Had a quintessentially perfect night on the beach the other night. The kids have been having trouble getting out on the beach, but the night before we had teased it out of them and now they were ready. Likewise, the regular locals who cruise Kaanapali had been a bit standoffish the night before, but that too would come to an end. It was Christmas night and we had all the essentials: 2 guitars, 4 guitarists, some girls, plenty of beer and weed, the narc cart assigned to patrol the beach off for the holiday, and to top it off, it was the 3 zany Cooper bros last night in town. The guitars went around and around, the classics were played (beach standards = Hendrix, some Zepp, an ironic rendering of "Cat Scratch Fever" which on this night was tastefully only hinted at, etc). The night wore on, the locals mood was gradually elevated until they too were jamming along, and then Adam drew our attention to the moon, lined up square and low on the horizon flanked by the twin islands of Lanai and Molikai (i think). There it was, big, orange and steadily lowering towards the water, which it was reflecting orange off of. The sing-a-long turned to jamming which intensified to a fever pitch, as if we were concluding some sort of special Phish show. And then the moon crept underneath and about five minutes later everyone was in bed.
Oh also, that day I went to JAWS the famous big wave surf spot and saw dudes carve up 20 footers, it was fuckin' bad - ACE.
this must be the place
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Moonset
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Reemerging Adventures of EMHU
Well, with Spiked Punch in full gear, I was pretty sure EMHU* (ethan master of the hawaiian ukulele) was dead forever. well guess what kids, the South will rise again, and by the south, I mean WAAAAAAY South, like, nearly Equatorial, bitches.
This year I have a few goals.
1. I am attempting Infinite Jest for the 3rd time. After day one (not counting night time reading) I am at page 41. I think I am going to lay off the Maui Wowee for the first week until some of my Hawaii buddies get into town in an attempt to keep my mind sharp and make headway on this goal.
2. I have a much improved recording setup, and a hankerin to get started on a ukulele based record. The big improvement this year is I rented this awesome mic from Rock and Roll Rentals that I would like to tell you about. It is a condenser mic, but in lieu of phantom power it can be powered by a 9V battery! The output signal I am getting vs whatever I used last year is so much better, I am actually centering the faders on 7.5 like you are supposed to and controlling the volume by taking the trim down, as opposed to last year when everything basically had to be at 10 and sounded like shit.
The vacay so far:
Lonngggg flight out of Dallas, close to 9 hours. Opted out of "Elf" in favor of trying to sleep, and then watched "Legally Blonde" which was actually really funny and a convincing fantasy as far as I'm concerned. Reese Witherspoon was great. Last night I was able to catch up on my trash TV (VH1 end of the year countdown, an surprisingly endearing episode of "Cougertown", an hour of "Robot Chicken" and an episode of "Real Sex" on HBO. Im counting it as a sign of maturity that it didn't give me a boner.) Today I woke up at 830ish with some hazy weird thoughts that were gone midway through my shower. I think i am going to keep a pen and paper at my bedside so I can record some of these weird thoughts and hopefully use them as lyrics. Then I ate some french toast my grandma bought at some place that was probably the best french toast Ive ever had, along with 2 pieces of regular toast and a bowl of fruit. Delicious!!! Then I went out by the beach. There is no one hear!!! Its fuckin awesome, the recession is my gain, because I love the empty beach. Oh yeah, but I recorded some stuff this morning, it sounds good. I'll post some demo highlights at somepoint after i get back perhaps
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Adventures in Autotune episode 1
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Earlier this spring I stumbled upon a deal at a pawn shop in Denton, TX - a (mostlye) working Antares ATR-1a for dirt dirt cheap; that's a real live hardware auto-tune folks.
Hooked it up to the turntables via a mixer send one night and just shuffled some algorithms around. Dig it feeding back on itself as we route the output back through the same effect send that goes to the unit.
Friday, December 11, 2009
More shit from the internet: Whats wrong with your VCR?
Below is a table which lists most VCR problems.
We have two columns, one for the problem
and the other for percentages.
Problem Percentage of failures
_
dirty heads..................24% |
idlers........................7% |
belts........................11% | These VCR problems can be
cassette carriage problems....8% |-------fixed without any soldering or
CPU lockups-pull the AC plug..3% | any knowledge of electronics.
capstan bearings..............6% | That's 66% of all problems!
roller guides.................6% |
foreign objects inside........3% _|
mode switch problems..........7%
antenna connector.............3%
tape end sensers..............3%
reel sensers..................2%
other simple problems........10%
other complex problems........7%
and we'll kick it back to sports, after these messages...
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Five Years Later: Giorgio Moroder Edition
Here's hoping this will become a recurring blog topic.
