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Cayetana and Gladie Two bands fronted by Augusta Koch. I bought this blu ray cheap, and thought it was going to suck. I mean look at that cover. The girl in the front is cute. I wear reading glasses and didn't notice the "wrestling" motif. When I put it in the player and I saw a wrestling menu I thought "Ten minutes and this is going off". From the opening scene I knew I was WRONG. Best movie I've seen in years. I've watched it at least 20 times now. From the first, there's a song when Pugh is getting on the place that's EXCELLENT. It took 19 times before I decided to look up who did the song. It's - Certain for Miles FWMF version The only reason they never hit it big has to be poor management. Great songs, great albums. Gladie, Koch's current band also has great songs. If you like pop/punk give these bands a good listen. They don't have any clunker songs. https://cayetana.bandcamp.com/music https://gladie.bandcamp.com/

I do it for fun. I try my best, sometimes I succeed, many times I don't. I can usually listen to the songs for a while. Then they disappear, and years later when I hear them again, I say "good" or "what the hell was I thinking?"

Yep strange title. There are songs I hear that I can listen to endlessly. When I eventually get around to looking up the chords they always seem to be F - C - F- C - F - G. Is there a reason besides my personal taste that these chords represent? Example: It's said E is the rock chord. Minor makes it sad...

What is buncha clearance?

I just looked him up. That is some amazing illustrations. With fancy prices to boot. One day I will own a complete set of Dali's Divine Comedy. One day...

Yes, you do. Thanks about the Skull Flower. It's a Naoto Hattori. He's a Japanese Surrealist that I collect. I own the original of this. His work is AMAZING and miniature. This painting is only about 2" x 2" and the detail makes your mouth drop.

Welcome and good luck! I wish I had that kind of drive. I just don't. But, may 2020 make EVERYONE's wishes come true. Lyrics from BELIEVE: Failure leads to success Success won't let you rest I believe that. Keep plugging away and good things are bound to happen.

I was told the guitars are out on this song, so I never really plug it. You don't have to like the video. But, it's unique, bizarre and the lyrics are on screen. If the guitars are out of tune let me know. Only one person told me that. But, they were quite adamant about it. I swear this is bizarre and weird. It's worth the 2:40. That's me. I did all in a few hours at home.

Howdy Dave: Welcome. I just have to say what caught my attention was two things (I wear reading glasses) I thought you wrote a song "Hey I'm Dave" by Five Years Sober.

Because of the way the US economic system is set up that could never happen. That's what all the countries with free healthcare do. US Doctors wouldn't work for the same pay as a cop or fireman. You and I can't pay $25 a month while my wife pays $100 and expect her to pay for our healthcare, it's fundamentally unfair. There'd also be no reason to go to college, get a good job and work like a dog, when there are others sitting around doing nothing and getting the same things. It is nice to have a conversation without screaming and yelling. BTW: My last post wasn't directed at you, it was directed at those who think that Free Healthcare is a right, without the knowledge that nothing is free. So, if there was anything offensive there, I apologize. I can be quite offensive without meaning to be. I agree Obamacare did a good thing with the 'can't be refused coverage" that's just wrong on every level of humanity. I can guarantee this, healthcare in the US will be settled before I drop dead. It will be with a slab of bacon hanging out of my mouth.

