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tracey marie December 9th, 2015 at 20:59
Hello, where did evryone go…yooo hoooooooooo!
Boltorama December 9th, 2015 at 21:21
Hi Tracey!
tracey marie December 9th, 2015 at 21:22
A friend…
Boltorama December 9th, 2015 at 21:31
You’re my friend too. How’s it going?
tracey marie December 9th, 2015 at 21:32
Very good with me, always did love this season. The lights, the cheer and the christmas tree.
Boltorama December 9th, 2015 at 21:35
That’s great! Have you decorated your home for the holidays?
tracey marie December 9th, 2015 at 21:35
To the maxxxx, just the inside, I love garland with lights in the house, it is cheery.
Boltorama December 9th, 2015 at 21:38
Awesome. I can’t really decorate since I live in an apartment but I’m wearing my ugly sweaters as winter has finally come to California. It was really warm in LA yesterday but it was cool today.
tracey marie December 9th, 2015 at 22:02
That is right, LA, the land of sunshine and big boobs. Love the place.
Boltorama December 9th, 2015 at 22:04
Haha. We do have a lot of beautiful Asian women. One of the reasons I like living here :p
tracey marie December 9th, 2015 at 21:40
Do you decorate…I am an atheist, but I love the garishness of the holiday. Sparkly
Boltorama December 9th, 2015 at 21:47
I’m not a deeply religious person myself. I celebrate Christmas as a secular holiday. Hanging out with friends and family. I just like the atmosphere this time of year.
tracey marie December 9th, 2015 at 22:01
Me as well, the food and the days of cooking makes me happy as well.
DogsRgoodpeople December 10th, 2015 at 19:52
They’re gone Tracy, they’re not coming back, but that’s life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2XY6oRD2xc
tracey marie December 10th, 2015 at 20:13
lol, great seduction song. love people who love dogs…I will bite.
DogsRgoodpeople December 10th, 2015 at 21:01
Please don’t bite me Tracy………..nips okay.
tracey marie December 10th, 2015 at 21:04
:):):)
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 12th, 2015 at 22:10
I’m checkin’ in…..littl’ late tho.
tracey marie December 12th, 2015 at 22:13
late but always welcome.
robert December 10th, 2015 at 23:27
oklahoma cop found guilty on 8 counts of rape
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/oklahoma-cop-guilty-rape-sex-abuse-case-35706379
rg9rts December 11th, 2015 at 07:29
They were women no one cared about?? Sick puppy
robert December 11th, 2015 at 13:16
No one cared about ? Or this doesn’t happen often enough. I will side with the obvious
bpollen December 12th, 2015 at 23:42
Macho cop to mewling crybaby.
Hope his time is hard. But you can pretty much be sure it will, since cops in prison don’t have an inside peer group.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 12th, 2015 at 19:41
A tune for the season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN0JnsGcmmU
DownriverDem December 12th, 2015 at 20:33
Happy Saturday from balmy Michigan!
Boltorama December 12th, 2015 at 20:50
Hello from Los Angeles! Go Kings!
burqa December 13th, 2015 at 14:58
I strongly suggest any-a my fellow music freaks to do yourselves a favor and hie thyself to your local Border’s or Barnes & Noble and pick up the 2015 Music Issue of the Oxford American.. List price is $15.95 and it’s worth every
penny. Plus go ahead and send in for a subscription so you get this issue every
year. Some of those subscription forms are for 20 bucks but if you look, you
can find one for 15, and you get 4 issues a year containing some pretty good
writing. For the annual music edition they go deep in the vaults and focus on
little-known performers, but will have a song or two from someone well known.
Some of these songs defy categorization. The magazine will be full of articles on music coming out of my beloved Dixie.
This year’s edition features the music of performers from Georgia (They’ve been putting together collections by performers from a particular state for some time now.) There’s everything from a 1924 recording by Ma Rainey to Outkast.
Listening to it just now, trying to pick out a selection for you, I keep going back to this one. Now I know tastes vary greatly, but I think this little gem will get to you the way it got to me.
The subject of the song is Atlanta musician Gregory Dean Smalley. Smalley died after a long, grueling battle with AIDS. The Drive-By Truckers pay such a beautiful homage to a man dedicated to making his music till his dying breath. The hook is, “I can’t die now
because I’ve got another show to do.” apparently that’s just what he did. He kept on playing in multiple bands even when he was very sick.
