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Someone else great in that period was David Allen Coe. Man, he ended up really ####ef up, but for a couple years he was amazing. Willis Allen Ramsey, Zorro and the blue footballs, Rusty weir. Great times, but  a decade after country Joe

 
krista4 said:
:goodposting:   Couldn't agree more.  It did skip around too much, and I could have done with less Mamas and Papas and Simon & Garfunkel (whom I love but not in this setting), and the full-on Otis and Jimi.  But that's looking back with the benefit of time.  They did manage to capture the Ravi Shankar set beautifully, which I think was the star of the show (followed closely by Janis Joplin).

The most amazing thing to me was when they interviewed the director, who is 90something now and looked 60!
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I don't know, Ravi was great, but I didn't think it would ever end. And when it did the movie was over. And I wanted more Otis, Sly, and Melanie

 
cosjobs said:
Someone else great in that period was David Allen Coe. Man, he ended up really ####ef up, but for a couple years he was amazing. Willis Allen Ramsey, Zorro and the blue footballs, Rusty weir. Great times, but  a decade after country Joe
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Willis Alan Ramsey. :wub:   Put out one record, with (1) a song that might actually be perfect (Angel Eyes), and (2) a song covered by Captain and Tenille for ####'s sake (Muskrat Love), and then disappeared for 30 years.  But that one record...perfection.

 
cosjobs said:
I don't know, Ravi was great, but I didn't think it would ever end. And when it did the movie was over. And I wanted more Otis, Sly, and Melanie
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I could have watched Ravi's drummer happily for the rest of my life.  Or rather, their connection together.  Blown the #### away.

 
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cosjobs said:
Someone else great in that period was David Allen Coe. Man, he ended up really ####ef up, but for a couple years he was amazing. Willis Allen Ramsey, Zorro and the blue footballs, Rusty weir. Great times, but  a decade after country Joe
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Unrepentant racist "a"-hole. But his stuff from the 70s still holds up. :bag:  

 
Henry Ford said:
The rubber washer on one toilet bolt finally disintegrated tonight and the nut on the other bolt was rusted on. 

I just spent an hour sawing through a toilet bolt with a Ronco knife.  

Can confirm it will cut metal. 
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You should have used the Krista technique and just bought a new house.

 
Chaos Commish said:
Understood and sorry you had to go through all that. I have some big### bolt cutters for that job. I hate toilets. Plumbers are awesome.
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I knew it was going to pop at some point and bought the part months ago.  Never bothered to check and see if the bolts were rusted on. 

:wall:  

 
Man of Constant Sorrow said:
OHHHHH  YEAH!!!!!!!!!

In the thread here about, "What song do you want to be playing on your deathbed?"....I did not have to contemplate my choice for even a millisecond!

Jimi Hendrix 'Voodoo Child' (Slight Return)

Lyrics:

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the most oft told story of my sister wandering off during the fillmore days was when my mom couldn't find her for a while and finally found her sitting on jimi's lap talking about lollipops or something.  it was 1am or so and my sister was around 3.  

the crazy part is my mom never worried about her toddler wandering off in the night club.  at times, she'd notice she wasn't sleeping in the coats anymore and rather than look for her, she would go back to the dance floor or whatever.  she knew she'd turn up. :lmao:   different times for sure.  plenty of lsd and weed.  lots and lots of weed.

 
DA RAIDERS said:
the most oft told story of my sister wandering off during the fillmore days was when my mom couldn't find her for a while and finally found her sitting on jimi's lap talking about lollipops or something.  it was 1am or so and my sister was around 3.  

the crazy part is my mom never worried about her toddler wandering off in the night club.  at times, she'd notice she wasn't sleeping in the coats anymore and rather than look for her, she would go back to the dance floor or whatever.  she knew she'd turn up. :lmao:   different times for sure.  plenty of lsd and weed.  lots and lots of weed.
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:lol:

Yeah, I bet your sister was one of the very few sleepin...even a little.

 
krista4 said:
I could have watched Ravi's drummer happily for the rest of my life.  Or rather, their connection together.  Blown the #### away.
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Speaking of Ravi...how many here knew he is Norah Jones dad?

Being as I may be the only Norah fan here...if Bob's summary was sincere...it may be worth noting.

On the other hand, if honda... :bag:

 
DA RAIDERS said:
the most oft told story of my sister wandering off during the fillmore days was when my mom couldn't find her for a while and finally found her sitting on jimi's lap talking about lollipops or something.  it was 1am or so and my sister was around 3.  

the crazy part is my mom never worried about her toddler wandering off in the night club.  at times, she'd notice she wasn't sleeping in the coats anymore and rather than look for her, she would go back to the dance floor or whatever.  she knew she'd turn up. :lmao:   different times for sure.  plenty of lsd and weed.  lots and lots of weed.
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Jeebus. My folks basically bought reefer madness hook line sinker. I remember coming home stoned and listening to my clueless dad tell me to never smoke  marijuana because I would hallucinate and do horrible things I would never do sober. That conversation was a trip. 

