Joe G

So NONE of the issues I posted above are real to you? And you have no regrets about the way of life in this country that has resulted from a century of cheap oil - one that is in danger of collapse if the price of gas rises a couple of bucks?

I've read an awful lot about the peak oil phenomenon, and what I've learned has convinced me that a continued cheap supply of oil is, as of 2006, no longer certain. To date, he world has not matched the production capacity of that year. This is due to actual on-the-ground causes (the crashing of several supergiant fields, political instability and violence, and countries keeping more of their decreasing production for their own populations and thus exporting less), and not simply greed. A report put out last year, subsequently buried, by the Dept of Energy confirmed as much. Combine those rather poor prospects with the whole mortgage crises (and they are related), and you're going to get some serious madness in the financial sector; like people doing everything they can to fuck the world to make a buck. Nothing new there, though.

I believe supply and demand is tied in with the other not-so-funny business. Though I certainly admit to a limited knowledge.

BadaBING!

I think Bill Heid's Dark Secrets has a similar lineup.

Jim Alfredson has reported recently sighting an indigo bunting:

Or to put it another way, how much profit would be acceptable to you? I'm not defending Big Oil. Just trying to make the point that it's not their greed and their's alone which has led us to this point.

Well, again, if your product is moving 86 MILLION A DAY, you'd expect a hefty profit, no?

I might just pick that one up myself. nonesuch explorer has been remastering and re-releasing quite a few albums from the catalog in recent years. http://www.nonesuch.com/Hi_Band/explorer_home.html

I did recently read that the world produces about 85 million barrels per day... and demands 86.

Yeah man!

I like the baseball/football one, too. A couple more one-liners. Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. If God had intended us not to masturbate he would’ve made our arms shorter. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

That's what I mean by "scary".

And Frank Zappa.

What scares you about Monder? A.) What he does as a composer and guitarist is usually pretty far beyond my immediate comprehension. B.) He's a little bit twisted, from what I've been able to gather.

I dig Adam and Brad quite a bit. Ben Monder scares me, frankly.

Are you going to post a soundclip or what?

Been there several times. Best of all are the free charts!

Yeah - $3.95 this morning, $4.14 this afternoon. Should have topped off yesterday, but I haven't driven the car since Monday.

Just want to publicly mention one thing: although on a musical level this is very much a trio effort, none of us worked harder on this CD at the overall production level than Jim. Early on he thought maybe he was in over his head, with countless obstacles and details to attend to, and a lot riding on the end result. But he rose to the occasion time and again with ingenuity and a major dose of stick-to-itiveness. Major kudos, bro - you got skillz!

Jim hasn't mentioned the inside photos, which are way frickin' cool.

Thank you, kind and generous souls! Hugs and kisses all around!

Can't beat the name. It just cries out to be spoken in a big booming announcer-guy voice. In a world...

Corpagroovachristidelphia?

But that's neither here nor there.