If this one doesn’t move you on a second listen, call a hearse because you’re dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWLllNOBe0c
burqa December 13th, 2015 at 16:11
Oh yeah, here’s the words:
The LIVING BUBBA
written by Patterson Hood
I wake up tired and I wake up pissed
Wonder how I ended up like this
Wonder why things happen like they do
But I don’t wonder long cause I got a show to do.
I’m sick at my stomach from the AZT
Broke at my bank cause that shit ain’t free
But I’m here to stay at least another week or two
And I can’t die now cause I got a show to do.
Don’t give me no pity don’t give me no grief
Wait till I die for sympathy
Just help me with that amp and a guitar or two
I can’t die now cause I got a show to do
Don’t give me no preaching no self-serving
I ain’t no angel but nobody’s deserving
I can dance on my own grave, thank you
But I can’t die now cause I got another show
Some people keep saying I won’t last long
Cause I got my bands, I got my songs
Liquor, beer, and nicotine to help me along
I’m drunk and stubborn as they come
Chain smoking, guitar picking till I’m gone gone gone
I ain’t got no political agenda
Ain’t got no message for the youth of America
Except wear a rubber and be careful who you screw
And come see me next Friday cause I got another show
Some people stop living long before they die
Work a dead-end job just to scrape on by
But I keep living just to bend that note in two
And I can’t die now cause I got another show
robert December 14th, 2015 at 19:49
According to this letter Donald j trump is healthy as he has ever been. The trouble is, the primary doctor has been dead for 5 years
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=jacob-bornstein&pid=139843879
StoneyCurtisll December 17th, 2015 at 21:54
If ya wanna see Trump’s Doctor..
Begin this video around 4:30 seconds…(worth watching the whole clip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtOrgQioo5A
robert December 14th, 2015 at 20:59
vintage stevie wonder 1973
https://youtu.be/Og2mJjecDYw
burqa December 16th, 2015 at 19:44
Oh what a treat that one is! Thanks a lot, robert, good one!
maggie December 16th, 2015 at 22:45
classic, thanks for that…what is so striking…remember in the sixties everyone was always in the same outfits and uniforms….and then the seventies hit…and it was all about individualism and personal style? and the music reflected that….the sixties was “everyone in sinc” and then the 70’s was all about all those individual rhythms being incorporated into orchestrated chaos….sorry for the critique ;)
StoneyCurtisll December 17th, 2015 at 21:41
Oh Hell Yeah~!
CHOCOL8MILK December 16th, 2015 at 15:07
Saudi millionaire acquitted of rape charge after claiming he tripped and fell on teen
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/saudi-millionaire-who-claimed-he-accidentally-fell-on-woman-acquitted-of-rape-charge-by-british-court
maggie December 16th, 2015 at 22:39
it’s the same everywhere…the rich or well connected (police, politicians) get away with murder and society collective pays the price
burqa December 16th, 2015 at 19:34
Below I linked to a selection from the current Oxford American music edition.
Here’s another one I enjoy a lot and hope you do, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojVV3lVCfG4
maggie December 16th, 2015 at 22:36
nice burg ;) thanks…for the musical smile….
burqa December 16th, 2015 at 23:00
You’re welcome!
I’ve been on the YouTube listening to more songs by this guy and am regretting the fact I hadn’t heard of him before. Otherwise I would have tried to catch one of his performances when he was alive.
The Oxford American has a little story on each song and lists the musicians and other data on each of the songs.
I really like the sound of his voice.
Larry Jon Wilson was quite a talent…….I think it’s pretty cool that one can hear fantastic performers like him in saloons and other small venues……
burqa December 16th, 2015 at 22:20
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
All of a sudden, the type began shrinking and the writing here is so tiny I need a magnifying glass to read it.
It’s kinds self-defeating to put up a website that can’t be read.
maggie December 16th, 2015 at 22:34
happens all the time…either the “ghosts” out there are messing with your computer or you have accidentally hit the cursor the wrong way…go up to the right hand corner and click on tools to restore your text to full size….
burqa December 16th, 2015 at 22:52
Thanks for the quick reply, maggie. I’m looking but not seeing anything that says “tools.” Could you be more specific? Upper right of my computer screen where there’s a greeting to me and a search magnifying glass?
burqa December 16th, 2015 at 23:50
I GOT IT!
