As the other fellow said, "obscurity" is so the wrong word.  "pure pop pablum" would be an appropriate substiitute.

I'm sorry Florence.  I've tried, I've REALLY tried, but I just can't make myself like your voice.  Maybe a couple voice lessons?

I'm not as big a Jethro Tull or Who fan as Bill is, but I can give this advice for both: If you don't listen with the volume turned up as loud as you can stand it, it's not possible to appreciate this sort of pompous rock at all. That's not to say that you will appreciate it that way, but if you treat it as background music it can only drive you crazy.  

The Black Crowes' version is just a rip off of the Grateful Dead version, which rocked the song up a bit.  If you like their version better, credit the Dead, not the 'Crowes.

Me, I like this version, mostly because the Black Crowes ruined it for me, before I every knew they ripped it off.

Has a ponderous feel to it.  Something Frankenstein would dance to.

Yes, that is a characteristic of music.  The repetition of a sequence of notes to establish a melody and a mood, and to build thereon. 

Very nice, but Patty Griffin's version is better.

Ugh

Neko wants her crickets back!

'Kinell! If I woke up of a morning to that cacophony I'd leap out of the window or shove earplugs in my lugs, or both. Byrne's voice is irritating enough at the best of times, but the 'falsetto version' goes through my brain like cheesewire.

Someone's put too many pennies on the record player arm....

  glad to hear this... here's my upload attempts for David Lindley:

David Lindley & Hani Naser - Ain't No Way sorry 0/0 (0%) 224
David Lindley & Hani Naser - Way Out West In Kansas added 0/0 (0%) 224

One insta-sorry, one insta-add, I can't complain.  I love that guy, though.   He's so weird.
EDIT:  who knew my CD copy was worth $100 bucks... gee Bill...

For folks like me who only listen to RP and avoid clearchannelmuck stations like the plague, this is the only place where I ever hear Bohemian Rhapsody. Give up the clearchannel stations as I've done and perhaps you too will cease to be oversensitized to great, but overplayed music.

I would also argue that the rather high overall rating for this song suggests that many RP listeners are like me and enjoy Bill's sparing playing of Queen.

Grating.

Diesel and Dust is one of their best!

damn is that John Gorka on backup vocals?!!

Really wonderful. Initially I thought it was West African... It's amazing how many similarities there are between that region and Celtic music.

Before the digital era, "Waiting for Columbus" was IMO the best live recording ever made.

Of course, it could have been all the whiskey and bad cocaine I was on back then....

I still miss Lowell George, and I'm raising a Craftsman 11/16ths socket in his honor.

2

I'm sorry.

I just have a personal prejudice against songs that repeat one lyric over and over,
backed up by relentless, repetitive drum bashing and one-note guitar solos.

EDIT: Unless it's Neil Young...

Rating dropped every time the high pitched sound came on... until it hit a 1.

At least it doesn't last as long as the baby song-Christ felt like we were there for the whole pregnancy.

Teresa's my neighbor. She's a very gracious person as well as a talented musician.

My IQ drops 10 points everytime I hear this.

We need more Laurie Anderson here. I still only have tapes.

How 'bout Sharkey's Day?

I hear "she's so popular", even though I know it's French.

Yeah, I'd agree with that.Some Fleetwood Mac songs have been so overplayed that it's just tiresome to hear them again.You wish more stations would follow RP's lead and play more old FM. But it's good to hear Rhiannon again...mostly because it's on RP.

If you're doing FM Greatest Hits nostalgia, Bill, how about "Gold Dust Woman"?

Love this man. He's amazing live. Go see him, you'll see what I mean. :)

This is a great CD, just every song is very good. My favorite is Celestine.

Dark Matter is my favorite song of all time. It is heartbreakingly beautiful. Many thanks to B&R for playing it! There are no words to really express how much I love this song (going on 12 years now)

Er, okay lets review. There is no synthesizer,and no drum machine. These are real people playing real instruments, in realtime. I dont' know if this was dubbed or not, I kind of doubt it, considering this is 1975, and people tended to walk into studios and record for 3 days straight.

What you're hearing is an electric piano, a real drummer, an awesome bass player, and of course Beck on lead.

This is real music. This is waht the drum machines and synthesizers were trying to reproduce - and, for the most part, failed miserably.

