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Today, 08:50 PM
Gibson=overpriced. Nice guitars, but completely overpriced and driven by hype. It's a plywood guitar, remember that. Plywood. I would def consider...
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Today, 08:32 PM
Skip, who passed away in 2023, operated a music store in Sacramento for several decades. His son has retained Heritage to conduct an auction with...
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Today, 08:22 PM
It’s unfortunate that you can’t try before you buy. Gibson 335s are generally great instruments.
But, of course it has to be right for you.
My...
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Today, 07:58 PM
It is definitely the same guitar. I looked at all the old posts and it’s the same one you posted a PSA about. The person who bought it in response to...
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Today, 07:43 PM
Oh yes I played that guitar for sure. Spent some time with it and it is a woody sounding guitar. It keeps up with the best. The neck is a bit full...
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Today, 07:17 PM
I recently bought a used player-condition Eastman AR810CE with floating pickup. I love the sound, and especially through an amp or PA plugged in. I...
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Today, 07:16 PM
OMG! No! DON’t BUY A 335!
Did that work?
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Today, 07:06 PM
I can't talk you out of buying a guitar I just bought myself!!!
I was going to get another Epiphone 335, in fact I did, but had to return it. So I...
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Today, 06:59 PM
If you like the sound of a "typical" GIBSON semi-hollow then your choice is manifold but you should also consider the other usual suspects : an...
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Today, 06:35 PM
The way my teacher described it seemed it was more like the ‘feeling of the distance between two beats’. Either that or I failed to understand what...
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Today, 06:20 PM
My main reference or guide on improv is playing tunes. My main tool is rhythm (I imagine rhythmic hits and throw notes at them). My co-tool is...
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Today, 06:20 PM
The title says it all.
Are the current run of 'standard' ES 335s any good? I've noticed some very appealing prices at Thomann. The 'T Type'...
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Today, 06:17 PM
Useful insight. Thank you.
Do you see the 3/4 bars as any different? They each follow a 5/8 bar. No equation. Just a different subdivision.
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Today, 06:16 PM
Thanks for the complement, but there are lots of other great players on this forum. It was quite a coincidence to end up with this guitar. I spend...
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Today, 05:48 PM
They call the subdivisions of the beat "laya."
Correction: A web search tells me that laya is the tempo, they do have a word for the...
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Today, 05:47 PM
BM would be so happy to hear that one of the finest players on this forum has landed one from his collection!
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Today, 05:15 PM
Bindings make perfect sense IMHO. Looking at my buddies' battered double basses, I wonder why tradition still outweighs reason. In that camp, "mint"...
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Today, 05:11 PM
Yes, correct, the year 1054. Dispute over papal authority and the filoque, which is the procession of the holy spirit, are what caused the split.
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Today, 05:10 PM
Looks like Roy had to overdub a solo about 2/3 of the way through. Different guitar.
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Today, 05:07 PM
My son mentioned it to me the other day while we were checking out a couple of films at the local Kurosawa festival.
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Today, 05:05 PM
I doubt it’s South Indian…. I mean it obviously isn’t a Sanskrit term, but I can see how it’s useful and relates to Konnakol.
I did however...
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Today, 04:54 PM
The more I hear, the more I like (don't believe in papal authority). So the split happened when the Roman Catholics came up with the pope, and...
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Today, 04:53 PM
I kept checking the Webstrings site and their flatwounds are still out of stock in the 12 gauge size. I ended up getting two sets of chromes 12s from...
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Today, 04:35 PM
Sure, but todays interfaces (even budget products) are pretty good. A pair of good (neutral) speakers also won‘t break the bank. I‘ve also bought the...
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Today, 04:34 PM
Congratulations! I have a couple of guitars I wish I never sold, and I also keep scanning Reverb. But so far no luck. It's great you found yours...
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Today, 04:28 PM
Oh, I had no idea this existed. Thank you, now I can't wait to see it.
I was actually just talking about "Paris, Texas" with a friend.
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Today, 04:21 PM
When asked by Melvyn Bragg about his personal beliefs, the painter Francis Bacon replied, "I'm profoundly optimistic about nothing".
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Today, 04:19 PM
Please PM if you’ve got a Lollar JS for sale. Thx!
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Today, 04:16 PM
A rare bird, but very pricey
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Today, 04:09 PM
The cutaway LH650 has become a rare bird, namely because so many of them arrived with bad neck angles. Yet some actually arrived with good necks, so...
