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by John A Arkansawyer
Sun Oct 16, 2011 9:10 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: Kim and Thurston split...SY done?
Replies: 9
Views: 1316

Re: Kim and Thurston split...SY done?

This bums me out to an inexplicable degree.
by John A Arkansawyer
Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:52 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: What we like, Why we like and Why some things we don't
Replies: 677
Views: 182959

Re: What we like, Why we like and Why some things we don't

my problem w/ repeated listenings to music that doens't quite grab initially is there is SO MUCH stuff to listen to, both new and old...i've only got 2 ears and so many hours to listen to stuff... And there's the problem with so much stuff: The stuff that creeps on you gets less and less chance to ...
by John A Arkansawyer
Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:05 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: 3DD NC
Replies: 22795
Views: 4954881

Re: 3DD NC

Taxes finally done and filed. More than 48 hours before the absolute drop dead deadline, pretty amazing by my standards, lol. I've got till Monday? Whew! That's a relief. I'm going to take a nap now. And why am I so tired? I took the Arkandaughter down to the Occupy Little Rock march. We had a good...
by John A Arkansawyer
Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:04 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: WTF of the day.....
Replies: 3910
Views: 1098980

Re: WTF of the day.....

Smitty wrote:

what the fuck, bocephus.


Oh, Bocephus, no!
by John A Arkansawyer
Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:42 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: RIP Steve Jobs
Replies: 19
Views: 2989

Re: RIP Steve Jobs

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by John A Arkansawyer
Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:40 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Secret Panel Can Put Americans on on "Kill List"
Replies: 37
Views: 5794

Re: Secret Panel Can Put Americans on on "Kill List"

I don't understand why this is news or shocking. What about the Patriot Act or the AUMF? Guantanamo ? And since this information hasn't been released yet, you don't know what kind of intel the NSC or Obama had to go on. Well for one thing, Obama campaigned against Guantanamo and many of the, ahem, ...
by John A Arkansawyer
Fri Oct 07, 2011 11:32 am
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Memphis, Oct. 29th--as close to Halloween as we're getting
Replies: 57
Views: 20960

Re: Memphis, Oct. 29th--as close to Halloween as we're getti

Was totally going to until I found out I was going to be judging at Arabian Nationals in Tulsa the same weekend. Life is not fair. Tulsa is a beautiful city (really) with lots and lots of Art Deco and other modern architecture, two good museums, and two great venues (Cain's Ballroom and the Brady T...
by John A Arkansawyer
Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:56 pm
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: One of the Worst Music Fads I've Ever Seen...
Replies: 17
Views: 3023

Re: One of the Worst Music Fads I've Ever Seen...

Smarty Jones wrote:
John A Arkansawyer wrote:Oh, come on--what's wrong with K-Pop, or J-Pop, or whatever:

John, you're not making my work any easier.

Maybe this will help:
by John A Arkansawyer
Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:00 pm
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: One of the Worst Music Fads I've Ever Seen...
Replies: 17
Views: 3023

Re: One of the Worst Music Fads I've Ever Seen...

Oh, come on--what's wrong with K-Pop, or J-Pop, or whatever:


I'm really getting into this cartoon lately, thanks to my daughter. I especially love the musical numbers:
by John A Arkansawyer
Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:44 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: On the other hand, really nice musicians
Replies: 30
Views: 10378

Re: On the other hand, really nice musicians

After one particularly great night at the Fillmore, I was leaving as slowly as I possibly could (and speaking of nice people, thanks to Craig for keeping me from getting thrown out for over-enthusiasm during the process), and while I was at the bottom of that staircase the last of us were herded dow...
by John A Arkansawyer
Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:40 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: Bands You Respect, But Don't Necessarily Like/Listen To
Replies: 80
Views: 15150

Re: Bands You Respect, But Don't Necessarily Like/Listen To

Shuffle, see NIN live. That's the way I was before a live show. I want to, and wish I could. But they haven't toured here since '07, and they're not touring at all any more, right? Way down in this article (which is worth reading in its own right) there's a parenthetical suggestion which might help...
by John A Arkansawyer
Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:33 am
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: DBT Tracks #39 - The Southern Thing
Replies: 42
Views: 23028

Re: DBT Tracks #39 - The Southern Thing

Man executed for dragging death of James Byrd updated 7:45 PM EST, Wed September 21, 2011 (CNN) -- Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed in Texas Wednesday evening for his involvement in the infamous dragging death of a black man 13 years ago. Brewer, 44, was one of three men convicted for involveme...
by John A Arkansawyer
Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:03 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Cooley sighting
Replies: 2
Views: 795

