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I just got done listening to some Chuck Berry. A friend of mine is a huge fan, and mentions Berry from time to time and, I'm rather ashamed to admit; I didn't have a good idea of the man's music.
Its all part of an effort of mine to explore the roots of Rock'n'Roll. For years now I'd written off the 50's as a rather...
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diamante:
A boy from ND SHOULD love the farmgirl look smile
So...just wanted to say thanks for the support on the rejected set! I'm hoping for a SCS for sure...with this one!

XOXO
societyspliers:
Carl Perkins was great - The studio sessions Dylan and Johnny Cash did together with Carl on lead on February 18, 1969, are some of my favourite work my any of the trio. They did multiple takes on most songs, and did some other recordings other days, but this is the commonly circulating recording list:

One Too Many Mornings #1 - written by Bob Dylan 3:25
One Too Many Mornings #2 - Written by Bob Dylan _ quite a different rendition 4:06
Good Old Mountain Dew - Written by Lunsford/Wiseman 1:54
I Still Miss Someone - Written by J. Cash/R. Cash 2:34
Careless Love - Traditional _ The longest track and perhaps the funniest 7:15
Matchbox - Written by Carl Perkins _ sloppy or spontaneous 3:13
That's Alright Mama - Written by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup2:50
Big River - Written by J. Cash 2:04
Girl Of The North Country - Written by B. Dylan 3:51
I Walk The Line - Written by J. Cash 2:48
You Are My Sunshine - Written by Davis/Mitchel 3:28
Ring Of Fire - Written by J. Carter/M. Kilgour 2:33
Guess Things Happen That Way - Written by J. Clement 1:51
Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Traditional -- also funny - Dylan's still Jewish and doesn't know the song but tries to sing it with John anyway 2:55
Blues Yodel # 1 (T For Texas) - Written by Jimmie Rodgers 3:11
Blues Yodel # 5 - Written by Jimmie Rodgers 2:47

Now, as to your band-starting idea, it may sound lame, but hang out at local bands' gigs, talk to them AND the people around them. Musicians often know other musicians and go to support local bands and see them play, so it's a great place to meet musicians, some of whom may want to start a band.

Give it a shot. Worst case scenario: You see live music and meet new people.smile

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As I'm writing this, my new kitten, who I've had for a week, is doing his best toclimb onto my shoulder to sleep. He's a good cat, if not a trifle bit annoying. He's gotten better, but still seems to operate under the assumption that, if I leave the apartment, I might never be coming back! The result though, is not him being overly affectionate...
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jaebin:
AAWWWWWWWWWW He's a cutie. I love kitten mischief miao!! love
lolablu:
Hooray for kitties! miao!!
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(finally decided to write a new journal; 12 comments on the last one was a new record me, I think. Thanks for all the kind words on my haircut)

I'm finally finished!

About three years ago I was walking through Presque Isle Park in Marquette when my eye caught the memorial to two college students who had died there back in the late 80's. There...
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phoenixgirl:
I think the most comments I ever got was 40...I usually average about 20ish give or take...
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deny:
*Swoons* With sideburns too. HOt.
dholokov:
Dude you are totally Emo In A Good Way
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Well, I took the plunge the other day and got my hair cut after all! The hair dresser didn't get it exactly right, but I'm still happy with the results. Quite by accident, I ended up with a rockin Pompador; its actually not too garish and, in fact, is pretty classy in my opinion. The last few days I've gotten several compliments about it; including...
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jaebin:
Can't wait for pics of the doo, I'm very opinionated about haircuts
phoenixgirl:
I cant wait to see your new hair!
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Well, I haven't gotten the hair cut yet. Mainly because the printer I bought requires a USB cord but, of course, doesn't come with one! Without the printer, I can't print of the pics of the cut I want; and I'm not fool hardy enough to trust my own description of it to the hair dresser to suffice. I might well leave it up to...
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societyspliers:
So, you're dreaming about The King, and you had your hair cut and were told you look like Elvis

Perhaps your dream was naught but a convoluted Harbinger of Future Things that got bent, folded, spindled or mutilated during delivery. the Elusive Axe may have represented the haircut that was itself eluding you. And the Death which comes with the use of said axe is an augury of your post-haircut event of being compared to a Dead drug addict.

Of course, I'm FOS, but it sounded pretty good, huh? If you were doking smope you'd think it was really cool how I made it seem so REAL!

Sorry, my neighbour is actually hooked on pot like people get hooked on crack and stopped by obviously all smoked out wanting me to play some good "Head Music" for him and so I was playing with his head something fierce while the Grateful Dead played 10 minutes of loud feedback in the background.
phoenixgirl:
I never seem to get the haircut I want exactly, so definitely bring a picture!
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Well I had that date tonight and, it went.....well, it went all right. We both certainly had a great time; I haven't laughed that much in a long time, and the gal's utterly adorable. But, I didn't even get a kiss at the end of the night; of course, I'm not really sure if those are supposed to be standard or not. She struck me...
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phoenixgirl:
Im glad the date went well, I guess not all girls want a kiss on the first date....and um, not to sure about the hair.
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I just ran my tongue over my upper right molar and let out a screaming of "Oh fucking SHIT!" You see, its been chipped for some time now; it rather fell behind with the massive amount of Dental work I had done this summer before my insurance ran out (11 fuckin cavities! I hate my feeth). Anyway I am now shocked and distressed to find...
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societyspliers:
I had a really good date at a bowling alley once. It's not something people think of as typical, so it can be cool. The whole dinner and a movie thing has been so played out, and when I've done spontaneous stuff (or stuff that seems off-the-wall) it's usually gone over great. I was on a date once at a bar where my friends were playing - where we had decided to be for our date, and a few songs into it I just, saying nothing, took her hand and stopped at the car for my acoustic guitar, led her down to the Bay and played to her under the moonlight at the Water's edge.

