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(rant) They have a new scheme, I think. Forbes usually ranks people and businesses by looking at cold hard (cash-related) facts and putting them on a list that makes some mathematical sense. I didn’t see the last few issues of this annual list, so I don’t know when they started doing this, but this year they’ve used some sort of touchy-feely ranking system. I quote: "Start with money. Add fame. Mix. We rank the relative star power of actors, atheletes. singers and talking heads — how much they earn and how many people are paying attention." "Relative star power"? "Fame"? This is the sort of ranking system celebrity-oriented mags use, and they each come up with radically different lists. There is never any indication that a pole was taken. It’s just a few people, probably interns throwing darts, deciding where everybody goes on the list. I don’t feel right about Forbes doing this. (endrant) Back on topic: Here are the musicians on the list: Musician "power" money pay (millions) Rolling Stones 5 11 $51 Bruuuuuuce 8 8 $64 Beyonce Knowles 19 57 $23 The Eagles 21 15 $43 Celine Dion 26 35 $28 Metallica 27 20 $35 Fleetwood Mac 28 12 $45 Dave Matthews Band 30 35 $28 Cher 40 42 $27 Simon & Garfunkel 46 25 $33 Jessica Simpson 61 93 $ 4 And here’s the list you realy wanted: Chicks Angelina Jolie 13 44 $27 Cameron Diaz 14 26 $32 Jennifer Aniston 17 50 $25 Julia Roberts 24 51 $25 Sandra Bullock 44 29 $30 The Olsen Twins 48 35 $28 Renee Zellweger 50 62 $21 Halle Berry 55 70 $19 Catherine Zeta-Jones 56 71 $18 Serena Williams 63 78 $ 9.5 Courtney Cox 65 55 $23 Paris Hilton 70 97 $ 2 Lisa Kudrow 74 55 $23 Venus Williams 77 80 $ 8.5 Queer-Eye Guys 78 96 $ 3.5 Anna Kournikova 82 87 $ 6 Heidi Klum 87 83 $ 7.8 Milla Jovovich 91 77 $ 9.8 Tyra Banks 93 93 $ 4 Gisele Bundchen 94 76 $10 Carolyn Murphy 99 89 $ 5 (Underage chicks omitted) (Old chicks also omitted) (Fat chicks omitted) Steppenvalve
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Yeah, but when does the Bass player list come out ? So who do you think is the wealthiest Bass player ? Sting ???
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>Yeah, but when does the Bass player list come out ? So who do you think >is the wealthiest Bass player ? Sting ???
It would be close…either Sting or Paul McCartney. Aloha, Jerry
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>>Yeah, but when does the Bass player list come out ? So who do you think >is the wealthiest Bass player ? Sting ??? >It would be close…either Sting or Paul McCartney. > Aloha, Jerry
Or John Kerry. 
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Look at page 140 of that issue for a cool write-up on Dan Lakin and Lakland Basses. Online version here: http://p219.ezboard.com/fthedudepitfrm21.showMessage?topicID=763.topic Steve "Dude" Barr http://www.TheDudePit.com http://www.VintageBass.com http://www.schoolofbass.com Another one coming soon!
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>Yeah, but when does the Bass player list come out ? So who do you think >is the wealthiest Bass player ? Sting ??? > It would be close…either Sting or Paul McCartney. > Aloha, Jerry
Gene Simmons maybe? He’s always sellin’ stuff with pictures of Kiss on it.