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    I miss WXRT, Chicago's Finest Rock. At one time, you could have heard any and all of these tunes in a day's mix from the old 'XRT. The Dead Hour on weekends, the Sunday-night Un-Concert. The award-winning News at Noon. Ken Nordine's Word Jazz, for goodness sakes. They played anything -- absolutely anything that was interesting. Even if it was CRAP, you didn't really care, because they never, ever played the same song twice in one day, sometimes not in the same week or month. Who cares if they played Linda Ronstadt or Spandeux Ballet, as long as they followed it with Frank Zappa, Talking Heads, Little Feat or the Cure, eh? (No disrespect to Ms. Ronstadt -- a fine set of pipes if there ever was, so sad to see her lose her voice.) I wouldn't know what the heck a Wild Tchoupitoulas was without WXRT. Then, Westinghouse bought them. Then, CBS bought them. *sigh* The worst part is that it's still the best radio station in Chicago. Great connection to local and live music, but oh, the play list gets old nowadays. Good new stuff (can 'ya say Shakey Graves?) An occasional nugget, but mostly corporate crap, played six or seven times a day. Even great new stuff, like that new Beck tune, is overplayed and old in a week. Most days I don't even bother to turn it on.
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    Ain't no use to keep taking abuseFrom a friend who isn't kind A friend in need or a friend that you need Who can help you through the troubled times So reach on out and take a hold of my hand And let me know that your ready to go There ain't no dues and you can leave your blues behind And have a little peace peace of mind Give me some peace, Peace of Mind There comes a time when your friends go blind And thier words become diseased They threaten your life with the blade of a knife And set you down upon your needs Make no mistake for your very own sake Heres a little word for now Take off your shoes and let your thoughts be kind And have a little peace, peace of mind Peace Peace of Mind... make us feel better Some folks you find speak a mighty good line They charm you all the way They take you along on a sweet sweet song Then they steal your heart away But blessed be the one who can understand why People have to act that way Cause if I knew I wouldn't even want to say But have a little peace, peace of mind Give me some peace, Peace of Mind Everybody wants Peace, Peace of mind Peace Peace of mind All we need is some... Peace...peace of mind...
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    Yes KDED...but for real on the air, like pirate radio or Mexican Radio If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet You know that ghost is me And I will never be set free As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see If I could read your mind, love What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel The kind the drugstores sell When you reach the part where the heartaches come The hero would be me But heroes often fail And you won't read that book again Because the ending's just too hard to take I'd walk away like a movie star Who gets burned in a three-way script Enter number two A movie queen to play the scene Of bringing all the good things out in me But for now love, let's be real I never thought I could act this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back If you could read my mind, love What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old-time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishin' well In a castle dark or a fortress strong With chains upon my feet But stories always end And if you read between the lines You'll know that I'm just tryin' to understand The feelings that you lack I never thought I could feel this way And I've got to say that I just don't get it I don't know where we went wrong But the feeling's gone and I just can't get it back
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    @whatchu talking bout Willis.....?
    We already do.....K DED is communal...... You meet someone.....stops you DEAD in your tracks.... Just saying.....hit it Sarge...... Don't misunderstand me, though I know that I've been mean Woman can't you see that I'm in need Although we may be far apart In heart and soul we're near My body aches for you to just be here You are every woman in the world to me And every season I go through You are every woman in the world to me Especially when I'm making love to you Like a falling tear drop You can wipe away my blues Live honey you can make the bitter sweet You're a child, a girl, a woman You are everything I'd choose That's why I sing this song to you That's why I sing this song to you
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    We should have our own radio station... I think I may have missed my true calling. Only you know and I know All the love we've got to show So don't refuse to believe it By reading too many meanings 'Cause you know that I mean what I say So don't go and take me the wrong way You know you can't go on gettin' your own way 'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday Now if I sing to mislead you It's just my craziness comin' through But when it comes down to just two I ain't no crazier than you 'Cause you know that I mean what I say So don't go and take me the wrong way You know you can't go on gettin' your own way 'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday Yeah, yeah, yeah, appear to be pleasin' Oh no, no, not deceivin' But it's hard to believe it When you been so mistreated 'Cause you know that I mean what I say So don't go and take me the wrong way You know you can't go on gettin' your own way 'Cause if you do, it's gonna get you someday Only you know and I know Only you know and I know, oh yeah
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    sorry.....ok after this done with EC.....not you, it's me...... Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road, Baby, just you wait and see. You gotta reap just what you sow; That old saying is true. You gotta reap just what you sow; That old saying is true. Just like you mistreat someone, Someone's gonna mistreat you. You been laughing, pretty baby, Someday you're gonna be crying. You been laughing, pretty baby, Someday you're gonna be crying. Further on up the road You'll find out I wasn't lying. Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road Someone's gonna hurt you like you hurt me. Further on up the road, Baby, just you wait and see.
