Ok, back on topic, shoe question?

["Andy Owens" <andy@1800dialword.com>]

Allright fellers, I know lots of us'ns have switches on the floor, so 
here's a relevant on topic question.  

What are the best looping shoes?????

Andy Owens
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On Dec 23, 2010, at 1:38 AM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:

> On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, Revfever wrote:
>> PS- Speaking of THE RESIDENTS, they are doing a show with PRIMUS in 
>Oakland at the Fox Theater SOON on   Dec.30th  for any of you that are in 
>that area! (Rick W? And...?)
>> http://www.songkick.com/concerts/7085826-primus-at-fox-theater
> I got to open for the Residents a few years ago and it was such a peak 
>experience
> for me that I think I might not go see them again.
> 
> I always appreciated them, frankly, but never loved them like so many 
>people did.
> 
> I seemed to have an atypical relationship to a lot of artists that are 
>dearly loved by
> lots of people on this list.       I always appreciated Zappa but never 
>loved him.....
> the same with King Crimson,  Fripp,   Primus,  the Residents,  Mr. 
>Bungle,
> Captain Beefheart,  Tom Waits.
> 
> *********************************
> 
> warning,   the next bit is really self indulgent, so you can skip over 
>it......it's just
> a bunch of stuff that I love..............
> 
> *********************************
> 
> I always feel like a heretic admitting this, but the people I've loved 
>have been
> people like the Beatles, the early Stones,  a ton of early British 
>Invasion when it was
> on the riff rock side of things, Cream, Led Zeppelin,  David Bowie,  
>Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young,  Peter Gabriel (but not so 
>much anymore), James Brown,  Motown and Stax/Volt 60's soul,  Roots 
>Reggae,  African Pop music,  Middleeastern Pop music, Nine Inch Nails,the 
>Cure (but nothing, really, after Disentegration),  Boards of Canada, 
>Aphex Twin (but not the later stuff),  Autechre (but only the middle 
>period), Bjork,  the Knife,  Fever Ray, Sufjan Stevens, Elliot Smith, 
>Miles Davis (particularly his modal period and early fusion periods), 
>Ralph Vaugh Williams, Maurice Ravel and then a lot of records by people 
>that ended up being their worst selling records:
> Veedon Fleece by Van Morrison
> Happy/Sad by Tim Buckley
> Along the Red Ledge by Hall & Oates
> Heroes and Low by Bowie
> Before and After Science by Brian Eno
> Kiko by Los Lobos
> 
> and then I really round this odd list off with individual tracks by 
>straight up pop artists like
> Missy Elliot, Eminem,  Chrisina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, 
>Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Thomas Dolby, Peter 
>Murphy, Kings of Leon,
> MGMT and the list goes.
> 
> this reminds me:  I'm in  a particular love affair with simple riff rock 
>lately and playing as minimally as I've ever played with Done Beginner my 
>wife's band........using really big, thick drum sticks......listening to 
>the Kills, the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs,  the Dead Weather, Black Rebel 
>Motorcycle Club (their rockier stuff), Filter, Local H, Nirvana,
> Soundgarden, New Order (this great record that didn't sell well for them 
>called 'Get Ready'), Editors
> and even some early U2.
> 
> okay, there's more, but I'm rambling...........
>