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Gender: Male
City: LOS ANGELES
State: CALIFORNIA
Country: US
Sunday, September 09, 2007 


From311ToEternity (1 month ago)
Sicktastic riffitude right here. Brings back memories of my favorite Phish concert - my 484th. It was bittersweet: sweet, because Phish are like totally sweet, but bitter because I had just gotten fired earlier that day for lecturing the customers to buy Phish CDs (I worked in the linens department of Macy's). Anyway, around hour four of the concert, they just burst into an extended bass jam, and I almost died on the spot - I was so happy! (I was also having heart palpitations from the peyote.) I was like, bass jam?! I had already gotten my money's worth when around hour two they totally busted out a hi-hat improv session, all like tap-tappa-tap-tap-tap, but the experience of watching Mike Gordon - the man, the myth, the fretless devotee - play the bass for what seemed like an entire day (it may have been an entire day) erased any regrets I had about not paying for health insurance that year. That riff still echoes in my head: doo-doo-doo-do-bowmp. Memories, man. I have so few.

CharlieParker4Prez (3 weeks ago)
The bass. From heaven, thy majestic resonance thunders. I know of no greater pleasure than sitting in a chair, "relaxing," then hearing/tasting the notes wash over me, as my very being becomes one wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii whoops, I just nodded off with my head on the keyboard. I feel itchy.

CalculatorWatchCollector (5 days ago)
Dude bro, do you ever play in experimental time signatures? My quest in my bass journey is to leave 4/4 behind and find something that connects with the masses, but my math-rock outfit, Xixxtipixxy, has yet to stumble upon one that works. We played our debut show in 7/4, but judging by the audiences responses ("Stop doing that!" "What the fuck are you doing to that bass?" "Bring on Kathy Griffin for the love of God"), people might not be ready for such frenetic fretwork. Our debut EP, "The Cydamous Galaxy: A Space Opera in One Million Parts" was also met with unfavorable reviews (an Amazon.com reviewer described it as "the soundtrack to falling backwards onto thumbtacks," but my father is more of a classic rock fan). We're also looking forward to rocking out in 9/2, 36/7 and 22/4 (I know, it can be "reduced" to 11/2, but we tried that; people threw batteries). Anyway, can you recommend a good jazz plectrum?

CharlieParker4Prez (5 minutes ago)
The D note: a kiss from Zeus; the A note, stern, strong, primary; the C note, playfuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

JustTurnedTwelve (3 minutes ago)
Freebird! LOL! ok, i guess it was funnier when i posted it on the saddam execution video

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