.
Two men died inside the law office, in the 300 block of San Antonio Drive, said Long Beach Police Department Sgt. Brad Johnson.”
Ho Hum, another shooting in the US. Not even a blip on the radar anymore.
It was an atty’s office.
I got CL’ed in the last thread and my comment is silly, but.
re: #126 William Lewis
I’ve never pretended otherwise. I like flavor but my mouth can only handle so much at once. I can even get up to medium levels if it’s really good, but pure fire? Nope.
I like my food to fight back. The spicier, the better.
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Saw a claim, maybe in an earlier thread, that this is Saudi funded and not grassroots. I hope it’s not true, but SHS making this statement makes me wonder if there isn’t some US-KSA coordination here. I get a kind of nauseous feeling whenever this administration makes some kind of rational gesture of goodwill. Gets the spidey senses tingling.
This holiday time off I’ve been trying to take a break from the fuck up that is the president. But news is an addiction. I cannot stop looking.
So, I’m fluctuating from the news to this really bizarre show on netflix - Alias Grace.
Wondering how I’m going to come out. 2017 was mentally disastrous. I’ve not much hope for 2018.
Half empty right now.
re: #18 Barefoot Grin
Saw a claim, maybe in an earlier thread, that this is Saudi funded and not grassroots. I hope it’s not true, but SHS making this statement makes me wonder if there isn’t some US-KSA coordination here. I get a kind of nauseous feeling whenever this administration makes some kind of rational gesture of goodwill. Gets the spidey senses tingling.
Saudi shit is happening. There’s been deals made.
Creepy Mike @Cernovich says he’s “leaving social media” because he’s so awesome now that he’s bored. Poor guy.
I give him a week, max, before he’s back saying stupid shit again on Twitter.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 30, 2017
When we saw the Doctor Who Christmas Special they showed trailers of all the upcoming Fathom events.
They are doing a showing of “The Room”.
I can barely contain my joy. Been wanting to see that garbage forever. Going to make my sister-in-law go see it with me.
YES!!!
Congrats to the New Mexico State Aggies for winning their first bowl game in 57 years! Very cool!
Jason Chaffetz is filling in for Laura Ingraham tonight on FNC and he just threw it over to the FNC meteorologist. Of the things I never expected to see in my life…this was one of them.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) December 30, 2017
re: #25 plansbandc
When we saw the Doctor Who Christmas Special they showed trailers of all the upcoming Fathom events.
They are doing a showing of “The Room”.
I can barely contain my joy. Been wanting to see that garbage forever. Going to make my sister-in-law go see it with me.
YES!!!
It’s kind of amazing that this guy, through sheer bullet-headed will, got a movie made that he thought would be an award winner but then turned out to be one of the worst ever. Then finds a cult following and claims that was what he was looking for all along; then gets a book and then a movie. And now his “disaster art” is going mainstream.
Swatting, the Alt-Right and Gamergate favorite weapon, has now lead to the death of an innocent man.
America is a place where you can be unarmed and shot by police because two video game players you don’t know were arguing, and one called a fake swat team report with the wrong address https://t.co/Pq7JxmmF3K
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) December 29, 2017
I’d just like to say one word to you tonight.
array_walk_recursive.
Well, actually, it’s the name of a PHP function.
But just one PHP function.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 30, 2017
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I was working from home and scanning cable news midmorning, at lunch, and then again mid afternoon. Fox had a high ratio of weather news. I thought it weird because I hadn’t seen weather news on Fox before except briefly during disasters. Putting my CT hat aside, I also recognize that a large part of Fox’s demographic are elderly folks in the states right now most affected by the arctic blast.
re: #31 DodgerFan1988
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Fucking damn.
re: #1 Stanley Sea
Anyone know if the Soldier’s medal can be issued posthumously? That man deserves the remembrance.
re: #35 William Lewis
Anyone know if the Soldier’s medal can be issued posthumously? That man deserves the remembrance.
And he was an immigrant.
Who volunteered to serve. Serve.
Does anyone know if jet printer ink cartridges will be destroyed by sitting on a front porch for hours in sub-zero weather? I’m thinking they might be a three-season item (along with canned cat food).
re: #37 stpaulbear
Does anyone know if jet printer ink cartridges will be destroyed by sitting on a front porch for hours in sub-zero weather? I’m thinking they might be a three-season item (along with canned cat food).
I’d let them warm up, then shake them up a bit (caps on!), before you install them.
re: #37 stpaulbear
I recently bought some knock off stuff from eBay that was left outside my door in <32 weather and it was fine. Not this super cold stuff though
re: #37 stpaulbear
Does anyone know if jet printer ink cartridges will be destroyed by sitting on a front porch for hours in sub-zero weather? I’m thinking they might be a three-season item (along with canned cat food).
Possible, most modern desktop inkjet printers use aqueous inks which will expand as they freeze. OTOH those inks also contains ethylene glycol which acts as an antifreeze so it’d probably have to be pretty damned cold.
WOW! So Freedom. Very Leadership. Bigly Original Thought.
Reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with the regime’s corruption and its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. The Iranian government should respect their people’s rights including their right to express themselves. The world is watching
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) December 30, 2017
-three hours later-
Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. Iranian govt should respect their people’s rights, including right to express themselves. The world is watching! #IranProtests
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2017
re: #41 teleskiguy
WOW! So Freedom. Very Leadership. Bigly Original Thought.
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He included the hashtag. That makes it totally different. //
re: #41 teleskiguy
WOW! So Freedom. Very Leadership. Bigly Original Thought.
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In Trump’s tweet replace “Iran” with “America.”
Second season of Travelers on Netflix is really quite good. Very creative science fiction series, excellent character development without overdosing on special effects.
re: #42 Belafon
He included the hashtag. That makes it totally different. //
He also added the word “Many” for full Trump effect.
Sitting on top of Floyd’s Knob right now looking down on Louisville. All the normies around me are in bed. I feel like a beer though…
The world is watching YOU.#ResignNow
— Nancy Sinatra (@NancySinatra) December 30, 2017
re: #46 Amory Blaine
Sitting on top of Floyd’s Knob right now looking down on Louisville. All the normies around me are in bed. I feel like a beer though…
My old neighborhood! I lived there for two years or so, just before I moved to China.
re: #44 Charles Johnson
Second season of Travelers on Netflix is really quite good. Very creative science fiction series, excellent character development without overdosing on special effects.
Okay now going to check it out. Finished Narcos at Netflix and ST Discovery on CBS, which I found entirely enjoyable. But just got started on Peaky Blinders. Staycation binges.
Animal
— Nadine Kellman (@nadinekellman) December 30, 2017
I am unfamiliar with this type of wine? 🤔 https://t.co/TR63irFH0Z
— Cowboy Socialist🌹 (@MPAVictoria) December 30, 2017
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) December 30, 2017
re: #38 TedStriker
I don’t know about printers, but we got a tv for Christmas a few years ago that we transported in zero degree weather in the back of a pickup from Denver to Albuquerque. It was a cheapo and lasted 10 years despite it’s shitty early treatment.
It’s neat to be able to stroll into my watering hole, whip out my Samsunng Galaxy S8, ZAGG Pocket Keyboard and a battery pack and smoke my stogies and down some mighty fine Founnder’s Porter’s with WiFi listening to BBC World Service and watching this blog…who could ask for more, I tell ya ?
BTW: On Auntie Beeb They’re predicting that the House will flip to the Democracts in 2018 and that BRexit will not be so smooth as Article 50 is fixed in stone….
Here it is once again for anyone who missed this chilling Alexander Hamilton quote. Read it to believe it. pic.twitter.com/3jeVFFFKgV
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 29, 2017
re: #52 The Major
It’s neat to be able to stroll into my watering hole, whip out my Samsunng Galaxy S8, ZAGG Pocket Keyboard and a battery pack and smoke my stogies and down some mighty fine Founnder’s Porter’s with WiFi listening to BBC World Service and watching this blog…who could ask for more, I tell ya ?
I love living in the future.
Heh
In the immortal words of Sergeant Phil Esterhaus: Hey, let’s be careful out there. pic.twitter.com/pIWz181DEF
— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 30, 2017
I ask the important questions
Maybe someone should hold a seance and ask the ghost of Scalia to ask the ghost of Madison what his original intent was?
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) December 30, 2017
re: #54 Jack Burton
Wel, I’m in the proces of swapping out my Verizon Galaxy S8 for a T-Mobile Galaxy S8 so I can get proper VoLTE/HD Audio support…but other than that, it’s still tres kewl…
Since my current work laptop is showing signs of eventually biting the big one, and given the possibility that I wouldn’t be able to take a deduction for a new laptop next year, I made the decision to buy one this week.
I’m setting it up now. It’s an HP Pro Book, seems like a nice enough machine. But installing the necessary software and getting license keys and all that shit straight is a drag.
re: #59 makeitstop
Since my current work laptop is showing signs of eventually biting the big one, and given the possibility that I wouldn’t be able to take a deduction for a new laptop next year, I made the decision to buy one this week.
I’m setting it up now. It’s an HP Pro Book, seems like a nice enough machine. But installing the necessary software and getting license keys and all that shit straight is a drag.
I have a tower running linux with an NVidia GTX video card. I was running Ubuntu 16.04, and wanted to upgrade to 17.04 so that I could use CUDA 9.1 with the latest g++ compiler. So I allowed Ubuntu to upgrade. That was wrong. After multiple attempts to recover the GUI, I finally just did a new install. Luckily, I made the /home its own partition, so I didn’t lose any data.
For the record, I don’t do HP.
Florida Man being a fuckin’ asshole again.
Florida man allegedly rigged door to electrocute pregnant wife https://t.co/LcV7GNK0FH pic.twitter.com/sTnhr4YmVr
— KTLA (@KTLA) December 30, 2017
If you could reunite one band for one gig who would it be?
— John Adams (@jdadams100) December 30, 2017
CSNY …against Trump https://t.co/UkK6GNgDWk
— David Crosby (@thedavidcrosby) December 30, 2017
Can you imagine @theglennclose playing @hillaryclinton in a movie? We can https://t.co/qu3YhQV5gy pic.twitter.com/I2IMmAS6aA
— Page Six (@PageSix) December 30, 2017
In other news, Page Six has openings in its graphics department. https://t.co/yiQNcdTnMu
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 30, 2017
re: #60 Belafon
For the record, I don’t do HP.
