The Train's Lounge Car

static111

brianlux said:

I hope y'all are being good to each other here.  Remember, it IS a sad and beautiful world.

I've been really busy making this happen in my garage:

That's magnificent Brian! Especially that LP Special!

brianlux

DE4173 said:

Happy Thursday, Brian! Looks great and a lot of work! 🤯

Do you have any "before" pictures that you care to share and how long it took to get to this point?

Glad you are doing well! 

Thanks!  Yes, here is how it was all crowded before:

static111 said:

brianlux said:

I hope y'all are being good to each other here.  Remember, it IS a sad and beautiful world.

I've been really busy making this happen in my garage:

That's magnificent Brian! Especially that LP Special!

Thanks!  I had the LP Special set up properly recently and it's sounding great.  Now all that's left is to find a good pedal board.  I'm also thinking about getting a chorus pedal. 

DE4173

brianlux said:

DE4173 said:

Happy Thursday, Brian! Looks great and a lot of work! 🤯

Do you have any "before" pictures that you care to share and how long it took to get to this point?

Glad you are doing well! 

Thanks!  Yes, here is how it was all crowded before:

static111 said:

brianlux said:

I hope y'all are being good to each other here.  Remember, it IS a sad and beautiful world.

I've been really busy making this happen in my garage:

That's magnificent Brian! Especially that LP Special!

Thanks!  I had the LP Special set up properly recently and it's sounding great.  Now all that's left is to find a good pedal board.  I'm also thinking about getting a chorus pedal. 

https://www.sweetwater.com/sale/memorial-day-pedal-sale-2025#breadcrumb-controls

😉

static111

brianlux said:

DE4173 said:

Happy Thursday, Brian! Looks great and a lot of work! 🤯

Do you have any "before" pictures that you care to share and how long it took to get to this point?

Glad you are doing well! 

Thanks!  Yes, here is how it was all crowded before:

static111 said:

brianlux said:

I hope y'all are being good to each other here.  Remember, it IS a sad and beautiful world.

I've been really busy making this happen in my garage:

That's magnificent Brian! Especially that LP Special!

Thanks!  I had the LP Special set up properly recently and it's sounding great.  Now all that's left is to find a good pedal board.  I'm also thinking about getting a chorus pedal. 

I like the relatively inexpensive, great sounding and reliable electro harmonix small clone.

brianlux

DE4173 said:

brianlux said:

DE4173 said:

Happy Thursday, Brian! Looks great and a lot of work! 🤯

Do you have any "before" pictures that you care to share and how long it took to get to this point?

Glad you are doing well! 

Thanks!  Yes, here is how it was all crowded before:

static111 said:

brianlux said:

I hope y'all are being good to each other here.  Remember, it IS a sad and beautiful world.

I've been really busy making this happen in my garage:

That's magnificent Brian! Especially that LP Special!

Thanks!  I had the LP Special set up properly recently and it's sounding great.  Now all that's left is to find a good pedal board.  I'm also thinking about getting a chorus pedal. 

https://www.sweetwater.com/sale/memorial-day-pedal-sale-2025#breadcrumb-controls

😉

OOH!  Good timing, thanks!

static111 said:

brianlux said:

DE4173 said:

Happy Thursday, Brian! Looks great and a lot of work! 🤯

Do you have any "before" pictures that you care to share and how long it took to get to this point?

Glad you are doing well! 

Thanks!  Yes, here is how it was all crowded before:

static111 said:

brianlux said:

I hope y'all are being good to each other here.  Remember, it IS a sad and beautiful world.

I've been really busy making this happen in my garage:

That's magnificent Brian! Especially that LP Special!

Thanks!  I had the LP Special set up properly recently and it's sounding great.  Now all that's left is to find a good pedal board.  I'm also thinking about getting a chorus pedal. 

I like the relatively inexpensive, great sounding and reliable electro harmonix small clone.

Thanks for the suggestion!  I'll check it out.

FiveBelow

brianlux said:

I hope y'all are being good to each other here.  Remember, it IS a sad and beautiful world.

I've been really busy making this happen in my garage:

After careful consideration, I feel bitchin' is the adjective that best describes this scene. I wonder if any of these books make use of it...

brianlux

FiveBelow said:

brianlux said:

I hope y'all are being good to each other here.  Remember, it IS a sad and beautiful world.

I've been really busy making this happen in my garage:

After careful consideration, I feel bitchin' is the adjective that best describes this scene. I wonder if any of these books make use of it...

Thanks, Five!
About 2/3 of the books in this center section of the garage (we call it "the inner sanctum") are music biographies and other music-related books, so my guess bitchin' is in a few or more of them. 

HughFreakingDillon

I'm going to put this here. I've been trying to decrease my participation on AMT, as it is so bloody toxic (not necessarily referring to the discourse completely, but just being involved to the extent some of us are involved in can be toxic to ourselves, regardless of the content). Sometimes it's hard to put down the pen, however. But this article makes sense:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/nietzsche-passing-by-healthy-discourse-1.7434781

what really stood out to me was this near the end:

"If you want to really change the ultimate commitments that give meaning to our lives and thereby to help transform the world, then you actually need to be really careful about constant participation in public debate because you become incapable of speaking in other than the terms of received public debate," Satkunanandan said.

brianlux

HughFreakingDillon said:

I'm going to put this here. I've been trying to decrease my participation on AMT, as it is so bloody toxic (not necessarily referring to the discourse completely, but just being involved to the extent some of us are involved in can be toxic to ourselves, regardless of the content). Sometimes it's hard to put down the pen, however. But this article makes sense:

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/nietzsche-passing-by-healthy-discourse-1.7434781

what really stood out to me was this near the end:

"If you want to really change the ultimate commitments that give meaning to our lives and thereby to help transform the world, then you actually need to be really careful about constant participation in public debate because you become incapable of speaking in other than the terms of received public debate," Satkunanandan said.

