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| | Subject: | pyramid builder | | Time: | 10:00 am |
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| Some of you may remember that I had a web version on "Drug Wars" a long time ago written in SiphonScript. I have been doing more php coding lately, and under the influence of too many old SG1 episodes have created a small web-based game.
Pyramid Builder
It might not be ready for prime time, but I hope it is at least a little fun. Also that is hosted off of my new games blog. Just starting, but | comments: Afiŝu novan komenton   |
| | Subject: | a show, tonight! thursday! | | Time: | 04:08 pm |
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| How many more posts can be gigspam in a row? Tonight at Trohpy's with Sassy Goose and Sedium, CockVanDyke play once again.
http://www.myspace.com/cockvandyke
( flyer )
I am doing backup vocals on more songs now, which is new and exciting. Not particularly fond of my voice, and not seeking out being a singer, but it does fill out a three-piece to have two vocals. We will be playing late tonight, last band of the night, so perhaps midnightish?
GO! | | comments: 3 komentoj or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| | Subject: | CockVanDyke gigspam. Friday night, 8pm! | | Time: | 11:18 am |
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| Tonight's show is remarkably early, and right on 6th street. The sun may still be out when we start playing. 8pm at Troubadour again. The second time we are there, so we must be doing something right/wrong for them to ask us back. The nice thing is you can make it to our show, and then to that other show you want to see, yes?
You know this already, but here it is again.
http://myspace.com/cockvandyke
Did I mention we rock? We recorded last week, and it seems like it came out really well. Me and the drummer were syncing up swimmingly. We should have those new recordings on myspace in a week or so, so the bass playing there will finally be me.
When: 8pm Friday Oct 5th
Where: Troubadour Saloon, 6th St.
Bass Solos: 2 | | comments: Afiŝu novan komenton |
| | Subject: | pedalboard project | | Time: | 11:02 am |
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| It is an awesome feeling to put together a hardware project and have it actually work.
I needed a pedalboard, or bass pedals, to be able to play synths while playing an instrument for an upcoming band. MIDI bass pedals start at about $400. Having many other uses for $400 I tried to come up with an alternative. The pedals are a spare organ part. $16 off of ebay. The wood was spare stuff around the garage, but if I had to buy it it would have been $10 or so. The circuit board is from an Axispad USB game pad ($3?).
The wooden frame came together more easily than I thought, and I still need to add a removeable lid of some kind. I took all the wiring off the pedals and just used the switches, and found the right spots on the circuit board to solder them (I was able to always find the base of a resistor or a jumper, so I didn't have to do any desoldering or connect to a board trace), and now I am the proud owner of a set of USB bass pedals.
( big pic )
The low C only sends some sort of a reset because I ran out of switches on the game pad, but every pedal is independent, so it effectively has no polyphony limitations. Outside of how small it is. Took about 6 hours of work, so even if I figure in my time I came out ahead.
What next? Figure out how to spend the other $384, natch.
EDIT: Yes, the pedals are angled. They are slightly curved to the ark of a leg. My woodwork isn't _that_ bad. | | comments: 2 komentoj or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| | Subject: | CockVanDyke! | | Time: | 12:43 pm |
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| We are playing again. It is on a weekenight. It is late. Sleep is not an excuse to not be there.
11pm at Troubadour Saloon, 503? 501? E 6th St., Wednesday August 29th
Audiosamples, sans me: http://myspace.com/cockvandyke
I think it is $5, so money is no excuse either. Our set is even a little short, so you might get to leave before you turn into a pumpkin.
Ok, guilting done. | | comments: 5 komentoj or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| | Tags: | pizza | | Subject: | pizza crust | | Nuna humoro: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/classic/sad.gif) hungry | | Time: | 10:06 am |
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| This has been asked for by multiple people multiple times. For the record.
Pizza Crust (passed down from my mother, who got it from astral communication with the elder culinary lords)
1 cup warm water
1 tsp sugar (succanut)
1 package _rapid_ rise yeast
1 tsp salt
1+ Tbsp olive oil
2.5 cups white flour
some CRISCO!
Preheat oven to 200F. When it gets there, turn it off.
Put the water in a medium bowl, make sure it is not too hot. Add the sugar, stir to dissolve.
Add the yeast package and stir just slightly. Watch, make sure the yeast is alive (you should see it growing in about a minute)
Add the salt, oil, and flour. Mix with a spoon until that gets way annoying, then use your hands. Add just a little flour as needed, but you want to add as little as possible.
Knead the dough for 4-5 minutes. Make a ball. Pour a little bit of olive oil to cover the ball.
Cover with a damp cloth, put inside the warmed up oven (remember to turn it off!).
Allow to rise for 60 minutes.
Grease pizza pan with Crisco brand kill you dead on the spot hydrogenated fat product (or other solid-at-room-temperature-fat-product).
