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Renier Posts: 276 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,07:29    As some people here already know, I am still quite heavily involved in re-enactment. Also do spearfishing... Well then, since we are *introducing* ourselves a bit, anyone want to volunteer some info on what music they like? As for me: Rammstein, Sabbath, Iron Maiden etc, mixed in with some old Goth... Led Zeppelin, Nightwish....

lkeithlu Posts: 321 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,08:35    As others are revealing their mode of employment: I am a high school Chemistry teacher; I've also taught Physics and can teach Geology. I work in an Episcopal boarding school, in a tiny blue dot imbedded in a very red state. I've been school disciplinarian for almost four years (in addition to a full class load), a position I have a lot of passion for but can't stand to do and would dump in a heartbeat to return to only teaching. Got several hobbies, one I'm pretty good at (cooking) and many that I enjoy anyway (scuba, flute, hiking) My music preferences are a source of embarassment, so I'll leave those out. KL

snoeman Posts: 109 Joined: April 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,10:50    Quote (argystokes @ Dec. 27 2006,15:59)   Quote (Steviepinhead @ Dec. 27 2006,13:39) We can't let those Brits beat us to the brew! By dint of careful counting (no toes were injured during this process), I've got the Seattle contingent numbering at least six: Da Pinhead. argystokes creeky belly snoeman JohnW clamboy Surely that's enough to hoist a few (or foist a hew)? The Barking Dog?  The Hilltop Alehouse?  Weeknight?  Weekend?  Broad daylight? Heck, we could give the DI a call and see if they would like to send a rep (but only if they promise to imbibe the Beano first...). Oh: 56; lawyer defending civil cases... evenings are probably best for me, weekend or otherwise. Oh, and grad student, 23 yo. I'd be up for the Hilltop Alehouse.  Just about any evening works for me, except for - oddly enough - Fridays. 38 y.o., btw, doing R&D for a logistics company.  (really)

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,10:56    44. Working as a linguist in designing language instruction materials. (It's more elaborate than that, really, but that'll do for now.) -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

carlsonjok Posts: 3326 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,11:02    I'm a 41 year old supply chain manager in the electronics industry.  My hobbies are bicycle riding, horseback riding, and reading, although since I bought a rundown horse property four years ago I have done precious little of any of them.  My music tastes are all over the place.  In terms of number of songs on my iPod, the top artists are Metallica, Allison Krauss and Union Station, The Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, and Emmylou Harris.  But even that doesn't really even capture how utterly wierd my tastes are. -------------- It's natural to be curious about our world, but the scientific method is just one theory about how to best understand it.  We live in a democracy, which means we should treat every theory equally. - Steven Colbert, I Am America (and So Can You!)

JohnW Posts: 3217 Joined: Aug. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,12:53    Quote (Steviepinhead @ Dec. 27 2006,15:39) We can't let those Brits beat us to the brew! By dint of careful counting (no toes were injured during this process), I've got the Seattle contingent numbering at least six: Da Pinhead. argystokes creeky belly snoeman JohnW clamboy Surely that's enough to hoist a few (or foist a hew)? The Barking Dog?  The Hilltop Alehouse?  Weeknight?  Weekend?  Broad daylight? Heck, we could give the DI a call and see if they would like to send a rep (but only if they promise to imbibe the Beano first...). Oh: 56; lawyer defending civil cases... I live in Seattle and I'm British, so that gets me two beers.  Either of the above would be fine - 74th Street Alehouse would be even better as it's only a short lurch from home. And to continue the intro: 45 Biostatistician Jazz//free improv/blues listener, cyclist, and amateur astronomer who's eagerly awaiting Dave's explanation for why we can see all those galaxies. -------------- Math is just a language of reality. Its a waste of time to know it. - Robert Byers There isn't any probability that the letter d is in the word "mathematics"...  The correct answer would be "not even 0" - JoeG