" I think our country (the US) has a problematic system where insurance costs employers so much that they'd rather have someone work 35 hours a week and never go full time (never get insurance). " It absolutely does. The problem is, the only person that actually has a valid idea is Trump. He signed an executive order allowing insurance to be bought over state lines. That opens up the free market. But, all sides are fighting it. That's why costs haven't gone down. It's the same principal as car and house insurance. It's not a perfect way, it's the best that anyone has come up with. There are many videos of Obama saying "If you like your Dr, if you want affordable healthcare, and AFFORDABLE FOR ALL" are out there. I believed him. I voted for him twice. I blamed the Republicans for the mess. But, when I went to get my affordable health insurance it would be $600 a month when I was unemployed. My wife COULDN'T keep her Doctor or insurance, because the rates rose dramatically. The same insurance she had for over 20 years was gone. Now she pays over $200 more a month for half the coverage. OBAMA LIED, and SCREWED everyone. Oh, not the poor for a time. They got free health insurance for a while (which they would have gotten anyway through what I knew as medicare when I was a kid). But, now, that'll be gone because Obama and his people lied. This is not the Republicans mess, any failure for Obama's lies fall on his shoulders. Companies and small business won't hire full time, because they can't afford it. You can't steal from one to give to the other and expect for it to last forever. That's wrong on every level. Healthcare for ALL? For Free? For EVERYBODY including people in this country illegally! Are you f*cking kidding me? FACTS: Republican or Democrat aren't going to let that pass in the Senate or House. Not a shitting chance in hell. So, what Sanders and Warren and the others Dems are saying is flat out BS. 2. Nothing is FREE. Someone's paying for it, and it ain't gonna be the rich. Because of the tax loopholes. So, not only do you have to change the healthcare laws through the houses, you have to change the tax laws. Do you see that happening? Seriously, do you? 3. Look at the scandals that have rocked the VA. That's free medical care in the US. What happened? People die waiting for a procedure. So, lets take that model and apply it to every person in the US legal or not. 4. Every person who goes to medical school and racks up hundreds of thousands in student loans, will be making a federally rated standard. How many will stay or how many more will go to school? Doctors like everyone else, want to live a certain standard. Doctors work hours are roughly 70% of their time. My wife's brother is a Pathologist and he's consistently working. Do you think Doctors who make millions now, are going to take a fifty to eighty percent cut in salary for the same amount of time? This is not fantasyland. There is no Utopia. Free medical in Canada, UK and all the other places, you don't have private rooms, you don't have 24 hour access to a healthcare provider. You don't have the same quality healthcare. In many you get put on a list and get to wait. If you die, oh well. The other countries, taxpayers pay for that healthcare. It's not free, it's just bottom of the barrel. The rich from those countries when they can, come to the US for the best available healthcare in the world. For the few places it does work, the population is a tiny fraction of the US. "If that person has a baby or gets cancer or needs an ambulance / air evac helicopter, they could easily go broke from one visit to the hospital." Children will make you go broke regardless of healthcare. Kids are an expense. Most children's healthcare is free. Hell, there are commercials asking for $19 a month for some of these places. Ambulance is a minor expense. It's usually under a grand. Which is hard. But, not life-breaking. Air Evac - is the majority of time used for car accidents. If the person caused the accident, I honestly don't have sympathy. It's serious business driving a car. Not many take it seriously. If it's not your fault, then the person that caused the accident will end up paying. But, both sides should have car insurance that pays part one way or another. There are many ways to go broke with healthcare. Some can be avoided and some can't. But, no one has the answer to the problem right now. The closest is Trump's free market (which is not his idea. It's the one he's championed). People spend money each month for things they seriously don't need to survive, like a cell phone. It used to cost a quarter to drop in a booth to make a call, that needed to be made. Now people spend $40 or more a month for the access to text and call 24 hours a day for sheer stupidity "to keep in touch". We've truly become a nation of "I deserve this and everyone deserves the same thing" instead of "I deserve this because I earned it". One last thing: Because so many believe that illegal immigration is great, and we need more people in this country illegally. These immigrants go to the emergency room for their healthcare and never pay. Because an emergency room can't turn you away, and you don't have to pay anything right away. Seeing a private physician you either need insurance, cash or a credit card. Sometimes both. Who pays for those unpaid medical bills? If you don't know, or don't care, or think they're here and deserve healthcare, then your opinion on healthcare in the United States and it's costs mean nothing to me, and you deserve to go broke with healthcare costs. Because you're literally the problem.

