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http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/tvschedule/index.html
Flaming Lips, Trey Anastasio, Etta James, to name a few. Check it out! Set your recorders!
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yes Ken, I concure. These guys are awesome. One of the nicest things ever said to me in my history of audio engineering came from this band. All venues they play don't match the quality or sound of Pepper Jacks. Folks, this is an awesome band. When they are cookin', something spiritual happens. I've never seen tears flow during Redemption Song. But they did. And the crowd was moved too. Praise Bob.
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I am looking for new Sennheisers myself. Have a pair of HD400s, wire broke. Nearly impossible to resolder!
Looking into HD 280 Pro, any advice on them or resoldering?
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Hey DB, yes, some guy came over and patched in a mini disk. Friend of the Fatties. No costume.
You guys were the tightest I ever heard, and "our" new digital power amp was killer! AP4.4
Hope the smoke machine wasn't too offensive,I thought the Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley were great. There were more than one Jesus on stage at the same time. Ricky's half naked Jesus was cool with the crown of thorns touch. Good job everybody, thanks for the great late nite.
Oh yes, reported missing and in case anyone saw -
1- girls carnagin Sweater
1- saphire stone tiarra
1- cell phone
1- set of car keys
1- Michellina
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A man wakes up one morning to find a gorilla in his tree. He calls the Gorilla Removal Service and waits anxiously. When the serviceman arrives, he quickly assesses the situation and proceeds to remove a long pole, a pair of hand cuffs, a chihuahua, and a shotgun from his truck. Puzzled, the man comes out to ask him his intentions. "Well...", says the serviceman. "Tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to climb that tree see, and poke the gorilla with this long pole. The gorilla, will fall from the tree. When he lands, this specially trained chihuahua will rush over there and bite down hard on the gorilla's balls. When the gorilla instictively moves his hands down here like this (grabs his crotch with both hands).... I slap the cuffs on him, and that, is the end of the problem." The man looks around and says " What's with the shotgun?" The serviceman looks him square in the eye and says, "I'm giving that to you. If I fall out of the tree before the gorilla... shoot the dog."
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Slowcoaster at Pepper Jacks Wed. October 12 after open Mic. One of my favs to mix.
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What is it though that makes us hate popular music radio? For me, it's that the commercials are louder than the music. Soundman ears. And as for current formatted popular music products, is it me or, is every fu**ing drummer now bashing the livin sh*t out of his cymbals? Seems like someone in the production chain lost all the hi-mid range of their hearing, so they boost it to the front of the mix. Really hard on my nerves.
CBC Radio, and Coast to CoastAM with George Norry. Radio that entertains me, educates me, and forces me to think about things. As soon as they started abusing radio to push products, it just never stopped. And it's getting worse. I'm glad there are alternatives.
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No Particular order:
Jimmy Page (73-74 era)
Jeff Beck
Albert Lee
Robert Fripp
Jan Akermman (Focus)
I think Jan is Swedish though, hope that counts, they're practically neighbours to England anyway. Remember those two solos in Hocus Pocus. The second is a ripper. Copped a good lick from that one. Cool thread.
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After spending more than an hour at drummerworld.com watching videos, out of the 20 or so I watched,I have to say Buddy Rich blew my mind most. Holy crap! I remember as a kid, my parents watching Johnny Carson, and he'd have Buddy Rich as a guest come out and drum solo for 5 minutes before the interview. One of those solos is featured at drummerworld.com.
And the drummer who played Bonzo's kit on the John Bonham link did an awesome tribute. What a thrill that must have been for him. If that kit could talk, man...it does.
In no particular order for me,
John Bonham
John Bonham
John Bonham
honourable mention:
Bill Bruford
Vinnie C
Omar Hakim
Danny Lockwood
Dave King
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I messed something up, I'll try again.... Hey great Blue Quarter last night at Pepper Jacks! Good to see everyone!
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These are some images that were sent to me of Katrina coming ashore. Amazing.
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Jackson, Chiles, Marshall few that come to mind. Congrats h!
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I don't know what happened to my picture guys. It's a must be seen though. I'm trying again.
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Jimi Hendrix changed my life. When I heard the recording of The Band of Gypsies playing Machine Gun, I was overcome by the emotion in his playing. It was a crazy time then with the war in Vietnam and race riots in Chicago and somehow he was telling how it affected him. How it was affecting people. Anger, sadness, crying, desperation. Its all there in that track. How should that affect a young white Canadian kid so deeply? I was experiencing my own anger, sadness, desperation as the result of my parents split and my whole life uprooting. I had turned to playing guitar tunes, but never realized how an electric guitar could become a voice for expressing all that hurt til Jimi Hendrix stopped me in my tracks. So I kept playing, and playing for hours, days, years, learning. I got it out, and healed as a result of it, and it has made me a great player. Music is such a powerful thing. I collect live recordings of Hendrix and you know, he never played the same solo twice. Instead of a unwavered structure, he allowed himself to flow free thought and spontaneous expression. When he let go of inhibitions, and all physical restrictions, he played like a mutha******. Soulful, and beautiful. Later whenever I listen to that track, I stop what I'm doing and allow it to take me over shhhhh...no talking, just listen. This is one of my favorite pictures of Jimi by Jim Marshall. Tells it all.
