El Lobo

Yeah, wurly. Wurly wurly wurly.

"The one on how hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic led to the rise of fascism" best line in a music video ever

I received the same letter and credit card offer. If you look on the back, the card has an annual percentage rate of 34.99%. And there are more fees and limitations and ways they can ding you for more money indefinitely. It's usurious. You would be a fool to use this credit card when there are so many other options out there. This gives Sweetwater a bad name in my book. They should disassociate themselves from this offer. And asking for your SSN in order to opt out of future mailings is beyond the pale. NOT OK.

My guitar/bass player/one of the singers in my band nearly collapsed on stage, then had to cancel gigs and we had to find a sub. He's back in action and gigging with us again. He has serious ongoing health issues. He doesn't drink or do drugs. And he's the opposite of adrenaline kicking in - he moves so slowly during set up it drives me crazy. I guess you could say it's age-related. I'm 79 and gigging in 2 bands. I've never collapsed during a gig, but when I get home after the gig and the load-out, it sure feels like it. And the next day is hard. Still, I keep doing it. It keeps me sane. Or at least it keeps me from turning into the world's largest potato.

49ers 32, Jets 19

New baseball rule: score is tied after 9 innings. 10th inning: 1st team that scores a run wins the game. Top of inning team is decided by coin toss. Mudville wins the toss and of course elects to bat first. Mudville scores a run and wins the game. The other team never gets to bat.

I know this rule. That's what I think is not fair. Both teams work hard and end regular play in a tie. Just because the team that wins the coin toss and receives the ball in OT scores a TD, the opposing team does not get a chance to show that they are just as good. It's unfair. It means the outcome of the game is effectively decided by who wins the coin toss. The better team did not win because the opposing team did not have an opportunity to show that they were just as good. The winning team won the coin toss and that's all they won. You didn't outscore your opponent if your opponent didn't get an equal chance to play.

Rams 20 - Lions 26 in OT. It is so wrong that a professional sports game is decided by a coin toss. The rule needs to change.

Consider Casio S1. 61 keys, use the headphone out with adapter to PA. About $220.

I'm 79, diabetic, chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure, playing in 2 gigging bands. Had to sub out guitar player/singer for a gig because he had serious medical issues. He's in his 60's. A few musician friends can no longer play because of their health. Several other musician friends can no longer play because they're dead. I consider myself fortunate. I see video clips and photos of other bands and they all look like a bunch of old guys - white hair or no hair, white beards or goatees. Then I realize that the bands I'm in also look like a bunch of old guys. Because we ARE a bunch of old guys. So be it. Enjoy life while you can. It's over much too soon.

I'm a senior citizen gigging in 2 bands. I have senior citizen groupies. We just don't do anything.

Thanks for the compliment. I was just dicking around while someone was setting up a camera to interview me for a completely different reason. But my dog Sadie does sing to the tsunami warning siren test once a month. I have lots of videos of that. And she howls at passing sirens. And she sang to the video that mauriziodececco linked to above.

Me on my Casio keys & EWI Solo with Sadie dog at the end EWI+keys+dog.mov

That one looks more shepherd-y ... except for the color ... and the coat