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                        <title>RE: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/paged/2/#post-137845</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I read that Saddam Hussein sent someone to London to buy up a huge stock of Mars bars before they quit making them. Personally, I much prefer Milky Way Darks. Haven&#039;t seen one of them lately...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I read that Saddam Hussein sent someone to London to buy up a huge stock of Mars bars before they quit making them. <br><br>Personally, I much prefer Milky Way Darks. Haven't seen one of them lately, either. <br><br>Plain old Hershy's Special Dark is fine. <br><br>What the heck's a Mars Volta? Cheap brand of battery?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Ricochet</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/paged/2/#post-137839</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I scoff at your mars bars - peanut butter cups rule the galaxy of candy.  I am a fan of the Volta and saw them open for System of a Down as well - don&#039;t remember so much about the sound but ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I scoff at your mars bars - peanut butter cups rule the galaxy of candy.  I am a fan of the Volta and saw them open for System of a Down as well - don't remember so much about the sound but man can the lead signer hit those notes.  They are a good band, one of the better one's out there today IMHO.  Frances the Mute is a good album but their first (quasi-second) album De-Loused in the Comatorium I like better.  Frances the Mute is good and it has on it the Widow which some of you may have heard on the radio, very 70's bluesy rock, but it just reminds me of Yes so much.  I would recommend other's checking them out.  Nils mentioned Drunkship Lanterns, that song and Roulette Dares are probably my two favorite songs of theirs.  They really have a flair for naming things, huh?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>purple</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/#post-137803</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 23:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[the lead singer and guitarist used to front &quot;at the drive in&quot;]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[the lead singer and guitarist used to front "at the drive in"]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/#post-137784</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I saw the mars volta live...they played before system of a down.  They were terrible IMO.  The lead singer sure can dance like a meth head though when he&#039;s screaming into the mic.  Calling t...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I saw the mars volta live...they played before system of a down.  They were terrible IMO.  The lead singer sure can dance like a meth head though when he's screaming into the mic.  Calling them terrible may be unfair, but they sound terrible because of the way they set up their levels...the volume on the lead vocalists mic was about twice as loud as any of the instruments.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>JasonColucci</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/#post-137762</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I thought he meant the films popular during the WWII era -- Francis the Mule.  (That&#039;s Francis the talking mule, by the way, so he can&#039;t have been mute.  I&#039;ve discovered an apparent contradi...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I thought he meant the films popular during the WWII era -- Francis the Mule.  (That's Francis the talking mule, by the way, so he can't have been mute.  I've discovered an apparent contradiction in the original post).  I WIN!  (oops, wrong thread).]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Musenfreund</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/#post-137754</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Drunkship Of Lanterns&quot; had some nice playing and effects.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA["Drunkship Of Lanterns" had some nice playing and effects.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/#post-137753</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ohh.. I thought Francis the Mute was the band and the other was the song.  Either way.. I found samples.   :D Not badGeoo]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ohh.. I thought Francis the Mute was the band and the other was the song.  Either way.. I found samples.   :D Not bad<br><br>Geoo]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>geoo</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/#post-137752</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[BTW.. I didn&#039;t understand the original post AT ALL.. Was I &#039;posed too?Geoo

My only guess is that jason brann likes the song - &quot;Francis the mute&quot; by the band - The Mars VoltaI hope we didn&#039;t...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[BTW.. I didn't understand the original post AT ALL.. Was I 'posed too?<br><br>Geoo

My only guess is that jason brann likes the song - "Francis the mute" by the band - The Mars Volta<br><br>I hope we didn't scare him off by joking around :(]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Nils</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/#post-137751</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Ahh now I get it.. Its a band.  Not really my style but I liked &quot;L&#039;Via L&#039;Viaq...&quot;  The vocals remind me a little of Whitesnake at times.. but the music and style seems really unique to me.Ge...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ahh now I get it.. Its a band.  Not really my style but I liked "L'Via L'Viaq..."  The vocals remind me a little of Whitesnake at times.. but the music and style seems really unique to me.<br><br>Geoo<br><br>Ahh and Snickers w/Almonds]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>geoo</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: francis the mute.</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/francis-the-mute/#post-137750</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Don&#039;t get me started on Mars bars. if you ate one recently it would have to be pretty stale as they stopped making them some time ago :wink: they have avoided my picketing their national HQs...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Don't get me started on Mars bars.<br> if you ate one recently it would have to be pretty stale as they stopped making them some time ago :wink: <br>they have avoided my picketing their national HQs by releasing the Snickers w/almonds.<br>a wise choice on their part don't you think? 8)

Ahhh Man, they  quit making Mars bars?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
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