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    Well, the way it happened (at Vinny's) was.....

    Something on the stage messed up - I don't recall exactly what it was (if I ever knew).

    Multiple fans called out 'Chinner!!!!!' and he (in his lovable grouchy way) left the pool table (where he had been shooting pool during the show), and headed to the stage where he bent over to investigate the issue.

    Mike gave him a goose, Chinner jumped up and said something like "Hey thats sexual harassment!'

    No telling how many people would LIKE to be sexually harassed by Mike :) I guess Chinner isn't one of them LOL!

    It was VERY informal at Vinny's that evening, with someone at the bar loudly adding the missing word from the Humdinger lyrics: "Swampfox's girlfriend comes from North Carolina, He says she has a sweet _____________"

    There is something wonderfully irreverent about performances in bars. God help me I love every naughty lyric, evil laugh, and even the tipsy fans can be a wonderful source of amusement as long as people are mostly under control :)

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    "As for delivering CDs via the Internet... That's like selling typewriter ribbons via the Net. Like delivering dot matrix printer ribbons. Why online would we want anything but files?"

    Um, because maybe we have ears?

    "Maybe you've got to buy Beggars Banquet, then again, when was the last time the Stones played "Parachute Woman" in concert?"

    Who the hell cares! Its a kick ass song! Love early stones!

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    I think 'KNOBS SEASON' pretty much opens at the end of the TP&HB tour..... as for exactly when the first show might be, I'm looking at tea leaves here..... Got nothing..... Kind of afraid to send my camera in for its annual cleaning and adjustment, because soon as I do that the show will be announced! LOL (Its like lighting up a smoke when you are waiting for your food to come to the table - as soon as that sucker is lit, the waiter shows up with your order!)

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    Great photos! This band does have the coolest fans, and it is wonderful to get to see some of 'em who I didn't get to meet in person!

    There just are not enough bars, drinks, or time for us all to share all of our music stories and experiences. Thats one of the reasons I always look foreword to the next tour! (Um, the music aint bad either! LOL!)

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    At one point during the Houston show, Tom said that it was their last show of the tour ... and then for just an instant - Mike played the slide guitar portion of 'Humdinger' :)

    Athena and I looked at each other and laughed. Not sure how many folks in that crowd caught that.... There were a few I am sure, but not too many!

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    I think Jason was kind of laughing at me in that shot - I was having a terrible time getting a focus lock with my camera and I suspect that my antics struck Jason's funny-bone :) I was flailing something awful!

    It must be odd being on the 'business end' of cameras like Jason and the other Knobs are so much of the time. They are all so photogenic, I'll bet even their driver's license photos look good! Maybe if we ask politely they will let us in on the secret of youth, and looking so damn good all the time, but I'm guessing it has to do with living life immersed in music. It might just be the fountain of youth!

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    ^

    Good question. I previously described it as some kind of Theremin-like device (it doesnt appear to be a Ebow). Mike was making all kinds of sounds with it through the amps and it seemed like he could control the sound by moving the device, or clasping his hands around it, etc.

    So he was going to town with the magic device and needed two hands to make that sucker sing -

    Not sure if it was the 'Pirate' part of Mike's personality (giggle) or the Dog part (howl) that resulted in him holding the pick in his teeth...

    But I could swear, if only for a second, that the way Mike was playing and interacting with the other Knobs reminded me a little of the way a dog sometimes acts....

    You know, when the dog has found something new and exciting, and runs up to you with it in his mouth, tail wagging, showing you what he's found.

    It was tail-wagging wonderful!

    The Dirty Knobs -Not quite feral, but not entirely domesticated either.

    ( Keep your eyes on Mike's ears - as long as they dont go back you're going to be just fine! :) )

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    Frankly (and security not withstanding), Ill bet reliability would be better if they used commercial telecommunications instead of whatever private network they must be using.

    The big commercial telecommunications providers really know what they are doing and have very high 'availability' levels - They talk about how many 'Nines' they have - as in "the system will work 99.9999 % of the time". Building in lots of Nines costs a fortune because everything has to be redundant (in addition to being built right in the first place).

    Think about it - how often did your land-line telephone fail during the last year? If ours failed it might have been for less than a minute.

    (365*24*60 -1) working minutes in a year / (365*24*60) total possible working minutes in a year *100% = 99.9998 % The phone was 'available' for use 99.9998% of the time. Not bad at all.

    How many Nines you willing to pay for? :) Guess it depends on what happens when it fails huh? Is it a flight control system, or just a video game? Maybe some grim accountant even computes the risk / reward ratio in terms of the value of lost lives, etc vs the savings for reducing the robustness of the design, and the big boys decide from there... 'Acceptable losses' and all that.

    Wonder if we'll ever learn exactly what combination of rare events randomly conspired to knock the FAA off the air. And as strange as it may seem, shit does happen sometimes. Recently plenty of people (myself included) were amazed at the random occurrences of two trans-oceanic fiber optic cables being damaged at about the same time. Might this portend some kind of cloak and dagger conspiracy? Sure seemed fishy. But the probabilities are that given enough time, even something as off the wall as that would, eventually, happen. No black helicopters required.

    Stay safe, don't leave the house and wear a helmet :)

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    There were shortages of everything in the park :)

    Well, except for pot, and good spirits, which seemed to be in abundance.

    In fact, I was throwing the frisbee with some friends and the disc hit a cloud of pot smoke and made left turn and then a bee-line for the food stands ;)

    That was a really wonderful show, but I knew that no matter what, the SF crowds would ensure that everything would remain on target. Mike and Tom worked the sides of the stage thankfully, and so we got an eyeful in addition to the earfuls we were also enjoying. Got to watch Benmont most of the night - even getting a rare look at Benmont and Steve on those keyboards together when Steve played with TP&HB.

    In fact, from our vantage point at the far left side of the stage, the artists would kind of 'line up' together and I kept thinking: Where are you going to find so much musical talent on one stage? It was pretty damn breathtaking.

    Glad Mike didn't fall off the 'cat walk' on the extreme left side of the stage. He was tip-toeing out there, and wailing on that guitar.....

    Athena mentioned that at one point Mike came out to the edge of the stage, kind of glanced up, and saw himself projected giant size on the screens above the stage. She says he got a grin on his face, and then just laid into the guitar...... There were plenty of smiles from the band directed to the audience, and what seemed to be some waves and other forms of acknowledgment. I really love seeing these guys play - there is something very liberating about it, and who wouldn't love spending a couple of days in the park with tens of thousands of your closest friends?

    Bravo! Lets do it again soon! (Arm sore from throwing the frisbee - )

    PS: At any other concert I would have been worried when a big cop walked up to one of the frisbee players who were tossing the disc during one of the days musical performances. But instead of hassling the players, he merely asked to play too! And so we tossed disc there in the park with everyone (including the cop in uniform) and had a ball!

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    The McCain campaign has been doing this left and right - Cash, Clooney, Jackson Browne, etc.

    There is a long but growing and illustrious list of citizens who's names / works have been improperly exploited by the campaign.

    Goes to show you how the candidate feels about privacy, fair play and honesty doesn't it? If it was an isolated event, I could buy the 'rogue campaign volunteer' excuse. Three times plus is a undeniable pattern of abuse.

    Slimy dealings from the McCain campaign.

    And I used to think that guy was alright. (shudder) Guess I was thinking of his rotting away in a POW camp and all - and my being thankful for his service - but now that I have learned more by listening to the guy...... Yikes! What the hell was I thinking?

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