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Paul Wesley

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  1. My experience: If singer sucks, people will say, "That singer sucks." Guitar player sucks... "That guitar player sucks." Exception to that is the drummer. If the drummer sucks - "That band sucks." The rest of the band simply cannot overcome a shitty drummer.
  2. According to this wikipedia entry, after opening for the Eagles, Allman Brothers, Dixie Chicks, Joe Walsh, and ZZ Top - Dolan released a record that sold 113 copies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JD_%26_The_Straight_Shot
  3. I just saw the Eagles here in Austin last week, so I say this with the recognition that they arguably have the singularly most successful musical catalog of any American band in history... But they could have thrown a rope down to some relatively unknown but super talented musician in that opening spot instead of taking Dolan's money.... knowing that their most devoted fans who paid hundreds of dollars apiece were going to have to suffer through a shitty 40 minutes from this no-talent ass clown. It's just a horrid transformation from idealists to businessmen. If I had to think of an analogy here... A Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.
  4. So James Dolan inherited the corporation that owns the New York Rangers, New York Knicks, and Madison Square Garden. Thanks to his colossal inheritance, he's still a billionaire even though he's grossly mismanaged the sports franchises, and he's presided over some ventures that lost hundreds of millions of dollars (I cannot think of any other New York businessman who inherited Daddy's billions and remain billionaires despite their overconfident blundering). He is famously thin-skinned, combative, and vengeful. He gave Knick fans lifetime bans from MSG who wore anti-Dolan shirts to the arena. After Oakley publicly criticized Dolan for a decade of horrific trades/contracts, Dolan sent security guards to Oakley's seats during a game and had him forcibly ejected from the arena (Oakley lost his shit and lawsuits ensued). Speaking of bankrolling promoters... Dolan surrounded himself with superb musicians, formed "JD and the Straight Shot," who opened for the fucking Eagles (!!!!!!) -- and his band has been on numerous late-night shows. He was on Fallon, which should tell you everything you need to know about the integrity of a network choosing its musical guests. Anyway, I really wanted to link to a couple YouTube videos, but they've suspiciously disappeared from the website. The Fallon appearance is gone. Another video that is scrubbed from the internet was shot by a fan when Dolan was playing City Winery in New York. Between songs, a frustrated fan starts yelling, "I want my money back!" and later, "You have a terrible singing voice!" Then there was an awkward silence as the fan is ejected from the venue, and then as the room is still murmuring and buzzing, Dolan saying energetically to the crowd, "Hey, do you guys like Johnny Cash?" It was glorious. I wish I had saved it. There are only a few videos of him on Youtube, and they have comments disabled.
  5. Whoops. You asked "how well" he plays. I thought you asked "what" he plays.
  6. https://duesenbergusa.com/guitars/alliance-johnny-depp
  7. He has a signature Duesenberg, right?
  8. The DPS officer who they sent out to face the press was evasive and thin-skinned. He used the phrase "lot of moving parts" about 10 times. He had a lot of righteous indignation that anyone would question the law enforcement response ("I'm gonna clear some things up"), but then gave a lot of non-answers, e.g. "We're looking into that. I'll get back to you." In short: DPS spokesperson is terrible at this job.
  9. We're getting to a world of routine state-wide electrical grid failures, and women with no health insurance and also pregnant with their rapist's baby - each of them driving past schools where you can hear the pop-pop-pop sound of military rifles slaughtering children - and they're all on their way to vote straight-ticket R because they value some grossly perverted and hypocritical interpretation of White Jesus more than utilities, healthcare, women's rights, education, sensible gun control, and public safety.
  10. Good Lord, I never realized that show had so much talent. Also, guys good at playing guitar.
  11. Thank you. I kind of knew something like that was the deal, but I wasn’t sure how much control I would surrender to them to tow anyone they wanted, or how the guardrails worked to keep from getting myself or my clients towed by mistake. Also reluctant to ugly up my property with towing warnings, but the alternative is getting constantly pissed off at my immediate neighbors.
