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The Outpost Cafe / Re: And THIS ladies and gents is a show!
« on: March 04, 2009, 09:01:30 PM »
DirecTV has been airing the Live from Cardfiff Castle Show (2004, I think). A hot show, a tight band, and a reminder that live bands rule.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: I got a suprising phone call from a friend today.
« on: February 22, 2009, 04:11:50 PM »
What I got from the story is that Vince has a disability, he made a new friend at work, and they both came to your gig despite getting the message second-hand, right? Sounds like Vince is doing OK to me.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Enough is enough already
« on: April 25, 2008, 07:48:25 PM »
It's easy to assume this is happening in another world. But I have clients on the south side, and I'm down there myself sometimes. I meet many nice people, church musicians, families, and so on.  But the number of bodies aimlessly walking the streets is more than a curiosity. Not sure if I'm at risk or if the violence is more targeted.  The lack of commercial development is pronounced, meaning no jobs. There are no FedEx/Kinko's to conduct business in for miles. No coffee shops. The city is building new libraries and subsidizing new low-income housing, but it's not enough.  Imagine going from a comfortable corporate job to standing in vacant lots or obsolete homes in Englewood.

What can you as an individual do to make things better, or do you just stay home and stay safe?  Well, my odds of being run over at my mailbox by an elderly or teenage driver on the North Shore are pretty high as well.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Enough is enough already
« on: April 17, 2008, 07:28:12 AM »
For me this isn't just a distant inner city thing.  I'm a practicing Realtor who may be naive, but helping some of my clients takes me through some troubled neighborhoods. Residential buyers, developers, and commercial businesses shun areas where young males are shuffling aimlessly down every street or hanging out on the corners, so the economies are depressed and school funding tied to property values is messed up. What's more bizarre is to witness this in neighborhoods with good housing stock and well-kept yards.  It's sad because a family with an estate sale property or pending forclosure may not find a buyer.  The counter-reaction to CPD shooting a cougar this week has been "why can't they control violent threats on the streets and in the schools?".  Do I want to carry a handgun for protection? Not, but I certainly don't want to be confronted by one.

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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Cougars in Chicago!
« on: April 16, 2008, 08:20:48 PM »
Well...the cougar sightings go back two weeks or so without any reports of lost pets or children and our coyotes have coexisted.  Our neighbor's blue chicken (really) is still safe in his driveway.  Seems a bit over the top for CPDto let loose a fusillade of two dozen shots on a densely populated block.  Supposedly they tracked the cat for six hours but had no time to bring in a tranquilizer gun?  Meanwhile I just heard on the news about the 24th CPS student who was shot today. WTF.

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Other Bass Brands / Re: Harmony
« on: April 04, 2008, 08:10:39 AM »
I had a nice H-22 for several years and played a few gigs with it.  Very woody and thumpy, though the neck had a sticky feel and was flexible (for some fun special effects).  I sold it for decent money to the bassist touring with a vintage act, so it found a good home.  I also have a brochure from the Chicago factory that I sent away for in the mid 60's.

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