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Post by Mike on Jan 25, 2005 0:18:44 GMT -5
I'm ordering it from amazon. Thanks
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Post by jashley on Jan 27, 2005 17:07:43 GMT -5
Hoy Hoy All,
Did you all know that we are MADE OF MUSIC?
I was watching PBS one night and a show came on called "The Elegant Universe", there is a book by the same name written by, I think, Brian Geene.
Anyway, we all have known for a while that the atoms in our body are made up of protons and nuetrons, but now it turns out that these are made up of what are known as STRINGS (consequently this is known as String Theory). The thing that determines the physical properties of these massless (for all pratical purposes) strings is the FREQENCY that they vibrate. The very same thing that determines what note a string on a guitar plays (or a sax blows). I feel that this is the reason music has the power to affect us so strongly. If the music is haromonius to the vibrations that determine our very make up we can not help but be affected in a positive way. Read the book, Mr Greene explains it much better than I can.
O.K. the end of the science as metaphysics for today.
Mike,
I hope you enjoy the Shakespeare book. Let me know what you think.
Peace j
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Post by Mike on Jan 27, 2005 19:51:55 GMT -5
Hoy Hoy All, Did you all know that we are MADE OF MUSIC? I was watching PBS one night and a show came on called "The Elegant Universe", there is a book by the same name written by, I think, Brian Geene. Anyway, we all have known for a while that the atoms in our body are made up of protons and nuetrons, but now it turns out that these are made up of what are known as STRINGS (consequently this is known as String Theory). The thing that determines the physical properties of these massless (for all pratical purposes) strings is the FREQENCY that they vibrate. The very same thing that determines what note a string on a guitar plays (or a sax blows). I feel that this is the reason music has the power to affect us so strongly. If the music is haromonius to the vibrations that determine our very make up we can not help but be affected in a positive way. Read the book, Mr Greene explains it much better than I can. O.K. the end of the science as metaphysics for today. Mike, I hope you enjoy the Shakespeare book. Let me know what you think. Peace j Carlos Santana is really involved with the connection of music and spirituality, I assume with the ole "vehicle" being the amplifier. I can truelly say that I have heard music that changed my life. Duh...Little Feat! I have read that many severely autistic children will only respond to musical rhythms. I believe there is an undeniable link to music and our souls, and I feel bad for someone who can't "feel" The Reverand Al Green.
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Post by chadgumbo on Feb 10, 2005 13:16:12 GMT -5
Here's something you don't get in the mail every day. I didn't know where else to put it, so I thought "Pages in a book" might be the right spot. Anyway, I got some mail from Dad and Mom today. It was a large manila envelope and the contents felt pretty solid. I open it up and and here is the new "World Tourer 2005" brochure. On the cover is none other than my parents! The folks had toured Europe on a Harley last July (or maybe it was the year before ). Anyway, they show up on the cover of this thing. World Tourer is a travel company that you can book European motorcycle tours with. Dad has been a Harley fanatic for years (has a couple in his garage at home). But the one he's on here was rented in Europe. Anyway here's the cover shot... - chadgumbo Hope you all don't mind. I'm really proud of my Dad. He's 71 now (he was 70 in that photo), and he's living his retirement years the way I had hoped he would be able to. Mom's having a great time with him too (they've been married 48 years). So I just kinda wanted to give them a little salute here when I received that in the mail today.
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Post by chadgumbo on Mar 1, 2005 13:05:38 GMT -5
Just returned from vacation, and while I wasn't on the island of Jamaica, I thought I could detect echos still coming from the east the day I was on the island of Grand Cayman It was an enjoyable trip with only one disappointment, that being I never got to meet Mike. I had hoped that timing in the Dallas area would be better, but it wasn't meant to be. We arrived in Dallas too late in the day on the way to Galveston, and we were too rushed on the way home. Mike, my friend, perhaps another day things will work better As for the trip, (it was a cruise with Royal Caribbean) we sailed out of Galveston, stopped in Key West, Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and then back to Galveston... a good time was had by all. I won't bore you with all of the details, but it's good to be back and to catch up on the postings I've been missing here on the message board. - chadgumbo
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Post by Mike on Mar 1, 2005 15:55:25 GMT -5
We arrived in Dallas too late in the day on the way to Galveston, and we were too rushed on the way home. Mike, my friend, perhaps another day things will work better - chadgumbo They will; it's inevitable. What did your wife think about Key (Jimmy Buffett) West? BTW- You've got some cool parents!
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Post by chadgumbo on Mar 29, 2005 17:14:08 GMT -5
Is it just me or is the guy who is in the newest of the Burger King breakfast commercials the same guy that was in the McDonalds McGriddle commercials about 6 months to a year ago? Do I watch too much TV or what ? Later - chadgumbo
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Post by Mike on Mar 30, 2005 21:27:26 GMT -5
Do you watch "24" on Monday night? I'm hooked. Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) with the Counter Terrorist Unit saving the world season after season. This season is Arab (yes, that's correct) terrorist trying to melt down all of the US nucleur power plants. Don't worry, Jack'll get em!
