FlaSoxxJim

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 02:23 PM) It's like you hit a new low everyday. Thanks for noticing. I try.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 01:35 PM) A good way to pass the time is to eat peanuts and look at outer space. You just like it when the peanuts pass Uranus.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 01:44 PM) Wow...that's super freaky. Well played, Master Jedi. If I recall corrctly Milton Burle was in the band too, and the name of that band was Young, Gifted, and Black.

It was only the non-American heritage of Mssrs. Young and Nash that kept them off of my list. The first two albums are must-haves in any collection.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 11:52 AM) I'm surprised that you didn't include that song on any of the 14,876 CDs you gave me at the preseason game..... And maybe I'll get shredded up for this, but the name Michael Hedges does not ring a bell.....does he duet with George Benson? No, that's ROBERT Hedges, er Hegyes. And man are they Smokin'!

Oh, hell yeah Zappa would have loved to have Eddie's chops to throw into the mix. He had a thing for the virtuosi guitarists – he credited them on records as playing "stunt guitar." This is less for Kid (who knows his s***e) and more for the uninitiated, but the list of stunt guitarists who cut their teeth with Frank is ampressive. It included Steve Vai (immortalized in all his purple-haired glory by Frank in the song 'Stevie's Spanking), Adrian Belew (probably my favorite guitar acrobat), and Dweezil on rare occassion, and another awesome (if unknown) player named Mike Keneally. Also need to include Warren Cuccurullo, who went on to be about the only redeeming quality in Duran Duran. Not a stunt guitarist but still no slouch, Lowell George of Little Feat fame also woodshedded with Zappa early on.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 10:14 AM) I don't want to cry when I'm listening to music. Musically speaking, REO Speedwagon made me want to cry.... Never got into Jimi Hendrix - the only song of his I kinda like is a Bob Dylan song. Watchtower, Like A Rolling Stone, or Drifter's Escape?

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 08:26 AM) That honor should go to Chet, Les Paul, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery, and there has never been a greater innovator than Charlie Christian. Those men were all innovators, and to this day remain impressive to listen to. Technically brilliant, and 100% feeling. On that we are in complete agreement, especially Montgomery and Charlie Christian. Jimi absolutely loved Christian, btw. For me, Eddie Van Halen just got to monotonous after he exploded on the scene and took playing where he did. He even got tired of his own style by the time 1984 came out, and had to start doing keyboard stuff to even keep himself interested it seemed. And I also admit that my elevating Jimi to where I do has as much to do with his compositions, his lyricism, and his recording studio skills (Eddie Kramer had a lot to do with that too). That's also why I'll cut Page some slack, he was a brilliant producer, Even if everything he ever "wrote" he ripped off of old blues guys. But that's all part of what made him great. It was not just the guitar prowess (which I do think you are selling short). Point me to the Eddie Van Halen composition that can make you cry like Castles Made of Sand and maybe I'll come around.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 11:36 PM) Am i a bad person because i think i like pauly shore's show "minding the store"? I am a bad person because I hold helpless women captive in a big dirt pit in my basement. Apparently even I am not as bad as you, however.

QUOTE(Leonard Zelig @ Jul 29, 2005 -> 12:25 AM) Doesn't incredible mean unbelievable? As a matter of fact, yes it does. The guy must have come to the Sox org by way of the Bush administration.

You guys rock. So what's the big trade bombshell again?

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 11:31 PM) This Entire Thread I'm going to wake the kids up laughing out loud. Well done, guys.

QUOTE(ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 09:03 PM) I really liked Labatt Dry but I've never seen it in the U.S. It was here when dry beers were all the rage. Then Labatt's Ice was popular when ice beers were all the rage. I'm still waiting for the day when good beers are all the rage.

Let me catch my breath... OK. First, as to the Hendrix qualification issue, I've decided we're in a pickle with the Experience, because Mitch and Noel were, of course, from England. Besides, Jimi transcended national boundaries, and terrestrial boundaries for that matter. He was the Voodo Chile of the Aquarian Age, and he was too bif to be just an American guitarist. As for Hendrix/Van Halen... Kid, I have to disagree. Eddie was a technician. He played with gusto and heart, certainly moreso than Satriani and way more than posers like 'Wrongway' Malmsteen. Maybe better than Vai, although he is a personal favorite - he had an impish playfulness to his stuff that was really endeering, especially in the Flex-able days (is my Zappa band bias showing?). Eddie brought rock guitar to the next level, absolutely. But finger-tapping minor pentatonic warmup exercises album after album completely pales in comparison to the creative flood Jimi gave us with the fist three records, Are You Experienced, Axis, and Electric Ladyland. Jimi tamed feedback and bent it to his will; Eddie gave us fast minor triad runs across the fretboard. Jimi almost single-handedly put fuzz, wah-wah, and flanged guitar on the map; Eddie gave us faster finger tapping. Jimi gave us insane layers of multitracking, backtracked guitar, and a glimpse of the musical nexus of chit'lin circuit/delta blues, British Invasion, Flower Power, jazz, heavy metal, and R&B; Eddie gave us more of the same... and also broke my pre-teen heart when he married MY Valerie. I don't think Jimi's musical legacy can be overstated. Besides, Eddie was never immortalized by the Plaster Casters, was he?

