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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 16 May 2007 6:12 pm |
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I don't know, just seemed like a good title for a thread  ... |
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Stan Paxton
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1/2 & 1/2 Florida and Tenn, USA (old Missouri boy gone South)
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Posted 16 May 2007 6:24 pm
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In our world of PSG if it's only a facade, it won't last long.  |
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 16 May 2007 6:29 pm
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At first glance, I thought it was a new Bill Hankey thread!  |
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 16 May 2007 6:41 pm
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Too deep for me.  |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 16 May 2007 6:57 pm
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Push/Pull facade, or All-Pull facade?
ET facade, or JI facade?
Tube facade, or Solid State facade?
Stainless Wound facade, or Nickel Wound facade?
As many have stated, here on the Forum, the facades that are being produced these days just aren't as good as the facades they put out in the old days. These younger folks just don't know what a good facade is.
Of course, the worse kind of facade is an artificial facade. |
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 16 May 2007 9:40 pm
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Jim,you mean it isn't?musta been done with mirrors,slight of hand,sham?
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 17 May 2007 1:02 am
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| for the frog that i am, it's always a pleasure to see the use of French on this merveilleux forum |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 17 May 2007 4:08 am
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Methinks it's a cover-up.
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 17 May 2007 4:18 am
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| CrowBear - I didn't know the word "enthusiasm" was French. |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 17 May 2007 4:27 am
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| At first glance, I thought it was a new Bill Hankey thread! |
Same here.
Steve is starting to scare me. I hope he hasn't lost his tinfoil hat.
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 17 May 2007 9:02 am
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Stephen,
If I don't go into details, I'd say that your new thread is the element of surprise that counteracts a readership avowed to avoid making inquiries. I wonder if there are steel players who play without enthusiasm? Is that a difficult question? |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 17 May 2007 9:22 am
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Wikipedia (again... )
Enthusiasm (Greek: enthousiasmos) originally meant inspiration or possession by a divine afflatus or by the presence of a God. Johnson's Dictionary, the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, divines enthusiasm as "a vain belief of private revelation; a vain confidence of divine favour or communication." In current English vernacular the word simply means intense enjoyment, interest, or approval.
divine afflatus...? Should I take my gas pills? |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 17 May 2007 9:51 am
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webster:
facade
1 : the front of a building ; also : any face of a building given special architectural treatment <a museum's east facade>
2 : a false, superficial, or artificial appearance or effect
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Obviously #2 is not the intent so Stephen must be thinking along the lines of #1. Maybe his life dream of becoming an Architect was never realized, just like George Costanza. |
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 17 May 2007 9:58 am
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I'm gonna stick a #2 pencil into my hand!
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 17 May 2007 10:42 am
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Stephen,
If I don't go into details, I'd say that your new thread is the element of surprise that counteracts a readership avowed to avoid making inquiries. I wonder if there are steel players who play without enthusiasm? Is that a difficult question? |
See!? Do I know a good 'Bill Hankey' topic when I see one? LOL! 
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 17 May 2007 10:58 am
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facade of enthusiam? like when your wife tells you she scored two tickets to a broadway play or that the inlaws are coming over for dinner and you smile a weak smile and say "Thats AWESOME honey!"?  |
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Bo Legg
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Posted 17 May 2007 11:19 am Facades, I got a million of em
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Facade #1 The art of making out like your amp is busted when you have a solo your afraid to tackle.
Facade #2 When you hit a clinker note reach under the the steel and make out like a rod stuck.
I've got a million of em! |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 17 May 2007 11:44 am
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close but you need some alliteration in there
e.g.... perfunctory performances prominently predominate
edit:oops i missed the last three words ...never mind Doug, you nailed it. |
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Bo Legg
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Posted 17 May 2007 11:54 am
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| Hey Doug why say she had pectorial protrubances that were exzuberant when you could just say she had a couple of big uns. |
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Randy Phelps
From:
California, USA
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Posted 17 May 2007 12:09 pm
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| enthusiasm is wildly overrated. I much prefer resoluteness. To be resolute (and toss in a little brooding resoluteness) That coupled with the facade of being broodingly resolute. Now we have something. Any married woman can see right trhough the facade of enthusiasm (Yes dear, just a minute dear, you're right dear, I love the new drapes, no you don't look fat, you don't have wrinkles, no you don't look tired, I love your shoes) and while you will need to exhibit this trait... the facade of the resolute will deliver far greater service in the goal of whatever you might choose. (which is to stride through one section of the house with the facade of the resolute while full intending to disappear into the garage to play music, read the psg (posting would require actual resoluteness) or snore ever so softly while laying on a variety of amp covers near all the projects that have piled up. |
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
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Posted 17 May 2007 12:30 pm
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So, then, if we combine Mr. Prior's #2, i.e., false or superficial, with Mr. Minich's opinion of Johnson,i.e. vanity, we drift into vain superficiality, or the false hope of otherworldly flatus, when the Johnson is the norm.
Bill H., there are no difficult questions. Some answers are more readily perceived than others, however. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 17 May 2007 2:56 pm
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| CMA facade, or ACM facade? |
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Frederic Mabrut
From:
Olloix, France
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Posted 17 May 2007 10:54 pm
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| Black façade, they're the best, as everybody knows! |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 18 May 2007 1:41 am
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Hey I REALLY like playing for you people;
It doesn't matter if'n y'all think
Lefty Frizzel is a hair styling chain,
Thelonious Monk is a Trappist.
And a Trappist catches rabbits.
Kenney Chesney is saving country music.
Salsa is what you put in a Chimichanga.
Can't tell B. Diddly from P. Diddy.
Big and Rich is a life style choice.
Wes Montgomery is east of Prattville.
I am quite excited to entertain you
even though you think:
George Jones is Jim's cousin
but missed the flight south.
Disco is not dead,
and neither is polyesther
Acoustic guitars all have cables
Bluegrass is not country music.
Britany Spears songs belong
in a 60's blues rock set.
Reggae should be played with Marshall amps
You think this total pick up band of rank strangers,
is the best thing you have heard in years.
You think Lincn Park is an amusment ride.
No I really mean it I WANT to play for you:
Even of you have no idea WHAT I am playing.
LOVE line dancing, and Achey Breaky Heart
is your all time favorite song.
Can't name 3 Beatles songs.
Think my upright bass is a trombone.
Expect me to sing in Lithuanian
just cause you asked for it.
ONLY request Dolly Parton songs,
when we are playing Taj Mahall and John Mayall
Want to 'sing in the band,
but just one song,
and I think I know all the words!!'
Try to sell me Amway during my lead solo.
Think 'Giant Steps' is a day care center
Think Hoagy Carmichael is
an Irish Deli Sandwich
Think Cole Porter is what you fill the furnace with.
Charge for drinks at a 5 hour gig
in 95 degree heat
Think Jacky MaClain is running for president
Applaud for our warm up jam
but not for the 1st set
Yes this is an Enthusiasm Facade,
but you don't know it, so I keep smiling...
Check please! Cash prefered.
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DLD, Chili farmer. Plus bananas and papaya too.
Real happiness has no strings attached.
But pedal steels have many! |
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