10:47am - I refuse to believe the Pitt-Jolie divorce rumor. If it's true, though, and he instigated it, he drops completely off my list of sexiest humans of all time.
Ugh. Too much work. We really need people in the 5-10 year range of experience. I wonder why there is a dearth of candidates in this particular cohort. It's almost as if something catastrophic happened to the field about 7 or 8 years ago.
donna, congrats - that PUP project is so coooooool!
situationist - somehow this particular situation defies economic laws of supply, demand, and pricing.
I am in that range and I have to say the salaries offered during my most recent search were pretty disappointing. I keep hearing I am in high demand (and continue to get calls and e-mails from other firms + headhunters after starting my current job), but they are all about what I would expect to be paid with this much experience. Put a 25-50% premium on salary in this age range and you'll get many more people accepting the jobs.
I guess that's not terribly far from Siberia. You interested in prison architecture? We mostly need someone with 5-10 years experience in Soviet-era concrete restoration. pay very good. Two reindeer and yugo in good condition. Even get morning potato. Daily vodka. Minimal calisthenics.
Our stateside office focuses on industrial scale meat raising and processing facilities. Mostly just need someone with an iron gullet to do as-builts. We've had high turnover in this position, so it is offered as a two-month trial unpaid internship where at the end we will evaluate your performance. Since people have asked, yes, the regional manager is bipolar and an alcoholic, but since he gets results it is clearly not the work environment or the nature of the job, but the poor quality of candidate that architecture schools these days produce.
Ok, you all may find this incredible, but I have only recently (knowingly) heard my first Fleetwood Mac song: Never Going Back Again. (I grew up in an immigrant household without cable; totally missed out on most 70s-80s american pop culture.) This particular song wholly entrances me. Are there others like it I should listen to? I poked around Fleetwood Mac's catelogue on spotify but the other songs I dipped into didn't grab me. Given their large catalogue I thought it might be better to throw the question to the crowd... and this crowd, I know, has at least a few Stevie Nicks fans in it (never heard her music either). Educate me, please!
Jesus Man! Taray! Listen to the whole rumors album. Never Goin Back again was written and penned by lindsay buckingham. Its capoed fairly high up there and rather intricate on the fingerwork. Leather n lace with don henley has kinda the same poppy feel without the amazing guitarwork. Landslide could be another you'd enjoy.
Archanonymous, I'm also in that range but the salaries I'm being offered/told are the range by recruiters seem reasonable to me. Maybe my sights aren't high enough, but none of the recruiters has matched what I currently make when adding my profit sharing, bonuses, and paid overtime to my base.
Big Love - acoustic, live. I've always loved Fleetwood Mac, but never noticed this song until I heard it in concert. It was about 1,000 times better in person, the video can't do it justice.
Yes, ALL of Rumors, also all of Tusk. My favorite Stevie Nicks song is Angel, the Tusk version. Mirage is also good with Gypsy being the standout.
Christine McVie wrote fun poppy catchy songs,. but I think Stevie Nicks' songs are more complex and thus interesting.
Following on what tintt said, I have to say I prefer studio Fleetwood Mac recordings to live recordings of them. They deviate quite a bit from the recordings, and with all the drugs and whatnot their live performances seem pretty erratic. I imagine actually *attending* the live concert would be great, but as recordings they don't sound very good.
An excellent group of musicians has put together a FM tribute band and are touring around playing Rumours back to front. What becomes clear 1) because these guys are GOOD and 2) because they're not all drugged out, is that those songs, in addition to being super catchy and lyrically sophisticated, are really complex. Good players really reveal the depth of that album.
I haven't seen FM live but this show made me want to.
I'm on a boat right now headed to the Lofoten Islands and it's going through some of the most sublime landscape I've seen. Blowing up my Instagram when I get to my cabin.
I was in college the first time I ever heard a single Billy Joel song. "What's THIS?!" My roommate was from Long Island. Looked at me like I was a pod person
My hunting for Fleetwood Mac tunes today led me to Ben Harper, who I have heard of but never listened to. OMG. I loved every song I heard by him! Where has he been all my life?!
I was in a band in high school. we named ourselves after the water fountain at school, Halsey Taylor. We covered Three Dog Night songs among other things.
Thread Central
Ahhh, now THIS is what I come to archinect for. Bashing on interior designers. COSIGN
Don't forget this part of the job description: Decide on stone slabs for the bathroom flooring.........AFTER framing is completed.
I've worked with some interior designers who are truly worth their weight in gold.
I've also worked for a few whose only apparent purpose was so product reps for furniture companies would bring nice food into the office.
First time I had a crepe was in Rhode Island near Brown.
Hi TC!
10:47am - I refuse to believe the Pitt-Jolie divorce rumor. If it's true, though, and he instigated it, he drops completely off my list of sexiest humans of all time.
Stay tuned. My workday is shot.
Gif yanked from Chappell Ellison's twitter feed and it's perfect. Me today:
Looks like it is confirmed. Donna my condolences to you...
this just popped up in my google news feed
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/abandoned-stadium-reuse-indianapolis_us_57dfaf6fe4b08cb140968f46?google_editors_picks=true
isn't that your thing donna?
Yes curt
(wipes tears from eyes)
yes People for Urban Progress is the non-profit I'm on the board for
(inhales jerkily)
I'm so proud
(brief sob)
of the work we do in our city.
(turns head away and cries hard)
(blows nose into handkerchief, swallows...)
We were also covered on City Lab this week.
