It's that time boys and girls.
It's Friday and the floor's all yours but you already know that.
And I know I don't have to remind you what we're really celebrating this Memorial Day Weekend.
While you're out there soaking up the sun, burning your burgers, and tipping back a few beers don't forget to give a toast to those who didn't make it back.
Because we all know if it weren't for their sacrifice everything we now enjoy and often take for granted wouldn't even be possible.
Happy Memorial Day, guys...
Kevin McGinty
Good wet, soggy morning!
ReplyDeleteEvery American should give a heartfelt "Thank you!" to all the brave men and women in, or who have honorably served in, any of the military services of the United States of America. And, not JUST on Memorial Day, or Veteran's Day...but EVERY day.
The special days set aside to honor them should be celebrated, and fun SHOULD be had...for the freedom to choose what kind of celebrating you wish to do, and the liberty to do it, was a gift to ALL Americans from those who served our country to defend those freedoms and liberties.
Let's enjoy ourselves, but NEVER forget the reason we are able to do so. Let's also make sure we have people running the country who will also honor and support them (instead of people who detest everything those who fight for liberty and who fight for the Constitution and the preservation of our country stand for).
If at a gathering, take a few moments to show deserved respect, and to honor the people who so bravely stand between liberty and American exceptionalism, in contrast to some failure-prone dictatorial, oppressive form of government that disallows freedom...like Socialism/Communism/Fascim, etc.
EVERY American SHOULD give a heartfelt "Thank You". Sadly, there are way too many disrespectful, un-American Obama/Hillary/Bernie voters out there who would recoil at that suggestion, and offer up a "____ YOU!", instead.
Using, by the way, the freedoms available to them by the brave people who have fought, and many who have been wounded...or died...to gift to even THOSE disrepectful ingrates those freedoms.
Hey, Rikki...
ReplyDeleteJust looked again at the "Canon in D" you posted. Looks like they transposed the key to "C". So, it's actually "Canon in D (in C)", or "Canon in C". Which is perfectly legit, and perfectly fine. It's the exact same melody and structure.
Normally, the song key is the first chord chosen, and the root note of that chord is what defines the chord. You'll notice that in that video, the first chord is "C". Actually, except for a few passing 'D' notes, the 'D's are pretty sparse in that key!
I found an example of a lady teaching it in "D", as you'll note that the first chord she plays is a 'D' chord. It's a little tougher for novices to play the song, because there are a couple of barre chords in it, and barre chords usually come after you have learned at least the main group of open chords (or "EZ Chords") What the "C" key video did was present what a LOT of songbooks do...and transpose the actual song to "EZ Chord". There's nothing particularly bad about that except, if you put on..say...a Beatles recording, and try to follow many "EZ Chord Beatles" books to try to play ...it will be in the wrong key! (Beatles songs are tough enough to try to play along to, because they did a lot of studio 'varispeed' on the tapes, to slightly raise or lower the pitch of the entire song, so a normally tuned guitar may sound out-of-tune on a LOT of Beatles songs.)
Anyway, here's a link to the lady showing how it's played in "D".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnZtdrcA4f8
The reasons for key changes (or tuning down, or using a capo) are either to make it easier to play, or to better-suit the singer, so the singer can stay in his or her range. (Stevie Ray Vaughn tuned all the strings down, as did Eddie Van Halen, in the David Lee Roth days).
One more thing. I found a book that you may find interesting...IF you can find a copy. You have probably seen "Chord Books". They are handy, but they probably just have all the, say..."A Chords" in various places on the fretboard, the "A flat", the "Am", etc., all grouped together.
THIS book starts with..say...an "A" chord, and then lists a BUNCH of other chords that will normally transition nicely from that chord. Once you find that next chord, say...F#m, you can then go to the F#m pages, and try out the third chords. You can then continue, if you want to add another, etc.
It's good for just trying to find new chord sequences that you may not have thought of, and to try to create "your own thing".
I have found some unusual, cool-sounding transitions from this book, and learned some new and different chords.
It's called "The Guitar Player's Songwriting Bible". It won't show you how to play any known song, but it will be good practice, and maybe even help you write a few new ones! It's never a bad thing to get your fingers to twist into a new chord shape!