Me neither, actually. I’ve been using Thinkpads for the better part of ten years now. But my wife the IT pro went looking and found this one, so I figured I’d give it a shot. I trust my wife on this stuff, since she’s operating at a way higher level than I am on this stuff.
(An aside: The radio is playing ‘Tubular Bells’ in its entirety. They’re at the Viv Stanshall ‘introduction of the instruments’ bit now. Music to install software by…)
A cute cat photo with no cat in it.
This is the cutest “nope” I have EVER seen. pic.twitter.com/jKETIdpElp
— Ruthanne Reid (@RuthanneReid) December 28, 2017
like what you see @AjitPaiFCC? pic.twitter.com/WxMNdSBCQv
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) December 30, 2017
re: #67 bratwurst
Is anyone surprised seeing that?
re: #68 Joe Bacon 🌹
Is anyone surprised seeing that?
Not I. Although it seems as though it is a Ben Shapiro sort of self-hate.
re: #68 Joe Bacon 🌹
Is anyone surprised seeing that?
The response to all this should remain: OMG WTF are we going to do to fight it
vs.
We expected this, ya’ll fucked up. We’ll keep calling it out.
re: #69 retired cynic
Not I. Although it seems as though it is a Ben Shapiro sort of self-hate.
Benjy is too busy playing Silver Streak. Once again, he’s trying to get back on the Nazi train that everyone throws him off of…
Renew our government, a new independence, rewrite the constitution for a modern world to protect our environment and destroy corporate greed
— Sarah Schleper (@degalaxxy) October 19, 2013
re: #72 teleskiguy
I wouldn’t trust the fat cats who would end up writing it. If 46% of the voters voted for something as Wrong as DT, who knows what they would do?
re: #73 retired cynic
I wouldn’t trust the fat cats who would end up writing it. If 46% of the voters voted for something as Wrong as DT, who knows what they would do?
Someone needs to tell Sarah to be careful what she wishes for. A constitutional convention now would not create a more liberal or democratic Constitution, but more likely one with no separation of church and state, federal voter restrictions, corporate representation in government (such as Hong Kong has), and elimination of term limits for POTUS, to name but a few possible outcomes.
If Cenk gets his way to trigger a convention all hell would break loose because everything would be on the table. And we know what would be cut out first—The Bill Of Rights!
— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) December 30, 2017
re: #73 retired cynic
The tweet - from a ski racer woman who’s skied in five Olympics - is wholly altruistic and unrealistic. Still, nice sentiment…
re: #76 teleskiguy
The tweet - from a ski racer woman who’s skied in two Olympics - is wholly altruistic and unrealistic. Still, nice sentiment…
Absolutely. I can dream….
re: #48 wheat-dogg
Dang, guess I’m too late to stop over for a beer.
Alcohol kills way more Americans than opiates. Where’s the outrage? https://t.co/BT7EnPDYfX via @BV
— Bloomberg (@business) December 30, 2017
https://t.co/tIooDwlz20 https://t.co/MIF9KeAzNh
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) December 30, 2017
re: #59 makeitstop
HP Pro Book
My company issued me a new HP Elite Book with a docking station earlier this year. Not a bad little beasite - with the docking station I’m able to hang two 4K monitors off of it - nice….
re: #78 Amory Blaine
Dang, guess I’m too late to stop over for a beer.
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White guy mansplains Mandarin to a native speaker, Naomi Wu. It does not go well.
I [now] know what the label says and how to pronounce the actual characters [and I did look up/glance over the characters for coffee, coconut, and curry … but regardless, I disagree “ga li” or the “li” is sufficiently close to “ye” but I do get what you’re saying.
— Limecello (@Limecello) December 30, 2017
Hey- this guy is barely literate but “disagrees” with my Chinese🤣🤣🤣 “you’re wrong but I can understand you” Hold on I think I need to 3D print you an award or something😂 https://t.co/B1jSlkvtIl
— Naomi Wu (@RealSexyCyborg) December 30, 2017
Here’s the backstory. Naomi had posted a photo of some Chinese desserts that combine western snack foods (Oreos, in this case) with coffee-coconut bread.
Just like you folks in the West eat authentic Chinese food, here in China we have authentic Western food- like Coffee Coconut Oreo Bread😜 Western cuisine- so exotic, so mysterious… pic.twitter.com/s29k6cVHWr
— Naomi Wu (@RealSexyCyborg) December 29, 2017
So this guy jumps in and questions her (not the sign’s) translation of the characters ka ye ao li ao 咖椰奥利奥 (AoLiAo is Oreo’s tradename in China) as “curry Oreo”.
Ah. I was gonna say “I dunno, 咖啡 + 椰子 doesn’t seem thaaat close to 咖哩” to me - but then I saw where you are so probably it was a translation from Cantonese? Which … :P I’d know even less about. :)
— Limecello (@Limecello) December 29, 2017
The label says “Curry Oreo”. 咖椰 is “Kā yē” in Mandarin, so it sounds like “curry”. In order to make it sound Westernized but still sort of make sense in Chinese and be pronounceable, they wrote “curry”. This causes problems for Western brands all the time- see Coca-Cola. https://t.co/nZTMKHAgxD
— Naomi Wu (@RealSexyCyborg) December 30, 2017
Her point, which Mr Limecello ignores, is using an English word that sounds phonetically like the Chinese words ka ye (abbreviation for coffee coconut). Gali 咖喱meanwhile is the Mandaran approximation of the English word “curry,” so with his obvious mastery of Mandarin he accuses *her* of mistranslating the sign. Then gets all offended when she makes fun of him on Twitter.
There you have it everyone- today’s entertainment provided by @limecello🤣🤣🤣- but seriously don’t go pick on them. We’ve all screamed into our pillow after making a complete fool of ourselves at least once in our lives😱 pic.twitter.com/PrsQ4m1wjO
— Naomi Wu (@RealSexyCyborg) December 30, 2017
Her area is Shenzhen, where they mostly speak Cantonese (Yue), and he’s suggesting her Mandarin is weak because of her regional language.
I am chuckling.
2018 is peeking around the corner. I hope she’s ready for primetime.
re: #86 JordanRules
2018 is peeking around the corner. I hope she’s ready for primetime.
If she were smart, she’d run away.
Putin wants the U.S. to promise not to meddle in his re-election. Seriously https://t.co/q2nZ1syfFG pic.twitter.com/oJ69nJoSay
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) December 30, 2017
re: #89 JordanRules
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We should just promise not to take any action that he wouldn’t take.
Makes sense only if you have read/watched Game of Thrones and are a cryptocurrency nerd, too. (Guilty as charged) But still amusing.
— Xinxi Wang [LTC] (@TheRealXinxi) December 28, 2017
Warmer morning than the last few (14F). Couple inches of snow, no wind to speak of. A nice morning.
It will soon be 2018, and that means my freshmen next year will all probably have been born on or after 2000.
Ain’t that a sobering thought?
Have mercy!
New Indiana bill would force Colts to provide fans a refund if any of its players kneel for anthem https://t.co/dHZoLqIMgi pic.twitter.com/N57V6bHTmQ
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) December 30, 2017
😂 y’all are doing a lot https://t.co/LMLqx2ggPm
— bringing my baby to a theater near you (@fivefifths) December 30, 2017
re: #94 JordanRules
Have mercy!
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I used to hang out with James McMurtry when we were students at UofA in Tucson in the early 1980’s.
Played in a bluegrass band with his girlfriend and jammed at open mic night and the Mountainaire Lounge on Mt Lemmon.
I recall sitting with him in my living room and him teaching me Gram Parson’s “The Streets of Baltimore”.
re: #94 JordanRules
Have mercy!
New Indiana bill would force Colts to provide fans a refund if any of its players kneel for anthem
Government meddling in private business!!!
Morning!
Just got in from cleaning off my sidewalks from last nights snowfall. I was surprised by how much fell. They predicted up to 3” it looks like closer to 5” fell. Nice fluffy stuff because it fell while the temps were in the mid-teens.
Now they say the temps will fall throughout the day with a high of 17° and winds that will cause drifts. Low of 2° tonight and that appears to be the temps for the highs and lows all week.
At least we won’t have to worry the snow will turn to ice anytime soon.
Brrrr.
re: #100 ObserverArt
Morning!
Just got in from cleaning off my sidewalks from last nights snowfall. I was surprised by how much fell. They predicted up to 3” it looks like closer to 5” fell. Nice fluffy stuff because it fell while the temps were in the mid-teens.
Now they say the temps will fall throughout the day with a high of 17° and winds that will cause drifts. Low of 2° tonight and that appears to be the temps for the highs and lows all week.
At least we won’t have to worry the snow will turn to ice anytime soon.
Meanwhile in Los Angeles, currently 49 going to 74. Now chance of rain down to 10% next Wednesday…
WE NEED RAIN!!!!
Huge congrats Sir Ringo! Sir Richard Starkey has a nice ring to it. Best drummer best pal! X Paul pic.twitter.com/ew5PuxhEv1
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) December 30, 2017
re: #101 Joe Bacon 🌹
Meanwhile in Los Angeles, currently 49 going to 74. Now chance of rain down to 10% next Wednesday…
We are now predicted to have the lowest temp in over 100 years for New Years Eve. 3°. -4° overnight Monday into Tuesday.
Gonna be a cold cold week around these parts (Columbus Oh-i-o).
re: #86 JordanRules
2018 had better NOT ask 2017 to hold it’s beer. I MEAN IT. Do NOT make me pull this mess over and I’d better not have to undo my seat belt. That’s all I’m sayin’.
Turkey bacon is not bacon.
That is all.
re: #105 Shropshire Slasher
Bacon is why God gave us piggies. I just wish MORE of the piggy was bacony.
-9º F in upstate NY this morning. I am glad I grabbed a face cord of apple wood out of the jing-weed last night when I got home from work, smells nice in the woodstove. Now I just have to add eight quarts of oil to my tractor, pop on a filter, chain up, and get some more wood.
re: #105 Shropshire Slasher
Turkey bacon is not bacon.
