angelic_22

Hey I wish the happy couple a lifetime of happiness, but if this turns out similarly to how it worked out for a friend of mine who met a gal online and fell in love, all I can suggest is you probably want to meet this person in real life before making any serious plans.

I think I just threw up a little

I don't know, call me silly if you want, but I don't remember schools being places that I was afraid to go to back when I was a kid - well except maybe if another kid were after me. From the sounds of it I would be afraid to go there now because the inmates are running the asylum. I mean, I thought the school administration was really f'ed up back then, but this story is insane. There is no societal interest in insuring that the student didn't have ibuprofen. The fact that she didn't have any when searched makes this even more pathetic. The moronic holy-war inspired zero tolerance policy on 'drugs' is at the root of this insanity, and whats worst of all it probably chalks this up as a 'victory' - for the sake of the children! Another kid saved from drugs. Ibupropen is just a gateway to heroin you know. Mission Accomplished.

Absolutely. Mend up fast Steve!

I noted that Athena was acting kind of distant lately.... The other night I woke up and even though the room was dark I could tell something was not right. Every now and then the bed would jiggle and Athena's breathing got heavy. So I pulled back the covers and discovered that she was twiterbating!!!!!! I feel so used and discarded. I've been replaced by a small battery operated electronic device. Again.

Feed the Snake!

Greasy Chicken - Marc Ford

Hey DeVore, Quit being a dick!

This is such a great idea! Dang I don't even KNOW where the nearest independent record store is..... [edit: Well now I know, the event site has a great list. (Although a couple of links were broken)]

I don't know... but I'm going to go out there and say that just maybe the burglars might notice the 30 foot long booby trap.... If not that, then maybe they would smell all that chicken poo? But if you are defending against legally blind burglars who have no sense of smell, this might be just the ticket.... Another article states: " He said that his private CCTV cameras picked up a figure entering the premises at about 11.15pm but the catapult was not primed following the police warning. "It is ridiculous that we are in this situation now in which we can't defend ourselves," he said. He is now threatening to ignore the warning and reactivate the catapult in the face of what he believes is a vendetta. "We've seen where listening to them gets you," he said. "They warned me off, and the result is that my business has been smashed to bits by yobs." The 71-year-old, who claims to have been educated at Harrow School, ran a string of businesses before setting himself up as a travelling showman, organising increasingly daring stunts which made him into a minor celebrity with appearances on television programmes and advertisements. But a plan to get a man to wrestle a crocodile underwater earned him a fine for animal cruelty after the terrified animal escaped from its tank and his first attempt at constructing a human cannon ended in humiliation when it exploded at a press launch. The exploding coffin – designed to blow itself into the air – was also a disappointment after it failed to take off. Since setting up his flooring business he has continued to organise eccentric entertainments, including goldfish racing and flea jumping contests, to help "bored" staff pass the time."" Ok let him use the catapult. This has true Darwin Award potential don't you think?

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/15/poo_catapult_man/ This article caught my eye. Seems the guy is a semi-retired stunt man and got fed up with arson and burglary at his place and dusted off the odd catapult he had lying around and loaded it with poo.....and set it up as a booby trap. The cops were not amused, told him to stand down, and he promptly got robbed again.... You just have to read the link.... Too bad its in the UK, because its perfect to be immortalized in a country song.... Its got all the right ingredients, a guy who shoots his wife out of cannons, marauding burglars, and a catapult load of chicken shit.....

JPJ was sure goin' to town on the bass too. That was great. The band translated to TV really well, and Sara's voice sounded wonderful. Wish they could have played more than one song - They are so good and they hardly had 5 minutes to play.

Happy Birthday Mud!!!!!!

Thanks for bringing this thread back! Great shots!!!

Kitty!

Oops! Almost missed it! Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!

Of all of the parts that could have been immortalized on youtube, I guess the back of my head isn't the worst one possible LOL! I remember the last show so clearly - and that mad scramble from the DFW airport in a rental car too! Ah yes, speeding across Texas to get to the gig when our flight was canceled.... If Athena hadn't decided to opt for the GPS in the rental car we would have probably missed the gig. As it was we missed Steve Winwood That part sucked. His set kicked ass and those were the best seats we had all tour. The seats were soooooooo close. I mean, they were 'you feel like you ought to be holding a guitar' close. So glad our dear friends let us buy their extras. THANK YOU!!!!!! It was a great crowd too. Security getting in was pretty wild though - Made the airports seem lax. They kept checking for concealed weapons. I sure hope no one would take something like that to a TP&HB show. That would be bad. Well, maybe in Texas they shoot in the air instead of clapping and cheering at the end of songs?