Here's an Amazon link to the book (which says "not available at this time"...but may be able to locate it elsewhere, if interested):
http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Players-Songwriting-Bible-Bibles/dp/0785826483
Thanks Nunya. Will give this a try. I have a long weekend planned into next week. Yay me! (smiles).
DeleteOver on the Albuquerque bunker blog I have three guitar tutorials that I found on youtube.
I'll post them here too...
God Father theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL_Y0rRjl9Y
Fur Elise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn18BGQYrR4
Bolero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhRmKgx4R_Y
Will have to look into me getting that Guitar Player's Songwriting Bible....
Looks like gimmegimmejjimmieminnowstarfish is getting pretty nasty over there on the Urinal...calling people names, personally-attacking, etc. Y'know...just his normal disrespectful violations of the rules (kinda like all the anti-Trump protest morons!)
ReplyDeleteBut...that's all 'OK with CJ', apparently.
Time for work. Have a great day!
Oops...I got a few more minutes...to try annoy liberals!
ReplyDeleteHere's an odd thing that popped up in a big red banner on the Urinal:
"The username Homey has not been activated or is blocked."
WTF?! Hell...I didn't try to log on, or anything. Why is it telling ME that?!
Anyway...I was just pondering something.
I was kind of disappointed that our good friend, Philly, couldn't get Tunafish to join us at the Summit. She seems like she might have had fun.
But, then...it occurred to me that there may have been reasons he didn't want to join in. He may have just been being noble. Maybe he DOES care for her (bless his hardened-black heart!) and just didn't want to put her through the embarassment of being seen with him? That sounds...plausible. (But, not really realistic. I doubt he has a noble bone in his tiny, scaley little aquatic body!)
Probably, more like...he probably doesn't want her hanging around any REAL men...like all of us out there, what with his chickenshit inadequacy issues, and all? Withering metrosexual cowards don't well in the company of...well...guys who realize that we are...OBVIOUSLY..."guys"! And, the girls who realize who THEY are, also!
That sounds more believable.
Well...I see Mr. Friday Afternoon (MFA) has announced his plans to knock off early today, and go try to ruin another bar!
ReplyDeletein keeping with his Communist tendencies...only the finest Russian Vodka, and a nice Cuban cigar, as he dictates his own "Terms of Service" in his next victim-bar, and lays down the law on what words and phrases will NOT be tolerated!!
Well...as he sucks on that cigar (amongst other things)let him remember one thing.
GFY...MFA.
Hey...careful over on the Urinal. After that odd thing...I did a little poking with some software. Strange 'activity' over there, right now.
ReplyDeleteI would be very cautious about the urinal these days. It's more than obvious that buttstash has connections there that run pretty deep. Maybe he cleans toilets there part time, and he peeked and acquired somebodies password to their system, I don't know.
ReplyDeleteBut it would not surprise me if his ties were deep enough to get users names and private information. That could be very dangerous to those of us who value our privacy. He is just the kind of flaming asshole who will go after you in your personal life to stop you if he cannot stop you by getting you booted.
Of course, that also goes two ways. By doing that, he opens the door to others doing the same to him. Many of us have connections we would never consider using unless the situation left us no choice.
Sounds like Nunya is already doing a little poking around there. I think the ungodly left seriously underestimates the level of sophistication in our little blogging family. They do so at their own peril I might add.
Rubio called Trump a ‘con man’ but now thinks he should be president
ReplyDeleteLong a star of the mainstream conservative movement, the senator from Florida — and onetime presidential candidate — is one of the starkest symbols of the Republican Party’s rapid capitulation to Donald Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/27/this-might-be-the-darkest-theory-yet-about-why-donald-trump-keeps-winning/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics%3Ahomepage%2Fcard
ReplyDeleteOn television and on the stump, at debates and in speeches, Donald Trump is reminding the American people that they are going to die.
The reminders aren’t explicit, and they probably aren’t part of an intentional strategy. All the same, much of Trump’s rhetoric could have the effect of bringing his viewers’ omnipresent fear of death closer to their conscious minds, according to Sheldon Solomon, a psychologist at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
That includes his emphasis on terrorism, unsurprisingly, but also his preoccupation with immigration. This focus might be helping Trump, since Solomon’s recent research shows that people who are thinking about death are more likely to say they support him. Study subjects who were prompted to talk about their own death later rated their support for Trump 1.66 points higher on a five-point scale than those who were prompted to talk about pain generally.
