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Chef, ditto. Hope all is well. CK, I did and she sends her love. Thanks. (I'm in deja vu land - could swear I posted this same post yesterday, but don't see it. :blink: )

Answer = yes. If I could, within my reach as it were. Certainly. Craig extended himself to me once in a way that was very helpful, and he didn't have to. Although I was never really close to him or knew him really well, I'd known him for several years at the time and it was a very specific gesture on his part. There weren't any warm fuzzy hugs or back slaps and in that way it was very typical of the level of our friendship. There were no assumptions at all. He had a chance to do the right thing and he did. I'd feel obligated to return the gesture in kind to be honest. Beyond that, anything that would help him move in the right direction would be a good thing. Who wouldn't do good for someone else if they could? No biggie.

Here's the solo section of the song "Talkin' To Ya", download for instant initiation... Talkin' To Ya - Del Castillo

Yup, did. I like them, the songs "Brotherhood" and "Talkin' to Ya!" especially that I listened to. Talking to Ya has a ring of Santana's "Jingo Ba"....till they go into the two-part guitar solo - yikes! Very nice. I could hear Santana doing one of his guest-star albums with them and they'd COOK. Lose the Rob Thomas Fuh-gedaboudit guy - Del Castillo have a real band sound that would fit natually with his thing. I like the driving rhythm percussion drive, with the tight bass. Nice stuff! Thanks!

Well, I promise to be less sarcastic if that helps. Freud and Jung, o we barely knew thee. If they want to post, let them. I have had my doubts that they were legit, but if they want a forum to express their thoughts they have it. I didn't see anyone shutting them down. Did I miss something? The way I see it I express my ideas, opinions and sometimes facts from the past as best I remember them. I've said before - to me - given the 35 plus years that span most of our times in the Way, the many many different places, states and locations everyone came from, the backgrounds, plus the specific things everyone did that are often so different from each other - it's no wonder to me that there are different experiences and perspectives. If anything, GS proves that beyond the shadow of a doubt. Even as the Way attempts to promote a universal like mindedness among it's members there is in fact no such thing, outside of some very broad areas of agreement. But when it gets down to cases, this small percentage of ex-and current Wayfers that post here have very different perspectives to share, ones that often don't "agree" in the sense that everyone goes yae! and hi-fives all around at once. Some do, some don't. But anger? I have none. The fact that I don't like something and say so doesn't mean that I'm angry about it. I don't see this as a place to get up a heavy head of steam over what amounts to the sharing of other peoples ideas that will probably never be exactly the same as mine and shouldn't be required to be. It's the differences that are fascinating. Some I don't like, I won't lie about that. Some I think are wrong by the standards I aspire to. But behind the time I spend here is a life that's not involved in any form or fashion in anything to do with "the Way" in it's past present or future forms so ulitmately I should try to remember that more often as it's the way I view all of this - I have nothing invested i the outcome of any discussion. I would like everyone to progress on with their lives in constructive ways that make them happy. I met a lot of wonderful people while in the Way, lots of them. The future should be as bright from today as it ever was. My biggest interest is reading what people write and I have to say I often wish I had the answer(s) for many of the questions. But I don't, other than each of us should invest the time we have in living the life we'd like to enjoy and be remembered for. It's not easy sometimes, it's very difficult at others. But overall for me it's pretty good at this point and I'm very happy and I would like to pass that on to others - if there's any doubt you're worthy of a great and satisfying life, you are. I'm sure of it. :)

I have not heard them, JL, but Im' about to do some listening. GAWD I LOVE Rhapsody! Hope they're on there. B-Man, I'm a day away from checking out a Tube Sca reamah!

Well I love you too. We have to start meeing like this. Sorry about your mom's husband. I had a good friend who had a stroke, several years ago. He's done well, all things considered. CK, all our love to you and yours. Whatever comes next, I hope there's music. :)

mostly long. :) Excie, that's what I meant, but I can't say anything in less than 5 paragraphs. :( Attending a funeral last year, I said to one of the famly members - "I'm sorry for your loss". They nodded, they were crying at the time. No one would have said "get over it". Some things we can't deny. If we do, we hurt ourselves. Some holes can't be filled by our own shovels. But they can be honored places in our lives, lessons learned, sacred moments. Life is rich, even in loss, and there will be some in this one, of that there ain't no doubt.

