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About me: Musician. One who writes the occasional poem, though not a poet. Reading: Just Finished:
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7/31/2001Just Another Site Man, Adam's got to stop changing his address. Every time he does, that means I have to fix my page. Darn him! Darn him to heck! (PS--I haven't had any Blogger problems for a long time.)
7/30/2001Susan made homemade fried chicken tonight. Man it was good. I had 2 legs and a thigh--yummy!
Another rosewood tama snare. If he gets the $300 he wants, I'd be surprised. The $250 maybe.
7/27/2001Crime Library: Lizzie Borden. One of those macarbe things that have always fasinated me.
Where did this guy learn about cartridge set up? His off set angle is way off. I bet that stylus is good and toasted...
Who is thisunmasked man beside our coffee pot?
If only I could swingthis. And with it, I would like this. Then, I would have the rack I have been dreaming of for years: same brand I want, same color. Man, why do I never have any money???
Isn't this just the most beautiful pedal you've ever seen! I mean, in an aesthetic way, with that kind of art deco, graceful round motion thing. Cool.
Not much info available on the net about the Ghost foot pedal. (I have to admitt, the name is very cool.) I bought one on ebay for $25, the cheapest I've seen. I've never played one, but wanted one for a long time. My buddy Kevin Risch, drummer for Holy Moley, playes one. About all I could find was this:
7/26/2001BLOGGER - How to create a BlogThis! bookmarklet
Bonanza Closes! Yet again another business closes thanks to Wal-Mart!
I found a whole site devoted to thebookmarklet. Of the 5 bookmarks in my toolbar, two of them are bookmarklets: a google search option, and, of course, Blog This!
7/23/2001So when you are a Kiwanian, you are expected to invite a guest speaker once a year. Today was my day. So when I met him at the bar of the restaurant, it was obvious he was tanked. When he gave his speech, it was obvious he was tanked. I'm thinking about starting a business that books guest speakers for various organizations. After all, it will be a speaker to remember.
7/21/2001Vistalite History
Vinyl Asylum - Reason #457.2(b) why I love my wife...
7/20/2001A DRUMMERS PRAYER
Last night, WQSS, Coast 102.5, the local classic rock station, played a Blind Albert cut during their blues hour. Now we've been played on the radio before, but it was at 10 at night during a "home grown" hour. This was drive slot (5-6 p.m. for all you non former radio employees) on a 50,000 watt FM station. And it sounded really good in the truck. (We have also been played a lot on college radio. We were once #6 on the Colby College playlist, ahead of Green Day. Sweeeet.
7/18/2001Yup, I did it. I bought Mac's red Ludwig Vistalites. For those of you not familiar with the species, they are see-through acrylic drums. I'll try and put up some before and after photos. And, I've already been invited to join Yahoo's Vistalite club.
7/17/2001New Diana Krall photo from her pre-release of her new album. Man, I hope they use the same photos for the actual album. Also check out here and my personal favorite.
7/16/2001So here are some thoughts after my weekend at the North Atlantic Blues Festival. Blind Albert played on the M/V Monhegan, and we got rave reviews. I had many people tell me that we were the best band on the Club Crawl. One person told me they overheard at another bar that we were the band to go hear.
7/14/2001Andrew Wyeth had a painting called "Sailor's Valentine." If I remember correctly, it was a Salt Sea Rose bush in front of a lighthouse. My sister would love this print. It was, however, never made as prints--at least according to a frame shop here in Rockland Maine, home of the Farnsworth, which is home to many Wyeths. But they may be wrong. I'n doing a search on the web, nothing comes up for this piece. Jamie Wyeth did one called "Ladder Back Chair and Sailor's Valentine," but that''s not it. So I post this, hoping maybe someone can shed some light on it. Or maybe someone has a "print" of this they want to let go.
