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Telecasters

2007-08-12T13:29:33Z

I bought a black, second-hand Stagg Telecaster copy from a junk shop for £50. It's got a solid alder body which at this price is pretty impressive. I feel slightly sheepish about the fact that I genuinely find it more playable than my other two, far more expensive guitars. The neck is perfection. Obviously the pickups are a different matter, but I understand now why alot of people feel that this design, which was sort of the first mass-produced electric guitar, has never really been bettered. I'm also beginning to understand why people like Bruce Springsteen become so bombastic when they're playing one. It's just so rudimentary and twangtastic sounding. You can get an instant, hard-edged Syd impression going on it as well.

So I went

2007-08-12T12:54:14Z

to the Apple Store on Friday and took a little spin on one of the upgraded Mini Macs, to see how it coped with the upgraded Garageband in the upgraded iLife '08, which is a group of things called APPLICATIONS. In the ten or so minutes I was standing there I, a computer 'bouffon', was able to work out how to use all of the new features I was interested in, like EQ Analyser and Arranger and shit. I also learnt that it now has 24 bit audio recording capability, freeze functions for individual tracks, and double the amount of effects available for each channel. It all worked very speedily as well. I'm so impressed with all of this.

It made me wonder why anyone would want to spend about £70 on Sequel, whose projects you can't yet import into Cubase when, as far as I'm aware, Garageband is now only inferior in terms of the number of loops you get bundled with it.

Domes

2007-07-09T14:33:24Z

If anyone knows any interesting, amusing or incredibly erotic anecdotes about Buckminster Fuller, architect and inventor of the geodesic dome, now's the fucking time! To share them.

Swanky iMac sex shocker

2007-07-05T18:05:26Z

The new generation of iMacs will be in of a slimmer design and finished in 'brushed aluminium'. OOOOOHH I say. But they might do away with the Mac Mini, which I'm really sad about.

Sissons' soft rock ballad moment

2007-06-30T16:15:30Z

Watching BBC News 24. Peter Sissons is struggling with the pressure of covering the Glasgow Airport incident. He produced the following insight:

'..who was the first person to report to me about the incident, said that the man was fighting with police officers and that his heart CLOTHES, his CLOTHES, were on fire...'

Machine

2007-06-30T13:27:19Z

Ah, summer. Time for a little sun-dappled 60's french pop, shimmery guitars, soft female vocals and stuff. Lets see what Dani can offer us on Youtube. Wait...what the...what is happening? I thought the Germans did this first?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWN1Cr6gSYg

Think I'll try Francoise Hardy.

The North has been flooded!

2007-06-26T13:12:47Z

The North has been flooded. My Gaaahhd, they've got Grimsby up there...

Guns. Lots of guns.

2007-06-19T17:18:59Z

I have been informed that City Lit will be undergoing a "Matrix Reassessment". Christ, sounds like that could get nasty.

My Results

2007-06-05T12:23:07Z

So, rickenslacker, your LiveJournal reveals...

You are... 15% unique
(blame, for example, your interest in electronica and post rock)
and 31% herdlike
(partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy running).
When it comes to friends you are lonely. In terms of the way you relate to people, you believe in give and take.

Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is simplistic.

Your overall weirdness is: 24

(The average level of weirdness is: 28.
You are weirder than 49% of other LJers.)

Find out what your weirdness level is!