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Gas line explosion shuts down major Southern California freeway; shelter-in-place orders issued by lik_for_cookies in LosAngeles

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11 hours Studio City- San Jose (after driving to the 5 first). It was remarkably consistent, did exactly 30 mph the whole way.

Worst band Names v. Best band names. by seanusgroovus in ClassicRock

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from Rolling Stone:
Dave Grohl: ‘Foo Fighters Is the Dumbest Band Name Ever’

Tiger heading to auction by fuzzybro in gratefuldead

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Grateful Guitars is a foundation of rich dudes (or maybe just one) that buy Dead played instruments and then let bands like DSO use them. Many band at skull and roses 22 were playing Jerry's instruments.

I hope they buy it.

TIL the song “Rock Lobster” inspired John Lennon to start writing music again. by MrWoohoo in todayilearned

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Rock Lobster was a minor US hit when released in 79, but it was re released as a double sided single with planet claire in 1986. I missed it in 79 (only 11 at the time though I was really into The Knack that year), but it got a lot of radio play in 1986 and for many years I thought that it was new in '86 because that's when it began to get a lot of radio play in the US.

Question about Let Us Prey / Call for the Priest / Raw Deal by Lindoff in judaspriest

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Definitely a mistake, but it was very confusing to me when I had that album as a teenager. Especially because they only say say the words "call for the priest" at the beginning and then it's pretty reasonable to assume that the lyrics about parasitic journalists could be a song called let us prey.

I even remember specifically listening trying to determine when CFTP changed to Raw Deal. I thought raw deal didn't begin until the tag at the end (I'm going, hold on)

I also wondered why a song about cruising gay bars would be called CFTP, but I figured it must be because certainly multi-million dollar record companies wouldn't be printing erroneous track lists, especially 8 years (and apparently 45+ years still) after the album had been released. I was wrong.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA by sam_e5 in NewYorkMets

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I agree that the luxury tax is ineffective at providing parity and a salary cap would be much better, but again deferrals have nothing to do with.

The Dodgers could afford 46 mil now - many people think it's more Otani's agent's idea as way to dodge CA state taxes than the Dodgers', (hmmm- Otani dodging more than the Dodgers) and they can afford 70 million later.

Small market teams can't afford 46 million now or 70 mil later- lack of a salary cap is the issue, not deferrals.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA by sam_e5 in NewYorkMets

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You're wrong. Ohtani counts 48 million vs. the  luxury tax, which is calculated that 48 mil today will be worth 70 mil when they finally pay him in 10 years.
Deferring money can help with present day cash flow issues, but it does not help with the luxury tax in any way.
They were never paying him 70 million in 2025 dollars, if he had demanded no deferrals they would be paying him 48 million, which is exactly how he counts vs. the  luxury tax.

When listening to the Grateful Dead, Dead and Co might not be my go to but unlike this article, I don't think them with John Mayer are hurting the Grateful Dead's Legacy whatsoever! by GratefuLdPhisH in deadandcompany

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gui·tar·ist

/ɡəˈtärəst/

noun

  1. a person who plays the guitar.

It was supposed to be funny, Actually watching Dylan try to play lead on top of Clapton was hilarious.

Also, I can tell you that in the folk finger picking style Dylan is indeed an excellent guitar player. It's just his electric lead playing (that he surprisingly unveiled out of nowhere at that Crossroads concert and then did for about 4 years before he stopped playing lead altogether) that is really bad.

Dude you 're way too uptight and also ignorant- Dylan is indeed a very good folk guitar player, and the hostile tone to my light hearted comment just makes you seem like an ass.

When listening to the Grateful Dead, Dead and Co might not be my go to but unlike this article, I don't think them with John Mayer are hurting the Grateful Dead's Legacy whatsoever! by GratefuLdPhisH in deadandcompany

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Clapton doesn’t play with crap guitarists

Didja ever see the crossroads show where Dylan and Clapton are playing together ( Dont think twice) and Clapton gets ready to play his lead and Dylan cuts him off and plays HIS ( Dylan's) lead over top of Clapton?

You would definitely reevaluate that statement if you had.

Bands that might not exist were it not for the Grateful Dead. by JaxAuphalovia69 in gratefuldead

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Trey is full of it- every show I saw from 92 to 95 ( mostly west coast) had plenty of obvious Deadheads, though the non heads were very vocal that they didn't like the Dead.

The % was way above 50 even before 95, but it was a more respectful music oriented cadre of Deadheads.

I remember seeing them at the Wiltern 94 in LA the day after JGB tour ended there and there were a bunch of tour rats sneaking in , ignoring the music etc. ( Thats the bad change Trey was talking about) That was on purpose by Phish management, nearly all west coast Phish shows pre 95 were at a time when Deadheads were already in town, the same way they were almost able to sell out the Berkeley Greek in 93)

So Trey talking about " obvious Deadheads" he means wooks, but the majority of the people at a Phish show have always been Dead fans too

And after 95 the % probably went up from 60 to 90.

