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bike lust

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:44:52 GMT

Summer has attacked here, and I have been getting back on the bike(s). Slowly. Of course I have more time at work to peruse the internets, and to obsess about bikes I don't have. Excessive, superfluous, semi-useless, expensive, and awesome.

I used to obsess only about the kona bikehotrod. Lots of homemade choppers just don't appeal to me. Then I ran into Hannan choppers.

(resized because they stretched some small pic, and rehosted)

Geared, with an offset chain for the wide rear wheel, it seems pretty rideable. And hey, it's only $3990! And well, I think with someone making a bike like this, I have just about removed the last of my desire for a motorcycle. A bike chopper is just as ridiculous and desirable.

Since that is so inexpensive, maybe a go-one³ would be a decent second bike.

(screen capped form their flash gallery)

They start at $10k or so. They look too much like a car out of a bad 70's scifi movie not to love. And with the luggage rack, so practical.. you can take your underwear everywhere you go. Almost as much fun as the wire bike-lamborghini. Leaves the buick way behind.

I can't make this post without mentioning a long held desire for a Hanebrink bike.

(hotlinked, and a tandem, but you get the idea)

Although their web site has never actually worked, and that toptube looks awfully short for my desired pedal-to-handlebar distance, but that could be a perception of the scale. 8 inch wide tires (obligatory: omg).

Will I ever get any of these? Dunno, but they are nice to look at, and will keep me riding.

SXSW 2008

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:34:20 GMT

Here it is..

The day show listings have the primary band I want to see with stars around it except the Saturday show at Ms. Beas. I want to see just about every band on the bill. With more bands playing on Congress venues, and with Red Scoot Inn being an official venue this year, transportation is going to be more of an issue.

I was up late typing this, so forgive the typos.

wednesday the 11th
------------------------------

Go Entertainment presents
Golden Bear (5:15pm), Brazos (3:45pm), Transfer (2:15pm), The Always Already (12:34pm), Noise Revival Orchestra (11:15am) at the Scoot Inn (stage 1)
Quiet Company (4:30pm), Pink Nasty (3pm), The Model UN (1:30pm), The Boxing Lesson (noon) at the Scoot Inn (stage 2)
Danny Malone (5pm), Frank Smith (4pm), Tom Schraeder (3pm), Matthew Ryan (2pm), Leatherbag (1pm), Curtis Evans (noon) at the Scoot Inn (stage 3)
1308 e 4th st.

Gorilla vs. Booze
The Cool Kids (Chicago, 4:45pm), ***Holy Fuck (Toronto, 4pm)***, Bodies Of Water (LA, 3:15pm), Ghosthustler (2:30pm), White Williams (1:45pm), White Denim (1pm), The Party DJs (Dallas) at the Peacock (free, free beer, 21+
515 pedernales st. off of east 7th, past chicon

8:00pm The Thirst Vice 302 E 6th St.
8:50pm these are powers habana calle 6 709 e 6th st.
9:00pm Dr. Delay Barcelona 209 E 6th St.
11:00pm Hank IV Lamberts 401 W 2nd St.
11:00pm Monareta Copa 217 Congress
11:00pm Pattern is Movement Magfgie MAe's Gibson Room 512 trinity st.
12:00am Dub Trio Red Eyed Fly 715 Red River
1:00am Saul Williams Vice 302 E 6th St
1:00am Cadence Weapon Habana Calle 6 patio 709 E 6th St.
1:00am PArts and LAbor Habana Calle 6 inside!

thursday the 12th
------------------------------
Slim Cessna's Auto Club (8pm), Oh Death (7pm), The Dodos (6pm), Harlan T Bobo (5pm), Ross Johnson (4pm), ***Hank IV (3pm)***, Storyhill (2pm), Sax Man Rand & DJ Maxx Starr (1pm) at Counter Cafe (626 N. Lamar at 6th St.)

Reverse X-Rays (6:15pm), Fiction (5:30pm), ***Hearts of Darknesses (4:45pm)***, Mittens on Strings (3:45pm), Canopy (3:00pm), The Shake'm Ups (2:15pm), J.CHU (1:30pm), o t i s (1:00pm) at 1171 Graham St. (free)