Oh yeah?!! Well I saw ZZ Top open for Alice Cooper, Earth Wind and Fire open for Black Sabbath!

Gotta go, the nurse is here to take me on my afternoon walk.

That makes two of us!

What is it with RP and Bob Dylan fans?

There must be some conspiracy going on.

Anyone else hear Fire Lake by Bob Seger?

Um, that's because it was him. Did the drumming kind of remind you of Phil Collins?

We need a little Weather Report on RP. I wonder what the problem is...

A sure way to get more people over to the LRC

This is an enticing arrangement of the old Jimmie Rodgers tune. Here, the reggae beat emphasizes the
cutesy lyrics but with all the talent on board -
"We Have A Winner". I used to call David Lindley
"Just Enough" Lindley when he first toured with Jackson because his spare, tasteful additions never
overwhelmed the tracks. I've loved Bonnie from the first.
Thanks Bill, you discover all the gems!

Holy crap! After the first few guitar chords, I was bracing myself for the shrilling of Steve Perry and Journey's Wheel In the Sky!


Thank GAWD it wasn't that! This is cool.

Great to hear some Antje on here. Beautiful voice, and I especially love her song "Dandelion."

I'm speechless. You're telling me that the rest is worse than this?

One of the coolest basslines ever!

Thought this song would NEVER end.
I am a big NY fan but cant stand this one.

Please God don't let this be the prelude to a host of other songs from Collins appearing here.

I swear if I ever hear 'Another day in paradise' on RP I'm out of here.

A good solid 2 for thhis as it isn't as bad as all his other solo crap. Let's face it, what is?

I have only heard this here.

Quite a find.

This one has improved with repeated plays for me.

Remarkably & hysterically in sync!

This kicks some major ASS!

Too bad he's such an "unknown" to so many.

Thanks, BillG, for remembering Roy....

One of the greatest rock songs

Ayub, of Afrocelt's "Ayub's Song"?

I have to say that I am getting kinda tired of this song. Headphones off.

Sublimely happy. I could listen to this sort of thing all day and night, thankfully abjuring the Queens and Elvis Costellos that over salt the RP ranks of eclecticism.

mediocre, ordinary,average, middling,booorrrrinnnngggggzzzzzzz

The musical equivalent of a rice cake.

Ani DiFranco is chick music totally.. for the kind of chicks who think they're tough but cry at the drop of a dime.

Any guy who says he likes her music is just trying to get in touch with his feminine side... or trying to get some from a girl who probably only likes other girls.

I highly recommend the CD. Every song is amazing (great mood music, if you know what I mean)

Don Henley must die
Ah ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya

No Eagles reunion
The same goes for you too Sting
Ah
Oh

But that's the nature of African music. Listen to any of the African artists Bill plays here and you'll hear the same repetitiveness. Give it a chance.

Note that the bananas are dead-on the beat for this particular song. Coincidence? I think not...

I'm a U2 fan, but this sorta sucks. "Bay-bee, bay-bee, bay-bee" ...? Meh.

Poor Bobby Bare Jr.

He's gonna be really lonely after this...

We should thank him for the help by requesting that BillG play the song "Monk At The Disco"...

Just for sentimental reasons.

No, they just look like it.

Not for melissab. She does photoshop work.

safe for work unless you're an accountant or something numbersy

I'm baaaaaack!

Hello, peepses!

Bran-muffin, Peter, Stu, Ray, Mel

I love this place. You can insult someone's favorite song and they laugh!

Really, tho. Not a good thing, the Dead. ;)

Now Playing:

Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band --What a buzzkill
REM - Losing My Religion
The Dead 60s - Riot Radio
X - Blue Spark

Tha back bench seat is leather, like the rest of the interior, and folds out to a roomy and comfy bed. With a DVD!

Yeah, the boys are always intrigued --- but they say things like "Is that your boyfriend's truck? Your dad's?"

RonH and I will try to keep things civil today so as not to mess up any fuckingaroundatwork you might be trying to get done!

I have a young cousin who LOVES her truck (Allison diesel etc!) I guess she'd be a blonde-haired smarty pants chick in a big ass truck!

