tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39548794364678019132024-03-19T00:36:18.614-07:00Tales Of InterestThings I like, and noteworthy stuff that happened.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-83665963440023520462019-04-02T04:21:00.002-07:002019-04-02T04:21:58.292-07:00Trying (difficult) new things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's interesting - I've made several conscious, committed attempts to broaden my musical and technical horizons over the past couple of years; New instruments (electric upright bass), new tech (not new actually, but new for me - Kyma), studying Objective-C, and others. And what I have learned is that, for the most part, I was already focused on the things I'm meant to focus on for the past 3 decades plus, and if I'd been meant to incorporate any of the above into the sphere of my main working life, I would have very likely done so a long time ago. Now, I don't view any of these experiences, or the attendant hard work they entailed, as a waste - Far from it. One must stretch in order to find out the parameters of one's abilities and interests. But it's very interesting, on the tail end of a lot of serious, exploratory work in the above areas, to discover that you really were already covering all the bases that really make sense for you, and need to be very careful about where you direct your energies.</div>
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So. It's been awhile, and there's a lot that's happened, but I'll be my usual vague, cherry-picking self here
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I did another H9000 demo for my friends at Eventide recently at the January 2019 NAMM nightmare,
just like last year. They're a great company, with great people, and the 9000 is superb.
They also made a video of me at home doing some of the same things in a less horrifying enviroment.
You can find it <a href="https://etide.io/PFH9000Bass">here</a> if you're into that sort of thing.
As I mention at the end of the video, you can also find me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/spacewars/">IG.</a>
Much like this "blog", I tend only to post when I think something's particularly interesting or funny, or I'm
severely irked by something that needs expounding upon. In other words, pretty rarely, but less rarely than
I post here. So if you find that my taste resonates with you, follow me there. Or don't. It's of little to no
consequence, as with most of social media.
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I have also been working with my friend Jeff Martin of the band <a href="https://idahomusic.com/">Idaho</a>, whose music I have been a fan of
since the mid-90s. We met randomly at a gig a few years ago, became friends and eventually started working
together. Our aesthetics and tastes line up very closely, so it's an easy collaboration.
To this end, I built a mobile rig around the H9000 to use with that project, and it's been
working out swimmingly. There's a glimpse of it <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BvsjymYFXVX/">here.</a>
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Back in the aforementioned "irked" category, I've noticed that there's a whole generation or two out there of
people using "vintage" synthesizers who have a) little to no programming talent or aesthetics, judging from the endless stream of unwatchable Matrixsynth video posts, and b) have zero awareness of this. In fact, I had a chat about precisely
this with an accomplished and dear friend of mine (who you have probably heard of, but whose name I'll omit here
to protect his privacy) the other day, so it's generally been on my mind of late.<br>
As a result, I'd like to take a moment to rant irritably about some key truths that
these idiots have clearly completely missed.
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So here goes.
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1. Not everything Oberheim and Sequential made in the 80s was good. Much of it wasn't.
Specifically, the OB-Xa, OB-SX, OB-8, Matrix-6 and Matrix-1000 were all terrible-sounding and/or lacked
key programming features (such as cross-mod) of the actually good instruments Oberheim made, like the OB-X, Xpander and Matrix-12, though the latter two lacked the sonic "size" of the X and the SEM units.
On the Sequential side, the Six-Trak, Multi-Trak, Split Eight and MAX were all awful as well. This period definitely represented
the "bad old days" for Sequential. The T8 was not bad, due to its fantastic poly-aftertouch weighted keyboard, though
at the end of the day, said keyboard was still controlling a declassé Prophet-600 (the Prophet 5 and 10's cheaper, anemic descendant.)
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2. The Chroma Polaris SUCKS and has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RHODES CHROMA.
This is why it's a fraction of the Chroma's price.
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3. The overblown dinosaur cousins of the DX7 that Yamaha produced after it are NOT WORTH BOTHERING WITH.
Specifically, the DX5 and DX1. It's still Yamaha FM at the end of the day, so don't believe the hype.
There are A LOT of better-sounding ways to do FM these days, for a tiny fraction of the price.
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Bottom line:
Just because something's from the 80s and was made by a major manufacturer of the day
doesn't mean it's worth anything. Old != good in all cases, so use your ears.
