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Post by JIM on Jul 18, 2004 14:58:36 GMT -5
I received an Email from softly
333 with a link to a site selling
16 styles of Carpenters T shirts!!
I thought it was an internet induced hallucination but its not.
Now first let me say I reached the
link through a go to feature that
is part of the antiquated WEBtv
system which basically consists
of two dixie cups and a string.
Here is the link as posted
collectorware.com.ar
JIM
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Post by cam83 on Jul 19, 2004 1:12:25 GMT -5
So cool. I would love to get me a CARPENTERS shirt!! I still have the MADE IN AMERICA sun visors from 1981...well I got them in 1989...but never really wore them in public. I would now.
Cameron
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Post by JIM on Jul 19, 2004 4:41:21 GMT -5
Hey Cam! Your the only one who
has reacted with the same enthusiasim as I had when I when
I first found the link. There is
another address I did not post
because it is still under construction, that when finished
will be selling Carpenters art
work, refridgerator magenets and
other memorabillia. I use to have
a white sweatshirt with the C's
logo. I wore it until I out grew
it. I have been searching for yrs
for this very thing. I ordered a
T shirt from a girl on Ebay but
she never sent it! I love the selection, there is one that looks
like the touring shirts you see in
some of the photos and video.
JIM
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Post by karen69roland on Jul 19, 2004 5:09:33 GMT -5
Hi Jim...  Thanks for the link... I was very pleased too when I read your post... I make my own Carpenters T-Shirts, but , those look good too. The only thing is..., sometimes private sellers are not always honest..., I got screwed a couple of times, you see? So, I don't get to enthusiastic at the first look. I love you Karen...  Roland C.  |
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Post by JIM on Jul 20, 2004 10:28:38 GMT -5
Am I out of the loop or what?
I was so excited about this I
could't wait to share it with
all of you. I know Dave feels
bad that it is not a liscenced
product and Roland makes her own.
Cam was the only one to show
enthusiasim over it like I had.
What am I missing here? Rick
what do you think about this?
I have searched for years for
a T shirt like the Carpenters
touring group wore. I just hope
like roland pointed out that it
a ligit seller and not a scam.
I am going to order one today
and hope for the best.
I guess you guys in California
have a closet full. I am going
to move to Orange. That seems
to be the place with all the
cool stuff! I think I need to
cut down on my coffee. Please
forgive my tantrum. I think all
of you are a great group of people.
The Carpenters online is#1
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Post by Rick Henry on Jul 20, 2004 11:05:02 GMT -5
I think it's great. The t-shirts are really nice looking. I believe there is a way to check out if the website is legitimate. Try the Better Business Bureau at : search.bbb.org/search.html. Other than that I think the legitimacy of a website is more by word of mouth. Roland I would love to see your t-shirts. Do you have any pictures? 
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Post by JIM on Jul 20, 2004 11:44:07 GMT -5
Thank You! Rick, I have a feeling
there cool they provide there
telephone # and if I use my credit
card I am protected against most
types of fraud and were not talking
about 1000$. I can't wait until
they show the rest of there line
of Carpenters art work. I am
thinking of changing my web address
to Beachwood45789@Aol.com or as
I mentioned before laying off the
caffine.
JIM
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Post by karen69roland on Jul 20, 2004 17:23:58 GMT -5
Hi Everybody... No, I don't have any pictures of my T-Shirts, Rick. But, I can describe them..., I made only four of them..., two for me and two for friends, up here in Montreal(yes, I'm french canadian). I made three in 1999 and one in 2001. I go in a copy store in town, they have a machine for enlarging photos and a machine for printing on T-Shirts. I choose how I want them to be... They all have kind of a signature(text) to it and a photo. The text is : Karen Anne Carpenter 1950-1983 The photos on the T-Shirts are : 2 of them(one for me, one for a friend) have the *Voice of the heart* album cover. Another one, for me, has a picture of Karen playing the drums(the complete kit) with her *Lead Sister* jersey in 1976. The last one I did was a Christmas gift for a friend..., it's a picture of Karen in late 1970/early 1971 where she has her sunglasses on the head..., got this picture from Jorge, the young man from Chili(it's also in my Yuko Ogura's MOOK). As soon as I can take a picture of them, I will post them. I love you Karen... Roland C. |
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Post by cam83 on Jul 20, 2004 17:57:28 GMT -5
Hey cool! My family lives in Montreal. Montreal is a beautiful city. My brother Sachia is currently living there, working in one of the clothing factories there.
Cam
PS. My great, great, great, great great grandfather Joseph Victor Parenteau was born in Quebec in 1776...he came to Western Canada, married a Cree woman and the Metis side was born...
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Post by karen69roland on Jul 20, 2004 20:43:54 GMT -5
Very Cool, Cameron... So, now, your love for The Carpenters travels virtually and physically towards your family.  Small world. I love you Karen... Roland C. |
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Post by karen69roland on Aug 12, 2004 2:00:02 GMT -5
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Post by JIM on Aug 12, 2004 11:07:55 GMT -5
Hey Roland!
Thanks for thiking of me!
Usually I am up at 3AM but last
night I managed an early retirement.