That is all.
No it is not. But, if you want to keep away from the fat of bacon and want a decent turkey facsimile that can add some decent flavor and some crunch…Kroger’s own brand turkey bacon is not bad. I have not found any others that I like.
If you have Kroger’s.
re: #105 Shropshire Slasher
Turkey bacon : is not bacon :: pineapple pizza : is not pizza.
re: #108 ObserverArt
This is Butterball brand, it isn’t very good. It would have been better if I cooked it in bacon grease, but whenever I have some I find little kitty tongue impressions in it.
re: #108 ObserverArt
No it is not. But, if you want to keep away from the fat of bacon and want a decent turkey facsimile that can add some decent flavor and some crunch…Kroger’s own brand turkey bacon is not bad. I have not found any others that I like.
If you have Kroger’s.
bacon was also created for basting turkeys
re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Not everyone wants a larded turkey.
cookscountry.com
re: #114 Shropshire Slasher
This is Butterball brand, it isn’t very good. It would have been better if I cooked it in bacon grease, but whenever I have some I find little kitty tongue impressions in it.
I tried Butterball once. I did not like it either. Had an odd flavor to my taste buds.
re: #118 PhillyPretzel
Not everyone wants a larded turkey.
cookscountry.com
Ours gets BBQ’d @15 min/lb.
re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So you just make the turkey like usual and wrap it in BACON?!! Why did I not think of this?
You know what else is yummy? Take the bacon and cook as usual, but when it’s about half done, you add a mix of brown sugar, bourbon and a little water into a paste and then dump it on the bacon, spread it around and finish cooking. It’s SO good. We use it on sandwiches and in eggs.
re: #121 A Mom Anon
So you just make the turkey like usual and wrap it in BACON?!! Why did I not think of this?
You know what else is yummy? Take the bacon and cook as usual, but when it’s about half done, you add a mix of brown sugar, bourbon and a little water into a paste and then dump it on the bacon, spread it around and finish cooking. It’s SO good. We use it on sandwiches and in eggs.
Sugar, booze, and bacon—the building-blocks of a cuisine.
re: #120 Decatur Deb
Ours gets BBQ’d @15 min/lb.
I have a nephew that is King of Smoked Turkeys.
It is amazing what he can do with a few charcoals in a Weber and some wood chips. Very moist and a mild smokey taste. Takes him all day, but he nails ‘em.
re: #122 Decatur Deb
Precisely, lol. As long as you don’t burn the sugar, it’s all good. Bourbon works good in chocolate cake and brownies too…
re: #124 A Mom Anon
Precisely, lol. As long as you don’t burn the sugar, it’s all good. Bourbon works good in chocolate cake and brownies too…
…and you can drink it while cooking!
Hic!
re: #123 ObserverArt
I have a nephew that is King of Smoked Turkeys.
It is amazing what he can do with a few charcoals in a Weber and some wood chips. Very moist and a mild smokey taste. Takes him all day, but he nails ‘em.
Been doing it since 1980, when our Army-issued stove blew up, and it wasn’t worth the paperwork to draw another. An ancient loaf pan with water catches the drippings for gravy and soups. You can taste the smoke all the way through the leftovers cycle.
Founder of neo-nazi site The Daily Stormer has gone missing, and the hunt for him is on https://t.co/HXArdWlkPM pic.twitter.com/fDVO49omK9
— Blavity (@Blavity) December 29, 2017
There’s no rule that we have to find him https://t.co/bu9zwcRatW
— sick of 2017 and all of its shit (@MaryHartmanx2) December 30, 2017
re: #127 darthstar
Interesting. Very interesting.
re: #121 A Mom Anon
So you just make the turkey like usual and wrap it in BACON?!! Why did I not think of this?
You know what else is yummy? Take the bacon and cook as usual, but when it’s about half done, you add a mix of brown sugar, bourbon and a little water into a paste and then dump it on the bacon, spread it around and finish cooking. It’s SO good. We use it on sandwiches and in eggs.
I also buttered up between skin and meat, but the bacon is to keep things from drying out and helps make a killer gravy
re: #94 JordanRules
Have mercy!
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I guess Indiana never heard of the First Amendment. Of course, they did elect Mike Pence as governor.
re: #94 JordanRules
They probably would not have this problem if they stayed in Baltimore.
re: #127 darthstar
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That’s the idiot from Worthington, a Columbus northern suburb. His father covers for him and funds his site. I’d start right there.
re: #132 Hecuba’s daughter
I guess Indiana never heard of the First Amendment. Of course, they did elect Mike Pence as governor.
Or maybe Mike Pence wanted a refund on his tickets and the legislature is trying to oblige him.
A festive tale in three acts. pic.twitter.com/cpNgByyPrp
— Paul Bronks (@BoringEnormous) December 30, 2017
JUST IN: Erica Garner, activist daughter of Eric Garner, dies at 27 https://t.co/MWyxAJHl7r
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 30, 2017
re: #85 wheat-dogg
Her area is Shenzhen, where they mostly speak Cantonese (Yue), and he’s suggesting her Mandarin is weak because of her regional language.
I don’t speak Mandarin or Cantonese… but I care deeply which one the restaurant I’m eating at claims to be “authentic” versions of — I need the skin of the duck to be crispy, and the right kind of pancakes on my mu-shu.
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
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That’s terrible. An old friend of mine’s daughter, 27 years old also, died of a sudden heart attack 2 years ago. So young.
re: #122 Decatur Deb
Sugar, booze, and bacon—the building-blocks of a cuisine.
I am not particularly domestic — in Chez Sagehen, the four food groups are
Things that come in cans
Things that come in bags
Things that come in take-out cartons
Chocolate
re: #140 Eventual Carrion
News report said Erica had a prior heart attack as well. There was obviously an underlying condition. Most people in their 20s don’t have any heart attacks let alone two.
re: #142 Eclectic Cyborg
News report said Erica had a prior heart attack as well. There was obviously an underlying condition. Most people in their 20s don’t have any heart attacks let alone two.
She had an enlarged heart. Prior heart attack was shortly after she gave birth, second one was during an asthma attack.
re: #131 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I put herb and garlic butter under the skin and all over the outside this time around. It wasn’t bad, but I think I should have melted the butter and used that in the injector, but I forgot about it. It was moist, but just didn’t have flavor throughout. Bacon might have totally turned that around, lol. It’s magical.
Just put a chuck roast in the slow cooker. My first one. What could possibly go wrong?
re: #139 sagehen
I don’t speak Mandarin or Cantonese… but I care deeply which one the restaurant I’m eating at claims to be “authentic” versions of — I need the skin of the duck to be crispy, and the right kind of pancakes on my mu-shu.
That’s a touch-and-go thing in most of the USA. If you’re near a Chinatown, ask the locals where they go to eat Chinese food. Or peek in a restaurant and see how many diners are Asian. A menu in Chinese is another tipoff.
re: #145 Barefoot Grin
Just put a chuck roast in the slow cooker. My first one. What could possibly go wrong?
I’ve decided to buy a local version of an instant pot, because I need a rice cooker anyway. That’s my mission tomorrow or the day after, to catch the New Year’s sales.
Some good news to close out the year:
Wow! We Just passed 40K in contributions & reached our fundraiser goal! 🙌
I want to extend my sincere gratitude for the generous contributions of all wonderful supporters! 🌹
We closed 2017 in a big way & will start 2018 even BIGGER!
Happy New Year! 🎄🎉#AfghanGirlsCode 👩💻 pic.twitter.com/sUZKZNqpf7— Fereshteh Forough (@f_forough) December 30, 2017
This is a project to teach Afghan girls to code, and also to help them to make money doing it, thus providing some additional income to their families.
re: #145 Barefoot Grin
Just put a chuck roast in the slow cooker. My first one. What could possibly go wrong?
You fail to put in enough onion and garlic?
re: #147 wheat-dogg
I’ve decided to buy a local version of an instant pot, because I need a rice cooker anyway. That’s my mission tomorrow or the day after, to catch the New Year’s sales.
We have one of those fancy Japanese rice cookers but found that a good old-fashioned pressure cooker saves time and energy and works just as well.
re: #139 sagehen
re: #146 wheat-dogg
Philly has a Chinatown and this is a list of places for Peking duck.
google.com
re: #149 jeffreyw
You fail to put in enough onion and garlic?
I put in lots of onion, mushrooms, yukon potatoes, carrots, and garlic. Too much?
re: #148 wheat-dogg
That is very good news. :)
re: #152 Barefoot Grin
I put in lots of onion, mushrooms, yukon potatoes, carrots, and garlic. Too much?
Will the lid go on?
re: #146 wheat-dogg
That’s a touch-and-go thing in most of the USA. If you’re near a Chinatown, ask the locals where they go to eat Chinese food. Or peek in a restaurant and see how many diners are Asian. A menu in Chinese is another tipoff.
There is currently only one place in Hayward - Panda something or Somthing Panda. It’s classic americanized Chinese food. Well done for what it is and all the usual suspects are on the menu, but to think it’s like what I’d get in the middle of China?
OTOH, the beef, broccoli, onion & mushroom in brown sauce is very good to me. Certainly better than the beef & bell pepper served on the Bebop :)
re: #145 Barefoot Grin
Just put a chuck roast in the slow cooker. My first one. What could possibly go wrong?
It’ll be done in 10 hours. That gives us all time to find flights and get there before it’s ready.
re: #156 Barefoot Grin
You’re good to go as soon as you fill it with broth to cover.
re: #155 William Lewis
There is currently only one place in Hayward - Panda something or Somthing Panda. It’s classic americanized Chinese food. Well done for what it is and all the usual suspects are on the menu, but to think it’s like what I’d get in the middle of China?
OTOH, the beef, broccoli, onion & mushroom in brown sauce is very good to me. Certainly better than the beef & bell pepper served on the Bebop :)
If it is Panda Express, the food in my university cafeteria here beats it hands down. It’s not bad, but of course I’ve been spoiled.
re: #156 Barefoot Grin
Yep.