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    Blasphemy...really Damn music snobs Well she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind that's running 'round. Butterflies and zebras, fairy tales, That's all she ever thinks about. When I'm sad she comes to me With a thousand smiles she gives to me free. Said, "It's all right, take anything you want, Anything you want, anything." First Verse Second Verse Fly on, little wing.
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    ....for awhile......then he found a better way....blasphemy here but Derek n the Dominos.....Layla and other assorted Love Songs is my favorite album of all tiime..... and the song I resonate with......to this day..... Have you ever loved a woman So much you tremble in pain? Have you ever loved a woman So much you tremble in pain? And all the time you know She bears another man's name. But you just love that woman So much it's a shame and a sin. You just love that woman So much it's a shame and a sin. But all the time you know She belongs to your very best friend. Have you ever loved a woman And you know you can't leave her alone? Have you ever loved a woman And you know you can't leave her alone? Something deep inside of you Won't let you wreck your best friend's home.
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    You were saying EC was the king... Bell bottom blues, you made me cry. I don't want to lose this feeling. And if I could choose a place to die It would be in your arms. Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you? Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back? I'd gladly do it because I don't want to fade away. Give me one more day, please. I don't want to fade away. In your heart I want to stay. It's all wrong, but it's all right. The way that you treat me baby. Once I was strong but I lost the fight. You won't find a better loser. [Chorus 2x] Bell bottom blues, don't say goodbye. I'm sure we're gonna meet again, And if we do, don't you be surprised If you find me with another lover. [Chorus] I don't want to fade away. Give me one more day please. I don't want to fade away. In your heart I long to stay.
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    All the world over, so easy to see People everywhere just wanna be free Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be Deep in the valley, people got to be free You should see what a lovely, lovely world this'd be Everyone learned to live together Seems to me such an itty bitty thing should be Why can't you and me learn to love one another? All the world over, so easy to see People everywhere just wanna be free I can't understand it, so simple to me People everywhere just got to be free If there's a man who is down and needs a helpin' hand All it takes is you to understand and to pull him through Seems to me we got to solve it individually And I'll do unto you what you do to me Shout it from the mountain on out to the sea No two ways about it, people have to be free Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be Nat'ral situation for a man to be free Git right on board now Oh, what a feelin's just come over me Love can move a mountain, make a blind man see Everybody sing it now come on let's go see Deep in the valley now, we ought to be free See that train over there? That's the train of freedom It's about to 'rrive any minute, now You know it's been'a long, long overdue Look out 'cause it's a'comin' right on through
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Jenny Screamers!!!! will check out the Ballist point, recommend Mothers Milk, a nice dark one from Keegan brewers in the Hudson valley
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Will check tomorrow at my local Beverage emporium....
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TOTALLY !! That was my big high school beer. Unbreakable cardboard cases - remember those suckers? Huge, thick, green bottles. Then we used to slam Rolling Rocks and argue what the "33" meant. That, by the way, one of the true mystery questions of life...
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The pride of Latrobe, PA...Preferred Yeungling....
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Funny...Yeungling (America's oldest brewery in Pottstown, PA - o/s of Philly) was always a junk, cheap beer back in the day. Now it's chique, trendy and expensive. I'm a Stella man...beer, I say beer that is, boy...
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had a friend who pal'ed around with a drop-dead gorgeous creature named Moe. Sweetest doggie I ever met.
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I was never a dog guy, til I met my boy...a rescue from Kentucky kill shelter...got him in 2011 at 15 months....what a gentle giant....a true stoner dog ...meant in the best of ways...his disposition of that of the Dude in Big Lebowsi....hence Sgt. Pupper
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Are you sure the green bottles are brewed south of the border? The (terrible) stuff in the brown bottles was and is brewed in my old home town (London) - also would not drink it knowing where that plant is built...and what it is built on - and half the people that work there...remember, Labatt's used to allow their workers to pull beers off the line and drink on the job...hell they used to have beer vending machines in the break room that were free...ah the 80's now there is H&S to deal with...now they put a weekly 24 on your paycheck.
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about the green bottles, they're all brown around here, not a Labatt drinker myself
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Never seen em, green Molson golden and moosehead.... I'm a 2xIPA man, myself.... Need a Canucks second opinion here.... Jury is out....
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The green bottles were what we used to send across the border - had an alcohol content of like 3% and tasted more like water or Coor's light than beer...Brown bottles were domestic and had an alcohol content of 5%. These tasted like they were recycled beers from the night before...D-Town only ever had the greenies...they MAY have stopped that practice after they were bought by the Dutch and then bought again by the Brazilians...who knows anymore - never touch the stuff myself. Boo where you from?
