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Steve Vai as Hank Williams?

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:34:27 +0000

This is Steve Vai. This is how he sounds. This is Hank Williams. This is how he sounded. Steve Vai plays Hank Williams in the movie Crazy. Which is about Hank Garland. This is how he sounded. Looks an interesting movie. Hope it gets a theatrical or DVD run soon.

Back in business

Mon, 19 May 2008 12:58:44 +0000

About 19 years, I had a blue Charvette. A cheap but well made stunt guitar for shredding made by Charvel. It got forgotten when I went overseas and was in a cupboard at my parents place for a long time until last month when up for a family function. I got it out of the [...]

Lesley Gore’s AC/DC

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:25:37 +0000

Via Invisible Oranges, I discovered a treasure trove of artists who have covered the lads’ Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. A few of the tracks I had come across before but one stuck out. A version by Lesley Gore. Yes, the Lesley Its My Party Gore. From the album When Pigs Fly, a collection of [...]

Book Keeping

Sat, 03 May 2008 12:16:30 +0000

Today there was a book bazar at the the local Sea Scouts hall (Supposedly like sea monkeys but with the ability to tie knots so I’ve been told). All books were $2 we wandered down to try our luck. I picked up some interesting tomes. I’m going to start a philosophical tussles with Roland Barthes [...]

More muxing around with Muxtape

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:41:49 +0000

A new muxtape. No real method inherit in the madness other than songs I dig.

Defibrilltrators at the ready. Young Heart Attack are back!

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:51:49 +0000

One of my fave albums of the past few years was Mouthful of Love by Young Heart Attack. A Texan band that rolled the MC5, AC/DC and the Who into flat out guitar heavy mix powered by twin lead vocals, gender equally represented. After releasing a powerhouse of an album they vanished. Label troubles seems to [...]

Join the Muxtape revolution!

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:46:20 +0000

Thanks to Amanda I’ve discovered Muxtape. A service where you can upload up to 12 mp3s and recall the heady days of mix tapes. A grand idea that will be shut down by the recording industry in a manner of weeks. If it wasn’t for Muxtape and Amanda’s suggestion to check out Phineas’ muxtape, I wouldn’t [...]

A curious phrase

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:34:26 +0000

Never ‘eard of them. This phrase has always bothered me. You tend to come across if someone wanders into your listening sphere and asks about the music you are enjoying. The expression can be delivered with a curious tone that invited further discussion by the enlightened. However it usually is uttered in a dismissive manner, indicating that [...]

Lullabies

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:45:04 +0000

I could buy this CD. And I may just do that. But any lullaby suggestions from my gentle readers? The Little One was a tad ill tonight and have spent the past hour or so rocking her to sleep. The only lullaby I have in my repitoire is Silent Night. Not exactly a lullaby or that [...]

If it ain’t got that swing it ain’t got no sin

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:16:19 +0000

On the weekend I watched the documentary The Devil’s Music that examined the communities reaction to the advent of jazz in the 1920s. One thing that I remember was the mention of an article, Does Jazz put the ‘Sin’ in Syncopation. It was by Anne Shaw Faulkner writing in Ladies Home Journal around 1921 warning [...]

Handy household hint for guitarists with children #32

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:24:18 +0000

If you leave guitars lying around the house always make sure they are in an open tuning. Makes a much better sound when your toddler tries to play it by raking her hand over the strings (which is quite cute).

What about Spike Milligan?

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:40:15 +0000

Not music but worth listening too. Someone unwisely lets Spike Milligan loose in the ABC news room during a live read in 1971. spikenews.mp3

Spot the odd lad out

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:29:15 +0000

So I’m sitting at one of the window seats at the Portland Hotel in Melbourne on Wednesday evening happily working through a pint of James Squire Pilsener. Not knowing Melbourne I assumed I was somewhere near Rod Laver Arena. The reason I gathered this was the case was the large number of punters wandering [...]

New toy

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:11:26 +0000

Lovely ain’t it? A birthday present from last year. The late presentation via blog is that had some issue with the cones that had to be sorted out between me, the music store and manufacturer. All good now. It is not an actual National Tri-Cone but a good copy of one. Square neck of course. If [...]

iPod in yer car

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:38:03 +0000

I’ve been hankering for some gadget that would allow me to connect my iPod to my car stereo. Being able to use my 30GB iPod when driving seemed a far more elegant solution that trying to pack all my CDs into me car. It is only a Ford Focus and the baby capsule and cricket [...]