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"Get Up Stand Up" by Bob Marley

Drums -Dave Grohl
Bass -Flea
Guitar 1- Tom Morrello
Singer - Axle Rose

This looks like a fine set of rules, and it is a good idea to have them avalable for future referance.

I can say I've never felt it was needed as the people I've dealt with on Chorde have already been following the spirit of these rules. 

I think a Chat room would be fine,  if it sticks to these rules and is at it's core about Music.  Chat rooms for Politics and other subjects are very readily avalible from numerous other sources, haveing it here would be a distraction not an improvement.  I would prefer to see Chordie stick with what, I feel it does better than anyone else,  Music.

The Three crimes you listed are

Felony Hit and Run with a DUI enhancement.  (Driving Under the Influance of a controled substance)
Felony Possession and Use of a Controled Substance.
Felony Assault and Battery

These crimes do not just occur,  an indvidual made choices that caused them.  There are usually smaller crimes for which that Individual was never caught or punished that led to these progresivly greater crimes.  There were probably more crimes of a similar or possibly greater nature that were commited before that person was arrested and convited of these.  If this individual is released into society, the odds are that his crimes will become progresivly more serious and violent.  I personaly would rather lock this man away for the rest of his life, than give him the opportunity to take the life of someone else.

I lived in the City where Three Strikes was first championed,  It was started by a man whose daughter was killed in a mugging by a man with a long record of small felonies.
Its objective is to put criminals away before they can become violent.  Crime statistics in the USA have gone down dramatically in every state where It has been adopted.

You should name the Band "Bring Earplugs"  that way you fulfill your "duty to warn" if anyone files a lawsuit.

You are correct, measure from the top of the fret to the bottom of the string, using a machinists ruler, to check the action.

I don't play out unless you count parties and campouts.

I never said they were not related, only that they can be set independantly.  One can have good intonation and still have high action.  One can have bad intonation and still have good action.  When I change one, I check and reset the other if needed.   But the best way to check the action is to get out a Ruler and check the Action.  A machinists rulers can be found for a few bucks at any hardware store.

I prefer my action higher than normal because it helps me when playing slide guitar.  I have my intonation setup for that.  We are talking about fractions of an inch between 4/64 and 6/64 (a couple of millimeters) here,  there is a certain amount of tolerance one can adjust for, and still have a well playing and sounding instrument.

Dude,  I've been doing my own set ups for over 20 years.  on both the Gibson style "Tune-O-Matic", or the Fender style bridge.  the Intonation will have to be checked and usually reset when you change the action, but proper Intonation is not an indicator of proper action.

A better check for action is to use a machinists ruler and measure from the top of the 12 fret to the bottom of the 6th (low) string, it should be at 5/64 of an inch, or 2 mm. at the 1st (high) string it should be 4/64 of an inch or 1.6 mm.  the rest should fall fairly well in between those two measurements.  Action can be set lower for thicker gauge strings.  These measurments are a good guide line, but some players may want higher or lower action, depending on personal preferance and style of play.

Grunge and Punk were as much about Image as Glam rock was.  Tattoo's, Flannel shirts, Piercings and Mohawks are just a different Image. 
Dude,  They may act like they don't care, but they still show up for the MTV Music Awards.
Good music will always come through no matter what the band is wearing.

Old Time Country is being played by new Groups like Old Crow Medicine show or the Mother Truckers.  It is Commonly called Alt Country or Americana. 

When Garth and Shania first came out country radio didn't think they were country enough to play,  After they became big every other act out there copied them.

Now Americana is considered too old fashoned for country radio.

The music business isn't going to mess with what works,  If an Old Time Country act breaks,  they will start playing it again.

On a side note it's kind of ironic that Johnny Cash won't be played on Country radio, but will be played on Alternative Radio.

Doc have you tried Instructonal DVD's?  They're relativly inexpensive and you can play them on your own schedule,  many include backing tracks so you can play along.

Hey Cytania,  I didn't feel like typing them all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Telecaster_players

Gretch, Guild and Rickenbacker were all making electric guitars at this time.  Both Gibson and Fender had a variety of guitars avalable, many found their own musical niche,  but none gained the Iconic status of the Tele, Strat, and LP.