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Could someone please explain to me why Hollyweird seldom makes Westerns anymore? Anyone?

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383 Comments

  1. Miss Kitty?

    Oh, never mind. It was Dolly.

  2. In a world of grey, they can’t decide who the black hats and the white hats are?

  3. I saw the first Gunsmoke episode. It was introduced by John Wayne.

  4. Crap I tries to write a poat and I made a page . Can someone delete it that knows how?

  5. After Obama, what I care about is an executive who understands an Excel spreadsheet, gets the basics of business, and knows how to make really tough decisions and hire good people.

    Trump? *sits back and watches Michael explode heh heh heh*

  6. Could someone please explain to me why Hollyweird seldom makes Westerns anymore? Anyone?

    In a setting that lends itself to moral certainty, there are no shadows that can be used to hide notions that challenge that certainty in. Besides, every screen writer knows that Americans MUST regard this period in history with shame, after all.

    Even if it embodies the notions of hard work, self reliance, and exceptionalism, you all know in your heart of hearts that it was only possible on the backs of others, including those from whom we stole the land, be they “native americans” or the Mexicans in the southwest. No one needs to see a picture about those times unless it oppressively, ham-fistedly points out those considerable faults to an audience that might otherwise be inspired by such a film, and start questioning the motives and actions of their intellectual betters, who must constantly remind them that diverisity and acceptance of all behaviors and attitudes is the only way to a truely great country.

    Now aren’t you sorry you asked?

  7. Crap our cat just fell off the bannister to the floor below. She’s a bit dazed

  8. Sorry for Carin Kitty

  9. did you write that BiW or have you been reading dailyKos again.

  10. Well, shit, BiW, I figured it was because all the really good cinematograhers had died.

  11. I have no clue if I spelled cinematographers correctly or not? Sohos?

  12. She’s a bit dazed

    It might be time for an intervention. At some point the catnip has to be cut off.

  13. I live in a state where Hispanic history teachers will bitch about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in front of a class full of native Americans. My Hispanic Grandparents had water rights to an orchard from the 1860’s but a Federal Court gave the water rights to the Mescalero Apaches whose reservation wasn’t established until the 1870’s. Feather Indians beat Mexicans. Inn of the Mountain Gods is way cool and my grandparents’ adobe is pretty rustic. Can’t say I’m too sad.

  14. Carin, is the kitteh ok?

  15. I respectfully propose to you that willful adherence to the Constitution and a strong belief in the rule of law is a kind of conservative purity that transcends strict issue-oriented ideology.

    We’re not in this mess because people have stupid ideas. We’re in this mess because people with stupid ideas are BREAKING THE LAW to impose them on us.

    That was from the last thread. I never even noticed Leapordw on this blog before, but he is probably the second smartest commenter here.

    He agrees with me.

  16. sounds racist to me…

  17. Because… RACIST!

  18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTZ7iX4vTQ

  19. Hahaha, Count!

  20. Could someone please explain to me why Hollyweird seldom makes Westerns anymore? Anyone?

    Yeah.

    The basic story is white people suppressing Mongolian criminal gangs (a/k/a Native Americans), plus kicking out a handful of Hispanics, and imposing civilization on the land they did not deserve.

    Go figure.

  21. Did I just say the same exact thing as BiW with my “world of grey” comment?

  22. Kitty made a horrible sound when she landed. She’d been relaxing on a tablecloth I had set there – bad kitty- and they both went tumbling. She not really peppy or anything but she started purring when my dUghter petted her.

  23. I’m 1/64 Pueblo. That means I didn’t get shit from shinola when Uncle Sam started passing out the goodies.

  24. Did I just say the same exact thing as BiW with my “world of grey” comment?

    Yeah, but BiW has a grudge against his nemesis SoulofBrevity.

  25. *Yells upstairs.*

    Damnnit woman, where’s my dinner?

    Ouch, ouch, shit, stop it … damn.

  26. Personally I think back in 95 when Sharon Stone came out with Quick and the Dead, and Antonio Bandaras came wout with Desperado the guitar case carrying outlaw, everyone else decided there was no way to top those two westerns so nobody has the balls to try.

  27. Car in, is your pussy sore?

  28. Count, I thought Open Range was pretty good and also the remake of 3:10 to Yuma. You?

  29. BTW, Continental is ALREADY PISSING ME OFF AGAIN.

    They cancelled mom’s portion of the return flight.

  30. She not really peppy or anything but she started purring when my dUghter petted her.

    Carin, cats also purr when they are injured. Hope she’s okay.

  31. I never saw open range, I thought 3:10 to Yuma remake was better than flipping channels but SoHos didn’t.

  32. Clintbird, the problem with the Pueblo Indians is they were subjugated by the Spanish with the Reconquista. If you had held out like the Apache, Comanche, and the Navajo, you’d have been part of the sweet Uncle Sugar money. At least some of the Pueblos are cashing in on the casino money. I think you had to be on the rolls after 1870. My Isleta ancestors were off roll in the 1860’s. Bastards. Now there is a Hard Rock Casino.

  33. I’m 1/64 Pueblo.

    The Pueblo were a peaceful and benign agricultural group. They survive in New Mexico to this day, and make substantial bucks selling exquisite pottery and jewelry to tourists. I have been a customer.

    My earlier slander of Native Americans as “criminal gangs” was from a Texas perspective, and directed at the Comanches and Apaches and their ilk.

  34. The only thing I inherited from my Pueblo ancestors was a taste for whiskey and sweaty hores.

  35. And somewhat bright shirts.

  36. Uh, Michael, no lawyer worth his salt would admit to slander. It ain’t slander if it is true.

  37. Michael, can you ask Cathy why she ignored the email I sent her the other day?

  38. I had NO idea those moonbats were still carrying on in Wisconsin:

    http://biggovernment.com/mtrackers/2011/06/03/wisconsin-democrats-lose-control-of-protesters-they-inspired/

  39. I’m 1/64 Pueblo.

    I’m thinking you could start filing some papers of some sort and at least get a couple 1 armed bandits set up in your hall way and invite the neighbors over to test their luck.

  40. *Makes note to subscribe to Count’s newsletter.*

  41. TiF that’s the best article ever.

    “Unfortunately for the protesters, the bill was being voted on in the Assembly and the protesters instead yelled “shame!” as a bill passed to enact an income tax checkoff for the Special Olympics.”

