Frank
5143 posts
Aug 15, 2014
1:20 PM
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There are some well known stories about how Little Walter was killed and Robert Johnson gunned down...
Are there other bluesmen deaths that would be of interest of how they met their untimely demise?
Yes, this is a sad thread - but we all got to go sometime!
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JustFuya
394 posts
Aug 15, 2014
1:36 PM
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Is this a setup? I thought Robert Johnson was poisoned.
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Frank
5145 posts
Aug 15, 2014
1:41 PM
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I thought a jealous lover shot em?
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BluesJacketman
201 posts
Aug 15, 2014
2:06 PM
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John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson died in a similar manner to Little Walter, from a blow to the head.
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Goldbrick
614 posts
Aug 15, 2014
2:29 PM
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RJ got poisoned.
King Curtis got stabbed
Sam Cooke got shot
Eric Guitar Davis shot
Jaco - beat to death
felix Pappalardi (Mountain) shot by his wife
And two of my all time favorite guitar players
Mike Bloomfield and Paul Kossoff - H OD
a pair of Russian Roulettes
Last Edited by Goldbrick on Aug 15, 2014 4:52 PM
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JInx
845 posts
Aug 15, 2014
2:43 PM
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Lee Morgan was killed in the early hours of February 19, 1972, at Slug's Saloon, a jazz club in New York City's East Village where his band was performing.[4] Following an altercation between sets, Morgan's common-law wife Helen More (a.k.a. Morgan), shot him. The injuries were not immediately fatal, but the ambulance service was reluctant to go into the neighborhood where the club was located. They took so long to get there that Morgan bled to death. He was 33 years old.[4] Helen Morgan was arrested and spent some time in prison before being released on parole.[5] After her release, Helen Morgan returned to her native North Carolina and died there from a heart condition in March 1996.
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Slimharp
374 posts
Aug 15, 2014
3:43 PM
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Jesse Edwin Davis O.D. found dead in the laundry room of his apartment bldg.
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Slimharp
376 posts
Aug 15, 2014
3:45 PM
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Alan " Blind Owl " Wilson, barbituate O.D.
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9000
202 posts
Aug 15, 2014
4:41 PM
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Lester Butler: overdose on heroin, cocaine with suspicious circumstances. Friends didn't take him for appropriate medical care.
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bublnsqueak
36 posts
Aug 15, 2014
5:34 PM
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Wasn't there an Icepick involved at some point?
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nacoran
7937 posts
Aug 15, 2014
6:11 PM
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Not strictly speaking blues, but Bad News Brown, the rapper/harmonica player (who certainly had some bluesy licks and who has come up in several threads before) was shot and killed a couple years ago. A shame for the harmonica world. He was playing a style that would get the 'cool kids' to pay attention to harp.
edited for spelling
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Last Edited by nacoran on Aug 15, 2014 9:43 PM
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Moon Cat
432 posts
Aug 15, 2014
7:42 PM
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Two of my faves, living or dead:
Sean Costello (singer/songwriter/guitar), Atlanta: Overdose
Charlie "Love"/"Bughouse" Jacobs( singer/songwriter/sax/harmonica) Jackson MS/NOLA: Overdose
Rest in peace and respect my brothers.
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6SN7
458 posts
Aug 15, 2014
8:09 PM
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Frank , what is the point of this thread? To sensationalized these deaths? What is this forum, the Daily Mail? "We all got to go sometime", that's a pretty glib comment.
At least Mooncat and Nacoran pay tribute to the departed.
In the case of Sean Costello, check out the website set up in his memory to raise awareness of bipolar disorder and send some money to it. It might help someone from dying tragically like him.
Http://www.seancostellofund.org
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Frank
5147 posts
Aug 16, 2014
3:50 AM
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What's the point of your bitchin and moanin -
No one wants to hear members complaining like little school girls!
STAY AWAY! :)
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 16, 2014 4:04 AM
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The Iceman
1936 posts
Aug 16, 2014
3:56 AM
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Frank...I feel that sometimes your humor here goes a little overboard.
(I'm guilty of similar excess at times, too).
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Frank
5148 posts
Aug 16, 2014
4:00 AM
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Nobody cares in this thread about what you feel about me - take a hike to another thread larry :)
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Gipsy
89 posts
Aug 16, 2014
4:51 AM
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@Goldbrick. Plus 1 here for Paul Kossoff. Also a mention for Peter Green, not dead technically but a severe schizophrenic after a bad trip all those years ago.