8:30pm yakuza la zona rosa 612 w 4th st.
8:40pm Blues Control Soho Lounge 217 E 6th St
9:00pm REykjavik! MAggie MAe's Rooftop 323 e 6th st.
9:50pm Lars VAular Fuze 505 neches
10:00pm magic arm stephen F's bar 701 congress ave.
10:20pm Killa Kela Fuze 505 Neches
11:40pm POTUSA Cedar Door 201 brazos St.
12:00am xnobbqx soho lounge 217 e 6th st.
12:30am PArts and Labor Mohawk 912 red river

friday the 13th
------------------------------
Punk Rock Breakfast II
The Valley Arena (Long Beach, 3pm), The Pharmacy (Seattle, 2:30pm), Shinobu (San Jose, 1:45pm), Sirhan Sirhan (1pm) at Room Service Vintage (107 E. North Loop)
***Debate (12:30pm)***, Pretty & Nice (Boston, 11:30am), Call It Radar (Miami, 10:45am), Birds & Batteries (San Francisco, 10am) at Monkeywrench Books (110 E. North Loop, starts at 9am, free food and juice

Whiskey Bent Booking presents
***Cheveu (Paris, France, 5:30pm)***, Tyvek (Detroit, 4:45pm), Eat Skull (4pm), Home Blitz (NJ, 3:15pm), Thomas Function (Huntsville, AL, 2:30pm), TV Ghost (LaFayette, IN, 1:45pm), Golden Error (Booklyn, 1pm) at Beerland (free, 21+)

Scene Magazine party
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, The Black Keys, Health, The Cribs, Soundtrack of our Lives at La Zona Rosa (noon-5pm)

6th Annual My Yard X Your Yard presents
Gonzales TX (7:30pm), Chasm of Eris (6:50pm), The F and the C (6pm), Attack Formation (5:10pm), Hit By a Car (4:20pm), Bricks ATX (3:30pm), ****Artifact Shore (2:40pm)****, Red White and Pink (1:50pm), Hooded Torture Victim (1pm) at a house (Cesar Chavez East of IH35 1 mile, past Chicon, right on Lynn, 1st house on right)

Urban Outfitters party
MGMT (4pm), Two Gallants (3pm), Bodies of Water (2pm), Le Loup (1pm), Port O'Brien (noon) at Urban Outfitters (2406 Guadalupe, free)

7:00pm Paul MEtzger Spiro's 615 red river
8:00pm LYmbyc Systym Emo's Jr. 603 red river
8:40pm Clipd Beaks Flamingo Cantina 515 E 6th st
9:00pm New Bloods Emo's IV lounge 601 red river
9:00pm Hearts of Darknesses The Hideout 627 congress
9:30pm Pissed JEans Bourbon Rocks PAtio 508 e 6th st.
10:00pm Scale the Summit Blind Pig Rooftop 317 e 6th st.
10:30pm Apes Flamingo Cantina
10:40pm Little Claw Mohawk 912 red river.
10:45pm MGMT The Rio 301 San Jacinto Blvd
11:00pm Artifact Shore The Hideout 617 Congress
12:00am Cloud Cult Red Eyed Fly 715 red river
12:20am HEALTH Flamingo CAntina 515 E 6th St
1:00am Cheveu Spiro's 615 red river

saturday the 14th
------------------------------
Fuck by Fuck You #10
War Hammer 48K (8:25pm), Lozen (8pm), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (7:35pm), Tia Carrera (7:10pm), Gorch Fock (6:45pm), This is My Condition (6:20pm), Boxcar Satan (5:55pm), ShellShag (5:40pm), Swastikittens (5:15pm), ShellShag (4:55pm), Monotonix (4:30pm), Jazzus Lizard (4:05pm), RTX (3:40pm), ***Jazzus Lizard (3:25pm)***, Shit and Shine (2:55pm), Megatrap (2:35pm), ***Apes (2:10pm)****, Attack Formation (1:45pm), Detroit 7 (1:20pm), Cheddar Supremacist (1:10pm), Lick Lick (12:45pm), Cheddar Supremacist (12:30pm) at the Typewriter Museum (1306 E. 6th St.)

Vice Scion Electro Show
Chromeo (3:05pm), Digitalism (2:05pm), Mixhell (1:10pm), ***Black Moth Super Rainbow (12:30pm)****, Mixhell (noon) at Stubb's

SxSeattle
Fleet Foxes (4:30pm), The Shackletons (3:45pm), Feral Children (3pm), Holy Ghost Revival (2:15pm), ***The Cops (1:30pm)***, Sirens and Sailors (12:45pm), Throw Me the Statue (noon) at the Palm Door (401 Sabine St., free Northwest food, open bar, gift bags, raffle pizes)