Susan came back from scrapbookking last night about 12:45. I was sitting on the couch, having just got back from my gig. I heard what I thought was an aircraft carrier comming up the street. Then, the carrier pulled into my driveway. Man, it was loud. I ran out, thinking my wife had driven home with no oil in the car. Then I smelled something, like clutch or stuck brake or something. She hopped out, all strung out. "Something's horribly wrong with my car. It's making awful noises, and it pulls me all over the road." She started to cry, she was so frightened. "I prayed all the way home!" I was able to quickly diagnose the problem. She had a flat. Driver's side front. "How long did you drive it like this?" I asked. "All the way from Suzanne's" she replied; about 6 miles. "How fast did you go?" She said "I could only get it up to about 35." Yowza! 6 miles x 35 mph/flat tire=bent rim.
7/13/2001Napster's Down. Who cares? It's Lime Wire all the way, baby!
So I took my truck to Dave for a state inspection. I knew it would need a couple of tires. It also needed some plate light bulbs, and a hole needed to filled with a little fiberglass. (The hole filling process was supposed to take 15 minutes.) I dropped the truck off at 1:15 p.m., and didn't get it back until 7:30! Hello! How long should this take???
7/11/2001Wow, I need to do some postin'! Last night, I finished recording the newest Blind Albert CD, Boyish Man. Man, you should try to play this figure for about six minutes on two Eggz shakers, using the "sticking" rlr, rlr, rlr, rlr, over and over. Man, that's hard to make sound even.
Somebody hit my page from Google, looking for--and I'm not making this up--Paintball Guns. I think google meant here.
7/9/2001So last night, somehow, my drum throne broke. I mean, the leg actually broke through the metal. Well, it did give me over 10 years of faithful service. But, I had to order a new one. This is the one I picked. Got it through Northern Kingdom Music, the best music store around!
7/6/2001So I got a call today from Sonny True. (The link doesn't go to his page, but a page on which he's mentioned.) It seems he thought his drummer might not show for a gig. So he called ole Billy Rhythm. So the Rhythm Man was going to leave work at 6, set up for a dj gig tomorrow, play a drum gig, go home, sleep, go to wedding, dj reception until 3:30, pack up, go home, drop off gear, pick up drums, play drum gig tomorrow night, go home, go to church Sunday morning, act as nursery worker, come home, and have Julia's birthday party. Whew, I'm tired just from typing!
7/5/2001WHY EVOLUTION IS WRONG [Free Republic]
Does 'Lucy' prove evolution? For that to be true the truth would be stretched extremely thin. Not even a complete skeleton was found, only a few pieces. Her knee was found 2 miles away from the rest of the body and was 200 feet deeper in a completely different layer of strata. Other parts found were scattered and could not have been from the same creature, unless of course she was hit by a train.
Evolution is wrong and deceptive
Bought a pedal for my WFL kit. We're cooking with gas now!
7/3/2001I bought this stand for my old WFL kit today. This means in order to bring that kit to original standards, all I need is a hihat stand, kick pedal, 8 t-rods and claws, a cymbal L arm, a bass hoop, and a floor tom. And a couple of other things. But I'm almost there!
7/2/2001Also, please note that Shotgun Mike Genova is quite possibly the coolest guy alive. Talented, fun, good with the ladies, and knows as many people as Billy Rhythm, if that's possible. Today, I helped him climb a tower. How do you help? Easy. Wait at the bottom, and call 911 if he falls down dead. this tower was blowing back and forth like a birch tree in a March wind. But he still went up. Man, I'm not afraid of heights, but I am afraid of being 75 feet up, blowing back and forth, while perched on two cigar size foot holds. Not me. I can't think of how much danger pay it would take. OK, maybe I could think of an amount, but it's pretty high.
Tonight for supper... Lobster. A present to my wife from my brother. Having grown up in the lobster capital of the world, it seems strange that I never liked lobster as a kid. Now, as an adult, I eat it every now and again. While down on the dock, I saw my old grade school buddy Lil' Dave. Li'l Dave is now 6'3", and has really bulked up. He's not all skinny scrany like he used to be.
Whoops. This is the floor tom on which I bid. Bad link below. Bad.
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