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The Iceman
1937 posts
Aug 16, 2014
5:00 AM
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also the musician that started a whole genre...blew his mind w/too much LSD.
Syd Barrett
(wish you were here)
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6SN7
460 posts
Aug 16, 2014
5:26 AM
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I am not going to dignify Frank's response to me with any comments.
I will however point out to our esteemed monitors and our webpage guru that this type of post makes of of us look like a bunch of douche bags.
So perhaps we ought to think of a way to actually HELP rather than sensationalize. To that end, I just sold an amp on this website for $1200. I am going to sent 10% of the proceeds to Music Maker Relief Fund. I encourage others here to do the same. Honestly, none of the harp stuff we post here for sale we would be able to sell ourselves in a local music store.
This site and its participants should start thinking about the greater good and a better purpose than just improving ourselves.
PS: I just gave 150$ at Musicmaker, sorry to brag about that but maybe you should do it too.
Http//www.musicmaker.org
Last Edited by 6SN7 on Aug 16, 2014 5:33 AM
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Frank
5149 posts
Aug 16, 2014
5:41 AM
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Your obviously in the wrong thread - this thread ain't about you, And calling all the members who have contributed to this thread douche bags is not respecting their decision to participate in this thread!
Please stay out of this thread, unless your going to contribute accordingly.
START YOUR OWN THREAD IF YOU WANT TO PROMOTE YOUR ANGER OR WHAT EVER ELSE YOUR DOING!
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 16, 2014 6:01 AM
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6SN7
461 posts
Aug 16, 2014
5:58 AM
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Well look at who's being a little girl, oh my.
What's next, "Frank asks, what is Kim Kardashian's favorite harmonica?"
Sheesh...
And remember to give generously to Http://www.musicmakers.org
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Frank
5150 posts
Aug 16, 2014
6:05 AM
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Your like cock roach, hard to re-direct - Please stay away, your in the wrong thread :)
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 16, 2014 6:08 AM
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Honkin On Bobo
1236 posts
Aug 16, 2014
6:05 AM
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"What's next, "Frank asks, what is Kim Kardashian's favorite harmonica?" "
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Normally, one would consider the above exaggeration for comedic effect.
On the other hand, Frank did author a thread on the blues and erectile dysfunction so who knows.
Last Edited by Honkin On Bobo on Aug 16, 2014 10:38 AM
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yogi
71 posts
Aug 16, 2014
6:08 AM
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I am a reader here, I don't know too much about the harmonica an blues so I check in here regularly because I learn stuff. The debates that often take place are usually interesting and a help me to understand more about the blues.
I used to visit another harmonica forum and stopped. It became a madhouse where a small number of posters filled the forum with post of stupidity, ego and self importance.
Frank is now doing the same damage to this forum. Thinking something does not make it worth posting. You would not pay for the space in a newspaper to have your rubbish printed so why bring it here?
And when challenged you abuse and deride. These are not original thoughts you are having Frank, they are not enlightening and they are not of much particular value.
Give it a rest, please. Don't continue to be a protagonist of angst and venom. Grow up
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Frank
5151 posts
Aug 16, 2014
6:12 AM
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Many members are participating in this thread just fine, please stop interrupting the correspondence.
Start your OWN threads, thanks :)
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 16, 2014 6:13 AM
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Goldbrick
616 posts
Aug 16, 2014
6:13 AM
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The 5692 is a militarized version of the 6SN7, originally designed to work with artillery
And how could we leave out the awesome Eddie Hazel . A drug casualty
Edited for sentence structure
Last Edited by Goldbrick on Aug 16, 2014 7:04 AM
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chromaticblues
1597 posts
Aug 16, 2014
6:54 AM
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I wonder if Kim Kardashian plays the harmonica?
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chromaticblues
1598 posts
Aug 16, 2014
6:55 AM
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I wonder if Kim Kardashian knows someone that died from playing the harmonica?
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chromaticblues
1599 posts
Aug 16, 2014
6:56 AM
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I wonder if Kim Kardahian wonders about stuff?
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6SN7
463 posts
Aug 16, 2014
6:59 AM
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oh my Frank, you are just incorrigible.
"many are participating in this thread just fine."
That's really some silly rationale. There are many who think pederasty is ok and is a perfectly natural thing. Does that make it right?
How about the last post Frank: "...that awesome drug causalty Eddie Hazel.." How about Eddie hazel was an awesome funk guitarist, who's playing was on the par of Jeff Beck and is a member of the rock and roll hall of fame. Death by drugs is not awesome, ask Sean Costello's parents.
