MattZ

Sweet. I know there's a thread in the After the Show section about this tour, but I have stayed away from it. I want to be surprised.

I am seeing that badass tonight at the Apollo Theatre in NYC.

01:30 - 01:42 of Country Disappeared "hungry weekend news crew anchormen" --> guitar walk down

I did a ton of research on this topic before I bought, and unfortunately, it's impossible to tell the differences. Here is what research will tell you: on price alone, there MUST be a huge difference because you can spend anywhere from $20 to $2000 (prob even more) on a phono pre-amp. However, as with all audio equipment, you usually can't listen to them to compare/contrast, and even if you can, it's usually in a store on a turntable much better than the one you've got through an amp that's much better than you've got through speakers that are much better than you've got. In a room configur

Couldn't agree more. I don't think I've ever swung so far from hating lyrics to loving lyrics in one song. This Tweedy guy knows what he is doing. Jeez. Like a ninja. Creeps up on you and kicks your ass.

No, you are right, it is a bit bass heavy. Good call. My main acoustic is a Taylor 300 series so I crave some more bottom, and this gives it. If you are looking to avoid that, you should check it out, but it might not be the way to go.

Speak the truth, Jesusetc84. Speak it!!

I can reiterate that the Seagull S6 is excellent. I've got one. I think they run between 350-400, new? Basically, all the advice I am seeing in here matches up with what I usually hear people say when talking about great values for cheap(er) acoustics. Blueridge, Seagull, the cheap Martins, etc. I bet you will be fine if you narrow your search to those. It will come down to feel, look, etc. Good luck!

Yeah, my advice would be for you to jump in with both feet and smack that music snob upside the head. Of course you can spend over 1k on turntable/cartridge/etc. You can also spend that much on speakers. Or on a cd player. Or on a amp. Did you? I am guessing you didn't, and you like how your CDs sound. You can certainly find a turntable that will make you smile for 200-300. I would suggest you do some research. You can probably find a used Rega p1 on ebay or some other site for that amt. I think Regas are generally considered the low-end of the high-end. You can also probably just

Nice, dickwad. I didn't mean it literally. You said you heard that "those douchebags post here so there ya go." There who goes? In other words: What is your point? You know what, forget it.

There who goes?

I have a feeling the value of that book will have plummeted significantly by the end of this thread. Like that "rare" Don Mattingly rookie card I had.

cool stuff. Thanks Alex. I don't play it like that, but I dont think there's a right way (other than Jeff's way). Very interesting to see how others do it.

When in Rome...

Awesome. I know I have said it here before, but I saw Dylan do it as an encore at MSG soon after George passed away. One of the highlights of my many concert experiences. I miss George.

can someone explain the benefits of an eq pedal? I've never had one.

I am not sure who made the initial point (too lazy to go back), but I hear some Abbey Road-esque nods in Country Disappeared. As in, that little instrumental break after "news crew anchorman."

I'd love to believe your theory, but the album was released to plenty of fanfare by Ryan himself. Wasn't this the band/album/etc that he was most proud of? And wasn't the title of the album a nod to that? I saw the band on Halloween in NYC and virtually the entire show was tunes from Cardinology. I don't hate the album as much as others, but I agree that it's not very good. I just don't think it's right to say his heart wasn't in it.

I sang Everlasting Everything to my 9 month old son the other night in a quiet moment before he went to sleep. He looked up at me with those big saucers he's got for eyes. And I don't say that for the Dad rock floodgates to open. One has nothing to do with the other. It's just a beatiful song to sing to someone you love. I don't think it was a cheap effort at an album closer.

Lou, put your interpretation of the video aside for a moment. Can you relate to the metaphor that I am talking about? That we are all in relationships with people we love? And that invariably, those people are the ones that have to deal with us when we come home in a foul mood from a bad day at work? They don't get the benefit of our cocktail party gladhanding smiles. We grin and bear it when someone bumps into us on the train. We look the other way when someone obliviously blows cigarette smoke in our face. We put our head down and work harder when our boss yells at us. And then we go

Beltmann is right. For a change. Still, it's hard for me to separate film from book. My head knows that the film's job isnt to faithfully reproduce the book. My heart is a different story. This story strikes me as one best left to the images in my head. What made the story so wonderful was what wasn't said, and what wasn't shown. Movies can't get away with that. I may end up skipping this one. Maybe not. Probably not.

At least that's what you said Poor Places Pot Kettle Black eta: this thread must have the highest compliance percentage of any thread I've seen on here. The Wrath of Jules.

chisoxjtrain, the last verse is off in your tab. Try this: G Bm Em Oh I know this might sound sad Am G C But everything goes both good and the bad G Bm Em So it all adds up and you should be glad Am G C Everlasting love is all you have

See bold above. That's exactly what I want(ed) to do. My frustration was that we weren't discussing whether the movie hits the mark. It seemed as if you, and others, were dismissing the video out of hand as offensive and NOT having a conversation about it. Dimissing it was offensive. I don't have any problem talking about the clip in real world terms, or anyone being repelled by the violence. Someone get Beltmann in here.