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From Hamburg, just south of Buffalo, relocated to Rochester for school and stayed I don't remember green bottles, I recall brown stubbies
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Stubbies going waaaaay back. The death of the stubby is a sad story...interesting that upstate NY got the domestic stuff...even in Europe I always saw the green bottles...gave an already bad beer an even worse international reputation. In any event, I soooo would not recommend Labatt's under any circumstances. You CAN still get stubbies from a small brewer in Waterloo ON...Red Cap beer. The lager is kinda crap, but the Waterloo Dark is pretty decent. I always bought it when I was in Ontario just for the stubbies and the sentimental value. That and Labatt's and Molson, together killed the stubby.
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I still remember the Red Cap song,, cans or draft or bottles....... and Red Stripe still comes in stubbies, not that I recommend it
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Mmmmmmm.....beer. I grew up in Hamilton Ontario and I always drank Lakeport. I don"t know if its still around. It was piss but it was cheap. I've moved on to better since. Stella, Keiths, Rickards. But really...nothing beats a pint of Guinness. "These peanuts are making me thirsty."On a side note, did anyone see that catch Kevin Pillar made last night against the Rays? I nearly shit myself.
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I wasn't near my computer - but luckily it's my day off and I was able to go grab it (visiting my mom and cat today on my day off <3 ) I'm here I'm here ...
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What did you grab? And say hi to "mom" from your SD family while you're at it :-)
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When she gets home from work in the future. My sister is here doing laundry and she does say "Hiiii." She is one of the three I was trying to score SC tickets for (including me), and she is the closes thing I have to a significant other - "You are obsessed" she literally said to me 8 minutes ago. "You should come with me to the lot in Santa Clara," I then said. "I probably will," she said, haha. Her heart knows a good thing ;) I grabbed my computer Tony. It was at my place - next town over. Dead.net is o-k on my phone, not great. It's a beautiful day here in California. It's my day off and I am cruising (as we say in Hawaii). With a little launders mixed innit.
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Sister that was the most tripped out conversation I ever read.... I'm turning into my father....it's like Ebonics without the ebony..... And you know something is happening here but you don't know what it is....do you rrrrrgrrrrr! NOPE..... Rrrrrgrrrrr down the rabbit hole..... White flag held high..... I surrender....
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helluva catch. the pitcher now owes Pillar a case of Guinness or whatever he prefers.
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Our brothers in arms and hearts have put in my hands two tickets - one for each night in Santa Clara! My turn again to feel that humble love and gratitude. This fits in so well with the beginning of my story, which I've told in brief to Tony via email... this time I will be there. All the years combine <3 ps. rrrgrrr you get the jist. It's just that I'm a deadhead and I miss/ed Jerry.
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Chris and Dave ***************
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It's a jubilee darlin' !!! WHOO-HOO !!!
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STELLA STELLA! I know.......said in a David Gans monotone whisper.... congrats on the ducats chica! Beddy bye Boze time.... big announcement coming to SD next week...... It's a secret...... Do da do.... Do you promise not to tell.... Out!
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My brother's name is Chris and he was always first...(being the older)....maybe that is just me (probably)
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I finally found this forum,..it was a task for me,.. I'm severely sleep deprived and this Santa Clara Ticket fiasco has got me almost to the point that Klang was over Chicago. It's keeping me awake at night. I was supposed to see these shows with my Friend from Venezuela, He's in Texas now and as bummed as I am. I know I'm listed on the spreadsheet as not going, but it should say needs 2 tix for each night. but 1 is a start,...thanks for any and all help, I have you all in mind as well,.. been scouring cash or trade,...ebay,...etc...looking for any face value anywhere. If I score I will share the wealth as well. I'm in PA., and Ca. is a lot of travel without at least one ticket. preferably a saturday so I have time to look for a sunday while there, as well as a cheap flighht and shelter. Muchos Garcias!
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Please bring stories and pictures with you on the train ride. Great way to pass some time.
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I am really looking forward to that, and pics and stories is a great idea. Please do the same. I freeze under pressure but hopefully I can recall one or two good ones. Cards. Movies. Planning what to carry-on and what to leave down below. I'm going to find out what the storage situation is in coach.
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anyone have natty bo from Baltimore? (not natty lite but probably similar quality). friend just dropped off Great Lakes Christmas Ale and Commodore Perry IPA. wow! GLBC is the best unknown brewery IMHO. Yuengling...it is too bad it got chic. I always thought it was good everyday brew, reasonably priced. Not anymore...the pricing. still a decent brew but not cheap. looking forward to sipping a few with SDers in Chi in 73-ish days.
