Fringey's taut-abbed painter

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
And, having spent most of my formative years being raised and supervised by gay men, I really don't have anything against gay men raising children.

Strangely enough, I didn't before, but now I do.

[Not Bob]

I noticed that the newest Lawtalkers member is named "oilcanshottupac." (By the way, welcome -- and if you're an old married guy, your assigned FB Betty to hit on/stalk is anne elk.)

I had no idear that Dennis Boyd even knew Mr. Shakur, much less killed him. Live and learn.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by RedLady
I found out over Thanksgiving that my 13 year old nephew is starting to learn how to play the guitar. He played "Sweet Home Alabama" for us. Since 13 year old boys are impossible to buy for, I thought I could get him some CDs for christmas. I'm looking for suggestions of older music that he should hear and listen to develop a musical taste and music that should inspire him to play.

Freebird!

TM

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by RedLady
I found out over Thanksgiving that my 13 year old nephew is starting to learn how to play the guitar. He played "Sweet Home Alabama" for us. Since 13 year old boys are impossible to buy for, I thought I could get him some CDs for christmas. I'm looking for suggestions of older music that he should hear and listen to develop a musical taste and music that should inspire him to play.

So what are your top 3 cds that you think a budding guitar player should have in their collection?

Thanks for the suggestions
RL

Go old skool -- Jimi Hendrix Experience

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by RedLady
I found out over Thanksgiving that my 13 year old nephew is starting to learn how to play the guitar. He played "Sweet Home Alabama" for us. Since 13 year old boys are impossible to buy for, I thought I could get him some CDs for christmas. I'm looking for suggestions of older music that he should hear and listen to develop a musical taste and music that should inspire him to play.

So what are your top 3 cds that you think a budding guitar player should have in their collection?

Thanks for the suggestions
RL

Hmmm. I have a teenaged nephew who plays the guitar, too -- last year we bought him (and he liked) "Are You Experienced?" by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and "Van Halen" by, uh, Van Halen.

Apparently the electric guitar kids these days are still into Jimi and Eddie -- my nephew requested Hendrix because he had heard of him from his guitar teacher, but had never heard his music (his parents are, I am sad to say, country music fans).

I'd also throw in some George Thurogood -- maybe "Bad to the Bone."

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Not Bob
...your assigned FB Betty to hit on/stalk is anne elk...

Could you reprint the full set of assignments? I keep forgetting which socks are stalking whom.

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Go old skool -- Jimi Hendrix Experience

Can't go wrong with Hendrix.

Also:

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Frank Zappa
Led Zeppelin

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by RedLady
I found out over Thanksgiving that my 13 year old nephew is starting to learn how to play the guitar. He played "Sweet Home Alabama" for us. Since 13 year old boys are impossible to buy for, I thought I could get him some CDs for christmas. I'm looking for suggestions of older music that he should hear and listen to develop a musical taste and music that should inspire him to play.

So what are your top 3 cds that you think a budding guitar player should have in their collection?

Thanks for the suggestions
RL

SRV
Clapton
Hendrix

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by RedLady
So what are your top 3 cds that you think a budding guitar player should have in their collection?

If you're going for classic stuff the kid has a chance of being able to play pretty much immediately, try Neil Young. Harvest is a great album to start with. Plus it has "Alabama" on it - the song that prompted Sweet Home Alabama.

More inspirational choices include:

Cream, "Disraeli Gears"

Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Are you Experienced?" or "Electric Ladyland". I also think the album "Blues" is very good, especially for a young aspiring guitarist.

Buddy Guy, "Buddy's Baddest" or "Damn Right I've Got the Blues"

Richard Thompson "Small Town Romance" - best folk guitarist in the world. The bootleg Live at the Bottomline is actually better (but difficult to find), but this is very good, live and acoustic. May be a little slow for 13 year olds. OTOH, it's the album he'll pick back up five years from now and think "Damn. My aunt is not only smokin' hot, she sure can pick a good CD."

The Yardbirds, "Greatest Hits, Volume 1" Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, were all in the Yardbirds.

AC/DC, Back in Black. I think this album defines heavy metal.

Note: I haven't really thought about lyric suitability for an early teen here. There are some mature themes here, especially with the blues albums and AC/DC, but I think you're okay.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I was out with my son last weekend in a fairly crowded place, and he was playing in a place- and age-appropriate way while I was doing something else and watching him from about 30 feet away.