Todd P presents
Wizardzz (8pm), Health (7:30pm), Old Time Relijun (7pm), Mika Miko (6:30pm), Crime Novels -vs- Clipd Beaks (6pm), Tiny Masters of Today (5:30pm), Psychedelic Horseshit (5pm), (4:30pm), Little Claw (4pm), Teenage Moms (3:30pm), Northampton Wools featuring Thurston Moore (3pm), Greg Ashley (2:30pm), Pterodactyl (2pm), Shooting Spires (1:30pm), New Bloods (1pm), Finally Punk (12:30pm), Cheveau (noon) at Ms. Bea's (1104 E. 6th St., free)

8:00pm Ume BD Riley's 204 E 6th St.
8:00pm Bird Peterson Friends 208E 6th St
8:00pm power pill fist The Thirsty Nickel 325 E 6th St.
9:00pm KbN Elysium 705 Red River St.
9:20pm Bud Melvin Molotov Lounge 719 W 6th St.
9:30pm riz MC latitude 30 512 san jacinto st
10:30pm KEvin Shields Scoot Inn Inside stage 1308 E 4th St.
11:00pm tub ring the ale house 310 e 6th st alley entrance?
11:00pm Dev/Null Scoot Inn inside stage 1308 e 4th st.
11:20pm Cheveu Bourbon Rock's PAtio 508 e 6th st.
11:30pm Debate Club 115 115 san jacinto St.
11:45pm foot village scoot inn inside stage 1308 e 4th st.
12:00am these are powers mohawk 912 red river
1:00am Black Moth Super Rainbow The Thirsty Nickel 325 E 6th St.
1:00am white mice scoot inn 1308 e 4th st.
1:00am the cops habana calle 6 709 e 6th st.

pyramid builder

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:22:39 GMT

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

a show, tonight! thursday!

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:16:39 GMT

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

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!

CockVanDyke gigspam. Friday night, 8pm!

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:32:03 GMT

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

cockvandyke, TONIGHT!

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:01:01 GMT

CockVanDyke is playing tonight at Red Eyed Fly. We are up first, around 9pm.

http://www.recordhigh.net/redeyedfly/

And for us...

http://myspace.com/cockvandyke

And a very nice review of our last show...

http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/114454

Yes it is a weeknight, but we play at 9pm so friendpressure is on high. See you all there!

pedalboard project

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:20:31 GMT

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.

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.

CockVanDyke!

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:51:31 GMT

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.

pizza crust

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:09:41 GMT

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.

gigspam, again.

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:39:17 GMT

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 shopgrrrl, I discussed it with the band and we decided that the birthday kid can come too.

gigspam

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:15:49 GMT

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.

we're not worthy.

Sun, 06 May 2007 00:36:43 GMT

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.

sxsw 2007

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:03:10 GMT

I only need about 5, er, 6 bodies to see all of this.

The day shows are listed with all bands for the info. Usually I only want to see one or two of the bands in any particular day party. All gathered from showlistaustin.


sxsw 2007
--------------------------


Tuesday
-------

Doors at 8pm When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Good Times Crisis Band, Ume, Ralph White at Emo's Lounge



Wednesday
---------

	◦ 	Pony Pants (4:15pm), Health (3:45pm), Daniel Francis Doyle
	(3pm), Nouns Group (2:15pm), Anavan (1:30pm), Numerators (1pm) at
	the Opera House (2209 K South 1st St., behind End of an Ear)

	◦ 	Australian Cattle God & Friends SXSW welcome party ▪
		Lebanon (5pm), Tia Carrera (4:10pm), Gaylord (3:20pm), Megazilla
	(2:30pm) at the Whiskey Bar (free)

◦ 	NX35 Denton Music Party ▪ 	Midlake (4:30pm), Robert Gomez
(3:30pm), History at Our Disposal (2:30pm), The Drams (1:30pm), HogPig
(12:30pm) at Momo's (618 W. 6th Street Suite 200)

	◦ 	Raw Word Records presents ▪ 	Yo Majesty (Tampa, 5pm), Dirty
	Fuzz (UK, 4pm), The Applicators (3pm), The Dagons (CA, 2pm), Ahmed
	Garcia (1pm) at the Creekside Lounge (outside, free) ▪
		Macromantics (Australia, 5pm), DJ Orion (4pm), Stay Gold DJs
	(3pm), DJ A Lib (2pm), DJ Jazz One (1pm) at the Creekside Lounge
	(inside, free)