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I hate Karaoke...and stepping on a cold wet macaroni in bare feet.
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A black slave, burned to death.
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I would like to thank Scott, Wayne, and Pete the technicians who ran that PA at the main stage. Man, you should have seen it from that perspective. A well oiled, multi tasking machine. Scott Taylor handled all the bands on the stage, Wayne was out front at the board, he and Scott own all that sound equipment between them. Pete was a great help to me at the side stage repairing a monitor. He didn't have to, but he spent a couple of hours on it and I am grateful. Plus he sensed the perfect moments for a cannon break.
The talent at the side stage always amazed me. People looked so unassuming to me and then they picked up their instruments and I was just blown away. I have to confess, Janine Stoll nearly made me cry. She's so beautiful.
And thanks everybody for being so cool. I felt it would be all positive to bring my son for his first Cometogether festival experience to see dad work, and he loved it. All three days- just loved it. Everyone was so nice to him, I am grateful to all of you who stopped and talked to him, or were conscious of him casually wondering.
Okay, these were some of my thoughts at 3 am after playing a gig on drums. We rocked. I'm beat.
Next :cool:
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Hey Guys thanks for the comments. But, I am concerned that you're not seeing the full short. Select 800 as the view preference and you'll see the whole thing. It's been dropping off after the lights go out - and thats not the end! The funniest part comes after. So please select 800 and roll it!
I am working on another. I've upgraded my animation software but it's pretty time consuming for even the smallest differences. Be a while before I figure it out. Right now painting planes for FlightSim 2004. Then I'll be able to return to it. Art rocks! Thanks for your words.
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Here Comes The Flood
When the night shows
the signals grow on radios
All the strange things
they come and go, as early warnings
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
There's no point in direction we cannot
even choose a side.
I took the old track
the hollow shoulder, across the waters
On the tall cliffs
they were getting older, sons and daughters
The jaded underworld was riding high
Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky
and as the nail sunk in the cloud, the rain
was warm and soaked the crowd.
Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
When the flood calls
You have no home, you have no walls
In the thunder crash
You're a thousand minds, within a flash
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see
The actors gone, there's only you and me
And if we break before the dawn, they'll
use up what we used to be.
Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent
in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
--- Peter Gabriel
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yeay!!! Fatties for my birthday!
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Hi all. Musicians, techs, sound engineers - I found a site that would host my short animation. Please check it out. I'm sure you'll get a laugh. Has this ever happened to you? Did me.
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Yeah, I can't upload an avatar either because I don't have a web page (??) But I do have a 33 second cartoon that I made that I would love to share. It's music related and any musician/soundman/roadie would understand the humour and get a good laugh from it. This could become a series based on the outrageous lifestyle of musicians. Would anyone be interested in hosting a site for it? Or maybe suggest a place I can upload it so you all can go see it? I would love to use a portion of it for my avatar. Lazlo - what was that site you told me?
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A Blessing of Tears - Robert Fripp. It just arrived from Latvia today. Not available in North America. Live tracks with a concept " an ongoing series of performances which has the aim of finding a way in which intelligence and music, definition and discovery, courtesy and reciprocation enter into the act of music for both musician and audience."
....Jamming.
Cheers.
Some Nice Vintage Guitars
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Great to see you guys last night. Thanks for the nice comments. It was a highlight of my time at Pepper Jacks. Thanks to the generous invite to sit in, I have now played with someone who played with Jimi Hendrix. I got the story from Sam that he had a house gig at the Scene in NY, and Jimi came in to play while recording at Electric Ladyland. In fact Sam was one of those musicians that went back to ELL with Jimi to record. It was like a relief to hear that Jimi had a real friend in Sam Hurrie. It was very cool of him to let me play his 1951 Gibson too, after messing around with Doug's custom Dobro from Smithers BC.... What a thrill. And to lead the guys through She Caught The Cady with Harrison on harp...unforgetable. This ranks up there with boosting the Codetalker's bus with my car, and spending the day with Jimmy Herring. Oh and handling Garnet Rogers' 1954 Stratocaster 0014. My job rocks....Cheers everybody.