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    A Thread for Musical Blasphemy you Truly Believe

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I'm confused. The thread title, to me, means musical stuff that is bunk but that you believe.....(not YOU, per se, but the reader of the thread title). 

     

    A Thread for Musical Blasphemy you Truly Believe

     

    Full Definition of BLASPHEMY  
    1
    a :  the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God
     
    b :  the act of claiming the attributes of deity
    2
    :  irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable
     
    Don't like the Grateful Dead. As much as I try (and I've really tried), the seem to be more about the drug culture than they do music.

     

     

    The Grateful Dead are revered here. I don't like them. I think any music I need to be tripping on to enjoy can do without my appreciation.
     

    You just can't live in Texas unless you got a lotta soul

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    List of public universities in Texas by fall enrollment University 2012[1]

    Texas A&M University 52,378

    The University of Texas at Austin 52,213

    University of Houston 40,747

    University of North Texas 35,836

    Texas State University 34,229

    The University of Texas at Arlington 33,267

    Texas Tech University 32,611

    The University of Texas at San Antonio 30,607

    The University of Texas at El Paso 22,749

    The University of Texas at Dallas 19,626

    The University of Texas–Pan American 19,263

    Sam Houston State University 18,396

    Texas Woman's University 14,909

    Lamar University 14,469

    University of Houston–Downtown 13,916

    Stephen F. Austin State University 12,999

    Texas A&M University–Commerce 12,052

    Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi 10,538

    Tarleton State University 10,271

    Texas Southern University 9,967

    Prairie View A&M University 8,485

    University of Houston–Clear Lake 8,153

    West Texas A&M University 7,955

    The University of Texas at Brownsville 7,477

    Texas A&M International University 7,331

    Texas A&M University–Kingsville 7,231

    Angelo State University 6,921

    The University of Texas at Tyler 6,858

    Midwestern State University 5,913

    University of Houston–Victoria 4,335

    Texas A&M University–San Antonio 4,133

    The University of Texas of the Permian Basin 4,074

    Texas A&M University–Central Texas 2,259

    University of North Texas at Dallas 2,106

    Texas A&M University–Texarkana 1,966

    Sul Ross State University 1,83

    A Thread for Musical Blasphemy you Truly Believe

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    GD more about drug culture than the music? That's a fucking hoot. The two are irrevocably entwined, but much of that has to do as much with media hype as it does reality. The reality is, the band lived and breathed music and morphed and evolved into many different and entertaining configurations that put music at it's forefront. Like them or not, they were WAY more about the tune and live music experience than any "drug culture."

     

    re: Cobain being the most pretentious asshole to strap on a guitar? Seriously? Because he disdained homophobes and meathead jocks and misogynists ? The guy basically pissed off a large group of potential money sources and he's pretentious?

     

     

    re: Touch of Grey is a great song. Listen to some earlier live versions from '82, '83 and it's even better than the one they cut for the album. Touch of Grey is, by far, not their best studio song. Listen to any tune off of American Beauty, for starters. The version of Touch of Grey on the studio album has some cheesy keyboards in and is quite Pop-y. No big deal. Don't know of anyone ever claiming that the band sold out, though.

     

    The band wasn't the same after Donna left. Or, after Keith left. Or, after Pigpen left. Or after Brent died. They evolved into other, equally worthwhile, formations, imo.

     

    Read the thread title...If I didn't think it was against grain, I wouldn't have posted it.

    You just can't live in Texas unless you got a lotta soul

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    http://yestotexas.com/14-things-non-texans-just-dont-understand/

     

     

    14 Things Non-Texans Just Don’t Understand

     

     
    Texas is a diverse and great place to live, but we aren’t complicated. Despite that, there are just some things that non-Texans won’t ever understand until they live here.
     
    1. Queso is not just melted cheese

    When I travel “abroad” to any of the other 49 states, and I make my way in to a Mexican restaurant occasionally there will be menu item listed as “chips and queso”. I put that phrase in quotation marks because normally what I am served is not chips and queso as we know it. It is a sorry substitute consisting of stale chips and melted cheese.The chips are terrible and the “queso” is just melted yellow cheese. There is no flavor, and there is rarely anything else mixed in it.

    The other 49 states take the translation of the word Queso a little too literally when applying it to this dish in my opinion.

     
    2. Not all Tacos are created equal

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    Don’t get me wrong, I like a good Taco Bell taco as much as the next guy, but in reality they pale in comparison to a really good street taco. A good fajita or barbacoa taco from one of those little Mexican restaurants all over the state beats them all in a head to head competition. There’s no debating it. It’s truth. If you disagree, you’re probably from Maine or Idaho. Neither of which are places deemed authorities on Mexican food.

     
    3. Bragging about Buc-ee’s bathrooms

    I know it sounds weird to brag about how clean a rest stop’s bathrooms are, but seriously, have you used a Buc-ee’s bathroom before? They really are the cleanest bathrooms on the planet. I’m sure people from other states have no idea why we’d brag about such things, but Texas is a big state. We have to drive long distances to get around. We occasionally have to stop at some nice rest stops and, well, not-so-nice rest stops. Believe us when we say, Buc-ee’s bathrooms are the best.

