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It should be pointed out that these are the UK MTV channels, not the US versions. Those are still up and running, although the one article states that there's still a (good?) chance that may change. MTV, much like TLC (The Learning Channel) and AMC (American Movie Classics), has a name that doesn't apply to what it delivers these days. It's a brand that means nothing. There seems to be so little music content across the various MTV and VH1 channels that there's really nothing to attract a music fan. Perhaps the most egregious example of MTV channel ruination is MTV Live, formerly Palladium. When it was Palladium, they showed a pretty good variety of concerts - I still have some on my DVR Then MTV took over, changed it to MTV Live, and it was like Clear Channel swooping in on XM Radio (and Sirius) - the variety of material shrunk to almost nothing. Although if you're a fan of the Springsteen Unplugged episode, it airs something like four or five times a week, it seems. Tons of Storyteller, Making Of The Band. Very little live music. Very little variety in shows - you'll rarely, if ever, see Classic Albums, or some of the old VH1 series. This is why physical media is important.

RIP, sir.

Ah - the John Cage version.

YouTube will allow you to change the playback speed without adjusting the pitch. There's software that will do the same - I use Transcribe, which will let you change the speed, the pitch, and I think it has EQ presets that will help remove or emphasize certain instruments. Also, Izotope's Music Rebalance will let you pull or eliminate some instruments. Neither of those is surgical, but I think Music Rebalance does it a bit better. The newer versions of Logic Pro apparently have a function that will split instruments out into separate tracks. The demos look good, but I haven't tried it myself, so I can't recommend it. But I plan to try it one of these days.

Absolute legend. If it's a Stax record, odds are he's playing on it. RIP, sir.

I don't think the truss rod screws are really holding much of anything. Seems like the two screws that you have to drill for would do the bulk of the work. Is there really any tension being held by the locking nut? Once you get the guitar in tune and lock it down, the only tension on the nut would be from raising the pitch using either the bar or the fine tuners, right? Doesn't seem like that would be too much of an issue, except maybe if you raised the bar to its limits. Even then, the pull would be parallel to the neck, so it doesn't seem like it would be torquing the nut against the screws. (Disclaimer - not an engineer, just watched the one on Petticoat Junction.)

Our show was pushed back a week or two. Very good show. The band - as you'd expect with Zito, Vivino, and Castiglia - is very good. It is not Bill Murray doing Nick The Lounge Singer. He's not an egomaniac about it, either - he sings about 30-40% of the songs, I think. Started a tad slow, but once the show got rolling, it took off. I'd absolutely go see them again.

Sometime in the last year or so, we saw a (much younger?) band opening a show. During the second song, one guitarist had that panicked look cross his face and he went back to his amp, started jiggling knobs - no sound. Back to his pedal board, played with a couple things - nothing. Check the guitar - still nothing. Back to the amp. Nothing. Climbed behind the amp - nothing. Check the guitar again. Check the pedal board. Check the amp. Talk to the roadie. Check the amp. Back to the pedal board. AHA! Dude had forgotten to unmute after tuning.

It's a great story. He had some great Jerry Jeff Walker stories, too.

No, it's exactly NHRIBS - Now He's Really In Better Shape.

She played the intro on the Doobie Brothers' "Real Love".

You're in luck - new album is out Friday. https://www.amazon.com/All-Washed-Up-Cheap-Trick/dp/B0FMN5JSVC

That dude looks like he's in the 180-190 range.

Ordered the Muffy today (the Tad and Buffy were OOS). Debated quite a while between that and the Mop Top, but I have the UA Vox plugin, so...

That would be great for trying guitars at a store or a guitar show. No need to worry about the amps they have and trying to dial them in. You could have the amp setup you want ready to go.

Outstanding player. She was the second guitarist on the last couple Dethklok tours.

That's how some Army guys find out how much they weigh.

Go on...

It may be that Irsay had discussed what he wanted done with the collection. He didn't just keep this stuff under glass - he loaned the instruments out to (select) musicians traveling through Indy on tour, and to folks who played at his charity shows. He may have told his heirs to try to get them in (very rich) musicians' hands rather than sell to someone who'll lock them away. You can't control who gets something at auction, but at least it's a more open deal.

The big question will be if people will accept him as Wolf or if they'll keep him boxed in as Eddie's kid. That dude takes an unbelievable amount of internet hate because of his name. To his credit, he gives it back - one guy (probably about the 10,000th guy who thought he was making an original point) accused him of trading off his dad's name, so he started a pool and asked people if his new name should be Wolfgang Led Zeppelin, Wolfgang AC/DC, Wolfgang The Who, or Wolfgang Paul McCartney. Which pairs nicely with the people who continually tell him he should be playing Van Halen songs to pay tribute to his dad. Dude can't win with some people. As for me, I like the music. Some of the production isn't necessarily my cup of tea, but the tunes are there.