8:00pm	Shedding	Mohawk	912 Red River
8:00pm	Skratch Bastid	Zero Degrees	405 E 7th St
9:25pm	Omni	Zero degrees	405 W 7th St
9:30pm	Delicious Food	The Parish II	214 E 6th St
10:00pm	About	Beauty Bar	617 E 7th St.
10:00pm	CPC Gangbangs	Lava Lounge Patio	405 E 7th St
10:00pm	owkmj	The Hideout	617 Congress Ave
10:00pm	Power Pill Fist	Blender Balcony at the Ritz	320 E 6th St
11:45pm	Rob Crow	Mohawk Patio 912 Red River
12:00am	Holy Fuck	Beauty Bar	617 E 7th St
12:00am	All the Saints	Lambert's	401 W 2nd st
12:00am	Aloke	The Tap Room at Six	117 W 4th St
12:00am	Callisto	Uncle Flirty's Loft	512 Trinity St
12:00am	Hyakkei	The Hideout	617 Congress Ave
12:00am	Manic	Bourbon Rocks	508 E 6th St
12:45am	Kinski	Emo's IV Lounge	601 Red River
1:00am	Facing New York	Soho Lounge	217 E 6th St
1:00am	Ume	The Tap Room at Six	117 W 4th St
1:00am	Pattern is Movement	Mohawk	912 Red River
1:00am	Muddy World	The Hideout	617 Congress Ave
1:00am	Black Moth Super Rainbow	Blender Balcony at the Ritz	320 E 6th st
1:10am	When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth	Haban Calle 6 Patio	709 E 6th St

Thursday
--------

	◦ 	End of an Ear presents ▪ 	Oppenheimer (5pm), David & the
	Citizens (Sweden, 4pm), Dirty Projectors (2pm), Benjy Ferree (1pm),
	Suishou No Fune (Japan, noon) at End of an Ear

	◦ 	KVRX and I Eat Records present South X So What ▪ 	Yip Yip
	(6pm), Ladybug Transistor (5:15pm), Six Parts Seven (4:30pm), Greg
	Ashley (of Gris Gris, 3:45pm), Mae-Shi (3pm), Black Before Red
	(2:15pm), When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1:30pm), Thunderbirds are
	Now (12:45pm), Spain Colored Orange (noon) at Bella Blue (2213 South
	1st St., noon-7pm)

	◦ 	Todd P presents ▪ 	Wham City Round Robin (8pm), Dan Deacon
	(7:30pm), No Age (7pm), Marnie Stern (6:30pm), Tiny Masters of Today
	(6pm), Danava (5:30pm), Castanets (5pm), Macromantics (4:30pm), Mika
	Miko (4pm), Silver Daggers (3:30pm), The Big Sleep (3pm), Liam Finn
	(2:30pm), Rafter (2pm) at Mrs. Bea's (1104 E. 6th St., two stages,
	free)

	◦ 	Gorilla vs Booze ▪ 	W-S Burn (7pm), Ariel Pink (6:15pm),
	The Dodos (5:30pm), Peter and the Wolf (4:45pm), Dirty Projectors
	(4pm), Dana Falconberry (3:15pm), Alela Diane (2:30pm), Ola Podrida
	(1:45pm), Black Fiction (1pm) at the Peacock, 515 Pedernales

	◦ 	XL Recordings party ▪ 	Dizzee Rascal, Adele, To My Boy,
	Jack Penate, Elvis Perkins, RJD2 (full band and DJ sets), special
	guest at Emo's Annex (starts at noon, free)

	◦ 	Bunkhaus Records and Chris Hillen Productions day party ▪
		+/- (7:30pm), Fivehead (6:45pm), Scott Adair (6pm), Foot Foot
	(5:15pm), The Ettes (4:30pm), Secret Weapons (3:45pm), Luminous
	Orange (3pm), Hit Space (2:15pm), Age Rings (1:30pm), The Dirty
	Hearts (12:45pm) at the Green Mesquite (1400 Barton Springs Rd.)

	◦ 	AAM and Brooklyn Vegan present ▪ 	Mew, Matt & Kim, O'Death,
	Rock Plaza Central, Rob Crow (Pinback), Hella, Best Fwends, Golden
	Bear, New Violators, Cloud Cult, Brothers & Sisters, The Finches,
	Fucked Up, The Twilight Sad at the Scoot Inn (two stages,
	11:30am-6pm, free)

	◦ 	1900s (Chicago, 6pm), Holy Fuck (Toronto, 5pm), When Dinosaurs
	Ruled the Earth (4:30pm), Awesome Cool Dudes (4pm), Apes (3:15pm),
	Monotonix (Israel, 2:20pm), Health (LA, 1:45pm), Marnie Stern (NY,
	1pm) at the Hole in the Wall (starts at 1pm, free)


