An Idea brought up in the last post “The Price of Tea…” Some of you have said that if we shift the current power base from the Rep’s to the Dem’s etc.. Rather than take that subject thread another direction. I would like to hear from you about how we could possibly separate big business […]
worldG, Texas – Exxon Mobil Corp. posted record profits for any U.S. company on Monday â $10.71 billion for the fourth quarter and $36.13 billion for the year â as the worldâs biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from high oil and gas prices and demand for refined products. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. […]
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/extra/P142831.asp Interesting article on MSN.com on vintage guitars. Wonder what some of our instruments will be worth in 20 years (if us old farts are still around)?
I have gathered that we have many former and current musicians among us. Sound off time, let us all know what bands you were with, the years, the genre of music you played with each group, what instruments you play, and any highlights you had. Or if you are still playing what you are doing […]
As you probably know, Wilson Pickett passed away last week at the age of 64. His music was a great influence to many of the musicians of our time. When I first started playing, I learned how to play by listening to his records, backed by the mighty Stax/Volt tandem, including Donald “Duck” Dunn & […]
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/01/13/windows.sounds.ap/ http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2148180/robert-fripp-helps-microsoft I saw this as I was blasting 1974-era King Crimson from my Linux machine. Sigh. Although I didn’t post to one of the previous threads on artists allowing their songs to be used in commercials, I agreed with Ttop that an artist can do what the heck he/she wants with their songs or […]
The moment that I have been waiting for since last June is finally here. Sunday night the much anticipated return of 24 on Fox. I don’t know bout anyone else but I am hooked on this show, I first did not give it much credit I thought Kiefer Sutherland Ho Hum no big deal. A […]
I spent the last three nights watching “Country Boys” on PBS. Wondering if anyone else saw it and what they thought.
Here’s the question: Why aren’t all the smart people rich? The Answer: The basic problem with the free enterprise system is that it often rewards the wrong people with the money…… As economist Walter Bagehot pointed out,“At particular times a great deal of stupid people have a great deal of stupid money.” I’m really poor…. […]
“Hello, Hello, Hello, is there anybody out there?” Did we all make it to 2006? I did – I think?…… A toast to all and to a better year…… HAPPY NEW YEAR!…….. to all and to all a good night – time for some R&R…….
Well everyone, heres saying good bye to another year. How bout all the high points of 2005……………..Hmmmmm………….Hold on I’m thinki’n! Happy 2006 everyone!!!
I had an interesting Christmas day……. I had a visit from my brother, talked to my son a couple of times in Seattle……. Both nice things in themselves, but, I mostly spent the day in Too-Loose studios with a guitar, a mike, a Tascam US-122 interface and my laptop with Cubase SL recording/mixing program and […]
Yeah, I got up early….. Why?…… ’cause it’s CHRISTMAS! and it only comes once a year (that’s only 24 hours and I’ve already slept through a quarter of them)……. People to see and a recording to do (don’t ask, but if you read the post just before this you’ll know)…….. Busy but enjoyable……. I hope […]
Doobie Brother now a secret weapon on terror Rock ‘n’ Roll guitarist Jeff Baxter talks about being one of the countries top counter-terrorism experts. “Today” correspondent Jaime Gangel reports Guitarist Jeff Baxter is a founding member of Steely Dan and a member of the Doobie Brothers. The 56-year-old Baxter has eight platinum albums and two […]
My problem is this: I have a 5 year old IMac, on this I have lots of data and music saved upon. I need a way to transfer all that I have saved on the Mac to my PC, or burn it to discs using the burner in my Laptop. I really do not want […]