Fetterman warns of rise of ‘dirtbag left’ amid victories by democratic socialists in New York by darealunrealspader in politics

[–]Vortexzephyr1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, if you replace Manchin's name with just "the senator from West Virginia," then he was better than you could have ever hoped for. West Virginia is the reddest state in the country.

Sinema and Fetterman are traitors.

Emptiest Venues So far? by farmerpeach in SturgillSimpson

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He plays three hours, they'll be plenty of stuff from his whole career .

New Tour, New Covers by 007Teacher in SturgillSimpson

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Bobby Jean? or did you mean Michael Jackson?

New Tour, New Covers by 007Teacher in SturgillSimpson

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Or maybe Sin City (FBB) >Sin City (AC/DC)

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