cicerokid said:

Can some one please explain howhe isa role model for education?

A lot of inner city kids don’t know their father so maybe that has something to do with it? Of course you’re right to bring up the vocational art versus academia art question. But, regardless, hard work is required to excel so just getting a kid to work hard at anything ain’t all that bad. Plus, and I don’t think they know exactly why just yet, kids who learn to play an instrument in elementary school tend to do better in math and science later. My flight instructor swears that it makes better fliers too; he asked me what instrument I played on my 2nd flying lesson.

However, being dead is a more important qualification for the libs to consider so they don’t have to worry if the person agrees to act as a model for them or worry that the person might embarrass them later. Look at how libs cured Christopher Reeves with embryonic stem cells – after he was dead. He rose up and walked again in the NYT! Libs work so much better with the dead than the living…

On March 30th, 2009 at 6:00 pm, Send_Me said:
How about taking a bold stance by removing your children from state-run education?

Currently looking into doing that. Well, not removing, since my son has never darkened the doors of a public school.
Public school was not kind to this ADDer, and my son has many of the same issues I did. Many of the problems I face today are the result of my 7 years of gov’t education before transferring to a Christian school. I would send him to that one, but it closed a couple of years ago.

That and with the indoctrination going on (which will only get worse) I’m not entrusting my offspring to those losers.

On March 30th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, sonofdy said:
Many artists were stark raving luntics, drug users, or drunks. I don’t know why that is true but it is.

The traits that produce intense creativity, also have ugly side effects. Depression, ADD, bipolar, etc people tend to be intensely creative (sometimes only in spurts).
Once, during a month-long bout with depression, I wrote 70 songs.

On March 30th, 2009 at 10:46 pm, Don Miguel said:

I’d say Hendrix was a level above Winter and I can find you a hundred professional guitarists who would agree.

Artists judging other artists?
Sorry,…they are the last ones whose opinion I would pay attention to.

But then taste in music is also subjective, so which is “better” is more a matter of opinion than anything else.

Exactly.

Johnny Winter is still alive, thought he seems somewhat shaky.

For my money, he was at least the equal of Jimi Hendirx.

I saw Hendrix twice and Winter half a dozen times, both in their prime. I’d say Hendrix was a level above Winter and I can find you a hundred professional guitarists who would agree. But then taste in music is also subjective, so which is “better” is more a matter of opinion than anything else.

BTW, RandyS, Hendrix died in Notting Hill — London.

Yeah, he died choking on his own vomit, but that was due to the malpractice of the French ambulance drivers.

The ones in London?

On March 30th, 2009 at 7:21 pm, granite said:
Johnny Winter is still alive, thought he seems somewhat shaky.

For my money, he was at least the equal of Jimi Hendirx.

While I liked and appreciated Jimi’s work, he couldn’t carry Johnny Winter’s jock. Tru bloos dat!