     
    4. How big the state is

    I’m pretty sure the rest of the country thought we were crazy when we upgraded some of our highways to 85 miles per hour. The people who thought we were crazy have probably never had to drive between Beaumont and El Paso. If they had, they’d understand how big this state is.

    Occasionally I’ll get a call from someone out of state who wants me to “just cruise on over to Lubbock from Austin” or “swing by Houston when I’m free” to do something for them. I have to remind them that unlike their puny state, ours takes time to drive across.

     
    5. The way we pronounce certain words

    Rio Grande, Boerne, and Guadalupe are just three of the many words that aren’t pronounced the way they look. Nothing makes a non-Texan who is visiting stick out more than hearing them try to pronounce em. The Texan language is a complex and diverse as the folks who use it. Just because a word may have spanish, german, or native American roots, doesn’t mean we still pronounce it that way.

     
    6. “The Valley” is in south Texas, not California

    With as many Californians moving here as there are nowadays, one thing needs to be said, and I’ll be the first to do so. When you’re in Texas, “The Valley” is not the San Fernando Valley, Silicon Valley, or any other valley in California. It’s the Rio Grande Valley. When your’e back home, your’e welcome to refer to whatever you’d like as “the Valley”. But when you’re in Rome, do as the Romans. When you’re in Texas, do as the Texans, and stop talking about California.

     
    7. Texas state pride

     

    e may be the most hated state in the United States, but who cares? I understand why. Their states just don’t hold their own when it comes to competition. They don’t understand state pride, because they don’t have much to be prideful of. It doesn’t matter where you travel in this world. EVERYONE knows where Texas is. It’s practically it’s own country.

     

    8. Grilling is not BBQ

     

    I’m sorry y’all, but putting some charcoal in a Weber grill and throwing some hot dogs on it is not “BBQ”. That’s grilling. If you want to BBQ, you smoke meats slowly using Post Oak, Mesquite, or one of the other wonderful woods for doing so.

    Don’t get me wrong. Grilling isn’t a bad thing. But in the grand scheme of things, you’re basically just heating up uncooked meats while trying not to burn them. BBQ is a time honored tradition that takes hours and skill. It’s praised by all. Heck, Texas Monthly has a website solely devoted to the Texas BBQ Sciences.

    Non-Texans thing anything with grill marks that they didn’t make inside is BBQ, but frankly they just don’t understand.

    9. We don’t all ride horses to school and work

     

    Despite popular belief, we don’t all ride horses everywhere we go. The population of this state is now primarily living in an urban area. As fun as it would be to do ride a horse around town, it’s just not practical and our streets would smell a lot worse, if you know what I mean. We appreciate the admiration for the cowboy way of life that everyone perceives us all of living, but it’s just not the way it is anymore.

    That being said, there are still some people who do find a reason or two to saddle up in Texas and run some errands every now and again. Those people are awesome.

    10. Homecoming Mums
     remember the first time I asked a non-Texan about homecoming mums. They cocked their head to the side like a confused animal and asked, “what the heck is a homecoming mum?” Needless to say, I was as dumbfounded as you probably are right now, hearing their response. Apparently not everyone practices this tradition.

    Mums are a huge part of going to High School in Texas. The fact that many people in the other 49 states miss out on this exorbitant and over the top tradition is baffling. They don’t know what they’re missing out on.

     

     

    11. High School Football

     

    I had a conversation with a girl from New Jersey once who told me three terrible things. The first was that she didn’t know what a mum was (which we’ve already covered). The second was that she hadn’t ever been to a pep rally before, which is insane. And the third, and most baffling, was that she had never been to a high school football game. I was floored.

    High School football is a huge part of Texan culture. On Fridays in the fall you can see caravans of school buses hauling students around the state for big match ups in local football stadiums. Dads are working the booster club BBQ’s, the band and drill team is getting ready for their halftime performance, and of course our favorite team is getting amped on the sidelines.

    The fact that people in other places don’t regard high school football as highly as we do is baffling, and honestly, somewhat upsetting. Let’s change the subject.

     
    12. Hospitality

    We have our scientific proof that Texas, and for the most part, folks from the south, are nicer than people from elsewhere, even in situations that people might not expect. A friend of ours came to visit from the West Coast recently and kept saying, “I can’t believe how many people hold the door open for others”. I thought she was crazy for noticing, because I just expect it. It’s called hospitality, and folks from elsewhere just don’t get it.

     
    13. Texas Weather

     

    Rain one day. Freezing the day after. A sauna the next. Last week in Dallas, it was 80 Tuesday and we had 4 inches of ice on the ground Friday.  It’s baffling to people elsewhere that we can have a cold snap in early December, and then get shorts weather for Christmas. I’m sorry it’s hard to comprehend folks, but that’s just Texas weather. If you don’t like it, just wait 15 minutes. It’ll change.