As for the website issues, we should have the Forums - and possibly the Journals as well - back up later today sometime, tomorrow at the latest. Sorry it's taken so long, but I've had to re-write the entire forum application from scratch - a rather daunting task, but it's the only way we can preserve their unique character and provide the kind of security we need.

ahem...

one week from today i get to hug the wonderus Paula!!!!!!

damn i am so excited its hard to stay inside my skin~!!!!



and lets pray that this cold front stays with us through next weekend!

Ray-nbow!

hows your wonderful new life treating you!? aren't you glad its friday?

morning. hows the java?

It's FRIDAY, baby! Gonna pickle me up some okra tomorrow. Been doing salsa fresca the last two weekends. - Drink beer and can. ...Just keep it STERILE!

and you just gloat to your heart's content...Me & mine are 6 1/2 years, and found each other rather later than usual for most folks, so I count myself very lucky too!

thanks Ray...you too! and BTW, your wife is a very lucky lady I'd say...

Good morning RP!!!!

to all...busy busy day (isn't it always?) but I'm lurking...

Dontcha love it when they like our presents.

Free to do.... that's cool.

About Matson Belle, dunno, was wondering the same thing. Maybe there's a web site with some samples.

Same here...

Is unrestricted access to RP part of your new working arrangement?

How's things in the North East?

David Copperfield by Dickens...

"From Wikipedia"
The character is notable for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and general insincerity. His constant references to David as "Master Copperfield" are repeated so often by Dickens that they quickly seem insincere. He is the central antagonist of the later part of the book. David first meets him when he is living with Mr. Wickfield and his daughter Agnes. Uriah works as Mr. Wickfield's clerk and because of Mr. Wickfield's alcoholism Uriah controls most of his life and business. He eventually succeeds in having himself raised to being a full partner in the business. His eventual ambition is to marry Agnes and gain control of the Wickfield fortune. Like most of Dickens' villains, greed is his main motivation. Heep is eventually stymied by Mr. Micawber, Thomas Traddles, with help from David and Agnes. Once his fraud and treachery is unmasked, he persists in hounding Micawber and Copperfield. He is sent to prison where he is a model prisoner.

I'll drink to that.

Ok, pholks, gotta go UTR (remember when I thought that meant "under the rug"??? )

L8R

I'm not a religion fan either....

maybe I can rephrase for you and I (because this is MY interpretation): we are all a part of the ENERGY of the universe

Better?

The original Uriah Heep was a character from Dickens who was a mealy-mouthed back-stabber who made everybody who dealt with him unhappy as he could...

The band merely stole the name...

Yeah, me too - I like Buddhism because it's not really a religion - Jesus wasn't religious either - not in the sense of being a traditional Jew, anyway - any highly evolved spiritual person tends to get "guru'fied", and then all hell breaks loose when, a couple hundred years after the fact, people sit down and start making lists of dogmatic "truths." Fuck em.

Me. Just now.



Seriously I wasn't quoting anyone.

Oh grow up...

I may not be Jesus, but you're right up there with Uriah Heep...

Helping others less fortunate than ourselves is our highest work, our best goal and our most satisfying reward.

IMO we're all Jesus

...too obvious...we use sweet old ladies who hand out poison cookies door to door...
S.

I don't know - we're all hard-wired for fight-or-flight, and there is definitely something cool, something invigorating, something beautiful (sexy, even) about a really good explosion.

"I love the smell of Napalm in the morning"
Marlon Brando
Apocalypse Now

I see you approve of my marketing tools.

A bottle of Jack and a baseball bat should hurry that process long.

My name is bhd and I am a long-time regular monthly RP contributor.

Get back to work you, moron. Is your employer paying you to bait trollers on the internet? Christ, and you are the ONLY one having a bad week. Lets all give Alafia a great big group. Feel better now?

Sorry, Ray. Hate to mess with your plans for the afternoon!

Out of gas, huh? I expect that from you. You're good for a couple of rounds then retreat. Are you Canadian?

Well, there's a stinging epithet. Isn't lunchtime over?

Oh, fer chrissake, would BOTH of you please just leave it, or take it somewhere else? I'm trying to pass an enjoyable afternoon f**king off at work here, and I'd rather not have to do it in between your e-darts, alright?

heh. I'm in graphics h*ll today...trying to insert graphic images into AutoCAD... to 'save time'...I've now spent the better part of the day on this problem yeesh!! :rollseyes 'cause I can't find the emoticon:


and BTW, why oh why are all the emoticons scrambled up? I used to know where they were, now they're all rearranged!

