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Buckethead - Pike 246 - Nettle [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

A more hard rock-ish offering, but consistant and playfully aggressive.

Is it coincidence that I sit here waiting for dawn, and on the basement floor are (3) buckets, each with (4) baby 'stinging nettle' plants? While I listen to Buckethead play 'Nettle'?

Totally unplanned. I hope it's a good omen.

 

Buckethead - Pike 233 - 22222222 [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

The title track is hard rockish while the successive track is more varied, but heavier (and more enjoyable) on the overall. Both have a great sound to them with distinctive arrangements.

A great listen before heading off to the woods.

 

Buckethead - Pike 215 - Teflector [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

A nice rock starter track followed by almost a half hour of Bucket making coleslaw. I love these pikes just to leave up in the background while I'm doing other things. Always puts a hop in my step.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I listened to the show for decades, have thousands of hours of shows stored. If there was a man on this planet that has made me laugh more than anyone else, It's got to be Bob. A real doods dood.

I want to be Bob. Farewell friend.

Bob Kevoian takes an on air phone call regarding the playboy bunny.

 

RIP: Bob Kevoian ( of 'The Bob & Tom Show' fame )

INDIANAPOLIS — Bob Kevoian woke up Thursday morning with a smile on his face, as he usually did. He had years and years of practice laughing in the mornings.

Kevoian had plans for this weekend, which included a possible trip to Disney World. He'd been battling cancer for three years, but he wasn't stopping. He was making it through the good days and those really tough days and, of course, he was doing it all with humor.

But Thursday night, Kevoian took a sudden turn for the worse. And by Friday at 5:30 p.m., his family knew the end was near.

His wife, Becky, and three sons were in the room with Kevoian, playing his favorite album, The Beatles' "Abbey Road," Side 2. Then, the song "Golden Slumbers" came on.

"Which was Bob's favorite. They were all singing it out loud," said Tom Griswold, Kevoian's longtime co-host on "The Bob & Tom Show. "And Bob literally took his last breath when the song (was ending). It sounds like something out of a movie."

Kevoian was 75.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago

Stop it! You'll go blind.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

I remember it from the 2000's. The internet was up and we could all share our own pet names for things or just make up a new word. mIRC and newsgroups were big on that. Weird times but cool for sure. Some of it stuck. I still use the exclamation 'Blargh' occasionally.

The first time I remember it was someone from California asked me to 'code summin' for their daughter. I had to make sure what they were asking of me before I agreed. 2002 maybe.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 0 points 1 week ago

I've had something similar happen to me.

Last year, I was removing some old trees on our plateau. I was tired. Exhausted even. I had been clearing trees and verge for 12 hours. I was nearing completion. I was walking down a steep hill briskly, my hands over loaded with branches and logs. It was mostly dark by then. Well past twilight. I did not see the trees top laying on the ground as I walked past it. I only realized it was still there as I walked directly into it.

I remember the confusion as I stepped backwards, but the stick did not want to let go, and I heard the branches rattle. I knew right away it was going to be bad, and it was. It's topmost tip entered my left eye socket. The tip of the branch started at about 1/4" [6.3mm] diameter. It went between my eyeball and my top eyelid near the corner with my nose and penetrated to about 1" [25.4mm].

I couldn't keep it open for a few days from light sensitivity, and the scratched tissues left me constantly weepy. I had to wear sunglasses 24/7 for a few days. It turned all purple and looked kinda nasty.

But then, I healed up and my vision returned. And then it kept returning. The kicker was that my left eye, which had been a bit blurry for many decades, has now returned to nearly perfect. It's better than my right eye for sure, which has never been the case as long as I can remember.

So, in keeping with the trend of unexpected cures, I can attest that if you want to make your vision better, give yourself some good old fashioned eye trauma by walking headlong into a sharp pointy stick.

Or don't. Maybe don't. For gods sake, please don't.

True story though.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos was hilarious. The dialogue is just fantastic let alone all the little details that you may (or may not) catch.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I really don't think the moon is going to be in our long term future nor Mars or any other body in our solar system. Robots and computers, maybe, but not humans. Too hostile of an environment.