I have not purchased a shirt yet.
I have been investing any extra $
into keboard/computer lessons.
Did you mention a while back that
you were writing music?
JIm
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Post by karen69roland on Aug 12, 2004 17:01:00 GMT -5
Yes, Jim..., it's my life...
I'm recording my first CD...
Do you make music too?
Are there any other musicians in this beautiful community?[glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland C.[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by Mariah Andrews on Aug 12, 2004 18:26:56 GMT -5
Yes. I am a musician and yes, I want to buy a Carpenters T-shirt. (Honestly, I would love to buy a shirt with that one picture of KC that you have under your name...I admit...meow....LOL)
I play guitar and drums, I love the Carpenters and they are a big influence on me musically. Even though I write mostly hard rock and metal, I have written a few Richard Carpenter-like songs. My favorite two songs of the Carps are "Goodbye To Love", where their band guitarist, Tony Peluso plays a mean solo or two. The other one is one I've been listening to an awful lot lately, "I Won't Last A Day Without You".
The "Goodbye" song inspired one of my songs I wrote back in 1994 called "Losing Contact". (That song was written as a plea, basically a 'talk to me or I'll blow my brains out' tune, written around the same time when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain had self-assasinated.) Around that same time, I had been buying Carpenters records and been asking for them as gifts. To calm down the fire buring in my angry soul.
So yes, Roland, I am a musician and I have covered a few Carpenters songs in solo improptu performances. But I am forming a new band, "Rivervixen" out here in the Laughlin, NV/Bullhead City,AZ area where I live. One requirement is, you have got to like the Carpenters!!! (Though were not always going to play in that style.)
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Post by karen69roland on Aug 12, 2004 19:12:01 GMT -5
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Post by Rick Henry on Aug 12, 2004 22:24:18 GMT -5
Yes. I am a musician and yes, I want to buy a Carpenters T-shirt. (Honestly, I would love to buy a shirt with that one picture of KC that you have under your name...I admit...meow....LOL) I have to agree with you on this Mariah. Karen is totally hot in that picture. I use it from time to time for the forum wallpaper. I am a former musician. From 1979 to 1993 I was in the music field, the first five years I really didn't take too seriously. I was in three alt-rock bands. The first named simply Rick Radium, the second GreenHouse and the third Thunder Lizards. Thunder Lizards was by far my most successful group. We played to SRO shows in local Southern Califonia mostly L.A. area clubs. Each show was ended with the audience yelling out "more, more, more". We always had to do an encore. My voice, as I have been told by many, is similar to Jim Morrison. I was the lead vocalist/front man in all my groups. I also wrote all the songs we performed. Of course we did a few covers, such as "People Are Strange, "Ring Of Fire" and "Yesterday Once More" and also "Rainy Days and Mondays". I left the music field in 1993 just as things were really heating up. Record companies were looking at us. Many people were claiming that the Thunder Lizards would be the #1 band of 1994. But I was becoming a very ugly person. I was way to motivated, to the point where everything was a lie, and I was back stabbing a lot of people. My ego was way over blown. I also became very paranoid as I was receiving death threats on my answering machine. I wasn't able to sleep anymore and I started to have hallucinations. I wasn't doing drugs, but things were just going to fast for me and I pretty much lost my mind. I went crazy. toward the end there everyone around me noticed that there was something wrong with me. So, in order to save my own life and sanity I retired from my music career. I still have the music in me, and one day I would love to perform again and write new songs. Below is one of many photos from my crazy days. This one is from 1989:  |
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Post by karen69roland on Aug 13, 2004 1:11:26 GMT -5
WOW!!! Rick, this is quite a story..., a very personal one , I think.
Everytime you want to share those personal story with us..., just keep on posting them, Ok?
Let's stick together, man. [glow=red,2,300][/glow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow][shadow=red,left,300]Roland C.[/shadow][shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow]
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Post by JIM on Aug 13, 2004 3:07:36 GMT -5
Wowza Rick!! Your story sounds like
so much fun but scary at the same
TIME. It must have been hard to
walk away from. I had to walk away
from a job I loved because it was
driving me to the brink of insanity
to. I was a purser for Miami Air
International and the schedules
made it impossible to get any
rest. Also the days would be 15hrs
sometimes longer, combined with
trips lasting 10 days sometimes
longer. People would always say
how lucky we were to have 7 days
off but it took that long just to
recover. Trans Atlantic travel
tears up your biological clock and
when its winter in Iceland and
your flying to Moscow then back
to Keflavik for a layover its
dark the entire day.
Hi ROLAND and MARIAH! It sounds
like you are involved in some
exciting musical projects. My
partner and I have played the
tenor sax since we were 10. Talk
about like atracts like. Robert
is a genius on the sax and has
been in several bands. He is
curently working on a solo album.
When his band MHB has a big gig
that requires as many horns as
possible, I play on sax on Earth
Wind and Fire, Chicago etc.
I recently began writing music
and I have a studio set up in
my house but I have been very
frustrated with what I have been
trying to acomplish.
Roland I would love to hear about
your writing and aranging techniques. I am having a lot of
trouble finding the right chord
inversions to fit the melody.
JIM
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