Around '74-ish – despite not being old enough to be there – we saw at the Troubadour the Dirt Band and the Earl Scruggs Revue, with Earl, Gary, Randy, and Steve, along with Vassar Clements and others. Only the sweet illusion of teenage omnipotence shielded us from the horrible realisation that we should immediately go home and make a bonfire of our instruments.
In 1971, I spent the summer working in W. Hollywood. The house I stayed in was within walking distance of both the Troubadour and Barney's Beanery. I never went to either of them.
Yes. Yes, it is. Command Central will have music and TV via computer, eventually. That room in the background will be a kitchen of sorts with a sink, fridge, microwave, coffee maker and a toaster. Mostly because I have duplicates of all those things and don't want to bother with unloading them.
Saw that, the Plus E.
I'm enjoying all the disparaging remarks about the Formula E racing series. Eventually, it may be the only kind of motorsports there is, but those throwbacks don't seem to grasp that possibility.
Maybe I've posted this before, but enjoy it anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKdxHJKlfVQ
Around '74-ish – despite not being old enough to be there – we saw at the Troubadour the Dirt Band and the Earl Scruggs Revue, with Earl, Gary, Randy, and Steve, along with Vassar Clements and others. Only the sweet illusion of teenage omnipotence shielded us from the horrible realisation that we should immediately go home and make a bonfire of our instruments.
I fight that urge daily.
Keep it up. They don't burn that well, or at least not that efficiently.
BTW – The opening act was an unknown banjo clown, Steve Martin.
In 1971, I spent the summer working in W. Hollywood. The house I stayed in was within walking distance of both the Troubadour and Barney's Beanery. I never went to either of them.
If I sold my house, I could get one too!
Pfffftttttttt. I'm waiting for a weejee.
How's your shop coming? Got any pix?
Not a lot of progress to report, but I did make a wall separating the main room from the inner sanctum out of cabinets.
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Shelves installed this weekend:
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This morning's whimsical additions:
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Nice.
Is that some sort of turntable device?
Yes. Yes, it is. Command Central will have music and TV via computer, eventually. That room in the background will be a kitchen of sorts with a sink, fridge, microwave, coffee maker and a toaster. Mostly because I have duplicates of all those things and don't want to bother with unloading them.
Very nice.
The primary reason for the whole project:
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Well of course.
There's this thing called depreciation. It is not my friend.
A concept that will never take off.
Payments as low as $1319.00/month. Well alrighty then.
I might have to convert it to ethanol if we run out of dino fuel.
Yeah. Pretty steep for kindling.
Yes, please.
I heard the BMW V-8 won't be available for the Plus 8 anymore. Wonder where they'll source them, if they continue production?
My god that is a beautiful thing.
I think I paid a buck fitty for my Silvertone Archtop.
All of them?
Saw that, the Plus E.
I'm enjoying all the disparaging remarks about the Formula E racing series. Eventually, it may be the only kind of motorsports there is, but those throwbacks don't seem to grasp that possibility.
I don't even think there's an E85 pump within 200 miles of me.
I tried to look that up, and all I got was pr0n links.
Even more of a challenge! The supercharger could make some real power with that, though.
Cool, and we might need a Geiger counter sooner rather than later.
You know about Murilee Martin, right? He shares your taste for antique instrumentation.
http://www.murileemartin.com/MurileeGreatestHits….
I've seen/read the occasional article, but not very familiar with him. Thanks for the link, I'll delve in a bit more thoroughly.