What was that?

Did you say something?

no worries dear...I've been ignored twice today here, I'm getting used to it...

Too funny! What the heck is that from?

got bats?

OH! Well.......

never mind.......

I need the fluffy love.

Yeah--some guy from the UK who changed his story's details about three times, and giving me all this personal BS about his wife & he being in counseling and she sent a check for $3000 by accident instead of $30 (for a dog cage) and he always ends it with, "God bless..." The idea is to get you to cash a phony check, then send a whopping difference back to them. Every once in awhile they probably get some schmoe to do it....that's why I said what I said to him....

Anyway...hi Kris & everyone....hope you're all doing well. *hug*

Okay, I'm confuzzled. Artist:Bobby Bare Jr. w/ a Ry Cooder album cover featured. What's the dill, pickle?

Hi Ray... it goes slowly. All these bicycles of mine that I had grandiose visions of everyone beating a path to my door to purchase are going up in smoke.

anyone remember this guy???

It's incredible - you never know until you taste it. As a matter of fact, I guarantee you that you wouldn't even know it HAD Coke in it unless you were told.

I like to cook with Coke.

Coke Cake

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup marshmallows
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup margarine
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup Coca-Cola
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs, beaten

Frosting
1/2 cup margarine
3 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons Coca-Cola
1 pound powdered sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease and flour 13x9 pan.

Cake
If marshmallows are large, chop down or use miniature. Sift together flour and sugar, stir in marshmallows and set aside. Bring to a boil, shortening, margarine, cocoa and Coke. Remove from heat and pour over dry ingredients. Stir in buttermilk, baking soda and eggs. Don't beat this cake mixture. Bake for 45 minutes or until done. Cool 30 minutes before frosting cake.

Frosting
Bring margarine, cocoa and Coke to a boil. Boil a minute, remove from heat and gradually add sugar. Stir in pecans.

Morning to you and BD!


Ray, is that pesky application behaving now?

Ray, I liked this quote for the truth it applies to so many types of love. I agree with you about the terror of the vulnerability of risking again, in terms of personal love. I can understand why some people would avoid it, though it seems not to be the way I'm made. I took a break, and when I was thinking about opening myself up that way again, it was terrifying. It still is scary, but also exhilarating (not that I'm involved in anything- just the prospect that it could be a prospect is a big step).

Having children is terrifying, too. To have such love and such responsibility.....

I'll stop now.

I miss the journals.

Some thoughts for your morning/afternoon coffee:


Love, like truth and beauty, is concrete. Love is not fundamentally a sweet feeling; not, at heart, a matter of sentiment, attachment, or being "drawn toward." Love is active, effective, a matter of making reciprocal and mutually beneficial relation with one's friends and enemies. Love creates righteousness, or justice, here on earth. To make love is to make justice. As advocates and activists for justice know, loving involves struggle, resistance, risk. People working today on behalf of women, blacks, lesbians and gay men, the aging, the poor in this country and elsewhere know that making justice is not a warm, fuzzy experience. I think also that sexual lovers and good friends know that the most compelling relationships demand hard work, patience, and a willingness to endure tensions and anxiety in creating mutually empowering bonds.

For this reason loving involves commitment. We are not automatic lovers of self, others, world, or God. Love does not just happen. We are not love machines, puppets on the strings of a deity called "love." Love is a choice -- not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guile. Love is a conversion to humanity -- a willingness to participate with others in the healing of a broken world and broken lives. Love is the choice to experience life as a member of the human family, a partner in the dance of life, rather than as an alien in the world or as a deity above the world, aloof and apart from human flesh.

Carter Heyward
Passion for Justice

Nooooo I come and go, like a bad smell I guess Laprincessa would say, depends on how much time I have and what other things i'm involved in, but I tend to frequent only the comments thread on the forums.

Its funny, i've been visiting here for 4 or 5 years and many of the people are different on each visit, some people i'll make friends with some people I won't but thats just me, I breeze in and out in the same time plenty of people disapear never to return......