8:00pm	Gray Kid	The Parish II	214 E 6th St
8:00pm	Dirty Projectors	Mohawk	912 Red River St
8:00pm	The Field Guides	Emo's IV Lounge	601 Red River
8:00pm	Kid Beyond	Elysium	705 Red River
8:30pm	Oxbow	Emo's Annex	600 Red River
9:00pm	Telephone Jim Jesus	Spiro's Amphitheater	611 Red River
9:00pm	Nick Butcher	Mohawk	912 Red River
9:00pm	Iller than Theirs (Nuclear Family)	Spiro's	615 Red River
9:00pm	Young Widows	LAmbert's	401 W 2nd St
9:00pm	Joan as Ploice Woman	The Ale House	310 E 6th St
9:00pm	Turzi	Bourbon Rocks	508 E 6th St.
9:30pm	Old Time Relijun	Emo's IV Lounge	601 Red River
9:40pm	Bisc1	Spiro's	615 Red River
9:40pm	Pusher	Blender Balcony at the Ritz	320 E 6th St
10:00pm	Junk Science	Spiro's	615 Red River
10:00pm	Warmer Milks	The Hideout	617 Congress Ave
11:00pm	Don Caballero	Room 710
11:00pm	Aa	The Parish II 214 E 6th st
11:00pm	Buck 65	Spiro's Amphitheater	611 Red River St
12:00am	Shot x Shot	Elephant Room	315 Congress Ave
12:00am	Toubab Krewe	Red 7 Patio	611 E 7th St
12:15am	Cadence Weapon	Cop 217 Congress Ave
12:15am	Lethal Bizzle	Beauty Bar	617 E 7th St
1:00am	These Arms are Snakes	LAmbert's	401 W 2nd St
1:15am	Castanets	Emo's IV Lounge	601 Red River


Friday
------

	◦ 	End of an Ear presents ▪ 	Ola Podrida (5pm), Cyann & Ben
	(France, 4pm), Peter Walker (3pm), Arbouretum (2pm), Rob Crow (of
	Pinback, 1pm), Danny Saul (Manchester, noon) at End of an Ear

	◦ 	Todd P presents ▪ 	Architecture in Helsinki (11:30pm),
	Tilly and the Wall (11pm), Lo-Fi-Fnk (10:30pm), Au Revoir Simone
	(10pm), Metronomy (9:30pm), Hot Club de Paris (9pm), Best Fwends
	(8:30pm), Rebecca Gates (8pm), Indian Jewelry (7:30pm), Vietnam
	(7pm), Titan (6:30pm), Finally Punk (6pm), Old Time Relijun
	(5:30pm), O'Death (5pm), Die!Die!Die! (4:30pm), Mint Chicks (4pm),
	Ad Astra per Aspera (3:30pm), ZZZ (3pm), Panther (2:30pm), Meric
	Long/Dodo Bird (2pm) at Mrs. Bea's (1104 E. 6th St., two stages,
	free)

	◦ 	Noisepop party ▪ 	Bob Mould, The Bird and the Bee, The
	Little Ones, Broken West, Aqueduct, Snowden, Dave Smallen (Street to
	Nowhere), hosted by Zach Galifinakis at Emo's Annex (starts at noon,
	free)

	◦ 	PartyEnds.com, Misprint Magazine, Green Potato Ventures and
	Raw Word Records present Friday Fiasco ▪ 	Les Breastfeeders
	(5pm), The Silent Years (4pm), The Laughing (3pm), Loxsly (2pm), Ume
	(1pm) at the Creekside Lounge (outside, free) ▪ 	DJ Orion/DJ A
	Lib (5pm), Dan Deacon (4pm), Storm Shadow (3:30pm), Pigeon John
	(2:30pm), Macromantics (2pm), DJ Jazz One (1pm) at the Creekside
	Lounge (inside, 1-6pm, free, food and beer provided by Independence
	Brewery)

	◦ 	Nail Distribution party ▪ 	Dengue Fever (4:45pm), Citay
	(4pm), The Teeth (3:15pm), The Capitol Years (2:30pm), Tulsa
	(1:45pm), Restaurant (1pm), Shot X Shot (12:15pm) at the Side Bar
	(602 E. 7th St., free, free beer with wristband or badge)

	◦ 	Ballard Party ▪ 	Little Brazil, Jon Langford & The Sexy,
	The Tripwires, Ian Moore, The Nice Boys, The Cops, The Presidents Of
	The United States Of America, Schoolyard Heroes, Carolyn Mark, The
	Trucks, Rachel Flotard (of Visqueen), Kinski, Grand Champeen at Big
	Red Sun (1102 E. Cesar Chavez, noon-7pm, RSVP to
	ballardparty@yahoo.com)


