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Dudes of Cool, 3/4

Where should Brian May fall on a World's Greatest Guitarists of All Time List? It is heartwarming to listen to the band debate the merits of Sergeant Pepper vs. Revolver, or sigh in unison at the recording experiments of Muse, or groan at the latest Jonas Brothers magazine cover. I remember in 2006, when they were each attempting to coax a semblance of melodic structure from their respective instruments. There have been galaxian leaps of improvement for each of them, but to hear Josh then...and now: it is beautiful.

Right now, there is a little boy - or girl - out there, being born, who is someday going to say Josh Pryor is one of the most shredding guitarists ever. Maybe even better than Brian May.

As an aside: you know what? Fan though I am of Mr. May, I would rather hang out with Mr. Prior any day of the week.

Except Tuesdays. I would reserve Tuesdays With Brian.

Almost Not Winning

Jeremy: 18 last night, in a win. Though they almost blew it at the end.

And probably 35 rebounds or so.

The Trio / Birthday Song

Etymology

Just got off the mobile celly with Jeremy. Had a game. A win. Scored seventeen. Do not know if he had any three-pointers, flagrant fouls, or dunkie-swishes.*



Also informed me that he spoke to Caleb a short while ago, and that he was to convey that Joseph (my name) is on the short list for names he will give his children.



I plan to hold him to that.



What an honor. A rockstar wants to name his sometime-in-the-distant-future child after me. Not Thom. Not Fred. Not Paul. But Joseph.



I will hold you to it, Caleb.



A HELPFUL ETYMOLOGY OF BAND MEMBER NAMES



Caleb. In the Old Testament this was the name of one of the twelve spies sent by Moses into Israel. Of the Israelites who left Egypt with Moses, Caleb and Joshua were the only ones who lived to see the promised land. also see: Caleb Followill.

Josh. Was (also) one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan by Moses. After Moses died Joshua succeeded him as leader of the Israelites. There is no record of how co-spy Caleb felt about this. see also: Josh Davis, a.k.a. DJ Shadow

Trino. I have been unable to locate etymological information yet, and it is Jeremy's fault for not answering his phone so I could find out the roots of Trino's name.... I will say that Behind the Name.com (my plagiarized source for the rest of this) says that Turin means "victory mood" in Sindarin. and is featured in Tolkien's the 'Silmarillion' (1977). But of course this is irrelevant, as it is Trino we are researching. Please advise, Trigger.

Jeremy. Yahweh has uplifted. One of the major prophets of the Old Testament, author of the Book of Jeremiah and (supposedly) the Book of Lamentations. He lived to see the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in the 6th century BC. see: Jeremy Irland.

Heh heh.

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*a sports phrase coined by Mr. Kit Houghton, a musician himself. thank you.

Strummer

A random note: is there a more striking band description than their self-created MySpace tag?

Sound clashed into music and we appeared amidst the confusion.

Okay. So it doesn't give a whole lot of information about the music. Or band. But it is vivid, exciting, and ... concise.