Hey Frank, you can continue to call me all the names you want but how about donating 25$ to Musicmakers everytime you do it and I will match it. That way, you can continue to call me names and be of service at the same time, what a concept!
Http://www.musicmakers.org
PS @ Honkin on Bobo: I wasn't being funny or exaggerating. That is exactly where this forum is heading with Frank's recent choice of topics. I imagine the moderators have sent him a note regarding this, but maybe if enough participants here call him out on it (with in the guidelines of the forum) he will rechannel his energies towards something decent to read.
Http://www.musicmakers.org
Last Edited by 6SN7 on Aug 16, 2014 7:00 AM
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Goldbrick
617 posts
Aug 16, 2014
7:09 AM
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@6sn7
I am a huge Eddie Hazel fan - I edited the sentence structure.
Eddie unfortunately is dead- Jeff Beck just looks dead and used to be a really good player until he discovered " fusion". Should have stuck to blues and rockabilly
Last Edited by Goldbrick on Aug 16, 2014 7:10 AM
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Thievin' Heathen
365 posts
Aug 16, 2014
7:29 AM
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Goldbrick, I'll have to disagree with you about Jeff Beck. I think he is a case of, "could not be contained by the blues".
I appreciate this thread. There's a few folks I've forgotten to remember and a couple I have not been exposed to. Their art should be remembered, and since it's not hanging on a wall somewhere, why not here?
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6SN7
465 posts
Aug 16, 2014
7:31 AM
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Really Goldbrick, I believe what you just reedited. So why post it originally like it's something from TMZ?
And your glib comment about Jeff Beck, it that really that funny?
More condescending and sarcastic remarks, you guys are just hilarious.
You are pandering to a lowest denominator of humor without just calling one names. It is not very clever.
How about contributing to Musicmakers? As long as you are glorifying and making sport off dead African-Americans drug deaths, maybe you can give some money to help them at the same time. Obviously you realize what you wrote originally was stupid, so instead of being a coward and "changing the sentence structure" do something meaningful.
Http://www.musicmakers.org
Last Edited by 6SN7 on Aug 16, 2014 7:44 AM
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Frank
5152 posts
Aug 16, 2014
7:47 AM
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n7..you are not going to resolve any gripes you harbor in this thread.
Please - Stay away and let the fine members who are enjoying engaging in this thread to carry on with out you constantly nagging and interrupting us :)
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Goldbrick
618 posts
Aug 16, 2014
7:49 AM
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6sn7 6V6, 12ax7, Mosfet or whatever u wanna be
Right now its fun and games. Humor is subjective
Try calling me a coward in person some time-then I would believe you are a man and not a tube.
I'm from South Philly we throw snow balls at Santa Claus
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JustFuya
397 posts
Aug 16, 2014
7:50 AM
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Why attempt to stifle a vivid imagination? On a slow news day I'll flip to the funny pages or even the obits. It's up to me to find the value. I'm not an editor so I'm not here looking for fault.
I actually learned something heartwarming. In the process of clarifying the nature of RJ's death I discovered that after 62 years, Mississippi finally closed probate (2000) and his son was declared heir of the estate. The end of a sordid tale of greed.
I also got to recall one of my rarely mentioned blues heroes, whose stage presence was exponentially proportionate to his physical size .... even during his musical 'lulls'.
Last Edited by JustFuya on Aug 16, 2014 9:57 AM
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Thievin' Heathen
369 posts
Aug 16, 2014
9:40 AM
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It seems strange to me that something racist could be read into "awesome drug casualty". From what Wiki tells me, Eddie Hazel died of internal bleeding and liver failure at ~42 yrs old. That sounds like hard living, possibly complicated by hereditary medical conditions. A 25-30 destruction of your internal organs could be considered awesome in medical terms.
The other drug overdoses seem to be results of choices made by people who knew better, but took the risk for the thrill. I see old interviews with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Lester Butler, and I think "these people were visionaries". To inject race into the conversation is to rob them of their freedom to choose how they lived their lives.
I would accredit the, too numerous, violent deaths to a hazardous work environment. If you are constantly in the company of people who are on the tag end of a 4 hour drinking binge, i.e. closing time at any bar, you run a very high likelihood of getting stabbed or shot.
Note: It looks like there has been an edit of the race comment, so now my comment seems irrelevant. My apologies to all who are wondering, "where the Hell is this guy coming from".
Last Edited by Thievin' Heathen on Aug 16, 2014 10:14 AM
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6SN7
467 posts
Aug 16, 2014
9:49 AM
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Oh Mr Frank, it's like shooting fish in a barrel with you and I have tired of your antics.
