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Re Abbey Road, I haven't been a big fan of that album for years. "Something" strikes me as maudlin, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is McCartney schmaltz and the rest of the album was overproduced.
Which reminds me of this. I never much liked the band Toto but they were pretty big in the late seventies, at least in California. "Rosanna" and "Africa" are very good pop rock tunes and unless they've taken it down, there is still a photo of the band in the office of Grant HS in North Hollywood where they all met. For a couple years the son and nephew of Toto's Porcaro brothers worked at the Starbucks I frequent. He's a great "kid" (meaning he's younger than 35) and we used to talk the hell out of rock when Chris had the time to do so. However, his father Jeff likely died of complications from years of cocaine abuse rather than simply a negative reaction to an insecticide he applied to some trees in the gated community of Hidden Hills in which he lived and about a year ago as was reported in the media. (Word is that Jeff tooted so much coke that he had to have plastic surgery on his septum. Not knocking him because if I had the musical talent he had, that could have been me.) Then a couple years ago Chris' brother died of a heroin overdose after years of struggling with his sobriety. I could empathize with the difficulty Chris had struggling with substance abuse in his family since I've had a couple family members die after years of substance abuse.
Because Chris told me he loved his dad but the guy never had time for his kids, I didn't tell him I thought his dad's band was overproduced as well.
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I've commented on multiple occasions on the MW board how culturally inappropriate the conference is for SDSU. I listed a number of factors including political diversity. I've generally been laughed at for so stating but there's no better example than the reaction of mainly Boise and Wyoming fans to that incident in D.C. It's really quite amazing how differently they see things than we Californians do.
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To be honest, I see no shortage of people from both locales (e.g., tspoke, Boise Fan, et al) who go against the grain. And conversely, we have no shortage of right-wing demagoguery in the Golden State either (e.g., SDSUFan).
I do tho agree that there is a provincial cultural divide, and than a majority of the Right Wing Meme Speak comes from MWCBoarders from Wyoming or Idaho.
I like to think that by staying the course - relying on logic, reason, and verifiable fact - helps speak to the decency in those who have it, regardless of the political leanings. I do fear that the schism in core values (honesty, integrity, decency, etc.) that exists within our culture continues to widen - and that over time, the delineation between 'good' and 'bad' will become more apparent.
As far as how this impacts our conference affiliation? IMO it makes W's that much more sweeter. I mean, can you think of any other reason to get stoked about a victory over WhyOming?
But yes, I say stay the course and groom us for a P12/B12 invite when the eventuality of P5 poaching occurs.
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