John Smith

The first Star Wars came out when I was 16. I am one of those who feel that this movie is way too similar to the original to call it great. If there were no other movies this one would stand on its own just fine, but the others exist so they have to be compared.

I enjoyed the Daltry/Wilko Johnson album from a couple of years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeoKCJNI-k4

I saw the Alarm in 1983 in a small bar in ElPaso TX with maybe 50 other people. It was a fun show.

Would you guy leave poor Eddie alone?

Well, you're not really eligible till 25 years after your debut and not many bands are in any sort of creative peak at that point. Most band seem to have a 5 - 10 year span where they are at a peak, and after that it seems like the peaks are moments more than trends. There are exceptions but in my opinion the muse has flown for most. At some point it's the staying power of what you have done that gets you there. Cheap Trick and ZZTop are no exceptions, toss Deep Purple into that pile also.

Glad for Cheap Trick, I've been advocating for them for a while. Steve Miller? I thought he was in already, the rest...meh. Now they need to start getting bands like X, Husker Du, The Replacements, Smiths, Los Lobos and others that I like.

I think the question is legitimate taken within he context of the campaign trail rhetoric.

I do think it is mainly campaign bluster. Though the people supporting these guys expect them to follow through.

I was referring to Trump explicitly saying that we should be going after their families. The others hedge by saying that bombing Isis is the way to go, and that bombing may cause collateral damage.

They are pro birth, not pro life. Once you take that first gulp of air you are on your own.

As far as I know Trump is the only one to say kill the families to get to the bad guys.

Theses shows would make a nice live set. Plenty of songs and performances to choose from. Except for Chocomel Daze does DJ have any sort of definitive live set? It's about time they did.

They get fed a steady diet of fear, anger hate etc... So this is not surprising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYhHIe_UELM This comes to mind today, and almost everyday actually

In my department at work there are 10 men, 2 have served, 12 women, 0 served. Of the people outside of work that I regularly do things with none other than me have served, men or women. I have a basketball group I regularly pay with maybe 15 regulars 3 have served. So in my small sample I would say the female % is 0 while the guys is closer to 10%.

XRT is reporting that Bruce will be playing the River in its entirety during the tour.

I'm not a huge Bono fan, but he handled the EODM situation pretty well. The U2 boys really did take a back seat to EODM, and they really didn't have to. Of the U2 boys Bono was the only one who made moves to share the spotlight. Then U2 quietly left the stage for EODM to perform a song on their own.

I didn't say they were or are about too, I'm just pointing out that it is on people's wish list. Also pointing out other nations where it has been made law and not necessarily using the Koran as justification. Btw what verse from the Koran is it that they use? Just curious. Religious extremists are not limited to one religion, we just choose to focus on one religion to suit political purposes.

The issue of MOJO with Elvis Costello on the cover has a Dylan Insert. It's a 50 page booklet that goes through the bootleg series volume by volume. Including speculation on future releases. If you read the occasional MOJO this is a decent one to pick up.

Executing gays is not law in the US, but there are people who would like the christian version of Sharia law, and people vying for power suck up to them... http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gop-confab-ends-call-execute-gays-who-dont-repent-send-queen-elsa-back-hell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelangelo-signorile/post_10496_b_8544540.html http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/03/24/395070728/calif-lawyer-proposes-ballot-initiative-to-kills-gays-and-lesbians http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1141647/Pastor-calls-execution-gay-people.html and some supported this, not

Very defensive I didn't say you said any of that. Those thoughts are just the general tone of the discussion today, and pretty much every day.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/12/rushs-neil-peart-says-hes-retired-from-music/ Apparently Neil Peart is retiring.

So after a good discussion today I have learned that the only solution to gun violence in the US is more proliferation of weapons, no other solution is possible. I've also learned that in order to defeat ISIS or any Jihadist we just need to bomb the shit out of them and kill them all. No other solution is possible. I've also learned that killing them all coupled with the unfortunate collateral damage of our bombing does not cause more people to join their ranks, it is just the ideology of their religion. That pretty much sums it up. This is f'd up. not productive at all either.

This is where my "so I'm the problem" quote comes from. I guess the dots must be connected.

So do not attempt to change their minds...check Bomb the shit out of them...check Keep doing what we are doing because that works...check Trying to see how the other side views this is blaming the US, stop doing it...check. Bring Hitler into the conversation to validate everything...check Now waiting anxiously for the inevitable Chamberlin/appeasement references...