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UTCzech III

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  1. Truly sad.  Hell he's 5 years older than my mom and she's in a nursing home unable to move basically, but still sharp mentally 5 years from now, who knows...).  But Jesus, let's see, blowing your mind on drugs (luckily able to somewhat come through it unlike Syd Barrett), having both of your younger brothers die before you (as someone who has lost a younger sibling, yeah, that will fuck you up the rest of your life), a cousin who went nutso and took you to court, and a "manager" who controlled your entire life and tried to steal you blind.  My mind would be mush too.  I don't think he is near the end, but I do believe he is totally done creatively, or even as a "prop" on any kind of tour or anything.  He was the ultimate man-child.  Just never grew up, wrote some of the most brilliant music and melodies ever, but accompanied by just simple, juvenile even lyrics.  He was just stuck in that "Great American Songbook" style of writing, from the 30s through the 50's, into the early 60's, but he could just never progress any further.  A true savant, we will never see his likes again.    Just a few favorites, again, the lyrics don't matter, it's the sound, the blend, the chords, the arrangements, that are true genius.

     

     

    One of the most brilliant songs ever written, if you're musically inclined, just try to mentally figure the chord structure out as this is playing, where is the center?  You can't do it..

     

    again, such a deceptively simple song, but track where the chords go, every way you 'don't' expect them to go..

     

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  2. 57 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

    Don't remember how this one came about.  Same song, different title/words.

     

    The song was rewritten after Mike Love voiced objections to the lyrics.[16][17] Love stated in a 1993 interview that he found the original lyrics "so totally offensive [and] nauseating" that he refused to sing them.[18] He told Wilson that he was strongly opposed to drugs such as LSD and did not wish for the Beach Boys to be associated with its culture.[19] In his recollection, he was aware of the fact that Wilson had experimented with LSD and knew that the "prevailing drug jargon [suggested] that doses of LSD would shatter your ego, as if that were a positive thing... I wasn't interested in taking acid or getting rid of my ego."[20] He said, "The people that I'd seen indulge in those things exhibited behaviors and mannerisms that left much to be desired."[16]

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  3. 2 hours ago, Underdog said:

    Lulu’s in San Antonio was first place I’ve seen queso on cfs. 

    Couple of Mexican restaurants here around Taylor do that, actually chicken fried fajitas topped with queso, damn tasty.  I always ask for tortillas and make some cfs, rice and bean tacos.

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  4. Not mine, but damned if I ain't gonna try making these soon...  

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    From the bean and cheese breakfast taco to the raspa, the San Antonio culinary scene is known for a number of signature items.  That includes the crispy dog, the 1950s-era diner favorite made by restaurants and grandmothers alike, according to Texas Monthly. Unfortunately, the crispy dog, a hot dog wrapped in a tortilla with cheese and then deep-fried, is now disappearing from menus, Jose Ralat, a journalist with the magazine, wrote on Monday. 

    https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/crispy-dogs-san-antonio-17768887.php

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  5. 4 minutes ago, bolverk said:

     

     

    It's disgusting beyond all words, but let's please be more careful about tweets. This one's misleading in that it implies the case was in Texas with the mention of Abbott. It was not - although I wouldn't be surprised if there were cases like this here.

    But this happened in Michigan.

    It also happened in 2017 and the judge reversed the order after new shit came to light.  Just a clickbait post unfortunately.

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    CRIME 

    Judge rescinds order granting rapist joint legal custody of victim's child

    October 17, 2017 / 5:45 PM EDT / CBS/AP

    SANDUSKY, Mich. -- A Michigan judge has rescinded a controversial order he gave last month granting a convicted rapist joint legal custody of the child conceived when he attacked a 12-year-old girl in 2008.

    Sanilac County Judge Gregory Ross ruled Tuesday that 27-year-old Christopher Mirasolo won't have any parental rights in connection to the 8-year-old boy. But he's still on the hook for child support.

    Michigan Supreme Court spokesman John Nevin told The Associated Press last week that Ross didn't know 27-year-old Christopher Mirasolo had two criminal sexual conduct convictions, including one concerning the woman.

     

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  6. On 12/17/2023 at 2:10 PM, Eskimohorn said:


    Comedian Brian Regan had a nice bit like this, except it was funny as hell:

    I was gettin' out of a cab at the airport and the ddriver goes, "Hey have a nice flight!"

    "You tow!"

    "You too, you have a nice flight too, in case you ever fly someday."

    First think I thought of, they're just ripping off Brian Regan.  "Take luck!"

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  7. 12 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

    Joe Walsh did that all over the country.  Walsh was on Stern so often, that he agreed to be in the house band when Stern had an audition/test show for a late-night TV show in NYC.  Walsh was passed out under Howard's feet by the time the show started.  

    Yeah, he did that here on KLBJ as well.  Dale Dudley used to play a phone message from Joe, Dale had slandered him on the morning show, saying he was high or something like that, and Joe found out, the left a message threatening to sue Dale "for everything you got!  I love a war man!  So get a good lawyer!" (still remember that word for word)

     

    But yeah, RIP Jim.  Only knew him from his projects with Roger Waters, and then later on his Sirius show.  Classic DJ voice and excellent interviewer.  As a radiophile, a good DJ could transport you anywhere, fill your head with things and sounds you never dreamed of.  One of the best ever for sure.

  8. I know somewhere on here it's been discussed, because someone brought up the Whittakers, that's how I found the channel.  Wow.  The wife and I spent a whole evening watching some of those.  Sad thing is, we both have some relatives that are not that far off, on the poverty/low education level anyway, not the straight-line family tree...  And like the Whittakers, they are perfectly happy.  I really like that the guy doesn't judge at all, just wants to capture the human condition from all sides, and try to help out if he can.  Something to be learned from that.

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