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Post by casualplayerpaul on Sept 18, 2022 13:13:01 GMT -5
Jim Post was one of the most dynamic solo acoustic performers I have ever seen live. He has some good albums, but even the live ones don't quite capture what he was like in front of a crowd, in-person. If I have my stories straight, Lonnie Knight wrote "There is a Dog in Rockford" (which he recorded and released at least twice) while staying with Mr. Post in the mid-70's. Mr. Post also inspired an unreleased LK tune called "Jimmy's Guitar." This is LK performing a Jim Post song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoEGNFCoDOY
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Feb 25, 2021 16:58:16 GMT -5
The first time I saw him he was playing in a duo with Dave Hull at the Coffeehouse Extempore around 1972. He was playing a lot more guitar back then if I recall. Although I loved folk music, this was my first live exposure to old-time and fiddle type stuff. "Billy in the Low Ground," "Over the Waterfall." Those types of tunes. And, Lord, they played them fast. It was mind blowing and jaw dropping.
A few years later I interviewed him for a local weekly. He was gracious and eloquent, but so soft-spoken. My inexpensive cassette recorder was barely up to the job of capturing his quiet speaking voice, though somehow I managed to assemble a few quotes and completed the profile.
The last time I saw him was at a county fairgrounds in Grand Rapids at a free festival just a few years ago. He was playing with Sam Militich. It was as impressive and jaw dropping as my Extempore' introduction those many decades ago, though totally different as well.
They may have pretty much improvised the entire set. They did not appear to be working from a list and didn't seem to consult much between tunes. The music was haunting, deep, beautiful. Two masters, perfectly in synch.
On top of all that talent, by all accounts, a real mensch.
Rest in peace, Peter O.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Jan 8, 2021 10:35:11 GMT -5
Bruce, your link is to a letter to the editor of a New Hampshire newspaper*. And the letter-writer seems to have pretty much reproduced a 2018 White House press release. How exactly is that supposed to prove that Trump is "the best President in decades"? One guy in New Hampshire and another in Virginia obviously think so, but that list is just a PR office's argument. There are other lists of Trump accomplishments floating around, and those have been fact-checked extensively**. Some of the accomplishments are genuine, some are good things that Trump had little or nothing to do with (Congressional actions that he simply signed off on), and some were the results of processes that began before his administration. Then there's the question of things that he "accomplished" that are actually toxic. I'm not crazy, just used to checking sources. And vetting arguments. And distinguishing between mere assertion and evidence. * To be fair, the once-very-conservative and rock-ribbed Republican Union-Leader found Trump more than it could tolerate and endorsed Biden. That is a significant change. ** For example, here, even though it's the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/opinion/fact-check-trump.htmlNo, Russell you are in fact bat-shit crazy and I'm amazed that your super ego fits in this universe. I think you actually mean to use the word ego. Freud's concept of the super ego refers to the part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards learned from parents and teachers. It acts to keep the id in check. I believe the person you are attacking does possess one, however. It is what separates us from animals and keeps society civilized.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Jan 7, 2021 9:16:53 GMT -5
There are American citizens wearing red hats who, since they aren't getting what they want, have declared open season on America.
Pathetic, sad, entitled and now dangerous people whose brains have been turned to mush by a generation of right wing hate media and a refusal to accept responsibility for their own failure and misery.
Hate, once their hobby, has turned into a calling.
Not a great look, America, but here we are.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Jan 6, 2021 17:14:29 GMT -5
These Trump seditionists hate the press, many appear to be armed, and they have demonstrated that they are willing to inflict violence. Respect for the courage of the journalists covering the rioting at our nation's Capitol.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Jan 6, 2021 16:47:30 GMT -5
Chicken shit Trump addresses nation via Twitter.
Twitter puts out warnings that it is full of lies. Enough of that.
Just delete his damn account already.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 13, 2020 21:31:39 GMT -5
These are fantastic, Paul! Thanks so much for making them happen here. I love hearing Lonnie's voice back when it was free and loose and seemingly limitless. We've all been there, of course. I used to be a high baritone, but these days I am probably a borderline bass. I have posted the best (and tunes least available via other sources) from the KQ show. Windows videos are a pain. (Movie Maker was SO much simpler!) I think there may be one more track worth the trouble. Will try and make video and post it soon. I was a kid, listening in the bedroom I grew up in , in my folks' house, when I taped this show off the radio on my reel-to-reel. This was before I'd ever had an actual conversation with Lonnie. I knew him only as this massively talented player on stage at the Extempore'. I am so happy I saved these, and, later, became friends with Lon. Then, 30 or so more years later, shared them with him to digitize. Then, Patti got the music back to me to share again. Full circle.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 13, 2020 21:18:41 GMT -5
These are fantastic, Paul! Thanks so much for making them happen here. I love hearing Lonnie's voice back when it was free and loose and seemingly limitless. We've all been there, of course. I used to be a high baritone, but these days I am probably a borderline bass.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 13, 2020 20:36:14 GMT -5
@jasonisbell- “Biden could still pull off the historical sweep of every state Steve Miller has been to in Keep On Rockin Me Baby“
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 13, 2020 19:46:13 GMT -5
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 23:54:34 GMT -5