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Post by chadgumbo on Mar 31, 2005 10:34:08 GMT -5
My son, Benjamin, is hooked on that show "24". He can't get enough of it. As for me, unraveling the mysteries of the latest Burger King commercials is enough to keep me wringing my hands Of course I jest ;D Favorites for me would include, Everybody Loves Raymond, Two and a Half Men, Law and Order, and also, for the time being, I'm getting a kick out of my fellow Iowans horsing around with William Shatner on Invasion Iowa. Ben keeps telling me to check out 24 and I may have to do that sometime. - chadgumbo
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Post by chadgumbo on Apr 13, 2005 10:09:16 GMT -5
- Paul McCartneyOn a November 22nd about 15 to 20 years ago, perhaps longer, a reporter was talking to Ted Kennedy about the anniversary of the death of his brother, John. Ted wondered openly, with the reporter, about why it was people had such a fascination for remembering his brother on the anniversary of his death. He stated further that he would much prefer that people remember John on his birthday. With that in mind I will try to remember to give John Kennedy a few moments of thought on May 29th. But today would have been Lowell George's sixtieth birthday and it is his music that I have on my mind today. And so a tip of the hat to Lowell. Tonight I'll place Waiting for Columbus, or maybe Thanks I'll Eat it Here in the CD player. And instead of being sad that for the past quarter of a century we have been deprived of new material from Lowell, I'll instead be grateful that we were graced with his music for the time that he had. Happy birthday Lowell. We still need you. - chadgumbo
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Post by jashley on Apr 13, 2005 11:56:14 GMT -5
Chad,
Good Post and not being a Feat Fact expert I did not know that it was Lowell's birthday, thanks for the info.
Happy Birthday Lowell, wish you were here.
Why doesn't "Thanks I'll Eat it Here" get any airplay or attention, what a great record. As much as I love the Little Feat discography I love this record just as much. Thanks Lowell wherever you are. As long as we have Lowell's music he will never really be gone.
Peace j
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Post by chadgumbo on Aug 4, 2005 11:21:32 GMT -5
I couldn't figure out the appropriate thread for this post, so decided to let it land here as Tipi's intent was for this thread to be something of a catchall that could either be read or ignored according to one's own inclinations. I've been watching the developments of the Discovery flight since its liftoff some days back. And I can't figure out why it is NASA can't get this whole tile - foam situation figured out. And how does a piece of foam break, dent, or chip a tile anyway? Aren't we talking about foam here? I don't care how fast you're going, tile is tile and foam is foam And now we have pieces of cloth dangling from the tiles? Who made these tiles, Tampax? I, like everyone else, am praying for a safe return. But I just can't help but think that if SNL were coming up with a new episode this week and if Chris Farley were still alive we'd be seeing a sketch with Chris in a space suit, outside the shuttle, trying to repair the belly of the ship. First he'd tug a little at the strips of cloth and the result would be an entire tile coming off and floating away into space. "HOLY SCHNIKEES!" would be his response. Next he would try to glue a replacement tile into the space that he had just pulled the other one free of, and of course another 3 or 4 tiles would break away and float off into the great void. "HOUSTON, WE'VE GOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM HERE!"... You get the idea. Keep your fingers crossed for a safe return.
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Post by Mike on Aug 5, 2005 9:06:41 GMT -5
Great question Chad. It seems the more they study solutions, the more questions arise. I've seen 4 shuttle launches and you just can't imagine the awesome power of this thing. Picture a small skyscraper taking off at 2500 mph. Then something similar to a boxcar with wings re-entering the atmosphere at 22,000 mph. Columbia had "slowed down" to 17,000 mph when it came apart over Dallas and scattered on the ground from Dallas to Louisiana. I drive a hot-rod Mustang and am an avid racing fan...but you could not get me in that shuttle with a gun to my head! These astronauts are some real dare-devils if you ask me.
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Post by chadgumbo on Nov 26, 2005 16:52:47 GMT -5
I'm sure most of you have heard the news that the world's ugliest dog died at the age of 14 last week. In case you're wondering how ugly does a dog have to be to have this honor bestowed on it... well, here you go - Apparently, one boyfriend of the dog's owner broke up with her over her having this pet, and she met her current boyfriend somehow because she had the dog. BTW - If the one boyfriend left her because of the dog, then my opinion is that he probably wasn't worth having as a boyfriend to begin with. And as for the other guy, the one who became her boyfriend because of the dog - bless your heart pal... and go get your eyes checked ;D The world just keeps on turning in strange ways. I too am fond of dogs. Pebbles has been a member of our family for 11 years now (she was abandoned in the parking lot where I work in 1994). Here's a picture taken in October of the 2 of us out for a walk at a state park in southeastern Minnesota. And you thought Minnesota is flat, didn't you? She's heard Little Feat more times than I can count while riding with me from one place to another over the years, and quite often on the home stereo as well. Hey, she's never complained
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Post by jashley on Nov 26, 2005 19:37:48 GMT -5
Chad,
Complain; hey that's one lucky dog. Minnesota sure looks like a dog paradise and your dog gets to listen to a lot of "Feat". Oh happy day.
Peace j
P.S. I've missed talking to you brother.
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