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Whatever it is, it doesn't have a lot to do with what's right about 'I am Trying to Break Your Heart." Different strokes for different folks, but it's not hard to imagine most Wilco fans were drawn to something in the band that wasn't the slick, Walgreens ready, vanilla rock of the Wallflowers. I'm reminded of a bit from Learning How to Die where a record exec was telling Tweedy how exasperated he was in their raucous performance of the newly penned Being There songs saying "What are you guys doing? You could be like the next Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers!". Tweedy responded something l

Money does not equate happiness, an old truism worth remembering in a discussion about socioeconomic class. However, I think the original post was indicating that growing up without a father is less than ideal. I thought you made it personal when you added that "And I get suspended?!!" bit. In other news the media seems to be taking a piss on the Romney campaign.

That line taken out of context works a lot like the "You didn't build that" bit. You're not really assuming the best here. Post something political, current eventy, or philosophical... let us deal with personal differences elsewhere. I wish I had a snappy one line response.

Finland's GDP has been on a steady, and sometimes sky rocket climb in the last several decades. In fact their only serious fall was during the economic crisis and they've almost risen back to their 2008 high before the dip. Denmark is similar. Question: Is there a Mormon subtext going on that has held Romney back, yet not been a discussion because it's a politically correct mine field? Please share, but consider the "respector nature" of this thread. Jules plays by his own rules, don't let him get you in trouble.

It's also just a fantastic mic, hands down. They have been used for studio recordings of tons of great singers. People are always singing their praises over at the Tapeop Messageboard I frequent. I have cut lead vocals with singers on those things and people will ask what the secret weapon was. Oh you know, this obscure expensive $350 microphone that broadcasters use everywhere. Awesome stuff.

All of this back and forth proves that class does matter. It effects people and how they see the world. Obama has no claim on poverty. But he also can't be criticized for trumpeting the belief that social services are all money wasted on lazy poor people. When you start promoting that perspective your wealthy background is up for examination. Perhaps Obama's time as a community organizer allowed him to access the reality that personal choice is not the only factor in a persons wealth, or lack thereof.

I enjoyed the first season of The Walking Dead. The US version of the Office reached some highs between, say.... Season 2-6. It's still good, but it used to be great. First couple seasons of Weeds were pretty good. I'm about to start Breaking Bad.

And that misattributed lip-read quote is in reality more substantive than Romney's interest in saying almost nothing, most of the time: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/15/mitt-romney-vague-speculatron-sept-14_n_1885620.html

"I'll chop a squid and mash a pickle, and watch you drink it."

That was a mother load for me. There is a fair amount of gear geek stuff about making YHF, WTA, and TWL, but AGIB sessions seem to always be shrouded in mystery. Makes me itch to buy more neat stuff for my studio.

I'm a teacher. I make a little less than 40K. I'm at the beginning of my career. My dad taught for 30 years and retired after reaching 80k. This is how I understand middle class. I don't live in New Haven, or San Francisco, but my parents owned their home my whole life. I own one too. Middle class is a weird word. Where I'm coming from, when politicians talk about the middle class doing well I imagine they mean making sure that people earning between 30k and 100k are a plentiful population with health care etc.

Truth can be ridiculed, but not everything that is ridiculed is true.

Not the sharpest piece of rhetoric you've generated in this thread.

That's a good one. I like the ideas of the boys generating some new music this winter. They're in a good groove; might as well keep it up.

That was a great way of letting the sane voices speak. This whole deal has many cans of worms you can open, here are a few: The U.S. can not take ownership of Arab Spring. Its successes and failures can not be attributed to or blamed on our president, or nation Revolution is always messy. It doesn't always turn out well. There is an American (perhaps human) tendency to look across the ocean and place a stamp on an entire nation of people. To say that Libya as a whole is crazy is to say that everyone in Mexico is either a drug lord, or being terrorized by one. There are Israeli anti-

Here's how I see it: Douche bag, anti-Islamic producer makes hate film. Psycho Libyans interpret it as a general American attitude and kill diplomats. Douche bag Republican Candidate tries to get traction out of it and it blows up in his face. Other douche bag Americans try to characterize Libya for homicide, the way the psychos characterized America with a hate film. I just want to sit down for a cup of tea with all of the regular folk in Libya and tell them I don't interpret one group's bloodlust as their national agenda, and that I hope they don't think American xenophobia is mine.

This might be a more likely Zeppelin live purchase for me:

It makes a subtle difference. The song will sound beautiful either way. I just like the style: fancy flat picking with hammer ons/pull offs, kind of like "Watch Me Fall" but not quite as flashy.

I'm pretty sure he plays that song with a pick.

I'll bite: pee pee? Back on topic: how will Romney bring independent female voters to his side?

I guess I'm being subtle. Let's see if I can get this out there in a 'Respector' kind of mode: The involvement of the U.S. in Israeli/Palestinian politics is a double-edged sword of being high priority and a taboo talking point (at times). We have funneled unreasonable amounts of money into Israel. Some U.S. politicians have shamed us for weakening our alliance after Clinton clucked her tongue at Israel for war crimes and human rights violations. The U.S. has himmed and hawed about diplomatic solutions as Israel has violated agreements and pushed into Palestinian territory, all the while

It's like if they decided to make an announcement that the Dems officially recognize Tibet is a Chinese territory. Before I even get into the controversial ethics of the situation, it seems so oddly non-sequiter. Kind of creepy really. I don't think God, or Jerusalem should be priorities for the U.S. government right now.

I think there is a pop music mythology that anything worth writing/performing exists in your head and in a visual/auditory conversation with other musicians. But, of course using paper, or any writing system frees you up for greater complexity. In your case you used it to layer rhythmic concepts for a greater rhythmic complexity. I've personally only used it to arrange parts for multiple instrument voices to get a lot more moving 4 or 5 part harmony between horns, keys etc. Your song is really cool because you have a percussion section driving the song, instead of just a drummer on a kit

Does anyone else find it weird that we live in a time when the Democratic party has to awkwardly stumble over adding an amendment to their platform about Jerusalem being the capital of Israel? That's weird to me.

I was out of town for a while. From this forum I have gleamed that: Michelle Obama had a good speech. Bill Clinton had a great one. Neither Romney, nor Obama are going to end the Federal Reserve. There is footage available of Democrats saying dumb things. Is this accurate?