    HAHAHAHAHA

  42. Crap I tries to write a poat and I made a page . Can someone delete it that knows how?

    I know how, but I’ll be damned if Imma gonna do it

  43. Michael, can you ask Cathy why she ignored the email I sent her the other day?

    Yes, I can.

    *goes to confer with Cathy*

    Well, that was a surprise. Cathy is not talking to you because she does not like you. She thinks I spent too much time looking at your ass in St. Louis. Boy howdy did I just get an earful.

    [Also, Cathy has been spending a lot of time on Patty Ann and her family. She’s gone to Baylor Medical Center right now.]

  44. >> makes westerns anymore?

    Because at their peak most Americans were not terribly familiar with the western part of the country except through books and photographs, and a lot of it just seemed bigger than life. If you look at the films through the 60s particularly, the scenery almost always played a huge role in the film, wide open spaces, skies, spectacular stuff.

    Later our interest waned as more of us saw it first hand (or in a lot of movies).

    Unforgiven might be one of the best of the more recent westerns.

  45. XBrad, do you need the woodchipper or the 870 for Continental?

  46. Silverado.

    Best Western evah.

  47. Crap I tries to write a poat and I made a page . Can someone delete it that knows how?

    It be in the trash.

  48. “Unforgiven might be one of the best of the more recent westerns.”

    yes for sure but you gotta endure pussy clint for about 3/4 the movie before you get to the meat. “Well, he should have armed himself if he’s going to decorate his saloon with my friend. “

  49. Unforgiven might be one of the best of the more recent westerns.

    True. That was like Rowdy Yates totally grown up and professional. Eastwood at the top of his game as producer, director and actor.

    I’m gonna put that on my Netflix queue and watch it again.

  50. where are the tabs?

  51. That’s pretty crappy about your mom’s flight xbrad. I’d go with the 870 first and then finale with the woodchipper.

  52. OK, got Continental Airlines unfucked.

    All you Texans? Your airports suck.

  53. What tabs, Count? Oh you mean the ones that wiser deleted?

    .
    .
    .
    I think a bunch of old stuff got consolidated into the tab called Old Tabs.

  54. Uh oh Dave.

    Moses has competition. http://i.imgur.com/uLR2X.jpg

  55. I kinda knew if I called Continental, (if I could have even found a fucking phone number!) I’d have lost my shit in the first 10 seconds, so I called the nice folks at Expedia and the helped me.

  56. I took a class in college called “The history of the American West through film”. All the westerns of the 60’s were really about Viet Nam. Starting with Shenandoah (Hello, Civil War) through Sam Peckinpah. We watched The Searchers and Mag 7 too. I saw Gene Autry at an Angels game. Then I found $20.

  57. Evening all – what’s up?

  58. makes westerns anymore?

    I think it’s mostly because the Hollywood types can’t wrap their brains around the idea of personal responsibility or duty which are the cornerstone of any good western.

    The closest in recent times was probably The Incredibles. One of my favorite lines of all time was Mr. Incredible:

    “It’s insane! We keep finding new ways to celebrate mediocrity.”

  59. Liked Open Range, High Plain Drifter and Unforgiven (as modern westerns). I found the remake of 3:10 to Yuma unworthy of the original. But that’s just my opinion.

  60. “Oh you mean the ones that wiser deleted?”

    oh yeah I forgot he wears the douchebag neck http://tinyurl.com/66sbxvk

  61. I sent sohos to Home depot to get a particular lock-nut. she’s struggling and has called twice with her voice raised. hahahahahahaha

  62. FDOTD

  63. “Hello, you have reached the Continental Airlines help line. For inadvertantly cancelled flights, press 1. For deliberately cancelled flights because we are bastard sonsabitches, press 2. For massively overbooked flights press 3. For flights with crying babies press 4. For complaints about our TSA agents not giving you a “happy ending” press 5.”

    beep

  64. So, finally got around to watching Dick in a Tweet vid. Color me unimpressed.

  65. My Dad was an E8. I really like MCPO. High Plains Drifter as “modern”? 1973…ummmm

  66. I’mma steal that for my FaceFuck status, Romacita.

  67. Moses is past his prime. Time to pass the torch.

    Also the thing about Unforgiven I particularly liked was a sense of proportionate realism.

    Also, for unproportionate realism and just damned fun, Silverado.

  68. Count told me to get “bolts” when he needed “nuts” LMAO

  69. They filmed Silverado in NM. I can tell you the scenes I was intoxicated in while driving by during filming.

  70. Sohos has Count’s nutz in her purse?

    Quelle surprise…

  71. CrazyBear – I was a third class in 1973.

  72. think “pitcher”, “catcher”.

  73. INCORRECT, YOU WORMY MEATSACKS.

    THE REASON IS BECAUSE YOUR PRIMITIVE FILMS DO NOT PORTRAY THE HEROIC IMAGERY OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH BEING ANNIHILATED BY THE SUPERIOR CREATURES OF PLANET TAGNASH.

    OUR TAGNASHIAN FILMS DO, AND THEY ARE ALWAYS SOLD OUT.

    SERIOUSLY. IMAGINE ‘HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER’ BUT WITH 17 FOOT TALL FURRY ALIENS JUST COMING DOWN FROM THE SKY AND SNUFFING ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY INSTANTLY AND THEN BATTING THE BODIES AROUND LIKE TINFOIL BALLS FOR 20 MINUTES.

    THE END.

    INSTANT. BLOCKBUSTER.

  74. well yeah, I’d watch that.

  75. Start in Frisco, I’d pay to watch that pic.

  76. Michael says:
    June 3, 2011 at 7:28 pm
    Michael, can you ask Cathy why she ignored the email I sent her the other day?

    Yes, I can.

    *goes to confer with Cathy*

    Well, that was a surprise. Cathy is not talking to you because she does not like you. She thinks I spent too much time looking at your ass in St. Louis. Boy howdy did I just get
    ********
    this is not my fault. Sunglasses, Michael.

    But I wanted to know where it was that she and MJ were talking about as their favorite vacation spot. Perhaps she’s shared this knowledge with you?

  77. IMAGINE ‘HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER’ BUT WITH 17 FOOT TALL FURRY ALIENS JUST COMING DOWN FROM THE SKY AND SNUFFING ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY INSTANTLY AND THEN BATTING THE BODIES AROUND LIKE TINFOIL BALLS FOR 20 MINUTES.

    I’d watch it. But I saw Constantine in theatre.

    Twice.