Did you pour in half a bottle of red wine for the juices? Works well and gives you something to sip while waiting ;D
re: #160 William Lewis
Did you pour in half a bottle of red wine for the juices? Works well and gives you something to sip while waiting ;D
I didn’t. I think I need more broth too. Off to the package store….
re: #159 wheat-dogg
If it is Panda Express, the food in my university cafeteria here beats it hands down. It’s not bad, but of course I’ve been spoiled.
Definitely better than Panda Express. The only time I have that is when I’m on the tollway through Chicago and don’t want to pay to get off & look for a real restaurant. So I eat at the over pass rest areas instead.
Ah, found the menu. Panda House; Szechaun, Mandarin & Hunan Cuisine is what it says.
We used to have a lovely Vietnamese restaurant (PHO GA! YUM!) but the couple that owned it (a Vietnam war vet & his Vietnamese wife) were getting up there in years and retired. Now it’s just another bar and grill.
re: #161 Barefoot Grin
Package store? Oh. I forgot. Other states have liquor stores aka package stores. PA has state stores. :(
re: #163 PhillyPretzel
Package store? Oh. I forgot. Other states have liquor stores aka package stores. PA has state stores. :(
My mistake. It’s NH. State store here, too.
re: #155 William Lewis
Hello William
I was thinking of your winter photographs this morning. The wife and I are going to do the same, ala no snow but post wildfire and beach scenes around Santa Barbara. Going for poignant contrast.
re: #164 Barefoot Grin
My mistake. It’s NH. State store here, too.
I live a block away from an Easy Mart. Get my morning coffee there…and they carry most of the bourbons I like.
re: #1 Stanley Sea
Saddest thing.
Read the whole thing.
Soldier home for holidays died saving lives in Bronx inferno. He “had set his heart on becoming a soldier when the family moved to the US from their native Ghana 5 or 6 yrs ago.” https://t.co/BFdlXaZqUA
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) December 30, 2017
There are so many selfless immigrants in our Armed Services who are incredibly proud to wear the uniform and serve their new country. God bless this young soldier, well done and be at peace. https://t.co/26I2Qpofkk
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) December 30, 2017
It’s been snowing lightly here all morning and the cold seems to have let up some. I just had coffee out on our porch, and it’s pretty quiet outside. Lovely.
My project for the day is to move all my files on the old laptop’s desktop to my external drive. Taking a while. Who knew I had 23 GB of photos sitting there? That stuff kinda piles up after a while.
While the files move I’m sitting here practicing scales and stuff on my Esquire with the B-G bender. Haven’t played this one in a while. It’s weird how you can forget the characteristics of certain guitars, then when you pick them back up you wonder ‘Why did I stop playing this one, exactly?’
Egypt sentences ex-President Mursi, 19 others to three years in jail for insulting judiciary https://t.co/TwW1vWa8vx pic.twitter.com/AbdAjGrOkC
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 30, 2017
re: #165 Unshaken Defiance
Hello William
I was thinking of your winter photographs this morning. The wife and I are going to do the same, ala no snow but post wildfire and beach scenes around Santa Barbara. Going for poignant contrast.
Good luck & good light. I find that kind of thing very beautiful and, when feeling the world on my shoulders, very liberating. I’ll look forward to your results.
re: #168 makeitstop
It’s been snowing lightly here all morning and the cold seems to have let up some. I just had coffee out on our porch, and it’s pretty quiet outside. Lovely.
My project for the day is to move all my files on the old laptop’s desktop to my external drive. Taking a while. Who knew I had 23 GB of photos sitting there? That stuff kinda piles up after a while.
While the files move I’m sitting here practicing scales and stuff on my Esquire with the B-G bender. Haven’t played this one in a while. It’s weird how you can forget the characteristics of certain guitars, then when you pick them back up you wonder ‘Why did I stop playing this one, exactly?’
I’d love to try a bender someday. I think Jason Victor was using one to get the pedal steel sounds for Matthew Sweet when I saw them a couple of months ago. It sounded great.
re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth
Let’s hope that Trump does not get any ideas from this news.
re: #167 FormerDirtDart
As I mentioned last night, I wonder if the Soldier’s Medal can be awarded posthumously? It would be the appropriate thing since it is explicitly the highest award for non-combat valor in the US.
re: #167 FormerDirtDart
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One of ancestors was an immigrant soldier. RIP to him. So sad.
re: #173 William Lewis
As I mentioned last night, I wonder if the Soldier’s Medal can be awarded posthumously? It would be the appropriate thing since it is explicitly the highest award for non-combat valor in the US.
Admin won’t want that!
re: #175 retired cynic
Admin won’t want that!
I don’t think those awards get that far up the food chain. But even if so, scumbag will not be president forever and the award can be made then.
re: #134 ObserverArt
That’s the idiot from Worthington, a Columbus northern suburb. His father covers for him and funds his site. I’d start right there.
Yeah, supposedly he’s been spotted on the east side of Columbus—doesn’t want to be too far away from his daddy/money.
The year of Trump has laid bare the US constitution’s serious flaws :
I couldn’t agree more. “Today’s generation shackled to the words of their ancestors,” indeed.
The current French constitution has been amended 24 times since 1958. And that requires the consent of both Chambers.
re: #171 Barefoot Grin
I’d love to try a bender someday. I think Jason Victor was using one to get the pedal steel sounds for Matthew Sweet when I saw them a couple of months ago. It sounded great.
I don’t have the ‘real’ bender (the Parsons-White one where they rout out the guitar body to install it), I’ve got the one made by Hipshot, developed by Will Ray from the Hellacasters. It’s pretty cool, in that it installs with one screw (through the back strap button) and besides that it’s a completely un-invasive install. I’ve had it on three of my T-bodies since I got it. :)
I belong to a Tele forum where Will Ray is a member, and he was kind enough to guide me through getting it set up and gave me a lot of tips to make it work better.
Here’s Will doing a demo. He’s a lot better at using it than I am.
re: #179 makeitstop
Looks like one wrong move away from unintended surgery.
re: #179 makeitstop
I don’t have the ‘real’ bender (the Parsons-White one where they rout out the guitar body to install it), I’ve got the one made by Hipshot, developed by Will Ray from the Hellacasters. It’s pretty cool, in that it installs with one screw (through the back strap button) and besides that it’s a completely un-invasive install. I’ve had it on three of my T-bodies since I got it. :)
I belong to a Tele forum where Will Ray is a member, and he was kind enough to guide me through getting it set up and gave me a lot of tips to make it work better.
Here’s Will doing a demo. He’s a lot better at using it than I am.
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That’s cool. I don’t know if I’d get the hang of pushing with my hip (that’s what you do, right?). I’m so used to bending strings the old fashioned way.
re: #178 Lupin
The year of Trump has laid bare the US constitution’s serious flaws :
I couldn’t agree more. “Today’s generation shackled to the words of their ancestors,” indeed.
The current French constitution has been amended 24 times since 1958. And that requires the consent of both Chambers.
The Alabama Constitution of 1901 has been amended 926 times. It is the largest governing document in the world. Most of this has been a result of its provisions to prevent self-determination in locales with Black majorities.
Be careful what you wish for.
re: #180 nines09
Looks like one wrong move away from unintended surgery.
It is kinda tricky. And you can’t really put the guitar on a stand with the B lever on.
I’ve been thinking about converting the B lever to another palm pedal, more like the old Bigsby ones. Hipshot sells the parts to do the conversion, and I’m a little more facile with the palm pedal on the G string than the B lever.
I am dying. pic.twitter.com/1kDR2ux5Bx
— Imani Gandy Canes (@AngryBlackLady) December 30, 2017
re: #183 makeitstop
I’ll bet. A neck hanger guitar stand like the Ultimate may work. I use them, they fold up and are rugged. A gimmick like that, to me, has too much that can go wrong. Does it center true after hard bends? Not go out of tune?
That FBI action may be related to Sheriff Clarke.
And me loves ABL. She can swear with the best of them.
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL. But would a chicken fried fuck be better than a beer battered deep fried fuck? It’s a question for the ages….
re: #172 PhillyPretzel
Let’s hope that Trump does not get any ideas from this news.
We should jail HIM for insulting the Judiciary!
Standing on your feet for hours during the freezing cold, not having a single sip of water because there’s no restroom to relieve yourself, and being crushed on all sides by strangers sounds hellish — but some 2 million people do it willingly every year.
So it goes in Times Square in the hours before the ball drops at midnight on Dec. 31. This year’s forecast calls for temperatures in the teens, as well as a ground cover of snow left over from days before.
Link brings you to NY Post
Now’s the time to get your dog sedatives organized, cos you know your neighbours are getting their M-80’s organized and they are prepared for 8 hours of dog terrifying nonsense.
— Officer Edith (@OfficerEdith) December 30, 2017
Heh—a great (though nauseating) collection of the articles about the poor, misunderstood, “forgotten” Trump voters.
What I Learned From Reading All The Media Safaris Into ‘Trump Country’ I Could Handle Before Wanting To Die
Turns out Trump supporters still support Trump.
re: #182 Decatur Deb
The Alabama Constitution of 1901 has been amended 926 times. It is the largest governing document in the world. Most of this has been a result of its provisions to prevent self-determination in locales with Black majorities.
Be careful what you wish for.
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our founding documents, but in ourselves.
The Constitution was written to provide a framework for governing a self-governing nation. Its lack of specificity has allowed each generation it its era to adjust the government to match that era’s thinking. It has allowed us to move from an agrarian republic with chattel slavery and voting rights only for white male property owners to a mostly metropolitan, pluralistic country which increasingly recognizes the rights of all, and all without changing the basic framework.
The thing is, self-governing countries are vulnerable to takeover by those who promise relief from the hard work of self-government.
re: #168 makeitstop
re: #171 Barefoot Grin
I think you guitar players might agree (with a nod to a little artistic circular logic) how our gear shapes our style and skillset. Using a good Sony instead of my Canon has upset my game. No, the player makes the style, not the gear per se, the gear won’t fix what’s wrong with us. But it enables us as we catch up.
Outta here, 101 north.
re: #185 nines09
I’ll bet. A neck hanger guitar stand like the Ultimate may work. I use them, they fold up and are rugged. A gimmick like that, to me, has too much that can go wrong. Does it center true after hard bends? Not go out of tune?
