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Old 08-06-2006, 03:21 PM   #571
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His is on a guitar, while most people's is in their nose?
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Old 08-06-2006, 03:24 PM   #572
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Just for the wit, Clodfobble gets it.
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Old 08-06-2006, 03:24 PM   #573
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He's into Carter style guitar picking?
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Old 08-06-2006, 03:32 PM   #574
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Aw hell, I don't have a question... okay, at least leave that one open for legitimate answers then...

Cellar-music trivia question: What female pop star did our own smoothmoniker tour with about two years ago? No archive searching.
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Old 08-06-2006, 03:50 PM   #575
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I always thought Knopfler had a sort of flamenco style, but that's probably not the right terminology.
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Old 08-06-2006, 04:05 PM   #576
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Well, pretty close, he plays without a pick, and flamenco style is more of really a sound than a method but flamenco is fingerpicked... close enough.
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Old 08-06-2006, 04:52 PM   #577
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The girl who did "Bitch"...I can't remember her name. Doggone one-hit wonders.
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Old 08-06-2006, 05:12 PM   #578
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I just love the way Knopfler really opens up the space between the notes in a chord. It's percussive.
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Old 08-06-2006, 10:27 PM   #579
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Meredith...her name was Meredith...something.
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Old 08-06-2006, 10:34 PM   #580
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Close enough, Els. It was Meredith Brooks.
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Old 08-06-2006, 10:52 PM   #581
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What is Ibram's opinion of Andres Segovia?

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Old 08-07-2006, 08:02 AM   #582
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Todd Rundgren has a guitar named "Foamy". Why does he call it that?
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Old 08-07-2006, 10:08 AM   #583
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:::struggling to concoct bizarre, synesthesia-based theory on this:::

Either that, or his guitar is partially constructed of styrofoam?!
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Old 08-07-2006, 10:19 AM   #584
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It's named after his childhood dog, who was unfortunately bit by a rabid bat?
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Old 08-07-2006, 10:20 AM   #585
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Cujo?

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It's named after his childhood dog, who was unfortunately bit by a rabid bat?
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