  78. MCPO, My Dad was an E7 in ’73 and we were living on Taiwan. Watching movies on base was the best. We saw everything for .25 just 6 months after the rest of the US.

  79. Crap. You guys have been having tons of fun while I’ve been gone.

    *Jealous*

    Ok. I’ll be working on a PattyAnn update. As.U.Were.

  80. I get the impression Tagnashians are genderless.

  81. Tiger Cyn says:
    June 3, 2011 at 7:36 pm
    Crap I tries to write a poat and I made a page . Can someone delete it that knows how?

    It be in the trash.
    ****
    that’s why I love you best.

  82. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Roamy: You have chocolate on your chin.

    Rocketboy: And proud of it.

  83. Oso, don’t forget the best part of watching movies on base.

    You get to stand for the national anthem.

    (no sarc tag, I always enjoyed that part!)

  84. BATTING THE BODIES AROUND LIKE TINFOIL BALLS FOR 20 MINUTES.

    I am so adding that one to the Netflicks queue

  85. that’s why I love you best.

    Cyn♥Carin

    *swishes hair around a bit for effect*

  86. Really ,Cyn the whole time Lauraw’s and I were having naught pillow fights I was imagining it was you.

  87. aught from aught is naught pillow fights!

  88. That is so hawt Carin!

    Why are there no pictures of said pillow fight?/channeling xbrad

  89. Stupid iphone

  90. Friday, June 3rd UPDATE on PattyAnn. A very good day for PattyAnn.

    This morning they determined that she was strong enough to have the ventilator removed. Woo-hoo. The timing of my visit was perfect, because she had had enough time without that tube down her throat to help her throat muscles recover enough so that by the time I showed up she could talk to me.

    She had a cute mischievous smile on her face when I came in, washed my hands, and started talking to her and giving her crap.

    First. Her new mattress. To help prevent bed sores, PattyAnn has a cool mattress under her that inflates in different areas at different times so that it rocks and rolls her body around to release pressure on any one place on her body. It was kinda funny to watch her roll around. Obviously Joyce and I had fun teasing her about it.

    She can’t eat or drink anything yet… only little bits of ice… and I was a ‘softy’ and probably gave her more than the doc would like. Reason? Um. She had more surgery than originally planned, including the removal of some of her colon which had gotten infected when the infection from the arterial graft spread. Bummer… so a colostomy bag is part of what she is dealing with now, but that will be dealt with soon enough.

    Next surgery will be some time next week to take more of the infected leg. Yes. More amputation. She’s okay with it. the leg is simply not healing and they know it.

    I have more to tell you, but I need to take care of something before the sun goes down. bbl.

  91. Xbradtc, my friend and I were adding commentary to the national anthem and his gunny sergeant dad picked us up by the neck, over our seats, and gave us 10 minutes to get home. I lived 15 minutes away. I never told my dad.

  92. I swear to TAGNASH, when I win the lottery, I’mma play “Indecent Proposal” with all the Hostagettes… at once.

  93. Thanks Cathy. The new rolling beds are cool. Prayers.

  94. There’s no pictures becUse you know lauraw

  95. This will sound awful, all the advances they are making in Iraq and Afghanistan medically are really paying off here at home. The difference between the VA in 2005 and 2010 were incredible.

  96. I’m certainly relieved that Miss Patty Ann is off the ventilator!

  97. Crazy Bear – I founded you an avatar!!

    http://bit.ly/kzu020

  98. It’s Awesome that she’s off the vent. My husband asks for updates all day long.

  99. Good news for PA. Thank you so much for all your updates Cathy!!

  100. “Really ,Cyn the whole time Lauraw and I were having naught pillow fights I was imagining it was you.”

    She is gonna kick yer ass.

  101. A very good day for PattyAnn.

    That makes my day. More good thoughts for Patty Ann.

  102. “She had a cute mischievous smile on her face when I came in”

    Thanks Cathy! Made my day.

  103. Glad to hear the news, thank you, Cathy.

  104. **takes a very short break from praying for PattyAnn**

    **stretches legs, flexes knees**

    **back to praying**

  105. “I have more to tell you, but I need to take care of something before the sun goes down.”

    Puttin’ up the garlic barrier around the hacienda again, I presume?

  106. MCPO, that is awesome. I have no computer skills : (

  107. scottw says:
    June 3, 2011 at 8:26 pm
    “Really ,Cyn the whole time Lauraw and I were having naught pillow fights I was imagining it was you.”

    She is gonna kick yer as
    ********
    not if she doesn’t find out, mr honesty.

  108. “She had a cute mischievous smile on her face when I came in”

    Upon further review, I think she may have “the hots” for you.

  109. I think I just heard Johnny Cash doing Heart of Gold.

    Boy was that weird.

  110. Nope.

  111. The only thing that could have made it better if she had punched his dipshit parents too.

  112. Clint – That video makes me proud to be an American.

  113. Ditto, MCPO.

  114. First. Her new mattress. To help prevent bed sores, PattyAnn has a cool mattress under her that inflates in different areas at different times so that it rocks and rolls her body around to release pressure on any one place on her body.

    Please,Cathy, relay to her my dirtiest thoughts, and my prayers. There has to be a joke in there that you can attribute to me.

    Sounds good. Keep moving forward PA. Our prayers are with you, beloved.

  115. But I wanted to know where it was that she and MJ were talking about as their favorite vacation spot.

    I don’t know, didn’t hear the conversation. Belize would be my guess, but give Cathy some time to answer.

  116. Michael wasn’t there.

  117. That’s what I was afraid of , Scott.

  118. CB – If that was my son, you guys would be taking up a collection for my bail. I would have beaten him down like a ten penny nail.

  119. But I wanted to know where it was that she and MJ were talking about as their favorite vacation spot.

    http://tinyurl.com/3qc9x8k

  120. Did anybody rain on anybody else’s parade today?

  121. I taught school one year way back in the Stone Ages when corporal punishment was still allowed in High School. A wise ass trouble maker one day told me he was going to kick my ass. I invited him to the gym and said let’s have at it after we put on boxing gloves. I hit him one time smack on the nose. He decided it would be good to leave the gym and shut up the rest of the day but he did tell me he was going to tell his Dad. A bit later at Parent/Teacher conferences, his dad came up and asked me if I was the teacher that had punched his son in the nose. I confirmed that. He thanked me profusely. Ah, for the good ol’ days. In closing … kiss my ass, ACLU!