8:00pm	Blues Control	Spiro's	615 Red River
8:35pm	Yip-Yip	Flamingo Cantina	515 E 6th St
8:55pm	CX Kidtronix	617 E 7th St
9:00pm	Luminous Orange	The Ale House	310 E 6th St (alley entrance)
9:00pm	Oleg Kireyev and Exotic Band	Copa	217 Congress Ave
9:00pm	The New Flesh	Lava Lounge Patio	405 E 7th St
9:25pm	Monotonix	Flamingo Cantina	515 E 6th St
10:00pm	Listener	Zero Degrees	405 E 7th St
10:30pm	Eliot Lipp	Zero Degrees	405 E 7th St
11:00pm	Johnossi	Unkle Flirty's Loft	512 Trinity St
11:00pm	Tijuana Hercules	Molotov Lounge	719 W 6th St
11:00pm	Aesop Rock	Emo's main room	603 Red River
11:30pm	Daedalus	Zero Degrees	405 E 7th st
12:00am	Wativ	Lambert's 401 W 2nd St.
12:00am	The JAck West and Lalo Vibe	Elephant Room	315 Congress Ave
1:00am	Reykjavik!	Uncle Flirty's Loft	512 Trinity St
1:00am	Scott Amendola	315 Congress Ave

Saturday
--------

	◦ 	The Roller (7:30pm), Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
	(7pm), Zoroaster (6:30pm), The Mint Chicks (6pm), The Prayers
	(5:30pm), Akimbo (5pm), Yip Yip (4:30pm), ZZZ (4pm), The Mall
	(3:30pm), Genghis Tron (3pm), Child Abuse (2:30pm), Kylesa (1:30pm),
	The Show is the Rainbow (1pm) at Snake Eyes Vinyl (starts at noon)
	1211 e 7th st

	◦ 	Asthmatic Kitty & Friends present Unusual Animals ▪
		Castanets (7pm), Peter & the Wolf (6pm), The Shivers (5pm), The
	Weird Weeds (4pm), The Theater Fire (3pm), W-S Burn (2pm), The Field
	Guides (1pm), with DJ Future Rapper and video art between sets at
	Okay Mountain Gallery (1312 E. Cesar Chavez, Ste. B (at Navasota),
	1pm-8pm, free)

	◦ 	SC Distruibution party ▪ 	Rob Crow (4:20pm), Evangelicals
	(3:40pm), Old Time Relijun (3pm), Richard Swift (2:20pm), Rafter
	(1:40pm), Shapes & Sizes (1pm) at the Carousel Lounge (free, free
	food, 21+)  1110 E 52nd St

	◦ 	Puma and Urb Magazine present the Lone Star Social ▪
		Scanners (5pm), Balkan Beat Box (4pm), Georgie James (3pm), Shit
	Disco (2pm), Plan B (1pm), Oh No! Oh My! (noon) at the Beauty Bar
	(outside stage, rsvp here) ▪ 	DJ Cat (NYC, 5pm), Evans and Eagles
	(4pm), J-Boogie (3pm), Tommie Sunshine (2pm), Small Town DJs (1pm),
	Steven Bloodbath (noon) at the Beauty Bar (inside stage) 617 E 7th
	St.



2:00pm	Gallows	SXSW Dew Music Messtival at Town Lake (Auditorium Shores)
8:00pm	Daniel Francis Doyle	Blender Balcony at the Ritz	320 E 6th St
8:00pm	Mastodon	SXSW Dew Festival at town lake
8:30pm	Nekomushi	The Hideout	617 Congress Ave
8:50pm	Coaxial	Emo's Jr	603 Red River
8:50pm	Drumcorps	Redrum	401 Sabine St
9:00pm	Health (CA)	Blender Balcony at the Ritz	320 E 6th St
9:00pm	Macromantics	Emo's IV Lounge	601 Red River
9:15pm	One Umbrella	Central Presbyterian Church	200 E 8th St
9:30pm	Plan B	Zero Degrees	405 E 7th St
9:40pm	Child Abuse	RedRum	401 Sabine St
9:45pm	Deaf in the Family	Club One 15	115 San Jacinto St
10:00pm	Blackhearted Force	Bourbon Rocks	508 E 6th St
10:00pm	Bloodhag	The Parish II	214 E ^th St
10:30pm	Necropolis	Light Bar	408 Congress Ave
11:00pm	Two Ton Boa	Emo's IV Lounge	601 Red River
11:00pm	Yuppie Pricks	Habana Calle 6	709 E 6th St
12:00am	Hiromi	Elephant Room	315 Congress
12:00am	So So Modern	Blender Balcony at the Ritz
12:00am 65daysofstatic	Elysium	705 Red River
1:00am	Balkan Beat Box	Habana Calle 6 Annex	708 E 6th St

Some of the unexpected include Presidents of the United States of America, Dizzee Rascal (only playing a day show), and I had no idea Hiromi would be here for sxsw.

