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Offline 85 Day Jerk

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« on: July 03, 2004, 11:54:00 PM »
I have been wanting to learn to play guitar better and be in a band for quite some time now and was thinking about a good name for a Tribute Band for our experiences with Straight Inc.  After countless names having to do with everything ranging from the death of Helen Petermann, to Mel Sembler's penis pump exploding, I have settled on a quaint and simple yet powerful name.  DAMN STRAIGHT.  I think it fits.  It could mean many different things and yet still comes back that Straight Inc. should be damned for all time.  Plus it's a little less offensive than the "Motivate This" logo and would be a bit more acceptable.

I finally broke down and splurged $225 dollars and had Franken'Strat rewired with a new Seymour Duncan hot rail and tuning keys.  It had sat immoble and useless for over 10 years and enough was enough.  The damn thing sounds like an Eddie Ball now, and even though I had to put it all on plastic, I think it was worth it.  I take lessons every Tuesday from a lady who is older than Yoda who holds a doctorate in music as well as several published compositions.  I just work part time 5 hours a day now, so that leaves plenty of time for practice.

I want to do a blood and guts rendering of our Straight Experience done to the rarely heard Stooges tune called "Open up and Bleed."  Feel free to send me your own lyrics concerning this.
I remember there were some early eighties grads that lived in the Largo/Seminole area and had a garage band going for awhile.  E-mail me if you are still around.  See ya later :wave:
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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2004, 01:28:00 AM »
I like it
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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2004, 03:45:00 AM »
Bob,

You are one of the funnest people I know. I love the way you write and am confident you can do this!  Follow your dreams!  

YOU CAN DO IT!!

Best of luck to you,

vsp
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« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2004, 09:36:00 AM »
funny --- you despise Semler and Peterman so much that you ALLOW them to control and envade you to this day?!?!   You are consumed with your hatred and threatening ideas, therfore allowing them to have a HOLD on you YEARS and YEARS later.  You GIVE them control this way. sad
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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2004, 10:13:00 AM »
Cool man ...guitars are so fun man.. I had 4 of them and a little 4 track that this little Bitch named Alex Burns broke.
 Had a line 6 computerized amp (1100 $) a crate 2x 12 and a marshall micro stack..

  Lost it all to put dope in my veins during my post divorce  mental breakdown.

Learn to read tablature...so you can play along to records...and HAVE FUN!
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« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2004, 03:11:00 PM »
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" funny --- you despise Semler and Peterman so much that you ALLOW them to control and envade you to this day?!?!   You are consumed with your hatred and threatening ideas, therfore allowing them to have a HOLD on you YEARS and YEARS later.  You GIVE them control this way. sad"


No, they do all they can to interfere with our lives w/o any help or encouragement from us. Oh, of couse they do take a lot of our money and make as many laws and regulations as we let them.

Here, learn something, then speak. http://thestraights.com/reports/dfaf-an ... policy.htm

If we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion by education

--Thomas Jefferson

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« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2004, 11:23:00 AM »
Damn Straight is a great name, Bob. Seymour Duncans are single coil or stacked Humbuckers? I've got a Mexican Tele that I've been wanting to put some other pickups in other than the stock ones that it came with. They sound fine tone-wise, but they're a little noisy. Someone recommended Lace Sensors and I think that's what I'll end up putting in there. What type of guitar is an Eddie Ball? I've heard of Ernie Ball strings, but never heard of Eddie Ball anything. You mentioned somewhere else that you got yourself a Fender amp..what kind was it again? Back before straight, I used to play through a Fender Bassman that had 2 x 15's I think...it sounded pretty good with a 72 SG...

I look forward to hearing some of your recordings..
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« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2004, 01:13:00 PM »
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No, they do all they can to interfere with our lives w/o any help or encouragement from us. Oh, of couse they do take a lot of our money and make as many laws and regulations as we let them.



Here, learn something, then speak. http://thestraights.com/reports/dfaf-an ... policy.htm


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   Well, I had already read that ---  don't buy into it.  and you all DO keep your victim status alive and active through your posts

   I went through a similar program, didn't like it at first - dealt with it (never "abused" - nor did I see anyone else abused), got something out of it, moved on, give back to others in a positive manner now.  Use my experiences to better myself ...  not hold it against others and harbor hate and anger.
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« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2004, 02:04:00 PM »
Hey let's get back to the guitar gear..

Somebody...anybody?
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« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2004, 07:34:00 PM »
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http://thestraights.com/reports/dfaf-an ... policy.htm

Well, I had already read that --- don't buy into it. and you all DO keep your victim status alive and active through your posts


You mean you simply choose to ignore the facts? Well, then I can see where all you learned in the Program probably comes in very handy in real life.

I'm not really all that bitter or angry. But I do have a concience and enough prescience to understand how the people who brought us Straight, Inc. (et al) make public policy backed by force of law is unwise, at best.

Every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid."
--Alexander Hamilton    

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« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2004, 07:44:00 PM »
On 2004-07-05 16:34:00, Antigen wrote:


I'm not really all that bitter or angry. But I do have a concience and enough prescience to understand how the people who brought us Straight, Inc. (et al) make public policy backed by force of law is unwise, at best.



  ???   concience?   prescience ???   Is that suppose to be "conscious"?   What is "prescience"?
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« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2004, 08:00:00 PM »
I've been looking at things in a negative light/ Clipping my wings in the middle of flight/ My motor is running on the heartaches of life
But it's getting me nowhere fast
I've been reliving hurts that seemed far away/
Sifting the dirt that covered the grave
Of the petty offenses I never forgave/ But it's getting me nowhere fast
I will remember not  I will forgive/ These things that tear my heart/ I will forget
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« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2004, 08:41:00 PM »
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??? concience? prescience ??? Is that suppose to be "conscious"? What is "prescience"?

By the context it's obvious that she meant to say conscience - (which she did, though she misspelled it) and not "conscious" as you suggested...

Main Entry: pre·science
Pronunciation: 'pre-sh(E-)&n(t)s, 'prE-, -s(E-)&n(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin praescientia, from Latin praescient-, praesciens, present participle of praescire to know beforehand, from prae- + scire to know -- more at SCIENCE
: foreknowledge of events: a : divine omniscience b : human anticipation of the course of events : FORESIGHT

Now about those pickups...  :grin:
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« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2004, 08:59:00 PM »
Ran across a BC Rich today with an EMG in a pawn shop.  After I tried it out and complained about the pick up not working, the $600.00 price dropped to $75.00.  Plus it had no strings and other problems. ::rocker::  ::rocker::  :lol:
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« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2004, 02:58:00 AM »
LOL...you should write a manuscript on getting free shit and scamming.
 Too bad we cant scam the dopeman..
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