sprawled out, I tend to agree with you there, but on a practical level I call it "cutting your losses". I think one of the problems with the "get over it" saying is that it's unrealistic if it's meant to say "if you can't fix the problem, just move on past it and get on with your life". It may be impossible to get on with the rest of your life freely and clearly with certain types of things unresolved. In other words, what can't be fixed may not be able to be completely fixed by an adjustment to bypass it. "Most" things though, yes. Practially speaking we have to develop the skills in life to deal with pressure, hurt, stress and prioritize ourselves in such a way that we can put things in scale. If we don't life would certainly get unmanagable. And most of us do I think. A simple example of something more serious, a person loses a limb, a leg. They aren't going to be able to walk the same as they did before. Indeed, on a practical level they will have to "get over it" if they're want to do the things they did before, like walk, drive a car, run, dance, sit down and get up from a chair. In that sense the loss has to be recognized and dealt with in very practical ways. Alternative methods have to be developed and used, rehabilitation, etc. etc. It's not going to be an easy piece of work "getting over it". All of the things that were once assumed have to be reexamined and considered. Some of the "get over it" Way-ism assumes IMO that there's a "spritual" component in play that will allow the person, a person, to be "delivered" from the problem to a degree that they will quickly have it solved. There's the "just believe" slogan that goes along with it - believe "the Word" to the extent that the problem literally goes away or is resolved and so a person can, in fact, move on past it because it's no longer there. That's a very very individual proposition, despite however much a person might expect it to be applicable to their own situations. Because, as in the example of the person losing their leg, the damage is already done. Short of a complete restoration, a "miracle", an alternative has to be used. Again there's Way-isms at play in those kinds of situations that actually hamper recovery or restoration - namely that the person who's lost the leg "blew it", allowed the "adversary" to "get in" and so they've come to that point because of their own lack of believing. So in a lot of Way circles, that person wouldn't get much support or help, incredible as that is to believe, because they're viewed as weak and ineffectual in their "walk" - they're lives as disciplined ones in the Way's true household gets taken down a notch or two. Probably not everywhere, but in the past yes, plent of that's on record with the Way's field employees. To point though - the recovery and restoration of a person from damage they've sustained will likely take work, effort, thought, and ultimately some action on their part. All of this wll take time. If the damage is such that there's been real loss, like the person's leg, that needs to be considered individually in order to offer real assistance that will have a meaningful contribution. Denial won't help. That's why I would say there's such a consistent distrust of the Way's Upper level employees, like the BOT's. Because there's been such past close connection and contact to known issues, and no open recognition of them or discussion, there's no perception of any recovery or restoration. So in their case, there's no easy glib "get over it" either that will apply. For all anyone knows they coud be just "moving on" in a bad way, ignoring the damage and denying it ever existed. I'd assume they have a lot of work to do too, as no miracles seem to be in evidence.

Excie, they really seemed to be in a bad way. They ripped Katherine, for what? She gave a great performance of a great song and got dissed for daring to sing it. What a crock. I like the balance Randy brings to the show, but he gets off on these tangents about songs being too sacred to touch. Geez. One thing I like about Elliott that's kind of grown on me watching him each week - he's nervous, but excited about doing his thing. He's ready. Plus, he cried listening to Stevie Wonder at the piano. I can't get through half of "Isn't She Lovely" without getting a lump in my throat at how much music comes out of Wonder when he sings and plays. Elliott seems to have the heart for it. KP's got to go. Gracefully, but gone. She's cute. But she's gotta go. It's difficult at this point because I'd rather have seen Ace a few more weeks, but somebody's going to be last every week. Paris needs a night of her own. It would be interesting to hear what she can do. This year answers a question for me - in the past I've wondered where the good singers are, it's like they don't show up for AI auditions. I used to watch At the Apollo Live every week on Saturdays and their "amateur hour" had people every week that would sing most of the past AI finalists into the ground. It was almost weird, AI gets all this tv time and dough but a small percentage of the talent you know is out there. This year they've had a much better representation. At this point I'd rather they call it a draw, give Pickler an Honorary Finalist badge, and play the rest of the season out. But that ain't gonna happen. :)

Ellitot's the little engine that can. DANG! He owned that Hathaway song. Great sound. Excellent behavior. Great. They need more time!! God bless the opera, but I want to hear more of these guys!! The judges were on crank tonight. The audio when they spoke was bad - wonder if there was a sound problem in the studio? All of this "that's Whitney's SONG dog" stuff is lame. Granted a song is identified with a singer who hsa a hit with it but....what's up - is there a rider in their contract with Fox, "Must Kiss Whitney Houston's a$$ at every opportunity?" Pickler may suffer the Curse of the Hair from tonight. The hair - sort of an Ace Young bun, over the top. Bad omen.