For those curious, samples of almost all the bands can be found here..

By the end of the week, decisions will be made more on the criteria of good seating, and less walking.. Looking forward to the week, but not looking forward to the pain.

NaNoDoneFor

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:09:44 GMT

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.

Lap Steel Bass

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:52:34 GMT

A recent project success story. Listening to Morphine will do this to you. A lap steel bass.

All I needed was a hand saw and a drill. Thanks to Abel for the drill. The electronics were taken from the carcass of another bass.

And the obligatory mp3. Think John Parish. Yeah, I like that quarter tone where it is.

slide-bass-demo.mp3 (2.4MB)

It does need a lot of effecting to clean it up, but I think it sings pretty well.

Oh, and posting it to talkbass with a bit more technical info..

nanowrimo

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:05:18 GMT

I guess becuase I had so many other things to do in November, I thought that one more thing would make it just that much more joyous.

Update: the word war widget.

And the more complete day-to-day word count analysis.

the new time-sink

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:31:55 GMT

I have had it for three weeks, so I guess I had better post about ****MY NEW BASS****.

The NS Design CR4M (in front of my half stack). I will not tell the (long) story of getting a working one in my hands. I have it now, and that is sufficient.

For those less familliar, about the bass... It is an electric upright bass (EUB) designed by Ned Steinberger, the same guy who made the headless Steinberger basses and guitars. The string/fingerboard geometry is just like a doublebass (41.5" scale length), but no heel on the neck, and... no body.

(specs and such)

There are three separate pickups really. First the magnetics. They sound pretty much like an electric bass. There are also two different piezos in the bridge, a set for pizzicato, and a single one for arco. In the mp3, the bass line is magnetic, the melody is the pizz piezo, and the arco is with the, well, the arco piezo. And yes, oh yes there are disclaimers about the recording. I just made it this morning, and wanted to get something at all recorded. I am trying to get some lessons for my arco playing, as it is taking the longest of my doublebass technique to come back.

a sample mp3, 3 voices (you might recognize the tune)

In listening to the bass direct without an amp or a room, the piezo sound direly needs help. The recording has tiny amounts of all sorts of effects (compression, reverb/delay, chorus). It may take a while for me to find what exact combination really brings it out of hiding, but just these tiny amounts help significantly. Played through an amp, the room provides much of what is needed thankfully, or I would be on the quest for the perfect chorus, compressor, and reverb.

The bass comes with a set of strings installed that are a lot like electric bass guitar strings. Once I put on the hybrid helicore strings it was a whole new burrito to deal with. I am still working on developing the stamina to play this. The strings are monstrous ropes. The left hand strength and the callouses are coming though. I rehearsed with a trio last weekend, and it wore me out pretty well. They are still emailing me, so I am guessing I am close enough to par that they will keep me, but I will still be looking for some other groups to try out (them and me). So, if you happen to notice me being _even more_ of a shut in, this is probably why.

consume!

Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:58:00 GMT

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.

road trip report

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:16:55 GMT

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.

Friday the 11th, Day 1: Getting out of Texas is boring. But the B&B in Truth or Consequences was very nice. A giant mineral springs hot bath with a waterfall...

Saturday, Day 2: Stopped for some lunch in Albuquerque for lunch and a walk. A neat place, stopped at the grocery co-op, and walked the university drag. Santa Fe was a big pain in the ass. We tried to make it in to the downtown area, but it was just too much stress to deal with. Instead we stopped at Kakawa Chocolate House, and a Himalayan restaurant.

Sunday, Day 3: Grand Canyon. Nothing compares to seeing it in person. The rest of the day was in the car, driving through construction zones in Arizona.

Monday, Day 4: Spent the greater part of the afternoon in Berkeley. Lunch at Long Life Vegi Restaurant, walked around for maybe 3 hours, plus visited the game store (where a 2 year old kept trying to give me plastic animals), various places on the way.. saw dozens of Indian/Pakistani/Nepalese restaurants.. a vegan friendly Jamaican place (would like to try that). And of course, for dinner, Cha Ya, which is a required stop now. The last roll we had was like biting the head off of a sentient vegetable creature. There is the crunchy skull, some chewey skin, the brain, some eyeballs.. It was actually filled with tofu and avocado along with some crunchy veggies, and then topped off with some seaweed and watercress. Amazing stuff, and has given me interest in trying to make sushi again. Of sorts. Then went to Napa in the evening and snacked at a brewpub. Then got into Chico fairly late.