Thanks maggie, without you I would not have known where to look. I owe you one. Maybe I can come shovel your sidewalk this winter or something…
maggie December 17th, 2015 at 00:24
I am sorry I didn’t see your comment earlier…I am glad you found it…I think what happens is you graze an add…or you have gone to the wrong side of the pad…or your cursor has grazed the scroll or it gets stuck….for a variety of reasons…it should say “set back to default…” I am not sure if you can permanently set the text probably…if you go in further….that might work if you wish to set it permanently….
burqa December 17th, 2015 at 17:49
I think you’re right, I probably grazed the scroll thing or something. I have no idea and thus am left with the prospect of it happening again. I didn’t think I had done anything, I was in the middle of typing a post and suddenly things began telescoping smaller and smaller, putting me into a panic.
I found the thing you referred to in the upper right, all right. It was in an icon on the line that has the link on it, next to the star icon for links to save.
Thank you again, maggie, I am so grateful for your help. I claim the title of being the most technically ignorant person on the face of the earth and things like this can be traumatizing. Fortunately there are good people who have helped me along the way.
As a way of saying thank you, I’m going to post another tasty tune, just for you. It is a thing of beauty that moves me and ties in with the song I posted below, “The Living Bubba” because the singer was taken from us all too soon. It’s going to take me 10 or 15 minutes to track it down and type something up….
maggie December 17th, 2015 at 17:58
believe me I am no expert but I know people who are …you are welcome anytime ;)
pignose4.0 December 17th, 2015 at 00:15
this is from the Oregonian it’s part of a story about a butane hash oil explosion
The “proliferation of these explosions are of great concern to the government,” Edmonds said in U.S. District Court in Portland.
Brock and a female cousin stuffed a plastic prescription pill bottle
with marijuana while in a camper on the back of a Dodge pickup and
filled the bottle with butane gas to extract hash oil in April, Edmonds
said in a sentencing memorandum.
The cousin lit a cigarette and caused the gas to combust, he said.
The blast blew out two of the camper’s walls and heavily damaged its
roof. The pickup was between two homes — including one about 4 feet away
— but caused no other damage.
StoneyCurtisll December 17th, 2015 at 21:38
looks like someone should have learned about proper ventilation..
Hirightnow December 17th, 2015 at 07:47
I’m feeling Christmasy…http://www.bromygod.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/afternoon-break-031-12152015.jpg
maggie December 17th, 2015 at 18:17
I was over in democratic underground theres a dog sitting at the table with a glass of red wine…the text is “alright ..the reason I drink is because you fake throw the ball” ;)
burqa December 17th, 2015 at 18:09
For maggie:
About 15 or so posts below, I put up a post that begins, “I strongly suggest any-a my fellow music freaks to do yourselves a favor…” and link to a song I’ve been playing constantly lately. In “The Living Bubba” the Drive-By Truckers memorialize a Georgian performer who was taken from us all too young after losing a brutal battle with AIDS. It got me to thinking of good people I’ve lost, our mortality and the fragility of our existence and how we need to appreciate those who bless us so.
Such a person was Page Wilson. Wilson had a show on public radio called the “Out of the Blue Radio Review” in which he played “purebred American mongrel music.” He would bring in talented but often little-known performers who could use the exposure. Sometimes they’d jam in the studio. Page Wilson had a smoking hot band he called Reckless Abandon because that’s how they played, and they were extraordinary. I got to meet him once and chat a while on the front porch of the Ashland Coffee and Tea Room in Ashland, Va. (aka “The center of the universe”).
In recent years Virginia was looking for a new state song and I felt they missed it by not making this song it. It is beautiful and my vision gets a bit blurry when I hear it:
Sadly, Page Wilson was taken from us about 5 years ago. His talent, positive good- naturedness and generosity are remembered by all he touched, and there were many.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_huqoRUIcI
maggie December 17th, 2015 at 18:11
got it ;)
maggie December 17th, 2015 at 18:26
very talented, very sweet guy…;) sad loss…
burqa December 17th, 2015 at 22:17
I think he was about 50 when he died, maybe a little younger. I don’t know what got him. Page Wilson is remembered fondly by the many people he touched and there have been memorial concerts in his memory.
I wish I had taken the time to go see more of their shows. He would always say it was Page Wilson with Reckless Abandon rather than Page Wilson and Reckless Abandon. And oh, man, they were good, just jamming.
They did a parody of Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re An American Band” called “We’re A Two-Tractor Band” because a couple of the guys were farmers. As I recall, one drove a John Deere and the other, an Allis Chambers tractor.
Wilson always stressed keeping things positive and uplifting so it was always a lot of fun listening and dancing to some top-flight music.