In time, my brother. When the player is ready, the instrument will come. Plug Number Two, and Yamaha needs to start paying me - that 720 is a great value for the dough. I just got it out off her stand and gave it a strum. Perhaps it will be the One for you. Listening is learning. The relationships become embedded in your brain, familiar. Without knowing what it is, you know how it sounds. The two come together, wallah. Ya gotcha muzik. :)

Hmmmm, I guess I can hear it. Although there's a few songs that come to mind that would fit that progression, for some reason I'm thinking Cat Stevens, not sure which tune. I'm cursed with remembering everything I've ever heard if I actually stopped and listened to it. I think. If I'd forgotten it, how would I remember it? Alvin Lee - I do like him, liked him should say, haven't heard much of his stuff lately. Saw them at the old Fillmore in the late 60's.....are you learning that tune?

Rick Derringer - love his playing. Highly recommended listening - "Jump Jump Jump" from the Live at Chaney Hall release. Odd lyrics but the guitar playing is dragonfly-friendly. :) Tom and Chas, I like to visit shows. They're a blast! One I always catch is the Luthiers show in Windsor California. Great showplace. It's a good place to feel, fondle and experience Stuff. Did you go? Did you feel The Love?

Looks vaguely like "I'd Love to Change the World" by Ten Years After? (a non-guitar god speaks....)

My tone is probably the same, but I write differently than I talk. I might write more like I think. Kinda scarey, that. But I don't think I'd write anything that I wouldn't say face to face in conversation. Writing it here allows for more time to think and in most cases, not write anything. Every few days seems like, I write a response or a thread topic, spend time on it and then delete it and go on about my evening. I almost always read it back and don't see it adding anything new, other than the wonderful "sound" of my own written voice. Most of what I write never makes it on the board so that's at least one thing to be thankful for. :) But it's a strain for me to fit my current thought lines into the context of the Way and most of the subject matter. I probably don't "belong here' but I do like to visit. sogwap posted recently about her experiences and I thought it was pretty enlightening. It brought up a whole range of points that don't get discussed often because people with her experience and viewpoint don't often post it, or post here at all I guess. So it spoke directly to a part of Way history that doesn't get discussed by the people most qualified to discuss it - those who lived it. In fact, I think it would shed a lot of light on the goings on of those times if there was more of that information shared and talked about. It might also give a better view of how things progressed in the Way over the years.

What's a few mill amongst friends, right? Apaches?

Really? Is that the correction? How will I find the right thread without a little spankin' to go with it? Okay, sorry. I AM being sarcastic, and I don't know why. I thought this was the right thread to post some illuminating thoughts on the little nipshutz on that board. Provide some insightful reasons why only a complete idiot, clinically speaking, would manage to swallow whole core the inane statement of some ne'er-do-verwell teacher that told them they shouldn't look too far into the past for the future. No, rephrase - make that "we're not to" do that. I'll find a better home for this stuff though. I promise. This is just a holding pattern.

Freud, time is a great topic of interest to me, as sort of a side-saddle meal to the topic of "existence". I am currently pursuing a line of study that leads me to believe that they're both "the same" and no different and best enjoyed in the "now" where there is no awareness of the past or future, in it's purest state. Which worries me if it's true because it gets shot to shreds when I consider that time itself is on a roll to *this exact point" now, and that I can't be who I am now without a past. It may be declared dead or of little or none effect to the current moment but it does in fact exist in me, right now. Without a past I would't exist. So it is a pretty valuable card to have in your mental deck. I guess. This might be fhe first moment of my existence and therefore the only one I know. So, I could be a newbie. Bad news if I need to know how to use the bathroom right away, good news if I want to have a fun moment without the knowledge that yesterday I spent way too long looking for a quarter that slipped under a vending machine, which must have looked pretty funny to anyone watching as my butt does have a fairly active past in and of itself. So I do ponder, and often, what have I learned? If I can ever fully remember I'm going to put it in my next book, which may or not exist soon and which will probably be titled "Freud and Jung - The Fun Years!" I don't plan to charge for it and it will be completely free of charge and of absolutely no cost to anyone, ever! and available for a small handling fee of 45.88, payable to my PaYPal acoount number 2755. Just note "Drill Me!" in the comments section and it will be shipped if I get around to it. Hey, who's going to remember? Anyway, on a practical level I'd hope those yunguns will learn to value their past, be it good or bad, so they can fully realize who they are. P.S. - GJ - u said it much better than I.

