I'm pretty sure Crake was right.
SF Bay Area Derby Girls rocked the Sacred City Rollergirls this weekend, 99-74. Came down to the last jam with 1:47 on the clock - whoever got Lead Jammer was going to win it, and Kitt Turbo delivered. It was a nail-biting bout with some brutal blocking by both sides...well worth the 90m drive to Sac.
Also, I am doing my best to absorb a...
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otoki:
I'm glad you liked it
Geek all the way!
Geek all the way!
toffee:
Thanks for the love on my set 
Just bought an ESP Viper 400 and Native Instruments' Guitar Rig 3 to replace my aging Gretsch Electromatic and Pod Pro. Love the ESP - the neck fits my hand really well and the EMG 81/85 combo sounds tremendous. Guitar Rig is pretty impressive too. Amp emulation technology has come a long way in the six years since I bought the Pod.
Mmm, tone.
Mmm, tone.
I'm working on a cover of Kristin Hersh's The Letter. That song just slew me when the record came out in 1994. I went to her show at Slim's on that tour, got right up front, and asked her to play it...and she said, "Fuck no. That song makes me sick."
Hooray, my one and only Humiliating Rock Star Experience.
So recently, I remembered...
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Hooray, my one and only Humiliating Rock Star Experience.
So recently, I remembered...
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GenCon's over and done. Made the semifinals in the D&D Open - who'd have thought a D&D tournament would be that much fun? Definitely the highlight of the trip.
Glad to be through the painting grind. Got all the models finished that I was supposed to finish, and went 5-0 in pickup games to boot. Time to relax and paint something I feel like painting...
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Glad to be through the painting grind. Got all the models finished that I was supposed to finish, and went 5-0 in pickup games to boot. Time to relax and paint something I feel like painting...
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Finished a record yesterday. Nine songs, 31 minutes. I think it's really solid. It's taken me something like five or six years to get it to this point, so I'm feeling a little sheepish...not much to show for that much elapsed time. OTOH, it's a big monkey off my back. It'll be much easier to move forward with the other three projects now that the...
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Where the fuck did January go?
December, I understand. December goes away fast in retail because of the consumer chaos.
But January? January's supposed to be nice relaxing downtime, reading on the couch with an Irish coffee while it's pissing rain outside. A langorous, rejuvenating time. Not gone in the blink of a harried eye.
Sigh.
At least I have some things to show for...
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December, I understand. December goes away fast in retail because of the consumer chaos.
But January? January's supposed to be nice relaxing downtime, reading on the couch with an Irish coffee while it's pissing rain outside. A langorous, rejuvenating time. Not gone in the blink of a harried eye.
Sigh.
At least I have some things to show for...
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I seem to be too busy living life to spend time chronicling life. No input on the boards, no logging in others' journals, just a quick look at today's girl and off to take care of business.
Not bad, just weird. I think I liked being retired better than this.
Hm.
Not bad, just weird. I think I liked being retired better than this.
Hm.
Store's busy. Journal's lagging.
jenya:
you are "into" cooking girls?
sicko
sicko
jenya:
how funny, i was looking at them probably while you were commenting on it.
i wasn't around when there were....makes me so
that definately is THE greatest g/g set i have seen!!!
and Marla is just a cute, sexy doll!
Dia and Isabelle ain't so bad either .....*drooool*
i wasn't around when there were....makes me so
that definately is THE greatest g/g set i have seen!!!
and Marla is just a cute, sexy doll!
Dia and Isabelle ain't so bad either .....*drooool*
Went to a fabulous burlesque show last night. Velvet Hammer Burlesque, out of San Francisco. This troupe has it all going on - singing, dancing, comedy, midgets - like old-school vaudeville with boobs. Definitely check it out if you get the opportunity.
Definitely check it out if you get the opportunity.Soundtrack: work in progress
Mood: energized
Starting a new music project! This is always an exciting thing...very electronic, which is weird for me. Also very Not Aggro, which is weird for me.
Sara's got a great voice and I think the grooves are coming along well. Certainly I haven't had a flurry of songwriting like this in a number of months.
Mood: energized
Starting a new music project! This is always an exciting thing...very electronic, which is weird for me. Also very Not Aggro, which is weird for me.
Sara's got a great voice and I think the grooves are coming along well. Certainly I haven't had a flurry of songwriting like this in a number of months.
superflea:
Hey - it's been so long since I sat down with the original Bass POD that I can't be very specific with respect to differences. My main impression when I checked the older unit out was that it had a limited tonal range, a couple of neat effects and a couple of unconvincing ones, and just not enough "sexy" to justify a purchase.
The new one, however, seemed a great deal more musical. Of course, this is a very subjective judgment. For instance, I have a substantial preference of the original POD Pro over the xt version. I just think it sounds more like the amps in question, and more musical. Your mileage, as I'm sure I stated elsewhere, may vary.
I noticed that I wasn't just playing some stock chops to get a feel for it - I was actually writing with it. The sounds were versatile and inspiring. It did a great job of of distorted bass and a very good job of overdriven bass (I'm really fussy about my overdrive sounds). I like the re-amping features that I think are new to the xt line, and I absolutely adored the bass synth emulation. I don't remember if that was present in the original series, but if it did, it certainly didn't stick with my from my original playtest. The xt had me dropping sick monophonic basslines with as much glee as if i'd stumbled across an old Moog.
Basically, the sounds and feel were present in full force with the xt, and I didn't find that to be the case with the original. I would really encourage anybody who was curious to sit down for an hour and check it out, and I'd be particularly interested in your reactions, given that you've got an original model to really compare it to.
Cheers!
The new one, however, seemed a great deal more musical. Of course, this is a very subjective judgment. For instance, I have a substantial preference of the original POD Pro over the xt version. I just think it sounds more like the amps in question, and more musical. Your mileage, as I'm sure I stated elsewhere, may vary.
I noticed that I wasn't just playing some stock chops to get a feel for it - I was actually writing with it. The sounds were versatile and inspiring. It did a great job of of distorted bass and a very good job of overdriven bass (I'm really fussy about my overdrive sounds). I like the re-amping features that I think are new to the xt line, and I absolutely adored the bass synth emulation. I don't remember if that was present in the original series, but if it did, it certainly didn't stick with my from my original playtest. The xt had me dropping sick monophonic basslines with as much glee as if i'd stumbled across an old Moog.
Basically, the sounds and feel were present in full force with the xt, and I didn't find that to be the case with the original. I would really encourage anybody who was curious to sit down for an hour and check it out, and I'd be particularly interested in your reactions, given that you've got an original model to really compare it to.
Cheers!
xoxo
my membership will expire soon and I want to keep in touch with you, can you send me an email or add me to
your msn? luana66@gmail.com and lu66_69@hotmail.com are my ids.
xoxo