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Comment by Wildweed on December 28, 2008 at 2:35am

Dear Roger,
Thanks brother, you have the personal experience to know what I'm talking about and where I'm coming from. Memories like that haunt a man and never go away.
Some things folks just don't comprehend unless they've had to deal with it up close and personal. I'm glad we found some common ground, and it makes me wonder what it was that we disagreed on? I'm actually a pretty even-handed person when you get to know me. I believe in moderation, balance and excessive excess ... according to the situation.
But then, I'm also a crazy bastard too, so .... go figure. Hahahaha!
Best regards!

Comment by Roger Morin on December 27, 2008 at 3:22pm

I thought I would never agree with wildweed on anything but what he said on killing is all so true. I was in the Marines in the 60's and 70's. At one point I was working in the hospital at Clark Air Base Philippines. My job was to see Marines as they came in to the hospital to stay untill tell were well enough to make the trip back to the states. Let me tell you I have seen just about every type of wound of war that you can imagine. And yet many of these men weren't bitter, because they said they chose to serve thier country. The hardest part of all is when a part got word from me that thier son was dying and they came to the Philippines to be with thier sons. And if they died I'm the one who had to go in and ask them all kinds of stupid questions on how they wanted thier son buried, so I could arrainge it ahead of time. Dads weren't that bad but the moms were the hardest to talk to at that time. Yes I could write a book on what I saw in that hospital the year I served there. And wild weed is right, we are told to kill for the wrong reasons.

Comment by Max Shores on December 27, 2008 at 10:48am

Kevin,

I'm hoping that "Songs Inside The Box" will help expose the current interest in CBGs to many who don't know about it as well as building additional interest. That will occur slowly as it is screened at film festivals, concerts, and on broadcast and cable outlets. Maybe it will lead to other things. For now, Ted is the real pioneer of CBG TV. He has provided live coverage of concerts and live demonstrations from his shop.

Comment by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) on December 27, 2008 at 5:37am

I should have known you'd be on it, Ted.

I might be a bit delusional, and I've got no insight into the TV biz, but when you look at the other stuff out there, why couldn't there be a niche for a CBG series on something like the Discovery Channel?

You've got a ton of interesting elements at work . . . . quirky Interesting characters like us, Original Music, Do-IT-Yourself construction, resourceful junk recycling, scavenging for material.

Get the nation on TV. Now THAT would be the path to Shane's original vision of this phenomenon being the 'next big thing.'

How 'bout it Max? Up for filming the pilot episode?

Comment by Ted Crocker on December 26, 2008 at 3:11pm

Lenny, I'm already hard at work behind the scenes of CBG TV. I did a 5 hour live broadcast and built the Ted TV 2 string on camera. It pointed out a lot of things I need to work out like lighting and having an easily moved or a second camera...

I plan on doing a weekly broadcast on as many topics as y'all want. Plus the live shows. Give me a few weeks to get the kinks worked out.

There's a topic in my Mad Scientist Group called CBG TV, post a request! There's also a link to the 5 hour taped broadcast.

Kevin, it's got enough bleepable words to make American Chopper blush. Me and Taxi had it out a few times 'cause he kept wanting to chew the camera cable.

Head over to my group and leave a suggestion.

Ted

Comment by Wildweed on December 26, 2008 at 1:41pm

Ain't nuthin FREE but pain & heartache,
FREEDOM, like WHISKEY, PUSSY & FUN costs something!
... you always pay for it one way or another.
Soldiers often do both God & the Devil's work and are as accountable for the wrongs tbey do as those that write their orders and the sheeply taxpayers that fund it all.
We are all responsible AND accountable.
There ain't nothing polite or honorable about killing other humans.
You can dress it up and call it noble or look at it from afar as the bombs fall or look at it up close as the blood flows and the bodies burn ... but killing is still killing and diminishes us all as humans. You want noble ... look to the animal kingdom where kill is for food, not sport, pleasure or power
... us humans, we kill mostly for the wrong reasons ... and far too often.
Keep in mind, I am an avid supporter of the sacred 2nd amendment and a zealous gun owner... make no mistake, I WILL pop a cap in your ass, without hesitation, ... I'll just regret that it was necessary!
... SEMPER FI ... DEO VINDICE ... SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS

Comment by Lloyd "MadMan" Madansky on December 26, 2008 at 11:04am

Hey Matt,

I'm kind of a folk kinda guy, although not exclusivly. As for Dylan, I've been a fan of his since I saw him at the Hollywood Bowl in the 60's, after he was booed off the stage at Newport (New York). Like any writer, some of his stuff is better than other. For better or worse, Dylan is what he is.

Comment by Lloyd "MadMan" Madansky on December 26, 2008 at 10:57am

Oh Kevin, testify my Brother. As for a un-PC movie, I have a DVD (probably bootleg but I could care less) of "Song of the South". The only Walt Disney film I know of that has been banned in the USA. I, of course, have exposed my kids and grand kids to it. I mean, "Please don't throw me in that brier patch!" May be the big hoo haa is that Joel Chandler Harris, aka Uncle Remus, was a white guy.

Interestingly enought, his Atlanta home, "The Wren's Nest" (which I use to work about a block from) is in the "Black" section and is a National Historical Landmark.
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As for "On Demand", I've seen the shit list. A few goodies buried amongst the crap.

Movies I keep an eye open for on TV include; W C Fields in Poppy, which has, to my knowledge, the oldest film account of a CBG, played by WC himself. I have it on my MySpace page. Others include "The Count of Monte Cristo" starring Robert Donet, "I Am A Fugitive From The Chain Gang" starring Paul Muni, almost anything with Orson Wells (though I think Citizan Cane is over-rated), and "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea" if for no other reason than the guitar Kirk Douglas plays (well sinc's) made from a turtle shell.

I am sort of a videit in that I have VHS, DVD and Laser Disc players. Of them, I think Laser has the overall best quality.

Comment by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) on December 26, 2008 at 5:45am

I'm totally pissed off at Time-Warner cable any way. What a bunch of crap. Channels upon channels of garbage . . . and then they've got that 'On Demand' service where you can order single Pay per View movies.

Big Deal.

Have you seen the shit you get to select from, there?

There's no reason in the world, in this day and age - that you shouldn't be able to order just about any movie or program you could think of from the vast catalog of 100 years of Hollywood. -And do so at any time night or day, for a couple of bucks.

Bastards.

What we really need is CBG TV. That's the next thing. An 'American Chopper' type thing in a cbg shop . . . . anybody on that, yet?

Comment by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) on December 26, 2008 at 5:36am

YEAH!
You're Right. Lloyd! Come to think of it, I haven't even seen 'It's A Wonderful Life' yet this year. I've got it on VHS, of course but never bothered to replace the last video tape player that died here.

My favorite when I was growing up was 'Mr. Magoo's A Christmas Carol' . . . . that's how I first encountered the Dicken's story. I don't think that cartoon has been on TV for a generation. I 'spose it's not PC, making fun of the visually impaired and all.

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