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Today, 04:04 PM
You've just described the new Wim Wenders film, Perfect Days:
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Today, 04:04 PM
Yes, it's much closer to orthodoxy. But we don't believe in papal authority. The patriarch is considered "first among equals" not a vicar of Christ....
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Today, 04:02 PM
Some nice looking guitars in this thread!
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Today, 03:58 PM
Breh, you work with him individually. Everyone's muted until it's your turn then you can ask him whatever you want. And you can practice the...
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Today, 03:58 PM
Microbeats is a term used for polyrhythms in South Indian Music. There were quite a few exercises re: metric modulation in the lessons I took from...
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Today, 03:53 PM
and you can hear all the other clowns trying to hang?
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Today, 03:52 PM
So there's a group zoom meeting and everyone plays together, but I can be like "Chris listen to this, am I doing it right?"
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Today, 03:50 PM
I was searching through old threads about Campellone guitars and I discovered that the Special that I just bought was one of Big Mike’s guitars. I...
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Today, 03:36 PM
Here is a closeup of my Dale Unger American Legend 7 string guitar, which is hand-carved from all solid wood without binding. This gives the guitar a...
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Today, 03:27 PM
Well, that requires self-discipline. And for the record, YOU are the one who started this "dance" in this thread LOL. But I agree- I have no desire...
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Today, 03:16 PM
I think you may even be over thinking it.
Basically the overall 2/4 pulse of the song doesn’t change.
If we ignore the various dropped and...
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Today, 03:14 PM
Halfway there: Eastman El Rey 4 has no edge-binding on the top, fingerboard or pegehead, and maple binding on the back.
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Today, 03:00 PM
Giant archive of taped lessons plus daily live group classes with different instructors in a zoom call that you participate in.
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Today, 02:57 PM
Here is a photo of the edge of the top of a La Venezia meeting the side and the neck.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Today, 02:56 PM
The good thing about critical thought and not having confirmation bias is people acknowledge the new information without dancing around it for two...
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Today, 02:56 PM
Yes, how very odd! A lot more Americans turned out to vote in an election to replace a president (Donald Trump) whose gross incompetence led to over...
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Today, 02:49 PM
The way the word “anomaly” is used in this thread would probably make a statistician cry.
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Today, 02:49 PM
I guess I just don't get how it works
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Today, 02:46 PM
Because I was confronted with new information. That's the good thing about critical thought and not having confirmation bias: when you receive new...
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Today, 02:46 PM
Refocus back to the nihilists:
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Today, 02:41 PM
In the group classes they give you time to participate.
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Today, 02:40 PM
It's funny how you smoothly transitioned to this statement which is in stark contradiction to your position that 2024 turnout made 2020 extreme...
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Today, 02:35 PM
How so? I mean in what way? I emailed him about private lessons and he ghosted me
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Today, 02:32 PM
You do participate. Chris and Caili give you all the attention you want.
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Today, 02:30 PM
You're talking in circles. Let's start over:
2016 had 17 million fewer voters than 2020.
2020 had 17 million more voters than 2016 (an anomaly)....
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Today, 02:26 PM
My family is what they call "Traditional" Catholic, which is pre-Vatican II: I believe that is similar to the Eastern Orthodox?
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Today, 02:25 PM
HA! Nice deflection.
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Today, 02:24 PM
We should spread the gospel with works and leading by example, not browbeating and fear. My problem with people using the term "evangelical...
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Today, 02:20 PM
So, we're in 4/4 at "in case there is a change in the".
Then a bar of 7/8, which I'll think of as 3.5/4. The dropped 8th note won't throw me off....
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Today, 02:20 PM
False. You never admitted to be wrong about 2024. That's what I mean by dishonesty.
And you're still not admitting it. 2024 is only 2 million...
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Today, 02:18 PM
I then admitted being wrong about 2024. True or false?
My point stands: 2020 was anomaly, having 17 million more voters than 2016. 2020 also had...
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Today, 02:16 PM
My Rancourt has no bindings or inlay. (Those dots are stick-ons)
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Today, 02:08 PM
I'll listen to your vid when I get the chance.
2 things: you have to learn to use it melodically. Chord melody isn't do re mi sol (le) la ti do. ...
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Today, 02:04 PM
Noodles:
https://youtu.be/PILmcSjF1Jc?si=iU7cegJR6t_vfstV
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Today, 02:04 PM
$47 a month is too much for video lessons I can't participate in. It's just not the product for me.