     
    14. Mr. Pibb is not a substitute for Dr Pepper

     

    Listen up Non-Texans. I don’t know what sludge for a cola you drink that you consider Mr. Pibb to be comparable to Dr Pepper, but they’re not even close. If I wanted a Mr. Pibb, I would have asked for one. The next time I have a non-Texan ask if, “Mr. Pibb is ok instead of Dr Pepper” I’m seriously going to flip the table over.

    Honestly though. Mr. Pibb is just a regular guy. Dr Pepper is a Doctor for crying out loud! He’s got an education in taste. He’s the only one that can be trusted. You non-Texans just don’t get it.

     

    2013 Baseball season!!!

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    In the mid-70s to early 80s, Martin was notorious for abusing his pitchers' arms. Most teams were not pushing their pitchers to pitch complete games as they were in the previous era by this time. It's thought that Catfish Hunter's career ended prematurely due to how hard Martin ran him on the mound. And, while pitchers still did pitch complete games, from time to time, it was no where near as often as Martin had his pitchers do it. His first couple of years in Oakland showcase this, and by his 3rd/ last year there he had pitchers with toasted arms and they sucked.

    Looking at the CG numbers...1980 was insane for the A's. Martin's teams were always among the leaders in CG, but 1980 was abusive.

    2013 Baseball season!!!

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Heh.

     

    As much as Martin was known for being able to turn a team around, he was also known for ruining careers of young pitchers by over-working them.

     Yeah...but it WAS a different game and a different era then. There are a lot of 50 and 60 year old former pitchers who can't raise their pitching arm to comb their hair.

    Back in the day, Pitch counts were for sissies. And any pitching coach who took a different approach to conditioning, training and pitch counts was called 'eccentric'. All anybody remember about Tom HOuse is he had his pitchers throw a football in their training. He was a huge proponant of limiting the number of pitches for younger pitchers...

    It was a different world. Four man rotations and ten man pitching staffs.

    Tony LaRussa and Dave Duncan revolutionized the game and probably saved countless careers.

    2013 Baseball season!!!

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    I know Steinbrenner mercilessly jerked Martin around, knowing how desperately he wanted to be part of the Yankees, but behavior issues cost him his early jobs too. He only won one World Series. He did take Oakland back to the playoffs, but in doing so, he ruined the careers of his good, young pitchers by letting them complete most of their games. I know Billy Martin had a winning record, but the rude needed help, and knew how to wear out his welcome quickly.

    Excellent points.

    My perspective on Billy came from the 1974 Rangers. He took a team that was a glorified AAA team in 1972 and 1973 and had them in contention for the AL West (in 1974). He did love the veterans...hoping to catch lightening in a bottle.

     

    He was an unredeemable alcoholic and more than a little bit of an asshole; but he could turn a team around.

    A Thread for Musical Blasphemy you Truly Believe

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I've probably said this before, but since somebody bumped this thread, it got me to thinking.

     

    I don't get the Velvet Underground, which is odd since I really like Lou Reed. I kinda like the last two records, so maybe it's John Cale I don't care for.

     

    Don't like the Grateful Dead. As much as I try (and I've really tried), the seem to be more about the drug culture than they do music.

     

    I think that George's ALL THINGS MUST PASS is superior to every other former Beatle Solo Record.

     

    Sandinista is a glorious mess that holds up really well after 30 years.

     

    I think Max Weinberg is a plodding drummer.

     

    Chicago was a reasonably good band up until Terry Kath blew his brains out (yeah, 8 and 10 were pretty schlocky, but that is a catalogue that I would place up against anybody.)

     

    Van Halen only made three good records...and that is stretching it quite a bit.

     

    Eddie Van Halen wasted his talent with crappy front men his entire career.

     

    British Rock is more about attitude than music. You'd think Oasis would be a hard rocking guitar band given their load of attitude.

     

    Dying young is the best career move for fair to middling rockers.

     

    Kurt Cobain was the most pretentious asshole to ever strap on a guitar. Supremely talented, but c'mon..."I don't that kind of person to listen to my music."

     

    John Lennon made one good solo record.

     

    Paul McCartney made three good records (solo and with Wings) before John died...I haven't heard the new one.

     

    The Who should have packed it in after Keith Moon died.

     

    Jimmy Page vs. Jeff Beck...I think Jimmy's band was infinitely superior to anything Jeff Beck could put together, but I think Jeff is the better guitar player.

     

    Al Green is the greatest soul singer to ever walk the face of this earth. Followed closely by Marvin Gaye.

     

    I wish Springsteen would strip things down and hit the road with a small band...two guitars, bass and drums. No keyboards. No horns. No army of background singers.

     

    Tom Petty is the best American songwriter since Dylan...and I'm not too sure that he isn't better.

    SHE SELLS SANCTUARY is the best guitar rock song of that generation. As a matter of fact, The Cult is a criminally underexposed, under rated band.

     

    BETTER MAN is the best song ever.

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