  122. I’ll do a BBF if they are not all covered already.

    http://tinyurl.com/4yqm7vn

  123. Did anybody rain on anybody else’s parade today?

    Like you have any right to judge where I pee.

  124. Did anybody rain on anybody else’s parade today?

    No, but I pissed on a BMW.

  125. his dad came up and asked me if I was the teacher that had punched his son in the nose. I confirmed that. He thanked me profusely.

    How are you with seven year-olds?

    We’ll talk.

  126. Did anybody rain on anybody else’s parade today?

    *Rains on Sean’s parade.

    Check.

  127. Actually, HM, I’ve never really been very good about taking crap from anyone. Character flaw, I guess.

  128. Why is there pee on my car?

  129. hey clintbird, is that your face or did your pants fall down?

  130. *runs away*

  131. @ 9:05 BrewFan:

    Bwahahahahaha!

  132. Okay, I gotta head up and watch the KC Royals get beat again. Later all.

  133. Why is there pee on my car?>/i>

    Stranger would’nt do that. Just sayin’.

  134. Pupster, she is a previous model.

  135. I gotta head up and watch the KC Royals get beat again

    I blame Ned Yost.

  136. Pupster, she is a previous model.

    I’m pretty sure her name is Kerry Marie.

  137. I gotta head up and watch the KC Royals get beat again.

    Quit yer bitchin’.

    /Angels fan

  138. You guys are funny tonight
    *lurks*

  139. You guys are funny tonight

    You mean like a clown? Like I’m here to fucking amuse you?

  140. Well howdy vmax!

  141. Hahaha. Boehner and Cap’n Clusterfuck to meet on the golf course.

    What’s the crease protocol here, people?

  142. Dance Clown!

  143. Dance Clown!

    That’s going on your Permanent Record.

  144. PJ is here? I will step up my game.

  145. Peej!

  146. I Peeeeeeeeeeeeeejjjjjjjjjjjj!!!!!!!!!!

  147. Who’s drinking for me tonight?

  148. oops Hi PJM I ment

  149. I’ve made my funny quota of the day.

    I think I’ll spend the rest of the evening making dry, verbose comments suitable as replacements for Ambien.

  150. I’ll drink for you. It’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.

  151. Welcome to Scotland, Pennsylvania.

    http://fwd4.me/035h

  152. Who’s drinking for me tonight?

    Well, I’m done for me for tonight, so I’ll take up your slack, peej.

  153. You mean like a clown? Like I’m here to fucking amuse you?

    Clowns are actually seldom amusing.

  154. I am, PJ

    **barfs on random child walking by**

  155. I think I’ll spend the rest of the evening making dry, verbose comments suitable as replacements for Ambien.

    xbrad’s union. Don’t fuck with the union.

  156. Be safe MCPO.

    http://tinyurl.com/4yz6o8h

  157. So I’ve volunteered to do a BBF and I’m about to start to go out searching. Is three virus protection programs running going to be enough?

  158. Rabid Beavers would not be a good name for a band.

  159. Herr, I’m not Union. You take that awful slur back.

    Or Pupster will pee on your leg.

  160. I think it’s safe to say that Vmaximus is drinking for me tonight.

    HOWDY SCOTT!!

  161. Is three virus protection programs running going to be enough?

    If you wear them simultaneously, they add girth.

  162. Is three virus protection programs running going to be enough?

    HAHAHAHAHA!!

    **barfs on random child walking by**

    I reeeeeeeally don’t think you want to get into a puking war with my kids.

  163. I can save you some time if you want, Cyndarlin’.

    NSFW

    http://tinyurl.com/3zhhdax

    Educate yourself.

  164. Herr, I’m not Union. You take that awful slur back.

    I apologize. Really.

  165. Thanks Pupster! Now I know how Rosetta found Kerry Marie.

    *barfs

  166. Pupster – I don’t live anywhere near that vile “city”.

  167. You know what’s great about spending Friday nights with you guys?

    Self-affirmation.

  168. *works up courage, sucks in breath, and asks…*

    Any other links I should explore for BBF models?

  169. Any other links I should explore for BBF models?

    You know that thing about “there are no stupid questions”?

    Non-operative.

  170. Who’s drinking for me tonight?

    My liver, with a short stop at my mouth.

  171. OK, I’ve been an obnoxious fucker for long enough.

    It’s time for bed.

  172. Heh.

  173. A very good day for PattyAnn.

    Awesome!

  174. Any other links I should explore for BBF models?

    Rosetta got a lot of use out of Bigfatchickseatingbbqribs.com.

  175. Excellent tribute, clintbird. I added on-topic musical accompaniment.

  176. Nighty night Herr. Sweet Dreams

  177. Thanks Mesa, but I’m afraid to go to any site that Rosetta uses.

  178. ‘night Herr.

    And how YOU doin, rowwwrrrr chick?

  179. Welcome to Scotland, Pennsylvania.

    Girl cop?

    Kinda looks like.

  180. Ok Cyn, BoobsRUs.com?

  181. Bigfatchickseatingbbqribs.com

    Also, inside joke to one of Wiser’s (I think) best photoshops.

    Destroyed in the Great Wicked Pinto Disaster of 2009.

  182. Cyn, serious, chickipedia.com

  183. Mesa – Yup.

  184. That’s a no go, Mesa, but BoobsRUs.net works though. Heh

  185. Cyn, you might try cowswithtits.com. Seems the natural response to cowswithguns.com.

  186. Okay, vacation is over. Back to work on the morrow.

    Please send me some good H2 vibes to combat my sorrow.

    *skeered of the pile of mess that is waiting for me*

  187. Jewstin, you’ve been quite witty today. Too bad you are not my neighbor, I would make you dinner.

  188. cowswithtits.com

    *googles…and cries*

  189. Thanks xbrad.

  190. Rosetta got a lot of use out of Bigfatchickseatingbbqribs.com.

    Out of nowhere it’s MESA!

  191. That’s not a bad site, Xbrad!

  192. Also, inside joke to one of Wiser’s (I think) best photoshops.

    HAHAHA! awwwwwww, that makes me all homesick. I miss the old days when wiserbud would do his photoshops………the good old days. When we earned every thing we had. Ate what was given to us, didn’t complain and made our clothes out of flour sacks.

  193. Why, thank you Beasn. I’d even bring my own plate if I was your neighbor.

  194. I have drank my fill PJM. Now I am drinking for you.

    Mesa!
    Long Time my friend. How you doing?

  195. Out of nowhere it’s MESA!

    So?