Cooley sighting

by John A Arkansawyer
Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:11 pm
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: When Your Fave Artists/Bands Turn Out to be Jerks
Replies: 32
Views: 15500

Re: When Your Fave Artists/Bands Turn Out to be Jerks

If you've ever listened to Lou Reed's live album "Take No Prisoners," you get a feel for Lou Reed's personality. He's pretty cynical, hostile and high strung and he blasts everyone from rock critics to the Warhol crew. Of course, he's probably on several different substances as he can't t...
by John A Arkansawyer
Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:07 pm
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: Y'all should be in Memphis tonight
Replies: 1
Views: 409

Re: Y'all should be in Memphis tonight

I sure wish you'd posted this earlier. I'd've tried to make it over in time.
by John A Arkansawyer
Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:44 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Read It and Weep
Replies: 291
Views: 27503

Re: Read It and Weep

who? it was math and government people from MIT and Harvard. Not exactly bastions of conservative or libertarian thinking. Infact, our God King Ruler, Obama said before he was elected he was interested in the fairtax but only if the democrats could get all the credit for it. I simply don't believe ...
by John A Arkansawyer
Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:29 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Read It and Weep
Replies: 291
Views: 27503

Re: Read It and Weep

Sigh. I should have stated my point more directly.

Just because something is American doesn't make it good, and just because something is unamerican doesn't make it bad.
by John A Arkansawyer
Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:10 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Read It and Weep
Replies: 291
Views: 27503

Re: Read It and Weep

LuthierJustin wrote:who said free speech was unamerican?
wealth redistribution and forcing people to work for less then the maret demands or free is very unamerican, thats called communism


There's nothing more American than chattel slavery.
by John A Arkansawyer
Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:24 pm
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: Quick List: Top 5 Albums in Your Dad's Collection
Replies: 60
Views: 17168

Re: Quick List: Top 5 Albums in Your Dad's Collection

tinnitus photography wrote:why couldn't it have been Clapton in the 'copter?


I know, brother, I know. Bill Graham was such a loss.
by John A Arkansawyer
Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:23 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: SRO Ten Year's Later: Post Your Thoughts
Replies: 28
Views: 6488

Re: SRO Ten Year's Later: Post Your Thoughts

Is it absolute fact that the album was released 9/12/01? I ask because I have a memory of buying SRO and Love and Theft the night of 9/11/01 and driving back from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham listening to Love and Theft. I'm sure I bought it that day, but I'm no longer so sure about SRO.
by John A Arkansawyer
Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:17 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Track 29 Chattanooga TN 9/10/11
Replies: 27
Views: 10360

Re: Track 29 Chattanooga TN 9/10/11

beantownbubba wrote::shock: :shock: Fingers crossed that it worked out for Smarty.


Let me know if we need to raise a bail fund. I'll chip in.
by John A Arkansawyer
Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:51 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Memphis, Oct. 29th--as close to Halloween as we're getting
Replies: 57
Views: 20960

Memphis, Oct. 29th--as close to Halloween as we're getting

I'll be there, one way or another. What about you folks? Anyone else in?
by John A Arkansawyer
Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:49 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Tipitinas-Labor Day--9/3 and 9/4 with Centro-Matic!
Replies: 324
Views: 87891

Re: Tipitinas-Labor Day--9/3 and 9/4 with Centro-Matic!

That was a pretty good show. I noticed one interesting thing: Patterson seems to have trouble singing some of the backing vocals when he isn't playing guitar. Do you mean in regard to his hand injury or when he is on keys? The former. Here's a longer version: A couple of times last night it seemed ...
by John A Arkansawyer
Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:38 pm
Forum: Drive-By Truckers discussion
Topic: Tipitinas-Labor Day--9/3 and 9/4 with Centro-Matic!
Replies: 324
Views: 87891

Re: Tipitinas-Labor Day--9/3 and 9/4 with Centro-Matic!

That was a pretty good show. I noticed one interesting thing: Patterson seems to have trouble singing some of the backing vocals when he isn't playing guitar.
by John A Arkansawyer
Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:04 am
Forum: Other Bands / Music News (non DBT-related)
Topic: Quicklist: Favorite 5 Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
Replies: 19
Views: 3641

Re: Quicklist: Favorite 5 Hip-Hop Albums of All Time

Smitty wrote:Nas - Illmatic


I probably don't know enough hip-hop to have five all-time favorites, but that one's just a killer album, period.