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I don't know about BT, and AM, but Summerteeth was an overdub fest. Bennett even played some of the drums. A lot of the core takes from YHF had a live band thing going, but then overdubs got crazy, and I think a lot of the live stuff got thrown out. AGIB is almost 100% live, as is SBS. WTA had most of the rhythm guitar, keys, bass and drums done live (vocals, not sure) in New Zealand with Nels and Jorgensen's stuff being added later at the loft. I think TWL has a lot of live tracks at its core too, but some pretty free exploration in the overdub process. I think they have it figured out at

The irony there is that the private sector added jobs and the public sector lost them. I thought we were spending billions on a "nanny state".

Good news is inflation has been very slow in the last year.

So in other words, the economy is prospering due to government intervention. Yeah, that ..... sucks?

Read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/bob-woodward-emails-white-house-threat_n_2781052.html Those dudes are buddies, don't believe the hype. As per the larger conversation the debt was sparked by nonsensical foreign policy ambitions coupled with tax cuts. After the housing crisis they've been increased by 1) needed stimulus and 2) less revenue. As you decrease stimulus, and make cuts you pinch the economy. If the economy doesn't come back you don't get the revenue, no matter what you cut.

Or as some would say $3-4 trillion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War

There is yet another procrastination in that the sequestration doesn't actually take effect immediately. They can wave this date (tomorrow) over our heads, but then let it pass and they still have a couple weeks to fix it before furloughs etc. actually take place. Don't get me wrong, the engineering of the whole situation is bullshit. A huge miscalculation by our commander in chief, and an even more contemptible failure of congress to be a functional entity. Nonetheless the dooms day scenario is neither immediate, nor final. They can and must fix this at anytime, even if it passes.

It's a totally different Waits, but his debut Closing Time is gorgeous. I always felt like Blood Money, and Alice don't get the love they deserve. They both have a good balance of the satanic carnie and the piano weeper. I could listen to 'Misery is the River of the World' and 'Coney Island Baby' from Blood Money every couple weeks for the rest of my life. Cool stuff. http://youtu.be/Jp-gX5C3vZI

I've seen them once... maybe 2010, they were touring on that "med sud" album with the guys running across a highway naked on the cover. That high energy material, and the "hits" from Takk, and (), were great. They did some pretty redundant noise jams from their back catalog that didn't really work for me, but well worth the ticket.

According to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_by_country we have 10 in service, while they have 1. They are apparently planning on building 2 more since their defense budget has soared to roughly a fifth of our current defense budget.

But here's why that is some hawk bullshit: There is no evidence that they had nuclear anything. They're planes that could carry bombs of any variety. Already there is an escalated tone from two Russian bombers, to nuclear-armed bombers. See the difference there? Secondly they never left international airspace, they didn't do anything illegal. Our own military officials said that it wasn't provocative, but unusual. Do you really think the Russians are going to attack us? Seriously? Our air force has flown in cooperative anti-terrorism training operations with theirs several times ove

182,000. There are currently about 202,000. I don't know where you're finding these numbers. Cutting the military budget is common sense. There is a population mushroom that leaves a baby boom generation ready to receive their entitlements all at once. That needs to be paid for. We have to care for our elderly. We don't need to spend the trillion dollars the air force would put into the F-35 cash cow. It's also no coincidence that the Navy has shrunk. That didn't happen on accident. Naval battle is mostly obsolete. The remaining purpose is transportation for aircraft. As per Rus

What do you mean by this?

Yes, my take is it's hilarious.... and fake. The fact that people have to google it to make sure shows the current state of affairs over at Fox.

I've learned from being around "talkers" at plenty of amazing shows that some people are conditioned to never be in the moment. I'm not suggesting that anyone on here who ever taped anything isn't living in the now, just that some people can't. I think shaming them seldom works. All we can do is ignore the others and relish a musical opportunity to transcend our typical preoccupations. Sadly, social media seems to neurologically re-route things to continuously make this harder for all of us who use it. In other news I'm psyched to hear a new Wilco record in 9-10 months that they are he

Gardening could lower your cholesterol.

Never too late to take up a new hobby.

Here's a way to make an instant mix of songs you really love and learn about your listening habits: Make a 'Smart Playlist' in Itunes on whatever device you listen to the most music on (for me it's my 120gig Ipod). When you make the playlist click on the dropdown menu that says "selected by: genre" change genre to 'most often played'. Uncheck the box next to 'Match the Following Rule' at the top. You should have a new Smart Playlist that is composed of your Top 25 most played tracks (you can make it your top 50 or whatever). The cool part is since it's a smart playlist if you listen to so

Anyone read the new issue and get a scoop on a new album yet?

One thing I think we all agree on is that no one here wants to be, or see anyone be shot down by a psycho. The more extreme approaches to dealing with this potential threat are either: a. Play cowboy and see if you can pull a trigger faster, and aim better under the duress of a gunfight, something you've never experienced before b. Pass sweeping legislation to systematically remove legal, and illegal guns from private owners in our country Both seem like a long shot (excuse the pun). That same kind of lock that deterred your imaginary assailant? This doesn't su

This is the fundamental question, and it's why I'm trying to get to the bottom of what the value of guns rights actually are. I haven't heard a good sell yet. I'm not trying to 'own' anyone in an argument. If anything Hixter has been a good sport to spar with a community who I'm thinking falls more often on the other side of the debate. I think what I'm poking at here is the idea that laws infringe on certain freedoms in exchange for the greater health of the community, like how you can't drive as fast as you want on the street no matter what your competence is as a driver. It's somethi

Like an action movie where you are the star. What about the movie where you aren't home but your guns are?

I don't know if you've imagined your life without guns. It's not an offensive question. I could tell you about my life as I imagine it without my car, or my guitar, or without my house. What I'm saying is there has been more energy attacking the particulars of gun criticism but not a very convincing defense of guns. If you are claiming defense of family is the primary factor, than keep your loved ones out of an automobile. That popular method of transportation kills more loved ones in a year than any hypothetical armed assailant breaking and entering your house. The best way to avoid t