  196. made our clothes out of flour sacks

    HAHA!

  197. Heh PJ, I usually work nights so not around during funtime.

    Usually, all I get when I get home is Sean and Chumpo writing love letters to each other.

  198. Out of nowhere it’s MESA!
    Classic PJM.

  199. >> the good old days. When we earned every thing we had. Ate what was given to us, didn’t complain and made our clothes out of flour sacks.

    Grandma, is that you?

  200. made our clothes out of flour sacks.

    We can stop doing that?

    Shit.

  201. Howdy Andy!

  202. made our clothes out of flour sacks.

    When I was a kid we wore hair shirts and were happy to have them.

  203. Cyn, I usually decide on who to do LH on, and THEN go to chickipedia, but you can just browse…

    I’m all about downloading pics of hot chicks.

    Oh, and google Sasha Grey. Make sure safe search is off. And have the kids there.

  204. V, doing well.

    Work has sloooooowed down for summer so may have to make a move.

    Also, waiting on fricking probate court to move it’s ass so I can spend some of my dad’s well earned cash on either a condo or a live aboard sailboat and throw the rest in my bank account, which was completely depleted by assorted adventures, child support, daughter in grad school and that fun unemployment thing.

    Florida may be in my somewhat near future — around Ft. Myers.

  205. ACCORDING TO THE FINANCIAL PREDICTIONS FROM PLANET TAGNASH’S TOP ECONOMISTS, YOU VERMIN WILL SOON BE VERY LUCKY TO FIND A FLOUR SACK TO MAKE CLOTHING FROM. OR TO CONSUME FLOUR FROM, FOR THAT MATTER.

    CURSE OBAMA FOR DIMINISHING OUR ULTIMATE VICTORY!!!

  206. Dear elder of the internets Mesa
    I need a tutor on Access and or Excel. Can you point me in a direction?

    I want to search cars that I have called on. I make 50 to 75 calls a day. I would rather type dealer name make and model than paging through 500 sheets of paper or my spreadsheet looking for who called me back about What? Who? When? What Year, Make and Model?

  207. Take your couch with you, Mesa. I’m gonna need a place to crash.

  208. Oh, and google Sasha Grey. Make sure safe search is off. And have the kids there.

    *moves xbrad to the ‘kill immediately” list*

    check you email

  209. MIchael, I know you were teasing us on the last thread, I’ll leave my comment there.

  210. V, neither.

    Some great really cheap contact management software out there that is tailor made for that.

    It’s been a long time, but I used to use Act. Not sure if it’s still around, I’ll look.

    Huge time saver and set up for what you need.

  211. Cyn, you look VERY sexy with a bacon bikini. Thanx for the pic.

  212. Take your couch with you, Mesa.

    Don’t have one.

    If things work out?

    Fore cabin.

    Learn how to tie some knots.

  213. Sail boats are fun Mesa.
    We have a city owned marina in the manatee river. Bars, are close by. It is rather close to me too.

    Ft Myers is 1.5 hours away. I can bring transportation if you are on a sailboat.
    And a cooler full of beer.

    Wait who needs transport?

    Me!

  214. Did anybody rain on anybody else’s parade today?

    No, not yet, but the night is young.

    Who wants to talk about the Doctrine of Election?

    Also, I love Scott and Laura for their gift to PA.

  215. Vmax, you might look into Goldmine. It used to be a terrific database.

  216. VERY sexy with a bacon bikini

    Credit card number please.

  217. Mesa, I grew up on small boats. I can tie every knot needed. Blindfolded.

  218. Realizes that I still haven’t invited Jewstin to dinner…

  219. My babygirl will be 21 tomorrow.

  220. Usually, all I get when I get home is Sean and Chumpo writing love letters to each other.

    I try not to look when that happens, you know, to be polite.

  221. googles act
    bings act

    #3 sage mobile for act, $120?
    Is it worth it Mesa?
    Kind of looks good.

  222. I will really do the July 8th BBF

    Sohos, a female can only to BBF if the BBs are yours.

    Are you really up for that?

  223. >> When I was a kid we wore hair shirts and were happy to have them.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7QExu9Tk-4

  224. I wish to state, for the record, that I have not a clue what, “the Doctrine of Election” might be.

  225. My babygirl will be 21 tomorrow.

    awwwwwwww, are you gonna get her all liquored up?

    Congrats Dave. I just KNOW you’re an awesome pops.

  226. Bings Goldmine

  227. Mare said NO PICTURES!

    http://tinyurl.com/42avov8

  228. V, they still exist and may be more than what you need — http://www.act.com/

    But, for a couple hundred bucks it’s very high powered and easy to tailor to exactly what you want.

    Don’t screw around with spreadsheets and database files if you can get it all in a box in one stop at Best Buy.

    Just set it up to do what you need easily — and run with it.

    All kinds of templates and cool foofy graphics and stuff.

  229. Happy Birthday DaveBabyGirl!

  230. Oh yeah, either booze or the crack pipe. It’s her day, she gets to pick.

    also thank you.

  231. My babygirl will be 21 tomorrow.

    Dave is Oh-El-Dee!!

  232. Sohos, pick a date and I’ll be there.

  233. Sohos, a female can only to BBF if the BBs are yours.

    Ummmm
    1. Cyn is doing BBF on July 1st
    B. Mine have been on display for BBF twice already
    Shirlena. You will be happy with my choice Batman

  234. Did you look at my horse? My horse was amazing.

  235. Happy birthday to Daughter in Texas.

  236. My babygirl will be 21 tomorrow.

    Congrats and hugs DaddyDave. Have fun this weekend.

  237. Is it worth it Mesa?

    In my experience?

    Yes.

    We ran 150 salespeople on it with no problems. I loved it for it’s simplicity.

    It saves time. That’s the most important thing.

  238. Certainly Jewstin!!!!!

    Dave you are such a wonderful Daddy! Happy “legal age” DD (Dave’s Daughter)

  239. I am liking it Mesa,
    Thank you
    My somewhat FIF’s are awesome!
    I owe you a 48 quart cooler full of beer in Ft Meyers Mesa.

    What is your choice?

  240. >> It saves time. That’s the most important thing.

    Bingo. You’re not getting paid for being a DBA.

  241. Thanks everybody. She was a great kid. I think she’ll be a great adult.

  242. Continuation of the PattyAnn update June 3rd. Thanks for your patience.

    Michael hinted about the cool gift PattyAnn received today from Scott and Laura. It meant a great deal to her. I LOVE it. Dave was involved too. So thanks to everyone for your total sweetness.