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anyone have natty bo from Baltimore? (not natty lite but probably similar quality). friend just dropped off Great Lakes Christmas Ale and Commodore Perry IPA. wow! GLBC is the best unknown brewery IMHO. Yuengling...it is too bad it got chic. I always thought it was good everyday brew, reasonably priced. Not anymore...the pricing. still a decent brew but not cheap. looking forward to sipping a few with SDers in Chi in 73-ish days.
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Haha yes. There are so many fun strings in the ball of yarn that's my name here. and MKAV - there is a forum on here for people to commune about their brews. I think it's called what's in your fridge? Not that this isn't a fine place to speak of such things. Of course it is. It's a fine place. Period.
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yeah i know but saw so many comments i had to say something.
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Don't know bout you all, but these weeks are flying by... With each day that Kyle counts down, I am realizing the days between become fewer and fewer. Before we all know it, it will be 7/6/15 and this will be long gone... So Totes....count slower, ok? And to the rest of us....let us savor each other's virtual company but real friendships... Talkin with Tony yesterday...yeah we really do have a special group here,...something to be proud of.... Coffee is on, hot and fresh.... Big weekend here in the not so Great not so white and not quite as north as some here.... @Bobby69.... So glad you made it brother....settle down easy.... This is the place and this space is getting HOT! So let's get on with the show....
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Coffee's on Here too.. Have to be at work in 45minutes,...UUUUgghhh!!! Another day sweating over lumber. swinging a hammer and fretting 'bout Tix. Will do my best to settle down,.. My girlfriend is about to throw me overboard! I don't blame her. I guess in the grand scheme of all that going on in the world I am a Lucky dog. You're right, before we know it, it'll be a few years down the road, we'll pull the SD tee shirt out of a drawer and Smile Smile Smile!!!!
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And where's our countdown? Did our brother have too many Stella's last night? Hey now gang, SPECIAL TICKET UPDATE in your in-boxes. Bottom line, SC is a snap and all brothers & sisters here are a shoe-in for miracles. Chicago, well, that's another story...tons of yellow on the spreadsheet. We need to kill our yellow cell decease !!! TGIF to all :-)
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Has me feeling....Wanna wish rrrggrrr's son Scott break a leg for tonight's album release!!! Have a Stella, rolling rock, and a shot of whisky for me...lord knows if I could get some child minding up here in the great white north Id cross that border in double time to join the party! TGIF. Sd'ers.
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Thanks grrrrrlllll... The support means a lot, have one of our SDers venturing in from Shippenville Pa, that's west of East nowhere on the map...coming to crowd surf, I'm sure.... And not to worry we have a case of Great Lakes Rye of the Tiger and....just for our Canandian groupie .... There will be whiskey in the jar'o.... whack for my Daddy-o .love that line.... Gonna try to video tape some and send it North so you can experience it vicariously.... Musha rin um du rum da.....
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Good MORNing! It's great to stay up late, good morning, good morning, to you! :-)
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It is going to be a lovely day! Can someone please peel me off the ceiling?!?!
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Grab some coffee ....have a grateful Friday and peaceful weekend... Hi ho hi ho it's back to work I go.... that's where I mainly spend my time....
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No caffeine for you! Have a grate day
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Hey now cat lady...please check your PM...thanks !!
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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. 71 Days to Santa Clara, 77 days to Chicago Sorry I missed the coffee talk this morning, I'm home with a little stomach bug today.
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And feel better brotha !!! I said now Doc.....Doctor!! Mr. M.D. - Doctor !!! Oh can ya tell me, what's ailing me. He said rrrrrgrrrrr, rrrrrgrrrrr,,,,,,ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS SOME RRRRGRRRRR LOVIN' !!!!!
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Hey now feel better soon! No one needs to be sick on a Friday!
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Now let me get this straight... Kyle bought a coconut he had a lime... He put the lime in the coconut and drank em all up then he call da doctor...said Doctor, is there nothing I can take... Call me in da morning...oooh ooo... All you need, all you really need is.... A little rest Mr MD....is way out.... Still have to figure out how to brive a dus and drum at the same time.... Hey Stella, STELLA! get your groove back... Take the wheel please.... Just keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel.....
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coffee this way, what time do you fellas and gals have to get up? this thread starts well before my rooster crows, he's getting on in the years.... rrrrgrrrr where is your boy, I say your boy, playing?
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www.savannahkingmusic.com poke around...shameless plug btw up and at 'em 4:45 est on work days....out by 10pm....not getting any younger Coffee on, tonight its Jack n coke, Bombay and tonic and beer... Come to da Buff and party.... Studio at the Waiting Room Delaware and Tupper doors 6pm main act 7:30 +/-