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Revolution 9 - by John Lennon & Paul McCartney ...Bottle of claret for you if I'd realised I'd forgotten all about it George, I'm sorry, Will you forgive me? Mmm yes Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine Number nine, number nine, number... ...Then there's this Welsh Rarebit wearing some brown underpants ...About the stortage of grain in Hertfordshire Everyone of them knew that as time went by they'd Get a little bit older and a little bit slower but... It's all the same

Their last few albums have been moving towards a more organic, stripped-down sound. This new one takes it further, and I'm digging it.

Yes. He was fairly regular in Bowie's touring band during the latter part of the 70s.

Seriously, can you think of an artist that owned the 70s harder than Bowie?

Bowie, at the top of his game:

Recent photo, taken in NYC. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6205NL20100301

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Interesting. I would cite those two as examples of Beatles recordings that were ruined in stereo. The stereo "Strawberry Fields" reveals all the recording tricks and anomalies that were so artfully concealed on the original mono single mix. The balance of the instruments is seriously off on the stereo as well. The stereo "I Am The Walrus" is only stereo for the first half of the song, as there were elements recorded live to the original mono mix that couldn't be re-created. After the middle break, you're just hearing the mono mix with "fake stereo" processing. There's also some nasty edit

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I use a Danelectro Fish & Chips EQ pedal. $30. I've had it for about 6 years now, stomp the bejeezus out of it, and it keeps kicking. Very clean 7-band EQ, plus a nice gain stage (gives my low-output Ric a little bit of drive into my Fender Deluxe). It also works great as a "direct box" for recording. http://www.zzounds.com/item--DANDJ14

I always thought the term "woodshedding" meant "to practice". When a band gets some new material, and begins working on the arrangement as a group. urban dictionary:

It was one morning when I woke up, and then I found out that they'd signed some papers, and that I was gonna be kept in a bed... ...owing to my state of mind. And then I found out that the authorities had said, um, that I'd have a special food fed to me for my thoughts, um, and I think it's because, because I'm always going off my... HEAD Sunbeam from flowered skies Twenty thousand butterflies Glorify my bed in deep maroon Turn from hot to very cool Though it seems incredible I could ride a bike around the room Cherry Blossom Clinic Is there any truth in what they say? Cher

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It's not simulated. The lungs slowly fill with water over a period of time. It's controlled drowning - it happens in slow motion, so you have plenty of time to experience the horror - to contemplate what's happening to you. I wonder if Alberto Gonzales would have had better recollection of events during his testimony if we submitted him to waterboarding. Since it's not considered torture, I don't see what the problem would be with this...

Whatever tone you're going for, make sure you have one of these: It's only $30, and it's the most useful pedal I've ever owned. It's great for matching guitars to amps, dialing out weaknesses in pickups (especially humbuckers), adding some low end to smaller combo amps. Plus, it has an overall gain adjustment, which is great for getting some overdrive from low-output "vintage" pickups. I've also had good results using it as a "direct" interface for recording.

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In a similar vein... I've checked over everything I've seeded. With just one exception, all of the stuff I put up there was either from a non-RIAA label, out of print, or a vinyl rip. Hopefully, my hatred of mainstream music will save me.

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To me, "indie" was never a genre - it was a business model. Indie = bands that got wise to the major labels, sign to independents instead and work on a smaller scale (enjoying better record deals and more artistic control). It's like saying "diverse" is a genre.

I have a hard time taking seriously any music critic that uses the term "indie rock" - the term lost any meaning that it may have had years ago. It's intellectually lazy and annoying, the journalistic equivalent of nose picking.

That turd sandwich is looking pretty good these days.

We have a winner.

I wonder if he knows she's a man.

The only problem I have with that track is the melody's disturbing similarity to Many Rivers To Cross (a song which Lennon had recorded with Harry Nilsson a few months earlier).

My very first Kinks album. Every track on that record is like a mini album. I've been revisiting it a lot lately, having recently found a really nice used mono LP copy.