    The gift is a matted and framed work of art done by a friend of Scott and Laura that has Psalm 3:3 in calligraphy along with some watercolor.

    “But you are a shield around me, O LORD;
    You bestow glory on me and lift up my head.”

    I just know that PattyAnn will be uplifted in the dark and difficult times AND will always remember you folks for that one. It’s also beautiful. I didn’t have a camera, otherwise I’d have taken a picture.

  243. What is your choice?

    Beer.

  244. I used ACT for a while at Merrill. Good stuff.

  245. Sorry… meant to mention that Laura and Scott asked Dave for a verse, and Dave was the one to suggest Psalm 3:3.

  246. That’s awesome w’s and Dave. Thanks for sharing, Cathy.

  247. Hey Mesa, I learned knots in Boy Scouts.

    Plus, I have a lot of time on my hands.

    Just sayin’.

  248. you are awesome Cathy
    .
    .
    .
    What did Michael do to deserve the precious gem that you are?

    I did not think so.
    Lucky Bastage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!eek!

  249. I presume you all saw this masterful piece of work by the DiC: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/president-obamas-jeep-wrangler-metaphor-goes-over-poorly-at-jeep-wrangler-plant/

  250. Dave appears to be quite pleased to have his daughters all grown up: http://fwd4.me/035r

  251. Plus, I have a lot of time on my hands.

    Get thee down to Clear Lake in a month or so.

    I gots lots to learn.

  252. I hear fireworks.

  253. I hear fireworks

  254. Ahhhh Friday night in Kemah

  255. beer
    Assorted Michelob products win!
    Wait I like Heineken too

    Thanks X

    I will incorporate soon

    Or
    sole proprietorship. Contacting my CPA.
    .
    OUCH!
    I have to pay what?

  256. Get thee down to Clear Lake in a month or so.

    You’re here too? Damn. I picked the Clear Lake area almost randomly. I had no idea all the Houston Hostages were going to be in my back yard.

  257. Also, Mesa, last summer I was at the helm of a luxury antique ketch called the Guildive off the Maine coast, and I clocked the record speed for that boat.

    Yes I did. The wind was good and the water was still relative flat, and I heeled that bitch over, nearly dipped the rail in the water, and made her scoot. Everybody was hanging on to something and and stuff was tumbling across the deck, because this boat was seriously leaned over, but I did it.

    The owners were seriously proud of me.

  258. Mesa, I was taught by the US Navy how to sail.

  259. Ahhhh Friday night in Kemah

    Trying really hard not to go to the Palapa Bar tonight….

  260. Continuation…
    While I was chatting and encouraging PattyAnn the great surgeon, Dr. Dennis Gable, came in to check on PattyAnn. He walked up behind me quietly and gave me a BIG HUG and smile. He looked like he had just come from another surgery… and he said this was the first time he’d been by to visit PattyAnn since her surgery. He seemed happy to see her making progress and spent a good amount of time talking with her about what he had done in the11 hour surgery, where they are going from here and the work she has in front of her to keep getting better.

    Everything the doc said fit in well because I had just been giving her a pep talk, coaching her on how much she is going to have to make getting better her job… that every day she needs to listen to what the doctors, nurses, and others like physical therapists expect her to do and that she need to do her best to get ‘er done even if it is painful or uncomfortable… that this is how she will get better. She said she would do her best. Yea!

    One thing that is certain. EVERYONE… surgeons, nurses, medical team, family members, you morons, and PattyAnn herself ALL pretty much agree that her being alive right now is a MIRACLE.

    I thank God and all of you for your faithfulness in prayer and thoughts of concern. Don’t stop. We’ve witnessed something pretty awesome already, but there are many more hurdles to come.

    Okay. Who wants a hug?

  261. And I’ve crewed on a couple boats before.

    I can tell a spinaker from a jib.

  262. I was taught by the US Navy how to sail.

    They have tracked vehicles now?

    I learned how to sail. And race.

    I never learned how to navigate blue water for thousands of miles or live on a forty foot boat.

    Stuff.

  263. I remember that joint

  264. Yes I did.

    Did they sell you a picture, too?

    Heh.

    Beautiful boat.

  265. Oh. I can plot a great circle route. Just sayin’ Mesa.

    I learned boats LONG before I learned tracked vehicles.

  266. Hugs for Cathy!

  267. I can tell a spinaker from a jib.

    And, I can tell a jib from a spinnaker.

    Xbrad’s and mesa’s excellent adventure.

    Did I ever tell you about the time that a buddy and me almost got run down by a Russian freighter when we tried to sail from Ft. Lauderdale to the Bahamas?

  268. You’re here too?

    Wut?

    Email me right now.

    How did this happen?

    Must buy you a beer.

  269. Mesa, I was taught by the US Navy how to sail.

    MCPOld taught the US Navy how to sail.

    Salty.

    Old.

    Fart.

  270. Most of my sailing was up in the San Juan Islands. Not a lot of open ocean.

    **ties neck in a bowline**

  271. B-rad, I learned to sail on big water where if you got lost — a coastline was at most 100 miles away on a constant bearing. Plus, the water was deep.

    Lots of shallow water and things to run into around here.

    Gonna take some classes.

  272. MCPO taught the wind to blow.

  273. mesa…. check the header

  274. Ah, I love whoever changed the header pic.

    Thought that was lost forever.

  275. Trying really hard not to go to the Palapa Bar tonight….

    You should just go

  276. Fuck you, Wiser.

  277. I never learned how to navigate blue water for thousands of miles or live on a forty foot boat.

    I think you gotta catch fish. And collect rainwater.

    Also, sleeping on deck in fair weather is a good idea when everybody smells real bad.

  278. I have two really good BBF models picked out just in case someone uses one I have a back-up. I don’t know how to put pictures under the fold. Will someone send me instructions between now and July 8th? Thank you nice person.

  279. VMAX!!!!

    I need a tutor on Access and or Excel. Can you point me in a direction?

    I want to search cars that I have called on. I make 50 to 75 calls a day. I would rather type dealer name make and model than paging through 500 sheets of paper or my spreadsheet looking for who called me back about What? Who? When? What Year, Make and Model?

    Forget Act. Look at Sugar CRM. Open source CRM that is absolutely free. If that doesn’t work for you, try Zohos CRM. Also free up to 3 users and it’s web-based.

