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Happy Festivus

Happy Festivus!

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Don’t Talk on Cell Phone While Driving, Just Don’t Do It

Remember folks, talking hands-free on a cell phone while driving is JUST AS DANGEROUS as talking in a cell phone you’re holding while driving. Hands-free is NO SAFER!!! The MythBusters proved it.

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R.I.P. Jimmy Buffet

Jimmy Buffett, the easygoing “Margaritaville” singer/songwriter who transformed his no-worries, beachy lifestyle into a five-decade endless road trip as a performer and entrepreneur, has died at age 76.

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Smokin’! Gary Clark Jr. Performs “The House Is Rockin”

Gary Clark Jr. performs “The House Is Rockin” as tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan at the 2023 CMT Music Awards. Smokin’ hot. What a great rendition.

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All right, what’s next?

At the end of The Bourne Identity (2002) there’s a very interesting scene Ward Abbott: [Testifying before a congressional intelligence committee] The Treadstone project has actually already been terminated. It was designed primarily as a sort of advanced game program. We’d hoped it might build into a good training platform, but quite honestly, for a […]

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The One Thing Every Influential Guitar Tone Has In Common

Nashville guitarist and country musician Jim Lill on YouTube: My name is Jim. I’m a musician in Nashville and I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out the one thing every influential guitar tone has in common. About a year ago, I was confused by all the conflicting opinions out there about guitar tone, so I started […]

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Extreme are Back, Baby!

Extreme, one of my very favorite bands of the 1990s, and, at the time, one of the last bastions of pre-Grunge rock*, are back! Jonathan Horsley reporting for MusicRadar: Extreme have announced their long-awaited return with the release of new single, Rise, and a new studio album titled Six, which hits stores and streaming on […]

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The Q-Dropped Podcast: Stories of Families Ripped Apart by Qanon

I’ve only recently discovered this podcast, and it is excellent! Hosted by the Godless Mom Courtney Heard (Follow her on Mastodon), the show is touching, and at times poignant. The Q-Dropped podcast is a show dedicated to telling the stories of families that have been torn apart by the Qanon cult and Qanon-adjacent ideas. Most […]

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My votes for best Super Bowl LVII commercials

Okay, so I watched a couple of YouTube videos to remind myself of the commercials we all saw last night, and the following are my favorites: Popcorners (Breaking Bad) Workday (You’re a rock star) Avocados from Mexico (Adam and Eve) Planter’s Peanuts (Roast of Mr. Peanut) Crown Royal (Dave Grohl / Thank you Canada) Honorable […]

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Billy Gibbons Tells the B.B. King Story

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top fame tells his B.B. King story which details how it was Billy wound up switching from heavy strings to light strings.

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