BWE Posts: 1902 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,13:10    58, marine biologist; Portland, Oregon. I deal with offshore fishing regulations and policy. Music: Right now I'm listening to Bob Dylan. I missed the iron maiden time but I do have one Judas Priest song on my mp3 list at the moment (you've got another thing coming). Django Reinhart, Doc Watson, Arlo Guthrie, Led Zeppelin, Janice Joplin, The gorillas, Nirvana, Cat Power, Portishead, Dave Carter (points to anyone who knows that one), The Doors, Jimi, Greatful Dead, Black Sabbath, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Michelle Shocked, and other similar things. Hobbies: Songwriting, guitar, piano, painting, drawing, writing, grampa-ing, fishing, meditating, scuba (less of that these days), sailing, woodworking and other similar things. Favorite books: Catch-22, Where the sidewalk ends, Another Roadside Attraction, Botany of Desire, Cosmos, Cat's Cradle, From Here to Eternity, Old Man and the Sea. Religion: Unitarian (I do try to practice buddism but that isn't really religion the way I do it) I was raised in the Cascades at the foot of Mt. Pilchuck above Lake Roesiger if anyone knows where that is. It was extremely remote in the 50's and 60's. Loggers and ,.. um.. .well, I guess that's all there was. Lot's of colleges but BA Political Science and BFA Ceramics U.W. MS Marine Biology WWU. Long time ago. I have held many other jobs: Butcher, Mural Artist, Graphic Artist (pre computers), and marketing consultant. Also, if anyone has any photos of Lake Kelcema (the old boy scout camp up the mt. loop highway before big-4)I would love to see them. I climed the cliff on the opposite shore when I was young without ropes and it has grown to several thousand feet in my mind. I would love to know how big it really is. -------------- Who said that ev'ry wish would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it Look what it's done so far The Daily Wingnut

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,13:36    BWE, try this-- http://www.webshots.com/search?query=Kelcema+Lake The first picture, labelled "Lake Kelcema," shows a cliff above a talus field. If that's the one, it's not thousands of feet high, but it looks like a respectable short climb: high-level scramble or lower fifth-class technical shot! I'm a limited kind of "re-enactor": I draw/paint and sometimes carve/fashion traditional Northwest Coast native-style designs/objects (not for sale, just for "learning by doing" and sharing with the similarly obsessed).  I read just about everything I can get my hands on that relates to NW Coast art and culture (and am more broadly interested in Indian art and culture, but the NWC is my, ahem, "specialty"). I also draw/paint generally, whatever that means; hike, climb, ski, and snowshoe (I'm a mountaineering instructor for a volunteer organization); play guitar with some composition/improvisation; in the past, I have jumped horses, ridden motorcycles, fenced, run track and cross-country, and blah blah (in my mind, if I've ever done it, I might still do it again, but this gets further from reality as I grow older...). I enjoy Neil Young, Jimi, Allison Krause, Dwight Yoakam, Emmylou, the Dandy Warhols, the Everlys, Steve Earle, rockabilly, bluegrass, folk violin, dobro, Hawaiian, pretty eclectic (I'd like to think). And ridiculing IDiots, of course.

BWE Posts: 1902 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,14:03    sonofabitch. Thank you. That talus slope consits of boulders much, much bigger than I am. Each one of them was a small scramble in itself. The trees are mostly yellow cedar (don't go all science on me, I grew up near there and that's what I call them dammit) quite mature around 100 ft and Western Hemlock, also quite mature around 150 ft. You might notice that the trees at the shore are way bigger than the ones on the cliff. That would put the face at well over 200 ft. No? Anyway, there are places where it is inverted to more than 90'. It was a defining moment for me, that's for sure. You can click the picture for a larger view. Wow. Thanks, I really mean it. -------------- Who said that ev'ry wish would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it Look what it's done so far The Daily Wingnut

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,14:17    Hey, no problem! I didn't take a real close look, and I don't think I've actually been there.  But if we assume boulder-sized talus and 100-foot trees, then the cliff could easily be several hundred feet.  And I wouldn't argue that climbing it unroped as a youngster might very well have been a defining moment, especially if it leans out to 90 degrees in spots!  Nice climbing! But, uh, aw shucks (to quote Jimi), all I did was google "lake kelcema photo" and open the first four or five hits.  (And pinheads aren't even especially good at googling, tho' we gurgle and gargle exceptionally well.)

