"More bluegrass" written by Heidi on estrip.org

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05/03/11 08:58 - ID#54207

More bluegrass

Uncle Pen is another classic. Here's a 1956 Bill Monroe version.

And a 1990 Phish version (using rock instruments)

A nice description of the difference between bluegrass & country and how they developed:

I think this old country tune nicely illustrates the difference: Buck Owens played I've Got a Tiger by the Tail on The Dukes of Hazard. (This is one of A's favorites and he always makes his bands play it.)

Midnight Moonlight (Old & in the Way version 1973 - Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, John Kahn.)

A more modern style: Ain't No Bugs on Me, Garcia & Grisman, Not for Kids Only [(e:enknot), (e:lilho), (e:hodown), (e:metalpeter) - you need this album for all the little ones!]

Another Garcia/Grisman, Grateful Dawg, live 1990.

They're more genre-defying while using the instruments of bluegrass. Amazing artists. What's really fun is tracing all the traditionals that the Grateful Dead covered. I know a lot more old country than I want to admit.

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Category: home

05/02/11 07:19 - ID#54204

Bluegrass

Bluegrass features instruments not part of the usual country, blues or rock setup: banjo, fiddle, stand up bass, and mandolin. Drums are rarely used. Voices are often arranged in harmonies.

The classic Rocky Top by Osborne Brothers -

Alternate version: Roy Clark with the Muppets

and one more version, just for (e:Mike) - Dolly Parton

The Carolina Chocolate Drops are my current favorite. They're classified as a string band, but it's still Appalachian folk. Here they're covering something popular that I don't think I've heard the original of.

Don't get trouble in your mind

This is one of my favorite covers of a pop song in bluegrass style (altho it has a full drum kit behind it). It makes me laugh every time and I've got plenty of good memories associated with it.

Tioga County-based bands:

The Hickory Project
Grass Stained Genes
Cornpone Sally My friend Liz plays mandolin. Definitely check out "Tioga"

THP (or at least parts) & GHG will likely be playing Memorial Day weekend at the party I go to every year. (e:heidi,48869) GHG played for my 31st birthday party.
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And when do we get to play with this???

metalpeter writes at 05:46:30 05/03/11 - Comment #62134: Sorry To Be Real Blue Grass it must Mention "The Lord" HA... Kidding I like Blue Grass but listen to it much I listened to these videos as I read facebook postings... I'm sure as one listens more it becomes like rock music some bands you like and some you don't... By the Way anyone have any Kentucky Blue Grass...... Ha that isn't music from what I have heard... Seriously though There is some line someplace where some country music becomes blue grass and vice versa and not sure where that is but guessing you wouldn't hear it on Radio or at least not here.... I Wish I had the time to follow the links......

matthew writes at 11:44:31 05/03/11 - Comment #62132: I really like bluegrass music, especially when its performed by Dolly.

lauren writes at 09:22:29 05/03/11 - Comment #62131: I can't get enough of this stuff. I'm always a sucker for tight harmonies and string instruments and I think the texture of the banjo and the fiddle and the mandolin and the jug and whatever else they stick in there makes it all the better.

heidi writes at 12:59:17 05/03/11 - Comment #62130: I almost went looking for that old-tyme one-mic style while I was putting this together but thought it would be too much info... guess not :-) Here's a band I saw at Coudersport High School a couple years back with Cornpone Sally opening: The Hillbilly Gypsies, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, which is a wonderful classic. :::link::: Here's a vocal number Drivin' Nails: :::link::: (The banjo player has an extra mic, but you get the idea.)

I have about a 50-hours/year limit on bluegrass tolerance, most of which is taken by the party.

uncutsaniflush writes at 10:53:25 05/02/11 - Comment #62129: Oh, Yeah, I almost forgot. Hit em up is Blu Cantrell song. I love that the percussion for the Carolina Chocolate Drops is the banjo player stomping on the stage with a mike next to his foot. I've been aware of these guys for a while. They rock.

uncutsaniflush writes at 10:43:13 05/02/11 - Comment #62128: I like the energy and honesty of bluegrass.

When I lived in Brevard, NC, a bluegrass musician I knew said that it wasn't real bluegrass unless it followed the"Crowd around the microphone" rule. He said that old school bluegrass had all the musicians arranged around a microphone (sometimes in a circle) and that the featured part (vocal or instrumental would step closer to the mike) to be louder. Apparently, this practice stems from single microphone recording and radio shows from the 1920s and 1930s. I heard that he plays with a fairly well-known group these days. I wonder if he feels the same way now.

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Category: school

05/02/11 12:38 - ID#54202

Graduation!