After the hour, pull out the dough, press into the pan. Put the pan back in the oven (still turned off!), let it rise for another 15 minutes or so.
Take it out, press it down and back into the corners. Use a fork to poke a few holes in it the dough to prevent bubbles.
Charge up your lasers, throw down some sauce, toppings and cheese-related-substance, and scorch at 450F. Topping preparation is another subject, but one thing to keep in mind is to keep water content low. Dry out any veggies, drain olives, artichokes, etc, so there isn't much water content. For sauce I have found Whole Foods organic low fat spaghetti sauce to work well, and has no sugar. I have made my own sauce before, but it wasn't worth the effort for me. Usually I will cook it at 450 for about 10 minutes, but really I keep checking the bottom until it is decently browned. Then I switch the oven to broil and watch it very carefully for another minute, maybe two. But this is because I use Vegan Gourmet cheese, other cheeses may need different treatment. | | comments: 3 komentoj or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| The tuesday gig was lightly attended, to say the least. But it was a good first practice gig, and everything went really well. The audience was almost totally hot chicks. The audience was also about 5 people.
So tonight at Red 7, 10pm-ish, we are playing again, with 140% more headbanging and non-robotic stage antics, and two power kicks guaranteed. Leaping is optional, but certainly possible. Verification that we are playing listed on Red 7's page. And for those that missed it, our page has songs to listen to and hideous layout to admire.
And for ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) shopgrrrl, I discussed it with the band and we decided that the birthday kid can come too. | | comments: 4 komentoj or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| Just a late note to let you know I'll be playing with CockVanDyke at Woody's South this (Tuesday the 26th) evening. It will be a short-ish set, going on some time after 9:30pm.
http://www.woodyssouth.com
http://myspace.com/cockvandyke
This is our first gig, although I don't expect any trainwrecks. We also play at Red 7 on friday evening, but I will remind you again, surely. I've been on stage plenty, but it has been a while since I have performed with a band, and I am looking forward to it. I'll spare you the tale of getting and keeping a drummer for this band, but it has been a real pain and we finally get to reap a little reward. | | comments: 2 komentoj or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| | Subject: | we're not worthy. | | Time: | 07:35 pm |
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| | I am not much of a fanboy. But it is kinda neat to have Willem Dafoe smile at you in Whole Foods. After he was making monkey noises. | | comments: 8 komentoj or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| | Subject: | NaNoDoneFor | | Time: | 09:09 am |
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| 50,629 words. Finished last night over a Punch Chateau L.
I'll be back next year, but right now I am eager to get back writing music, and reading. I may need to pick up a copy of Against the Day. | | comments: 1 komento or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| | Tags: | consume | | Subject: | consume! | | Nuna humoro: | consumer whore | | Time: | 08:55 pm |
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| This post is mainly to taunt/entice/prod andrewhime. I went to the new Converse outlet store up in Round Rock (yes, I think there used to be one up there, but this is a new-ish outlet mall). There was also a Vans outlet, but I had already bought 2 pairs of Vans today. I finally picked up a pair of blacked-out chucks, and another pair of.. fairly indescribable chucks.
This is also the day that our camera died in a new and exciting way, so this picture is from an iSight.
( a horrible picture.. ) | | comments: 5 komentoj or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| | Subject: | road trip report | | Time: | 09:31 am |
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| | So leemling only has 2 weeks between semesters to go on any sort of vacation, so she schemed up this plan to take a road trip to NorCal. I was, of course, cautious at first. I ended up having a lot of fun, and getting very exhausted. ( A summary, and lots of pictures ) | | comments: 8 komentoj or Afiŝu novan komenton |
| | Subject: | time capsule: TV People | | Time: | 09:13 am |
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| This weekend the members of an old band I was in, TV People, is having a little reunion to play, drink, and reminisce about old conquests and arguments. And dear Hastur, the drinking!
I dug up all the old cds I had to reaccquaint myself with the songs, and felt I should share this little time capsule. I played mostly bass, sometimes guitar, and on the studio tracks sometimes bass and a guitar track.
5 years ago we visited a studio, and these are the resulting rough mixes.
I.G.P. (actually on guitar on this track, it was always a lot of fun)
Flippant (the fretted bass..)
I Robot, Guitar
Sister Francis (probably my favorite track. I had such joy playing the 2 note guitar solo! Trying to channel Bob Mould perhaps.)
Puff (I'd STILL like to redo the bass into solo. intonation was not good at all)
Also found some 4-track recordings burned to cd that are a bit older even.
Fading (4-track)
Fading (even noisier)
I Robot, Guitar (4-track)
I Robot, Guitar (another noisy one)
I.G.P. (rilly noisy version)
Take me away (4-track)
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