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I know that opens a whole can of worms and many will go straight to "shredders", but there's so much more involved. My pics are in no particular order... Merle Travis: Had this incredible ability to lay down a bass track with his thumb, while the fingers picked out the melody. It almost sounded like two different guitar players, except for the fact that he integrated both so smoothly. Django Reinhardt: I'm not a musician, so much of what he did seemed like magic to me. Speed, yes, but the notes he pulled seemed at times to come from the gods themselves. Just incredible artistry. Chett Atkins: I just love that smooth, pluckin' style! Didn't realize how good he was until he did an album with Mark Knoppfler. Mark Knoppfler: Shouldn't have to say anything. You all know him. Jerry Reed: Yes, the "Smokey and the Bandit" guy. If you're not familiar with him as a guitarist, go listen now. Ry Cooder: I actually became acquainted with his style from a movie about a young man battling the devil. Ralph Macchio was the young man dueling with Satan and his minions, and the actual guitar playing was Ry. Good stuff. Brad Paisley: Yeah, another Country guitar player, but so much more. Joe Walsh: Doesn't get enough credit IMO. So, educate me. Who are your favorites?

Music on TIDALTrooper Salute - Trooper Salute 2Listen to Trooper Salute 2 on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service

Nancy WIlson/Cannonball Adderly - on physical CD

So it was her? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/monolith-mystery-las-vegas-desert-b2564821.html

Inner Desert by Golsa Nazari (2026) https://open.qobuz.com/album/izp5eu9aa69uz Example: Found Golsa off her IG account - https://www.instagram.com/_golsanazari/ I do like a good handpan.

Answering the question, how can a video be so sexy and simultaneously so tragic... And yes, the NSFW is very much in effect. Megalomania, by Aisles

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i do have an old copy of the owner's book. one 12s I recently purchased has a speaker busting 120 hz hum. I am thinking bridge rectifier or filter capacitor, but it is on both channels.

Apple NewsroomApple opens Apple Music Hall, a state-of-the-art live mus...Apple Music Hall, a state-of-the-art live music venue in London’s storied Battersea Power Station, is now open.Welcome to the machine? Also handy that it's just downstairs so the execs don't have to mix with the plebs to drop in. Also record an Arena performance without having to sell out an Arena. Apple Music HallApple’s first-ever live venue
inside the iconic Battersea Power Station, London. Opening September, 28. A new venue from Apple Music.

Couple new albums. Like Agnes Obel The Meaning Of Flowers better than Echo & The Bunnymen Apples For Isaac; though the latter did pleasantly surprise me, was not expecting it to be as good as it was! Shell of their early/former selves IMO, but this one was still enjoyable....

Music on TIDALGaroad - Va-11 Hall-A: 10th Memory SoundListen to Va-11 Hall-A: 10th Memory Sound on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service

The third head doesn’t help sound quality, it lets you monitor what is on tape immediately as it’s recorded.

Anybody listen to cassettes these days? In my inventory i have a few Tascam decks 112 Mk1 112 MK2 112R Mk2 admittedly i bought a 112 Mk2 on a whim because the guy had some government surplus equipment. Then i found out I could buy them semi faulty from japan for cheap. Still trying to find out if i need the 122 with 3 heads. These already sound pretty nice.

Music on TIDALJohn Coltrane - A Love SupremeListen to A Love Supreme on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service

Boomer!

Pork experiment. Hatch Chili pork butt. Pre-Seasoned wet rub from Costco. 14 hour low temp smoke on the pellet grill, the last 3 hours wrapped in paper. and then rested for 2 hours. Shredded just a couple handfuls for supper.

Not someone I was familiar with, but RIP 27 year old son of Cindy Crawford, Presley Gerber. Addiction is an MFer and it cares not for wealth or class. Apparently Presley had been struggling for quite some time. Call me a boomer, but I will never not associate hand and neck tattoos with anything but poor life choices.

This is going to be a long walk for minimal payoff. One of my hobbies is antagonizing MAGAts on Faecesbook and elsewhere. I've read that the way to convert MAGA cultists it to listen to them, be understanding and try to offer helpful advice. I want to be clear: I'm making things worse. What I offer to the MV MAGAts (who haven't blocked me) is scorn, derision and mockery. All of which I couch in a few layers of internet speak that makes it just a bit of a challenge to understand. It's less true now, but for the last decade a big part of the online right has been being part of the "in the know" crowd. The Proud Boys, 4chan, incels etc. all make huge use of their own (not so) coded language. It's not too difficult to turn said language back at them. If I tell a MAGAt he's "smoking the cope rope" he might not precisely know what I mean, but he has some idea he's being insulted. I am a big fan of OkayBuddyRetard meme edits. The format of OKBR is at this point a fundamental part of internet communication. As a student of graphic design (seriously, it's what I studied in college) I find them amusing. I love David Lynch's 1984 film Dune. I saw in theaters, when I was frankly way too young for it. The movie freaked the shit out of me. In spite of that, over time it became one of my favorites. One of the best lines, that stuck with me for 40 years at this point is "Usul, we have wormsign the likes of which GOD has never seen." I've had the notion to turn it into a meme for ages. Also, I am a lazy shit. I've done a number of searches for screenshots with subtitles enabled, and the only one I could find it lousy. I can't make a meme from an image where Stilgar looks like a goddamn Soyjak. If you want something done right, do it yourself. Three ...totally legitimate "backups" of Dune (1984) later [Xref comments about Ubuntu and Proton] and one search for a subtitle file, and I have the tools I need. Next is finding where in the film is the famous line delivered. Google AI (bless its miserable little heart) says 2h5m. BZZZT. It's ~1h57. After carefully selecting a still where 'Gar looks less like an idiot, and a few minutes with Comic Sans in Photoshop, I present How I Antagonized a MAGAt Claiming the Economy Was Fine: None of this does any good, I realize. I drew amusement making it. It's not ever day Gurney Halleck makes a cameo in one's shitposts.

Shot day: pnumacocal vaccine, influenza vaccine and covid booster. I helped calm a boy of about 10 down. We got our shots at the exact same time. His Mom couldn't calm him and was very appreciative. Made getting shots as fun as that could be.

No reflux! 😎

Trust me, if he never extended an olive branch I'd have been completely OK with never reaching out. Maybe he was putting things in order. If that's true, I'm happy I gave him that opportunity. I like the guy I am today, but I haven't always been a great human being. I've made mistakes I'm embarrassed about. I decided many years back to make a real effort to be a better man. People gave me an opportunity to atone for my wrongdoings.

Please accept my sincere condolences, Steve. Godspeed, David Christiansen.... Sam

Mildly NSFW: Today marks the 50h anniversary of Tom Waits' album Small Change. While not my favorite release of his by a long shot, I sure listened to it a lot in the early 90s. The cover art is legendary, and quite risque at the time of its release. I follow Tom Waits on Facebook. The page is very well maintained and posts lots of vintage photos and historical information. Today they posted an alternate shot from the cover photo session: There's a longstanding urban legend that the stripper is Cassandra "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark" Peterson. It isn't. Bonus: The same Tom Waits FB page posted this photo last week: Check out the Folger's can(s).