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Today, 02:00 PM
:highly_amused:
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Today, 01:55 PM
I don't recall how much I paid for one of the all day workshops in the 70's at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, with guys like Joe...
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Today, 01:55 PM
The video I linked in post #100 has some examples.
I watched some other videos, mostly by drummers. One made the point that for some modulations...
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Today, 01:50 PM
I have never had a set practice routine or practiced for long hours. I practice only what I’m going to use on a gig or what I’m interested in...
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Today, 01:42 PM
This is a video tribute to RD's book with a great soundtrack (Elmore James "Standing At The Crossroads," Lowell Fulson's "Rollin' Blues," Chuck...
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Today, 01:40 PM
One more Benedetto: La Venezia.
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Today, 01:38 PM
I got baptized Eastern (Russian) Orthodox. Everything in western "christianity" is a throwaway next to that.
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Today, 01:36 PM
I'm ( very ) pleasantly surprised to see 2 non-cut's in this batch...Interesting !
Wondering whether they'll be pure acoustics or have p/u's .....
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Today, 01:34 PM
^ $47 a month is too expensive for you for daily lessons with top pros?! Breh.
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Today, 01:30 PM
I was actually falling asleep at the time I posted those comments, so if taken with a large whiff of nitrous oxide they'll make perfect sense....
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Today, 01:29 PM
I looked into it, the base version is 3x what I'd pay for the pro version. No thanks.
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Today, 01:26 PM
@GuyBoden
Because we all tend to view the guitar visually, by shapes and patterns; the way I think of it, is that basically, the bottom four...
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Today, 01:26 PM
He reveals his master plan
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Today, 01:26 PM
Why would I be mad at John Coltrane?
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Today, 01:25 PM
I’ll also note that the tonal center you identified for a C major turnaround was Gm … based on a composite Gm scale that includes every note except...
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Today, 01:24 PM
^ Join Open Studio. :pride:
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Today, 01:24 PM
A short and strange video about RD's "Blues Inside and Out."
Includes glimpses of the text.
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Today, 01:23 PM
This place is starting to suck a whole lot more than it's fun or interesting.
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Today, 01:22 PM
Thread title changed for your convenience. :smile-new:
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Today, 01:22 PM
We aren't talking about that right now. We are talking about what's happening in this thread.
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Today, 01:22 PM
Well, o.k., let's review what we discussed.... I said that all the notes that Sonny Stitt played could be found in certain scales (with occasional...
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Today, 01:21 PM
I marvel at Gatemouth's picking style. A lot of guys play with only their fingers, but I don't know of any who keep their fingers as straight as he...
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Today, 01:18 PM
Probably better to say "proselytizing" rather than "evangelical" in this context. Even if in practice there's no real difference, the word...
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Today, 01:07 PM
I am truly enjoying watching the progress of Mark's artistry and craftsmanship! The Cameo in the group will be mine soon guys!
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Today, 01:00 PM
@Christian Miller
I live to discover new sounds and artists. Thanks for mentioning some players that deserve wider recognition. I'll be sure to...
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Today, 12:55 PM
Now THAT is cool
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Today, 12:52 PM
Ken Parker makes archtops with fiddle edge, no binding
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Today, 12:50 PM
The Catholic Church has their own hypocrisy here in the states. I was raised Catholic, attended Catholic schools and even a Catholic University, but...
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Today, 12:47 PM
V, there aren’t many cheap Heritage arch tops anymore. If you’ve got access to a great buy, if it were me I’d be all over it.
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Today, 12:47 PM
The Landscape MIJ guitars were built with violin construction. No bindings.
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Today, 12:44 PM
You claimed that there were 15 million more turnout in 2020 than BOTH 2016 and 2024. You called this an extreme anomaly. True or false?
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Today, 12:42 PM
I'm not sure what you're saying, did you say 15 million less votes were cast in 2024? You'll need to make your point a little more succinctly. Yes,...
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Today, 12:39 PM
How many posts did it take to you to acknowledge the 2024 component of your original claim given that it was crucial part of your logic?
You...
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Today, 12:38 PM
I gave that up several years ago. I'm merely stating facts, and trying to make you aware of things you are apparently not aware of.
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Today, 12:37 PM
Well, I disagree with "almost all", but that's another discussion. I'm still not sure what people mean when they use the term "evangelical...
