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I've just discovered a new beer: it's called Tequiza and its made with Blue Agave Nectar and lime...pretty good stuff :Here's to you:

Cool idea - Im in! :bigsmile:

i love those prickly posts, guys My computer problems were routine, but with my mac specialist out of town, I was stuck going to a garden store variety jt, where you have to wait a few days before they even look at you computer. Since one of clients (who has an extra mac) was in Thailand, I was stuck. Then the guys took their time, and then when it came time to pick it up, they said they could not EXCEPT AN OUT OF STATE CREDIT CARD PAYMENT from one of my business associates in Chicago, and to make matters worse, they suggested they would have to send the computer to the guy who would be paying for it!!! I said, why not send him the invoice, or check with Platinum American Express, but no go; then they guy had the audacity to say we might be trying to skirt state taxes, even after I said, well ADD FUCKING CALIFORNIA AND ILLINOIS STATE TAXES, WHO GIVES A FUCK! Needless to say, they didnt care for me much, and needles to say, I will never give any business to these idiot assholes again :reallymad: But miracles of miracles, Im back on line and thanx for the thread

Thanx, its nice to be back. I felt castrated without a working 'puter

I plan on spamming the hell out of this place, some tennis, and if I can help it, raising a little hell at the bars :)

I collect some stainglass, WarFlower, mostly from the Arts and Crafts period (1910-1920). ** Im a studio and production exec veteran, but wouldnt trade that prestiege and money for the highly speculative stuff Im doing now. Outside of Beatking, I'm primarily a manager/producer in the entertainment industry, and handle a few writer/directors and an actor, and produce motion pictures every several years. I have recently decided to partner with a music manager and expand my clientele to music, largely because the Beatking influence. I also write screenplays on occasion, and have a reputation as one of the more highly skilled script doctors in hollywood--I work one-on-one with the writer through development and production, and have worked with novices and academy award winners. Last but not least, Im working on a project dealing with developing new talent in third world countries--thats had to take a backseat temporarily... Over the last several years, I have gravitated to consulting work for several Silicon Valley firms, who are developing new technologies for Hollywood. This work requires a great deal of research and writing. I have recently partnered with an engineer I met up there and we are developing our own applications. That partnership led to my research at ZP, and ultimately thats how I ended up at Beatking. *** I collect some stainglass, WarFlower, mostly from the Arts and Crafts period (1910-1920).

Welcome to Beatking :electroguitar: http://www.beatking.com/forums/style_image...me/playback.htm

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They sold it already! Damn, just before I could get my bid in :reallymad:

Try me :bigsmile: I copied the http addy right of the website--but notice they have changed the last letter from the original link--probably so people wouldnt copy it Anyway, here is the article http://mpr.c.topica.com/maacpR2aa79KebfpCCVbafpL9g/

White Stripes Disavow Documentary The White Stripes have gone on the offensive against a filmmaker they say has released an unauthorized documentary about the duo. "Nobody Knows How To Talk to Children," which was recently screened at the Seattle Film Festival, was shot by George Roca over the White Stripes' four-night stand in 2002 at New York's Bowery Ballroom. "He wanted to videotape the entire event, stage performance and backstage goings on for his demo reel," the band writes on its official Web site. "We said yes to his request provided he and his crew agreed to the following conditions: 1) it had to be all shot in black and white 2) the cameramen had to wear uniforms (white lab coats in fact), 3) no camera people were allowed to talk to anyone (this was to present a sense of easiness around the building so that people would be more themselves instead of being intimidated with a camcorder taping them the whole time) and 4) the White Stripes own the footage 100%. "George Roca agreed to all of these terms. He signed a contract along with his co-workers stating that the White Stripes completely own the footage, and nothing could be done with this without our permission." http://64.4.16.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang...fpCCVbafpL9g%2f

Any critic who begins with the pompous statement "When the album was released (1967), there was very little "serious" rock criticism in the mainstream press"--has already lost me. I dont know about you, but I the best critics I now is my ears. This book of critiques is likely to infuriate rather than inform you. Take his review of Sgt Peppers, which while I agree it wasnt the best Beatles album, it certainly is not rubbish. Frankly, I think the guy is full of shit, and my guess is the others guys are, too. As the famed movie critic Pauline Kael once said, a good critic's job is to excite people about the entertainment experience. I'd rather hear of the Beatle's lesser cuts than to read this whiney critic's review again. thumbsdown

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Pretty snazzy...

God forbid they actually see two breasts..