The voice does not sound punk rock at all, sorry. Needs more grit. Your song poses more of a dilemma. Don't go to the hospital, go to a Doctor. People have a tendency to run to the emergency room for every little ache and pain, and yes, emergency room visits are thousands. A Dr. visit starts at like a $150. I'm an old geezer (almost 60) and the last two times I went to the Drs, was when I was 40 and 45 for check-ups. Before that I was in my twenties. When I was 40 I had full health insurance through a contract position I had, so I thought it was time to see if I had any problems. The Dr said to me, I have good news and bad. The good is you have a healthy heart and are in generally good condition. The bad news is your bad cholesterol is off the charts. I want to put you on medication. I told him I didn't want to take pills. What could I do to try to change it myself? His first thing was my diet. I asked what I couldn't eat. He named every thing I LOVE. Yolks of eggs, the skin of chicken, coconut. But, he started with bacon. Our exchange over bacon went on for almost five minutes. I kept phrasing the question differently, trying to make sure I was getting exact information on my favorite food item. He finally said "If you ask about bacon one more time, I'm sending you to a psychiatrist". We agreed I could have one piece of turkey bacon once every couple of months. That worked for 6 months, till we went on vacation to New Orleans. I said "F*** it. If I'm gonna have a heart attack, I'm going to enjoy life to the fullest". I have 4 - 5 pieces of bacon a week for close to twenty years since. I eat the skin off the chicken, and damn I love runny eggs, scrambled eggs, eat every type of coconut candy, beer and whatever. I will probably die of a heart attack one of these days. Maybe sooner then later. But, I've enjoyed life and all it has to offer in tastes, views, and especially music. I've seen every major great artist over the past 40 years (that I enjoy). My wife keeps saying "you're going deaf. You can't hear anything." YEAH, I've been to over a thousand loud rock concerts without hearing protection, I'm sure I'm half deaf. Duh!" What I did do that he said, I bought a tread mill and started out at 3 miles in 50 minutes, within weeks I was doing 4.5 and now when I jog I'm over 5 an hour, which is pretty good for my age. My 45 visit had my bad cholesterol still bad, but the good was much better, and they cancelled each other out. There's a PC thing that you should love your body no matter what. While in theory that's true. The fact is, if you don't exercise, it will eventually catch up to you. With people sitting at computers for their entire day, playing video games instead of playing in the yard, the future is not pretty from a health stand point. If you saw a photo of me when I was a child, I was considered chubby. If I was that child now, you'd think I was under weight. If you go to the Dr constantly they'll find something wrong with you. Put you on medication, and keep you there for life. That will drain your finances. Though there are many things poor people can do to get free health care. They just have to look. But, if you go to the hospital instead of a Dr initially, your bills will be astronomical. Though every state has Catholic Charity hospitals for the poor. They're basically free. The church does a lot wrong. But, they also do a lot of good.

I do like quicker and easier. I just have old equipment. My G5 barely gets the internet anymore. This ASUS has been the worst piece of crap computer I've ever used. Technology is beyond incredible. But, I will say, even though recording is fairly simple now. The music of the 40s - 70s, still produced the greatest music I've ever heard. If I were on a desert island, big band music...

I have old equipment. Pro Tools 6 on the earliest G5. My laptop I use to visit is a Windows 7, and I have melodyne on it to fix my vocals. I'm not upgrading anything soon. BUT, if you're like me, I play guitar the best. I can semi play notes on a keyboard. So, I've always wanted a midi guitar. Back in the 90s, they were expensive and didn't work well. It wasn't until yesterday I started thinking about midi guitar, and the possibility that the technology has perfected it. Technology has basically rendered it obsolete. If you have melodyne you can take a guitar track import it, polyphonic it, and export it as a midi file. Which means you can also fix any notes before exporting. Once exported, put it in your DAW and set a synth sound. The only thing you have to do when you record your guitar part is think of the instrument you plan on changing it to. Play within it's register. So simple and brilliant. There's an easier way with Reaper to record direct to midi with your guitar. But, I've been playing with it all day long on this laptop and it doesn't trigger properly. Which was the problem with midi guitars in the 90s. Though, it might just be my equipment.

I don't have Spotify. So, I can only listen to 30 seconds of each song. From what I can hear, they sound good. I played for years, and I have that stage fright. I found going on drunk did the trick every time.