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"Don't You (Forget About Me)" -- Simple Minds

Just don't for fuck's sake tell her you discussed this on a message board with 4100-ish people potentially reading. Oh, I told her. She thinks it's hilarious. The "hang in there" encouragement is cool, y'all. It's kind of how I feel. The other thing is that I've been vague, and everybody's had to f...

Kewl. Lotsa commentary. I'm surprised by the depth of sincerity in many, if not all, of the posts thus far. I was expecting, and actually hoping, for more cracking wise. Although I appreciate all the feedback and take it all seriously. I don't expect anybody, myself included, to understand the delic...

Been seeing this lady now for 2 months or so. Really great, creative, wicked smaht, purty. We've got a lot of communication going, and we have much in common. We seem to "get" each other on a gut level. But there's been some drama, about relationship kinds of stuff. Baggage, to use a therapyspeak te...

If you use the term loosely and not as a synonym for "shredder" or much to do with speed, necessarily, then there are a bunch of GGs out there.

I submit a gent who has gotten precious few props for his inventive guitar squalls by the general populus, Mr. Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo.

My point is that sure, if you can make money doing music, go ahead, BUT I know very few bands starting out that recoup recording and manufacturing costs from self-produced CDs. I pointed out Sserendipity's site because I think he's correct in his methods. At this point, marketing, that is, getting t...

On the other hand, I've seen a lot of talentless bands sweat on stage for 1-2 years and get a loyal following. Even though they sucked. (Hope none of my friends are reading this...) The time is really ripe for the internet superstars. They will not look or feel like the old superstars. Maybe they'l...

I am now, and forever will be, Generalissimo Extremo in the GARVIS Army. Listening to Garvis has completely re-wired my brain. My avatar is a constant reminder to myself, and all true believers, of the earth-shattering and life-changing power of Scandinavian psych/folk/oompah rawk. Skenvjekiastriiji...

I only hope that a brouhaha is in the making. I am always suspicious of the media, from the NY Times to the most crackpot conspiracy theorist's blog and everything in between, I must add. I'll also add this link and article into the mix -- according to the Boston Phoenix, there's some ass-covering g...

JCA83 wrote: You're not my real father! i don't have to listen to a thing you say. i'm not picking up my cables, i'm not wrapping them, i'm not even going to take the tape off the console when i'm done using it. you happy? you happy?! Does this mean you're not going to make any coffee either? I was...

You know, I suck at guitar. I've been playing guitar since I was 14 years old. I'm 35 now. I know folks who have been playing for 3 years that can run circles around me. I have a rudimentary understanding of basic theory, stemming from a few years of piano lessons as a younger kid. then I played in ...

So, wait, Bear isn't actually a bear?

I've been on a J. Robert Lennon reading kick for the past few weeks, having just finished "On The Night Plain" about a week ago. He's got 4 novels (to my knowledge) published: the above, "The Light of Falling Stars", "The Funnies", and "Mailman". They all kick major literary ass. Seriously, not a cl...

wow, I can't believe I logged on and found this post.

Dude, you gotta bring back a bunch of Garvis imports for me. As many as you and your wife can carry. Say you will. Say it.

Having not lived in either city, but having spent lots of time in Boston, Chicago, and Raleigh, I can say that Boston and Chicago are both great cities, have great food, have lots to do, have decent support of the arts, and are both cold as shit for very long periods of time during the year. Boston...