Travis In Austin

People are on on rooftops in Wimberley. Highest level ever recorded on Blanco River and is heading towards San Marcos. Very bad in the Hill Country.

Here is latest dr I drought intensity map, slowly improving, hope we can get some relief in California.

Rains from 4" to 12" an hour, 70 mph winds, quarter size hail all over the Hill Country right now. They say Lake Travis is up over one foot in under two hours, which we need because it is 50 feet down.

Yes indeed, I saw him at an ACL taping about 15 years ago. America covered it first, just as Schmaltzy.

His bass player is Rhonda Smith, his reformed band is more R&B/Rock oriented than the Jazz oriented band he had in the video at Ronnie's. (The drummer and keyboardist in that DVD he got from Sting's band). From Rhonda's Bio: "Having received International acclaim for her various contributions and collaborations, it wasn’t long before Rhonda took the United States by storm. In addition to the near decade she spent along side Prince, Rhonda has performed with the likes of Chaka Khan, Beyonce, T. I., Erykah Badu, Patti Austin, Patrice Rushen, Brenda Russell, Lee Ritenour, Larry Graham, Patti Labelle, Little Richard, Najee, Candy Dulfer, Rachel Farrell, Kirk Whalum and George Clinton. With an innate desire to extend her reach, Rhonda has managed to step outside of music and broaden her imprint. She has been featured in numerous music videos, appeared on the covers of Bass Player and Bassics magazines and even spent stints with The Martin Short Show and The Wayne Brady Show. She has 3 Platinum Plaques on her wall and in 2004 played for 1.4 million attendees over 88 sold-out dates on Prince’s wildly successful Musicology Tour." A good interview with her. http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2011/07/14/an-interview-with-rhonda-smith/

Inwas thinking that myself, very commercial looking, with a cheep looking residential exterior that has been mega-sized. After you said this it kind of explains a lot of things, I am thinking it may have been originally intended for something like drug rehab center and the project got killed over zoning issues. If it was intended to be a residence from inception than it was a hugh, literally, mistake from the outset. Convert it to a barn with hayloft.

They are, and it is. At least the Tape Project tapes are that way. But 2 Track @ 15 Ips, not 30, you lose low end on most modern decks at 30 Ips while you can still achieve 20khz on the high end. With earlier decks there was a compromise, they would record at 15 Ips to get low end but sacrifice high end, and the opposite with 30 ips.

Dr. Who, what did you think of the R2R they had there.

Lots of vinyl and R2R in Dick's room.

Grasshopper that is the schematic. There has been some discussions about people building them on the DIY Audio site. I think your link, which I have not checked yet, has the discussion where Dick said that the big expense of the ML version of his design was Levinson used his own proprietary low distortion OP amps which were very expensive.

Wardsweb, Canyonman, Mallette, Mr. Maron, and I spin R2R all the time. Mr. Klipsch was a big R2R guy, he recorded everything from church organ music to train locomotives passing through Hope. What deck do you have? Travis

Got that beat by a mile: MUSKRAT LOVE and Pretty much everything by The Carpenters

Antihistamine spray for passengers, Dramamine, paper towels, Wetones, relief tube (male and female) if no lav, extra foam ear plugs, Kleenex, Tylenol, asprin, EpiPen, Trying to remember what else I keep in my passenger comfort bag.

Not understanding. Schmaltz is chicken fat. Are you saying songs that tug at yor heart strings or make you want to vomit? I know of no single sone that makes me want to do both.

From memory, will have to go to lyrics.fm Well I'm riding along, singing the same cowboy song that's been sung a 100 times before.... Won't you bury me with my chaps on, and my six guns strapped to my side, so I can watch the moon a hiding in the Desert Skies.

A Jr. Brown love song can do it: https://youtu.be/YcRWP0zSSP8 Mick singing about a girl with far-away eyes.

Sent from my iPhone! It's either that or suddenly you can't spell two-letter words and you are stuttering while typing. It barely got to 500,000 units a year after release, whereas their previous few releases were either No. 1 or 2 in the lp charts and would sell over a million units in a month or two. Big numbers for back then. Travis

Actually I must be stuttering while dictating, my grammar and spelling is atrocious throughout this entire thread. My thumbs are too fat to type on phone keyboard, so I use Dragon Naturally Speaking. My proof-reading has been sucking big time. I miss my BlackBerry. Travis

I agree with you that bad behavior gets over looked with athletes as all levels. It pretty much takes being charged with a felony, and convicted for there to be an automatic termination, like Michael Vick. He was quickly cut loose by Falcons. The NFL completely blew the Ray Rice situation in my opinion. As to the management/subordinate dynamic, the players have a union. The management-labor relations in the NFL is very similar to other occupations that have collective bargining. NFL players actually have less rights and due process then law enforcement agencies that have collective bargining and/or civil service protection have. At least it is true in the agencies I represent. Under most collective bargining agreements you cannot disclipline without the employee having full due process and a right to a hearing. It isn't out of fear of upsetting the player, it is pursuant to contract rights.

How very sad. A 50 shot clip? Whats up with that?

Was there last year, they rebuilt a small church several years ago that is there, a couple of the original small houses, the empty swimming pool, a memorial is there and that is just about it.

I would say, your choice. +++ And as for influential, influential to who? As I pointed out with the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album, it was influential probably to record producers, and it was influential to the Beatles in terms of what they tried to accomplish by competing with the Beach Boys. But for widespread audience appeal? I don't know the numbers, but I doubt it was one of the all-time best selling albums. Id didn't sell at all when originally. . released.

Southwind looks just fine, needs an airstrip and a couple hangers though. Airstrip for sure.

So is it influential, or ground breaking, or influential and ground breaking? That is 3 different lists for me.

Interesting about the ghost airport in Spain. There are supposedly entire citys in China like this with empty high rises. I always liked this ranch, been for sale for years. http://www.satxproperty.com/blog/vedadi-mansion-in-karnes-county.html The one in the OP is a colossal waste. Terrible architecture in my opinion. It looks like a giant verstion of a Texas tract home. If you are going to build a monument to yourself do it right.