  12. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/amp/Austin-man-convicted-rock-throwing-brain-dead-11074043.php This guy was a poster here - I think he regularly gave advice on how to fight unethical towing companies, and seemed to enjoy being a defender/advocate for victims. “Sociopath” wasn’t a strong enough word.
  13. I-35 LC Lollar P90's Last week a musician friend who used to live in Austin texted me to ask me if I had ever owned a Rickenbacker 12-string. I haven't, but I tried to talk him into ordering a Duesenberg Double Cat instead. I found a couple of those on Reverb just to send him links. And, you know, as long as I'm on Reverb, I should go ahead and show him an example of what my own next guitar was going to be --- something semi-hollow with P90. Guess which one of us pulled the trigger? I played one of these a few years ago and was kind of smitten, but I figured I'd have to settle for something more realistic - maybe a Gibson CS-336 (they do a version with P90) or a Warmoth Thinline Tele body with P90 (Chad Fuck suggested some pretty cool-looking ones before when I mentioned the idea).
  14. Unfortunately I’m at work until early evening
  15. Jerry Reed is great, but am I the only one who had a hard time getting past how out of tune the other guitarist is?
  16. I own a property near downtown. It is well signed, "Private property, violators towed." Which mostly worked for the past few years. But increasingly, my neighbors are choosing to ignore the warning (there is a ton of legal and free street parking that is literally about 60 feet away, but it's just a lot easier to leave your car right in the guy's parking lot that says "no parking." So I need to make a contract with a tow company and start enforcing it. Words of advice on who to hire? And how to convey to them who I want towed and who not to tow? This would all be insanely easy if people would just heed a very reasonable and simple request. Also, I'm aware of this board's tow truck sociopath, so if you know the name of his company, help me keep away. Advice appreciated.
  17. Okay, this week I made only my second guitar purchase in probably the last 6 years or so... the other one being the now-for-sale R8 in 2018. And this guitar was maybe at the top of the "someday" wish list for me. Also, the splurge is the reason the R8 is for sale. I'm afraid it's spent the last couple days in some insanely hot and humid UPS trucks - just got it a couple hours ago. So I'm going to heed Uncle Bill's warning on the sticker and let it acclimate overnight before unboxing it. Of course there will be photos. And if you think y'all are being teased, imagine being the person in the room with the object of your desire but not being allowed to touch it (lot of jokes there, right?). I won't let you down.
  18. Search: "Stratocaster" Sort by: Price, high to low Add to cart
  19. I’m happy to see someone else say this. I think the first few years of the Fender “custom shop” lines up with those years. In my (amateur non-collector) experience, those are just terrific guitars that maybe don’t have the same “vintage” panache/price as guitars made 20 years prior, but they are noticeably higher quality in workmanship. I’ve suggested to others on this thread to consider that era when looking for their Love-Connection Fender.
  20. It’s available. I’m just gonna let this sit here through the weekend, if no takers then I’ll list it. I think it’s about $800 discount compared to what you’d pay online - subsidized by no sales tax (maybe $250), no website fees (5% of about $4500, credited to buyer rather than paying Reverb), and a few hundred (plus or minus a Benjamin) in Surly discount.
  21. AUTF, that price lines up better with what I recall, though it's been 4 years. Just to clarify, these *might* have gotten a boost in appreciation as 60th anniversary, but Gibson does not use that word anywhere on this guitar or its papers. How's $3950 plus actual shipping? If I take it to reverb, I'll probably ask something around $4400 (plus Reverb will hit you for another $300 in tax). First dibs to the person who already PM'ed me with interest.
  22. If you search "2018 Les Paul R8" on Reverb, you'll get five hits, average asking price $5464... which would be close to 6K with tax and shipping. Those asking prices are a lot higher than I remember... Honest question: did these things go up by a grand during the pandemic?
  23. Selling my 2018 Les Paul R8 - True Historic specs. Gloss teaburst. Pretty perfect flame, and very light at 8.2 pounds. Case still has the tags and all the case candy. And yes, uploading these photos to sell it has me questioning my decision-making.
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