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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, mouse... oh my, just trying to imagine you and mike, trying to collect all those b'b's... :)
BBB:
better b-b boys...
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Did I ever tell ya how, B.B. King got his name? Don't start me to talkin'.
And, doncha tell Henry nor talk to Lucille, she'll talk back,
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_(guitar);
The 80th Birthday Lucille
In 2005, for B.B. King's 80th birthday, Gibson made a special run of 80 Gibson Lucilles, referred to as the '80th Birthday Lucille'. The first prototype was presented to King as a birthday present. King used the guitar as his main guitar until the summer of 2009, when it was stolen from him. On September 10, 2009, Eric Dahl* unknowingly purchased the stolen instrument from a pawn shop in Las Vegas. Upon researching information on the instrument, he was contacted by a Gibson Artist Relations representative, who informed Dahl of the stolen status of the guitar. This Lucille was returned to King in late November 2009, who was happy to receive his 80th birthday present back.--link
*Eric Dahl wrote the book titled B.B. King's Lucille and the Loves Before Her, Blue Book Publications, 2013.
Pee Wee King/Texas Toni Lee & Southland Polka
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Question: Does Mexican music have German roots? I was listening to a radio station with an eclectic selection of music and I heard what I thought was a terrific German polka band. And then I found out that the band wasn't German at all, but Mexican. Is it just coincidence that so much Mexican music sounds like German oom-pah-pah?
Answer: It's no coincidence at all. The story of the Mexican style of music you're talking about had its origins in central Texas around 1830 when a few immigrants established the first German settlement. The word about Texas spread back home, and within a few years formal efforts were under way to help Germans establish themselves in what would become known as the German Belt.
At the time — and even now, to a certain extent — the Río Grande marked more of a political and geographical divide than a cultural one, and the musical styles of the immigrants became popular among those of Mexican heritage. One of the most important musical instruments of the Germans' musical style, the accordion, became especially popular and was frequently used in dance music such as waltzes and polkas.
Today, various overlapping styles of music that descended in part from the German music include tejano (from the Spanish name for Texas, Tejas), conjunto (which features the accordion along with the bajo sexto, similar to a 12-string guitar), Tex-Mex, quebradita (heavy on the horns), banda (similar to the polka), ranchera, norteño and various mixtures of the above. The musical style also has influenced music from other parts of Mexico, such as the mariachi music of the Guadalajara area. Such musical styles are especially popular in northern Mexico and in places of the United States where there is a large immigrant population of Mexican heritage. Incidentally, the music is nearly always performed in Spanish, even by Mexican-Americans who speak primarily English.--link below
http://spanish.about.com/cs/culture/f/germanmusicqa.htm
"An Orchestra in a Box."/NPR All Things Considered, eyes & ears esp.
http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=136891051&m=136930308
Raul Barboza/Tren expreso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ2f_AqAK-s
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 10, 2014 - 11:02am PT
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Too hot to handle - factory declared a nuisance http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26975852
Caution: flaming drivel could be next. Let's all look sharp here.
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Orchestra in a Box. Pffft - How about an orchestra in a little piece of vinyl. At the risk of redundancy, let's look sharp. Note: NEW ORTHOPHONIC HIGH FIDELITY
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OT: Jerome's family actually hailed from Spain and Sweden/Ireland, all of which aren't that far from Germany. What with "Deutschland Uber Alles" I can see it happening. Carlos, who is actually slightly younger than me, hails from Jalisco and Tijuana, so you can't blame him. Steve Jordan is
A graduate of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music in New York and though Germany and Italy are oftentimes associated in impolite conversation, he isn't taking the rap either, being more inclined to give up the rap, if you know what I'm sayin'.
Anyway, to bring it all home, is musta been Jerome.
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OT2: Still haven't figured out yet who the girl in the red dress is, but the harmonica in "Jerome" appears to have been played by Billy Boy Arnold and was added in production. [Bo Diddley week here K-OTAY].
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 10, 2014 - 11:13am PT
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Mouse, things woulda gone a lot better for Mexico if they had adopted the music of the Irishmen
in St Patrick's Battalion instead of the Germans in the same unit. But, as you well know, you
can't buy good taste. Do read up on the battalion.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 11:55am PT
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Johnny Cash/Wayfaring Stranger (Over Jordan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIlbZAP8ASQ
He took a swig of whiskey from the bottle before putting his pen down to the paper, "It's done, Angie. I just put the last son of a bitch to ever make your life a living hell to rest out here in the Nevada desert. The police will be here any minute, but I won't waste too much of their time. Don't be too sad, there is happiness in the world for you, just not enough for people like me."
The flashing red and blue lights caught his eye in the rearview mirror as they broke on the horizon. With shaking hands, he put the pen down and picked up his .357 magnum. As steady as he could, he put the gun to the side of his head and closed his eyes. As the sound of the shot rang out, a single teardrop fell onto the last thing he wrote in his note to Angie, which was, "Be happy."
--From the commentary on Cash's recording above
Is it a round hole and a square peg or the other way round? Either way would be otay, but not Otay ('oh-TIE').
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 12:16pm PT
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Reilly, lad.
I've read a novel about the St. Patricios. The hangings stuck in my mind.
Some vicious bastions in that crew, shooting officers in the main during the last battle. Opportunistic and maybe fulfulling, too, for some, but good form, all the same!
I found it slightly odd, considering your recommending this subject, that they were led by a certain Jon Riley.
