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  1. You didn't mention there was going to be a bounce house!
  2. From my office because I should have bought tickets on Tuesday when they were much cheaper. FIGHT!!!
  3. Depends if he was driving a Mustang.
  4. Thanks. I added a video so you can have a listen. As much crap as you hear about Norlin era Gibsons, I'm inclined to think that there were plenty of good 335/345s in the early 70s and plenty more throughout the decade. And from all I've read, the ES guitars Gibson has built over the last 20 years have been fantastic.
  5. Yes, but I'm happy to show it off again. I got it at Guitar Resurrection in the summer of 1996. I was 23. I was told that it had been under a bed for a couple of decades (possible soldier not returning from war, but who knows). Anyway, it was flawless. I later put a nick in the headstock finish by lifting it overhead to get it off my shoulder while not being mindful of the ceiling fan. So now it has a little more character. It's the most even-playing guitar I've ever owned. Serial # puts it in 1970. But it's got some throwback to 1969 such as no dot over the "I" in the Gibson logo and something else I can't recall at the moment. Anyway, other than being hard on my right arm where it rests while playing, it's an absolutely fantastic instrument. And I get used to the narrow fretboard within a few minutes of staring to play it. Far too much ham-fisted noodling on this video, but here's the guitar, clean, into a 1973 Deluxe Reverb (David Allen Blackfaced Circuit) with a 1968 Jensen C12N. Just tone for days.
  6. Sweet! I've got a 1970 Walnut twin of the 335 variety! Excellent guitar!
  7. Okay. Cool. Hookem!
  8. Need a copilot?
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    Bert!

  10. He borrowed it from Wulawhorn. So it's rated to weather the elements, among other things.
  11. In that same vein, a friend of mine grew up in Houston. He had a 2WD Ford Explorer. He went to college at Hamilton in Utica. That winter, he earned the nickname "Two-wheel Timmy" for his inability to drive anywhere.
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    Gumbo

    For those who haven't tried oven-roux, it not only allows you to do other prep during the process, but it elevates the flavor of the final product nearly as much as making your own stock. It takes longer than doing it on the stovetop (about 2 hours), but you can do it the night before or while doing other things. But again, it is a game-changer as far as flavor goes, and I haven't made a roux on the stovetop in the two years since I did my first oven roux. Preheat oven to 350. Mix roux in a cast iron pan over medium heat. Put in the oven and stir every twenty minutes until it hits your desired color.
  13. I love the earlier stuff, but this one was really great too.
  14. In Austin? Because it's been in the 20s and 30s in north and northeast Texas for the last several nights. I'd love to see a forecast that shows it to be smooth sailing along I20 from Tyler to Arlington. I'm holding out hope. But it's not supposed to get above freezing here until 11 on Friday. Give a brother some hope! I've got a tentative kitchen pass to make a solo trip if it doesn't look like I'm going to drive into a ditch. /difficulty = No AWD.
  15. I hear it don't smell so good though.
  16. According to my doc, this is about 80% of us.
  17. Yeah. We both eventually were English majors too, right?
  18. Oh, wow. I definitely blocked that from my memory. Also, Ministry was a bit much.
  19. My German/Yiddish is a bit rusty. But kiester them thangs. At least wrap one in foil a la Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap.
  20. In one weekend in 92, I saw Lollapolooza 2 and the Faith No More/Metallica/Guns n Roses show. I was on the front row at the latter and James Hetfield gave me a beer (more accurately, he poured half a bottle of Heineken in my mouth from the stage). Either way, it was funny and appreciated. What a weekend. In two days, Ice Cube, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Sound Garden, Jesus and Mary Chain, Ministry, Faith No More, Metalica, GnR. Ice Cube probably was the standout. I also, with free tickets, ended up seeing Tesla open for Lynard Skynard a couple of years later. We were pretty bored and sitting down (pretty good seats), and Jeff Keith yelled at us for not being more into it.
  21. I saw them several times and have a few albums. I'll still listen to a track here and there. But by the late 90s, I found their shows to kind of drone on-and-on. They have some good songs though. I ended up spending a lot more time with music from the Dead, Phish, Zappa, Talking Heads, Tom Petty, Stones, Kinks, and so on.
  22. I look at this exercise as if every song isn't at least an 8/10, it doesn't fit.
  23. Also, for an album many of you may have never heard of with absolutely no skip-worthy tracks on it, check this out. I listened to it with my 19 year old the other night, and got a "Wow" at the end.
  24. No MOE or Rusted Root for me (I tried). I did see Soulhat open for Blues Traveler at Fitzgerald's in Houston in April (or so) of 1992). I was parked front row-center. Amazing show. I still have one of Brendan Hill's drum sticks from the show. Remember when bands used to toss drum sticks and guitar picks into the crowd? Around 95, I sold a lot of CDs and replaced them with a lot of funk, Grateful Dead, Phish, and Widespread panic. That's where I hid out during a lot of the post-Cobain/grunge era of the mid to late 90s.
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