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     Sifo |
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| Aesquire |
Re: country folk... I was driving home & my cell phone rang about a mile from home. Back road nowhere. I pulled over, blinkers on, because, why not? & it's the law everyone ignores. Doctor's office, bunch of questions, took about 14 minutes. 2 cars stopped to see if I was ok. A wave and pointing to the phone with a smile and a thanks and they drove on, smiling & relieved. Earlier, I had seen a hand saw in the middle of the road, so stopped to remove road hazard. A guy stopped to see if I was ok then too. 3 times in one day! Uncommon courtesy & concern for your fellow man. 3 times! I love being out in the sticks a bit. I have deer, fox, rabbits etc. ( & maintain a thicket? for them to live....) And the view is good. ( a farmer's field, horse farm, the usual strip of homes along the road near a crossroads ( haven't met the devil, unless it's me ) with fields behind ) But it's the people that make it nicest. Not deep hills folk, true. Commuters ( like me ) families, "exurb" normal folk. My next door neighbor is... Not super friendly, but when I bring back his dog that over ran the invisible fence, he's happy enough. ( a couple times a year ) And I've told them it I make too much noise, tell me, and I tell them when I'm doing fireworks so they can put the dog inside, and watch from their porch. Distant 'tudes & that's just fine. | ||
| 86129squids |
Patrick- +1000. I try to be a "country gentleman", like my folks raised me to be. I got up early enough today to hear a good friend's radio show on WDVX- she hosts "The Tennessee Farm Table", Amy Campbell. Very enjoyable. If you can stream WDVX through your 'puter, I think you'd (anybody'd) enjoy it. After her show, there's "Kidstuff", from 10am to noon, which is one of my favorite programs of all of them. Kid-friendly but seriously funky, obscure stuff. We were running errands earlier, I was wishing I could jot down all the crazy killer songs they were playing. Anyhoo, regarding "country" folk- WDVX was one of the originators of what's called "Americana" now. They began transmitting back when Nashville wouldn't play real country, just the Garth blech and such. They're all I listen to, besides my CD collection. Non-commercial, listener supported radio, old fashioned all the way. NOT an NPR affiliate, if that makes you feel better, totally "homegrown".  https://wdvx.com/ | ||
| Two_seasons |
Glitch: Excellent account of what makes West Virginia a special place. Squid's: I too enjoy the southern hospitality. And keep my distance off their rear bumper. And hope they reciprocate! Then there is the abstract called Florida! For some odd reason, it never appealed to me. | ||
| 86129squids |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Man https://www.npr.org/2019/03/03/699832548/alligator s-drugs-and-theft-oh-my-new-list-shows-top-10-flor ida-man-stories | ||
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| Glitch |
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| 86129squids |
Got to see the future of the blues last night... Cristone "Kingfish" Ingram. This kid is flat incredible, one of the best guitarists I've ever seen, and I've seen scads of great guitarists. A must-see musician, if his tour gets close to you. | ||
| Chauly |
If you love the blues, and you love the sound of a saxophone, check out Vanessa Collier. #1 Blues horn player in 2018... "local girl makes good" (music!) (Message edited by Chauly on May 29, 2019)https://youtu.be/95n1IKiZyhY (Message edited by Chauly on May 29, 2019) | ||
| 86129squids |
Also, can't fail to mention the venue... The Open Chord. A live music club/music store, hosts open mic's, music lessons, the whole shebang. Drove by on the way to dinner, sign up front said "SOLD OUT", crap! Called them during dinner, dude said "sorry, sold out", but later CALLED ME BACK to say he had three cancellations! We barely but DID get into the show. Got seats to stage right, then this dude came up and stood right in front of us. I got up and was going to ask him to step right/left, then he bumped into me, apologized, turns out he's the club owner!! Insisted he buy us a couple of drinks! Class act all the way, great staff to boot. Gonna write up a few reviews online for the place, no doubt. If anyone passes through West Knoxvegas, definitely stop by this place. Great bar menu to boot. https://www.openchordmusic.com/ | ||
| Ducbsa |
I can barely comprehend that because I have some trouble playing the radio! It is like their instruments are an extension of themselves. | ||
| Glitch |
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| 86129squids |
Chauly, thanks for that! Things are getting better here in Knoxvegas, but historically there are WAY too many musicians who just skip Knoxville, sometimes even Tennessee in general. Good blues and especially jazz are hard to come by around here. That was a stage JAM-packed with top shelf talent. I'd pay $$$ to see Vanessa play her horn. Still blown away by Tuesday's show, "Kingfish" and his bassist and drummer made good. | ||
| Aesquire |
