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		<title>Psychobilly Freak Out!</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/psychobilly-freak-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dude, First off HUGE fan! I play in a Psychobilly band. We had to cancel the last 3 practices because our guitar player went out of town / anniversary / Lyle Lovett. Now he’s saying that he doesn’t like the band anymore and doesn’t feel like were going in the &#8220;direction&#8221; he wants. He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=112&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unsigned and in a Bind</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/unsigned-and-in-a-bind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dude, My band just finished recording a full-length record and since it&#8217;s our first and we are unsigned, we have printed 300 copies of it independently. We have booked a big CD release show with bigger signed bands in a large local venue. We have enough CDs printed to last us a while, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=105&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Touring Gentleman</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/the-touring-gentleman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dude, My band recently started touring more and although I love it to death it has really been taking a toll on my relationship with my girlfriend. At home we talk and hang out all the time, everything is cool. But as soon as I go on tour it gets ugly. We get into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=103&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ask the Dude Back: July 14, 2008</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/ask-the-dude-back-july-14-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the opening day of Darkest Hour&#8217;s tour with legendary swedish thrash metal gods At the Gates. Needless to say my young jedi powers are needed this week in order to take care of all things rock related. Never fear, the thrash metal partying and stage diving will not stop the letters from a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=101&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Live Wire</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/live-wire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dude, I&#8217;m playing my first live show at the end of August. The one thing I’m worried about is live tone, mainly the low end. Now, I&#8217;ve come to learn first hand the size and material a room is made out of can affect your tone. I&#8217;m planning to take written diagrams of all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=99&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Ask the Dude&#8217;s Gear Guru</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/introducing-ask-the-dudes-gear-guru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introducing our resident Gear Guru, Aaron Deal. Aaron is a close personal friend of The Dude, and long time rocker, with over 15 years band experience on bass, guitar, and drums. As assistant manager and sales associate at three different (MD and VA) Guitar Center locations over the last 7 years, he is no stranger [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=98&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quiet Riot</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/quiet-riot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gear Questions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dude, I want to build an Isolation Cabinet that fits a 4&#215;12 cab. I was watching the Darkest Hour webisode #2 video a long time ago and you were showing one off at the studio you recorded in. That ISO Cab looks like one of the best ones I have seen. Is there anyway [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=95&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ask the Dude Live at this Summers Thrash and Burn Tour</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/ask-the-dude-live-at-this-summers-thrash-and-burn-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Dudes! In conjunction with the organizers of this summers inaugural Thrash and Burn tour, I am excited to announce that I will be inviting you backstage this summer to answer your Ask the Dude questions in person. When the idea of doing Ask the Dude Live came up I was far beyond stoked (catch [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=94&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Metal Head</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/metal-head/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dude, I just bought a Marshall JCM 900 head and I am about to get the 1960 speaker cabinet. I also have a LINE 6 POD XT, a few analog pedals (Boss Metalzone, Marshall Jackhammer, Morley’s Bad Horsie, etc&#8230;) and have some questions that I’m sure you can answer. Can the JCM900´s distortion be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=92&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Riff Writer</title>
		<link>http://askthedude.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/riff-writer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Dude, I&#8217;ve been playing guitar for almost two years now and have developed a very solid technique in the short time I have been playing. I practice at least 3 hours a day anywhere between 4 to 5 days a week and I&#8217;ve taught myself almost everything and have only had a few professional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=askthedude.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3379674&amp;post=91&amp;subd=askthedude&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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