It’s definitely pretty stable, because there’s a hard return point - it doesn’t ‘float’ like a Strat trem does. And each lever or pedal has a thumb screw for pretty quick micro-tuning of the bend interval. The kinda weird thing is that you need a bridge that both top-loads and strings through, because half of the strings go through the back of the ash tray and into the bender. Or I guess a simple top-loader would do, but I like stringing through the body whenever possible.
Ok I lied, it wasn’t -9º F here, the wireless sensor fell in the snow. I was wondering why the temperature wasn’t going up. On a completely random note, I received Swedish Fish in my stocking, and boy are they ever freaking addictive!
re: #194 The Major
Or maybe Roger Stone ?
Not sure. FBI has warrants for emails but not sure about the FBI action at that home.
I can’t tell you how close to home that McMurty tune hits. I’ve fished those places and traded at the local bait shops……. I seen that guy and his sister……
re: #1 Stanley Sea
I don’t know what medal that the US gives armed forces members for conspicuous gallantry during peacetime but this young man deserves it.
Hey! The ambulatory, carnivorous yam sitting in the Oval Office! Go to this soldier’s funeral.
If the people of Iran can risk their lives to protest against their gov’t, then I’m spending my morning on a street corner with Trump signs.
Iran, your courage inspires me.#IranianProtests #SaturdayMorning
Admit it, this is how you spend every Saturday anyway. https://t.co/M9ClpFWHA7
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) December 30, 2017
ooooooooohhhhh, he’s SO inspired.
re: #199 Romantic Heretic
I don’t know what medal that the US gives armed forces members for conspicuous gallantry during peacetime but this young man deserves it.
Hey! The ambulatory, carnivorous yam sitting in the Oval Office! Go to this soldier’s funeral.
The guy was black. Trump will never go.
re: #196 Shropshire Slasher
Ok I lied, it wasn’t -9º F here, the wireless sensor fell in the snow. I was wondering why the temperature wasn’t going up. On a completely random note, I received Swedish Fish in my stocking, and boy are they ever freaking addictive!
I got peppermint patties. Love ‘em
60,000 people die per year from opioid abuse, OMG! Crises! We have to do something!
30,000 die from gun violence?
Whoa. Slow down. 2/3’s of those deaths are self inflicted.
Um, Yes. BUT, aren’t 100% of opioid deaths essentially self-inflicted.
Hello?
Hello?— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 30, 2017
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
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As a Glaswegian, I approve of “i don’t give a single chicken fried fuck”. Would work very well in a Glaswegian accent, almost Malcolm Tucker-esque. Nearly as good as “take a regimental fuck to yourself”.
Aren’t you thrilled, as a woman, that the women of Iran may one day have the freedom you have? Look at your beautiful hair. You don’t hide it from the sun & wind.
— Charmian Neary (@CharmianNeary) December 30, 2017
Why the fuck are you people so fixated on HAIR? https://t.co/ogSvFxqBcu
— دانیال (@danja84) December 30, 2017
re: #193 Unshaken Defiance
I think you guitar players might agree (with a nod to a little artistic circular logic) how our gear shapes our style and skillset. Using a good Sony instead of my Canon has upset my game. No, the player makes the style, not the gear per se, the gear won’t fix what’s wrong with us. But it enables us as we catch up.
Outta here, 101 north.
No doubt. Every once in awhile I start surfing sites to find out about the latest pedals and drool. Then I realize that I really just need to work on my playing. No pedal is going to make me better.
re: #179 makeitstop
I don’t have the ‘real’ bender (the Parsons-White one where they rout out the guitar body to install it), I’ve got the one made by Hipshot, developed by Will Ray from the Hellacasters. It’s pretty cool, in that it installs with one screw (through the back strap button) and besides that it’s a completely un-invasive install. I’ve had it on three of my T-bodies since I got it. :)
I belong to a Tele forum where Will Ray is a member, and he was kind enough to guide me through getting it set up and gave me a lot of tips to make it work better.
Here’s Will doing a demo. He’s a lot better at using it than I am.
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The late, great Clarence White had a guitar with a variation on that bender that was invented by his band mate in the Byrds. This portion of The Byrds documentary talks about how it was invented and how it’s played and how it used to confuse the hell out of guitarists in the audience. The whole documentary is pretty cool.
re: #206 electrotek
Sure thing. pic.twitter.com/Nd3x2BaFU2
— This place is infested with Nazis. (@efuseakay) December 30, 2017
re: #199 Romantic Heretic
I don’t know what medal that the US gives armed forces members for conspicuous gallantry during peacetime but this young man deserves it.
Hey! The ambulatory, carnivorous yam sitting in the Oval Office! Go to this soldier’s funeral.
Soldier’s Medal. If you have a sane representative, call or write.
re: #199 Romantic Heretic
I don’t know what medal that the US gives armed forces members for conspicuous gallantry during peacetime but this young man deserves it.
Hey! The ambulatory, carnivorous yam sitting in the Oval Office! Go to this soldier’s funeral.
What a ghastly thing to wish on this poor family.
re: #207 Barefoot Grin
No doubt. Every once in awhile I start surfing sites to find out about the latest pedals and drool. Then I realize that I really just need to work on my playing. No pedal is going to make me better.
The best advice I could ever give anyone who wanted to play guitar would be;
1= Find just one guitar that works with you. Feels good. Fits your hand. The neck works for you. And if you buy wisely and not cheaply, you will regain money if and when you sell it.
2=Get a good tube amp with headroom. No built in anything. Clean circuit. A single 10 inch speaker with 18 watts behind it would shock you.
The rest is up to you. Single coils, humbuckers, coil split, rails, blah blah. BUT good pickups will make a WORLD of difference. I can’t tell you how many players I met who had 5-10 guitars. And not a single one was worth spit.
Compression will give you sustain, Overdrive will allow you to get the grit at bedroom levels, and a good chorus and delay will deepen and widen your notes. Tune it in where your chords aren’t muddy and off you go on a lifelong search for what is rattling around in your head.
Just my humble opinion.
re: #212 nines09
The best advice I could ever give anyone who wanted to play guitar would be;
1= Find just one guitar that works with you. Feels good. Fits your hand. The neck works for you. And if you buy wisely and not cheaply, you will regain money if and when you sell it.
2=Get a good tube amp with headroom. No built in anything. Clean circuit. A single 10 inch speaker with 18 watts behind it would shock you.
The rest is up to you. Single coils, humbuckers, coil split, rails, blah blah. BUT good pickups will make a WORLD of difference. I can’t tell you how many players I met who had 5-10 guitars. And not a single one was worth spit.
Compression will give you sustain, Overdrive will allow you to get the grit at bedroom levels, and a good chorus and delay will deepen and widen your notes. Tune it in where your chords aren’t muddy and off you go on a lifelong search for what is rattling around in your head.
Just my humble opinion.
I’m pretty much there after 30 some years. Music Man RD-110 (too loud), Telecaster (MIM) with Bill Lawrence pups, overdrive, boost, delay and reverb. I’m looking to pick up a chorus or tremolo sometime in the next few months for a change up. I was interested in that travel multi-pedal that makeitstop mentioned, but now I’ve forgotten what it was—seemed pretty affordable.
re: #208 stpaulbear
The late, great Clarence White had a guitar with a variation on that bender that was invented by his band mate in the Byrds. This portion of The Byrds documentary talks about how it was invented and how it’s played and how it used to confuse the hell out of guitarists in the audience. The whole documentary is pretty cool.
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That Parsons-White is the original, the real deal. They had to do a lot of modification to the guitar to install it - routing out a huge chunk of the body for the levers to fit and move. When Fender started actually started making Teles with B benders, the bodies were nearly a half inch thicker to make up for the body mass that was lost in the installation and routing of the guitar.
Here’s the back of Clarence’s original bender Tele. You can see that they actually removed almost half of the body mass to get the bender in there.
That Byrds doc looks pretty cool, gotta hunt that down. Thanks for posting it.
re: #191 BeachDem
Heh—a great (though nauseating) collection of the articles about the poor, misunderstood, “forgotten” Trump voters.
What I Learned From Reading All The Media Safaris Into ‘Trump Country’ I Could Handle Before Wanting To Die
Turns out Trump supporters still support Trump.
“Everybody I talk to,” he said, “realizes it’s not Trump who’s dragging his feet. Trump’s probably the most diligent, hardest-working president we’ve ever had in our lifetimes. It’s not like he sleeps in till noon and goes golfing every weekend, like the last president did.”
So… they’re still as stupid as they ever were.
re: #212 nines09
I have found my Epiphone Casino Coupe - 339 sized fully hollow guitar with 2 P90’s. I run it through my VHT Special 6 Ultra, a 6 watt hand wired tube amp that has a really nice sound. Usually I run through a reverb & phaser pedals though if I’m in a really foul mood I hit my Boss DS1 instead.
White House aides think members of Mar-a-Lago, whose payments to the club pad President Trump’s pockets, try to take advantage of him and influence him on policy. pic.twitter.com/Oq0R655k6U
— Matt Corley (@mcorley) December 30, 2017
Trump’s own White House staff finds the corrupt set-up at Mar-a-Lago to be troubling but every single day every single congressional republican wakes up and decides to do nothing about it. https://t.co/TFR55qagJN
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 30, 2017
re: #212 nines09
The best advice I could ever give anyone who wanted to play guitar would be;
1= Find just one guitar that works with you. Feels good. Fits your hand. The neck works for you. And if you buy wisely and not cheaply, you will regain money if and when you sell it.
2=Get a good tube amp with headroom. No built in anything. Clean circuit. A single 10 inch speaker with 18 watts behind it would shock you.
The rest is up to you. Single coils, humbuckers, coil split, rails, blah blah. BUT good pickups will make a WORLD of difference. I can’t tell you how many players I met who had 5-10 guitars. And not a single one was worth spit.
Compression will give you sustain, Overdrive will allow you to get the grit at bedroom levels, and a good chorus and delay will deepen and widen your notes. Tune it in where your chords aren’t muddy and off you go on a lifelong search for what is rattling around in your head.
Just my humble opinion.
All good advice.