I might actually graduate! First ceremony since 1990. Gown in bag (please note it says "doctor"), tam & tassel, 6 graduation tickets.

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Category: work

05/01/11 08:48 - ID#54198

VBA?

Ugh... almost done with this stupid access db and I need to make a form print two copies and stop having a blank second page (which may just be from imperfectly arranged fields. Here's the code:

Private Sub PrintTicketButton_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_PrintTicketButton_Click

DoCmd.DoMenuItem acFormBar, acEditMenu, 8, , acMenuVer70
DoCmd.PrintOut acSelection

Exit_PrintTicketButton_Click:
Exit Sub

Err_PrintTicketButton_Click:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume Exit_PrintTicketButton_Click

End Sub

Suggestions, anyone?

It's been so long since I've done any coding! (damned tax law) My developer reference books are all in storage in PA.

tinypliny writes at 03:29:34 05/02/11 - Comment #62125: Congrats! :)

I am not done yet... Going to chug along a bit more before I collapse..

heidi writes at 02:00:17 05/02/11 - Comment #62123: Yea! Done! One totally cheezy inputbox, but the rest is pretty professional.

heidi writes at 11:24:46 05/01/11 - Comment #62122: Finally got it down to the appropriate 2 pages with no apparent reason why. I'm finishing up the daily report for the db and then I'll be able to ship it off to the client. Hopefully they won't want/need additional stuff. The weighstation doesn't have internet access (although they're considering getting a Verizon data plan) so getting into the system to make changes is rather difficult. Thanks for your help! :-)

tinypliny writes at 10:09:49 05/01/11 - Comment #62121: Something to do with formatting maybe...
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All these are about resizing to get rid of blank pages... but who knows!

Then there is this video that I haven't seen: :::link:::

heidi writes at 09:53:36 05/01/11 - Comment #62120: Yep, it worked! Now I'm getting two copies of the form and two blank pages. Soooo close!

heidi writes at 09:34:57 05/01/11 - Comment #62116: Definitely related (and the critique of using a form instead of a report is correct)... I'll see if I can get it to work. Thanks :-)

tinypliny writes at 09:30:41 05/01/11 - Comment #62112: Is this related: :::link:::

tinypliny writes at 09:10:06 05/01/11 - Comment #62107: The access is pretty much instant...

heidi writes at 09:09:13 05/01/11 - Comment #62105: Thanks, (e:Tinypliny), but I need it now to deliver the db tonight via email. (e:Paul) - Yeah, yeah, never doing it again! (I hope.)

paul writes at 09:07:39 05/01/11 - Comment #62101: Sorry I don't touch the microsoft stuff. That being said i don't see anything in there that would make it print a second blank page. It must just be imperfectly arranged fields like you said.

tinypliny writes at 09:06:59 05/01/11 - Comment #62100: I don't know about coding... but my uni library recently bought a ton of MS Access books (I got an email about). If you could let me know which book you are looking for, I could take a look and see if I can get you access..

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Category: pets

04/30/11 04:08 - ID#54183

Poodle nest

Cuteness!

Adrian gave Nisha a treat and then tried to take it back. She turned her head away and put her paw on his hand to
stop him from taking it.

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Category: home

04/29/11 05:25 - ID#54175

Office chicks

I love my office. Nisha loves chasing chickens or sitting with jill. It's very wet here. Uncle dudley's basement is flooded (no laundry for me!). A's basement flooded a couple nights ago, about 4".

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Category: work

04/29/11 12:23 - ID#54173

Quarries

I'm hanging out at a quarry installing some software... The weighstation has as many as 400 trucks a day, about 22 tons each truck. That's a lot of rocks.

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Location: Buffalo, NY
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Category: travel

04/27/11 06:44 - ID#54161

20 trolley bus

This bus is cute :-)

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Category: travel

04/26/11 03:50 - ID#54156

Fuck!

Omfg.

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Category: gas drilling

04/24/11 03:02 - ID#54146

Fixing water contamination

(e:Paul) asked about how residential well water is being remediated when gas drilling contaminates it. This story discusses a whole-house reverse-osmosis installation. My understanding is that gas drillers aren't installing reverse-osmosis systems very often. They're really not a permanent solution - they take maintenance and money to run, they're noisy, they're slow.

â€œBoth of the homes will be getting reverse osmosis systems which will remove total dissolved solids, chlorides, manganese, iron, dissolved methane and ethane gas from their water supplies,â€ Tarbell said. â€œThere will also be pumps installed, water softeners and UV light to disinfect the water as part of the project.â€

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