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04:54 pm
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One down
V1 of one Mahtowa song done ... one more to go. And a Toyboat song to get done as well
Oh, and a very mean cover song(s) that I will probably do at tomorrow's show
edit V1 of my first Toyboat song is done as well
Tags: songs
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01:20 pm
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Numbers ...
I am updating my phone book ... If your number has changed recently, and you think I should have it ... please post it here. If you think I should have your number for whatever reason, post it here
Comments are screened.
Keep in mind that if you give me your phone number you stand the risk of getting a call from me when I am on the road, traveling headset jockey that I am ...
Tags: phone numbers
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01:36 pm
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But wait, there's more
What is your favorite old school arcade game?
Tags: arcade, gaming
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01:30 pm
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A question for the folks
What is your favorite text/internet abbreviation (or abbreviations)?
What is your least favorite?
And I'm not asking for your opinion on such things in general ... I'm looking for specific text-speech and what they mean
Tags: texting
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11:24 am
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About last night
The open mike went well. I had stirred up some stuff the week before with my comments to the rather rude young man, but it amounted to nothing.
There were only a few players there, so I got 2 sets.
Low Self Esteem
Trophy Wife
Color Of Your Eyes
WYSIWYG
How Can I Miss You?
Hides
Safety sets, but just as well. I did mess up the bridge of Color Of Your Eyes, but I covered fairly well.
The amusing part of the evening was the sound guy lecturing me on how to work a microphone. I've spent a lot of time working out my microphone technique. I put the mike fairly high, so my head is a little back, so my throat is more open. Then I sing a little below it, so I don't pop it. These guys wanted me to sing right into it, cause it's "real directional". Yeah, I know that. I had them laughing by the end of my description of what singing right into it would do.
I think I am going to an open mike at the Alpine next week, which runs every other week. If that's good then I'll switch back and forth. But I do think this will be a regular thing now. Playing is a good thing.
Tags: billy joes, microphone hints, open mike
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04:37 pm
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I don't know what I'm going do ...
for the next hour.
They're taking down our network ... I may collapse utterly.
Tags: geek
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02:16 pm
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Eric plays guitar ... and other stuff
I will be at Billy Joe's in West Des Moines this evening for the open mike. I won't be there next weekend, but I think I may make this a regular thing for awhile. I need to be performing.
And I will do a short set at The Broiler in Ames Saturday night at 8ish. It will be about a 15 minute set, which means 3-4 songs, or a cut down version of Hey Dad.
Tags: billy joes, broiler, gigs, open mike
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06:03 pm
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Questions for the day
Someone said that I should ask them questions, this is what I came up with
What is your favorite book?
Who is your favorite author?
Who is your favorite Marx Brother?
Keaton or Chaplin?
Punk Rock or Classic Rock?
Marx Marvelous or Bernard Wrangle?
Is it true that if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce
they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does?
How was your weekend?
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Feel free to sing along.
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08:19 pm
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It's wrong
But so funny
( Cut for a mildly tasteless Billy Mays joke from roflrazzi.com )
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02:44 pm
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Recipe of the week
This came up when I was perusing my spam folder, the contents of which I will probably post about later. It's the juxtaposition of ingredients that amuse me.
SPAM IMPERIAL TORTILLA SANDWICHES
Recipe By :
Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories :
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cn SPAM Luncheon Meat (12 oz)
1 pk Cream cheese, softened (8oz)
1/3 c Chopped green onion
2 tb Chopped fresh dill
3 Flour tortillas (8")
1 md Cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
1/4 c Sunflower seeds
1/2 c Alfalfa sprouts
In bowl, combine SPAM and cream cheese. Stir in green onion and dill. Spread 1/3 of SPAM mixture evenly over each tortilla. Top with 1/3 each cucumber, sunflower seeds, and alfalfa sprouts. Roll up tortilla jelly roll fashion and wrap in plastic wrap. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Refrigerate 2 hours. to serve, cut each roll in half.
Tags: recipes, spam
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10:00 am
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Open Mike
I went to the Open Mike last night. It was good and bad ...
First the bad
My guitar's electronics went out, I have to get it into the shop today. I was miked instead, which brings up bad #1
A condenser mike for the instruments, in a loud room. Especially with the nylon string guitar that came after me, miked guitars were REALLY bass heavy. He needs to ditch the condenser and get an SM57
Bass heavy generally ... he needs to ride the EQ a little, get rid of some of the low end.
The final guy in the rotation went over half an hour, with just jam-bandy sort of rhythm guitar stuff, which may have been cool if there had been someone to solo over it. Oh, and it was three songs, any of which would have made their point in 3:50.