  280. Mesa, I was taught by the US Navy how to sail.

    Chief, learning how to take a Navy shower on an aircraft carrier is not “sailing.”

    Sorry, but someone had to tell you this.

  281. Fuck you, Wiser.

    Missed you too, buddy.

  282. Mesa, the Coasties let me conn one of their 41′ boats.

    But yeah, a few classes can’t be bad.

  283. You should just go

    We have a mandatory (unpaid) early meeting tomorrow. Three this month on Saturdays.

    So glad I worked it out that I work Monday through Friday. But, that works for downtown.

    I do spend a lot of time with the Greg’s — Monkey and Palapa.

    It’s kind of nice to roll in there at 1 a.m. on a nice night and have a couple of beers outside and then go home without worrying about the crowds — or the Kemah and Clear Lake Shore cops.

  284. My BBF search is done!

    Sohos, email me when you do your post and I will help you with the break.

  285. Missed you too, buddy.

    Yeah, that and I made my love comment and then saw yours.

    I stepped on my own di**/comment.

    Thanks for doing that.

    Good times.

    We need to get together and send a three foot by three foot framed version of that to Rosetta to put in his man/lesbian den.

  286. We need to get together and send a three foot by three foot framed version of that to Rosetta to put in his man/lesbian den.

    HOUSEWARMING GIFT!!!!!

  287. I was up in the riggin’ in the afternoon, swabbin’ the decks and sharpnin’ harpoons.

  288. Also, sleeping on deck in fair weather is a good idea when everybody smells real bad.

    Michael sleeps on the deck.

    A couple of lines, don’t have to go searching in the morning.

  289. Mesa, you gotta drive up here for a weekend. You can work on your tan by our pool, which looks exceptionally fine since we got it redone. Even the banana trees are now recovering from the hailstorm.

    Plus, you can have any kind of food you want. BBQ, Mexican, Thai, Indian, Chinese, it’s all just five minutes away.

  290. Good times.

    I really miss them. I used to be so inspired by everything (see: 2012 Olympics logo, xtranorml cartoons, ice floes, etc.) I’ve still got the time, but so much going on that by the time I get an idea and then get it done, it’s already old.

    although, 2012 olympics are coming up….. I think my logo gif may get a bot of a workout soon…..

  291. *waits for invitation from Michael…..

  292. Forget Act. Look at Sugar CRM. Open source CRM that is absolutely free. If that doesn’t work for you, try Zohos CRM. Also free up to 3 users and it’s web-based.

    Yeah, that too.

    Been out of it for a while.

    Try the free stuff first — then call wiser.

  293. I think my logo gif may get a bot of a workout soon…..

    Animated even?

  294. Wiser, try to fit EVERYONE on the ice floe.

    Good luck with that.

  295. animated even……

  296. Wiser, try to fit EVERYONE on the ice floe.

    HAHAHAHAHA!!!

    already done.

    http://tinyurl.com/3glcc59

  297. I was up in the riggin’ in the afternoon, swabbin’ the decks . . .

    See, Chief, it’s actually physically not possible to swab a deck when you’re up in the rigging. Maybe you should just shut up about this.

    *waits for invitation from Michael…..

    OK. I get the hint.

    *long pause*

    Hey, did I mention that Mesa is welcome any time?

  298. *waits for invitation from Michael…..

    Wiser, how about an invitation from me?

    Consider yourself invited.

    I’ve seen you with a tan. Very nice.

  299. Mesa, you gotta drive up here for a weekend.

    Would love to.

    Just found out that I’m working for free for three out of four Saturdays in June. Corporate mandatory bullshit. Thought I had gotten away from that. Desk riders have to justify their positions somehow and they’re all nervous now that Tilman is coming after us hard.

    http://www.nrn.com/article/fertitta-ends-proxy-fight-mccormick-schmick%E2%80%99s

    The other one… Next weekend, I think.

  300. <i.Try the free stuff first — then call wiser.

    I’ve used them both. Both are better than Act and Microsoft CRM. Much more flexible and way quicker. MS CRM SUCKS!!!!!

  301. Wiser, how about an invitation from me?

    COOL! When’s the next time Michael is gonna be out of town?

  302. Plus, you can have any kind of food you want.

    Mr. Lamms?

  303. already done.

    Heh, I was laughing before twenty per cent of that pic loaded.

  304. I was up in the riggin’ in the afternoon, swabbin’ the decks and sharpnin’ taking harpoons.

  305. COOL! When’s the next time Michael is gonna be out of town his mind?

    *checks liquor cabinet*

    Anytime that’s convenient for you, Wiser.

  306. he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes

  307. I’m back.

    Who missed me?

  308. Anytime that’s convenient for you, Wiser.

    so, he’s a heavy sleeper, huh?

    sweet.

  309. I’m back.

    Who missed me?

    Were you washing pee off the car?

  310. Who missed me?

    ???

  311. Dave, you quoting Moby Dick or sumpin?

  312. No, I was peeing on the neighbors car.

  313. . Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes

    Always a giver.

  314. Hey, did you’se guys see my huge blog fight with JackStraw over at AoS tonight?

  315. So you leave Alabama tomorrow, Xbrad?

  316. Thanks for the updates on PattyAnn, Cathy – it sounds like our gal is doing well! I’ll try and get up there sometime in the next week or two. Is she up for visitors right now, or does she still need lots of rest?

    So it sounds like the next Texas meet-up needs to be in the Clear Lake/Kemah area – I can stay with friends in La Porte for free; maybe even drag them with me to meet you miscreants! (and of course, I’ll have to stop by and see my aunt and uncle, too…..)

    By that time, there should be a Peel baby, so we’ll have to bribe Will and Peel to bring the little nipper by for us all to hold and spoil!

  317. Dave, you quoting Moby Dick or sumpin?

    Robert Shaw’s soliloquoy from Jaws – which he wrote himself and did in one take while completely snockered…..

  318. so, he’s a heavy sleeper, huh?
    sweet.

    You. Cheating. Prick.

  319. Hey, did you’se guys see my huge blog fight with JackStraw over at AoS tonight?

    No. used to go to AOS every day… now… not so much. Can you give me the skinny version or a linky, Mesa?

  320. Dave, you quoting Moby Dick or sumpin?

    Robert Shaw’s soliloquoy from Jaws – which he wrote himself and did in one take while completely snockered…..

