Scooter Monzingo

Holy smokes you over thought that!

I can’t speak for anyone else, but that looks like it will be fun.

No. Gibson adds plastic to the new formula to prevent that very condition.

Technically it is college football. Unfortunately it is not good college football.

They have a Drake in Frisco Texas?

The last time I was in Frisco I stayed at the Drake. Got in late and took a cab to the bar they filmed the Bogart scene in Maltese Falcon...started drinking...did my Bogart impression.....drank some more......did my Peter Lorre impression, realized wrong movie....drank some more. Somehow I make it back to the Drake, and passed out..... Around 6:30am I wake up and hear the most amazing saxophone I have ever heard. Crawl to the window and look out on Sutter and I see an old brother on the corner with His pan out front looking for coin. There is absolutely no one else around, only me 6 floors up sitting on the window ledge listening to the most soulful sound. He was playing so each note sort of hung in the air. Some would drag on in almost agony before he would break them off ala Coltrane. For me it was a surreal experience the way the tone reverberated against all the stone and concrete. No cars or trolleys to fuck with the sound. Just that one cat blowing that horn. I listened to him for about an hour before I threw some clothes on and went downstairs to throw him a $50. It was Frisco, and I love that fucking city.

It worked out for you. You obviously raised your kids to spot an asshole when they see one, and you kept your cool. I say you got the better of it. But, the “everybody’s from somewhere” line was still good.

Great fucking line though...

Well, if you’re a bad ass you can pull off the white shades. Unfortunately those two young lads look like ringers on a 11-12 youth team.

The grain of the gods (Amaranth) has been my unicorn. The rest I have seen.

Age is no guarantee of efficiency, youth is no guarantee of innovation.

Looks good..recipe?

How does anyone not see this, it’s pretty obvious. The Ratller kid may turn out to be special, but if Riley can avoid throwing him out early, he will. And he sure as hell doesn’t want to bring a rookie to Dallas against an upperclassman. He waits, he faces a rookie.

Man, it would take a special occasion to bust that seal.

And they should. Just don’t call it Rush.

This is good. I laughed.....

Well done..

That is a solid effort.

That is a fucking cool looking bottle.

For the uninitiated those are Les Paul Bursts from 57-60 with their serial numbers.

Let’s get this back on track. Billy bought the majority of them in the late 70’s when prices were in the $10,000 to $15,000 range. In today’s money there is several million dollars worth of Gibson’s in that picture.

I thought of you as a more cerebral guy? Using “sucks” to describe a musician with a career of almost seven decades seems below you? Mitchells work with Pat Metheny is some of the most beautiful guitar work I have ever heard. It is this wonderful combination of ease and difficulty working in tandem. Not to mention that over the years I have spent a lot of time and effort attempting to master some of her techniques, they are however quite difficult. And I have been playing since 65. Go grab a copy of one of her songbooks and give it a try.

I guess she doesn’t make the cut for some of you because of ones definition of beauty. But from a players point of view, it is Joni Mitchell, and then everyone else. Even the guys at Guitar player magazine, who spent years trying to define how she changed the instrument. Are still in awe of her talent. From a pure technical point of view, her playing, combined with her voice, she stands alone.

I didn’t say it did. I said as a viewer I found the lack of fans took some of the fun out of watching it.

I have no fucking idea if they play. What I do know, is that if it plays out like golf is currently being played (no fans). It will not be the same. I thought golf would be the most immune to no fans. But, it actually does impact the broadcast. And if you’re a long time golf watcher you will notice the players play different, act different and don’t seem particularly in to it.