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  1. thought Rioja was excellent for upscale mediterranean. http://www.riojadenver.com/
  2. Been playing around with an old minolta 35mm SLR. Like the way this one turned out.
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    Texas BBQ

    only had terry black's once but it was the saltiest brisket i've ever had. not in a good way.
  4. trinity brewing is the best thing i've been to in co spgs.
  5. park at city hall or the state garage at 4th and guadalupe. use the side stairwell exits after the show instead of exiting through the main entrance. don't record songs on your phone during the concert like a dumbass.
  6. was there last week, mostly in kings canyon. there was a lot of smoke. there were also a lot of people that got sent there when yosemite was evacuated. even though the park was at capacity, once we got over 500 yards onto any trail we didn't see many people at all. everyone was at the roadside attractions like moro rock and general sherman. the smoke was not cool for good views of the canyon, but it did make for some interesting sunsets.
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    Vinyl

    definitely 70's-90's. there are some worthy modern day pressings but they are the exception rather than the rule.
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    Vinyl

    Mofi is great...and they are all reissues. There's nothing wrong with an original pressing but they aren't inherently better, just depends on the album.
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    Vinyl

    I do not at all understand the need to have original pressings. I say this as someone who owns a lot of vinyl.
  10. you're that guy taking videos of full songs during the concert.
  11. the lid gauge is consistent but not accurate. i've never used an additional probe on the grate, the lid gauge lets me know if the temp is consistent, that's all that matters. if my lid gauge is sitting between 225-250 i've never had a problem.
  12. mitch mitchell is one of my all time favorites. he was a monster on those early hendrix albums.
  13. Donkeys last night at barracuda. Damn good show. New guitarist gave them a little bit of a different sound, lots of space in his playing. Buxton opened. They've got a new album coming out in October.
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    Vinyl

    Love vintage pioneer gear, that thing is pretty ugly though. I've got an sa-9100 and matching tx-9100 tuner that sound great. Have a little marantz 1040 in my 2nd setup that I like quite a bit.
  15. yeah, there are lots of girls at NIN shows. trent is dreamy.
  16. the internet has taught me that the doors are the most overrated band of all time...however i've seen very few people on the other side of this argument, claiming they're amazing. i've always considered them a decent band with a few excellent songs.
  17. yeah, good luck with that. a phone scolding included with the rape denial..great job maynard.
  18. https://www-sfgate-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.sfgate.com/music/amp/New-book-buries-the-Grateful-Dead-and-Phil-Lesh-13007586.php?amp_js_v=0.1#amp_tf=From %1%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fmusic%2Farticle%2FNew-book-buries-the-Grateful-Dead-and-Phil-Lesh-13007586.php
  19. tailgating in the parking lot and taking in the scene is half the fun of going to a show there. parking is free, show up early and have some fun in the lot. leave your car there and get an uber back to the hotel then pick up the car the next day. done that several times and never had a problem.
  20. have seen a lot about this over the last 24 hours. a taper who claims to have insider info posted a creepy defense of maynard in which he described in detail the process by which maynard chose his groupies: It’s not true. OK, so I’m just another guy on the internet, but I’ve had the privilege of getting backstage on more than a few separate occasions for both Tool & APC. I am somewhat well known taper, been to 103 Tool shows, and 50+ APC shows, 20+ Pusicfer shows. I’ve got the passes to prove it, I was even given one of the Maynard harem passes because they were out of the standard ones. I also have had 2 female friends (age 20 & 23 at the time) pass muster and get to sleep with Maynard and have gotten all the details. One ended up being a repeat contact because she lived in LA and could participate with him there when off tour.First off, there is and was no blonde heavy set woman who acted as his handler for this. Women do receive special passes, but they were handed out from his all male security staff.2. The security staff checks IDs. If you are not of age, you do not get to go backstage. 17, though “legal” in some states, does not make the cut. Full stop.3. Passes for Maynard are different than the normal backstage pass for the show. A couple examples I can think of (and one I own that I received personally when they were out of normal ones) has a [collage of women in KISS makeup sucking dick or other sexual acts.] (https://d9nvuahg4xykp.cloudfront.net/-7 ... 531890.jpg) An APC one had a picture of Maynard in Roman garb that said “Have you serviced your gladiator today?” or something similar. There are no illusions about what you are there for.4. All backstage people are brought backstage to 1 or 2 rooms. Sometimes the Maynard groupies are brought to a separate room. It’s never 1 woman alone. The smallest group I saw was 5 or 6 women, but could be up to 20. Maynard makes an appearance in the room, might make some chitchat, and then leaves. His security staff will then approach whichever 1 or 2 women that Maynard has selected for the night and tell them that Maynard would like them to come back to the bus or the hotel for the night.5. Both experiences recounted to me, from two women who do not know each other, Maynard was caring, slow and gentle. There was no pressure. He is interested in anal as you would assume, but did not with the one because she never had. Again, no pressure. This act ended up happening later when she was one of his regulars in LA.6. After the act, both women had nothing but good things to say about him and about the security staff (Making sure they were OK to leave the area and had some transportation as they left).So you take those 2 accounts, and also what I saw happen in general with the process other times backstage, make the accusers account incredibly hard to believe. For the guy down below in the thread who’s girlfriend was weirded out for not letting her BF backstage with her, I hope you understand by now that Maynard does not and will not meet normal Tool fans. Never. Has he appeared at any of the Tool clinics? No. Has he ever appeared at any of the APC VIP events? No. I only met him once backstage and he was not thrilled with my concert total. Actually told me that I shouldn’t see them that many times. The meeting only happened because I was in with a group of family for another person on the crew. I haven’t been backstage since he’s been married, so I don’t know if his groupie whoring has continued. I don’t think he should be demonized for this behavior. Yeah it sucks that he doesn’t want to meet the casual fan to have them gush over his music, but it doesn’t make me want to listen to them less.
  21. king gizzard and the lizard wizard friday night at stubbs. hot as balls in there, everyone drenched in sweat. the openers, amyl and the sniffers, were an australian punk band and were pretty good. they sounded australian as fuck. king gizzard played for almost 2 hours and barely took any breaks between songs. as usual, they were very uptempo and extremely tight. this was the last show of their 22 date US tour and you could definitely tell they had it dialed in. it was also an extremely respectful and refreshing crowd in terms of cell phones, talking, etc. good times.
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