Never been one to let the carrier drop

For the ultimate in ‘my speaker is bigger than your speaker’:

http://www.steelsound.com/product.cfm?ProductID=51

Oh, I so want a pair.

21s! I thought my 18s were dope in the low end.. but 21s! Dr-r-o-o-l…

Then again, 90 lbs.. that’s a lot of speaker to hump. Assuming I ever get a chance to hump it anywhere.

But, dammmmn, 21″.. imagine what a pipe organ would sound like on that? Or the bump of a bass drum in a four-on-the-floor beat..

Hmm. Imagine the neighbors lodging a formal protest. Okay, okay, I’ll stick with my 18s.. they do sound nice since I started running the amps on them in bridged mode anyway. But..

[sniff]

21 inches of air-pushing goodness..

I’m tempted to go measure my basement door to see if they’d fit in..

but no. Bad sheer. Get more 18s if you want more bass. No get something so big it takes two people to move it.. you have nooo friends to help you move such a beast anyway..

[sighs]

Okay. Now that I’m over my brief speaker-envy experience..

Those of you who happen to be on the Simon and Garfunkel concert path, and who were pondering going, my advice in one word is: Go!

I missed the Seattle date through incompetence, so had to cruise down to Portland for the show.. but it was so worth the drive.

Very few other concerts.. U2 and Pink Floyd are the only two that spring to mind – have I known all the words, all the chords, to _every_ song. S&G is just good stuff. Timeless..

Through some kind of fluke, we ended up with tickets that were practically looking down S&G’s neck, from behind the stage. [This is what happens when you buy tickets two hours before the show, I guess]. It was actually really cool – got to see the audiance from the performer’s point of view.

The sound and lighting were both top notch.. well balanced sound with solid bass, a really good midrange which is critical for folkish kind of stuff, and enough highs to give you a really good sense of presence without overdoing it and being too much of a good thing.

Their set.. well, we missed their opening number, but they were all familiar favorites. Bridge over troubled waters brought a sniffle or two out of me.. it was great hearing them do Feelin’ Groovy.. (which they did twice – the second time with a ghetto trombone that looked like a giant bong.. complete with Garfunkel reaching over to imitate lighting it.)

Garfunkel’s stage presence was at it’s best.. and there were almost no negative vibes between the two, which was something I was a bit worried about considering what happened to their last two concert tours. (for those of you not up on your music history, S&G haven’t always gotten along too well. But they’ve known each other for 50 years.. making them 62 and 63! However, they still have it musically – Garfunkel still has that haunting voice he always has, and Simon still comes in with the rock solid lead while Garfunkel pulls out the most improbable harmonies..

Plenty of people my age there.. and even younger.. but also lots, and lots, and lots of baby boomers. The show, dispite having no advertising that I saw, basically sold out the arena.

It was just so .. nice.. I never thought I’d get to see S&G in concert. I’ve always liked their music.. I’ve even done covers of Sound of Silence and The Boxer…

Also made a interesting counterpoint to Paul Van Dyk and the psy-trance party I went to night before yesterday, and yesterday night, respectively.

And, had a kickass theremin solo, too. You don’t see those too often.. 😉

don’t ask what I’m doing up this late. I got involved in recording a new track (after getting involved in cleaning the house.. )

Anyway, my goal was to manage to use every single MIDI sound module in one track. I missed by a few modules, but it’s still.. um.. busy.

Let me know what y’all think.

As always, genre information is appriciated

PLR

I just looked out my window, and I swear it is snowing.

Like, as in, that funny white stuff.

Maybe it’s my imagination?

S.

That’s rather amusing. The party I went to tonight had at least 3 times the sound quality, at least 100 times the vibe, and cost a fifth as much and didn’t sport a single big-name DJ. I would call what I did tonight a rave.. a small one, but a rave nonetheless. Whereas I’d call Freak Night more a ubercommercial nuthouse – almost like a vendor area at a rave convention. 😉

No, really, I had a good time both places.. but I think I can do with about once a year for last night’s adventures, whereas I’d like to find a warehouse party (maybe a touch bigger than tonight’s, but not too much bigger!) every other weekend or so.

It was nice being amongst real ravers again.. everybody was friendly and super-nice – I must have talked to ten people, and never felt claustrophobic or judged or out of place. Sadly, their names will probably all fade from my memory.. (except Jesiah, who I think I commited to memory.. but then, I gave him a ride up.. )

So – I think I’m going to take a day off parking meters to clean some, since P. had a little commentary in her journal about how I’m pigpen incarnate. [Yes, guilty.. I already did the dishes, but maybe I can try and reduce the entropy level in my office]

Does anyone know how to stack things on top of speakers without getting avalanches every time the volume is cranked a little?

Perhaps I should rethink where I put all the recycled paper from the printer, eh?

I recently refound on WinMX one of my all time favorite 80s songs..

Chesney Hawkes, I am the One and Only

Call me, call me by my name or call me by my number,

You put me through it,

I’ll still be doing it the way I do it,

And yet, you try to make me forget,

Who I really am, don’t tell me, I know best,

I’m not the same as all the rest,

Chorus:

I am the one and only,

Nobody I’d rather be,

I am the one and only,

You can’t take that away from me

I’ve been a player in the crowd scene,

A flicker on the big screen,

My soul embraces, one more in a million faces,

High hopes and aspirations, ideas above my station

maybe but all this time I’ve tried to walk with dignity and pride

Chorus

I can’t wear this uniform without some compromises,

Because you’ll find out that we come,

In different shapes and sizes,

No one can be myself like I can,

For this job I’m the best man,

And while this may be true, you are the one and only you!

Chorus – repeat to fade out

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That’s what I love about 80s music.. the optimism..

You all knew it. 😉

TNG comics

And funny they be, too.