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  6. Web hosting for pics??

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    I realize this was probably a topic in the past but i'm just too lazy to go back and look.

    Anyone have a good (and easy) site that hosts pics. I think its just about time you all were able to see all the embarassing pictures of other people that are sitting on the old 'puter.

    First person to respond gets their picute left off of the internet (sweet deal!)

    Thx,

    Jeff

  7. First Songs You Ever Learned on Guitar?

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    Baby Bitch - Ween (Em, G, D, Am)

    Rosemary - Lenny Kravitz (A, G, D)

    Southern Cross - CSN (G, D, A and i think there's a Bm in there too)

    Wheat Kings - Tragically Hip (G, C, D)

    All open chords basically.

    Dirt by Phish is a really easy but cool sounding first song too, long as you get the strum down. Throw in some whistling and you're a genius.

    ***disclaimer*** for those of you that don't like me playing Phish songs, FUCK YOU!

  8. Archive.org hidden gem day

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    A good friend of mine, and Skank member American Nomad manages these guys down in Columbus, OH.

    Decent sound.

    Jovial Flow

    Date: February 19th, 2005

    Venue: The Happy Dog

    Location: Cleveland, OH

    Disc1-Set1:

    1. Explore

    2. The Race > Dreams > The Race

    3. She Calls

    4. 420

    5. Across That Line

    6. (?)

    7. Good Lovin

    8. Funky Bitch

    9. Where's Happy?

    Disc2

    Set1 Cont'd

    1. It's You

    2. Seeing Double

    3. Hiding All The Way

    4. Gimmie Shelter

    Set2

    5. (Fade In) Good Friends

    6. Thursday Night

    7. Alright Tonight

    8. Magic Carpet Ride

    9. We Fall

    Disc3

    Set2 Cont'd

    1. Waiting > Drums > Weekapaug Groove

    2. Throw Me Down

    3. Scarlet > Fire

    4. Red Lights

    5. Arkansas

    Encore

    6. Sympathy for the Devil

    7. Michelle

  16. Keeping Up With Sharon Jones (article in Echo Mag.)

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    Keeping Up with Sharon Jones

    By Vish Khanna

    Anybody craving a dose of some genuine funk and soul will

    definitely not want to miss NYC’s Sharon Jones and the Dap–Kings

    when they roll through town. The flagship band on Brookyn’s

    mini–Motown, Daptone records, Jones and company have released

    one of the finest albums of the year with Naturally, a powerful

    collection of vintage funk that you just don’t hear any more. The

    Motown mention is no joke as label head Gabriel Roth and

    songwriter Bosco Mann have landed artists like Jones with the aim

    of accomplishing a musical mission; to recapture the golden age

    of black music in America.

    “The whole label is built upon that funk, that era, that

    sound, and that’s Gabriel and he can tell you more about that,â€

    Jones drawls. “All I can tell you is this: because of him and his

    love of that era of music — James Brown and the JBs — he looked

    for those kinds of singers. I met them when I was doing

    background singing for Lee Fields and right then he said, ‘Hey,

    this young lady’s got the voice I’ve been looking for.’ From there,

    I’ve been with them ever since.â€

    With a remarkably dynamic singer in Jones, Mann and Roth

    have the star power they need to make Daptone an independent

    force to be reckoned with and they’ve paid attention to all of the

    details. It’s one thing to write funk and soul songs that emulate

    that beloved 60s and 70s sound but Naturally does more; it

    sounds like a long–lost treasure from a bygone era that has

    recently been unearthed. The truth is, these songs are new and

    were laid to tape for the first time at Roth’s s Daptone Studio in

    Brooklyn within the last year.

    “We don’t use any kind of digital machines,†Jones explains.

    “We use the tape and we record like the way they used to record

    so that everything’s done live. It’s all mono, no stereo or anything

    like that; that’s the way you get it.â€

    Indeed, Jones and the Dap–Kings get it every time on *Naturally.* There’s an infectious spirit to songs like “Natural Born

    Lover,†“My Man is a Mean Man,†and “How Do I Let a Good Man

    Down?†that listeners won’t want to shake. Ballads like “Stranded

    In Your Love†and “You’re Gonna Get It†show off Jones’ amazing

    breadth as a vocalist and the band lays down some amazing funk

    grooves on songs like “How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?†and

    an improbable take on Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land.â€

    There is a grace and charm that comes across in these songs that

    reveals a seasoned group of performers gelling together

    magically.

    It’s all the more amazing considering that, while close to

    50–years–old, Jones only emerged as a front woman in the late

    90s. “Well, when I was younger and coming up, people told me I

    didn’t have ‘the look,’†she says. “They said I was too short, too

    fat, and too young. Then when I got in my thirties they said I was

    too old. That was then though because in the 70s and 80s, there

    was some ‘look’ they was looking for and that’s why it took me

    until I was 49 to get this far. I was good looking but I didn’t have

    ‘the look.’ When you’re dark–skinned, that wasn’t what they were

    after in the 70s and 80s.â€

    Though she has every right to be resentful, Jones harbours

    no ill feelings at being bypassed in her youth for trends that she

    didn’t relate to. “At the time it was a little depressing when you

    know you got the voice and the talent and then someone tells

    you, ‘either bleach your skin or change your look,’†she says. “It

    was a little discouraging but I felt that God gave me this gift and

    one day this gift would shine. This day happens to be the last

    couple of years.â€

    The more she’s heard by audiences, the more Jones’

    extraordinary talent will be drawn out to serious fans of original

    soul and funk music. While she counts James Brown, Aretha

    Franklin, Otis Redding, Patti LaBelle, and a host of Motown artists as influences, Jones really comes across as someone fresh on the

    scene, someone earnest who will make a difference in music as

    long as she’s able to.

    “If I go out on tour and can see the look on people’s faces

    and they’re not enjoying it, I know it’s time to stop,†she says

    matter–of–factly. “Right now though, people are just hearing it

    and when I go out there, people are saying that they’ve finally

    heard something that’s soothing to the mind. I think as long as I

    can get that response, you’re gonna get good some music from

    us. If that dies down, then I’ll die down.â€

  19. i just got out of..

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    JERKS! I was a tassle counter way back when and i had a key to unlock the gate to their estate and this dude claiming to be a Bradley tongue lashed me to death complaining about the detasslers doing something to his field. They're dinks.

    Actually, Karen Bradley is an angel and one of most sincere people i've ever met. She was kind of thrust into the GM role at the Wheels when they ditched the Best Western affiliation but had to quit because she didn't have the "asshole gene" that is required when running a business of that nature (guest services with a union in house representing high school kids) not easy.

    Steve on the other hand (the fella that took his own life) was a huge A-Hole.

    Not sure about Nor-Town, not really their neck of the woods. They do own the old Dr. Feelgoods which is being torn down right now, any idea of what is going in there? I heard rumours of a water park before i left there. Hmmmmm. I think the big money comes from the apartment buildings though.

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