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zBrown y Woodie de La Playa/Erin Go Right aka Beach Battle Bingo
[Click to View YouTube Video]"That man wants to die."
Dudes would simply not heed our warnings. Stay out of our patch. Surf here and you die.
Homer had it all wrong. Besides, Helen was his GF's cat.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 12:49pm PT
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Speaking of cats, I would like to extend an official Flames condolence to neebee over your recent bereavement Bobby-Bob, companion of many years.
Recently, "BB" (the little BB brain!) was the center of a storm when he swallowed a needle ("What were you thinkin'?"--Dr. Pheline).
It came out all right in the end, but this time...I'm so sorry for your loss.
This for you, then--
THE PURRY GATES
(Anon)
It seems that I've reached Heaven, or its doorstep at any rate,
And been winding round St Peter's ankles by the Pearly Gates,
I've plucked the angels' harp-strings and made a merry sound,
But it's plucking at my heartstrings that you are not around.
So I think I'll sit and wait here, just outside the door,
And as the souls come floating in, I'll tap them with my paw,
And when you seek admittance, they'll rename this place -
It will become Purradise, and these the Purry Gates!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 11, 2014 - 06:58pm PT
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hey there say, mouse... oh my, thank you so very kindly... i never thought i'd get through that awful cat-needle episode...
god's love and grace, and the thanksgiving scoop, as to the 'poop' was:
a miracle victory...
was a hard sad time, this time, getting over this, too, as:
i had LEFT him behind for a trip to my grieving mom... :(
ol' bobby must have somewhere along the line, slipped a knotch, :(
was okay, but not very well, when i got back... did my best, but wow:
23 years, is a long time and the good lord knew--it must have been time to go home... at least, i was here for him...
dear friend lisa, too, tried to help--just in case...
a good just in case, last a lifetime, even if the case, was not to be...
here is ol' bobby bob, back in his 'hay day' or, 'pillowstuff' day,
as, modern-life, our pillows are not stuffed with 'hay'... ;)
thank you for thinking of me, and my critters, mouse... :)
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 11, 2014 - 07:43pm PT
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RIP Bobby-Bob!
What a nice looking fellow he was. 23 is really an amazing life for a cat.
Must be the neebee aura.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 11, 2014 - 08:04pm PT
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Flames vs Car Thread? decisions, decisions, decsions
PACIFIC SURFBOARDS LOST PUPPY LONG WAY FROM HOME Hi, how ya doin. This board only marked " PACIFIC SURFBOARDS IMPERIAL BEACH " is here in Minnesota ? what can ya tell me about it ?.. I have had very little luck on the internet getting any info .. all I know is it really does not work on frozen water.. I wiIl display it when I'm cruising in my old cars... 50 Chev Sedan Delivery and my 58 Ranchero.
Thanks for any help
Funny that the guy couldn't answer Dan's query. The whole story is here.
I knew many of these guys. Some are now dead.
http://imperialbeach.patch.com/groups/sports/p/south-coast-surfboards-an-imperial-beach-original-celebrates-50-years
Dan
The Wedge (stormy)- location, location, location - his is not good
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 11, 2014 - 09:46pm PT
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May want to click to enlarge this one
Mysterious Danish Group Builds Exotic Compound on Baja Coast
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2010/feb/03/cover-mysterious-danish-exotic-compound-baja/
Could the answer be blowing in Tvind?
As we headed home to the United States, we came to a military checkpoint on the highway just north of the Santo Tomás Valley. A machine gunner watched from a hillside, and soldiers behind barricades of sandbags and used tires gripped automatic weapons — signs of Mexico’s drug-war violence. The vehicle in front of us was thoroughly searched after all of its riders were required to step out. We were asked by a solider where we had been, and I replied, “San Juan de las Pulgas.” He quickly waved us through. Though relieved, I momentarily wondered, as someone who might pass for a middle-aged Dane, about the extent of Tvind’s influence in Mexico.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujo de la Playa
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Apr 11, 2014 - 10:31pm PT
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When it comes to mountain real estate it's all
Production, production, production
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 11, 2014 - 11:38pm PT
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Robert Crumb's Heroes of Blues Jazz and Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kemzZeD8E9w
01. Memphis Jug Band - On The Road Again
02. Blind Willie Mctell - Dark Night Blues
03. Cannon's Jug Stompers - Minglewood Blues
04. Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
05. Jaybird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordan Some O' These Days
06. Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere
07. Frank Stokes - I Got Mine
08. Dock Boggs - Sugar Baby
09. Shelor Family - Big Bend Gal
10. Hayes Shepherd - The Peddler And His Wife
11. Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers - Little Rabbit
12. Burnett & Rutherford - All Night Long Blues
13. East Texas Serenaders - Mineola Rag
14. Weems String Band - Greenback Dollar
15. Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Kater Street Rag
16. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Sobbin' Blues
17. Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopaters - Mojo Strut
18. Frankie Franko And His Louisianians - Somebody Stole My Gal
19. Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Wild Cat Blues
20. Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers - Kansas City Stomps
21. Jimmy Noone - King Joe
Honeycomb. Abandoned. Empty. Rotting in the sun. A wedge of wax.Sunrise over the Sierra Nevada, Merced Courthouse.Sunset over Mount Diablo.Sunset clouds, courthouse park.
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throwpie
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Apr 12, 2014 - 12:15am PT
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Z, the shape and finbox give it away as a late 60s, early seventies board. From the very beginning of the short board era.
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