Speaking of which, if you insist on buying 80s synths, at least take the time to familiarize yourself
with some of the people back then who were doing unique, personal and creative work with the instruments
of the day, and have taste. Joe Zawinul, Rainer Brüninghaus, Richard Barbieri, Mick McNeil (Simple Minds), Rupert Greenall (The Fixx) and PJ Moore (The Blue Nile) are all great places to start. DO NOT, on the other hand, listen to The Cars or Rush if you're looking for good examples of refined, highly-personal synth programming approaches. If you can't discern the fundamental difference,
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I first met Expressive-e guys at NAMM last year (as mentioned in the previous post - I really need to update more!) and fell instantly in love with their <a href="http://www.expressivee.com/">Touché</a> controller. A year later, they're in production and about to ship. They brought the current proto over to my studio<br />
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Pretty dense time the past few weeks - Had 3 dear friends staying with me, at the same time as 3 of the guys involved in the <a href="http://www.synclavier.com/">Synclavier</a>, which I am an avid user of. We all went to NAMM, and I'd also agreed to do some informal demos of the new hardware and software for some prominent film-sound and film-music guys here in town, all of whom are or were Synclavier owners/users. That was productive. At NAMM, there was considerable interest in the Synclavier name, which was interesting given the long absence of that company from the scene. The most interesting thing I saw at the show, by far, was <a href="http://www.expressivee.com/">this device</a>, which was fantastic. The developers (pictured below) came over to talk to me about it at my studio, and it look as if I'll be doing some beta-testing for them over the next few months. There was a lot of work done on my Synclavier system, including building and testing a mini-system, which is ongoing. Also had meetings about the impending restart (and finishing) of development of v1.0 of the long-suffering "secret iPad project". Very pleased about this - more as it gets closer to being done.<br />
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All in all, a great time from start to finish.<br />
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Currently working on some music that I'm pretty excited about. Trying to get enough puzzle pieces made so that I can lay them out on the floor and shuffle them around until a record reveals itself.<br />
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God, I am so sick of them. Grid controllers with blank, featureless, non velocity- or pressure-sensitive buttons everywhere. THESE ARE UNIFORMLY TERRIBLE. People who produce these miss the basic tenets of good instrument interface design, the first of which is NEVER DON'T BE SENSITIVE! If you were curious about the second one, it's NEVER DON'T BE INFORMATIVE! Give musicians EXPRESSIVITY and PLENTY OF INFORMATION so they can play, well, expressively and don't have to expend cognitive effort remembering what any particular blank control does at a given moment (and yes, of course I know about Push, but it only works properly with Live and has no polyphonic aftertouch, as well as the same blank buttons I'm complaining about here.)<br />
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In the case of devices with lots of buttons on them which are intended as musical controllers, making them incapable of any kind of touch sensitivity and not giving them any display capability IS STUPID and renders them largely useless for anything other than the dumbest on/off capabilities.<br />
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However, THIS is definitely the right idea. Too bad it's fake and seemingly can't exist yet, given the current state of the art in materials (I would love to be proven wrong about that, btw.) Just for the record. I would happily help fund a kickstarter campaign for this product, if anyone out there figured out a way to do it - click the image:</div>
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Welp, seems like it's about time for an update, since some visually-interesting stuff happened. There are a lot of photos which will take time to post, so keep checking back. NOTE: I have noticed that the videos I post here don't show up when opening this blog on iOS devices, so for now, use a computer for lucky best viewing!<br />