Thou shalt not be a dick.

Marc treating us to some great slide work on one of the Dobros he played last night. You can see the quiver of guitars and dobros set up in front of him. I think he played all of them by the end of the set, but he still wanted to keep going at the end! "I'm just getting warmed up" he said, and then plainly demonstrated that he was right - just shredding on a guitar solo. I always had a fantasy of getting to relax by a campfire, as artists like this engaged in a hootenanny under the stars. Never really thought it possible because where where they going to plug in their amps in the wilderness? Good to know now that I can still fantasize - they don't need no stinkin' electricity!

More Cowbell Phil!!!!!!

Marc Ford and the Neptune Blues Club played an all acoustic set at the Claremont Folk Music Center last night -and were joined by Marc's son Elijah and Phil Jones. The Folk Music Center recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and although this was our first visit, we immediately felt at home there. Folk instruments lined the walls, and all manner of music and musical instructional materials lined the shelves and racks. Folk artwork covered those parts of the walls that weren't covered by instruments, and Athena pointed out several posters that she grew up with on the walls of her own house as a kid. Strangely those same pieces of art graced the walls of my childhood home too. A small performance space was carved out on one end of the room, and the Neptune Blues Band set up there - and Mike Malone (who I have always seen play electric piano and organ) was this time featured on the vibes. It was a surprise for me, not knowing Mike's history - but as it turned out Mike was a true vibe master! Elijah played guitar and sang beautiful vocal harmonies - I think it really added a special touch to the gig, but the entire event was exquisite. I spoke to guitar-tech Paul before the gig, and he pointed out something that I have never really thought about before - namely, that acoustic gigs can be much more challenging to a performer. There are things that you can do on an electric guitar that are extremely difficult to accomplish on acoustic. You wouldn't have known it if it were more difficult for the artists though, as the band simply thrived! After the gig I confided in Marc that I was now a little troubled - their set was so great that I could not decide not if I preferred the ensemble as an acoustic band! Phil Jones joined the ensemble at the half way point in the performance, but Athena's sharp eyes spotted Phil's snazzy sneakers poking out from under the curtian that shielded the backstage area before Marc let the cat out of the bag. "Phil is here!" she said, tapping me on the shoulder. Phil brought with him a 'bag-o-tricks' and would reach into it and pull out various accoutrements that he would bang, tap, shake or wiggle - and together with Stephen Hodges the two percussionists were delightful! And while Phil's goodies were mostly kept in the bag all night, Stephen's were spilled out on his drum, or hanging from the rack attached to his set. A virtual junkyard of bells, chains, chimes, and stuff that you might think came right out of the Sears catalog! My favorite was this coil of wire that would ring like a bell when he tapped it - his other hand used to clasp the coil to mute or otherwise control the sustain. Great stuff! Phil had a tall drum - it looked like one half of a pair of bongos, and I joked with Athena about what it might be called - a 'Bong' or a 'Go' ? Oh, and don't forget the cowbell! More Cowbell Phil!!!!! Marc on one of the guitars he played last night Marc smiled early on in the set and said that it was great playing at the Folk Music Center - he could just use the guitars that were already there and not have to bring all of his along! (Somehow I think there is a lot more at work than the easy access to guitars behind Marc's appreciation for the Folk Music Center. That place it probably like a candy store for him! And then again, there is that whole tie-in with Ben Harper too - Ben's family having operated the Center since day one.) Peace

'Throbbing Gristle' - playing at Cochella next weekend.

classic!

Nope. But I get plenty of other holidays so I won't complain too much. WAHHHHHHHHH OK thats it.

My belief is that not all antivirus software would be sure to detect this. It is an example of a 'drive by' attack - meaning that all you have to do to become a victim is: Visit the site using vulnerable browser / operating system with java script enabled. This isn't one of those things where you have to click on some 'OK' before you are infected. This is one of the reasons I have installed the NoScript add-on to firefox at home, however I do enable javascript on what I think are 'safe' sites on a case by case basis as needed, and I would have assumed McCartney's site was safe. Thankfully I didn't visit the site. Hackers suck.