Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

I trust all the other music dorks know about this? ncs, I assume Mr Man has been to the sneak previews?

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

I like the White Stripe (and Racontuers for that matter), but isn't it a bit early to label Jack White a "rock legend," in particular when grouping him with Jimmy Page? Heck, one could question whether The Edge can be labelled a "rock legend" when grouped with Page.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

Okay, what 2 rock guitarists, one of whom is at least 15 years younger than Page, and the other aboutt 30 years younger than Page, can be labelled a "rock legend" when grouped with Page? The movie pretty evidently was trying to get some generational variety.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

I think Jack White is very similar to Jimmy Page in his exploration of the instrument. He goes all over the fucking place, and he's very, very good in each iteration. He also is pretty popular with the music dorks, the critics, and the general rock-listening population. That's a hard thing to pull off.

It's obvious that they took three guitarists from different eras. Who else over the last 15 years or so do you think even comes close to qualifying?

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

From the NYTimes review, it looked excellent. And the movie appears to give Jimmy Page the adulation he deserves.

Re: who took over newber retention?
 

Until you posted that link, I had no idea who or what Ed Hardy was. I assumed it was Canadian thing that only they knew about and anyone in the real America who knew what it was hated it, but most of us were blissfully unaware of. Like poutine.

You suck, Flower.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

No one. The alternative would've been to shoot for 3 legends at a similar level -- say Page, Clapton, and Santana -- but that would have been a very different movie. I think the choices were excellent. The similarities you note between Page and White are interesting, and Edge is a good, contrasting middle-person.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

My boyfriend is a former roadie. He held the guitar that made Houses of the Holy during a Page and Plant show. He set up the White Stripes at SXSW (having to borrow everything but the guitar from other bands) in a tiny tiny room in 2000. And he worked a U2 stadium show in the late 90s. He said that the reason you never hear any U2 covers from albums after Unforgettable Fire is that crappy cover bands can't afford all the equipment. The Edge has a full board in front of him, and there's a roadie off stage working an effects board too. Catastrophic tech failure at a U2 concert. I like the juxtaposition, because it's a totally different style and approach to the insturment than the, er, straightforward(?) way of Page and White. Looks like a pretty awesome movie.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

Satriani and Slash?

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Re: who took over newber retention?
 

I love that I'm almost totally out of it. Not with it at all. I've heard of this "Ed Hardy" before, but only via posts on textsfromlastnight.com, which refer to it as "douchy". I have no idea what these clothes look like.

I miss the International Male.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

I don't dispute the choice. I was questioning the label.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

I liked that they picked the three from different eras and it did not matter so much who they were. I saw a long interview with the filmmaker and it looks amazing.

Guitar-driven rock is just not my thing, but I admit a new appreciation for the Edge as a result of the footage.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

welcome newber! our greetings chairman Pretty Little Flower is on prison work release until mid-September, thus he won't be able to deliver formal greetings until the morning, and when he arrives at his office. Until then, we are pleased that you have chosen to post. We know you have many anon chatting options, and we appreciate that you have picked us.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

Thanks, Mr. Chinaski! I sure hope you all go easy on me!

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

What song is my sig line from?

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

Bittersweet Me, by REM.

Apparently.

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Indeed. It's like the person who put stuff on my iPod really knows me.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

No.

You are wrong.

As is Hank.

Paigow mentioned a scenario where her boyfriend or whatever took forever to come during oral and wondered why in a post to these boards years ago.

I coined the term "blowjob camel" to describe the man. She deserves credit and blame for many, many things, but not this one.

It's her story. It's my word.

If the search function was enabled, a cite could easily be provided. In the alternative, we should get some interns and have them do it. Maybe this guy should be our new intern.

Guitar Heroes
 

Both good.

But on sheer talent, and at that age level, the Edge? Come on. How about

Buckethead
Eric Johnson
Adam Jones
Warren Haynes

On sheer awesomeness and with comparable name recognition, how about

Eddie Van Halen
Tom Morello
Steve Vai

I won't even go the Jack White replacements. I love Jack, but come on.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

"As he gazed into the eyes of the Gorgon he immediately turned into stone"

-Homer

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

Hank's been rewriting history on the PB for years; he's very good at it. For Flower, reality is a bad place he once visited to which he hopes to never return. Pick your debate partners.

Yes, you are right. But the legend is what counts. If TM puts it to rap, being right won't matter any more.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

OMG!

Welcome back.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

do you think Bill Clinton makes "Monica Lewinsky is fat" jokes?

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

we don't need no stinkin seach function.

when the history of this place is written, believe me, flower and I will be high up in the editorial fucntion, working from our memories. And you'll be in the history, right now only because of the tomato basil soup at your wedding, but maybe other stuff that is yet to happen too- as long as you don't piss us off, or disrespect our authority. Capiche?

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

I'm hoping (read: guessing) this was part of the joke.

TM

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

Aw, thanks, but I am trying to convince Hank I'm new, so I will be left out of his "history of this place."

Some things have changed since I was posting regularly -- new career (x2); OddMan out, new man in -- but, I still got love for the streets.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

Note: Hank is the senior partner who we'll have write the firm history so he stops wandering the halls annoying the working attorneys.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

I think Tomato Basil soup was another guy, but regardless, from this point forward, Manfred will be know in Board Lore as "Tomato Basil Soup Guy."

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

To the extent that you are saying that a Venn diagram of your and my perceptions of reality would resemble Victoria Beckham's chest, then I suppose I agree. Cheers!

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

Evenodds? Yo. It's been awhile.

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Stone? I heard it was no harder than room-temperature butter.

Re: Guitar Heroes
 

The problem with some of these names (like Vai), I think, is that they weren't with any one band for decades, as was the Edge, so while they may have a distinctive guitar sound (and prodigious talent) they didn't push a distinctive band sound.

Van Halen's an exception, but putting van Halen with Jimmy Page would go against one of the themes of the movie, as I understood it -- the idea of the second person having a very different sound than Page/Zep.

At the end of the day, I'd probably rather watch How the West Was Won again, but I'd still like to see this movie.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

I am accepting lyric suggestions to bring others back.

Re: Guitar Heroes
 

Talent, esp. wanky talent, ain't everything. With the possible exception of Morello, no way I'd see the movie with any of those guys filling in for the Edge.

Now Peter fucking Buck? That would be a different story.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

12 and 21. Both would be subs for the Edge, who's 17 years younger than Page.

Re: This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth
 

No tooth approval yet; maybe next week.

Philistines
 

Rashied Ali is dead, and all you people can talk about is the electic guitar?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE2WBSXJG8E

Re: Philistines
 

That's sad. I'm going to get my iPod and start blasting Coltrane's Live in Japan. Should keep people away from office.

An Ethnic Fashion Question
 

A few weeks ago, I went on a cocktail dress buying binge because, well, why not.

My favorite is a fabulous little dress with a unique pattern woven into the fabric. The pattern signifies a certain country's culture. The boyfriend is the same general ethnicity, but a different ancestral country.

Am I an asshole if I wear it to a gala with him?*

e/o


*The issue is not him. He would enjoy it for the kitsch factor alone, but then he's an exile from tcotu and has a sense of humor regarding such things.