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Mass. Attorney General Sues Spammers

I say we kill the bastards…and then take them to Detroit to be tortured.

mediaguru Rants

Tomorrow night I record the symphony. May sound like a hard gig but it’s actually really easy. I get to hang in the killer sound booth with some awesome gear, and about 5 remote controllable video cameras. I’ll snap some pix and post a report following the gig.

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I’m packing my gear Thursday night for my gig. I’ve got a little Yamaha kit I keep in cases in my garage for gigs. My nice Gretsch kit doesn’t leave the house. So I get the whole kit packed but the snare drum. I can’t find the friggin’ thing anywhere.

I tore the place apart and racked my brain trying to figure out if I left it at the last show.

The snare is an 1962-63 Ludwig. 4.5″ tall with a chrome finish, but it’s really made out of solid brass. It’s worth a fortune and it is THE best sounding snare I’ve ever heard and the most dynamic, responsive and LOUD. I was the coolest drum I owned. I could have had the rest of the freaking kit stolen and I’d be happier.

Inside the soft case along with the snare were my Zildjian HH cymbals. These cymbals I’ve had for 30 years. Yes, you heard that….30 years. (I’ve been playing drums for 34 years or so).

I stopped by the last club I played at to see if by some miracle they had my case in the back room somewhere. Nope.

So either I’m a bonehead and left the damn case at a gig somewhere, or someone ripped it right out of my garage. Either way, I was very depressed at the gig Thursday. I even had fans coming up to me asking what was wrong.

What a bummer.

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I’m a HUGE OTEP fan. Saw them a couple of months ago and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Here’s the review.

Anyway, they’re here Saturday night, May 21st. I’ll be there and a detailed report will follow. My friend Matt will hopefully be able to bring in his camera and catch some more pix.

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If you need a little extra storage space for your computer I’d recommend the Barbie USB device.

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Here’s a review of the Etymotic Research 6i Isolation earphones. These are noise cancelling phones that cut out the outside world. These could be great for musicians instead of lugging big monitors and amps to the gig.

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

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Elton John to wed his “partner.”

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The band is playing a “cinco de mayo” gig tonight. A report will follow.

(credit to Rich at EatGolf)

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I just answered the phone 5 minutes ago:

Caller: “Yeah is this the video production company?”
Me: “Uh no I do audio recording”
Caller: “I’ve got this rap show this weekend and I need a camera crew”
Me: “Well I don’t do video. Can I give you the number of a place that does?”
Caller: “So you don’t do video?”
Me: “No. Can I give you the number of a company that does do video”
Caller: “Can you have them call me?”
Me: “Well sir, I’d rather give you their number and have you call them at your convenience”
Caller: “I don’t wanna do this call around shit. Besides I don’t have a pencil”

Caller hangs up.

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In my previous post I reviewed 3 bands I just saw recently including American Head Charge. In trying to locate their web site to post the link a ran into this article.

AHC’s guitar player Bryan Ottoson was found dead in his bunk inside the band’s tour bus. The cause of death is an overdose of prescription drugs combined with alcohol.

We just saw this guy playing live a few weeks ago. Man what bad news.

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