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Above: This was the Junas festival, held on the site of a quarry in France from hundreds of years ago, apparently. Translation: White dust getting on everything (and I wear a lot of black, not so great in this case) and EXTREMELY FUCKING HOT during the day (ditto.) </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I had to do this a few times, due mainly to airline baggage handlers' brutality.</span></div>
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This is Kheireddine M'Kachiche, AKA "Kem", a wonderful violinist and all-around lovely guy.</div>
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Rick Cox, my dear friend/collaborator and one of the most innovative and fascinating <span style="text-align: left;">musicians I know.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The rehearsal space in Junas, exterior.</span><br />
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Above: Berlin Atonal. It took place at an amazing, gigantic disused
power station from the 60s that used to supply electricity to all of the
former East Berlin. The bottom photo was taken by a pro photographer during our concert. The terrible, shaky video is me walking around during the Borderland (Juan Atkins/Moritz Von Oswald) soundcheck, as we'd just arrived and were a bit dazed at the sheer size of the place.</div>
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Above: Isola Maggiore, Perugia, Italy. Again, EXTREMELY FUCKING HOT. At soundcheck, my H8000 was too hot to touch, and we had iPads shutting down with temperature warnings. Back in Perugia itself, note the underground city - it dates back to the middle ages. Also note the Ravioli Tartufo Nero - I ate as many black truffle dishes as I could get my hands on while in Italy. Last shot: Me outside the hotel in Perugia, exhausted and not looking forward to what proved to be a nightmarish trip home. Oh, and here's today's Final Thought: FUCK AIRLINES. The commercial air travel world is just absolute shit these days. Air France ultimately found my gear and cheerfully shipped it to me at home THE DAY I GOT BACK. This means I did 1 out of 5 gigs without most of my stuff. How, you ask? It's MAGIC! Anyway, the airline industry desperately needs some Steve Jobsian character to come in and disrupt things utterly. Having said that, it's particularly the worst here in America. United fucked up so badly on my trip home, via a toxic cocktail of technical failures and incompetence, that what should have been a horrible one day trip turned into an unbearable two day trip. Something must be done.<br />
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Well, whaddya know- Something post-appropriate happened. I went to Sao
Paulo with JH to play at SESC there (apparently there are SESC venues
all around the country but they're not all as nice as the one we played
at), which we did. Twice. What follows is the photographic evidence.
Longtime readers of this "blog" may notice a familiar face; That of my
dear friend Hu (whom I'd never actually met in person until now.) She
graciously showed us around town a bit and was generally awesome.
Conclusion: I had a great time and Brazil is fascinating. And they know
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Note the statues on the tops of the buildings- They look alarmingly like someone getting ready to jump, but when you realize they're on all the surrounding buildings it's pretty interesting. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Indescribably wonderful, yet non-alcoholic.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We've all been pronouncing it wrong- It's "gua-ra-NA." </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guava-paste pie and ice cream. One of the single best taste experiences I've ever had, hands-down.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hu's "salad bar" choices at Rascal. Fantastic.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beginning of lunch at Bar da Dona Onça.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hu's choices for me at Rascal. I went through this plate so fast even I was shocked.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hu laughs at my novelty-sized pout.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We'd just got in and I was predictably tired but happy to be there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I'm ending the photos, appropriately enough, with dessert. Trite? Yes, but just look at it.</td></tr>
