Psycho Toddler: Detour (or, Rockford is Lovely This Time of Year)
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Source: Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All TimeWith 23 songs on the list, The Beatles are the most represented musical act. They are followed by The Rolling Stones (14 entries); Bob Dylan, who also topped the list with Like a Rolling Stone, (12 entries); Elvis Presley (11 entries); and Chuck Berry, U2, James Brown, Prince, Led Zeppelin, and Sly & The Family Stone (six entries each).1. Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan2. Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones3. Blowin’ in the Wind, Bob Dylan15. Hound Dog, Elvis Presley20. Sympathy for the Devil, The Rolling Stones33. No Woman, No Cry, Bob Marley and the Wailers38. Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones39. Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley46. The Times They Are A-Changin’, Bob Dylan60. Redemption Song, Bob Marley and the Wailers67. Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley68. Tangled Up in Blue, Bob Dylan69. Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin76. Mystery Train, Elvis Presley78. Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley92. Roll Over Beethoven, Chuck Berry98. You Can’t Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones
NUMASGARY NUMANAs chilling and disaffected as Christmas albums get, Gary Numan’s proto-conceptual album features songs about a Christmas in a technological dystopia where flesh covered robots rape human beings and folks dressed up like Eskimos for public entertainment, all sung like a heavily medicated robot with Asperger’s syndrome.we cannot crywe do not shoutI cannot tell whyBROKEN MISTLETOE TORI AMOSA moody, inconsolable Christmas album; into a tale of familial love, betrayal, recovery, healing, betrayal and redemption:She’s been drinking too much egg nogSo I begged her not to goBut she’d left her medicationSo she stumbled out the door into the Snooooooooow Oh Oh OH SAINT NICK NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDSProbably one of the blackest and most violent Christmas albums imaginable, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Saint Nick reads like an unexpurgated bloody piratical adventure where everyone turns into werewolves. Not only Christmas, but Hanukkah, also gets dragged down, or, more specifically, Hanukkah and Christmas go out on a tear together and Christmas gets in a knife fight with Kwanza.“Another Postcard From Another Hooker in Minneapolis”
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In my chart deliberations, I use and share frequently Point & Figure chart analysis. iow, subscribe!) A real time example follows that précis.– David M Gordon / The Deipnosophist=================================Many people have asked why we use point and figure charts instead of bar charts. They do show volume and P&F charts don’t but analysis of volume is a deceptive and precarious process, particularly in the market of today with many computer programs doing program trading. In any event, if the volume is sufficient to cause a significant movement in price, this movement will be clearly reflected on the P&F chart.Besides being difficult to read, daily bar charts easily can cause confusion. Although the HILO remains on a buy signal, yet up at lofty levels of 94%, the TWNYSE has moved to a sell signal, doing so by breaking a triple bottom at 68%.
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Hong Kong (PRC) 107 Russia 96 Fiji 84 South Korea 106 Slovakia 96 Iran 84 Japan 105 Uruguay 96 Marshall Islands 84 Taiwan (ROC) 104 Portugal 95 Puerto Rico (US) 84 Singapore 103 Slovenia 95 Egypt 83 Austria 102 Israel 94 India 81 Germany 102 Romania 94 Ecuador 80 Italy 102 Bulgaria 93 Guatemala 79 Netherlands 102 Ireland 93 Barbados 78 Sweden 101 Greece 92 Nepal 78 Switzerland 101 Malaysia 92 Qatar 78 Belgium 100 Thailand 91 Zambia 77 China (PRC) 100 Croatia 90 Congo-Brazzaville 73 New Zealand 100 Peru 90 Uganda 73 United Kingdom 100 Turkey 90 Jamaica 72 Hungary 99 Indonesia 89 Kenya 72 Poland 99 Suriname 89 South Africa 72 Australia 98 Colombia 89 Sudan 72 Denmark 98 Brazil 87 Tanzania 72 France 98 Iraq 87 Ghana 71 Norway 98 Mexico 87 Nigeria 67 United States 98 Samoa 87 Guinea 66 Canada 97 Tonga 87 Zimbabwe 66 Czech Republic 97 Lebanon 86 Congo-Kinshasa 65 Finland 97 Philippines 86 Sierra Leone 64 Spain 97 Cuba 85 Ethiopia 63 Argentina 96 Morocco 85 Equatorial Guinea 59Table courtesy of WikipediaMap courtesy of R.
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But there’s been a major construction project going on the Marquette Interchange up here and all the on and off ramps have been closing and opening and generally changing almost daily.And then you get on these temporary ramps that swoop and curl around the construction zones like those old Hot Wheels (TM) tracks I used to play with as a kid. And it took us about 10 minutes to get off and turn around.Then we headed down towards Chicago, and I took my wife’s advice and used 294 instead of the Edens to reach I-90, the Kennedy, which ran past the Club. Bryan, the sax player, took the map out of my glove compartment and gave me the bad news: we were on the way to Rockford, Il.Now, I have nothing against Rockford. Have you ever heard of such a thing??Well there was an exit, eventually, a Belvedere Oasis, but it was about 2 miles from Rockford, and if we just stayed on I-90, eventually, it would curve up towards Wisconsin again. It’s not hard to figure out how much shorter it would have been had we gone straight North:For perspective, here’s a Google Sattelite map:And for even more perspective on our journey, here’s a zoomed out map:Grand total of 270 miles added to the Geo last night.
