Doesn't everyone have $79 million just lying around in their garage?

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dee dee wrote:
How could I have been 41 years old, and only heard this man's name and never actually heard the music until yesterday?

A very good question Check out Bryter Later.

4sooner wrote:an outgoing Nebraska.

Cornhuskers win the Miss Congeniality award!!

Anybody know how the guys (and girl) are feeling?

FWIW, my sons tell me that the proper current usage of "hipster" has nothing to do w/ being hip or cool. It's more of a specialized geeky thing. I assume u can find it by googling if you're interested. I only point it out because i wouldn't want any of u to be as uncool around the truly co...

Reunions. Ugh! I avoid them like the plague. Glad you survived yours, PL. The obvious answer to those FB assholes: I defriended you precisely because you're the kind of person who would come up to me at a reunion after we haven't seen each for 15 years and give me grief about defriending you.

Excellent game in Atlanta! Gotta like that Matty Ice

I've never been a fan of rap or hip-hop but I find myself constantly defending it in classic rock forums where the argument is often made that "rap isn't music". I used to do that all the time too (before I actually started to listen to it myself) Do you mean that now you're a fan or that...

Yeah, this is a tough one alright: tough to come up w/ 5 songs. Other than American Beauty, you pretty much had to have been there.

American Beauty
Touch of Grey
Uncle John's Band
Casey Jones

Thumb. Right. Hehehe. Hollywood is all about concepts, right? So who thought that the concept of a movie about burlesque w/out nudity was a good idea? (I haven't seen the movie, btw, just spouting). Speaking of concepts: Get Me to the Greek. The thing about concepts is that they very rarely support ...

PS Punk is the wall of sound revved up? Yeah, ummm, let's call that one a stretch But we do agree on BTR

I love this site.

Welcome, Weeny & wife.

Happy Chanukah, Tomer.

Slip, I know you're right i just choose not to believe you. Remember, i'm the one who believes that musical greatness can be understood or measured objectively. Phil Spector's work w/ the Beatles and the Ramones sucked. Production for production's sake. I agree w/ you about Let It Be and Naked, TC. ...

I guess I wasn't clear, I had nothing to do with the early morning crap. I was home with the kids. I hope you knew I didn't leave them to fend for themselves Yes. For whatever reason, i just thought somebody was staying there, like grandma. It has not been my best couple of days for online communic...

But how close is the house to the Walmart, and how does it feel about it? I take it you survived the early morning hours, but was it worth it? The fact that u came home and went to work on projects instead of immediately heading for a nap is, i guess, why u get to go to athens I know houses get move...

Wow, they must be pretty sick.

Best wishes for speedy recoveries & all that.

Tinnitus, i think we're talked out about this. If it helps, I do not think that there is any inherent relationship between artistic highs and lows and sales figures, and that goes for both comparisons of work by the same artist or by different artists. As smitty pointed out earlier i understood this...

Evenin' NC! I'm at home in Ohio spending quality time with my parents. so far all i've done is eat...and sit...is that normal? also, how do i keep my niece from becoming MORE of a brat? she doesn't do what i say now...is that normal? Eat and sit is sort of normal around here, anyway. You can't do a...

Sorry the formatting of that last one got fucked up. I assume y'all will be able to figure it out.

The only artists who get to have long artistic valleys are those who had high commercial peaks. what? that's saying that the relative value of art is defined by commercial success. i dunno about you, but i fully reject that idea. and there are plenty of people who have had long, successful careers ...

AprilTwister wrote:woohoo!!! guess what I got delivered today!

Love the t-shirt! Many thanks to all the fine folks who made this happen.

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The original question, i thought, was "does a long period of lesser work diminish the achievements of a musician's peak work?" To me that discussion can only be about the biggest, most popular musicians; it doesn't really relate to the careers of a robert pollard or a tom waits. Why does ...

Tequila Cowboy wrote:I do not understand the Cee Lo love at all. it sounds like music designed for people to like it.

Of course it is.

I'm losing the thread of this thread. Slipkid, as you were posting, i was writing and deleting a post that was very similar to yours in many ways, especially re the achievement represented by a "one hit wonder." But i don't know how i got to be on the "it has to be popular to be great...

A little on the wordy side but Beer With Whiskey Beats Women Without It

The unstated assumption was that we were talking about major popular acts. Perhaps i should have stated that expressly. But for sure, there are plenty of musicians working in smaller niches who have had fine lengthy careers. I'd say Richard Thompson is sort of the bridge - he's definitely got the lo...

I had no idea that the Bengals are this bad. That was one atrocious performance.

OTOH, i did have an idea that tom brady might be that good.

Isn't it nice that the whole country celebrated your big day today? Hope you enjoyed it!

O.K. as we all know, recent events have left me in no place to give my wife shit about anything, (Beautiful, Generous, Woman of myth that she is)..... But Getting up at 3:30, to go to a F*#king Wal-Mart ? Thats 3:30 A.M.! Maybe I should have put this over in the WTF Thread, 'cause thats all I can s...

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beantownbubba wrote:

Well, you oughta get to know them at least:

Turns out i had 2 and didn't realize it, and downloaded (bought ) 3, so i'm working on it.