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-For sheer volume across the board: Silkstone alloy D+ (assuming plain Silkstone Alloy D is similarly loud) could match most anything short of a weed whacker- and maybe that too. Playing this is an exercise in sonic authority, so mind yer manners playing with others and consider leaving some volume ...

hmm...tanbark-hued sails, perhaps on the molded plank/lapstrake boats mentioned earlier, lots of non-Harley V-twin motorcycles trading on the classic look, Steampunk design in general, retro Art Deco architecture i.e. modern skyscrapers with arch detailing to evoke that Chrysler Building look...

-Been playing, fitfully, for 43+ years on various 5-string banjos and banjo-shaped objects. Current crop is two Bart Reiter open backs and one resonator Deering, all well loved. Not as good nor having as broad a repertoire as the decades could suggest but enjoy old-timey stuff immensely in three-fin...

Ex-Oxy/Acetylene, arc & TIG welder here: -For reasons of safety- Get instruction first if opting for any kind of welding or brazing equipment. Oxy-acetylene rigs can be used for a wide range of applications from small to huge but require training for safe use. Acetylene is highly explosive. The ...

-Speaking IMHO on instruments in general: An instrument may be above or below a beginner's early skill level. Early on two borrowed vintage Martins sounded clearly the tone and dynamics my laminate-top beginner guitar lacked and I realized I'd outgrown the starter. -That being said a person can go b...

-Don't know if its the same bloop sound, but Sausalito houseboaters heard toadfish mating hums in the 1980s.
Poor things. Someone should teach them the words.

"Keys To The Kingdom" by Uncle Earl from "Raise A Ruckus" and a number of cuts from their "Waterloo, Tennessee"
album. Old-timey stuff performed well.

"Humuside: Life on the Peat"

"....nos habebit hummus...!"


-A great pun & true for a few at least as pictured.

A rivalry with yummy result:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8670473.stm

"ask yer cat?"

-Better still, ask yer two cats. One lays against each side of you and one or both will protest when you stir.

-Hybrid starfish-freefaller augmented w/crocodile deathroll blanket-hogging dynamics.

-I'd open a discount brains shoppe, stock it with cauliflower and red sauce and advertise in local zombie publications. An armored turnstile beyond the checkstand will prevent unhappy customers from returning afterward for my small personal stock of authentic grey matter. Zombies have plenty of rage...

"Who and whom vary in exact parallel with he and him. Whom is correct only when you could swap it with him in relation to the same verb. If you can't say 'him played..', don't use 'whom played'."

Zounds! You're correct and the ill-used whoms have been cut out. So much for lazy composition.

-Saw a 50's/60's pop/rock cover band in Washington state a few years ago whose music was good and danceable. Musicianship & vocals- all fine. They followed headliners Mark O'Connor & Frank Vignola playing Hot Club swing but we weren't so receptive to them after watching Mark & Frank firs...