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</div>mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-61659717096613767522011-12-31T14:35:00.000-08:002011-12-31T14:35:49.312-08:00Has it really been this long?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kPMZ2Pt25Uk/Tv-FHqGyIeI/AAAAAAAABU8/qHBUhXR7rtc/s1600/Studioview2k11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kPMZ2Pt25Uk/Tv-FHqGyIeI/AAAAAAAABU8/qHBUhXR7rtc/s400/Studioview2k11.jpg" width="298" /></a></div>Yup, it sure has been ages. This was an unusual year in the context of the last 10 - I won't get deeply into why, since that's not important and besides, who cares. What IS important is, I have a new place and a studio room with a view for a change! Though the photo doesn't really show it, I have a nice city view and this makes me happy.<br />
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What's going on currently: Still cranking on the Seekret iPad Projekt™ with the guys, though it's recently kicked into higher gear with the additional of another talented contributor, which is very exciting. I'm also finishing music with Sussan Deyhim and starting music with Anton Sanko. Sussan and I have a great working relationship, and I did some parts on her cover of Dylan's "All I Really Want To Do" for an <a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/about-us/music-and-the-arts/chimes-of-freedom">Amnesty International album of Dylan covers</a> by some famous people a few months ago. Got some new software tools, but sad to report that yet again, nothing's as exciting as <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vXmJrtYxkZGb0r8eSFXE_MOZqiB3xK5XoynRZlO8fsQuOp2XHvszyugTucqvTphSX7ikvWIA-vK4WNrdZSW-cV1hgPX4gDwu5MvOnpbisZa6YZZ80y4gCOzGGMnwOdZOPFW7sPA2XdA/s1600-h/TimbreControl.JPG">The 'Clav.</a> Seeing as my hatred for bad interface design (as personified mainly by The Monome) has abated not at all, I figured I may do one last rant on the subject before I vow to give it a rest. Must exorcise those demons in an appropriately articulate way, so if you're a fan of that sort of thing, stay tuned.<br />
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Other than all that, I am getting over being sick for nearly a month-<br />
The combined stress of moving house and building my new studio, plus a particularly virulent strain of whatever it is that's going around at the moment, pretty much laid me out for weeks on end.<br />
It's nearly gone, but wow. This was the longest I can recall being sick pretty much ever. Not recommended.<br />
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</div>mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-86103390073247094942011-03-14T07:03:00.000-07:002011-04-06T23:17:29.348-07:00Son Of "On The Radar Currently"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Way back a few years ago when I started this...whatever this is, I posted a collection of things that were on my radar at that moment. I suppose this is pure indulgence, but so be it. I think I may resurrect this practice, starting now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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...Pretty much the same pop culture profile as always, and some new instrumental obsession in there as well. </div>mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-31089902352984062912011-03-14T06:42:00.000-07:002011-09-15T20:03:15.512-07:00News scraps, endorsements and secret goings-on<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Current/recent:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I played on the score to a film called <a href="http://www.thelincolnlawyermovie.com/">The Lincoln Lawyer</a>- It comes out 3/18/11 in North America. The composer was Cliff Martinez, who's great to work with and makes really evocative music- I was a fan of his work on the Solaris remake and Traffic before we met. We worked together briefly once before, on a small documentary called <a href="http://severeclearthemovie.com/">Severe Clear</a>, though on that project I provided textures via the internet rather than in-person sessions. I contributed processed guitar to the score.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>I also played on one of the last episodes of the TV series "<a href="http://www.hbo.com/big-love">Big Love</a>", which I've worked on in the past (as followers of this blog may know) and is just about to reach the end of its run. It was one of the first times I've used my new electric upright bass on a session, and we got some very good stuff.<br />
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I'd like to do something I pretty much never do here: Mention (endorse?) a specific product. I'm a big user of Alessandro Petrolati's <a href="http://www.densitygs.com/">Density 2</a>; It's a gem. There, I said it.<br />
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Vague references to exciting things:<br />
