Howdy Ted,
Had a feeling I wasn't going to get that past you. And since you are the big winner tonight you win an all expense paid weekend to El Mirage, Cal. (Gee I just happen to live there) By the way you pay all the expenses
P.S. Keep the "skeeters" off Mary

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17 Kia Niro
08 Jeep Wrangler 4 door unlimited

Greatest classic rock bands of all time (from a decidedly alternative perspective): Roxy Music and Little Feat. Others include Rory Gallagher ("Irish Tour" may be the finest live album of all time), The Kinks, Graham Parker, Tommy Bolin. Finest album ever made by an artist that no one's ever heard of: "Prince of the Deep Water" (1991) by The Blessing (William Topley). More recent favorites: "Tragic Kingdom" and "Return of Saturn" by No Doubt; 2 latest offerings by Sixpence None the Richer, and all entries from Matchbox Twenty (Rob Thomas is one of the finest rock vocalists ever).

If you like Bowie, make sure you catch the movie "A Knight's Tale". The highlight of the movie and the great sountrack is inspired by the song "Golden Years".

THE CLASH!!!!

Ramones
White stripes
Steve Miller
U2
Queens of the stone age
Black Sabbath

Like many here, I'm still time warped back to the 60s and 70s for my favorite music. I hated most of the music of the disco and hair band 80s, loved the grunge 90s and am pretty neutral on the corporate music of the 21st century. If I was to make a list it would be:

Jethro Tull
Steely Dan
The Pretenders
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Rolling Stones
Stone Temple Pilots
Early Pearl Jam
Frank Zappa

I also do a heavy blues thing and have an extensive collection of the greats. John Lee Hooker is hands down favorite, with Willie Dixon, The King of the Chicago Blues, coming in second. I also like to make my neighbors think I go to church a lot by playing the choral parts of Beethovens glorious 9th at top volume on Sunday.

I'd love to hear what you all have for systems, I being of the audiophile type. I play my music on a mix of 70's model HK pre-amps and equalizers on the signal side, late model HK front and rear power amps for juice, and two sets of Infinity speakers, Reference 2000 dual cones in the rear and 12 in Studio Monitors up front. Lately I have added all the AV stuff using an HK AV amp, and all the little speakers and sub woofer stuff that gives me a headache when my kids play Eminem and all those other ****heads on it.

Man, things change. I always thought it was explained by whether you ever smoked pot or not.

Dude -- I'm from Chicago, and attended Mother's Day concerts more than once (the Mothers of Invention used to play Chicago every Mother's Day -- it was tradition).

I used to practically live at a well-known local Blues bar called Fitzgerald's. For my money, the King of Chicago Blues is a man named Lonnie Brooks. Check out Blessing's "Prince of the Deep Water" -- you'll like it!

Yeah, Frank used to make regular stops in Dallas back in my party days. My most memerable concert was one around 1981 or so at the Ft. Worth Convention Center where he had a huge screen behind him showing r.Crumb cartoons based on "Steve's Spanking" as they performed the tune. To get an idea of what that would be like, think of the lyrics "first the hairbrush, then the banana!". It ended with the little black guy on sax performing a simulated sex act on Frank with his alto. Man, the guy could really blow that thing.

Frank zappa (lead guitar)
Ray white (guitar, vocals)
Steve vai (guitar)
Tommy mars (keyboards, vocals)
Bobby martin (keyboards, saxophone, vocals)
Ed mann (percussion)
Scott thunes (bass)
Chad wackerman (drums)

His name is stevie vai
And he’s a crazy guy
Last november, I recall,
He needed a spanking

He decided then
A female specimen
Would be excitin’ for a night
To give him a spanking

Laurel was her name
She came to notre dame
He told me just the other day
He oughta be thanking
Her for the spanking

She was large and soft
And she beat him off
Made him drool upon his dork
And gave him a wanking
After the spanking

Hair brush!
Oh! what a hair brush!
(it’s not that he requires grooming!
Guys with light blue hair never do!)

Then she did explain:
There’s another game
That we can play with this device,
And then a banana!

It was slightly green
Vapors in between
Rising up to fill the room
And cook the banana

She said it was dry
Stevie won’t you try
To drool a little drool on it
And grease the banana

Later in the dawn
Laurel carried on
She got right up and dressed herself and
Ate the banana

My alltime favorites are: Iron Maiden, Chopin, Nirvana, G. Dead, B. Marley, The Doors, Gipsy Kings. I pretty much listen to almost anything (not big on manufactured pop.) I find Zappa very refreshing and I really like bluegrass nowedays - Bela, Bela... Bill Monroe...