I used to have nearly twice as many guitars as I’ve currently got, but I had a lot of low-end stuff (I had a few more ‘quality’ guitars that I could never get with - three PRS guitars that were really nice but kinda bloodless). I really liked a lot of them and spent the time to set them up right and they’d do the job, but I’ve spent the past couple of years selling most of them off, and I’d use the proceeds from 2 or 3 guitars to buy one better one.
I use different guitars and amps for different gigs. It’s nice to have a few good tools in the box.
re: #213 Barefoot Grin
I’m pretty much there after 30 some years. Music Man RD-110 (too loud), Telecaster (MIM) with Bill Lawrence pups, overdrive, boost, delay and reverb. I’m looking to pick up a chorus or tremolo sometime in the next few months for a change up. I was interested in that travel multi-pedal that makeitstop mentioned, but now I’ve forgotten what it was—seemed pretty affordable.
How does this little guy not have a million followers?
WA! whoo whoo squeek-ooo squeek-a squeek-ooo pbbbbbb
— Korben the Budgie (@korbenisabird) December 27, 2017
re: #213 Barefoot Grin
I’m pretty much there after 30 some years. Music Man RD-110 (too loud), Telecaster (MIM) with Bill Lawrence pups, overdrive, boost, delay and reverb. I’m looking to pick up a chorus or tremolo sometime in the next few months for a change up. I was interested in that travel multi-pedal that makeitstop mentioned, but now I’ve forgotten what it was—seemed pretty affordable.
Nice amp. The all in one is the Tech 21 fly rig. Personally I don’t care for all in one. If you have a smartphone, look into a Corona Chorus You can pick on up cheap used. It flat out works. I have a Keeley Seafoam I never turn off. Subtle. For more phase like warble, and I do not like phaser, the CC is killer. You can change your sound any time you want. Your amp with a good OD should be manageable at low volumes.
Just posted a page military veterans, history buffs and others appreciative of our veterans might find interesting.
It’s the new National Veterans Memorial & Museum being built here in Columbus.
Here is a link to the page: National Veterans Memorial & Museum Page
re: #218 makeitstop
All good advice.
I used to have nearly twice as many guitars as I’ve currently got, but I had a lot of low-end stuff (I had a few more ‘quality’ guitars that I could never get with - three PRS guitars that were really nice but kinda bloodless). I really liked a lot of them and spent the time to set them up right and they’d do the job, but I’ve spent the past couple of years selling most of them off, and I’d use the proceeds from 2 or 3 guitars to buy one better one.
I use different guitars and amps for different gigs. It’s nice to have a few good tools in the box.
You’ll get a kick out of this. 1969 Les Paul Custom. I bought it around 1975 from a guy who bought it off an imbecile who hacked off the back binding trying to make it look like an earlier model. A few years later I had a friend who did woodworking do this for me. I sold it a few years back. that is the back of a 1969 LPC.
re: #222 nines09
Nice amp. The all in one is the Tech 21 fly rig. Personally I don’t care for all in one. If you have a smartphone, look into a Corona Chorus You can pick on up cheap used. It flat out works. I have a Keeley Seafoam I never turn off. Subtle. For more phase like warble, and I do not like phaser, the CC is killer. You can change your sound any time you want. Your amp with a good OD should be manageable at low volumes.
Drool. (My tuner is TC Electronics….)
A day later, NYT did end up printing a solid fact check of Trump’s NYT interview, finding “at least 10 false or misleading claims” (I found 25 false, WaPo 24 false or misleading): https://t.co/mDEhXq1qgp
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 30, 2017
What do the Assad/Hezbollah propagandists of the Western left make of the popular protests against an unpopular regime in Iran?
Jihadists? Agents of US imperialism? Zionist puppets? CIA paid street activists?
Or are they waiting for their instructions from the Kremlin?— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) December 29, 2017
re: #207 Barefoot Grin
No doubt. Every once in awhile I start surfing sites to find out about the latest pedals and drool. Then I realize that I really just need to work on my playing. No pedal is going to make me better.
That’s why I have no pedals…just my Tradition Tele style guitars and my combo amp. I let all that up to my buddy…he has gawd knows how many guitars and a crap load of all kinds of pedals.
I concentrate on writing songs, drums and recording.
re: #225 Barefoot Grin
I used their Stereo Chorus + Pitch Modulator & Flanger for a while. Too big and it was to flangy for me.
Here’s a good video of what the Corona can do. It flat out works and well in a live setting and has a ton of sounds.
re: #224 nines09
You’ll get a kick out of this. 1969 Les Paul Custom. I bought it around 1975 from a guy who bought it off an imbecile who hacked off the back binding trying to make it look like an earlier model. A few years later I had a friend who did woodworking do this for me. I sold it a few years back. that is the back of a 1969 LPC.
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Dude. That’s just wrong. I’ll bet it played pretty nicely, despite the mangling.
A guy on the TDPRI Tele forum posted a ‘68 Tele that someone did the same thing to - took a belt sander and made his own ‘contours.’ His luthier actually cut away the contours and grafted on new wood and was able to get it back into (literally) original shape.
But I can understand it, I guess. Back before the vintage market really took off, they were just ‘old guitars’ that you could buy for nothing. I had a ‘61 Strat that I did horrible things to - I actually took a hammer and chisel to it to fit a humbucker in.
I wish I had that Strat. Not a single Strat neck I’ve played since that one has even come close.
re: #227 electrotek
I missed the list of Assad apologists on the left. And the person taking orders from the Kremlin sits in the White House.
re: #178 Lupin
The year of Trump has laid bare the US constitution’s serious flaws :
I couldn’t agree more. “Today’s generation shackled to the words of their ancestors,” indeed.
The current French constitution has been amended 24 times since 1958. And that requires the consent of both Chambers.
We have a severe case of ancestor worship in the US. The founding fathers were a bunch of smart guys, but they weren’t omniscient. A lot of people seem to think the words of people livin in an agrarian state, founded on quit a few repellent ideals, should never be amended.
re: #232 Colère Tueur de Lapin
We have a severe case of ancestor worship in the US. The founding fathers were a bunch of smart guys, but they weren’t omniscient. A lot of people seem to think the words of an agrarian state, founded on quit a few repellent ideals, should never be amended.
A lot seem to really like those repellent ideals.
re: #230 makeitstop
Dude. That’s just wrong. I’ll bet it played pretty nicely, despite the mangling.
A guy on the TDPRI Tele forum posted a ‘68 Tele that someone did the same thing to - took a belt sander and made his own ‘contours.’ His luthier actually cut away the contours and grafted on new wood and was able to get it back into (literally) original shape.
But I can understand it, I guess. Back before the vintage market really took off, they were just ‘old guitars’ that you could buy for nothing. I had a ‘61 Strat that I did horrible things to - I actually took a hammer and chisel to it to fit a humbucker in.
I wish I had that Strat. Not a single Strat neck I’ve played since that one has even come close.
One of my favorite bands back in the day was The Only Ones whose lead singer was asked if drugs influenced the sound of the band. He said, ‘yeah, I carved out a place in the back of my guitar where I could stash heroin and cover it with a plate; that hollow place changed the sound of my guitar.’
Just how bad of a year was it for Uber ? Sounds like the Trump Administration….
The Verge 2017 tech report card: Uber
Let’s recap: Uber CEO Travis Kalanick joins President Trump’s business council, and faces an immediate backlash; Uber is accused of undermining a taxi driver protest at JFK airport; the #DeleteUber hashtag goes viral; Susan Fowler speaks her mind; Waymo files its lawsuit; a self-driving Uber runs a red light; a self-driving Uber crashes; Travis Kalanick is caught on camera being a jerk; we learn about Uber executives visiting a South Korean escort bar; Apple threatens to remove Uber from the App Store; “Greyball;” “Hell;” Anthony Levandowski pleads the Fifth; Anthony Levandowski is fired; Uber considers smearing a rape victim in India; many Uber executives resign; Kalanick resigns; Lyft outpaces Uber; London bans Uber; the new CEO apologizes; a failed auto-leasing program is canceled; a major Uber investor sues Kalanick, who countersues; Uber is subject to five separate criminal investigations; Uber is fined for enabling unqualified drivers; a data hack exposes personal information of 57 million riders and drivers; the hacker is paid off and the hack is covered up; and (last but not least) Uber’s secret spying unit is exposed, and it sounds insane.
he’s back from the golf course:
The entire world understands that the good people of Iran want change, and, other than the vast military power of the United States, that Iran’s people are what their leaders fear the most…. pic.twitter.com/W8rKN9B6RT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2017
Oppressive regimes cannot endure forever, and the day will come when the Iranian people will face a choice. The world is watching! pic.twitter.com/kvv1uAqcZ9
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2017
re: #230 makeitstop
Dude. That’s just wrong. I’ll bet it played pretty nicely, despite the mangling.
A guy on the TDPRI Tele forum posted a ‘68 Tele that someone did the same thing to - took a belt sander and made his own ‘contours.’ His luthier actually cut away the contours and grafted on new wood and was able to get it back into (literally) original shape.
But I can understand it, I guess. Back before the vintage market really took off, they were just ‘old guitars’ that you could buy for nothing. I had a ‘61 Strat that I did horrible things to - I actually took a hammer and chisel to it to fit a humbucker in.
I wish I had that Strat. Not a single Strat neck I’ve played since that one has even come close.
I know I played guitars in Philly pawn shops in the early 70’s that neither you or I could afford now. LOT’S of them.
They called the Les Paul the fretless wonder and it lived up to that. Weighed a ton. Top split on it too. It was my one guitar for 20 some years. I had my 66 Pro Reverb with a Univox Superfuzz (look up that price). It killed. Got an almost octavia effect up the neck. With all the clean headroom in the PR, it never got muddy.
I remember shopping for a Strat in the mid 70’s and every one I picked up the frets were not dressed. I was disgusted. Then I go to a guitar show and see mid 70’s Strats selling for 10 grand….or more…Closet Classic.
The 50’ and 60’s guitars had magic in them. I had a 60’s something SG that the neck cracked at the heel, and I didn’t know any better and let it go cheap.
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s back from the golf course:
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I hope The Orange Mange understands the entire world understands that the good people of the United States want change too.