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There is a very interesting new musical collaboration in the offing at the moment, but I don't want to get more specific than that just now...Suffice it to say that something great is very likely to result if this situation materializes the way it seems to be. More later.<br />
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On another front, I'm designing an iPad app that is being coded and implemented by a small group of very accomplished, talented friends. It's a recording tool which I hope will help facilitate the creative process for a lot of musicians. Details as we get closer to the release date.<br />
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Last thing I'll mention for now,<br />
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Jon Hassell's "<a href="http://ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/2000/2077.php?cat=%2FArtists%2FHassell+Jon%23%23Jon+Hassell&we_start=0&lvredir=712">Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street</a>" (ECM 2077) was recently released in Europe as a double album on 180-gram audiophile vinyl. I think it may be destined for wider worldwide release as well. As I mentioned when the original CD was released awhile back, I'm proud of this record and the added bonus of seeing it in my favorite format is a nice development.<br />
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</div>mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-45906237916148842982010-11-21T23:47:00.000-08:002010-11-22T00:00:25.901-08:00The new guy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh4fxxvv2yRDtRwUEvueVA0fnNcJo9CdNS2U11sjyBAysxroPPnZrfhk7w7w0wbCoG6wAahOM-vf8K4uoprpD56BRqy_InOgkIGx024U311ZtIGO35hGJu1g-xqbAq0327vzXhAt4IZI/s1600/NSEU5-2.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkh4fxxvv2yRDtRwUEvueVA0fnNcJo9CdNS2U11sjyBAysxroPPnZrfhk7w7w0wbCoG6wAahOM-vf8K4uoprpD56BRqy_InOgkIGx024U311ZtIGO35hGJu1g-xqbAq0327vzXhAt4IZI/s320/NSEU5-2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542280859744835474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sufficiently awesome. Must live up to challenge presented by pricey wooden/carbon fiber object.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-55156767005612753982010-10-10T05:16:00.000-07:002010-10-10T05:29:20.193-07:00Meaning-Object<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivL8WTugcEChyphenhyphenHKJ2eS63Q6XyTS7dJvYRwOFgDWIjL5vMFYbeKFw9fBEXLAMjmtjbBHJYfB7P4SACHZUb5BweYoazkuWHeOdNCU0hlOz7R9H1Y6MusGigDtpGNiKQZlBWqawHlN965CPI/s1600/The+Game-crop.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivL8WTugcEChyphenhyphenHKJ2eS63Q6XyTS7dJvYRwOFgDWIjL5vMFYbeKFw9fBEXLAMjmtjbBHJYfB7P4SACHZUb5BweYoazkuWHeOdNCU0hlOz7R9H1Y6MusGigDtpGNiKQZlBWqawHlN965CPI/s320/The+Game-crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526390683633636626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From deep in my past, this radiates significance in a way that I can't touch directly...Sadly, this is not a photo of something I own, but rather something I very much want to own, and it seems that is no longer possible. At this late date it would be more an exercise in nostalgia-pursuit than anything more practical, but I don't care.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-35983919626609613742010-09-30T03:46:00.000-07:002010-09-30T03:50:12.345-07:00Capture-riffic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHgBx0MbIXOQ35IWhVgX3TcXqlvsBfLgZvblUhvPSspMp726P7iEsDhjqqCe_P8Ie5knXcJE81YRyB8Gtvse4UUqSe8ywHAtgCtLmxOdEKLjZWqFWCf0bKyvPV3cKqQPAAYfCciNPhPc/s1600/pcmd50-sml.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHgBx0MbIXOQ35IWhVgX3TcXqlvsBfLgZvblUhvPSspMp726P7iEsDhjqqCe_P8Ie5knXcJE81YRyB8Gtvse4UUqSe8ywHAtgCtLmxOdEKLjZWqFWCf0bKyvPV3cKqQPAAYfCciNPhPc/s320/pcmd50-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522656493906531282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Better living through technology.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-73375189529887681772010-08-06T23:00:00.000-07:002010-08-06T23:06:30.479-07:00I see...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgr8IIR414pTCsJT5oVYZGqnV-P2D-MdrE1dMHECq20iv4a3hRgEB4p7sIBatiKdjDvfOebfR61CrJ0oCG45AtW4VNaDfwJbFaYPomoaVA74Ok8bIpCtkNf24dQowD5Ekl2rXwvpUBhtg/s1600/Left-20100726@141853.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgr8IIR414pTCsJT5oVYZGqnV-P2D-MdrE1dMHECq20iv4a3hRgEB4p7sIBatiKdjDvfOebfR61CrJ0oCG45AtW4VNaDfwJbFaYPomoaVA74Ok8bIpCtkNf24dQowD5Ekl2rXwvpUBhtg/s320/Left-20100726@141853.