Joe's Brewery in Napa..

and the view from the patio.

Tuesday, Day 5: Goofed off in Chico with Lori, our host. Hit Trader Joe's. Some things there are ho-hum. Then others... ODL. I could shop there every week. It is like an organic store brand that took over the store. Also a local health food shop where I found some interesting barleywine, stopped in at Butte Creek Brewing, some liquor stores, and had lunch at the Sierra Nevada brewpub.

The town lake of Chico.

and the Sierra Nevada brewery...

Also went over to Paradise and bugged around some antique/junk shops, and had an average meal at a horrible Thai restaurant. We have brown rice? Absolutely! Just wait here for 50 minutes, and I will tell you it will be right out every 5 minutes. Sound good? On the plus side, I found an antique Italian cigar ashtray,

and a mystery chink of iron. I am guessing it has something to do with mining or railroads (vague, yes). Any clues?

Wednesday, Day 6: Went to Fort Bragg (w/Lori) and went to lunch at the North Coast Brewing brew pub, aka mecca. I had lots of their beers on tap. Only thing I had never tried was Red Seal Cask Conditioned, but it was not spectacular. Rasputin stout on tap, was, in fact, spectacular.

Bought some beer, went to the little shops, and went to the farmer's market. Also snacked at the raw foods kitchen which was neat. Raw lasagna, lemon poppyseed cake, carrot cake, and more. Hung out for a while at glass beach, which was my first experience with the northern pacific coast.

Later ate at Mendo Bistro. Not nearly as good as we had hoped (hand made pasta sound promising, but was a letdown), but the service was outstanding. Finished out the evening with a few more beers at North Coast, natch.

Thursday, Day 7: Breakfast at Cafe 1, the tiny restaurant in front of the tiny motel we stayed at. Vegan breakfast burrito the size of your head? Yes please.

My plate, the tofu scramble. Yes, vegan cheese.

More very pretty rocks and water. First went to a few parks on the coast between Fort Bragg and Mendocino, having decided to skip Mendocino proper. Fort Bragg is a place that seems to still not know it is a tourist spot, which was wonderful, and also made me feel more like a tourist. (: I mention this, because according to what we read, Mendocino knows.

On the way back went to Ukiah, their brewery/brewpub. Then in Chico went to a pretty big farmers market, ate dinner at Grilla Bites.

Friday, Day 8: Started heading home. Breakfast at a Lousiana style cafe in Nevada City CA with vegan breakfast.

The restaurant, right next to the tiny farmers market.

Heading out of CA the line in the geography is abrupt. In the Sierra range was a rest stop with a small hikig trail attached, which we took advantage of.

Then stopped in Reno for lunch at YET ANOTHER BREWPUB. Made it all the way across Nevada on 50 to Delta, UT.

Saturday, Day 9: Utah has some amazing scenic overlooks.

Then stopped in Moab and had lunch at YAB. Made it to an altitude of around 10800 feet, and stopped at a rest stop with pet therapy. It was this tiny little gas station, attended by an exteremely short old lady and her two cats. Voted best rest stop by Jeremiah®.

Made it to Alamosa quite tired. And because of the altitude, found it hard to sleep.

Sunday, Day Omega: This was just driving all day. Texas, once again, AFA scenery is concerned, is boring. Over 800 miles on our last day.

Monday, Recovery: Didn't do jack.

Things learned, noted, and/or achieved.:

- No, we did not go to every brewpub in our path, but if they were there and convenient we went. Waitresses gave me funny looks when asking for half pints. I just wanted to be able to try more beers.

- Small towns may be scary in Texas, but in CA they rock.

- Bottled beer can survive high altitude just fine (made it back with a case of Old Stock 2006, and a handful of tall bottles from CA and CO).

- Gas in TX is cheap.

- I didn't miss doing dishes.

time capsule: TV People

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:56:01 GMT

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)

gas panic (motherfuckers)

Mon, 01 May 2006 13:55:47 GMT

I was apparently inspired by andrewhime's post on Friday. I spent a decent chunk of the weekend working on...

"Theme to 'Gas Panic'" (4MB, NSFW Language)

mia alia jxurnalo

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:45:05 GMT

Nun oni povas komenti sur miaj enskribajxoj. Iom da php, iom da mysql...

http://jti.gurzil.com

And there may even be some english there on occasion.

montrilo

Tue, 17 May 2005 17:18:38 GMT

Do, nu. Mia vera retblogo ne estas cxi tie, se je mia propra pagxo..

http://jti.gurzil.com

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- Jeremio