Great thoughts, my friend, most excellent!

Bartender... whatever HFDs having, I'm buying the next round!

josevolution

I had blood work done back in September numbers were good except my liver enzymes very high my cardiologist had me stop taking atorvastatin immediately and I decided to stop drinking alcohol! I’ve had a beer or two since and some wine but no more vodka or tequila my two favorites and will not drink any alcohol at all now that’s a new year! I’ll have seltzer with twist of lime please 

brianlux

josevolution said:

I had blood work done back in September numbers were good except my liver enzymes very high my cardiologist had me stop taking atorvastatin immediately and I decided to stop drinking alcohol! I’ve had a beer or two since and some wine but no more vodka or tequila my two favorites and will not drink any alcohol at all now that’s a new year! I’ll have seltzer with twist of lime please 

You got it!  And best wishes.  I'll have an afternoon decaf and toast your seltzer with a twist.  To good health, josevolution !

josevolution

brianlux said:

josevolution said:

I had blood work done back in September numbers were good except my liver enzymes very high my cardiologist had me stop taking atorvastatin immediately and I decided to stop drinking alcohol! I’ve had a beer or two since and some wine but no more vodka or tequila my two favorites and will not drink any alcohol at all now that’s a new year! I’ll have seltzer with twist of lime please 

You got it!  And best wishes.  I'll have an afternoon decaf and toast your seltzer with a twist.  To good health, josevolution !

Thanks and cheers to you Brian 

brianlux

josevolution said:

brianlux said:

josevolution said:

I had blood work done back in September numbers were good except my liver enzymes very high my cardiologist had me stop taking atorvastatin immediately and I decided to stop drinking alcohol! I’ve had a beer or two since and some wine but no more vodka or tequila my two favorites and will not drink any alcohol at all now that’s a new year! I’ll have seltzer with twist of lime please 

You got it!  And best wishes.  I'll have an afternoon decaf and toast your seltzer with a twist.  To good health, josevolution !

Thanks and cheers to you Brian 

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(Oh, those good old long gone emojis, lol!)

g under p

I came this video and awaken me to the histronics of today's political realm.  Give the words, THE WORDS a listen. Do l take the red pill 💊 🤔 or the blue 💊 pill? 

Iyah May....GOOD CITIZEN 

https://youtu.be/wRgDybQ8WWg?si=zeqrj-2szHHdUlyL

Oh, you're a Nazi, oh, you want peace
You're just a citizen, and you're still on a leash
It doesn't matter which team you choose
At the end of the game, you lose
You're just a chess piece on a board full of Vaders

Keep up the porn, keep up the chems
Keep up the war, war, war
Keep up the Reps, keep up the Dems
Giving them more, more, more
Stay silent, stay violent
Stay plugged in and divided

Cool, now let's get rid of the cash
Digital ID, and let's turn up the tax
Mr. Thiel, Mr. Anderson, they warned us with the blue pill
And they tell us before they do it in the movies like it ain't real

Billy Gates, he makes a profit off disease
Buys up all the farms and patents what we eat
Him and Pfizer got a trillion-dollar dream
You can go and depopulate the elites

So they killed Charlie, and they killed Marley
Both the Kennedys and Marilyn
They killed Dianna, and they killed Jackson
We are their legacy, this is their anthem
Stay silent, stay violent
Stay plugged in and divided

Bombs drop from heaven just like hail
Dragged your own through the mud, well done, Israel
When the altar and a ballot and the barrel shouldn't meet
Cleanse a country, kill the children, Mr. Bibi, how do you sleep?

this is an Orwellian wet dream
Puppet strings are under threat
(Mm) burn our souls to power the machine
Puppet strings are under threat

Can kill my flesh, not my spirit, ooh
Puppet strings are under threat
Are you a wolf in a world full of sheep?
Puppet strings are under threat

BlackRock and Starmer
I have to talk about Starmer
Okay, well, sing it
Palantir watch us like hawks, and BlackRock is black to its core
Funding the digital war, Starmer like Judas on tour
Now be a good civilian
While the folks on the hill keep making billions

Keep up the porn, keep up the chems
Keep up the war, war, war
Keep up the Reps, keep up the Dems
Giving them more, more, more
Stay silent, stay violent
Stay plugged in and divided

Cool, now let's get rid of the cash
Digital ID, and let's turn up the tax
Mr. Thiel, Mr. Anderson, they warned us with the blue pill
And they tell us before they do it in the movies like it ain't real

this is an Orwellian wet dream
(Mm) puppet strings are under threat
Burn our souls to power the machine
Puppet strings are under threat

You can kill my flesh, not my spirit, ooh
Puppet strings are under threat
Are you a wolf in a world full of sheep?
Puppet strings are under threat

this is an Orwellian wet dream
(Mm) puppet strings are under threat
(Mm) burn our souls to power the machine
Puppet strings are under threat

Can kill my flesh, not my spirit, ooh
Puppet strings are under threat
Are you a wolf in a world full of sheep?
Puppet strings are under threat

Once you perceive what lies beneath the surface
Once you glimpse the truth behind the polite illusions
You are faced with a terrible choice
Do you speak or do you remain silent?
If you speak, you disturb the dream
If you stay silent, you disturb your soul
This is not a simple dilemma, it's an ancient tension
Between truth and belonging, between authenticity and acceptance
When you speak, when you dare to name what others deny
You risk being cast out, and not always gently

✌️ 

g under p

Here's Iyah May again, this is called....

Karmageddon

https://youtu.be/y29kmnhjtc8?si=K_FdCCYGi6mt_1XI

Peace