In a somewhat happier note, I put a new picture of Evie up (linked to the left as well). This was taken by our good friend Jenny at her son’s birthday party in August. There will be newer pictures coming as soon as they’re developed.
Please everyone, keep the families of the brave crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia in your thoughts this weekend. They continue to endure one of the most painful events possible for any family, the loss of a loved one in an untimely tragedy. And remember to take the media’s meanderings …
Stick sold; basement finishing underway; song written. It’s been a good week so far! ?
I can’t explain it, but lately I’ve been on a huge ELO kick. I really love Jeff Lynne’s songs as well as his production work; John Lennon once admiringly called them “son of the Beatles,” and it shows in amazing tunes like Mr. Blue Sky [Real] and Twilight. I picked …
I am selling my 12-string Chapman Grand Stick on eBay, and the auction ends tomorrow night. I have a 10-string that I play much more regularly, and both are in fantastic shape. My hands are just too small for me to get comfortable with the 12-string, but they are smaller …
I have a more recent picture of Evie available on the links to the left. Still haven’t gotten to organizing them all. Time to go practice, I love my new GuitarPort!
I ordered a new Variax yesterday from Guitar Center. A lot of “talkback lusers” seem to have a problem with GC, but I never have. Plus I have a friend who works there who got me a deep discount price. ? Hopefully I should see it in a few weeks; …
I played one of the Variax guitars this weekend at Chuck Levin’s in Wheaton, MD. The physical report is that they are a very good value for their cost ($909), especially considering the cost of the electronic components that do the guitar modeling. This guitar feels more solid and playable …
When, o when will the Variax army arrive at my local music store? Confound this tiresome waiting!
A new piece of Linux knowledge today: Compiling your kernel with devfs support will kill your ability to use “LABEL=” in your /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf files. Make sure CONFIG_DEVFS_FS=n in your kernel .config when you build, or alternately fix your /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf files to change the offending lines to …