Goldbrick,, oh brother, shiver me timbers.
On a serious note, you are correct Goldbrick, I was wrong to call you a coward. Your redit was the stand up thing to do. Please accept my sincere apologies.
@TH: If you are suggesting I was injecting racism into this thread, you are wrong.
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Last Edited by 6SN7 on Aug 16, 2014 9:56 AM
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Frank
5153 posts
Aug 16, 2014
10:21 AM
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n7...we get it, your interpretation of the thread is causing you anguish and grief...
Your childish insistence to seek approval of your complaints are making you look sadly insecure.
Again, please stay out of this thread...
All the fine MBH members are in good standing who are trying to enjoy and develop this very interesting thread.
Please go and nag somewhere else,
Your intent to sabotage a great thread is pitifully self - righteous:)
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 16, 2014 10:44 AM
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BluesJacketman
204 posts
Aug 16, 2014
10:38 AM
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The only one acting childish here and seeking approval is you Frank. Isn't that why you post about 5 new topics a day? I often wonder if this forum is the only interaction you have with other musicians, stop posting stupid shit, go to a jam and stop playing to backing tracks, and you cannot banish a member from your thread.
6SN7 has just interjected his opinion. I don't see anything wrong with that.
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6SN7
468 posts
Aug 16, 2014
10:41 AM
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yeah, sure Frank, whatever you say. You are so wrong on so many counts, I do not know where to start. There must be a chapter in the latest DSM V all about you.
As for whether this is an interesting thread, it isn't, unless TMZ and Perez Hilton are your top bookmarks of your browser.
But the worst part, is you have completely lost your witty repartee. You have gone from being a headache to being a bore. Now that is far worst than a death by any means.
Last Edited by 6SN7 on Aug 16, 2014 10:43 AM
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Frank
5154 posts
Aug 16, 2014
10:48 AM
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Take off your pious post police badges and Please stay away:)
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Goldbrick
620 posts
Aug 16, 2014
11:11 AM
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There is some good music in this thread that some folks might not be aware of otherwise. Why not keep it less personal so it doesnt get locked down.
As with any thread - if you dont dig it dont participate- in that particular discussion.
Unless Frank is dead and doesnt know it- what does his playing have to do with this ?
In the spirit of harmony, music from another late, great sometimes blues guy (Lennon on lap steel)-Harrison got stabbed but survived
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6SN7
469 posts
Aug 16, 2014
11:34 AM
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well, that's a nice change, but watch it Goldbrick, the thread has ZERO to do with music and everything to do with "...bluemen deaths that would be interesting how they meet their untimely demise."
Knock yourself out; express your opinion,and go off topic, but stop acting like a sanctimonious prat, its boorish.
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Frank
5156 posts
Aug 16, 2014
11:45 AM
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n7 - You have made it clear that you don't like me, fine...
But, Please stop harassing the fine members who are trying to post in good faith to this thread.
Your post police badge is phony - just like your concern about this thread :)
Last Edited by Frank on Aug 16, 2014 11:52 AM
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Goldbrick
621 posts
Aug 16, 2014
11:46 AM
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Yo 6
I have many times been called an Azzhole- but sanctimonious-nah
I am guessing your cathode may be overheating cause you seem to be writing from your anode. Try a new old stock RCA
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6SN7
470 posts
Aug 16, 2014
1:01 PM
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Frank, please reread my posts, they are about your topic of discussion. Riddle me this, what is the importance of this topic? It is nothing less than sensationalism. If it is so important, why haven't you made a case of its importance to all of us. Instead, you tell me to shutup. All you have barked back is "let's the fine members enjoy it."
Goldbrick, you are pathetic and wrote an incredible stupid comment about the guitatrist and then changed it and then try to ply upon us your peace and love posts. bullocks. You have been caught out and start puffing about.
As for being the police, you two act like you are the purveyors of the high road, "well, if your don't like it, just ignore the topic." What only the two of you are entitled to your opinion.?
You will be happy, I am done. I look forward to seeing this thread become something of interest, but I imagine it will be more of you two just repeating the same old same old and rehashing lines like "don't go away mad, just go away and other lines a liitle brat would say. I bet you can't resist just keeping your mouths shut , your behavor is predictable.
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nacoran
7938 posts
Aug 16, 2014
1:05 PM
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I'm going to lock this thread while we sort this out. There are some posts way out of line with the forum rules here. If you think I might be talking about you, please make sure we have your current email.
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