    Saw that movie so many times, I should have recognized it, but alas…

  321. Yep, Cathy. Leavin””” on a jet plane… don’t know when I’ll be back again…

  322. thirteen hundred men went into the water that night. By morning, there was a double-rainbow.

  323. Jewstin, seriously, email me at mesablue at gmail.

    How’d you end up here?

    Would be happy to show you around.

  324. Awwwww, Xbrad. I used to sing the female solo of that in a singing group in university.

    Good memories.

    You take it easy. And DO make sure you call someone if you get stranded in the Houston airport this time. MK?

  325. Cathy, my current plan if I get stranded in HOU is to go to a WaffleHouse, and call Mesa from there.

    And tell him some fart jokes.

  326. For you, Xb

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa3h3pnhg8s

  327. skinny version or a linky, Mesa?

    He brought up Romney.

    I made a point.

    He made a point.

    No more fun at AoS.

    I was funnin’.

  328. Did I mention that Continental arbitrarily canxelled mom’s ticket for the return leg of the trip?

  329. Hahahaha, Mesa. You funny.

    We met JackStraw last summer. I like him… and his big dog too.

  330. So you leave Alabama tomorrow, Xbrad?

    B-rad is in Alabama?

    Hwy 10 West.

    Just sayin’.

  331. Did I mention that Continental arbitrarily canxelled mom’s ticket for the return leg of the trip?

    WTF?

    I didn’t know that. What is going on?

  332. So it sounds like the next Texas meet-up needs to be in the Clear Lake/Kemah area

    Most definitely.

    I’ll bring the beer — and the crawfish.

  333. Mesa, when I get where I’m goin’, the answer will be “Hwy 10 East, just sayin'”

  334. Fine.

  335. Cat,

    Continental has been an absolute disaster the whole trip. They somehow had a system problem that made them think Pogo canx’d her return ticket (I think a pissed off gate agent did it).

    I didn’t even bother to call Continental. I called Expedia, and made them straighten it out.

  336. Music to sooth the soul as “Summertime” starts:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7-Qa92Rzbk&feature=BFa&list=PL53DE4DC510103541&index=8

  337. You. Cheating. Prick.

    We never said we were exclusive…..

  338. Xbrad you and your mom deserve so much better.

    I hope they don’t screw things up for you tomorrow.

    I’ll be praying for you both.

  339. I didn’t even know xbrad had Alabama roots.

    cousin?

  340. I appreciate that, Cathy, but you just keep praying for PrettyAnn.

    We’ll be OK.

  341. Dave,
    Momma grew up in Lineville.

  342. Music to sooth the soul as “Summertime” starts:

    One of my favorite songs to play on acoustic guitar — even with my banged up fingers.

  343. Kissing cousin?

  344. cousin?

    Brother? Uncle? Grampa? Flip the coin?

  345. I was bornded in Opelika. Sis #1 a year later in Mobile.

    Sisters 2 & 3 in Huntsville.

    Mesa, can you still play some with your fan-chewed fingers?

  346. Check your mail, Mesa.

  347. I can’t drink enough to kiss Dave.

  348. Dave, I was down near Opelika the other day. Marvyn, AL.

  349. I can’t drink enough to kiss Dave.

    You aren’t trying hard enough.

    Pansy.

  350. What the fuck is this shit?

  351. I can’t drink enough to kiss Dave.

    You aren’t trying hard enough.

    Pansy.

    Hahahaha! Jewstin. I can hardly wait to meet you.

    And, drink up Buddy… I plan on getting in a kiss or two.

    Mesa, do you still own a guitar?

  352. OK, boarding passes are printed. I just need to pack my bags in the morning.

  353. >> I can’t drink enough to kiss Dave.

    Wiserbud can.

  354. Did I mention that Michael trying to school me on what happens on a ship is just like a clarinet-playing faggot schooling Mesa on the proper way to slide a Kabar between the third and fourth ribs?

  355. What the fuck is this shit?

    *looks around room*

    *sniffs air*

    *shrugs shoulders*

    Okay gents, I’m gonna walk Peaches & Rosie.

    Have a good trip Xbrad. Gonna pray for you AND our PattyAnn.

    G’Night!

  356. Dave – That’s just xbrad trolling for free drinks AND a kiss.

  357. The “model” missile Mr. TiFW and his co-workers built for their friend who retired today:

  358. Wiserbud’s a grabby little slut.

  359. TiFW, that’s actually a very good scale model.

    They got the fins pretty damn right.

  360. I had no idea that Peter Graves and James Arness were brothers.

  361. I did not know that either until today.

  362. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSfQoC_6Fpk

    Listen up, ye landlubbers!

  363. G’nite.

  364. We watched Seabiscuit again tonight – an EXCELLENT movie!

  365. Toby McGuire shoots the horse at the end.

  366. Mesa, do you still own a guitar?

    Two.

    Strats. A 57 reissue sunburst and a 72 humbucker.

    I miss my brazilian rosewood Taylor.

  367. Toby McGuire shoots the horse at the end.

    That’s what we’re calling it now?

  368. a 72 humbucker

    Dirtiest guitar name EVAR.

  369. Unless there was a 69 humbucker, that is.

  370. I love a good humbucker.

    Dirty.

  371. Espescially when played through a Big Muff Pi — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Muff

  372. Lezz Paul.

    Need I say more?

  373. I like fuzz bass.

  374. Never got used to the fat frets of a Les Paul — love the sound, just love the speed and silky smoothness of a maple or rosewood neck strat. Actually really like they way the rosewood slows your fingers down as opposed to the smoothness of the maple. Feel.

    Don’t even have to open my eyes. Just play.

  375. I didn’t know you were a guitarist. I tried to learn to play bass at the urging of a couple of friends who wanted to start a band in high school, but my sausage fingers and addled brain just couldn’t connect. I still have my Jazz Bass, though.

    I was surprised at how heavy Les Pauls are compared to Strats.

  376. Les Pauls are HEAVY.

    Still have the huge strap I bought after I played three sets out with one after being used to strats. Shoulder almost fell off. One thing about Les Pauls — sustain from the gods.

    Also, a great jazz guitar if played right, but most people don’t do that. Awesome rock guitar — can’t make that sound through a Marshall amp any other way.

    I’ve played for almost 40 years. Used to have to have every rack and toy.

    Now, clean is good. You can get as deep and dirty as you want, overdrive, feedback, and crunch — with just a guitar and a good Fender tube amp. Maybe a little delay and chorus.

    Know yourself, know your equipment, make it sing.

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