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honolulu horn

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  1. Yeah, I love that show. A lot of it goes over my head, but I still love hearing how the songs got developed over time with different takes, tempos, instruments, ideas, etc.
  2. I have been playing the guitar for most of my life, and even though I play mostly metal, the Beatles have always been my fave band throughout the decades. So a year ago I decide to play all of the Beatles songs in basic order of release. I took a spiral bound book of their songs ("The Beatles Compete Chord Songbook"), found the right song, and then opened up the same song's guitar tabs on the ultimate guitar site. The only tabs I use are the ones from PJVILL (seriously, his Beatles tabs are untouchable). I printed out blank guitar tab sheets, transcribed PJVILL's tabs onto those paper templates, cut them out, and taped them into the chord songbook. Yes, it's an old man's way of doing it but then again who am I kidding. I like paper books. Anyway, I am playing all of the songs, including chords and rhythm guitar parts. But I'm also playing anything that's not a chord and/or that featured a prominent instrument -- so that's obviously the guitar riffs, fills, and solos, but it's also piano solos, trumpets, strings, etc. Anything that can reasonably be played on the guitar. So that would include, for example, the trumpet solo in Penny Lane, the strings in Eleanor Rigby, the crazy orchestration in I Am the Walrus, the piano opener to Martha My Dear, etc. See a couple of examples below. I have played all of those songs and parts in basic order of release, following their chronological releases of singles and UK albums. The only thing I've really switched up are Let it Be and Abbey Road, because Abbey was actually recorded after the Let it Be sessions even though Let it Be was released last. And because I'd rather finish with The End instead of Get Back. I'm not doing all of the unreleased songs, alternate takes, remixes, etc. because my main two main goals are 1) to be able to sit down with my guitar, open that chord book, and play whatever song I want with whatever fills, solos, riffs, and other stuff right there easy to access, and 2) to basically play every formally released Beatles song in some sort of reasonable order. Beatles nerds should know that I played Her Majesty out of order, because I want to finish with The End. And I'm not learning shit from their Christmas albums, etc. It's been an extremely cool project, even more so than I thought it would be. I have really learned a ton about the evolution of songwriting, chord structures, and theory. I have also really started to appreciate the different attitudes and instrumentation that each Beatle brought to the different songs and albums. You can really see it in the music itself -- chords, solos, tones -- just how much they evolved in about 7 years, and just how divergent they became with their own individual styles. It's been super badass and I'm now four songs away from finishing -- just the last 4-song Macca medley on side 2 of Abbey Road. My wife doesn't give a shit about any of this so I figured maybe someone on here would. One of the greatest bucket list journeys I've completed so far In My Life.
  3. Pretty sure as an international student his legal cap is $10,000. There's a discussion about it on the Hero celebration thread, but it sounds like NIL wasn't the primary driving factor. It sounds more like he liked Texas and shit, he can play football.
  4. Goddamn, college football is so fucking fantastic.
  5. Have a friend whose nephew was a very good high school basketball player. He got some mid major offers, a few low level Tier 2 state school offers, and he received an offer from Harvard. Like all kids he wanted to play for Duke or some big state basketball brand, so he wanted to hold out. His family told him not to be regarded and said "You're going to Harvard, it's done."
  6. Good Lord that is a list of the damned. We have come a long, long way from those dark days.
  7. BTW ripple effect, I am also trying to reach the same goal. Appreciate the idea!
  8. That wasn't the premise. I appreciate your take and. your rationale 100%. Nobody should care if you stand up. What was brought up was people in the back who try and get off the plane before people in the front, by squirming their way up the aisle as people are getting out of rows, getting luggage, etc. Fuck those people all to hell. You want off the plane sooner? Buy a more expensive ticket.
  9. Quinn brought us the first huge transfer in the portal. He brought us huge wins over Bama, aggy, ou, Michigan, and so many others. He got us a Big 12 title and a victory lap around that conference. He got us to the SEC championship game and two final fours. All fantastic and worthy of celebrating. Most importantly he did it all without drama. Texas is a fishbowl and that particular position comes with more stress and heat than any other sports position on campus, across sports. And having Arch as second string would've torpedoed team chemistry with the wrong QB1. Quinn handled all of that with grace. He is leaving with a great reputation as a leader, a teammate, and as a great representative of UT. Hook 'em, Quinn. You're a certified badass motherfucker.
  10. Reminds me of seeing Paul McCartney a couple of years ago. He played Blackbird or Let it Be or some other mega anthem at MetLife and the entire stadium was a sea of cell phone lights. Afterward he said something like, "It's so amazing being on stage and seeing all of those lights in the darkness, it's like seeing thousands of stars in the night sky. And then I play a new song and it's like a black hole." And then he played a new song. Pretty great.
  11. The narrative I heard today on 84 was "Since this will be Texas' last game, won't Sark want to get Arch in?" They explained that Texas will be down by 21 in the first quarter, so Texas will need to put in Arch for the rest of the game. Count us out. Bring it on. Let Quinn rip.
  12. I think the reverse is also true. I don't think other schools in the SEC really see us as carrying the SEC banner. It's kind of a bad look for the conference that the new team came in and ran it (T'vondre was right). Texas is in it for Texas, and concurrently the SEC hasn't tried to embrace Texas as one of their own. As it should be.
  13. Did some internet research, here's a photo of you wearing that shirt. Not sure about your analysis.
  14. That whole targeting discussion drives me crazy. If it was targeting, then they missed the attempted decapitation of Bond a few plays earlier. If it wasn't, then they got them right. The two calls were both reviewed and the outcomes were consistent. Any notion that the Taafe call tarnished the outcome for one side is fucked. But the media loves an underdog and seems to relish piling on big bad Texas. Embrace the hate.
  15. I wish. That kid is a legend.
  16. I really hope this thread starts delivering the goods on updates and personal opinions on weather. Bonus if we start getting individual travel and ticket plans from various posters. "I'm planning to stay at the Doubletree in Mesquite, anybody have transportation tips?!?" etc is really powerful stuff on a football board.
  17. My worst was Guns n Roses at the old Texas Stadium in Dallas. They were playing on what was one of the most bizarre bills of all time -- The Smithereens, Ziggy Marley, Iggy Pop, GnR, and INXS. Made no sense and you could tell GnR was absolutely not interested in being there. I think they had to fulfill some contract obligation or something -- their tour was done and this was the add on show that came between them and taking a break. It started raining at the beginning of their set and they were all pissed, but Axl being the lead douchebag finished it up a few songs in by saying "Everything's bigger in Texas, so I guess you guys are the biggest faggots too," flipped us off, and then walked off the stage. What a chode. Wild how the crowd can love Iggy Pop for giving us the bird and then hate Axl so much for doing the same thing. A study in a crowd's ability to recognize a genuine badass from an entitled dipshit. Apparently GnR concurs that it was their worst show ever: https://www.a-4-d.com/t1373-1988-09-17-texas-stadium-irving-usa
  18. yeah I often listen to past audio on the texaslonghorns official site. The media player is trash but at least you can listen to Craig Way's calls of games for the past several years. Listened to him and Roger call yesterday's game from Auburn's first miss through the Makuba INT while at the gym today. Such a great listen.
  19. My wife texted “that Skattebo guy is a real douche.” I stand by her assessment.
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