I have a hard time believing the Roberts court would find the gumption to invalidate hundreds of thousands of votes, even if it was clearly demonstrated that the officials in some of the states acted illegally. Here's the scenario I want to see, from the perspective of someone who loves an interesting drama: If I did the numbers right in my head, then if somehow Trump flips Arizona and Georgia (both of which are close enough that that's not entirely out of the question) AND somehow flips Wisconsin, then we would have a tie. Which means the House will pick the President. But the wrinkle is, per Article 2, the House votes by state, not by member, and even though the Democrats have a majority of members, the Republicans have a rather commanding lead in terms of number of states. Anyway, it would be cool having a never-before-used feature of the Constitution dusted off and put to work. At the moment I honestly don't know how to evaluate the "states acted illegally" possibility. If that's true, and we damned better hope it isn't, that sounds like the stuff civil wars are made of. Whichever side ends up losing that fight will be furious, and rightly so. The only way I see Trump prevailing (short of the above mentioned civil war scenario, that is) is if they find evidence of "fraudulent ballots by the pallet load" (a scenario that could include, I suppose, hacked voting machines) somewhere. That seems like tinfoil hat stuff to me, but it is also consistent with the data (which came from the NYT, who does a good job aggregating vote totals in real time) behind the graphs I posted. Precisely because it is consistent with the data, I hope Team Trump and everyone else vigorously looks for the smoking gun. I don't expect them to find one, but I also don't want it to go unfound for lack of looking. And for reasons analogous to what I just said about the civil war scenario, I don't want it to go unfound because they were denied access to the records/data/etc necessary to find it. Just two minor points. With Coney-Barrett the court for all practical purposes becomes a Thomas court who doesn't need Roberts to be the deciding (and moderating) vote. It could certainly happen. And half the country is already furious at the way they've been treated, mocked, and belittled for 4 years, particularly after living through awesome economic times and getting a taste of what it's like to be freed from Administrative State oppression. There won't be peace with Biden's condescending bullshit. Ever. That ship has sailed. And every time Biden contemplates doing something (like he's already piling on stupid ideas), we'll be cleaning our record number of guns purchased this year to be able to turn the bastards back when they get the stones to come after us. Polite society requires respect from both sides. I guess it’s possible to simultaneously request respect while wishing liberals and media get something rammed up their ass. Who knew? Half the country is not furious. If Trump wins Alaska 8 more times he still has a shot at this. Ron Klain will be a fine White House Chief of staff.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 18:42:50 GMT -5
For those keeping score at home, we are up to 5 or maybe 6 Republican senators who believe you should respect the result of a free and fair election.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 17:11:30 GMT -5
The system called America? The idea of a more perfect union needs to be gone after with a baseball bat because Trump lost an election? Because that sure seems to be what you are typing about. "More perfect union" according to who? You? Spare me. I am just a guy who believes in the peaceful transition of power, with no interest in shoving anything up anybody’s ass. Sorry this past week has sucked so badly for you. I am sure things will take a turn for the better when you see the folks that Joe Biden is going to pick for his cabinet.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 16:53:05 GMT -5
So is this an actual filed lawsuit in these various states then that's been heard and denied and is in appeals then? As someone who didn't vote for Biden I think I'd rather let the results stand that go through this hypothetical shitstorm I can't really be bothered to keep up with details. Too much other stuff going on. Still, as has been written here before, Trump appears to be a "six sigma" kind of guy, always about 15 steps ahead of his opponents. And he's beaten impeachment and all kinds of shit that's been thrown at him so far. I think reports of his death by suddenly very nervous Democrats and their media allies appear to be just a tich or 5 overwrought. We'll see how it plays. And I personally would love to see this rammed up their ass. I'm all in for breaking the system that got us here. The system called America? The idea of a more perfect union needs to be gone after with a baseball bat because Trump lost an election? Because that sure seems to be what you are typing about.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 16:01:45 GMT -5
A mark has to want to be conned.
As Paul Newman’s character says in “The Sting,” ‘You gotta keep his con even after you take his money. He can’t know you took him,’
In other developments, Trump operatives are bragging about how the news media has called Alaska and North Carolina for them, while refusing to accept that the same news organization have called Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and the presidency for Biden.
Barnum’s rule about suckers and minutes lives.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 13:42:31 GMT -5
This is reminding me of the snipe hunt episode of Cheers. Trump, Mitch, Pompeo and Pence are Sam and the gang. The rest of us can choose to be poor, duped Fraser, or not.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 10:32:06 GMT -5
Saw a poll that says 80% of Republicans believe Biden was elected President.
Now, polls have a bad reputation lately. So let’s give that one a 15 point margin of error.
Good news!
Despite generations of right wing media, talk radio, and more recently absurd conspiracy theories, somewhere between 65% and 95% of Republicans are still capable of following the old adage- neither gaslit nor a gaslighter be.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 10:27:52 GMT -5
Saw a poll that says 70% of Republicans believe Biden was elected president.
Now, of course, polls have been getting a bad rap lately, but they are not that far off. So, give it a 20 point margin of error.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 9:35:32 GMT -5
Biden’s current lead over Trump:
Arizona: 12,813 Georgia: 14,149 Wisconsin: 20,539 Nevada: 36,726 Pennsylvania: 45,616 Michigan: 148,645
There are almost no ballots left to count in any of these states.
Bush v Gore 2000 was over 537 votes in one state: Florida.
Again. Not shooting distance.
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Post by casualplayerpaul on Nov 11, 2020 9:06:15 GMT -5
The idea that there was voter fraud in this election is not within shooting distance of observable reality, no matter how many words one types, how hard one looks or how badly one might wish otherwise.
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