This older woman in a couple walks over and starts talking to him, and he talks back, but I can't hear what they're saying. After a while he points in my direction, and she turns and looks very confused. So then I have to go over and find out what her problem is.

She was worried that he was there alone, so she asked where is mother was. He said, I didn't bring my mother. So she asked where his father was, and he said, I didn't bring my father. So she asked who he was there with, and he said, my aunt, and points to me.

I wish I could take credit for teaching him to fuck with strangers in this way, but he came up with it all by himself.

She must have been new to San Francisco.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
Can't go wrong with Hendrix.

Also:

Stevie Ray Vaughan

I can't believe I forgot SRV!

The Sky is Crying is a fantastic album; so is Texas Flood.

[mmm3587]

Is there an online guide anywhere to coat styles? I am looking for a mid-length coat. Just over the ass, whatever that length is. I already have a black 3/4 overcoat, but I want to get a shorter, slightly more casual black wool and or cashmere dress coat. I would still want it to look okay over a sportcoat or suit, though. I can't keep up with all the pea coats, university coats, driving coat, stadium jackets, car coats, etc. I like to buy stuff at Bluefly, but all the black coats are too dark in the pictures and I can't see them that well. So I may be stuck looking in retail places on this one. Which is fine, but they have to be in Chicago.

I really like BlueFly, by the way. They will pay return shipping as long as you take the credit in BlueFly credit as opposed to back to your credit card. So, it's pretty easy to try a bunch of shit out, and they often have significant sales, and the selection is wide.

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
It's the end of the line for Ellen DeGeneres and Alexandra Hedison. People reports the low-key couple has called it quits after four years of togetherness.



But privacy may be a problem after a story in Monday's New York Post linking DeGeneres to Portia de Rossi, 31, whom she was allegedly hanging out with at VH1's Big in '04 show on Dec. 1.


Appears to be an upgrade.

Maybe so, but it appears her shoes are too short.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by baltassoc
Note: I haven't really thought about lyric suitability for an early teen here. There are some mature themes here, especially with the blues albums and AC/DC, but I think you're okay.

Apropos of early teens behaving badly, Mrs. Not Bob and I watched The Dangerous Life of Altar Boys last night. Great flick. Nice flashback to my own misguided youth -- plus it reminded me to check the level on the liquor bottles before and after the Not Bobette's sleepover this weekend.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Count me on your side. Kids need to fall down, so that they learn what their limits are. Kids will break arms. Kids should be exposed to other kids who have colds or the flu, so their bodies can develop the necessary defenses to fight them. Kids should handle problems with someone else's pushy kid without the parent intervening on their behalf. Every cry should not be answered and fits (even public ones should be largely ignored).

But leaving your child in a room far enough away from you that you won't know if there is a problem is right on the line. We struggled with this. Is it okay to leave a baby in the crib when it is sleeping to run to the basement of the Apartment building to change the laundry? Probably. It doesn't seem much different than when someone with a big house does the same thing. But we never did it because (i) God forbid there is a fire or you forgot your keys or both -- you would never, ever forgive yourself and (ii) when they take away your kids because something happens when you weren't in the apartment, no argument would sound convincing.

Tough call, but it's a personal choice. The world is filled with sunnybunnies who don't have kids, but can tell you exactly how to raise yours ("your kid doesn't have a pony? child abuse! how many lunchboxes does he have?"). I wish sb would have said something to that gay couple, since I'm too far away from her to kick her in the face for not minding her own fucking business. And I'm not even going to touch why she seems to think that their behavior should be judged differently because they're gay.

That's a good poll two-part poll, actually. An unnamed poster and I had this argument long ago.

1. Post any good stories you have of someone minding your business, when they should have kept their noses out of it.

2. What is it about people that makes them so fucking nosy and meddlesome?

When I argued with another poster about it long ago, I thought growing up in NYC (or any city (hi plf!)) teaches you the virtues of minding your own business. Hell, I think it's common courteousy. This other poster seemed to think that the size and nature of their family granted them the freedom to mind everyone else's business (I think, who listens?). Anyone else have theories?

Thurgreed(wow, that post got away from me)Marshall

Fuck you. You talk (post) too much.

Happy Friday!!! (Hi, RT!)