We are too fragile for space. We are not meant to travel the stars, as cool as that would be. We should have used that money to undo the damage we've done down here. Maybe explore the oceans even. It was neat, but i'm totally unimpressed by the mission itself. Good will come from it, but I'm not sure it's worth the risk or money while things on Earth are the way they are.

 

Buckethead - Soothsayer (Hybrid - Live with added backing track)

Front row video courtesy of Stephen Chesney

Live at Awful Arthur's Towers

Roanoke, Virginia September 8th 2011

This isn't truly a legitimate live, but I think it's the best version of the song by a far stretch. The backing track was added to the video in post edit as the original one was drowned out.

I personally think this is Bucket's most beautiful and emotional song. It's a memorial song for his Aunt Suzie. I don't care for most other versions of it.

Not even the biggest fan of live music. It's usually subpar and I'm a quality kind of guy. I want the billion dollar studio sound. Having said that, it is awe-inspiring to watch him play.

 

Buckethead - Pike 158 - Twisted Branches [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

A very aggressive pike with an over abundance of metal inclination. Tremendously fast fingered notes. Minimal experimentation. Could be the heaviest I've heard from him thus far that wasn't experimental.

Fastest ride for me in Bucketheadland so far and likely destined to be a top ten.

 

Buckethead - Pike 231 - Drift [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

A pretty rangy offering, this pike starts out ultra-mellow but morphs into rock, then something grungy then that classic fast shredding metal that I just oh so love.

This could be one of my new favorite pikes even. I really liked it generally speaking. It's all quality music, genre aside. 'Streamlet' (Track 4) though is totally something special in my opinion. Don't miss this one if you like the metal.

 

Buckethead - Pike 137 - Hideous Fantasm [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

A solidly bold pike. It starts heavy and gets even heavier. Partner it with a smoke and cup of Death Wish Coffee and you have all the fixins for a good morning.

At the very least, you'll have no idea which ingredient is causing the shakes.

 

Buckethead - Pike 136 - Firebolt [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

While the entire pike is above average, Bolt (Track 1) was especially noteworthy. Loved it.

The remainder of the pike chill-pills down to grunge and shredding with hints of experimental and funk.

One of his heavier pikes for sure.

 

Buckethead - Pike 123 - Scroll Of Vegetable [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

A more metal offering, I really enjoyed this one musically. Great headbanging music.

I wonder if Bucket ever shows up at his local church on Lentin Fish Friday to help make the coleslaw. Bet you he can make a fuckton of coleslaw.

 

Buckethead - Pike 677 - Twisted In Cosmos Cries [Rock/Metal Instrumental]

Only one track and a bit short at just under 19 minutes, but I really ended up digging this one. I actually just cued it up a second time.

It's heavy and aggressive but not angry. I also really dig the sonics from whatever instrument that is on top of the guitar track. Sounds like he's dragging a pick along a bass string, but I like it. It creates a sense of urgency.

I do hope you enjoy.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True fact:: If you were to use a standard ordinary bricks to construct a circular 9" thick ring around the planet Earth using a straight version that measures 9x4.5x(3-3) in mathematical combination with a tapered version that measures 9x4.5x(3-2.75), you would only need a quantity of (113) tapered bricks to satisfy the angular change required to turn the 360 degree ring construct. The remaining quantity would be made up of straight non-tapered shapes.

Have a great night!

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not the lack of emotion, its the deep focus. It takes just a little bit more to get that little bit more.

One of the best parts is at the very end, when she stops playing and that embarrassed "Oh my god, was that me?" smile washes over her face.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 0 points 1 month ago

For sure. I'd call him a gift. If you love music with emotion, there's not many better.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago

While you make great points, I think in this area of the world, you may be preaching at the choir. Surely you've noticed you are not alone in this.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago

Every great quinzhee dies, but did it get to live?

To wrap up the thread, I include a nice melting shot. It really does put the sheer size of it into a perspective. It turns out, one of the last features to melt was the block out where I had the refrigerator, just behind my ballcap and sunglasses.

Thanks for stopping by.

[–] jay2@beehaw.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let me not mince words: I really, truly believe you’re doing a shitty job.

I truly wonder how many times someone has said this to her. Betting a lot. A WHOLE lot. Parents, grandparents, friends, teachers, peers, probably even god... right after she shot her own puppy, Cricket, because it didn't listen to her.

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