The Portrait of Zool

Have fun! We'll miss you.

The rubber chicken has no name.

Equipment at a party... was it a recording party? Great stuff! You're already a coffee house act - when is the recording contract!?

Shurak? JOAT? LLyL? Nim? Slugge? And Snypiuer! Like, WOW!! - that is entertaining! (and ancient! )

OH MY GAWD!!!

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Zool is driven insane by the persistent not touching. How are you? How much longer you home? You got IRC? Where were you last tuesday night at approximately 11 PM? Do you have witnesses? How will our hero escape the flaming ice cream of death? What is the meaning of meaning? How do you conceptualize the inconceptualable? What is the practical application of the universe? And finally, just how did you get the chipmunk in the accordion? Again, Good to see ya! :wizzie:

Heh!

It is so very good to see you around again Snypiuer. Welcome.

Cool Ardy! Ya know, not to bug you tooo much about it for the umpteenth time, but you could make a hell of a popular novel out of this with an extended plot... :wizzie:

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius. --Mozart

Woohoo! Let's dance! Happy B-day Evan!

Lightning flashes through the large window in the hall, illuminating a large hanging portrait. In the first stroke of lightning the eyes are centered. In the next, they are looking left. In the next after that, they are looking right. No, the subject of the painting isn't a real looker - it's Zool! Without the aid of lightning, Zool's lips part, his lips forming words and a flat voice issues out; "I've never been hobbled by commitment, but consider me interested!"

Hm, forgot about this thread, but I feel like posting - and BTW, Wyvern's story from his first post is HILARIOUS! I did go to a concert last summer, which was a fundraiser in Sonoma. Headlining was The Doobie Brothers, but there were also a bunch of spot appearences by other names - The Turtles (which was actually pretty entertaining), Joe Satriani (who rocked, of course), and *gulp* a surprise appearence by Jackson Brown, which was positively stellar!! What a touching and talented performer. Eerily, he looked EXACTLY the same as his pictures from the 70's - he even wore the same tranplanted faded black t-shirt and blue jeans. The power of his voice and music was the same too. Of course, the highlight of the evening was the Doobie Brothers. Those guys are GREAT! There is an energy in their live performances which is a whole nother level over the recorded songs, which are also great!. They really are a very talented group. Because the concert was in Sonoma, I was soooo happy to be able to get a decent glass of beer! They also had oysters on the half shell, an olive and cheese bar, a salad bar, a wine bar, plus the more mainstream fare of sandwiches and burgers. Great food, great music, great drink - life is good. Anyway, for some reason while reading this I am reminded of a concert I went to a long time ago, and am thinking of one I will pseudo-attend in the near future. The long ago concert was back in... '88, '89? It was The Spinners headlining, along with a couple of other 60's - 70's bands. At first I thought, "Oh great, another geriatric 'will work for oxygen' tour," but then I saws that the tickets were really inexpensive, like $20, and I wasn't doing anything else, and also going to be there was Three Dog Night - I always LOVED Three Dog Night - so my wife and I wound up going. It was an outdoor affair that was basically set up at a rodeo rink. Smallish crowd, and being this was in southern California the evening was warm and comfortable. To make a medium story less medium, the headlining band was fairly awful. When the headlining band came on, we left, but that was because the first band up was Three Dog Night and they ROCKED! Their performance was electric, and they played all their really great songs! Jeremiah was a Bullfrog, Just an old Fashioned Love Song, One, Shambala... I could go on and on. They played for almost an hour and a half, which isn't bad for a multi-attraction event. You could just tell that they loved to perform, and they were good at what they did besides. So that was cool. I'll always be glad I got to see Three Dog Night. So anyway, on to the future concert. Being raised in the 80's, I will always revere - Prince! That's right, I love the music of the Purple One, and have always wanted to catch one of his live shows. Well, I still can't do that, but he is trying something fairly new by kicking off the relaease of his new CD with a concert in L.A., and simulcasting it around the country to 40 other theatres. For those not in the know, the whole 'Prince changes his name yet agian' thing was because of a contract dispute with his record company. He wanted more control as an artist, both creatively and financially, and has struggled as a true independent to make it in music OUTSIDE the industry. To this end Prince fled corporate distribution and sells CDs direct from his website. Read all about the issues here: Musician's Rights So what Prince is doing is pretty experimental in support of artist's rights, and I support that, so I am going to catch one of his simulcast concerts in a local theatre. The price is pretty reasonable, and you even get a free copy of his new CD. If you are interested, check this out: Prince simulcast concerts I'll let you know all about it.

Sweet - another Zool dedication! I recorded the show again as planned - though as you know my friday nights are usually a mess, so I'll give you feedback when I've had a chance to listen to it, probably today while working around the house. I think you do a pretty good job of intro-ing the songs, but like Katz I think because you are probably introducing this music to many people who have very little familiarity with hip-hop, a few extra words with that slant wouldn't hurt. I've noticed that you seem to know a lot about the musicians and the genre itself - share the nuggets! I'm gonna miss your show next week - hope you are able to take advantage of a well earned rest! YOU ROCK! :woot:

Hallelujah brothuh!

*Zool glances down from within his portrait* "...and don't forget 'oil'... or rubber!" MuaHahahahaha!

*BOOM!* ;p

I saw this and just had to put it up. From www.onion.com, of course. VOLUME 36 ISSUE 07 — 1 MARCH 2000 Local Welder Suffering From Welder's Block EASTON, PA—Area welder Bruce Meacham confirmed Monday that he is suffering from a severe case of welder's block. "I know what I want to do," Meacham said. "I need to get this supporting strut attached to the main body of this girder. But I keep running into a wall every time I sit down and try to actually weld." Meacham said he spent the better part of last Saturday putting on his goggles, starting up his acetylene torch, and then merely staring at the two pieces of metal for hours. "You've got to understand, welding is a creative act," Meacham said. "It's not the kind of thing where you can just punch the clock and do it from 9 to 5."

Given your sense of humor Valdar, I thought you might appreciate this; http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/opi.../die_softly.php

Heh!

"Electrical, plumbing, heating & air, oh my!" Yes! Mega-congrats!

I'm just not a fan of a babbling moron. Ack! *Zool staggers, clutching at his heart* You've hurt me to the core! Honestly, I didn't expect much when I saw him, but it was a good show! They did a long version of 'Jimmy thing' which was awesome! He also did a short set of several blues songs solo, which does take talent. And if he had sucked, well, no loss, I had gotten the tickets for free.

http://www.bonnaroo.com/ Sorry guy, it's a bit out of my neighborhood. Sounds like a blast though! (Dave Matthews is a great show, and I would love to see Dylan!)

*Zool laughs as he quietly slips away, muttering how he TRIED to tell him, but he just wouldn't listen to me either...* He heh he he...