Gary Bohn Posts: 10 Joined: Mar. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,14:25    I guess I shall have to destroy my virgin status (on this forum) with this post. I live in Saskatchewan, (try saying that fast 5 times) Canada, currently own my own computer service and sales company, have a B.Sc. in CS, a B.A. in Psych and have been everything from a mechanic's apprentice to the manager of a retail chain outlet. I've been honing my skill* on t.o. for the last 4 years with a side branch to the FreeRepublic 'Crevo wars' and helped start darwincentral.org. My hobbies used to consist of music - particularly playing the guitar and listening to Led Zep, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Pat Metheny and a couple dozen other metal/jazz/blues bands and artists -, reading SF, playing with my grandson and talking to my wife. Now my hobby is attacking the stupid ideas of CrIDers, making sure lurkers get the correct information and playing with my grandson. I think my wife is getting jealous. Oh yes, I'm 51 years old, act 19 at times but feel 80 all the time. *My single skill is the ability to quickly look up on the WEB the meaning of Wilkins' attempts at puns. I'm still working on the replies to those puns. They may be ready in 2008. PS. Has anyone here seen Lenny's pizza delivery guy? I need to update my knowledge on the lastest religious beliefs.

Richardthughes Posts: 11178 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,15:05    Wow.. another guitar player. Surely this is proof for ID? speaking of which.. I gots me a new axe. That's a one off fender custom shop Moto Tele, masterbuilt. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Gary Bohn Posts: 10 Joined: Mar. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,15:22    Quote (Richardthughes @ Dec. 28 2006,15:05) Wow.. another guitar player. Surely this is proof for ID? speaking of which.. I gots me a new axe. Thats a one of fender custom shop Moto Tele, masterbuilt. I'm jealous. I own a number of axes, including an American built Peavey EVH with birds eye maple neck (beautiful action), a vintage Steinberger and a vintage Jackson Fusion Pro with stock active electronics.

Richardthughes Posts: 11178 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,15:28    Loads of us here are players. I'm going to start a thread, I think. -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

deadman_932 Posts: 3094 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,17:45    I'm a coy 40-ish archaeologist/writer/artist ( watercolors, oils) with eclectic musical tastes ranging from classical to LZ, blues and lots else. I hate richardhughes ( well, maybe that's a strong word--I ENVY him *weeps*)  and I want to steal his guitar, because I also play, mainly blues and folk or rock...I like fingerpickin'. I also ( as I mentioned earlier) enjoy long romantic walks in the rain and fluffy bunnies and long passionate kisses. Write me if you're into necrophilia and rolling in molasses and humus nekkie. -------------- AtBC Award for Thoroughness in the Face of Creationism

deadman_932 Posts: 3094 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,17:51    By the way, I hate non-fluffy bunnies..I've bitten the heads off non-fluffy bunnies just to spite them. But my doctor says I'm better now. -------------- AtBC Award for Thoroughness in the Face of Creationism

ScaryFacts Posts: 337 Joined: Aug. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,18:07    Hey, I play too.  Unfortunately, so does my 21 year old son--so my guitar money went to buy his Martin acoustic and PRS electric.  Oh, and the amps.  All the amps. So I keep playing my Takamine. Favorite group?  Bare Naked Ladies. Other groups I like (all oldies but goodies): BTO (when they weren't stoned), Blue Oyster Cult, ZZ top, Grand Funk Railroad, CCR, Dobbie Brothers, Chicago Hobbies:  I practice the ancient art of Fee Shin, wieght lifting (when I was younger I called it "body building" but at 43 it's more like "fat control"), playing my guitar, hiking, travel (hotel camping), drinking to quiet the voices in my head.