Fast1075, I just found out that the Aroma "cool touch" rice cookers have a one hour warm soak feature for brown rice. Then another hour, more or less, until done. ( determined by sensor- temperature rise above boiling, triggering warm mode at reduced heat level. Only 2 heat levels, full power & warm mode. ) That seemed excessive to me, I'm new to brown rice, but is more or less the same time as any other rice cooker that uses the "boil off" method to switch off/to warm, because the full power cooking time of Brown rice isn't much shorter than with a warm soak. And the smart cookers that vary the heat under robot brain control take even longer. So I was wrong. If your cooker is a basic, non robot one, it's smart to do a pre soak on brown rice before cooking, according to the website. One word of caution on safety. most rice cookers that use the boil off heat control method, run at full power until the water is gone, and the temperatures rise. When cooking stuff like soup etc. you have to manually turn off the unit when the food is done cooking, or it will cook at full tilt until the food dries out & starts to scorch. That said, it works great making chili etc. as long as you remember to hit a button when the time is up. | ||
| Sparky_494 |
This showed up in my YouTube feed this morning, brings back some great memories... In the 90's and early 2000's I was a total Metal Head (still am kinda). But, whenever I wanted to chill or take a summer cruse down by the lake with my girlfriend in the car, this band was always in the CD player. Great band, great talent, really underrated. It is a shame they aren't more well known. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wyd9OcI37AY (Message edited by Sparky_494 on June 01, 2019) (Message edited by Sparky_494 on June 01, 2019) | ||
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| Ratbuell |
Echoes of my old '71 M35 Deuce and a half with the Hercules multifuel engine....make it run on UMO and I'll be impressed  | ||
| Court |
We're going to see some neat things in the next couple years . . . | ||
| Torquehd |
make it run on UMO and I'll be impressed Do you mean Waste Motor Oil? I have a buddy who runs his 6.5l K5 on "black diesel". I need to make it over to his place and check out his setup. | ||
| Chauly |
Brad, she put on a show in Annapolis last night, but I didn't get back into town in time... :-( She bounces all over; I don't know who handles her booking, but I sent her the info on Open Chord. | ||
| 86129squids |
Cool beans! | ||
| Two_seasons |
Sparky: Great music/great venue | ||
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| Sparky_494 |
It is on my bucket list so see a band at the Red Rocks, it seems like the perfect venue. | ||
| Zac4mac |
Only been to Red Rocks once, lived here in Colorado since 1984. Magical place, amazing view and acoustics. | ||
| Airbozo |
"It is on my bucket list so see a band at the Red Rocks, it seems like the perfect venue." It is. I've seen literally hundreds of concerts there. We once camped out near Morrison and saw 6 bands in 2 weeks. Amazing I still even remember that trip. In the U2 Live at Red Rocks video, you can see my young mug about the 4th row. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BrJ_2xf8Rg My last show there was Incubus in 2004. I was close to the sound board and while standing in line for a beer, My nephew walked up to me and said hi (I hadn't seen him in years). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6OCtmk3lzY Check out the whole Alive at Red Rocks DVD. Awesome! So many great shows there. Here is a picture of the venue for those that have never seen it:  And a view from the seats towards Denver:  | ||
| Court |
That is amazing . . . we saw David Gray at The Beacon last night . . . Red Rocks is definitely on the bucket list. We've been doing 5 or 6 concerts a month . . . side bennie of having a better half who spent a career producing music in NYC and Nashvegas! | ||
| Ratbuell |
...need to find me some "discarded and outdated" active line array speakers... Went and saw Sammy Hagar at Wolf Trap last week - what a show. Amazing that at his age, he still has all that energy...AND his voice! If he plays nearby...definitely catch the gig. Him, Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham (truly, Bonzo II), and Vic Johnson (who, despite a broken leg - "I saw him fall off the stage totally sober and thought 'what the ••••••••• said Bonham - played one hell of a show...from a stool set up stage left) all put on one great performance. They work very well together, and the material - if you like good ol' guitar rock - is great. A nice mix of the new Circle stuff, wtih a lot of his classic Montrose/VH/solo music. And a good sense of humor, too! | ||
| Hootowl |
Not to mention the Led Zeppelin catalog. | ||
| 86129squids |
"... side bennie of having a better half who spent a career producing music in NYC and Nashvegas!" I grew up in a suburb of Nashvegas, moved away in 1990. The music scene is staggering there, but Broadway and 2nd Avenue have become overrun with tourists. My options here in the Scruffy City are better than ever, plus my old boss' venue down the road, The Shed. He's built that into one of the best live music places around. Ran into his right-hand handyman at Homie Despot yesterday, like seeing a long lost brother. My sweetie's bowling tonite, might head out for open mic night at a place nearby. |