The good
I played a pretty good set, even if I forgot the 70s verse in Hey Dad. I got a good response, and I played much better than I had any right to after so long off.
Only Coffee House
Bang My Bald Spot
Hey Dad !!!
There is a lot of talent there, the younger performers are very good, if a bit derivative, but that's to be expected. There is a lot that sounds like the very earnest 90s singer/songwriters, typical AA radio stuff. But good. I'll probably make this a regular thing, unless the bad outweighs the good, which right now it doesn't. They will need to clamp down on time soon, instigate the 3 songs or 15 minutes rule, then come back when the rotation comes round again.
Oh, and I got to hang out with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ka_klick, who I haven't seen since Demicon.
Tags: billy joes, open mike
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05:23 pm
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Tonight
I'm heading off in moments to go play at an open mike ... where the standup comedy open mike used to be ... we'll see how I do, it's been awhile
Tags: billy joes
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01:52 pm
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Fun with Root Beer
OSFest is a nice little con. I had a very nice time last year, and am very sad that I don't have time to make it this year. Looking at their website, this amused me.
( It's also below the cut, so I can keep it )
Tags: root beer
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05:13 pm
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Dr Demento and the Radio Hall of Fame
The 2009 nominees are up there now ... so go vote.
Oh, and the very wonderful Terry Hemmert is nominated as well, for you Chicago folks
Tags: dr demento
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05:42 pm
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RIP
Sky Saxon
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07:48 am
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s00j at Duckon
edit
I forgot to add this, s00j will be doing a house concert at alymid and greenmansgrove's house July the 5th. For more info look here
This video just gives you a little idea of what she is like live, and how powerful her voice really is.
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01:43 pm
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A question
If you made an mp3 file that was 4 minutes 33 seconds of silence ... would that be copyright infringement?
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12:22 pm
[Link] | I got this via libra_dragon
So here is how it goes:
Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
Of course you don't need to yell, cause you're typing. Any sort of response will do ... sometimes these things are a little silly.
She came up with
MarsCon
I went because Dr D was going to be there. He offered me some stage time, gave me two songs even though he had only played one (still). Then it became dementia music central, and the most fun weekend of music every year (although Mahtowa and Duckon compete pretty strongly, but in wildly different ways)
Iowa
I grew up here, I moved away, I came back, I desperately want to leave again, but, due to the WSPA, I am here for 10 years. It's a nice place to be from
Music
I have a soundtrack in my head. Sometimes it's something I am listening to, sometimes it's something I am working on, but I always have music going.
Guitar
I never really wanted to be a guitar player, but I couldn't come up with anyone who would write what I wanted for my lyrics. Not exactly true, I found the perfect foil once, but he vanished on me one day and I didn't see him for 20 years. So I bought a guitar. I seem to be stuck now.
Toyboat
Bunch of degenerate miscreants. (yeah I know that's redundant, shaddup). My experiences in bands have been ... interesting ... as may you live in interesting times interesting. As a drummer I was marginalized, even then I was writing a lot of lyrics, all of which were ignored. It didn't help that I was a terrible drummer. My punk band Jim? was fun, but problems that at least one member of the band had made life tricky. Soldiers In A Field was the best thing I did musically up to then, but personality conflicts (I had one, he didn't) made it tricky, and the proverbial "artistic differences" finally broke us up. Pity, we did some good stuff. There are other bands in there, but they are, well, not really worth mentioning. Toyboat, as a band, has no ego. Toyboat, as individuals, have no ego. We're there to play. It's the best time I have ever had playing in a band, maybe the best time I have ever had playing music.
Tags: meme
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12:01 pm
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Why I love Craigslist
Browsing the w4m area is a favorite past time. Here is my favorite of the day
I am seeking for a nice guy too date . I'm inviting, busty and want someone the same...
So she's looking for an inviting guy with big tits?
Tags: cl
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01:35 pm
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Why don't we do it in the road?
I'm heading out to get some lunch and I come to the end of the road that my workplace is on and there are geese out for a walk. Dozens of them. This is not that uncommon, although you would think, that since the friggin things can fly, that they would. But NO, they're walking.
In the middle of all this is a big friggin turtle. I mean big, 15-20 lbs. I know this since I got out of my car and carried it to the grass next to the pond. I felt that I needed to, since some truck would come around that corner and squash the poor guy flat, and I couldn't let that happen, at least not today.
I would like to state now that, in my limited experience, turtles are ungrateful creeps, this thing was trying to take my arms off the entire way across the street. It did NOT like being picked up and carried.
Tags: i like turtles
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