We want his fat butt gone.
re: #234 Barefoot Grin
One of my favorite bands back in the day was The Only Ones whose lead singer was asked if drugs influenced the sound of the band. He said, ‘yeah, I carved out a place in the back of my guitar where I could stash heroin and cover it with a plate; that hollow place changed the sound of my guitar.’
LOL. That’s great.
And of course, I’m now reminded of the ‘smuggler’s Telecasters.’
re: #187 A Mom Anon
LOL. But would a chicken fried fuck be better than a beer battered deep fried fuck? It’s a question for the ages….
Is it with gravy? Because a chicken fried fuck with gravy has to be the winner, every time. Period.
re: #237 nines09
I know I played guitars in Philly pawn shops in the early 70’s that neither you or I could afford now. LOT’S of them.
They called the Les Paul the fretless wonder and it lived up to that. Weighed a ton. Top split on it too. It was my one guitar for 20 some years. I had my 66 Pro Reverb with a Univox Superfuzz (look up that price). It killed. Got an almost octavia effect up the neck. With all the clean headroom in the PR, it never got muddy.
I remember shopping for a Strat in the mid 70’s and every one I picked up the frets were not dressed. I was disgusted. Then I go to a guitar show and see mid 70’s Strats selling for 10 grand….or more…Closet Classic.
The 50’ and 60’s guitars had magic in them. I had a 60’s something SG that the neck cracked at the heel, and I didn’t know any better and let it go cheap.
There was one point where I had four early 60s Melody Makers and three 60s SGs, all at the same time. Let ‘em all go. I don’t even remember what I got back for them.
These protests reveal to the world that the Iranian regime would rather export and finance terror beyond its borders—especially to its terrorist proxies in Syria, Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen—than work to meet the basic needs of its own citizens. -> https://t.co/cGzWcKHvXv
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) December 30, 2017
re: #237 nines09
I know I played guitars in Philly pawn shops in the early 70’s that neither you or I could afford now. LOT’S of them.
They called the Les Paul the fretless wonder and it lived up to that. Weighed a ton. Top split on it too. It was my one guitar for 20 some years. I had my 66 Pro Reverb with a Univox Superfuzz (look up that price). It killed. Got an almost octavia effect up the neck. With all the clean headroom in the PR, it never got muddy.
I remember shopping for a Strat in the mid 70’s and every one I picked up the frets were not dressed. I was disgusted. Then I go to a guitar show and see mid 70’s Strats selling for 10 grand….or more…Closet Classic.
The 50’ and 60’s guitars had magic in them. I had a 60’s something SG that the neck cracked at the heel, and I didn’t know any better and let it go cheap.
When Mott The Hoople toured the US, the band would hit all of the pawn shops that they could to buy vintage or strange guitars. They’d use the strange guitars on stage and sell the vintage guitars when they got back to England. Mick Ralphs said that he could live for a couple months just from the profit on vintage guitars. They couldn’t believe how cheap they were in the US.
Face is swollen so it’s off to urgent care for some antibiotics. Yea me.
re: #240 jeffreyw
I don’t know, the beer battered kind with the right slaw on the side….and chips of course….it’s a tough choice.
FACT. Every cat in New York is currently sitting next to a heater or heating pipe. pic.twitter.com/z01wqq7vZO
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) December 30, 2017
re: #241 makeitstop
There was one point where I had four early 60s Melody Makers and three 60s SGs, all at the same time. Let ‘em all go. I don’t even remember what I got back for them.
Who wanted an old guitar? If we only knew then what we know now….I sat in pawn shops and the owner(s) were glad to see me. Less likely to be held up? LOL. There was a few on Germantown Ave between Allegheny and Lehigh. It was a popping black shopping area. I know I held 50’s strats. Beat up. Rusted. Worn through finish……Just killing time. But even if I knew what I was holding I had no money…
Another possible bot?
Thanks Sir. We #Iranians will never forget those who stood with us. We want #RegimeChange a free and #SecularIran will be a great focal point for #GlobalPeace pic.twitter.com/aNrHCcBTrh
— Faranak Azad (@FaranakAzad1) December 30, 2017
re: #229 nines09
I used their Stereo Chorus + Pitch Modulator & Flanger for a while. Too big and it was to flangy for me.
Here’s a good video of what the Corona can do. It flat out works and well in a live setting and has a ton of sounds.
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I picked up a Peavey Vypyr VIP-3 a while back. For me it makes all the noises I need, and some I don’t. Also picked up the pedal/stomp box for better control at my foot. For my needs it works great.
re: #244 stpaulbear
When Mott The Hoople toured the US, the band would hit all of the pawn shops that they could to buy vintage or strange guitars. They’d use the strange guitars on stage and sell the vintage guitars when they got back to England. Mick Ralphs said that he could live for a couple months just from the profit on vintage guitars. They couldn’t believe how cheap they were in the US.
In the early 80s, I used to see Japanese businessmen roll into We Buy Guitars on 48th Street in Manhattan and buy 40, 50 guitars at a clip. You could still buy 50s and 60s vintage for relatively cheap back then, and these guys would buy the best of We Buy’s inventory and leave the hacked-up stuff for the punters.
Now, even the hacked-up stuff brings a pretty good price. If I wasn’t a broke-ass musician in those days, I’d be sitting on a pile of money right now. Or I’d have a kickass collection.
re: #249 electrotek
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lol, Faranak wants a #SecularIran and is thanking one of this country’s biggest theocrats for his support.
re: #242 electrotek
The more these asses run their mouths, I’m half tempted (maybe 3/4) to say that maybe it’s fucking time we made NOT BEING A RICH ASSHOLE a qualification for running for office. Money does not equal smart or even qualified to do a damned thing. I’m starting to think too much money causes brain damage in a lot of the people who seem to have more than enough of it.
We’re stuck in a stupid place. The people who could be heroes and make this shit better refuse to because it’s more money in their pockets so nothing changes and it’s getting worse. And since when is it OK for Congress to vote their own salary base and increases? Hell they only work what, maybe 4 months a year altogether? A lot of these bastards don’t see constituents (unless they’re friendly to the party)when they’re supposedly home from DC. So they ain’t working hard for a pretty nice paycheck. Plus almost all of them have money to start with. We’re now looking at the biggest income inequality since the Gilded Age, something has to change.
re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth
lol, Faranak wants a #SecularIran and is thanking one of this country’s biggest theocrats for his support.
US Theocrats have always gotten along better with secular dictators. They don’t have to argue theology then, just share ideas on how to best torture dissidents.
re: #250 Eventual Carrion
I picked up a Peavey Vypyr VIP-3 a while back. For me it makes all the noises I need, and some I don’t. Also picked up the pedal/stomp box for better control at my foot. For my needs it works great.
All I want is this:
shop.fender.com
Oh and this would be fun too….
If your solution to Iran’s woes is to bring back a decadent and oppressive monarchy that should have been left in the dustbins of history, you can kindly buzz off now. Replacing one form of dictatorship with another isn’t going to help things #Iranprotests
— دانیال (@danja84) December 30, 2017
I’m trying not to use curse as much on Twitter to prevent being put in timeout
re: #253 A Mom Anon
The more these asses run their mouths, I’m half tempted (maybe 3/4) to say that maybe it’s fucking time we made NOT BEING A RICH ASSHOLE a qualification for running for office.
We’re now looking at the biggest income inequality since the Gilded Age, something has to change.
Hmmm, I think I see a connection there.
re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth
lol, Faranak wants a #SecularIran and is thanking one of this country’s biggest theocrats for his support.
The irony is that Iranian ayatollahs were the ones who introduced family planning in Iran 3 decades ago.
re: #255 William Lewis
All I want is this:
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I want nines’ Deluxe, but I doubt he’s giving it up. :)
re: #263 makeitstop
Don’t you play through a Deluxe Reverb? Or am I addled? :)
Pro Reverb 1966. What’s your name again?….///
Welcome to my world…
re: #264 nines09
Pro Reverb 1966. What’s your name again?….///
Welcome to my world…
Ah! My bad.
A nice Deluxe is on my list. I’m done getting guitars unless something really cool comes along. So…amps.
The British government says that it will guarantee a legal right to high-speed internet for all homes and businesses in the U.K. by 2020. https://t.co/5b2kjRtgiR
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 30, 2017
re: #266 JordanRules
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Meanwhile, our government is trying to figure out how to take internet away from a lot of us. Pretty sad.
Ouch, that’s gotta sting!
Said the man not wearing an hijab. #WhiteWednesdays#IranUprising #mystealthyfreedom
— Charmian Neary (@CharmianNeary) December 30, 2017
re: #265 makeitstop
Ah! My bad.
A nice Deluxe is on my list. I’m done getting guitars unless something really cool comes along. So…amps.
I have a Fender Supersonic 60 watt, and about a year ago I picked up a Soldano Astroverb 1X12 with a G12H 70th Anniversary Special in it. Deal of the decade. I always wanted a fender Pro Sonic, ran into an older guitarist/ soundman who has one, says it eats tubes. Not the LO serial #. I’ve driven Dr Z, Top Hat, Marshall, Ampeg, lots of Fenders….If you get the chance to play a Tone King jump on it. Supro is back and it’s on your turf. Might be a ride, but I’d take the tour. Show up with your guitar and a favorite OD. Tell them you had one as a younger man, and you know someone who wants to hear your opinion on a Supro 1690T Coronado 35-watt 2x10” Tube Combo.
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re: #271 nines09
I have a Fender Supersonic 60 watt, and about a year ago I picked up a Soldano Astroverb 1X12 with a G12H 70th Anniversary Special in it. Deal of the decade. I always wanted a fender Pro Sonic, ran into an older guitarist/ soundman who has one, says it eats tubes. Not the LO serial #. I’ve driven Dr Z, Top Hat, Marshall, Ampeg, lots of Fenders….If you get the chance to play a Tone King jump on it. Supro is back and it’s on your turf. Might be a ride, but I’d take the tour. Show up with your guitar and a favorite OD. Tell them you had one as a younger man, and you know someone who wants to hear your opinion on a Supro 1690T Coronado 35-watt 2x10” Tube Combo.