 
Man of Constant Sorrow said:
Speaking of Ravi...how many here knew he is Norah Jones dad?

Being as I may be the only Norah fan here...if Bob's summary was sincere...it may be worth noting.

On the other hand, if honda... :bag:
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I know it, but I dislike her music.

Well.  I don't dislike, but I hate that it was called "jazz," which it most assuredly is not.  And that made me hate her for a number of years.  Unreasonably so.

 
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Chaos Commish said:
Jeebus. My folks basically bought reefer madness hook line sinker. I remember coming home stoned and listening to my clueless dad tell me to never smoke  marijuana because I would hallucinate and do horrible things I would never do sober. That conversation was a trip. 
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yea....my mom has dropped more acid than most moms.

 
krista4 said:
Speaking of Country Joe and the Fish, I saw a new print of the Monterey Pop music fest movie about a month ago that was spectacular.   I couldn't recommend enough seeing this movie, especially in a theater.  When you have a show at which Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire and is still the third best act that day, you've created something special.

ETA the crazy lineup:

The Mamas & the Papas
Canned Heat
Simon & Garfunkel
Hugh Masekela
Jefferson Airplane
Big Brother and the Holding Company
The Animals
The Who
Country Joe and the Fish
Otis Redding
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Ravi Shankar
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Pffft I was there.

 
krista4 said:
I know it, but I dislike her music.

Well.  I don't dislike, but I hate that it was called "jazz," which it most assuredly is not.  And that made me hate her for a number of years.  Unreasonably so.
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Agreed its not jazz...

...and we still cool.  :thumbup:

Chaos Commish said:
Jeebus. My folks basically bought reefer madness hook line sinker. I remember coming home stoned and listening to my clueless dad tell me to never smoke  marijuana because I would hallucinate and do horrible things I would never do sober. That conversation was a trip. 
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Ha!  I remember having that talk with my parents////while stoned.

And...just two years ago, I busted my Pop with a joint...at 80...his new pain meds. ;)

Of course, I have yet to find their magic mushroom stash...

...still searchin tho.

 
Henry Ford said:
The rubber washer on one toilet bolt finally disintegrated tonight and the nut on the other bolt was rusted on. 

I just spent an hour sawing through a toilet bolt with a Ronco knife.  

Can confirm it will cut metal. 
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I don't think I've ever met a toilet bolt (or washer or nut)that wasn't rusted through.

 
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cosjobs said:
This is what I was listening to in 8-9th grade. 
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Let's see...8th grade....

Well, I posted about my 8th grade musical adventures as "T. Funnel" in another thread many months ago...so...instead of rewriting:

Hmmm, T-Funnel...let me think back...

It all began with Dad Jokes, as I recall.

One buddy's dad was bald (Turtle Wax), another's was a bigger loon than I am (Loopy), and my Pop was a drinker (Funnel).

Well, one night we stole 2 sixteen ounce bottles of liquor from my dad. Actually, we didn't steal the bottles, rather, we poured 16 oz of vodka into one empty Pepsi bottle...and a half and half mix of vodka & gin into a 2nd. We feared that taking too much of the vodka would bust us.

So, the guys whose pops were Turtle & Loopy split the 16 oz of vodka.  I finished the mixed one by myself.  I ended up puking alll over my brand new New Balance basketball shoes (Later referred to as "Nordenheggers"...don't ask why that name came about...I was drunk at the time.)

Anyways, after than night, I became "T. Funnel"...son of "Funnel".

A few months later, the 3 of us formed "Rap Attack"...our break dance crew.

I kept "T. Funnel"...the other 2 were....????????????....maybe...."Run Hot" & "Downtown".

We beasted the streets for a few months before we realized that we were only dorks in parachuute pants and moved on to metal.

However, during that time we actually got pretty decent at breakdancing...

...in fact, when my 2 friends got married years later, we all did the dolphin/worm at the weddings...

...I broke the same big toe both times...

...haven't broke since then!
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So...I think you win the cool contest here.  :bag:

 
OrtonToOlsen said:
Wait, your dad's name was Funnel?
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To the neighborhood kids...yup...the man put away so much beer that he needed one....a funnel that is.

To his family, old time friends and my Mom, he is Beater. (Eh...not in a "beat you up" sense....good like, but long story.)

To his later friends and once work mates (retired now), he is The Old Dog.

To me, he is just Pops...the bearer of the Wisdom Bomb...

I'm not sure if anyone knows his real name anymore. 

 
@krista4, I just started a biography of Otis called "An Unfinished Life" (I'm blanking on the author's name). So far, really good. The first chapter is about his Monterrey performance and, under the chapter heading, is a quote from Bob Weir: "I thought I had just seen God on stage". 

 
Uruk-Hai said:
@krista4, I just started a biography of Otis called "An Unfinished Life" (I'm blanking on the author's name). So far, really good. The first chapter is about his Monterrey performance and, under the chapter heading, is a quote from Bob Weir: "I thought I had just seen God on stage". 
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To be fair, Bob thought he saw God lots of nights

 
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