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#30: August 21, 2022, 12:17:23 PM
Great article and perspective, JB.  I'm a longtime Foo Fighters fan, and their song Walk and Disturbed's The Light both became my LBS theme songs of sorts.  Music is some of the cheapest and best therapy. 

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#31: August 29, 2022, 05:24:06 PM
Thunder, MadLuv, thissucks, beyond, thanks for the comments!

Our Grohl show went pretty well yesterday. I had asked to be put on Learn to Fly as my LBS song (didn't tell anyone that was why). (beyondblessed, I forgot about Walk, which the class also did.) We wound up opening with that, and the rest of the band dropped about half of the chorus near the end. They did that at the last rehearsal prior, and I thought I might have just forgotten, but I listened to it before the show and made sure I had it down. Oh, well. I had a bit of fluctuating tempo on a couple of other songs, but overall I think we did pretty well. Next season is Ramones and The Clash.

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#32: August 31, 2022, 09:38:25 AM
That sounds like so much fun JB  8)

How awesome..... dividing time into "seasons".... then you can see how far you've come with music. Super cool  ;D

Next thing you know, you'll be doing solos  ;)

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#33: October 30, 2022, 09:08:27 PM
JB, I was just wondering how you are fairing lately.  I hope you are doing well. 
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#34: October 31, 2022, 07:32:24 AM
Quote from: MomOfSteel on October 30, 2022, 09:08:27 PM
JB, I was just wondering how you are fairing lately.  I hope you are doing well.

Thank you for checking in, MoS! Things are chugging along. Fall is a bit of the bummer because it was a big season for "us" and last week was (no longer) our anniversary. But, I do have plans coming up for some local events, and traveling to visit family for Christmas. I've put my plans to move into a smaller house on hold until interest rates and the housing market settle down a bit, and also after I finish paying support next year. So not much to report on the forums, although I still read up to see how people are doing.

And catching up on reading my collection of books, and working on my motorcycle. And got cast on some good songs for music school, so I've been working on those.

Interesting that your H wanted money for a house... That was the foundation of my XW's settlement demands. It is madness, yet there is method to it.

Thanks again,

JB

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#35: February 20, 2023, 10:26:58 AM
Hi, all

It's been a while since I've posted directly! Nothing to update on the MLC front, but for me, we had our "Clash vs. Ramones" music show on Saturday, and we kicked a$$. We were at a different venue (brewery) than the previous two shows, and I guess the school hasn't played there before at all, but there was a lot more audience space and it was full. The stage was outside (under a roof), and the weather warmed up perfectly. This was the first time we ever had audience members yelling for an encore, and we're all, "Uh, we didn't practice anything else..." (And we don't always remember songs from previous seasons.) One of our vocals/guitar guys did his acoustic guitar rendition of Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time," and a subgroup who has been working together did Def Leppard's "Animal." Next season is an '80s mishmash.

Also read an interesting book: "When Breath Becomes Air" by neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi. He was nearing the end of his neurosurgery residency when he was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. As he had earned an BA and MA in English Lit prior to med school, he decided to write an autobiography. It had some interesting reflections on purpose of life and such, none of which I can quote because I don't have the book with me at work. :)

Take care,

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#36: February 20, 2023, 11:27:23 AM
Hey JB!!!

You sound great!!  ;D
Rocking it out with the band, how cool is that?

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#37: February 20, 2023, 07:58:22 PM
All sounds great! I wish we could all come be in that audience. Sounds like a fun time.
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#38: February 20, 2023, 08:15:20 PM
Thank you, MadLuv and StandingStrong!

I don't see the "links for discussion" thread any more, so I'll post this here. This randomly popped up in my YouTube feed, and I'm really on the fence about posting it because it seems like a "pickup" channel, but the points cover a number of suggestions that we generally make for LBSers. It's also a bit odd because it's using fictional characters (Don Draper clips from Mad Men) to make the points, but I guess there isn't much footage of real life people doing this. I also have to admit that I've used the "silence makes you look in control" thing; when I was a head ref in roller derby, the skaters all thought I was calm, collected, and had everything under control, but often the reality inside my head was me standing there thinking, "What the firetruck just happened?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmOAznOQX-g
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#39: March 21, 2023, 08:22:22 PM
In RCR's courses, she talks about "beginners mind" aka "childlike wonder." (pro tip: It's a good thing.)

Saw this spoof article today:

https://babylonbee.com/news/man-wishing-he-got-excited-about-anything-in-life-like-his-three-year-old-seeing-a-backhoe

(For my 40th birthday, I gave myself an experience called "Dig This!" where I learned to drive a bulldozer and a tracked excavator. The company is in Las Vegas now.)
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