"Rev Dr" Lenny Flank Posts: 2560 Joined: Feb. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,18:53    Quote (Richardthughes @ Dec. 28 2006,15:28) Loads of us here are players. I'm going to start a thread, I think. Well, I know four or five chords.   Actually, I taught myself to play guitar, way back in my union organizing days, so I could, of all things, sing old Wobbly strike songs on the picket line.  Seriously. It was also a great way to pick up girls at rallies and demonstrations.  (big fat evil grin) My favorite bands have always been Judas Priest, Metallica, and Megadeth.   I, uh, can't play any of those, though.   If I could, it would have been a different manner of girl I would have been picking up, I'd bet.       -------------- Editor, Red and Black Publishers www.RedandBlackPublishers.com

deadman_932 Posts: 3094 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,19:01    My guitar of choice is a Garrison, which you can find here: http://www.garrisonguitars.com They sound great, comparable to others costing MUCH, much more...and they can be had for 200 bucks at places like http://www.wwbw.com/Garriso....sic?t=1 -------------- AtBC Award for Thoroughness in the Face of Creationism

Steviepinhead Posts: 532 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,20:54    It sure is a pretty gee-tar. But they're out of 'em at that price, and probably at any price.  It was a mfg's close-out.   And they do be closed out! Dang, 'cause it sure was a pretty gee-tar...

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,22:48    Quote (Steviepinhead @ Dec. 28 2006,20:54) It sure is a pretty gee-tar. But they're out of 'em at that price, and probably at any price.  It was a mfg's close-out.   And they do be closed out! Dang, 'cause it sure was a pretty gee-tar... But it's not THE world's prettiest guitar. As I pointed out last summer, that title belongs to this: As played by, oh, I dunno, THIS man: or maybe THIS guy: -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

Reciprocating Bill Posts: 4265 Joined: Oct. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,22:58    This newfound vulnerability is an interesting development.  I happen to be a clinical psychologist, mid 50's, although my relatively recent dissertation concerned the evolutionary basis of 'theory of mind' in human beings.   My instrument is piano, and I once fancied myself a composer, although more recently I have struggled with intermediate level classical stuff such as Debussy's Suite Bergamas, a Brahms intermezzo, etc. (any one of which takes me months to master.  By the time I learn one composition I've forgotten the last. Hence I keep my day job.) I envy the guitar - but if you play guitar and not piano, you might envy the piano, too.   Musical tastes: Frank Zappa and the early Mothers of Invention (Uncle Meat, Lumpy Gravy, etc., but also Civilization, Phaze III and many other aspects of his work), many varieties of classical music, Leanard Cohen (particularly "The Future," which is the stuff creos ought to fear), Tord Guftavsen's sleepy jazz piano trio, some stuff like Cold Play and even Lady Sovereign* (witty stuff; I have a teenage kid so get to hear all manner of stuff with which I otherwise would never cross paths). Related hobby: a stereo system contructed from 50 year old components (tubes etc.). "Reciprocating Bill" actually derives from that hobby (University "reciprocating flare" mid range and high frequency horns from the early 50's, exemplified by my avatar). * To all you lurkers from UD who may be reading this stuff: "If you love me then, Thank You!  If you hate me then, Fuck You!" - Lady S.O.V. -------------- Myth: Something that never was true, and always will be. "The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." - David Foster Wallace "Here’s a clue. Snarky banalities are not a substitute for saying something intelligent. Write that down." - Barry Arrington

Ra-Úl Posts: 93 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 28 2006,23:07    I was born in Bogota, Colombia; moved to Las Vegas at 12, so it's not my fault. I stayed here most of my life os that's my fault. Studied off and on (anthro and chem), mostly off, 'cause it was the sixties and seventies and the eighties. . . I'm 56. I worked for years as a free-lance interpreter (Spanish) and now work as a staff interpreter. . .I guess it's a real job. I play guitar (some off brand acoustic steell string, a Yamaha classical with a piezo, which I think of as my main ax if I had a main ax, which I do, in my dreams, and a cobbled together from random necks and bodies w/DiMarzios for more delicate work), classical and rock, with some formal composition and theory. I listen as behooves my old fart status to Crimso, Miles, Hendrix, Ravi, Bach, Tool, Beethoven, Warren Zevon, Tim & Jeff Buckley, Tom Waits oh, ####, a lot of stuff, and read Borges, Nabokov and Garcia Marquez (Jumping Jehosaphat, I was going to hyphenate that, may the goddess Caffeina forgive my arrant knavery . . . work's been rough, what with Mexican Midget Matadors and the odd Cuban one legged transvestite bank robber), I think I'm Presbyterian but for the whole pesky Calvinist thing, and admire the Founding Fathers, Bolivar, Darwin, Cate Blanchett in pointy ears and Kate Beckinsale in leather. Ra-Ul, who has a cool sig file somewhere in cyberspace quoting Poe and Valery. . . -------------- Beauty is that which makes us desperate. - P Valery

