The Last Bass Outpost

The Mod Collection should be called the Misfit Collection. They're all seconds that Gibson decided to mod so they could upcharge instead of discount.

Makes little difference, but I headed up a radio/TV/satellite production unit. I did teach one semester which was a fun experience.

I planned to be there 5 years, but we had kids and I decided that the ticket to get out to a better position in higher ed was a PhD. It took another 8 years before we escaped to a great gig in Colorado, and that has been wonderful!

Met a lot of nice people there, saw many things around that pretty fascinating state and learned a lot (some of it the hard way), but my wife and I were both are extremely grateful for escaping from the cultural mindset in Texas.

All that said, I'm up for a trip to the Riverwalk in San Antonio any time. 

And don't think for a moment that especially back in the day before the campus went co-ed, those A&M cadets didn't know where the goodies were in TX and how to access them.

 

I understand. Truth is, no matter what your own cultural mindset, there are pluses and minuses to every state.

As for the Chicken Ranch, just about every boy in Houston had heard about the place way back when I was in high school.

Pop music is never good unless it has meaningful lyrics.

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Again, utterly irrelevant to my opinion of Sheryl Crow's shitty songwriting.

You can post another 30 videos, Blazer-style, and they will still be irrelevant.

Also, Louie Louie wasn't unclear in its original version. But you know this.

Sam Ash to close 18 of its 44 US stores

They've been advertising a15% off code on Facebook the past couple of weeks, applicable to anything in stock, even to brands with MAP. They're obviously in inventory reduction mode. Not a good sign.

"Incense and peppermints, the color of time...."

"In-a-gadda-da-vida..."

"Rumor spreadin' 'round
In that Texas town
About that shack outside La Grange..."

Classic rock has many of those deep and meaningful lyrics...

Completely irrelevant.

I never said that there aren't other inane lyrics out there, nor did I say that there aren't other idiotic pop songs on the radio. We're not into comparative shittiness, are we?

I'll stand by my opinion: she writes shitty pop songs.

"La Grange" was meaningful enough for "American Songwriter" to have an article about it. 

https://americansongwriter.com/the-meaning-behind-the-controversial-blues-rock-song-la-grange-by-zz-top/#:~:text=The%20Best%20Little%20Whorehouse%20in,Best%20Little%20Whorehouse%20in%20Texas.

I suspect that Al is well aware of the story. He spent some years teaching at Texas A&M. Poor guy.

Come on Dave. Have you heard what's on the radio these days? Nothing but really shitty pop songs. Generic pulp. AI generated crap.
Sheryl Crow can actually sing, write and play.

No, I haven't heard anything on the radio these days, no doubt you're right. That doesn't make her songwriting any less shitty.

You don't bring me anything but down
Everything is crashing to the groun'

or

I'm gonna soak up the sun
I'm gonna tell everyone to lighten up

Over and over again. Very deep. 

Can you come up with as many hard rock & metal Tele players, Dave?

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/gibson-flying-v/

Actually, it's a bit ironic because I personally find that a Flying V is the guitar in the Gibson stable that sounds closest to a Telecaster - played clean it has quite a crisp, even twangy sound.

I'm not interested in counting, and I don't know one metal player from another. I do know that the Flying V has been a failure for Gibson, that's why it's been discontinued and revived so many times. Fender never needed to do that.

I like the TBird pickups, not the color.