There are performers like Page Wilson and Larry Jon Wilson all over the place playing incredible music in small joints where such music is best enjoyed, in my opinion. They deserve our support and encouragement for making life sweeter and so much more pleasurable, thanks to their efforts….
maggie December 17th, 2015 at 22:23
yeah I have heard “we’re a two tractor band…funny…..didn’t know it was the same guy….thanks so much for sharing that…;)
StoneyCurtisll December 17th, 2015 at 21:17
Is it to early for my favorite Christmas song?…
Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto James Brown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz48PR__uSo
burqa December 17th, 2015 at 22:20
Below I referenced the current Oxford American music edition out now.
One of the songs on the CD is titled something like, “There Ain’t No Chimneys In the Ghetto” in which the kids are perplexed and ask their mother how Santa is going to come by when their house doesn’t have a chimney….
burqa December 17th, 2015 at 23:01
Come to think of it, there’s even a better one Alan plays on his show every Christmas Eve. It is worth going out of one’s way to hear “The worst Christmas song ever,” as Alan bills it.
All of us in the Chat Room used to be rolling on the floor laughing at it as we watched Alan’s show online. We’d be crying laughing. I don’t want to spoil it, but listen for the part when the guy comes home and doesn’t walk in his own front door. No, he knocks and waits for someone to come open the door, which makes no sense whatsoever, just like the rest of the song…..
StoneyCurtisll December 18th, 2015 at 18:35
In case you haven’t seen it yet…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KeAZho8TKo
maggie December 23rd, 2015 at 02:04
awesome
burqa December 18th, 2015 at 21:05
HERE’S A FREE GIFT FOR EVERYONE!
It is a thing of great beauty, a treasure.
Every year at this time I try to give something and the following is something I give in hopes you are as moved by this baby as I have been.
Every year I sit down and watch “A Christmas Memory,” written and narrated by the Truman Capote. I have no idea why it is not more widely known because it is a masterpiece.
“A Christmas Memory” is somewhat autobiographical and has only two characters, a little boy and his dotty aunt (played by Geraldine Page, who got an Emmy for her masterful performance) who is raising him. Oh sure, there are a few other people in it, but it is all about these two and the cruelty of time passing by all too quickly. They are dirt poor, living in rural Mississippi. The pretext is they are saving all their pennies to have enough to buy all the ingredients for a bunch of fruit cakes the aunt will make
and other things they do for Christmas. It is about a lot more than that, however. It goes along telling this touching story that seems nice enough and then takes a turn right straight to the center of one’s heart.
Words to accurately describe how this one moves me escape my brain. It is a treasure that will stay with you a long time after the final credits roll. It’s one of those movies where you just sit there after it is over, gazing into the middle distance, feeling more than seeing. It’ll get you again this spring when you see children flying kites.
The best way to watch it is in a quiet house with no distractions and with someone you love. Turn the damned phone off, turn off the porch light and close the curtains. You’ll need some Kleenex at the end. If you have to go to some trouble to find the time, go ahead, it will be worth it.
Other than the first time I saw it, I’ve always watched it alone, but this year will be different. From mid-May through August this year I worked on the house of a friend of mine. In the process our friendship got deeper to where now I’d like to adopt her as my sister. So we’re going to watch it together this weekend.
Shoot, my vision is getting a little blurry now, thinking of those kites.
I think there is a very good chance it will become a Christmas tradition for you as it is for me. Like I said, it is a thing of great beauty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS0uurW6ZQM
pignose4.0 December 18th, 2015 at 23:26
According to Oxfam, in just five years the number of billionaires it
takes to match the wealth accumulated by the bottom 50% of the global
population has gone from 388 billionaires in 2010 to a mere 66 in
2015—that’s 66 people with as much money as 4 billion people……
Bernice Wicklund December 19th, 2015 at 03:26
I am getting a salary of more than 3700 dollars each week , that is awesome. Over a year ago I was in a horrible condition , jobless and Bank account with only few bucks . Thank one of my friends showed me a way where I was able to gather my self and making average of 85 d/h. So it can change your life as it has changed mine.
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rg9rts December 19th, 2015 at 09:52
Keep alan.com please ….that is home
robert December 19th, 2015 at 17:49
Norway is chosen by the united nations as the best place for humans
United states ranks 8th just below Ireland
http://qz.com/575433/once-again-norway-has-been-voted-the-best-country-in-the-world-for-humans/
eyelashviper December 19th, 2015 at 19:10
This is a good one:
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/10891775_10152540278612136_3996027656150397324_n.png?oh=cfdee0f50074cca7492364985cb1f6d6&oe=57171F71
maggie December 23rd, 2015 at 01:58
omg so true
DogsRgoodpeople December 28th, 2015 at 02:19
You’re not gonna believe how long my thumb is………………..