Course it might help if I changed bass strings once in awhile. The bass is an oldie, a 'beater' that cost about 75 bucks many moons ago, but does the trick. I replaced the bridge on it at one point and that's about it. If I can weasal it out of him I try to get my son's fretless Jazz bass, but this other one works for what I need.

Photos! SWEET! Tuners - I've got and older CA30, and a CA40 which has an in and out. That one I've got on the front of my deck, with a magnetic strip on the back so it sits there. I pass through it while recordingI just turn it on, tweak, and continue on. The little blow thing is an oldie. It's metal and plastic. Does the trick and it don't fail. I'm in the market for a floor tuner, but not sure what I'll end up with. Fender has one I can get for about 50 bucks, tried it out locally and it seems to do the trick. What works for me is to make sure my intonation is dead on at the 12th fret, and then tune up my A, then work up from low e to high in a quick sweep with the tuner. I check the G string at the 1st fret, on an E chord, then an A chord, and at that point usually 'pull' the 3rd string to flatten it a tad. Check against a first position D, for the high E, then a bar chord G and A on the 3 and 5 frets. Looking for the 3rd string to settle down. Try a quick bar chord at the 10th and 12th frets and if all is well, I'm good to go. I notice bass guitar can be touchy in tuning, maybe because I typically have a guitar part written that's in the same range so they fight for the same space. Even a little bit sharp or flat and it's noticeable so I check it a lot so it doesn't drift.

I've got an old school tuner, Chas. Brings back memories. :) Hey, anyone seen Ted McFerrel around lately? Is he on email again/yet/still?

Yup, SV, they're nice peoplings by all appearances. Strange visitors from another galaxy but nice. It's the young thing. Don't think about the past, don't think about the negatives. Stop that stuff!!! Big Clue Number One - when you're young you don't have much of a past. Granted it can be filled with meaningful experience and learning and should be. But at 20, you've only had what - 15 or so coherent years and probably a couple of those were still trying to decide if the toilet was really a safe haven to do your business or not. I'm not making fun of the youngsters, it's true. It's life. When we're young we can knock off a couple years here and there, no problem. It's the adults who have that overwhelming desire to lop off anything they don't want to deal with and call it "negative" who need guidance. These kids don't want their Way to have the Old Way in it. Fine. But history has a way of repeating itself, even when we try to learn from it. Every generation says no, they'll be different. We did. That's why we have healthy MacDonald's fast meals and improved, stable cup holders in our SUV's. We wanted to make the world a better place to live in and dammit, we did!!

I may buy a t-shirt, dmiller. It's way cool. I'd like to time travel. I wonder if he's really gone "back" to the future? He said he lives in Tampa Florida. I would have asked him if Shell's is still serving really good local seafood, fresh. They used to have fried Grouper to DIE for. Hmmmmmmmmm......oh yeah, that's the stuff. It's only what - 30 years of so in the future. Is Dale Mabry still named that? Does traffic suck at rush hour? But mostly I'd want to know if Florida's gotten any relief from the hurricanes. Maybe he talks about that somewhere. I gotta read some more. But there's something about a war in 2015, isn't there? That's kind of a bummer. Does Bush know? He could slow down some of his plans, otherwise we're going to hit that early. I'd like this slipstream to slow down a little, to an ebbing eddy, or a muddling jerry or anything slower, so maybe the war would be delayed longer.

Ace! Gone!??! I like Ace. He had some good stuff going, not the strongest voice, but a good performer with a good sound. His smile reminds me of my son's, so I guess I had the impression from the get go. Pretty consistent. The little hair bun though, that had to go so I guess Ace had to go with it. DANG! This group is really fun to watch and they're getting better every week. Excititor likes Rod! I do too. He sounds like Donald Duck, but I like him. Hey, for his age, he's holding up pretty well onstage, so it gives us old guys hope! He's got a snappy new pair of boo...I mean, a new wife, a child. What can I say? :)