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Dropped by the In Utero house in the Hollywood Hills. Appaerently a developer purchased it with plan to renovate. Interesting location with a killer view but no parking closer than a 200-step hike up the side of the hill.

The mural on the wall at the Guitar Center in Hollywood is legit af.

Agree to disagree (otherwise bona fide hits from the 50s would no longer be hits because no one knows them anymore). This thread creates nothing but exceptions, because this is a list of favorite one-hit wonders, but there is a loooong list of songs that charted to the number 1 spot that have been lost to time in the popular sense.

Technically, Jimi Hendrix was a no-hit wonder. EDIT: All Along the Watchtower hit 20, though. I guess that counts as a hit (even though I think of hits as top 10 or even top 3 type things) so I guess I'm technically talking out of my ass.

Of the masturbation subgenre of one-hit wonders, in addition to The Safety Dance that was mentioned, I'll add: "I wonder if the guy who came up with the phrase 'one-hit wonder' ever came up with anything else." - Demetri Martin

Free beer is a big deal now.

Great name! In other news, on the flight from Austin to L.A. I noticed a dude get on with an old beat up Fender case. When he sat near me I asked him what was in it. He said, "Buddy Holly's Telecaster" and I mentioned how interesting that was since he's so identified with Strats. He mentioned how he went from an Ensquire to the Tele and I was floored. Never heard that before! The guy turned out to be Randall Bell, Leo Fender biographer (whose book with Phyllis Fender is available on Amazon). Very cool guy, (even showed him a pic of the music room to prove I was a kindred spirit) we talked quite a bit and when we arrived at LAX I made a joke about it being a win that we were flying with one of Buddy Holly's guitars and we landed safely. The plane landed better than the joke which surprised me cause that shit's funny. In the terminal he opened the case to let me see the guitar. He opens it up and it turned out to be Buck Owens' Telecaster! A-ha! His mind mustve been somewhere else and Buddy Holly's name slipped out. All of sudden our conversations made much more sense and all my references seemed less like I was a crazy person who only talks about Buddy Holly to strangers. (Inside the case I noticed an email from Redd Volkaert outlining the provenance, as if this guitar needed it.) He let me hold it which was surreal. I grew up on Buck Owens and classic country. Bakersfield sound > Nashville sound. Super cool guy. He's opening a Leo Fender museum in Fullerton where this guitar will be featured.

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I can't find the Hell Yes I Want A Surly Guitar option, so mark me down for the Hell Yes option.

Fender's acoustic are the most popular starter/student guitars on the market currently and you get Fishman elecs in the ~$300+ models.

I introduced the kids to an old timey game, Catan. They loved it. I've always thought Catan was plodding and staid, but I thoroughly enjoyed it in this 3D version. Maybe I'm easily entertained by bright colors and plastic mountains. (Honestly, table presence has become such a big draw for me. Like, if I take the time to set up a game and get a bunch of people to put aside the time, the game needs to be an event that justifies the effort. Table presence is a big part of that - it can go quite a ways in helping define the experience for me. A game can be a bona fide classic, but if it looks ugly or "beige" I'll play something else and not think twice about it. )

Arguably their second most important album, perhaps their second best full stop.

In Utero is a bona fide masterpiece, but Nevermind changed the course of music history in way no other single album, outside of maybe Sgt. Pepper's, did. So what does "best" mean?

I don't know shit about Tribe's catalogue, but those other 3 are their respective bands' best so I assume "The Low End Theory" is a generational set of songs.

Visited with a legend today.

I have quite a few cards in PWCC's Vault. I should probably have them ship them back (for a crazy fee, no doubt).

I can't imagine a successful artist today would be so without pursuits that have little to do with music. There's no money in songs anymore.

Anyone looking for a Dumble to complete the collection? https://wildwestguitars.com/extras/1984-dumble-od-50w-overdrive-special-50w-combo-owned-by-joe-bonamassa

His singing gets a lot of credit and it still doesn't get enough.

These could go here (did I already spam these somewhere?). I recently went and saw a Dallas-based KISS tribute band, Rock N Roll Over, while I was in San Bernadino. Played everything all the way to the criminally underrated Psycho Circus album. (Don't tell anyone, but they rocked better than the OG lineup when I saw them during the first reunion tour - though I would go see the OG lineup again in a heartbeat.) Drummer plays in a Pantera tribute band, too, so Beth was apparently out of the question.

His conversation with this latest generation of guitar luminaries is a great listen. Some interesting perspectives... But hearing that there exists a modern metal guitarist who's never heard the Black Album was a punch in the gut.

#2 of 15 checking in. I don't even let people look at it, Nigel Tuffnel style.

Your boy made some moves. Now the collection is complete.

Astro Record Store, run by this cool Brit that looks like Elvis Costello, which is probably how all record store owners should look.

There's a cool little record shop in Bastrop that had a lot of interesting records. Well, not as many today as they did yesterday. This is a cleanest Dark Side MFSL ('81) I've ever seen, so I had to deal for it. And PSA: Cold Fact by Rodriguez really is a great album. Shout out to the Sugarman documentary for hipping me to this dude.