Well that's about the stupidest thing I've ever heard but I just consider the source and give it the credibility it deserves which is zero.
ReplyDeleteGuess it never occurs to these brain dead godless left wing haters that Trump is winning because for eight years they have done everything they could do to destroy our civil society and our country, and we've had eight years of this godless Muslim president who hates half of America with a passion.
And slightly less useless is the Republican Party that let him do it.
So maybe we're just sick of this shit and ready for a President who loves his country and will put America first.
Just maybe that's it. Think about it you disbarred lawyer criminal thief and crawl back under the rock you crawled out from under.
Fuck a bunch of godless demoncrats
Nunya, you need to let it out and tell it like it is. Lol
ReplyDeleteYep, the new click tracker cj installed is at work. They are crunching everybody under an auspicious algorithm. Go figure, right? Desperation for advertisement.
ReplyDeleteI don't know ya real well nunya, but your message above was eerily similar to "message to Harry Manback",with the ending of your message. It was perfect. Not sure you are familiar, with the group that made it is. But I'm willing to bet you are.
In my opinion, the greatest drummer still performing, is in that band.
And yes, Danny Carey from Paola Kansas.
Seen the band three times live.
EPIC.
BTW..compadres!
ReplyDeleteWe MAY have a new "compadre", who may wanna join the converations. A good friend of mine. Told him about all you fine, fun-lovin', Constitution-lovin' respectful and decent folks...and the good time and EXCELLENT "AMERICANS" last weekend...and he showed an interest in possibly joining in on conversations, "Summits", and even "cofee brunch" stuff (which was mentioned before...and I am in agreement with). (Side note: To keep out asshole 'riff-raff', liberal 'try to fuck up your life' threats (which is just what they do..since they have no real lives of their own)...coffee brunch-type stuff might be kept to email only contact? Not publicized when or where, here? Baltimore? Albuquerque? Anywhere liberals can congregate and say absolutely nothing...but fuck up everything?)
Anyway...IF he decides to join in...I will know....I will confirm. Once I confirm...(IF he doesn't find this to raucus)...if you guys trust me...he is "family"...just like the welcoming feeling you all gave ME last weekend! Guaranteed!
Time for dinner after a LONG OT week!
Take care, all! (And...take your meds...libs....GEEEZ...you are all embarassing yourselves!)
Just thought of something. (Dinner can wait a few more. Still good here...not like I work for the gubmint, and started imbibing at 1:30 pm on the taxpayers' dime! I had to WORK all day! To pay for assholes that brag about imbibing on gubmint time!)
ReplyDeleteMy good bud remindes me a lot...or vice-versa..of our good friend, Capt. Howdy! (In the MOST honorable way!)
Ya wanna hear it straight? No bullshit?
Yep. Two peas in a pod, right there!
BTW...Hammer! I never have addressed you back since last weekend! MY honor to have met such an intelligent, cognizant, respectful young man! (Sentiments shared by all...guaranteed!)
I'll check the "Manback" thing out. Never heard of it. But, I (we, I'm sure!)appreciate your interaction, suggestions, feedback and...most importantly..."friendship". (Something I'm sure most self-absorbed liberals just cannot really get a grasp on..."friendship".) ;^)
Harry manback is a little spoof they did. But I'm almost sure you heard their stuff. You ain't that old, man. Lol. If you want a little taste, YouTube Tool's cover of "No Quarter". Last Halloween they actually performed it, dressed as Zep as a tribute. Their stuff may not be your style, but I recommend it.
DeleteAnd thanks for the kind words. Certainly nice to meet ya. And yes, the left isn't about friendships, or people. Only agendas. Solutions looking for problems.
And i think everyone here or at the summit is just one thing. American.
Hey'ya, Sarge!
ReplyDeleteI got LOTS more in my ammo box!
;D
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ReplyDeleteHi everyone,
ReplyDeleteafter I got home this afternoon, I picked a grocery bags' worth of leaf lettuce and kale from the garden.... we had a break in the rain and I figured it was my "window of opportunity".... going to make salad out of it... late dinner..
will check in tomorrow morning to see how everyone is.