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Iron Maiden and Chopin? At the same time?
You are one eclectic dude.

Hi All

I'm going to give my age away.

Cream, The doors, frank Sintra, Rolling Stones,
Crosby,Stills,Nash and Young. Elton John

happy driving.

joe moon
85-380SL
94-E320Sedan
95-E320Cabriolet

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well, maybe on at the same time but one after the other. yup.
When I went wheeling here 2 weeks ago I had Mozart and Bethoven blairing. I just love it in the middle of the woods.

Also, you should have seen the dudes at the highway constration site when I used to work with classical music full blast.

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Anybody hear the interview of J.J. Cale this morning (Sunday) on NPR. I think I better buy the album, its been a long time since I've listened to him and this is all new songs (well, as new as Cale's songs can be).

Also caught Leo Kotke on "Prairie Home Companion". I really like Kotke. His version of John Prine's "Hello in There" just brings tears to my eyes its so beautifully sung and played. What a musician!

Speaking of Prine, one of my favorites of his is, "Paradise". Also like, "Sam Stone". Oh and you modern-day anti-warriors could probably find pleasure in, "Great Compromise". He's a great one of sharp lyrics, is Prine.

Snibble, I was sort of like "Joker", who's helmet is your avatar in my ambivalence to the Vietnam war. I love that scene in which some Col quizes Joker about the mixed messages (http://www.moviesounds.com/fmj.html).

Colonel: Marine, what is that button on your body armour?
Joker: A peace symbol sir.
Colonel: Where'd you get it?
Joker: I don't remember sir.
Colonel: What is that you've got written on your helmet?
Joker: "Born to Kill" sir.
Colonel: You write "Born to Kill" on you helmet, and you wear a peace button. What's that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?
Joker: No, sir.
Colonel: Well what is it supposed to mean?
Joker: I don't know, sir.
Colonel: You don't know very much do you?
Joker: No sir.
Colonel: You better get your head and your ass wired together or I will take a giant **** on you.
Joker: Yes sir.
Colonel: Now answer my question, or you'll be standing tall before The Man.
Joker: I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man sir.
Colonel: The what?
Joker: The duality of man, the Jungian thing, sir.
Colonel: Who's side are you on, son?
Joker: Our side, sir.
Colonel: Don't you love your country?
Joker: Yes, sir.
Colonel: Well how about getting with the program? Why don't you jump on the team and c'mon in for the big win?
Joker: Yes, sir.
Colonel: Son, all I've ever asked of my Marines is for them to obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the Vietnamese because inside every gook, there is an American trying to get out. It's a hardball world, son. We've got to try to keep our heads until this peace craze blows over.
Joker: Aye aye, sir.

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I like a little bit of everyting, but if I had to be painted with a brush, it would be R&B ,Motown, primarily the Temptations.

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Nina Simone, Eric Clapton, Howlin' Wolf, Led Zeppelin, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Wes Montgomery, Aaron Copland, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Bernard Herrmann, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Leon Russell, Leon Redbone, Ennio Morricone, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, The Weavers, John Coltrane, Miles & Thelonious, Dead Can Dance, Clifton Chienier, Danny Elfman, Billie Holliday, did I say Nina Simone ? a good double, MJQ, Chet Baker, Rolling Stones, Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos, Coleman Hawkins, Alanis Morissette, Art of Noise, Cat Stevens, Carole King, George Harrison, Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat, James Taylor, Jim Croce, Randy Newman, Little Feet, Roy Orbison, Seal, The Moody Blues, Tom Waits, Sarah Vaughan, Cannonball Adderley, Ben Webster, Ian & Sylvia, The Beau Brumels, The Whailer’s from Seattle, Donovan, The Outlaws, Aretha Franklin, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young and Neil Young and David Crosby, and Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, and Nielson, The Traveling Wilburys, George Lloyd, Charles Lloyd, and Pink Floyd, Pasty Cline …… Oh my there are just too many, but when a great one like Ray Charles dies it seems like music is dying – there just gone and nobody’s coming up – well then there’s Baaba Mall, Jiang Ting, Knut Reiersrud & Iver Kleive, Mickey Hart, oh jeez how could I forget R.E.M & Rickey Lee Jones – I’m tired now.

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89 300E
79 240D
72 Westy
63 Bug sunroof
85 Jeep CJ7
86 Chevy 6.2l diesel PU

"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane."
Marcus Aurelius