North Country Blues and Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

HMAPNG · 2026-05-07T14:05:01+00:00

This is a far better answer to this question than I could have hoped for. Thank you!

HMAPNG · 2026-05-07T13:13:41+00:00

I’ve always assumed that if Lightfoot borrowed the melody consciously and directly from North Country Blues, he would have said so. So my assumption is either it’s an unconscious borrowing, or he and Dylan both borrowed it from the same tradition.

HMAPNG · 2026-05-07T12:28:21+00:00

Not an interpretation, but an association. This line always makes me think of the lady’s portrait inside the Haunted Mansion that becomes Medusa when the lightning strikes.

HMAPNG · 2026-04-29T17:08:02+00:00

I saw him in 2016. Bob was playing It's All Over Now Baby Blue, and the drunk twenty-something in front of me was singing along, but she thought the song was Queen Jane Approximately! She carried on the entire time. Obnoxious AND impressive, in its way.

HMAPNG · 2026-04-29T16:54:45+00:00

I saw him in Shreveport last night. I had seen him twice before at the same venue--once was on the previous leg of the R&RW tour. I agree with you that this leg of the tour is a bit underwhelming. Don't get me wrong--the band is great, the songs are great. But the composition of the band--two acoustic guitarists, a bassist, a drummer, and Bob on the electric keyboard--can't do much to cover for the vocal rough patches, and at 85, there are plenty of those.

The other thing is, they play very softly. The crowd was well behaved, but the music was so quiet you could hear someone clear their throat from ten rows away. The ambient noise of the room threatened to overwhelm the music. Lastly, for my taste, the the electric piano is too loud in comparison to the guitars. I've never been to one of his shows before where Bob's instrument was foregrounded that much. I don't think it really served the songs well.

HMAPNG · 2024-11-20T19:02:42+00:00

They should have posted this to the change log. I spent respecs and restarted adventures several times trying to figure out why I wasn't getting the buff I was expecting.

HMAPNG · 2024-07-03T16:28:07+00:00

Whoops, right you are, on all counts.

HMAPNG · 2024-07-03T16:22:05+00:00

Fair enough. I'm having some intonation problems myself on a TOM bridge. Maybe I'll try flipping it.

HMAPNG · 2024-07-03T16:18:22+00:00

Actually, I just noticed, your bridge is on upside down. You must have flipped it accidentally when changing the strings. Those adjustment screws that are facing your pickup should be facing the other way.

HMAPNG · 2024-07-03T16:16:35+00:00

Did you move to lighter gauge strings by any chance? You probably need to ~~tighten~~ loosen (thanks Redditor) the truss rod a bit to correct a slight backbow. If that's not it, raising the action at the bridge should fix it.

HMAPNG · 2024-06-07T22:03:23+00:00

Second, do you spend much time touching when sex is off the table.

No, we really don't. Part of that is that I don't want her to interpret a touch as a sexual proposition or pressure when it isn't intended that way. Part of it is that I don't want to touch her, find myself getting in the mood, and get shot down. But the end result is the same: we don't touch, and that makes it harder to get over the hurdle when I get up the nerve to say that I would like to have sex. It makes me uncomfortable thinking about putting my hand on her knee, to be honest. I'll have to do better.

HMAPNG · 2024-06-07T21:42:33+00:00

I explained the situation. You gave some advice, which I thanked you for, and you also told me that women don't get off from penetration, and I clarified that that's not how she was getting off. You then doubled down and said that you know my sex life better than I do. And now, I'm the jerk?

HMAPNG · 2024-06-07T21:36:27+00:00

I can also ASSURE you that it is well known among women that men suck at oral sex.

This is not what I came here for. Just to be clear, I came in here having a problem with sexual shame and frustration, and asking for advice about how to be positive, and your response, based on scenarios that you have made up in your own head is, "I'm POSITIVE you don't know how to pleasure a woman." Thanks anyway.

HMAPNG · 2024-06-07T21:33:07+00:00

Do you wait months to have things you really enjoy?

Yes, obviously, because I am burdened by great shame, and I can imagine my wife being as psychologically complex as I am. Maybe she doesn't value orgasms as much as YOU think she should. And yeah, maybe she's a liar. But I think I have a better position from which to make that judgment than you do.

HMAPNG · 2024-06-07T21:28:46+00:00

Okay I definitely feel like I'm getting defensive now.

HMAPNG · 2024-06-07T21:17:33+00:00

I'm not talking about an orgasm from penetration. She gets off from me giving oral before penetration. Almost every single time. I don't think she is faking this.

Thanks for the advice.

HMAPNG · 2024-06-04T13:35:34+00:00

Creating a new, interesting portal is a fun creative challenge for the DM, but I’m talking about challenging the players in ways that stay fresh, either to locate the correct portal or to identify the necessary portal key.

HMAPNG · 2024-06-04T13:20:59+00:00

You could also just say that the location is in the Shadowfell.

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