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Which one was the smart one, and which one was the cute one?

I like it. A lot.

Vinnie. Easy call.

This one's optimistic...

Does anyone know if that's a young Truman Capote in that avatar from that guy who's not posting here any more?

I heard that Glenn is auditioning all new crickets for the new record.

You jest!

I thought "Either Way" was from the "most recent".

some things are better left unbumped

On the positive side, I can't remember the last time that Kentucky actually kinda mattered in a primary....

MMJ on SNL this weekend....

Me too. I had to put it away for a couple weeks after a few listens, and then get it back out. It has definitely been a grower for me. The EP songs are actually kinda helpful to round it all out. Last Flowers is great song, even though it has the same "sound" as Karma Police. And there are a couple of remixes of Videotape that I like as well. So, yeah, it's a grower.

Love and prayers, Kate. Feel free to share...

Crayon from pocket in dryer. Not a pretty sight. Increased the laundry diligence, though...

Fortunately my wife seems to be OK with the latter.

I figured if I were stalkerish I wouldn't have to ask...

Anyone know the details thereof?

must have missed that part. thanks. minor redemption, then.

OK, I stand corrected on the Cheap Trick thing. The last time I saw them was 1980 (true fact). So if they're still going strong, then why on earth would they hook up with Journey and Heart on this Geritol Reunion Tour? Journey wasn't any good when they were allegedly good. Perhaps the most useless band in history, with the possible exception of Van Halen (ducks). Heart had a couple good songs early, but I saw them on TV a couple weeks ago... hooboy. Is it money? Gotta be money...

There are some really awful reunion things going on now. I mean, c'mon, Heart, Journey, and Cheap Trick? That's just sad. Even the Police was a little like "woah". Most of these guys need to just leave it hung up when they call it quits. Guys like Jagger or Springsteen can hang in there and pull it off, but showing back up after 10 or 15 years is just plain scary for most of these guys. Roger Waters was scary. I can't really think of a defunct band that I think would make better music reunited than what they've already done... there are plenty I'd love to see live, but none that I'd

Steve Miller is the worst sounding live performer ever. Peter Gabriel is a close second, but thankfully has a great supporting cast in the studio. Michael Stipe is the most pretentious performer ever. Perhaps the most pretentious human ever. Billy Corgan is a close second there. TheFutureEmbrace was a disaster. The following 3 albums fully lived up to their hype: - The Rising - Sea Change - American Idiot

Same here, and that's probly for the best. Working on my wife & kids instead... some progress there.

Mobile has so many great sounds inside it. We saw Glenn & Nels on their solo/duo tour, and he didn't have one with him at that time but that would have been pretty cool. The crickets were cool enough. He had some kind of little box with 3-4 plinky metal strips on it (technical, I know) that he used for the start of Mobile. Both of my parents were born & raised up near Wheeling (I think I saw where you're up there now going to school?). Kinda different up there than the rest of the state. Lots of trips when I was a kid, but haven't been there in probly 15 years. Hope the place

They're used a lot in Appalachian folk music, so they're common in my neck of the woods. Great sound; often used solo. You play them by hitting the strings with those sticks that look like flat wooden spoons witha bouncy motion. Looks hard to me, but I don't play anything so it all looks hard. We have a "regular" dulcimer at our house which is played more like a strummed lap guitar and sounds more like a mandolin or normal string instrument. The hammered dulcimer sounds like a tinny piano crossed with a steel drum, imo.

I believe there is also a hammered dulcimer that comes in for the second verse of Less than You Think. edit: Actually, according to the liner notes, there is also one used in Hummingbird and The Late Greats. huh.