I met Satch. Got an autograph. Dude is cool.. and short!!!!! Flying In A Blue Dream is one of my all-time favorite albums.
Nice! I saw him in Vegas with G3 earlier this year. Speaking of short, I've seen Buckethead a few times lately. He's not short. Like 6'6" straight up, nearly 8 feet with the bucket. He makes everyone else on stage look like hobbits. And his playing is on another level. Seeing him, Satch, Vai, and Eric Johnson all within a few months, I don't think it's even that close. Satch is a superior composer and song writer--the best ever out of all the virtuosos, in my opinion--but Buckethead's actual playing is not human. His sense of rhythm and the way he switches between swing, funk, and precision metal is on an Eddie level.
Top Three Baroque Composers 1. J. S. Bach 2. Antonio Vivaldi 3. Georg Friedrich Handel I realise this is arbitrary, and there are way too many good baroque composers to limit myself to just three. What about Telemann? What about C. P. E. Bach? What about Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Corelli, Jean-Philippe Rameau? What about Purcell, for heaven's sake? But we're limited to just three, so there we are. *shrug* Sorry. Surely the three I ultimately went with merit their place anyway.
David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, and somebody TBD who plays fast for me. I guess I like the more liquid styles better.
Well, Scrabble certainly gives letters a big role in my life. I love the sound of "K" - so positive and uplifting, and while it has pretty big points, it's more in the middle - not too lofty, nor too low. "Q" is the ten-pointer everyone wants, it is somewhat mysterious and rare, and makes more interesting words than "Z" (compare quixotic to zone). "W" is like a plebian that has made it to the big time. It is unpretentious, makes solid words like water and world, but can be used as an exclamation. Wow!
Top Three Mythological Beasts (Yikes! There's a challenge for anyone...) 1. Cockatrice. I just like the way the word sounds. 2. Basilisk. A serpent copy of a gorgon, but that's OK. (Incidentally, is there any layman left who knows what a gorgon is?) 3. Ketos. The bane of Andromeda, until she was rescued by Perseus ... which I always thought was an incredibly sexist legend. Why can't Andromeda secrete a knife in her dress to sever her bonds? Why can't she swim? Bleh. ... and a bonus ... 4. Zombie. Just out of sympathy for the poor old zombies. They always get a raw deal.
Top Three Ways to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse Let's start by stating the obvious: zombies may be slow, but there are a lot of them. Also, if the old legends about zombies (e.g. the Norse draugr) are to be believed, they are not shambling, mindless drones. They're simply dead humans who have "awakened" for some reason, and as such, they retain their minds and memories. Since they are dead, they are tough to kill. Also, the Norse draugr have supernatural powers, like hurling curses at you that really work. In common with most of the undead, though, they cannot cross fresh water, and their weakness is fire. Set fire to them, and they'll burn for the rest of their (hopefully short) unlife. Keeping this in mind, my weapons are as follows: 1. Flaming Arrows. This should be obvious. Rifles, guns and pistols run out of ammunition eventually. Chainsaws run out of gas. Swords and other similar weapons depend on how fast you can wield them, and you'll get tired eventually. But bows and arrows can be made by any blacksmith and kept in storage (ideally out of the rain and snow, which would make the bowstrings limp and useless). 2. Boats. If you don't have flaming arrows, boats are your next best bet. They're not good as weapons, obviously, but you can always hop in them to stay out of harm's way. If you have bows and arrows on board, so much the better. Assuming you don't know how to use a bow, and don't live near a river or lake, your next best bet is ... 3. Having access to a horse. Your horse will get you away from the zombies, hopefully, and it can run faster than you can. If you have a bow, learning horse archery isn't a bad idea. This will keep you out of zombie range and bring some of them down. Good luck! The way the Christmas crowds are looking, it may be that the zombies are already here.
