StoneMtn

You want good vibes? I did better than that. I've organized an entire event devoted to bringing forth to you as many good vibes as possible...

sesquipedalian [ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn,-deyl-yuhn] Deftn.: given to using long words.

Happy birthday!

That was fun as hell! Funny, multi-media performance, great tunes, most of the songs I wanted to hear, The Anti-Christ on guitar, Col. Sanders on drums, Charlie Chaplin on bass, I hung-out with Carstairs ... What more can you ask for? I'd see The "D" (The "Fellowship of the D"?) again in a heart-beat. Well worth the price; ever penny..

Not NYE, but I'll be coming to Ottawa for the nero. shows in January. It'll be great to see so many people again, after a long time.

Happy birthday.

Deb

I'm not sure what you mean, exactly, CJ. I knew Tim in "real life" long ago. I never actually even realized that he is on this board. Is he, in fact, "traveler"?

Really? I've actually seen you guys, years ago. I used to know Tim (who you may be?). Anyway, congratulations again. Awesome.

Wow! That is a big deal as I don't know how many bands I've come across that might have a chance if they could only afford a professional recording. Congratulations traveler. I expect I may be the only one who doesn't know, but what band are you in?

I've always had a soft spot in my heart for lesbians, having found they and I possess many similar predilections.

I actually do think that you have to have a bit of a Buddhist "detachment" from the corporeal to forgive people who do truly horrible things, especially when those people knew they were doing horrible things. I also think Nietzsche had some good points about overcoming Judaeo-Christian dogma about such things, but also wrote interesting comments on the idea of "turning the other cheek" and such other ideas, which I do not believe he viewed too kindly. (As I alluded to, though, I really don't think anyone can say they truly understand Nietzsche anyway, and I actually don't think he was prescribing a code of conduct to anyone. I think he was just commenting on the human condition without advising us how to go about doing anything, but that's another story.) Anyway, back to my first point, there, although I do think you need to have a certain amount of detachment to forgive people who do bad things, I also do not necessarily agree with doing so. That is actually why I've always called myself a 'very bad Buddhist', if I've ever been one at all (which I really don't know).

It's entirely Nietzsche. He is an extremely controversial Nietzschean, who was absolutely brilliant and may be the only person to read Nietzsche correctly (or maybe not). A bit of a freak, too. Pictures of him show fingernails that curl all over the place, and must be two feet long (so I speculate he usually dictated his books, as I don't picture him typing too much.) Unfortunately, he jumped out a window in the mid-'90s, I think in Paris, and is no longer with us.

I once read a really weird biography on Janis Joplin, called Goin' Down With Janis by Peggy Casserta. It was written by a woman who claims to have been Janis' lesbian lover, and the only constant person in Janis' life throughout her career. I have no idea whether or not the author is delusional, but it was actually a great read.

(I started writing the below, before reading dirtybird's comments, but I too am curious...) Freud? I was thinking, maybe, Gilles Deleuze and his concept of "ressentiment", or possibly any of the existentialists. Buddhists have already been mentioned, but Taoist philosophy would also be appropriate to consider. You could even look at Kant's "categorical imperative", or Schopenhauer's idea of world-will, I suppose. Why Freud, though?

For sure, Jack Black hit his peak with that movie. High Fidelity is one of my favourites ever; I mean what other flick features music by my favourite punk band, The Stiff Little Fingers?

I'm just messin' with ya, Weirdness. You're probably right, and a CD may very well be a "record". (Arlo Guthrie certainly always uses the term when he's talking about his current CDs.) No offence intended. (I should've used purple.) Don't edit your post on my account.

What's a record?

Actually, I've learned a little bit since posting. There is an opener, called "Neil Hamburger". I don't know if that is one guy or a band, and I don't plan to find out, because I don't want to end up enjoying the music by whoever that is, and stress about most-certainly missing their set. The doors are supposed to open at 6:30, with Neil Hamburger going on at 7:30, which is good news to me. I figure there's no way the "D" can hit the stage before 8:30, and more likely 9:00 to 9:30. If anyone knows when they are really scheduled to hit the stage, though, I'd still love to hear from you. [color:purple]It's good news that afro poppa won't be there, too. I live in fear of sitting behind a giant afro at some gig, jumping up-and down; left-and-right desperately trying to see over him...

Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz will be doing a show at the Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver on Feb 15 2007. It's actually not yet posted on Frisell's website, but I imagine it will be soon, and his site is here.

Does anyone know if there's an opening act for this show? Alternatively, does anyone know if this show will really start at 7:30 (as I doubt it will). Lassie has to work until 7:00 that night, and before I convince her to duck out of work early, I want to see if she really has to. As well, for all of you who might misunderstand the above question (as I noticed happened when I asked if anyone else was going to the show) my question is about the start-time of the show, or an opening act. I am not asking for people's opinions on the musical talent of the band or their ability to be funny. I thought I should be clearer this time, as it seems I confused a couple of people last time, who thought I was soliciting opinions on the band. I am not. So, anyone know the actual start-time or if there's an opener?

bump and click...

In the mountains.

The fact that the individual who posted this thread is 99 years old and is still into the jam-scene gives me hope. What other scene attracts people of such a wide age-range?

I can't speak specifically to whether or not these employers were discriminating against you because you are male, but I can tell you that I've worked at an office where the opposite was true. The senior person at that firm (who was a woman, by the way) had an unofficial policy that, given the choice, she would always hire a young man over a young woman for any clerical position, because she had hired too many young women who left for maternity leave early on. Of course, that policy itself is discriminatory, and certainly not justifiable legally, but I know for a fact that at least one office operated that way. The point is that discrimination cuts both ways.