Later - Rikki
Rikki..
ReplyDeleteMy best (and...speaking for the rest of us ornery ol' farts..OUR best) to you and hubby, Rikki. He got a good woman..you got a good man. ;^) (I knew how that was once upon a time...until Jesus called her home). Cherish EVERY moment, darlin'. And ya' know what? I have a feelin' everything is gonna be OK. Just..a feelin'. If you believe it, if he believes it...believe it..and everything WILL be OK...no matter what. My prayers to you both.
thank you Nunya (many hugs). My hubby was a Godsend beyond words when he and I met back in 1984... from that time forward... 31 + years (January will be 32). We've come through a lot - always together.
ReplyDelete(smiles)
Well I say good night, been a long day. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteGood morning!
ReplyDeleteInsane "Kinnettism" of the week:
http://cjonline.com/opinion/2016-05-27/steve-and-cokie-roberts-sanders-strategy-helping-trump
Patty says: "Steve and Cokie Roberts are right wingers."
Can anyone possibly BE more insane than that?
Over on the urinal buttstash and blue boy are attacking PW and Kalaks, both of whom are their mental and moral superiors. They are belittling their profession by lying and pretending to know what they are talking about, which they obviously don't.
ReplyDeleteThis is rich when a couple of mooks like them try to belittle a couple of true professionals. I mean buttstash is a janitor in the Docking building and Blue is an orderly and empties bedpans for a living.
Pretty sad but Kalaks and PW both handed those two a beat down that left both of them a big puddle of quivering goo.
Maybe they learned to show some respect for their betters.
Inquiry:
ReplyDeleteWhen you guys use the term "PC" or "politically correct," what do you mean?
Mr anony-mouse
ReplyDeleteWe mean politically correct. Pretty common term unless you have been living under a rock or in jail.
Any other retorical questions?
Thank you Vets (all) for your selfless service to our Country - without your sacrifice - we wouldn't be enjoying the freedoms that we hold so dear.
ReplyDeleteThings we take daily for granted wouldn't be possible without your service to our Country. Hugs and God's blessings to all Veterans of the past, present and future.
God Bless America -
Up and at it, get those grills ready, time's a wastin.
ReplyDeletewhen's lunch? just let us know where n' when and we'll show up and help you enjoy bbq (smiles & hugs)
DeleteMouse asks...."When you guys use the term "PC" or "politically correct," what do you mean?"
ReplyDeletehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-politically-correct-went-from-compliment-to-insult/2016/01/13/b1cf5918-b61a-11e5-a76a-0b5145e8679a_story.html
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=politically%20correct
It means liberals are thin-skinned wussies, use "political correctness" as a passive-aggressive weapon, and people like Batshit (especially) are what those two links referenced above mean.
"Politically correct" is just another weapon in the liberals' arsenal to destroy the Constitution, specifically targeting the First Amendment.
I can write that on a sidewalk in chalk...if you'd like? And, then...you can run away to your 'Safe Space'...where the realities of the world are not allowed....where liberals are most comfortable, and have no need to engage their reptilian brains.
Putting on my liberal "non-thinking cap".
ReplyDelete"Political correctness".
In this new era of gender-neutral restrooms, locker rooms and showers, and the societal acceptance of rejecting all possible differences and obvious realities to differentiate between the sexes, in order to advance the cause of "equality" and "inclusiveness", I propose that all existing media (music, books, magazines, movies, TV shows, etc.) available to the public that specifically mentions or portrays a "romantic relationship" between a man and a woman, or references ANY differentiation bwetween the two, be removed from public access. It is "politically incorrect" and "unfair" to the LGBTQ..XYZ community, and an insult to them, unless EXACT EQUAL TIME is given to any combination of participants in that media.
No longer will songs with lyrics and titles depicting the relationship between, specifically, a man and a woman.
For instance, with the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", it would have to be retitled to be gender-neutral, and all references to gender diffences in the lyrics must be either edited out or re-recorded to be gender-neutral, or the song will be banned.
This criteria will be enforced for ALL media. This also includes ALL 'art', such as sculptures, paintings, etc.