She seemed to melt.

And no, I hadn't eaten any weird roadside mushrooms, either.

If you're half as much fun in real life as you are here, you'll show her a great time.

Enjoy!
ckdexterhaven:
I've had some strange dreams lately too. Long ones. Ifyaknowhatimean.

Good luck on the date, hope all goes well. biggrin
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"I'm drunk again
I'm drunk once again"

- Hank IIII

Well, as I'm sure everyone's figured out, I'm a little enebriated as I write this post. Please excuse any spelling errors that might be traced back to this issue (I need to drink more, and then I could blame all of my spelling errors on beer!)

So, I was sitting in the coffeeshop below my...
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phoenixgirl:
So how are you adjusting in your new place?
phoenixgirl:
I am so glad things are going so well for you, and you have to tell me how the date goes!! wink
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I'm in Fargo! YAY!!!!!!!! The first step in my return to abject poverty and education is here smile

In all seriousness I don't think I realized just how used to having a lot of money I'd become. I'm finding that I need to learn some badly needed restraint once again, or i'm going to flounder very quickly. Damn this world and its inability to allow me...
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societyspliers:
I've forgotten to ask her about the Epic Poem.

You don't have to sing well. Or play well. I suck and people give me money to play and sing.

This free community is a wonderful resource for 'young' guitarists. And I still learn from it. Great people, too. They're not really so much "fringe" people, though - it's a laidback yet somewhat structured place - you don't curse or tlak about sex, basically. It's all about the music.

I probably talked to you about the Meat Puppets before, but you need to listen to them if you haven't.
deceptiviewfilm:
to answer ur question about the original Transformers on DVD. The rights have been picked up by a distributor. There is talk of re-releasing them on dvd probably around the movie's release on dvd at the end of the year.
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I'm hungover - for the first time in months. Its not a major one, as far as these things go, but it does happen to be one of those mild-yet persistent varieties which hang on for the entire day. It feels like my head has been wrapped in cotten and there is a slight time-lag between the instant that something occures and when my senses...
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societyspliers:
Holy shit, that's a long hangover story. Almost epic!smile Hope in two daze you've recovered. Sounds like some shows I've played. With Carpe ocitem we had cops raid and I led the band into "Get Back" a la The Beatles on the roof when the cops came.

Glad you're here.

Anyway, I need help! Fast! And this nextpart is shameless copied and pasted from another journal for lack of time:I need your help! Since people rarely read (or at least comment in) my journal anymore, I have to slut around other people's journals for help. Of course, since he My SG page format change, I read my friends' journals less than I used to, but i see everyone else gets comments.

*stops to crawl under rock and eat worms*

Any way, I'm going to (well, I'm probably going to - they said I can and they'll pay me 100 buck to open for their headliner they won't name, 'cause apparently they're better-known than me - which is pretty easy to be, but I think it's probably someone along the lines of the surving members of Molly Hatchet or something like that) play a Theme Time Music Show tomorrow night with the obvous 4th of July Theme.

Anyway, I need ideas for a set of US or Freedom-type songs. check my journal for what I already am planning to do. I generallly play anything from the Baroque period up to the present, from any genre. A slogan I used to toss out at an old band's shows upon rceiving requests or being asked what kinds of songs we did was: "We Suck Equally At All Kinds Of Music." We even printed shirts. Sold two. Gave away about 30.

Thanks in advance!!
societyspliers:
I'm sure I'll do Flag Decal - I do it fairly regualrly, so I can maybe sneak it in one of the middle sets. Aong with some othr controversal topical songs. I just have to be careful not to lose the recurring gig. But some of Neil Young's Living With War (I probably won't do Let's Impeach the President, but Families from that album and Flags of Freedom -which I do seguing into Dylan's Chimes of Freedom or vice versa, should be okay.

Yeah, the Battle of New Orleans I'm doing - actually your whole list looks good. There's so much out there that fits.

Thanks!

I'd better go to sleep now. I have to be at work by 730 and it's 119 now. And after I get out of work around 530 I have to shower, rehearse, and be ready to play by 7:30. It''' probably be just acoustic, for time reasons, unless I can use the headliners' equipment, but not knowing who they are, I have doubts.
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Please excuse the last journal; I apparently fell into a period of mopiness and whining for about 12 hours, and I'd like very much to forget it. I don't get into those moods often, but I am always left with a feeling of loathing towards them when they do come. Damn Irish disposition.

Anyway, I just got back from having lunch with my Dad and...
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phoenixgirl:
I have been in a bit of a depressive funk myself, it will pass for us both, and we will be better for it!
phoenixgirl:
My funk has been mourning the loss of everything from the last 14 years, it has been tough, and I know I will be better and stronger from it all, but when it hits hard, all I can do is ride it out...

...I feel really bad that I wasnt there in the end for my cat. frown