1974 - Philly before Moroder
1979 - Moroder
1984 - America learns from Moroder
1988/89 - Detroit forgets about Moroder
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
we make it good volume 11: salem
salem mixes for fader
some trippy slowed down shit
the series
do y'all know about this band? some crazy crack-smoking motherfuckers out of nyc. i don't really care too much for their music but this mix is pretty cool.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
To be covered in a rocksteady style...
Or if you're more of a hip-hop head...
This song is also relevant if you're looking for a fly new T-shirt.
101 Apparel - - Turntablelab.com
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The Reggae
Hey there bloggermaniacs, it's been too long. While I was absent it looks like this blog has turned into Sportscenter without the funny commercials. Well without any further ado, I want to give you what you came for here in the first place... THE REGGAE.
I've been jamming Phyllis Dillion pretty hard lately. All of her recording was done between the ages of 19 and 23 or something like that. Totally hypnotizing music.
Alton Ellis is another guy that has been in heavy rotation. WikiP tells me he was known as the Godfather of Rocksteady, which is an unfuckwithable title.
And here's a variation of that Alton Ellis track, in the case that you're into a more self-depricating vibe.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Coach Boom
This dude is gonna be the next head football coach for UT. He is the defensive coordinator right now ("Boom Motherfucker!").
BONUS VIDEO:
Mack Brown in 1982 (as LSU Offensive Coordinator)
Dude gets pantsed on Sunday Night Football
Not every day you see an ass this nice, ladies (posted without the expressed written consent of Major League Baseball):
Friday, November 20, 2009
Avery Bradley vs W Carolina
The sickest play of last game
Avery Bradley BONUS dunks from McDonald's All-American Dunk Contest last year (he won):
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
the texas longhorn basketball team....
is goin all the way this year. what physical freaks. Pittman down low is unstoppable, except for a few guys, maybe. His hands have been there since freshman year, now his footwork is all there. I never even thought about that, cause he was always so out of shape, but he is an agile machine, weighing in at a svelte 280 (came to campus as a 400 lber if you recall). Dude is gonna be a huge stud in the NBA. Damion James has a hystically high pitched voice, made more funny by the fact that i had never heard it until the season opener. Dude was always so QUIET, now he knows hes got to be the leader, and make sure people are in their spots on O. The team is communicating with each other. Wow. The new guys have a level of athleticism never before seen on a Texas squad. We are 14 players deep and can rotate guys seemlessly. We just have so many weapons, our guys are going to be fresh every game all game. Its not going to be rocket science, with that many folks out there who can play. Balbay is still a game changer with his defensive intensity and ability to distribute the ball. You can have him on the floor with 4 shooters/scorers and he is going to be much more effective. Mason is going to be more effective for the same reason...his role in the offense is going to be allowed to be smaller again. We have like 10 guys that can take the ball across court. Gotta say, I'd put money right now on this being a final 4 team, i dont think people realize how good we are. Wonder if we will be favored to win the Kansas game...I can't wait to see it, its at the FEC this year! We also get #2 Michigan State at home, although unfortunately (fortunately? sorta...) Ill be in Hawaii. I think im also gonna be on a plane for the North Carolina game which definitely sucks, maybe someone can tape it for me.
Read More......Saturday, November 14, 2009
Rowdy Roddy Piper
As some of you may know, I decided to dress as one of my boyhood wrestling heroes this past Halloween. It might have just been the party I had gone to, but not enough of these kids know about this past wrestling legend. I felt compelled to educate. I feel like I owe it to this man who gave so much of his life doing what he did and for the impact he's made on my life. It's no coincidence that Rowdy Roddy Piper will be the special guest host on WWE Raw this Monday night...my birthday (Nov. 16). Check out this Hall of Fame induction video on the man who packed MSG during the first Wrestlemania, has knocked out Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, and still remains to be one of wrestling's most beloved figures.
As some of you may know, I decided to dress as one of my boyhood wrestling heroes this past Halloween. It might have just been the party I had gone to, but not enough of these kids know about this past wrestling legend. I felt compelled to educate. I feel like I owe it to this man who gave so much of his life doing what he did and for the impact he's made on my life. It's no coincidence that Rowdy Roddy Piper will be the special guest host on WWE Raw this Monday night...my birthday (Nov. 16). Check out this Hall of Fame induction video on the man who packed MSG during the first Wrestlemania, has knocked out Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, and still remains to be one of wrestling's most beloved figures. 2005 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee- Rowdy Roddy Piper
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Continuing Adventures in Internet Classiness (NSFW :P)
So its my job to check out the sources for the ads on the internet right? Well I got a good chuckle out of the ad I saw on this page
its an add for printercartridges4less.com, and I took the liberty of jacking their image---a shot of Britney Spears getting out of a car with her cooter almost exposed with the black text at the bottom proclaiming "Print it 4 less!"
Stay classy san diego.
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