The tragic loss of a great deal of music, movies, television shows, books, magazines, and art, in general, will be a small price to pay to advance the noble cause of "political correctness".
All media depicting "romantic relations" between the LBGT..XYZ members of society, though, shall be encouraged, and broadcast freely to the public. The televison networks of NBC have already started the process in earnest.
The High Priests of the Temples of Syrinx will store all banned media, available only to those who rule, to never be available again to "Common Persons".
From Rush, 2112:
"We've taken care of everything
The words you read, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
It's one for all and all for one
We work together, common sons
Never need to wonder how or why"
"We are the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
We are the Priests, of the Temples of Syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls"
Yes..."political correctness". The 'freedom' to destroy 'free speech', the First Amendment, and the entire Constitution of the United States of America.
Now I am depressed.
DeleteHey Sarge....just imagining what a dedicated liberal might think ("non-think"?), and trying to point out the hypocritical idiocies of the left! Fortunately, there are still (hopefully) enough REAL Americans to push back against nonsense!
ReplyDeleteA burger and a beer will fix ya right up!
Good point Nunya a burger and 6 Beers should fix it.
DeleteOne more explanation for Mouse:
ReplyDelete"Politically correct".
Anything a liberal utters or writes, no matter how disgusting, vile, accusatory or demeaning to anyone, is not subject to the rules of "political correctness".
ANYTHING a moderate or conservative utters or writes can be targeted by the left, and twisted into "politically incorrect", no matter how innocent and innocuous.
For example, "anchor babies" and "unholy left" are considered to be EXTREMELY offensive to anyone on the left, and those terms 9and the people who used them) MUST be banished from the public.
But, the left is free to use, say, the disgusting term "swife", or any other vile word, term or description...with impunity.
Hypocritical? Absolutely, 100%.
Typical liberalism? 100%
Liberalism cannot exist without pure hypocrisy as its keystone.
PC means pretending a man can transform himself into a women by merely saying it to be or even with hormones and surgery. Sex is what you are born with, not changeable. True there are rare exceptions where a person may be born with traits of both sexes, but that is the exception and not the rule.
ReplyDeletePC is not speaking out against allowing males with male genitaila being allowed in areas where they will intentionally or unintentionally expose said genitaila to women and girls.
Conservative friends of the bunker. PW has asked me to pass this along. As most of you would expect she is one pissed off woman at Battleshit and BS after Friday and Saturday. She and me and her request are flagging all of Bshits confederate posts with this statement; See your own terms of service/ rules of civility: ◾is defamatory, threatening, disparaging, grossly inflammatory, false, misleading, fraudulent, inaccurate, unfair, contains gross exaggeration or unsubstantiated claims, violates the privacy rights of any third party, is unreasonably harmful or offensive to any individual, community, association, group or business.
ReplyDeleteThere are literally millions of people who have ancestors who served with honor and courage in the Confederate Army for one individual to demean, disparage, defame and be deliberately inflammatory towards these ancestors is extremely offensive and uncalled for. And these veterans are officially recognized by the United States as serving with honor.
She has asked me to ask you in joining her in teaching batshit a lesson ruralpreacher
Count me in...
ReplyDeleteRay I add this a Confederate basher, especially a veteran, and even more so an officer, is to ask them it they knew that Confederate soldiers are officially American Veterans by Act of Congress. They are usually stunned.
ReplyDeleteSarge that is because America used to be about reconciliation, unity and building a better country together. Today the majority of the democrappy party is all about divisiveness and destroying the country.
ReplyDeleteBS sounds like he has come unhinged.
ReplyDeleteI can't flag on the urinal anymore but I agree.
ReplyDeleteAlso buttstash and blue boy's attacks on PW and Kalaks should be flagged. Personal attacks and lies. And baitboy just about everything he's posting is a violation.
Anybody need more evidence the urinal hates you and let's those godless left wing do whatever they want?
No argument from me and part of the reason I don't blog or post over there anymore. There are good people there but it is a cesspool and doesn't deserve my blogs.
DeleteWell as long as they get open Blog Friday and maybe Mid week Wednesday that is all that is really needed and I bet the ones still hanging in there would agree.
ReplyDeleteNew blog on both websites alert...
ReplyDeleteGood Grief!!
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