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But, wait... wait... Didn't Bruce "I eat 5 salisbury steak dinners per day, even though you would never guess" Arians say that AB was totally fine, and that AB was "trying to make himself a better man" (not a direct quote) or some such? Absolutely, though. Beane, sign this guy. Let's get 'er done. </sarcasm>

If I'm correct, the drummer for Little Feat (RIP) played on "You're No Good" by Linda Rondstadt. I loved warming up (drums) to that tune! Awesome list, and spot on!

Thanks, man. I will post pictures at some point soon. It was such a treat! And yes, I forgot to add this, but, as you just stated, cooking for a crowd is tough. We used to do it all the time, but really not much in these times.

My wife's short rib concoction turned into a pretty amazing riff on French Onion Soup. Delicious!

For me, my 2021 resolutions came late: losing weight, and getting alcohol consumption under control. I didn't start until Easter 2021 where, by that point, depression, obesity, apnea, and migraines had all kicked in with a vengeance. Plus I had zero energy. I can still have a couple glasses of wine, and I did yesterday, but finally, after about 6 years of it, I managed to stop binge drinking. And from there, and of changing diet to a more Whole 30 / semi vegan model, I lost about 100lbs. Apnea gone. Migraines gone. (I have a ton of recipes to share if people are interested in a diet change to the similar.) For 2022, I have three: (1) start exercising on the regular, (2) finish cleaning the basement and re-doing all of the electrical down there, and (3) fully streamline (i.e. give away) my massive amount of musical gear, where a lot of it I no longer use and it's taking up space. I'm not going to make resolutions for anybody else, 'cause the easy resolution would be to suggest that they don't watch and Bills' football in 2022 -- and really, I'm not a sadist.

Just read this again. Decemberists: YES, please!

I used to think this as well, but in reading about the process to create hydrogen, I have no idea how long it will take to make this process an efficient and cost effective one.

Cake! Yes!!! Their cover of "I Will Survive" is amazing.

Oooh! Good one! I forgot about Prodigy!

Yep, and it still blows my mind when I listen to the differences between Iggy's and Bowie's "China Girl".

Looks fabulous! I'll be over in 5. After seeing mid meal, I'm telling the Uber to turn around.

Actually, I've never heard this. Thanks for sharing, and this might be my background music tomorrow during day 3 of rewiring the basement. Very interesting, and this must be very, very alt. Here's the canonical list of weird band names, and I'm having an problem finding some of these.

Spot on. Not even Phish nor Moe can capture the essence of the GD, and I say this as one who does not care for the GD.

One that I forgot was... Steely Dan. I can't think of a single band that's crafted itself after Steely Dan. Plus, regardless of genre, I aspire to mix like the people who mixed those SD albums: the instrumental separation and width of the mixes is something of envy to be sure. Okay, I see what you're saying here. Yes, the lineup is unparalleled in my lifetime, and the music is really great, but when I listen to TW -- it sounds like I think that it should sound. And each player's style has been riffed on, pun intended, many times over. Heck, even Petty was riffing on Dylan!

But are they unique, tho? That's the whole point of this challenge and what makes it so fun.

The Tubes, Wall of Voodoo, ELO (I somewhat discount given their Beatles-inspired nature, but VERY cool band all the same), and how could I forget the avant garde master, Frank Zappa?! Very cool list. Thanks for sharing.

Two words: Buffalo Destroyers.

I LOVED Bloodhound Gang.

The Buffalo Bills of Austin, Bausch and Lomb, Betty Crocker, Dell-EMC, and Kitchen-Aid has a nice ring to it, does it not?

I work in tech, and I know dozens of folks who left their otherwise really good tech jobs to work in this space, and I admit that I'm out when it comes to this subject matter. I want to retire in 10 years, and frankly, no matter how well I know math, scalability, market disruption, and all of these other elements of the tech industry (after 25 years banging away at it), I just don't get it, and I'm certainly not going to dive head first into it.

As noted in the singers / Mt Rushmore thread, I recently launched a second career where I mix music. It was a segue from my original career in music (playing in bands, being under contract here and there, writing tunes, making albums that nobody ever heard, basically learning how to fail at music for a living) where I ended up finishing college and took a job in tech -- then just doing music by way of engineering and mixing with some playing on the side. Listening to the work of people Who Are Very Good At This is a strong motivating factor that pushes me to carry on. And it's always great to chat about music with people who know music very well, who listen to all kinds of stuff that maybe you never thought of. Almost everybody I've mixed for will offer some kind of reference tracks -- from which you extract certain bits of ways other songs were mixed, to get the "vibe" that the artist is looking for. In this case I'm mixing a rendition of Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place) by the Talking Heads, but the artist wanted a more lo-fi / organic / pop presentation of the mix than what was originally tracked in... Sweden, by this guy called Christoffer Lunquist (Brainpool, Roxette, and I believe The Cardigans, and so on). The tracks that were given to me by the artist are easily some of the best source material that I've ever heard before starting a mixing process. And yet, he hated the mixes that people did for him, so here I am, trying to make something organic out of something that already sounded pretty darn slick. That got us into a conversation about unique bands, and initially I was all like, "yeah, the Beatles and Led Zep." But he made a good point that the Beatles and Led Zep, while unique at their inception, have been copied time and time again (King's X, Kingdom Come, Matthew Sweet, etc., all say hello). So he told me to make a list of 10 unique bands before I started the mix, and this is what I came up with, and as always, in no specific order. The Talking Heads Frankie Goes to Hollywood Faith No More (Angel Dust, and ... King for a Day era) The Pretenders Supertramp The Smiths Devo They Might Be Giants (I actually don't care for the band, but they are unique IMO) Patti Smith Throbbing Gristle Who are your top 10 unique bands?

I mean, if I had a Tesla, I'd build in half hour for a coffee and a sh-t break. But that's just me.

Television is another one that many don't think of, but I think they should be part of anybody's musical encyclopedia.

How could I forget Dio?! Holy freakin' Diver, that guy was awesome! This is my favorite cover of Holy Diver, in particular when singer guy disappears and reappears with, well, just watch it...

I'm down to a half cup of coffee per day. My wife makes french press in the morning, which I personally hate doing because it's fussy, but about half a cup in, nature does its work, I brush my teeth, and then I'm done with it for the day.