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Today, 12:32 PM
As I said, I came back to reply, and the thread had been nuked. There were 17 million more voters in 2020 than there were in 2016. IDK if there's an...
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Today, 12:30 PM
Oh sorry, I did not listen to your example (Surrey with a Fringe) .... What is the cue for the change in tempo? How is the tempo "equation" you ...
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Today, 12:29 PM
Out of curiosity, have you tried choosing not to be triggered by the news?
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Today, 12:26 PM
I guess you haven't seen any of the news reports over the last several years where football players and coaches were disciplined for praying- ON...
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Today, 12:25 PM
That's precisely what I mean.
For example, the activity of Evangelical Christians in America contradict almost all of Christ's actual teachings.
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Today, 12:24 PM
Thank you Jack.
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Today, 12:23 PM
uh... have you SEEN the Middle East lately? The persecution of Christians is alive and well, despite the media only talking about Ukraine and Israel.
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Today, 12:21 PM
I've done the deep dive on various timelines: Tao was first (if that matters, I'm not saying it does). I should have included Hinduism with the...
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Today, 12:17 PM
Syncopated happiness....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkpSWy67ClY
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Today, 12:15 PM
You contradict yourself...well, at best we'd have to hear what YOUR definition of "Christianity" is, especially since you seem to appreciate Jesus'...
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Today, 12:13 PM
This is what I mean by dishonesty. Do you remember what your original claim was? What was the "extreme anomaly" about the 2024 turnout in light of...
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Today, 12:12 PM
Again, I believe in Christianity because I think there's a scientific basis for it, not because it's some nice supernatural stuff to believe in.
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Today, 12:10 PM
yeah yeah yeah of course you're right. BTW- the last 2 times I tried to come back and prove the truth with factual evidence (since as our last...
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Today, 12:04 PM
Benedetto Andy and Benedetto Bravo Elite have no bindings.
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Today, 12:01 PM
It's ambiguous as to whether Hesse meant the book to be about the literal Siddhartha Gautama. There are elements that parallel the stories about...
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Today, 11:58 AM
The only practical way to build a guitar with no binding is to have the tops and backs overlap the sides, as in violins. Many builders now offer...
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Today, 11:57 AM
Please record that.
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Today, 11:54 AM
I've been really digging Cecil's playing recently. Very melodic player. Check out his 'Introducing Cecil Alexander' album if you haven't yet. The...
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Today, 11:52 AM
I was practically raised as an atheist so I am an outsider to all religions. I used to see religious people as fitting one negative stereotype as...
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Today, 11:50 AM
Not protesting Christmas. I've got a light up snow man on my front porch and our tree went up before Thanksgiving.
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Today, 11:49 AM
Damn straight. My program director wanted the theme to be "My Favorite Things" and for us to program music based around some of our and the kids'...
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Today, 11:48 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4K1TCVruew
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Today, 11:47 AM
Okay, the book is about someone named Siddartha, but not the Buddah, living in the same time. I think, I could have missed the context, maybe Bobby...
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Today, 11:47 AM
unless they're hip as fuck playing green onions and lester leaps in!
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Today, 11:45 AM
More trouble? Like having a functional instrument? Is this a long game G.A.S. thing?
(I'm just being silly now, I know you're talking about...
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Today, 11:45 AM
Christmas, my dude. It's everywhere.
Elementary school winter music programs are basically caroling. They miiiiiiight lean toward secular-ish...
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Today, 11:45 AM
I don't know the book, but Siddartha Gautoma was the historical Buddha's name, referred to as the Buddha after his enlightenment. Buddha is more of a...
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Today, 11:41 AM
I'm talking about a book by Herman Hesse, I thought it was a fictional character.
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Today, 11:31 AM
It isn’t Christianity or God that sucks or harass and/or threaten people. It is mankind that sucks and bullies people. Mankind thinks all the answers...
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Today, 11:30 AM
I guess you haven’t been in a target or to an elementary school winter program lately.
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Today, 11:30 AM
Yes I know, but over time, it can create more trouble than it's intended purpose.
I'd prefer no binding.
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Today, 11:28 AM
Do you mean you like the historical Buddha of early Buddhism? I mean, or are you talking about a book or something?
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Today, 11:28 AM
No one is persecuting the Christians for being Christian.
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Today, 11:26 AM
I liked Siddhartha too.
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Today, 11:25 AM
Lol so the secularits can persecute the Christians but the Christians can't promote their beliefs. All while the secularists occupy the moral high...
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