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  1. On 7/2/2023 at 4:07 PM, Chad Fuck said:

    Bumping this because I have a pedal problem.  No, this isn't that kind of confession.  I am not ready to concede that my pedal buying has gotten out of control.

    No, rather, this is a very specific issue.  I have a long time friend from college who's husband passed away a couple years ago.  He was pretty involved in the Denton music scene and had a fair bit of gear.  She finally decided to part with some of it, and figuring I could both expand my collection and do a solid to an old friend, I bought a couple of the decedent's old pedals.  Feeling pretty good about myself for a very modest act of charity combined with GAS, I was very pleased to find a package on my porch containing a moderately used MXR Phase 90 and a Bigshot ABY pedal.  Here's the problem:  they fucking reek of patchouli.  I mean, it smells like Eeyore's Birthday party on steroids has inhabited these pedals.  

    Anyone got any ideas how to get rid of this smell?  

    Find a small plastic tub with a lid.   Place the pedals in the tub, then fill up 2-3 coffee cups half full with bleach and set them in the tub and seal it up with the lid.  Replace the bleach every day for a week.  The bleach should soak up a lot of the odor.  It might help to take the bottoms off the pedals to let the hippy juice more easily escape.  

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  2. On 7/3/2023 at 11:21 PM, BearSchlong said:


    Wow. The obituary was finally posted today. Her alcoholic husband wasn't even included in the obituary, but the rest of the family was. And then this:

    “If you or someone you know is involved in an abusive relationship, please reach out to the 24-hour Domestic Abuse safeline at 1-800-522-SAFE(7233), or, for a mental health crisis dial 988”

    What a sad, sad story.  Peaceful thoughts to all in their circle.  

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  3. On 6/26/2023 at 10:43 AM, jimmyjazz said:

    What kills me is my hifi bad self is determined to buy the CD, not the streamed mp3 shit.  So I pay double.

    At an Americana forum with REK, Bruce Robison and a bunch of other folks, Bruce said that they make between $4,000-6,000 for every 1 million streams.  Years ago, he told me that people weren't going to be able to make albums because people weren't going to be buying albums.  That is where he got the idea for his "The Next Waltz" project.  Take one great song and one great artist.    I'm really glad he is compiling those and releasing them.  

    This is probably my favorite they have done.  GREAT cover of a Kristofferson song.  

     

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  4. I still have my first Hohner acoustic. It's actually a great sounding guitar, the truss rod stripped years ago and I haven't got around to getting it fixed.
    Hohner made really good guitars in the early 80s.
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  5. How does that work when you come through customs with a counterfeit item?  Do they only target the seller/distributor?  Is there a difference if you bring it with you versus shipping it in?  

  6. On 6/20/2023 at 11:09 PM, Steel Shank said:

    Oldest boy discovered a leftover hamburger patty in the fridge while making fish sandwiches. One fish sandwich, one surf-n-turf.
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    That's just damn good parenting right there. 

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  7. 14 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

    “In a year full of work, Isbell is also marking the 10th anniversary of the widely acclaimed Southeastern in September by releasing a new edition that includes a live recording of the original album, demos, and new packaging.”

     

    I hope that has some of the Kim Richey stuff on it.  I told her that my favorite part of that record was hearing her harmony vocals "Relatively Easy" and "Stockholm".  She had the biggest smile and said, "Thanks for recognizing that.  It was sooooo much fun and so nice of him to ask me to do that."  

    He also had Abby Owens sing on the album version of "Heart On A String".    I like Amanda's background vocals on certain songs, but her voice isn't as smooth as some songs seem to need.  

  8. 18 hours ago, AnotherUTFan said:

    As long as we're posting band practice...

    Casey came in with a good one last night. Kinda how we work with a fresh song of his - He shows it to us, we watch till we can kinda follow along, I record a take, then we move on to whatever else we have to work on and come back to it next practice once everybody's had a little time alone with it.

    This is that 1st take, a tiny baby. This will be a banger once we get a proper arrangement and bass line to it - Im stoked on it. I've already rearranged it to get closer to 2 minutes - I like this one too much to be done w it in 1:20. Our singer missed last night, so Casey got to do it himself.
     

     

     


    Most of Casey's songs, this one included, are kinda country songs he writes on his little Martin at home, then we punk rock them up in the tiny room. Our stuff that you can't find a county groove in is typically stuff that came about more collaboratively from us just jamming in the tiny room. We have a few of those on deck as well.


    Scary

    Why don't you tell them who your are.
    Scared they'll know who you are.
    Never stop being who you are, you're scary that's who you are.
    Scary.
    Devil said stop being who you are, too scary is who you are.
    Scary.
    I've always been scared of you.
    You've always been afraid of you.

     

     

    LOVE IT!  

  9. On 6/7/2023 at 5:34 PM, jimmyjazz said:

    All right, let's talk finishes and wraps.  Show me your top 3.  I'm very partial to wraps.  I'll pull from Gretsch, because Gretsch.  Third one might not really make my list, I prefer more of an oyster wrap, but whatever.  Also, silver sparkle can kick ass because it reflects stage lights so well:

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    I actually dig that 3rd one because it is so different than most.  

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  10. Great story.  Been a huge fan of Gurf's since his early time with Lucinda.   I LOVED his guitar work on that early stuff.   Then, in 96/97 I was eating in a little bar in Arlington, VA and this dude walks in and starts loading in some equipment.  He sat a box of CDs on the bar and I started going through them.  I found the most recent one and noticed that Gurf produced it and thought, "I've never heard of Slaid Cleaves, but I believe I'll stick around for the show."   I've seen him play with Lucinda, Slaid, Patty Griffin and Buddy/Julie Miller.  He always seems to be around my favorite artists.  If I see him in the credits, I buy it. 

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  11. 18 hours ago, tbone_ said:

    Ok, check this out….

    See the gold sparkle DW kit the drummer is playing in this video?
     

     


    So our drummer bought that actual kit from Stevie Nick’s drummer off reverb a while back. Here it is in our studio on Sunday

     

     

     

     

     



    Please forgive the first take fuckups….

    I did not know a drum kit could sound that good. Not that you can tell from this iPhone video. But damn.

     

    Damn @tbone_  Nailed that Wachtel tone.....and my arm gets tired just listening to those 16th notes.  I had Waddy interviewed about that and he said he had to get into shape before going on tour with her because of that song.  Great job and the harmony voices to everyone!  Good stuff.

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  12. On 6/8/2023 at 2:59 PM, jimmyjazz said:

    Paul Young is a helluva singer.  I need to check out anything he's done more recently.

    I never really knew anything about him until he showed up in the "Do They Know It's Christmas" video.  Very unique voice that I couldn't describe.   

  13. "Schinder’s work can be read in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, Time Out New York, the Austin Chronicle, Please Kill Me, Creem, Musician, Newsday, Stereophile, Musician, Tower Pulse, New Musical Express, Melody Maker, Texas Music, SXSWorld and probably many others."

    https://variety.com/2023/music/news/scott-schinder-music-writer-dead-dies-1235640897/

    Samples of his work on Please Kill Me:  https://pleasekillme.com/author/sschinder/   His 2020 article about Badfinger is a great read.  I always loved his stories.  

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