k.e Posts: 1948 Joined: Mar. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 29 2006,00:30    Well Ra-Úl... Nabokov AND Garcia Marquez! Doffs hat. ...you may know this but one of the claims to fame for Howard Ahmanson Jr (A major DI backer) is that he contributed $62,500 to the Western Center for Law and Religious Freedom which aided the citizens and leaders of the Kern County school district defend their choice to ban One Hundred Years of Solitude, a book by Gabriel García Márquez, for its "profanity" and "vulgarity." (Other Ahmanson political initiatives and their results are discussed in Blumenthal's 2004 Salon article.) The fact that the book is a thinly disguised tale based on the Old Testament and uses magical realism mixed with more objective language that shows how Mtyhs are created may be the real reason. Howard Ahmanson, Jr. -------------- The conservative has but little to fear from the man whose reason is the servant of his passions, but let him beware of him in whom reason has become the greatest and most terrible of the passions.These are the wreckers of outworn empires and civilisations, doubters, disintegrators, deicides.Haldane

Ra-Úl Posts: 93 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 29 2006,01:06    ke: Gotta love that Howie! I used to go to the city library (when we had only one) and read Lolita when I was 16, because it had been banned. Ditto Lawrence, who bored me, and just about anything I wasn't supposed to read. Read Don Quixote at eleven, but so did most of my friends (in Spanish editions the back section has a great guide to the different oaths curses and insults in the book. It's a great idea that should be used in all editions of Shakespeare) so I thought I should be able to read whatever I wanted. Dylan Thomas made me want to write, Marquez reinforced that in Spanish. I write in English only, though. My Spanish can't touch my English and it certainly does not come up to mi\y idea of decent prose. Ra-Ul -------------- Beauty is that which makes us desperate. - P Valery

Stephen Elliott Posts: 1776 Joined: Oct. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 29 2006,02:25    I find it a tad strange that so many of us as a % share common hobbies that are quite minority interests in the general population. I enjoy re-enactment (English civil war for me), cycling, walking and reading. Have done Karate, kickboxing, fencing, rugby and many more. At present I am trying to learn guitar, I know a few open cords but cannot barr to save my life. Just cannot manage to put enough pressure over all strings. Now I am atempting to learn to read sheet music and play the harmony notes. Have no idea why I am doing this. My music tastes are just too wide ranging to list here but include Rock, Blues, Country, Classical including some opera, Popular and a bit of World music.

k.e Posts: 1948 Joined: Mar. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 29 2006,02:46    Someone may remember this. Years ago an English TV comedy had a fantasy scene where the main character is learning the guitar. I don't remember all the details but the book he was learning from didn't have the finger guides (if that’s what you call them) so (in his dream) he takes the publisher to court. He calls as witnesses Carlos Santana, Keith Richards and a couple of other 'guitar gods', the show was years ago so I can't remember who the others were. The Funniest part was where Carlos Santana ‘demonstrates’ to the Judge that you have to have finger guides and starts one of his solos which goes on and on and on...and on . The minute hand on the clock circles a couple of times and the judge falls asleep. The others get in the witness stand and the judge finally rules in favor of the dreamer who then wakes up realizing he would never get his heroes to support him in court. The irony of course was that all the guitarists did appear as themselves on the show. -------------- The conservative has but little to fear from the man whose reason is the servant of his passions, but let him beware of him in whom reason has become the greatest and most terrible of the passions.These are the wreckers of outworn empires and civilisations, doubters, disintegrators, deicides.Haldane

deadman_932 Posts: 3094 Joined: May 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 29 2006,04:06    stevie: did you try to order at http://www.wwbw.com/Garriso....sic?t=1  ? I went through most of the credit-card checkout and it didn't say anything about being out of the guitars. If so, sorry. It's not just that it looks good, the bracing is a one-piece glass fiber thing that makes it sound as good as guitars in the 1,000-buck range, or more, I suppose. I tried one at a shop here and was hooked immediately. -------------- AtBC Award for Thoroughness in the Face of Creationism