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Source: Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All TimeWith 23 songs on the list, The Beatles are the most represented musical act. They are followed by The Rolling Stones (14 entries); Bob Dylan, who also topped the list with Like a Rolling Stone, (12 entries); Elvis Presley (11 entries); and Chuck Berry, U2, James Brown, Prince, Led Zeppelin, and Sly & The Family Stone (six entries each).1. Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan2. Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones3. Blowin’ in the Wind, Bob Dylan15. Hound Dog, Elvis Presley20. Sympathy for the Devil, The Rolling Stones33. No Woman, No Cry, Bob Marley and the Wailers38. Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones39. Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley46. The Times They Are A-Changin’, Bob Dylan60. Redemption Song, Bob Marley and the Wailers67. Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley68. Tangled Up in Blue, Bob Dylan69. Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin76. Mystery Train, Elvis Presley78. Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley92. Roll Over Beethoven, Chuck Berry98. You Can’t Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones
NUMASGARY NUMANAs chilling and disaffected as Christmas albums get, Gary Numan’s proto-conceptual album features songs about a Christmas in a technological dystopia where flesh covered robots rape human beings and folks dressed up like Eskimos for public entertainment, all sung like a heavily medicated robot with Asperger’s syndrome.we cannot crywe do not shoutI cannot tell whyBROKEN MISTLETOE TORI AMOSA moody, inconsolable Christmas album; into a tale of familial love, betrayal, recovery, healing, betrayal and redemption:She’s been drinking too much egg nogSo I begged her not to goBut she’d left her medicationSo she stumbled out the door into the Snooooooooow Oh Oh OH SAINT NICK NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDSProbably one of the blackest and most violent Christmas albums imaginable, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Saint Nick reads like an unexpurgated bloody piratical adventure where everyone turns into werewolves. Not only Christmas, but Hanukkah, also gets dragged down, or, more specifically, Hanukkah and Christmas go out on a tear together and Christmas gets in a knife fight with Kwanza.“Another Postcard From Another Hooker in Minneapolis”
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In my chart deliberations, I use and share frequently Point & Figure chart analysis. iow, subscribe!) A real time example follows that précis.– David M Gordon / The Deipnosophist=================================Many people have asked why we use point and figure charts instead of bar charts. They do show volume and P&F charts don’t but analysis of volume is a deceptive and precarious process, particularly in the market of today with many computer programs doing program trading. In any event, if the volume is sufficient to cause a significant movement in price, this movement will be clearly reflected on the P&F chart.Besides being difficult to read, daily bar charts easily can cause confusion. Although the HILO remains on a buy signal, yet up at lofty levels of 94%, the TWNYSE has moved to a sell signal, doing so by breaking a triple bottom at 68%.
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Hong Kong (PRC) 107 Russia 96 Fiji 84 South Korea 106 Slovakia 96 Iran 84 Japan 105 Uruguay 96 Marshall Islands 84 Taiwan (ROC) 104 Portugal 95 Puerto Rico (US) 84 Singapore 103 Slovenia 95 Egypt 83 Austria 102 Israel 94 India 81 Germany 102 Romania 94 Ecuador 80 Italy 102 Bulgaria 93 Guatemala 79 Netherlands 102 Ireland 93 Barbados 78 Sweden 101 Greece 92 Nepal 78 Switzerland 101 Malaysia 92 Qatar 78 Belgium 100 Thailand 91 Zambia 77 China (PRC) 100 Croatia 90 Congo-Brazzaville 73 New Zealand 100 Peru 90 Uganda 73 United Kingdom 100 Turkey 90 Jamaica 72 Hungary 99 Indonesia 89 Kenya 72 Poland 99 Suriname 89 South Africa 72 Australia 98 Colombia 89 Sudan 72 Denmark 98 Brazil 87 Tanzania 72 France 98 Iraq 87 Ghana 71 Norway 98 Mexico 87 Nigeria 67 United States 98 Samoa 87 Guinea 66 Canada 97 Tonga 87 Zimbabwe 66 Czech Republic 97 Lebanon 86 Congo-Kinshasa 65 Finland 97 Philippines 86 Sierra Leone 64 Spain 97 Cuba 85 Ethiopia 63 Argentina 96 Morocco 85 Equatorial Guinea 59Table courtesy of WikipediaMap courtesy of R.
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But there’s been a major construction project going on the Marquette Interchange up here and all the on and off ramps have been closing and opening and generally changing almost daily.And then you get on these temporary ramps that swoop and curl around the construction zones like those old Hot Wheels (TM) tracks I used to play with as a kid. And it took us about 10 minutes to get off and turn around.Then we headed down towards Chicago, and I took my wife’s advice and used 294 instead of the Edens to reach I-90, the Kennedy, which ran past the Club. Bryan, the sax player, took the map out of my glove compartment and gave me the bad news: we were on the way to Rockford, Il.Now, I have nothing against Rockford. Have you ever heard of such a thing??Well there was an exit, eventually, a Belvedere Oasis, but it was about 2 miles from Rockford, and if we just stayed on I-90, eventually, it would curve up towards Wisconsin again. It’s not hard to figure out how much shorter it would have been had we gone straight North:For perspective, here’s a Google Sattelite map:And for even more perspective on our journey, here’s a zoomed out map:Grand total of 270 miles added to the Geo last night.
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