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Dream Theater Queensryche - Comfortably Numb (2003) »

  • What a superb cover of one of PFloyd's greatest!
    Those rising guitar solos, beautifully reproduced by these guys, still send a tingle up the ...

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YouTube - Cheap Trick - Stop This Game »

  • Always liked Cheap Trick. Good high-energy '80s pop/rock band.
    But surely they're miming on this clip?

    8 months, 3 weeks ago 1 reply View »
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U.S. offers $900 million to Palestinians - CNN.com »

  • Yes, Nostalgia, I'm aware of the extremist path taken by Hamas, particularly since it expelled PLO forces from Gaza. It's anti-Christian policies have also been ...

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  • Nostalgia, you make excellent points, but the principal way that Hamas was elected by the people of Gaza was by offering a more honest form ...

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Close Encounters Of The 'Fat' Kind »

  • "...the obese are going to take over the world? Fat chance!

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Alcohol Abuse May Lead to an Increased Risk of Depression »

  • Depends how you use it. It can be a wonderful uplifter, in the right circumstances.

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RNC Chairman Steele Backs Down To Limbaugh »

  • Interesting point, dk.
    Perhaps the Republican Party is trying to learn from the Japanese Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) model, whereby quality of leadership is ...

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  • "three-times divorced, closet homosexual, porcine, racist, uneducated college dropout, draft-dodging an-al cyst sporting coward and couch potato...." excellent depiction, ab, excellent depiction, of this cheapskate ...

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INTERPOL issues denial of reported Iranian request seeking arrest of 15 senior Israeli officials »

  • No Iranian citizens were killed in the recent Gaza conflagration. Tehran should not fish in troubled waters, if indeed it ever has!

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Five Sri Lankan cricketers hurt in Pakistan attack »

  • Sad, sad, sad. Cricket, as a harmless sport, should be beyond terrorist actions. But when fanatics are on the loose, nothing is sacred!

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Joe Cocker With A Little Help From My Friends Music Video on Yahoo! Music »

  • Yes indeed, SenorC!
    JC's (and the Greaseband's) Woodstock rendition remains my favorite, but this version runs it pretty close. Magnificent stuff. (Thanks rfw)

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Dead in the Water with a Broken Propeller Again? »

  • So soon?

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The unfinished business of Iran 30 years on »

  • Either way, djn3, Carter pulled no rug from beneath the Shah's feet.

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  • Endoscopy, you are wildly misinformed.
    Opposition to the Shah's dictatorship had been building inexorably for some time before Carter came near the US presidency ...

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Angels of Cook Inlet »

  • Agreed, C-M, I find whale-songs very moving, a unique kind of music.
    The creatures themselves are awe-inspiring and unforgettable to see, up close.

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  • Very impressive presentation, Spade, much enjoyed. How sad that such wondrous creatures are endangered.
    May the exploitative schemes of Palin & her ilk end ...

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Pooh Corner »

  • Sweet & innocent song, but I was more a "House at Pooneil Corner" by Jefferson Airplane-type of person.

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The Beatles: "I Saw Her Standing There" (1964) »

  • The problem of crowd noise overwhelming their performance, gradually led he Beatles to abandon "lived" performances. "Let the album go on tour" as Paul McCartney ...

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  • Fraid so, dade. Doesn't seem possible does it? And it's still a great little rocker.
    Sadly, it wasn't that long after that that the ...

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Chubby Checker-The Twist- (1960) »

  • A good-time dance epic from Chubby Checker.
    "Let's twist again" was even better, Interestingly both songs followed the 3-chord, 12-bar blues structure.
    Neat thread, ...

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