MidnightVoice Posts: 380 Joined: Aug. 2005 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 29 2006,11:09    Quote (Arden Chatfield @ Dec. 28 2006,22:48)   Quote (Steviepinhead @ Dec. 28 2006,20:54) It sure is a pretty gee-tar. But they're out of 'em at that price, and probably at any price.  It was a mfg's close-out.   And they do be closed out! Dang, 'cause it sure was a pretty gee-tar... But it's not THE world's prettiest guitar. As I pointed out last summer, that title belongs to this: As played by, oh, I dunno, THIS man: or maybe THIS guy: My musical tastes include someone of whom most of you have never heard, Pete Atkin, playing songs mainly written by Clive James (and for the Brits and Aussies, yes, THAT Clive James). Two such songs, appropos guitars: National Steel Shining in the window a guitar that wasn't wood It was looking like a silver coin from when they still were good The man who kept the music shop was pleased to let me play Although the price was twenty times what I could ever pay     Pick it up and feel the weight and weigh the feel     That thing is an authentic National Steel A lacy grille across the front and etchings on the back But the welding sealed a box not even Bukka White could crack I tuned it to an open chord, picked up the nickel slide And bottlenecked a blues that sounded cold yet seemed to glide     The National Steel weaves a singing shroud     Just as sure as men in winter breathe a cloud Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Boy Fuller and Blind Blake Son House or any name you care to take And from many a sad railroad, mine or mill Lonnie Johnson's bitter tears are in there still     Be certain, said the man, of who you are     There are dead men still alive in that guitar Back there the next morning half demented by desire For that storybook assemblage of heavy plate and wire I sold half the things I valued but I'll never count the cost While I can pick a note like broken bracken in the frost     And I hear those fabled names becoming real     Every time I feel the weight or weigh the feel     Of the vanished years inside my National Steel Thief In The Night A guitar is a thief in the night That robs you of sleep through the wall A guitar is a thin box of light Throwing reflections that rise and fall It reminds you of Memphis or maybe Majorca Big Bill Broonzy or Garcia Lorca A truck going north or a cab to the Festival Hall And the man who plays the guitar for life Tests his thumbs on a slender knife Forever caresses a frigid wife His fingers travel on strings and frets Like a gambler's moving to cover bets Remembering what his brain forgets While his brain remembers the fears and debts   Long fingernails that tap a brittle rhythm on a glass   Around his neck a ribbon with a little silver hook   Like some military order second class   You can read him like an open book   From the hands that spend their lives creating tension   From the wrists that have a lean and hungry   Eyes that have a mean and angry look A guitar is a thief in the night That robs you of sleep through the wall A guitar is a thin box of light Throwing reflections that rise and fall A guitar reminds you of death and taxes Charlie Christian outplaying the saxes The beginners' call and the very last call of all -------------- If I fly the coop some time And take nothing but a grip With the few good books that really count It's a necessary trip I'll be gone with the girl in the gold silk jacket The girl with the pearl-driller's hands

Arden Chatfield Posts: 6657 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Dec. 29 2006,11:21    Quote (Ra-Úl @ Dec. 29 2006,01:06) ke: Gotta love that Howie! I used to go to the city library (when we had only one) and read Lolita when I was 16, because it had been banned. Ditto Lawrence, who bored me, and just about anything I wasn't supposed to read. Read Don Quixote at eleven, but so did most of my friends (in Spanish editions the back section has a great guide to the different oaths curses and insults in the book. It's a great idea that should be used in all editions of Shakespeare) so I thought I should be able to read whatever I wanted. Dylan Thomas made me want to write, Marquez reinforced that in Spanish. I write in English only, though. My Spanish can't touch my English and it certainly does not come up to mi\y idea of decent prose. Ra-Ul Call me a cynical bastard, but I find it highly amusing that Ahmanson suffers from Tourette's syndrome. A huge potential for mirth there. -------------- "Rich is just mad because he thought all titties had fur on them until last week when a shorn transvestite ruined his childhood dreams by jumping out of a spider man cake and man boobing him in the face lips." - Erasmus

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