lost highway

Soooo....everyone noticed Ringo's drumming getting way off the backing track. Like: what you're hearing is not what you're seeing. Sad and lame.

I was thinking about this and forgot to share it a few days ago when it was more relevant to the conversation: It's a few years old, so I imagine some pie pieces have shifted, and the total amount of imports may be slightly reduced, but we're more invested in Pemex and maple leaves than anything else, eh? And this estimate from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers:

Interesting to hold this up to the Jeffersonian conundrum of relying on a voting public who in this era, is making decisions based on their understanding of climate change, macroeconomics, antitrust laws, middle east foreign relations, public health and civil engineering. As the article points out, we're at an ironic moment in history where people have access to more information, yet people are habitually ingesting pseudo informative bs. Sadder still, the major news networks could be an alternative to more "out there" internet polemics, but they're getting forever crappier. An undergrad deg

Beck- I know this is weird to say for someone so famous- is underrated. Seriously, all of his albums are great. Modern Guilt, the Information, Sea Changes, Mutations. Really cool stuff. I think my underrated angle is that he sells albums OK, but he never really gets hyped by music nerds. Or, at least I never hear about it. I'm pumped for another Beck album.

I hear you. I also think being the forefront of alternative energy is key to energy independence.

I don't think we have the evidence to assure us that fracking is safe for our ecosystems, or our communities. One thing about the push for oil revenues coming from home, is that many of us haven't seen the worst of the disasters that can come out of problems drilling, or shipping oil. Much of the worst of it has been out of our backyard. We can remember the disaster in the gulf a few years ago, or sit down with some folks living in the Amazon region of Ecuador, but it seems too easy to give the thumbs up to oil expansion from the comfort of our homes. I also think the "drill more, but k

Exactly.

1. If I were a cop I would want to know about someone's concealed carry permit before interacting with them. 2. If I were a cop I would probably have a lot of friends I drank beer with who were on the firearms database. But hey, 'don't tread on me'.

And as my sarcastic post failed to carry, they're pretty unique stories that are presented as a new norm. It's like Fox Fear, here's this one outlandish anecdote and now you know how bad IT'S ALL GETTING!

My 'sarcasm lock' was on. I'm not sure if it was clear.

I'll take Radio Cure over either of those. Every time. No contest.

Yes. This story shows the general consensus of U.S. government on the issue of firearms. The actions of this police officer are a perfect projection of how lawmakers at a state and federal level treat the issue. The gun owner is clearly a symbol of all free Americans who legally owns a gun and face constant targeting and discrimination. I pray for him.

Interesting article that covers a number of issues that have come up on here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lynn-parramore/the-deficit-nine-myths-we_b_553527.html Other myths busted: Myth #1: The government should balance its books like a private household. Reality: Our federal government is the issuer of the currency, which makes its budget fundamentally different than the average citizen's. Myth #3: We are passing on debt to our grandchildren. Reality: Payments on Treasury securities are a matter of data entry, not a financial burden. Myth #4: What we don't tax we have to borrow from

So you're saying because the nation is in really bad shape we should cut off aid that we've been providing for its most at-risk citizens? On a total other topic we owe our asses to foreign interests because of laissez faire economic policies. No one wants to make things in the U.S. because our workers have a standard of living that is legally guaranteed. Shareholders and CEO's gradually sold out U.S. manufacturing in the 20th century and it would take some protectionist policies, and some painful readjustment to get any of that back.

I don't get the benefits debate. So we've been paying to help a large number of people in our country. We've been doing it. Allocating those resources has worked out. Why the urgency from a common citizen to cut people off? Do you really think you're personally going to save money by leaving a senior citizen with a shrunken grocery budget? Many people's federal taxes are still lower than they were in the 90's which was radically lower than everyone's were in the 60's and 70's.

Yeah Blake Schwarzenbach has about nothing in common with Oberst vocally. That was probably not the best introduction to JTB if you've never heard them. Orange Rhyming Dictionary is on my top 20 rock albums list. Give this a spin, it's much better and doesn't rob the chord progression from "Sunken Treasure":

On Wishful Thinking there are two things that I find really cool. The first one is how many chords fit without it sounding busy. It's kind of a longer sequence, and the changes on the chorus are pretty quick but it's a really subdued song without all of that information sounding frantic. The other is the cool substitutions that are outside of the scale. The song is in D so the F#min and Bmin are typical, but then on the verse he puts in Emaj so there's a G# outside of the scale that settle back down to a G on the Gmaj that follows. Same deal later on the outro chorus where Amin puts in

Every time I pick up a guitar and read through "Wishful Thinking" I find its changes to be very clever. Great song.

My friend's ears have been fucked up his whole life. He got some surgeries as a teen under his parents' insurance, and has been poor and uninsurable since he got off. His ear stuff was pre-existing and he could only qualify for a very expensive plan. He has health insurance for the first time in 10 years because of the ACA. On the budget deal: neither party wanted another shutdown because they couldn't afford the public opinion fallout. This congress has been rated the worst. Also, some polls indicated the last shutdown was more damaging to the GOP's polling than the Dems. I think fuck

It's true. Those guys are mormon.

Two different things here. This thread of the conversation started with the culture of Iran. Maybe some of the misunderstanding came from my vague use of the term "political culture", by which I didn't mean the regime, but the popular ideologies, values and social conscience which translates as the political interest of the majority, not the administration. As is typically the situation (see China) where gradual reform creates a combination of incomplete but noteworthy changes that fast-forwarded decades would look something like a semi-successful revolution. Hixter is focused on the Ira

HIxter, do you think I could find a video of a gathering in America that would make it look scary? (Westboro Baptist, Tea Part rally etc)

Most of what I know about Iran, I learned from Persepolis. Nothing to be proud of, but I suppose a memoir tells you something. It would seem if young urban Iranians are enthusiastic about the west, it is because they see it as a place with more personal freedom and expression. Rightfully so. Meanwhile Iran seems to be going through an awkward, inevitable, but glacial shift towards being a moderate political culture. From the U.S. perspective I can't get over how readily, and hungrily we hopped into wars with Afghanistan, and Iraq as relatively weak countries, yet we are oh-so careful wit

That pedal is awesome. I can't remember seeing a pedal with a overdrive and fuzz in one. Cool move by Durham.

My bandmate had a Beano Boost for a while. It's based on the Rangemaster which is kind of the classic treble booster, I believe Jimmy Page helped make it famous. The intention is to add a lot of high frequencies while boosting the tone, so your guitar hits your amp harder and overdrives it with extra brightness to cut through the band. It can be pretty damn bright. As for all around rhythm stuff you probably want an overdrive. There are so many boutique options that will smoke your Boss, but cost a good deal more. I would look at any Analogman, Freakshow, Xotic, Fulltone, Keeley stuff..