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re: Name your top 5 favorite guitarists

Posted by BasilFawlty on 7/7/26 at 8:02 am to mwlewis
In no particular order...
Brian May
EVH
SRV
Jeff Beck
Gilmour

Honorable mentions to
Clapton
Elliott Easton (The Cars)
Keef (who I think is the greatest rock rhythm player of all time)

ETA: This list is fluid and subject to change depending on mood.
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re: Rank these 4 performers/bastards: Mellencamp, Springsteen, Seger, Petty

Posted by BasilFawlty on 7/6/26 at 12:33 pm to hogcard1964
Petty
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re: Rank these 4 bands: The Eagles, Boston, Chicago, Steely Dan

Posted by BasilFawlty on 7/6/26 at 5:56 am to DeltaTigerDelta
Steely Dan
Chicago
Eagles





Boston
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re: What is absolutely the song you hate the most?

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/27/26 at 6:47 am to LSU alum wannabe
“Never Been Any Reason” by Head East. Honorable mention to “Black Betty” by Ram Jam.
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re: White shrimp boot nicknames

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/25/26 at 5:53 am to KISS ARMY
Parish Cleats
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re: Favorite Snowball Flavor

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/21/26 at 8:30 pm to spiderman
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Popeye

From Sal’s?
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re: 5 people shot off of Lobdell Boulevard

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/18/26 at 10:45 am to Breauxsif
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Pelican Bay apartment complex

Gotta love an apartment complex named for a super-max prison...
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re: Exterior Door Refinishing- Baton Rouge area

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/15/26 at 8:30 pm to PapaPogey
Whatever you choose to do, please make sure you are using products suitable for exterior use. If you don’t, you’re wasting your time and money.
I’ve seen more exterior doors/wood windows ruined by using the wrong products, generally Minwax stain with a non-spar or interior grade polyurethane.
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re: Actors you have an irrational dislike for.

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/15/26 at 12:46 pm to Strannix
I have 2, Jason Schwartzman and Jesse Eisenberg. They both make me want to kick a puppy.
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re: Limestone / gravel company

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/9/26 at 3:21 pm to jm_1776
They're in Denham, but good people.

Mears Sand & Gravel
40 Mears Rd
Denham Springs, Louisiana 70706
225-665-1830
dianna@mearsgravel.com

Ask for Dianna when you call.
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re: When you graduated HS did you go with your parents on a “ Senior Trip”?

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/7/26 at 9:24 am to BowDownToLSU
At our after-graduation party (Jefferson Orleans) where most of us were drinking illegally, someone started passing around a legal pad to sign up for a Cancun trip, so I signed up and forgot about it.

About a week later, my dad asked me about a senior trip that I signed up for. So I told him about it. To my disbelief he said it sounded like fun and told me to get some details. I did and he said yes.

4 teachers went as “chaperones”, and they got as hammered as we did every day. Great trip.
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re: Home remedies the medical industry says do not work

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/5/26 at 8:44 am to winkchance
My grandmother had a remedy for fever. Cut an onion in half. Place it cut side against the sole of the foot and secure it with string for about 8 hours. My dad swore it worked to break the fever. :dunno:
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re: These aging (can’t stop performing) rock stars…..

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/5/26 at 7:51 am to KiwiHead
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I'd rather see Sammy Hagar

Saw him at The Woodlands last summer, Loverboy (!) was the opener. Hagar was great, and Loverboy wasn't bad. Mike Reno has to be almost 3 bills.
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re: These aging (can’t stop performing) rock stars…..

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/5/26 at 5:58 am to Rip Torner
He did? You’re kidding! I had no idea!
Thanks for sharing! /s
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re: These aging (can’t stop performing) rock stars…..

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/4/26 at 11:22 am to jdd48
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Because you just don't care for the music or their current ability?

The ability was fine, albeit overwrought. I totally respect the musicianship and the fact that they're legends.

My opinion stems from (in no particular order), they sounded horrible, there was absolutely no chemistry onstage because they all hate each other, the crowd provided what energy there was to the show, and someone needs to tell Neal Schon that every song doesn't need a 5+ minute guitar solo that is so poorly engineered that that his pick attack overwhelmed what the band was playing behind him. And I am 100% a guitar guy.

It just wasn't a great experience, IMO. Your mileage may vary.
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re: These aging (can’t stop performing) rock stars…..

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/4/26 at 10:37 am to lsuoilengr
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Journey is playing in Houston

Saw them recently in NOLA. They're awful.
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re: Do you eat mashed potatoes with your stuffed bell peppers?

Posted by BasilFawlty on 6/3/26 at 10:58 am to SpotCheckBilly
My grandma did ground meat, breadcrumbs, and shrimp. I always ate the stuffing, don't like bell peppers. I will allow mashed potatoes as a side.
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re: Want to Recommend a Book About Music

Posted by BasilFawlty on 5/22/26 at 9:59 am to razor55red
Recommend any of these:
The History of Country Music - Ken Burns & Dayton Duncan
Brothers - Alex Van Halen
Life - Keith Richards
Careless Love & Last Train to Memphis- Peter Guralnick (Elvis)
Johnny Cash - Greg Laurie & Marshall Terrill
Johnny Cash - Robert Hillburn
Robert Plant - Dave Thompson
Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath - Tony Iommi
Red - Sammy Hagar
The Wrecking Crew - Kent Hartman
Catch a Wave - Kent Hartman (Brian Wilson / Beach Boys)
Confess - Rob Halford
Beast - C.M. Kushins & Dave Grohl (Bonham)
Eruption - Brad Tolinsky & Chris Gill (EVH)
Queen Unseen - Peter Hince (Freddie Mercury)
Comfortably Numb - Mark Blake
From Cradle to Stage - Virginia Grohl
Do You Feel Like I Do? - Peter Frampton & Alan Light
Petty: The Biography - Warren Zanes
Texas Flood - Alan Paul & Andy Aledort (SRV)
The Gospel According to Luke - Steve Lukather
Mercury - Lesley-Ann Jones
Clapton - Eric Clapton
Runnin' with the Devil - Noel Monk & Joe Layden
Van Halen Rising - Greg Renoff
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re: Why I hate Unions - BLET spends millions on resorts while members "can't afford bills"

Posted by BasilFawlty on 5/20/26 at 12:07 pm to Hangover Haven
When I was in college, I got into a disagreement with my instructor about joining a teacher's union (I was an education major).

Her argument for was that I ever got into a legal situation, the union would be there for me as legal representation. An "invaluable" resource.

My argument against was that it seemed to me the easiest way to protect myself was not to put myself in that situation to begin with.

Also, since I am politically conservative, why would I choose (pay) to align myself with an organization that is blatantly liberal?

She really didn't have an answer.
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re: Swallow-tailed Kite hanging out in my neighborhood.....

Posted by BasilFawlty on 5/18/26 at 8:16 pm to warm
We get red-tailed hawks and Mississippi kites in our neighborhood. Squirrels are fricked.
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re: What was the wildest thing you witnessed at a wedding?

Posted by BasilFawlty on 5/16/26 at 7:51 pm to Chastains
Fight at my cousin’s wedding. She married a Chalmatian. We have relatives from Bridge City.
One of the Chalmatians said something about the suit one of the Bridge City-ans was wearing. “Country bumpkin-arse” was the term. Fists and chairs began to fly. Me and my Pops stood off to the side drinking and being entertained.
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