You're from Maine huh, I always said i'd see the north east states of the US one day (if thats the Maine you are in), maybe I can pop in for a cup of tea? ;)

Morning, friends!


This morning I finally listened to "Monk at the Disco." I was, shall we say, underwhelmed.

Hi mate, i'm Paul from St Helens, Lancashire, England, i've been a radio paradise listerner since mid 2001, signed up new year 2002, i've watched it grow to what it is now, some people get a bit uptight with me because i'm fairly straightforward, (including Big Bill), but don't let my abrasive attitude put you off, I mean well, I really do.

this might be more appropriate

I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting real tired of that picture of Ry up there. He looks as if he has gas.

A: Who's dumping the song ratings? Hmm?

2: I got Perez Prado added! Huahh!

Should I mention that my husband irons, owns and can use a sewing machine, and cooks?

Hey Peeps!

You also have the end of the AT which is very cool. But it was just about the only state I identified correctly on the first try.



Meanwhile - I aced the World section. Feeling better about myself again.

So I'm still playing with the geography quizzes. Rocked through the South American part. Too chicken to try Africa. Was a little rough going through the states - maybe it is time for an extended road trip.

But really, when you get up to New England it is just such a mess. How can you call that little piece of map a state? Here in Texas that might qualify as a county. A small county.

How long a drive is that for you?

And no wonder many of us are confused. Here in Missouri there are cities and towns with names like Paris, California, Mexico, Louisiana, Versailles... the list goes on!

The only place in the US i'd like to visit is New England, perhaps Maine or Vermont, and a couple of the national parks - yosemiti & yellowstone and maybe the Grand Canyon.

Thats about it really.

Did you try the All of Europe option. Apallingly I scored 51%. I can do the big countries, but I can't quite place Lithuanea, Latvia, Etheopia, Macedonia, Slovenia, etc etc

Damn it The UK isnt a country, England and Scotland are countries!

Of course. But you're dealing with a sample size that assures some outliers, and the proximity/easy border crossing makes it more likely the "challenged" will show up there. For a Brit to show up in Vancouver requires a little more savvy, so you're getting more of the cream of the crop there.

Yeah, early-season heavy gloppy crap that froze overnight. It's actually really pretty and not real cold (altho last night the wind was blowing), but the first blast of the season is always a shocker.

Can we PLEASE PLEASE not start the political BS back up in this tiny broom closet?

Since you can't seem to leave each other alone, could you just get a room elsewhere? There are people trying to enjoy this little closet, free of politics and/or bashing.

Please? Pretty please?

Note, CB that I am not in my normal STFU mode....will it help, is the question? (i.e. will you contain yourself for just a few more days?)

My desk is turned around now so everyone can see what I'm looking at...

Couldn't agree more.

No... I'm on solid food but I'm still eating light, mostly vegetarian...

I've lost 18 lbs since startin' the fast. (mostly water loss but the release of toxins has been good)

Hi Lynne!! How was work last night?

That would be the semi-circle of light about half way up the picture.

Sorry, out for a bit.

I got the pic. but not with the resolution I hoped for.

Funny thing was, there was a man with a piece of cardboard
with a hole in it. The eclipse projected through the hole onto
the sidewalk perfectly. A 2cent piece of cardboard vs my $600
camera, cardboard wins hands down.

:(

I thought the job was going better since you won your battle with the Powers That Be.

Good morning, peeps!

...hippity hop...flippity flop...It is monday...I wish it were hot...
S.

You guys are SUCH crack addicts!!!

Oh, please please please go see Serenity!!!

It's that controversial! ;)

LOVE this song.
Otis Redding is the MAN!

The Grateful Dead did a fantastic cover of this song as well. And, of course - the Black Crowes... well, their version is fun.

This song is quite intelligent, actually. I admire the reference to Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot. Here's one of the passages from Godot where we hear about the gravedigger:

Astride of a grave in a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave-digger puts on the forceps. We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. (He listens.) But habit is a great deadener.

Such a dark message for such a bouncy tune.

There is a young boy who works for Godot by taking care of sheep. His brother takes care of goats. And according to Matthew 25: 31-46, sheep go to heaven and goats go to hell.

There are other religious references in Cake songs.

made me look up from the paperwork