QUOTE(danman31 @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 05:38 PM) Damnit beat me to the punch! On a serious note that really proves these games are 'button mashers'. As good as this kid probably is, these games don't take much to learn how to be good at them. Impressive either way. I already beat all y'all. Look at the thread title.

QUOTE(KipWellsFan @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) It's Bison hair http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories OH MY SWEET FREEKING JESUS!!! BIGFOOT ATE AN ENTIRE BISON AND LEFT NOTHING BUT A MOUND OF HAIR!!! ...

Maybe he smells fear...? http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=984305

QUOTE(Finkelstein @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 01:40 PM) Doesn't a certain Twins CF'er already have that nickname? No. His nickname is Punk-Ass Little b****.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 02:24 PM) Jim, if I can still get ahold of some Best I will trade with you. Deal. the Triple Bock is really a strange bird, as the soy sauce/prune juice comparisons probably indicate. It has no carbonation which gives it a thick, syrupy mouthfeel that is not very beer like. But since you are a BIG beer person, you need to try it to compare to Samischlaus, EKU, Hardy (the Eldrige and Pope vontages are still among my favorite beers ever), and the other big guns.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 02:20 PM) Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. That stuff is amazing. Otherwise is it Warsteiner or PBR. eewwww. Sam makes some fine beers (even if Jim Koch is a prick), but that Cheery wheat maks my stomach churn. :puke That and their cranbery "lambic" were probable their least palatable offerings, other than their lite beers which suck by definition.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 02:05 PM) So how often do you guys actually drink??? Unless I'm sick or at sea for my job (no alcohol on Federally funded vessels ), I'll drink a beer or two every evening, and a little more on weekends. If I have to be productive I'll drink lower alcohol offerings. A day without beer is like a day without... beer. And that is a sad thing.

QUOTE(ilsox7 @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 01:57 PM) Picked some of that up myself. The best description I can give is it tastes liek soy sauce. More like high octane prune juice.

Do black velvets count. 1/2 Guinness. 1/2 champaign. Good stuff. Kid, that Chambord, Double Chocolate Stout conbination sounds downright decedant. I will be trying that this weekend. I'll tell you a great beer dessert. Make a sorbet out of any of the fruit lambics, the framboise being the best imo. just pour the beer into freezable glass bowls and put in the freezer, but sturring it up every 1/2 hour or so so it makes a sluch rather than freezing solid. It's an excellent desert after a beer-tthemed meal.

QUOTE(thomsonmi @ Jul 28, 2005 -> 01:40 PM) Love The Beast! Avery The Beast Style: Gran Cru Origin: Colorado Whoa Mama!!! This baby is one big tasty Belgian Style Grand Cru. At 18.1% this definitely qualifies as a sippin' beer. It pours a dark burgundy/ruby red with dense tan head. The aroma is malty sweet with spicy, citrusy, fruity tones. The taste is honeyish with dark plum, date and raisin flavors. It tastes great now and will only improve over many years of aging. I have never had it. I do still have two uncorked bottles of the original Sam Adams Triple Bock laid down though. Those were the little nippers in the cobalt blue bottles with the gold leaf lettering on them. WILLING TO TRADE ONE FOR ONE OF THEM THERE BEASTS. Any takers?

Very cool Jim, thanks. The one factoid I can add to the Monarch story is that during the Augsburgur years it was controlled by Joe Fusco, the notorious former bootleger and Capone underling. He also ran the Bohemian Brewery downstate at the time. When he was alive, my grandfather talked about owning a tavern in those days, and if you didn't carry Fusco's brands on tap at your place you could end up getting roughed up for it or, worse, have your saloon wrecked. As far as whether the Huber/Kessler (loved those commercials!) products were brewed with adjuncts, I can almost certainly guarantee they were. That is not to be universally damning for an American craft lager at that time. To the contrary, adjunct brewing with some portion of the grain bill being filled with corn or rice was practiced by the German-American brewers since before the turn of the 20th century. It had to be actually, because the American-grown 6 row barley is much coarser tasting than the European 2-row varieties authentic German lagers would have used. To get a more authentic tasting product you actually had to introduce non-traditional techniques and ingredients into brewing to cut the harshness of the domestic 6-row grain.