(wipes tears again)
Thank you for trying to...
(sobs, sobs, sobs)
..make me feel better!
(ugly crying, neverending...)
Ugh. Too much work. We really need people in the 5-10 year range of experience. I wonder why there is a dearth of candidates in this particular cohort. It's almost as if something catastrophic happened to the field about 7 or 8 years ago.
donna, congrats - that PUP project is so coooooool!
situationist - somehow this particular situation defies economic laws of supply, demand, and pricing.
I am in that range and I have to say the salaries offered during my most recent search were pretty disappointing. I keep hearing I am in high demand (and continue to get calls and e-mails from other firms + headhunters after starting my current job), but they are all about what I would expect to be paid with this much experience. Put a 25-50% premium on salary in this age range and you'll get many more people accepting the jobs.
Situationist, that's my range too (8years). There are a few of us like this in my office but I'd say the skill set is not the same.
Nice PUP project Donna.
Situationist: I don't suppose you're in Oregon?
Ok, you all may find this incredible, but I have only recently (knowingly) heard my first Fleetwood Mac song: Never Going Back Again. (I grew up in an immigrant household without cable; totally missed out on most 70s-80s american pop culture.) This particular song wholly entrances me. Are there others like it I should listen to? I poked around Fleetwood Mac's catelogue on spotify but the other songs I dipped into didn't grab me. Given their large catalogue I thought it might be better to throw the question to the crowd... and this crowd, I know, has at least a few Stevie Nicks fans in it (never heard her music either). Educate me, please!
Might be a bit heretical among fans of Nicks, but I am a big fan of Bare Trees....
Also, might want to check out this
Jesus Man! Taray! Listen to the whole rumors album. Never Goin Back again was written and penned by lindsay buckingham. Its capoed fairly high up there and rather intricate on the fingerwork. Leather n lace with don henley has kinda the same poppy feel without the amazing guitarwork. Landslide could be another you'd enjoy.
Silver Springs
Amazing and wonderful.
Landslide was written in Aspen.
Big Love - acoustic, live. I've always loved Fleetwood Mac, but never noticed this song until I heard it in concert. It was about 1,000 times better in person, the video can't do it justice.
I like Second Hand News too.
I am in the 8-10 year experience range too albeit older because I took a hiatus. Lots and lots of potatoes...
Yes, ALL of Rumors, also all of Tusk. My favorite Stevie Nicks song is Angel, the Tusk version. Mirage is also good with Gypsy being the standout.
Christine McVie wrote fun poppy catchy songs,. but I think Stevie Nicks' songs are more complex and thus interesting.
Following on what tintt said, I have to say I prefer studio Fleetwood Mac recordings to live recordings of them. They deviate quite a bit from the recordings, and with all the drugs and whatnot their live performances seem pretty erratic. I imagine actually *attending* the live concert would be great, but as recordings they don't sound very good.
Fleetwood Mac's Dreams
An excellent group of musicians has put together a FM tribute band and are touring around playing Rumours back to front. What becomes clear 1) because these guys are GOOD and 2) because they're not all drugged out, is that those songs, in addition to being super catchy and lyrically sophisticated, are really complex. Good players really reveal the depth of that album.
I haven't seen FM live but this show made me want to.
Gold Dust Woman
See Fleetwood Mac live, it was amazing. I'll go again.
I wasnt in the car, but I'm told my 4yr old heard "stairway to heaven" for the first time this morning. Mind blown
Camper Von Beethoven
Yay Josh so glad you're getting a break!
Guess I'm listening to Fleetwood Mac today.
I was in college the first time I ever heard a single Billy Joel song. "What's THIS?!" My roommate was from Long Island. Looked at me like I was a pod person
My hunting for Fleetwood Mac tunes today led me to Ben Harper, who I have heard of but never listened to. OMG. I loved every song I heard by him! Where has he been all my life?!
septembre - la femme
for the all songs considered listeners
https://play.spotify.com/track/5ca3CSIRraIjuBO5LrG5Kb
My freshman roommate owned one CD - Boston's Greatest Hits!
While looking for FM songs, I saw this. Yessss!
Boston's Greatest Hits album is only topped by Chicago's Greatest Hits! Was it a thing to name bands after cities? Just realized that.
In my opinion both Boston's and Chicago's greatest hits are both good but are topped by ELO's greatest hits.
Where does Three Dog Night's Greatest Hits rank?
@ Donna: I knew I liked you. But go deeper than ELO's greatest hits. Even more classical-rock fusion goodness in there.
@ tintt: More than bands. My great-uncle's first name was Denver. After he died, my great-aunt dated a guy named Houston.
I was in a band in high school. we named ourselves after the water fountain at school, Halsey Taylor. We covered Three Dog Night songs among other things.
Some ear worms for you; .38 Special - "Hold On Loosely" and The Outlaws - "Green Grass and High Tides'"
God, .38 Special sucks. And whenever I hear a Bob Seger song I run.
what, no, Donna, there's a thread for this ya know....
totally not this link
I have Bob Seger on a continuos loop, in my car. Im sad hes not on Spotify...
Hold On there Donna, Don't Go Breaking My Heart!
SMASH!
Hold On Loosely - Donna.......no Kix or Krokus!?!
Midnite Dynamite (Kix) and Midnite Maniac (Krokus).....see how I did that! the mid 80's metal scene. balls. i was like 7 but I'm 38 today (fuck that)
I raise you a toasty pint to you soon to become aggressive degradation into old man territory.
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