In this week's Wednesday Morning Downloads, Thomas Bartlett takes a harsh look at at American Idol star Fantasia Barrino's new pop release and offers up the following free downloads/here are some excerpts from his review: "At Least That's What You Said," Wilco, from "A Ghost Is Born" ... if you only want to download one track, take the first one, "At Least That's What You Said." Even though Tweedy gets off some choice lines ("You thought it was cute/ For you to kiss/ My purple black eye/ And even though I caught it from you/ I still think we're serious), it's a fairly unmemorable song until his guitar takes over a few minutes in. From there on out, it's bliss. (iTunes, RealPlayer, MusicMatch) "Red Night," Pure Horsehair (Garrett Devoe), demo ...Garrett Devoe's fingerpicking strikes a similar balance on this song, and like (Bert) Jansch he mixes British and American folk styles seamlessly....This simple song, with its spare, poetic lyrics, taken from a dream, evokes for me a feeling of peace as well as a feeling that it comes from a great distance away, whether in time or in space I don't know. Devoe's singing, both fragile and resonant, is perfectly non-demonstrative, with all the ease of someone singing to himself. There are a number of other songs available for free download in theaudio section of Devoe's Web page, all worth hearing. He seems to be basically unknown at the moment, but I very much doubt that that will last. Free Download: "Red Night" "Venus," Low, from "A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-sides & Rarities" In celebration of their 10th anniversary as a band, Low (to my knowledge the only great Mormon band in the world, but please e-mail me if you know others -- I'm interested) has released this box set of B-sides and rarities. And there's a lot to celebrate. That simple sound they came up with 10 years ago -- glacial tempos, infrequent chord changes, spare snare and high-hat drum parts, perfectly tuned vocal harmonies held perfectly still (brief glimpses of eternity), and an overall aesthetic of austerity -- has been refined and tinkered with but remains essentially unchanged. And it doesn't need to be changed, because it's perfect. Luckily, they've made one track from the collection, the unusually jaunty "Venus," previously available only on an out-of-print 7-inch from 1997, available for free download. Free Download: "Venus" "Golden," A Girl Called Eddy, from "A Girl Called Eddy" When this song by Erin Moran, aka A Girl Called Eddy, appeared on the Anti Records Web site a few weeks ago I downloaded it, listened to about 30 seconds of overwrought, cheesy piano pop, and then threw it in the trash. I decided to give it another shot a week later, remembering what a consistently great roster Anti has been building up (Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Joe Henry, Tricky, etc.), and reading that not only were Robert Smith and Jarvis Cocker fans of A Girl Called Eddy, but that former Pulp guitarist Richard Hawley had produced the record. Hawley's slick production is actually one of the worst parts about this track, though -- all the sounds are bright and harsh, and the sudden rock bombast on the chorus is ridiculously tasteless and feels like a crass attempt to make the song radio-friendly. Why listen, then? For the melody, which is McCartney-esque both in its slowly unfolding lyricism and its innate cheesiness.... Free Download: "Golden" "Both Sides Now," Joni Mitchell, from "Both Sides Now" As a rule I try to feature just recently released music in this column, or older music only if it's free. But I need to make an exception for this song, from Joni Mitchell's 2000 album, "Both Sides Now." I can't say that the idea of this record was all that appealing to me -- covering standards and long-ago hits accompanied by a full orchestra (with soprano saxophone solos! Ick!) sounds like the sort of thing aging pop stars do when they run out of ideas. But it's been a long time since something hit me as powerfully as Mitchell's voice does on this recording, which I heard for the first time last week. It kept me going through a difficult week of touring. Mitchell wrote and recorded "Both Sides Now" nearly 40 years ago, but I find this new version far more moving. ...(iTunes, RealPlayer, MusicMatch) You can read the full article and get your free downloads (after viewing a Human Rights Ad) at Salon: http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/wmd/2004/07/07/wilco/

I see we have a tough crowd today Well, I'm wide AWAKE now and on the lookout for trouble :reallymad:

hey, it wasnt bad for 3 hours sleep - rotfl

Neil Young takes no prisoners when its comes to revealing the hypocracies in our society - good for him - here's the rare artist that isnt afraid to speak the truth :good job:

Thanx for the tip, MilesAhead, and welcome to Beatking :strumma:

Beyond this moment - Patrick O'Hearn

Doesnt even sound like the Prosecutor was purposely flashed. Clearly, this is a guy who does a bad job - is this really a case that required the time and effort of clogging up the judicial system when there are so many more important matters on the table. What a dick, and an incompetent one at that.

Pretty weird stuff - but Kidnapping? I think the charges were too stiff - guess the judge socked it to him

There really isnt much of a match here. A smart populist versus a stone cold bastard

Great band :good job: