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Anyone else pick up the track from Hum in one of the new Cadillac TV spots?? I heard the song playing in the background of an ad during the Michigan / Notre Dame game... I was in the kitchen, and had to run back around to the living room to see what was going on!!

IMO, the Ernie Ball is a much better built product than the Morley (and I also have owned several Morleys over the years). Many pros mode their pedals (volume and wah) to limit their range. Having all that volume control is not as useful ad having more control (ie: greater resolution) of the range where you would actually use it. There are tons of how-tos on modding pedals, use google. You will find the vol pedal to be useful in modulating gain to a tube rig to get a little clean/dirty action (or dirty/filthy) from the same channel.

MJHutch.... First I want to say that I am sorry you had to witness that... It was ugly for me to watch, and I am not a Michigan fan. I went to the Northwestern - Nevada game, and I can say that neither team really looked good. 4 points down with only 1:12 left, many fans headed for the gates... My cousin and I started that way but decided to grab some open benches near the gate and watch the final minute... because we DID pay to go to the game today, even if it was half of face value. The 'Cats finally pulled it out!! With a STELLAR 4Q drive . Honestly, it was the strangest thin

Here I was thinking Blackie Lawless and WASP when I read that.... So much of my youth went away when I sold my record collection.... I am slowly re-building, so I have that goin' for me... which is nice.

I believe the sentiment of MJHutch may have been if Michigan are still receiving votes for #1 in the Nation, then those people should have their privileges revoked. I wholeheartedly agree.... I hate USC as much as anyone, but they are definitely worthy of #1 votes at this point.... Go Badgers.

Yeah, the "everybody's out to get me" thing MAY have been a symptom of the massive cocaine use... Paranoia will destroy ya. Just sayin'. As for Peart's traveling partner, I remember reading in Ghost Rider that this person was pinched on a sizeable marijuana charge and facing some serious time... Either Canada doesn't have an equivelant to the US policy where "felons can't carry guns", he got the charge dropped/reduced, or he is just an outlaw type....

Even if he were to sucker punched a nun in church, he would still be far from the biggest jerk drummer in RxR.... Lars Ulrich has that title sewn up tight.

Any tix for ANY games at Camp Randall are a bloody fortune on Stub Hub or eBay right now... and I don't see that changing unless they drop a few games. Here's to high ticket prices all year and a Big10 championship!! Purdue is likely to be next on my journey, as their tix are still reasonable. Perhaps Iowa after that... Michigan State... Indiana... Minnesota... (although I wish they played outdoors instead of in the TwinDome) Penn State will be the longest drive, I think. Illini?? whatever...

I am starting a quest to attend a game at every Big 10 stadium over the next few years. Since the finances are not as robust this year, I am shooting for the low-hanging fruit. First game: Northwestern vs. Nevada at Ryan Field Not a conference game, but we will make that the rule for the second go 'round. Why do I call this "low hanging fruit"??? The per ticket cost for row 26 on the visitor's sideline at @ 30 yd line, $12 on Stub Hub Wish me luck! Rick. (oh, GO BADGERS!!!)

Exactly, nobody writes about the 10,000 times you sign an album, shake a fan's hand, stop to talk shop with a kid in a music store for 30 minutes when you really only need to get a few packs of strings, another backup wireless TX, or some new drum heads, and there is a cab sitting outside with the meter running waiting to drive you back to the theater.... It's the ONE time you find someone waiting in the closet in your hotel after you are beat tired from a 2 hr set, FLIP OUT and grab the guy by the neck and throw him down the hotel stairway that gets all the press!!!

OK, I think that the rock star bashing is cranked up a little high here.... Neil is one of the most respected drummers in RxR.... in a phenomenally successful geek-rock band who's catalog references such fare as sci-fi, and fantasy imagery... and who has written one of the Worlds best songs about weed.... These three things mean that the most devoted morons on the Planet Earth will be coming out of the woodwork to try to meet and chat with him. I don't know if you can tell, but Neil is not your typical rock star. Not all successful musicians are obnoxious frontmen looking for non-sto

Mine came with little scratches across the grooves like it had been shuffled across a tile floor or something. It is still unplayed to this day, although I just scored a Pro-Ject One (w. a Grado cart) at an estate sale... It may come out soon.