I’ve got a few - a ‘79 JMP Marshall 50, a Fender Red Knob Super 60, a Crate Palomino V32 (the St. Louis one before they started making them in Korea), a Line 6 Flextone XL (first run - the only Line 6 worth anything IMO), an Atomic Reactor 50w combo, Crate Power Block with a JBL cabinet, and a new Mustang III that gets all the play nowadays because everything else is to heavy for my old ass. :)
I’ve played through the Supros - a luthier friend of mine is hooked up with those guys, and every year he rolls out his new guitar line and Supro supplies the backline. Those Supro guys are associated with Pigtronix pedals, too.
I’d love a Tone king. And I saw Jeff Beck using a Magnatone ‘59 last year that was also killer. But I’ve wanted a Deluxe for a while, and if I can find one for a good price I’m all in.
That said - I’d like to find a guitar that was built in my birth year, 1953. So if something comes along that’s in good shape and won’t break the bank, the amp can wait a little while. :)
Amazing (and admirable!) that none of this leaked during the actual campaign. Completely annihilates any idea FBI investigators had a thumb on the scale for Clinton.https://t.co/PLeB2Uby8i
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 30, 2017
Hayes has a point about how amazing this is, and how it kinda shits on the narrative (thin and stupid as it was) that the FBI was somehow in the tank for Clinton. I mean…it shows just how much there the FBI knew was there, and yet Comey still came out with his stupid fucking Hillary email letter bullshit.
re: #273 makeitstop
The guitarist I was with last band was an absolute gear hound. Never satisfied. Unending tonequest. Forever. Attention span of about a month or two. He’s back in a 3 piece with our drummer. I go see them a few weeks back, I see he has a Fender Deluxe. I say “Ah. Back to Fender headroom?” He looks at me and grins; “Alessandro.” And it is. Hand wired.
He’s gone through 3 Tone Kings I know of. The first one he brought to a gig of ours some 13 years ago. It was a good room, great acoustics. It’s screaming at me in sound check warmup. He says, “Uh. I’m not sure about this one…” I’m like, “Are you effing nuts?” This will be gone sooner or later. One amp he’s kept? A old Ampeg Jet 1X12 that he uses with different cabs. Go figure.
good fucking grief…
I applaud the administration, especially @IvankaTrump, for a continued focus on combatting modern slavery and human trafficking. My statement on @realDonaldTrump proclaiming January 2018 National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month: pic.twitter.com/3wAidNiAfl
— Senator Bob Corker (@SenBobCorker) December 29, 2017
What the fuck is up with this historical revisionism?
Iraq and Syria under ba’ath parties were secular, Libya was secular. The US turned into a Sunni caliphate. They will carve up Iran for Israel and for thier resources and kill many innocents along the way. You cant possibly be for this
— Patrick (@Patrick42588515) December 30, 2017
Libya under Gaddafi was secular? In what world do you believe that to be the case? Are you aware of how Libya changed after he took over? https://t.co/aNrWZ2kOFc
— دانیال (@danja84) December 30, 2017
I just finished reading “The Emerald Circus” by Jane Yolen. Yay for reading! ;)
This is the 60th book I’ve read this year. SIXTIETH!
What made the FBI open its investigation into the Trump campaign? Not the dossier — instead, it was a Trump campaign aide’s comments that Australian officials passed on to the U.S., per a new NYT report https://t.co/rPyPxtuXis pic.twitter.com/KLzowpQWVn
— Mark Berman (@markberman) December 30, 2017
Trump’s pissy first call to Malcolm Turnbull suddenly making a lot more sense. https://t.co/9ZUcGHQtXI
— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 30, 2017
Trump hammering the legitimacy of his win to the Australian Prime Minister suddenly seeming less like ego and more like guilt.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 30, 2017
Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad. Iranian govt should respect their people’s rights, including right to express themselves. The world is watching! #IranProtests
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 30, 2017
I agree with @realDonaldTrump that people have the right to express themselves against a government that attacks the free press; corruptly uses private jets at the people’s expense; and squanders the nation’s wealth by increasing troops in the Middle East. The world is watching! https://t.co/E0kollMalL
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 30, 2017
Long Beach law office shooting = fired partner came back to office during Xmas party.
I’ve been following the sub thread about guitars amps and such
You are all so passionate committed and compelling
It’s a whole new language to me
And I don’t understand a word of what you’re saying
And it’s fascinating
Hey…let’s start a band…..
re: #282 dangerman
I’ve been following the sub thread about guitars amps and such
You are all so passionate committed and compellingIt’s a whole new language to me
And I don’t understand a word of what you’re sayingAnd it’s fascinating
Hey…let’s start a band…..
We could put on a show!
One key take away is the Australian Ambassador cared more for America than the entire Trump team.
— Edward Grass (@egrassva) December 30, 2017
And Papadopoulos didn’t bother informing the fbi, but he was happy to brag to an Australian diplomat about it. https://t.co/0KK93sGv0q
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) December 30, 2017
A foreign government—Australia—was so alarmed by Papadopoulos’ claims that they took it to the FBI. The Trump campaign, on the other hand, was so enticed that they brought out the big guns to meet with a random Russian lawyer seeking more. https://t.co/IZNAq5SyYw
— Ned Price (@nedprice) December 30, 2017
update on yesterday’s swatting incident:
A law enforcement official says Los Angeles police arrested a man they suspect made a hoax phone call that resulted in a fatal police shooting in Kansas. https://t.co/7MBVvbmDq2
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 30, 2017
re: #288 Backwoods_Sleuth
update on yesterday’s swatting incident:
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Now when does the cop(s) responsible for actually taking the shots face arrest? My guess is “never.”
This Texas dad received a new piano with the help of singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton after he posted a video himself playing his family’s piano in a room flooded by Hurricane Harvey https://t.co/FA1C3Tyi2o pic.twitter.com/CDXV0BA7OW
— CNN (@CNN) December 30, 2017
re: #292 makeitstop
Its spreading cause I do too.
re: #282 dangerman
I am singing!
I am gonna cuss on the mic tonight!
Americans are now sending herograms to Alexander Downer thanking him for his reported role in kicking off the FBI’s Russia probe. 2017, you’ve been wild pic.twitter.com/99feUVWKaA
— Andrew Greene (@AndrewBGreene) December 30, 2017
Dipping my wings in blue cheese dressing mixed with sriracha sauce, mmm good.
re: #268 electrotek
So, you’re a jihadist now? Not getting her (lack of) logic.
re: #301 Shropshire Slasher
Dipping my wings in blue cheese dressing mixed with sriracha sauce, mmm good.
Flying may prove difficult afterward.
This thread, man. Holy crap.
Remember this.
Narcissists don’t just prey on your weaknesses.
They prey on your hopes… and then turn them into weaknesses.
1/— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 30, 2017
He’s right, you know. Hoarse had got Trump (and the media) pegged.
People are waiting for some dramatic spy movie smoking gun—as if there’s going to be some phone call where Trump & Putin personally plot like supervillains— when just connecting the dots that have been dribbling out gradually already paints a pretty damning picture.
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) December 30, 2017
Yes yes yes https://t.co/TBATkeanQg
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 30, 2017
Happy New Year?
#Kashan #Iran … #TeachersSquare pic.twitter.com/c3N2gIYV7z
— M P (@BootleggerBoy) December 30, 2017
New video from #Kashan where the regime seemingly lost control tonight.
Protesters burn down regime infrastructure and took over the city.
Question is for how long and if a “syrification” of the conflict already started.https://t.co/4qkJ24Y0Cs— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) December 30, 2017
Police vehicles either burning or under rebel (yes,I said it) control also in #Alahwaz (pic1), #Mashhad (pic2) and several other towns it seems.
Gov office also burnt down in #Khorramabad (pic3).
Also more deaths,killed by regime forces,reported (pic4 from #Zanjan).#IranProtests pic.twitter.com/mFYtRAYG0D— Julian Röpcke (@JulianRoepcke) December 30, 2017
Btw, whoever gave the Papadoulos story to the NYT just killed the GOP effort to undermine the Mueller probe with the Steele memo, since we know now definitively that the probe was based on the actions of Trump’s own campaign month’s earlier.
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) December 30, 2017
Funny what happens when stupid people try to indict the integrity of the intelligence community. https://t.co/K8hs7mLeeB
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) December 30, 2017
In June, the Commercial Bank of Dubai sought and received permission to subpoena Ivanka’s now-defunct jewelry line, claiming its diamonds were used in a massive scheme to hide roughly $100 million that was owed to the bank, according to court filings. https://t.co/Hyus1WMQyE
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 30, 2017
If this story were about Chelsea Clinton, not Ivanka Trump, Fox News would have its next 3 years of programming lined up. In reality, it’s just one of many stories being reported about the #TrumpCrimeFamily’s international thievery and money laundering. https://t.co/qay8bAiB1T
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) December 30, 2017
re: #304 makeitstop
This thread, man. Holy crap.
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He’s right, you know. Hoarse had got Trump (and the media) pegged.
How to wholesale change the model or create a competing news model that monetizes “truthfulness” as effectively as “access” currently does
Antagonistic (truth) journalism has to add to the bottom line or you need lots and lots of altruistic angels
re: #307 FormerDirtDart
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This is why Mueller hasn’t been sweating one drop
He’s always known
His silence is “please proceed”
re: #314 dangerman
Is everyone going percussion?
Listen while I PLAYplayPLAYplay my green tambourine…
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why do people looking to launder money seem to find Trump family businesses so appealing?
That’s a rhetorical question, right?
re: #308 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Is this related?
I’m delaying a thread about Ivanka, the Russian mafia, Daphne Galizia, the Panama Papers, Alexandre Nogueira, and ICIJ until I have more time. Until then, a summary: Ivanka was working with Russian mafia; Galizia helped uncover it; Galizia was assasinated. https://t.co/X4TSn85t3g
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 25, 2017
This is how we know we have shifted to the stupid/evil timeline: the neocon warmonger who could always be counted on to be 100% wrong about everything 100% of the time, suddenly is completely reasonable and makes a lot of sense. It’s Mr. Spock with a van dyke beard in reverse.
— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 1, 2018
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