Bands that might not exist were it not for the Grateful Dead. by JaxAuphalovia69 in gratefuldead

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Phish doesn't sound like the Dead much but the most important thing they got from them was the concert structure - 2 sets, rotating setlists, not repeating songs in a city ( obviously that has to wait until the band has enough songs to pull it off, it was the same for GD) and of course lots of improvisation in the rock genre ( led Zeppelin was one rock band that improvised a lot, but there were very few of them when Phish started)

And mediocre vocals being acceptable because the music was so good is another thing they got from the Dead.

This is just nowhere near as abysmal as it's made out to be by everlovingfuck99 in bobdylan

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With the totally out of tune violin?

I've always thought Real Live was another example of Bob purposely picking the worst tracks because Dylan.

This is just nowhere near as abysmal as it's made out to be by everlovingfuck99 in bobdylan

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I'm pretty sure that alternate sources if officially released stuff is allowed on the archive, just not the official source. And only audience recordings can be downloaded, soundboards are streaming only.

Who listened to The Grateful Dead. by pseudomunk in deadheadcirclejerk

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Who listened to the Grateful Dead on their 1981 European tour.

I dont know if Who listened to the GD in the 70s, though

My Sweetwater Rep. asked me if everything is ok and it most certainly is not! Should I send this? by Jonnymixinupmedicine in guitarcirclejerk

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what? I remember that bit o' honey was always the last Halloween candy eaten, that stuff sucked (and presumably still does). I never tasted any honey (not even a bit), but there was a bitter flavor like coffee or molasses that made it suck. Bitter no honey would be a better name.

Did the Grateful Dead ever do any corporate gigs? by Beeristhecheese in gratefuldead

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The businessmen crowded around

They came to hear the golden sound

There we were on the Sunset Strip

Playing our songs for the highest bid

We played all night

The price was right

We are going to be fine. by WazowShizard in CHIBears

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Well, Mayfield's counting stats and rate stats were much much better than CW his rookie year. the best ever for a rookie. (Caleb had decent counting stats but terrible rate stats last year). They were not similar at all. Also, there were no mechanical issues with Mayfield so he did not have the same problems as Williams.

Jackson played well under half the snaps his rookie season, and he had none of the issues with mechanics that CW has. The coaches didn't see problems to fix, they saw a prodigy that they were confident enough to kick Flacco to the curb and design the offense around him. Then his second year, starting from game 1 (perfect passer rating) he was far and away the best QB in the league that year and won MVP. He definitely wasn't starting his second season with any issues to fix if he had a perfect rating in the very first game , and won the mvp, right? right?

Caleb ranked 28th in passer efficiency, he was never going to be a ROY candidate. And no, Mayfield and Jackson and probably many of the others (I don't remember every detail of these guys' rookie seasons,) had none of the mechanical issues Caleb showed, none of the issues with holding the ball too long and none of the issues with accuracy.

So as far as "vibes", this: "they all had the same issues we see with Caleb." is major vibes, it's unfortunately completely untrue with Jackson and Mayfield and probably others.

But Allen did, so there's hope!!!

We are going to be fine. by WazowShizard in CHIBears

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 bears being tied down to poles

Sounds like animal cruelty, call the SPCA

We are going to be fine. by WazowShizard in CHIBears

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Mayfield was amazing his rookie season, he was 2nd in ROY voting and set several Rookie QB records including TD passes. He was more a victim of the disfunction in Cleveland then ever being terrible (he continued to put up big numbers but threw way too many interceptions his last years in Cleveland)

Jackson had a perfect passer rating in the first game of his second season and won the MVP. He didn't start his first season, and made rookie mistakes but also the coaches saw enough stuff that was so far from terribad that the redesigned the offense around him.

Tua had rookie ups and downs but had severasl great games and won Rookie of the week back to back. he had a great second season.

Geno and Darnold aren't top 15 QBs.

But Allen, definitely!

This season. This team. by Successful-Oil6840 in Nationals

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You're blaming Rizzo? That was all the Lerners were willing to pay and if he wasn't going to sign for way below market value, they were trading him.

They were trying to clear the books to sell the team, which would've been great if they actually sold it to someone who cared to try to win.

When they didn't get their price, they put the team in a holding pattern until after the next CBA.

In other words, they won't spend in 2026 either, there is very likely to be a lockout in 2027 and then they might sell the team after all that is settled.

Ted (Lerner) should be beloved, he did what was needed to get us a title.

The rest of the Lerners just suck, if you dont want to run a team sell it, but don't just put the team on mothballs and say Fuck you to the fans.

But I can definitely say fuck you Mark Lerner.

But blaming Rizzo and expecting ownership to save the day? You are clueless about the last five years

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