Crazy enough, I was listening to this EXACT song when I saw this post.... Sad?? Jury's still out on that for me... There is definitely some interesting production. The cover of Warren Zevon's Splendid Isolation from that Yorn disc elicits a little more emotion from me, just because it reminds me that Warren is gone.

Awww..... that's a cheap shot, even with the disclaimer!! Best and Worst for Wilco/Tweedy shows: Best: TIE: Auditorium Theater is the finest in the Midwest for acoustics, IMO... TIE: Pabst in Milwaukee was another beautiful venue with spectacular sound (or perhaps it was Jeff being an overachiever) Worst: Hands down... Davis Park, Rockford, IL... On The Waterfront Festival Grounds. Also a not-so-good venue for sound where I have seen Wilco... Otto's in DeKalb. Didn't matter, it was still an awesome show. Jeff's first out of treatment. -----------------------------------------

Well, I was 4 in 1975... The credit to America came from one of the myriad lyric sites who appeared to have the lyrics of the song I remembered. Either way, it still presses that little "sad memories" button in the back of my head. Another couple tracks from my teen years are "With or Without You" from U2, and "Badge" from Cream (that's when I got into Cream). Most of the songs on the past 12 pages have been lyrical content, with a few Radioheads and other thrown in to represent the music. Musically, Kent and Sigur Ros are sad sounding CDs for me... I love them, but there is a fine

Write-in vote for Paul Westerberg....

That song "wild fire" made me cry as a little kid... I think its about a horse that dies... EDIT: found the lyrics... It's a pony!! (sad) The band is America, and likely the first time to be mentioned on this board. Mind you, when I was a kid in the 70s, we only had AM radios in our family car, and this is the shit thney played on AM radio. She comes down from Yellow Mountain On a dark, flat land she rides On a pony she named Wildfire With a whirlwind by her side On a cold Nebraska night Oh, they say she died one winter When there came a killing frost And the pony she named Wildfir

It's a good practive for songwriters and performers to publish ANY works that have been performed live or included in any studio sessions or even "scratch" sessions in public or time-share rehearsal facilities. This keeps the possibility of plagiarism/song poaching to a minimum, and allows recourse when it happens. I am sure there are songs that just didn't make the cut for any of the commercial releases, and perhaps aren't in favor anymore for consideration to be played live. They are still Jeff's songs, and are still protected as such. From a personal side, I would love to hear more o

Also, determine if the amp is self-biasing or if you need to get a meter and set bias manually. Bias is the set amount of current flowing through a tube's filaments with or w/out signal present. Bias set too high or too low will result in shortened tube life and/or shortened AMP life... Also, never pull a tube while an amp is on or cooling down, and you shouldn't disconnect the speaker (or cabinet) while the amp is on. Most will survive this because of built in protection, but the old rule was that an "open" circuit was death for a tube amp.

Thanks for reaching out via PM... I respect that you did this. My tale was not intended to spark controversy, just to relay a similar situation to the OP. I hope that the OP decided to tell the truth. What that woman was trying to get away with is insurance fraud, and there are not a lot of gray areas there. If the OP decided to go along with the story, and somehow the truth got out, I wouldn't be so sure that these people (meaning the individuals involved, not any class, race, or religion of people) wouldn't flip the story and say that the OP was involved in the scam if some over-eag

I just ordered the BRMC print.... Nice.

I have seen many shows there... Hopefully they hang some drapes or something, all those hard surfaces makes for a LOUD room. I saw Bob Mould there on the Last Dog & Pony tour. Awesome.

Pretty much a fair comparison... MD is being phased down to 13% alcohol... Cisco remains at 18% along with Night Train and Thunderbird as the pre-eminent bum wines. Cisco and MD have flavors which attract the younger crowds. I am in NO way endorsing any of these... I actually found the photos as a goof for another conversation and thought that they would be funny. When I drink, it's single malt, it's old, and it comes from Scotland or Ireland. Clontarf Reserve was the last nip, and that was weeks ago. Lately, it's been ice water (in prodigious amounts) or the occasional Coke Zero

My story showed that even though I chose to do the "right" thing and stand up for the truth, it didn't matter. That was my case, but if I get a vote on the OPs moral question, I vote for telling the truth. I would have a hard time lying under those circumstances for a good friend, much less a perfect stranger. Unlike lies, integrity and honesty are traits that you cannot fabricate after the fact.