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502545364689600130" border="0" /></a>mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-64288921049991635512010-08-02T02:55:00.000-07:002010-08-02T03:01:50.861-07:00The Horror, The Horror<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQBItB1GEjHFa79rY5dpbHA8ipYR2FUzakPDzMxHh66Z8T9aXcmmbURTLGiyK_feHZaMwQI7P5cLZCfyFqkjw1kUfz3c46XEUkc9EIM6UqKDsVRDvWwAJ3XP_2971TlIlcJiC1QQtdsA/s1600/crawl.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyQBItB1GEjHFa79rY5dpbHA8ipYR2FUzakPDzMxHh66Z8T9aXcmmbURTLGiyK_feHZaMwQI7P5cLZCfyFqkjw1kUfz3c46XEUkc9EIM6UqKDsVRDvWwAJ3XP_2971TlIlcJiC1QQtdsA/s320/crawl.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500749223955580978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlTxXEtV_lSNSbA0c1X-BO6VI1pBEhtC3wPC4Ob3CXLzW72Yu03-sGDNHqZeSwzIwuoxDV-7_o-X2vDuozMmKMNxH0Vi6DeR7nqwkUgbdKGBhyvDFY3DqpL2ezo_uGYe6_k5DOShNtUc/s1600/S7logic.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlTxXEtV_lSNSbA0c1X-BO6VI1pBEhtC3wPC4Ob3CXLzW72Yu03-sGDNHqZeSwzIwuoxDV-7_o-X2vDuozMmKMNxH0Vi6DeR7nqwkUgbdKGBhyvDFY3DqpL2ezo_uGYe6_k5DOShNtUc/s320/S7logic.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500749217961814994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After this many of these, it really _is_ like Groundhog Day, except with a lot more blood. Surprisingly, still creatively fun.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-22458355690575649592010-07-29T00:06:00.000-07:002010-07-29T00:34:12.245-07:00Goings-on<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacOatZgTVop_fmiWGrrT9gJXoVjfs-hOyTzw1fHiL9IaL0vw46gOuvo17dhcJ1u2wWkpTCO7VNPaDgt0E8jSRYV_JELw0nB8K0eAJGS3ykK94KM__7Sxq7s6FDQQ5zhpPeetX0RMibws/s1600/DS.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacOatZgTVop_fmiWGrrT9gJXoVjfs-hOyTzw1fHiL9IaL0vw46gOuvo17dhcJ1u2wWkpTCO7VNPaDgt0E8jSRYV_JELw0nB8K0eAJGS3ykK94KM__7Sxq7s6FDQQ5zhpPeetX0RMibws/s320/DS.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499226072894669298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mgShpDzeOAe3ynYBQD9KSPtnNLWVB1QWuiDaL2nThFkEQSmnGIls8bfi2NVIQJ7fj3tUG96peVBMctx1faERpkvVuiFU-XXNpONyPMDd2tSnLQruyUQdyKdRu_EJS7QQDiXkS_h-iZc/s1600/Loup.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8mgShpDzeOAe3ynYBQD9KSPtnNLWVB1QWuiDaL2nThFkEQSmnGIls8bfi2NVIQJ7fj3tUG96peVBMctx1faERpkvVuiFU-XXNpONyPMDd2tSnLQruyUQdyKdRu_EJS7QQDiXkS_h-iZc/s320/Loup.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499226068244717666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzDC5vdR1qr0pv6h1lYAWpkTHO2MSgQXYS0fUP4viw7K0mDafUeYrvgpZDkv2eMJcM45JV-Tebso2BsY7OebvH2-ve-nJUk3-q8ue6Uy1ExOMOdOexY78bakzcg5xkN2yggw5dmxIEBQ/s1600/DS.png"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...somewhere between what was, what is and what will be soon enough.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-4492434124856398172010-05-11T00:24:00.000-07:002010-05-11T00:27:49.904-07:00"...Since this is an exceptionally bad case of 'old'..."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VUiYEp9qKef94e3kLHxl0oFUU-zfbtzXN4uts4yxUvBh-TIjGNEdOkRu_-SB9Fns2XiKv1SzUI38C0OC6xoW_nX482yGISMhUz-SXmTzGhxE38dZBXEaiew_5ntY3kNOXZ7yjMUFT2A/s1600/SD-SE30.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VUiYEp9qKef94e3kLHxl0oFUU-zfbtzXN4uts4yxUvBh-TIjGNEdOkRu_-SB9Fns2XiKv1SzUI38C0OC6xoW_nX482yGISMhUz-SXmTzGhxE38dZBXEaiew_5ntY3kNOXZ7yjMUFT2A/s320/SD-SE30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469910641325957890" border="0" /></a><br />My Mirage better appreciate the effort it took to get this SE/30's RAM upgraded to a whopping 32mb, PRAM battery changed, HD replaced, System 7.5.3 and Sound Designer Universal installed, just so I can send tiny samples down to it. That's all I have to say.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-59797023545066228712010-04-23T23:02:00.001-07:002010-04-23T23:07:57.418-07:00Mmmmmm, functional<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72G9MflpuIYGbzZhCV4plYi6Kva239zA90N24IKXDHO7EZpItokg1kxvGWw2jHi6IAyLPXKpVszs3paLc2l0vB1T0R0e1s6NS1XcH2saUzNUV3Vc_5DypdFavsYpS0mFDmWtrcXnlS8s/s1600/BassOctave.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh72G9MflpuIYGbzZhCV4plYi6Kva239zA90N24IKXDHO7EZpItokg1kxvGWw2jHi6IAyLPXKpVszs3paLc2l0vB1T0R0e1s6NS1XcH2saUzNUV3Vc_5DypdFavsYpS0mFDmWtrcXnlS8s/s320/BassOctave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463581316804025138" border="0" /></a><br />Normally I'd put this in the "who the hell cares?" column, but after searching for an accurately-tracking bass octave divider pedal recently, I came to the rather shocking realization that there appears to be only one on the market currently, despite the fact that this tech has been around for decades at this point. Worth the dosh, this MXR is. Keith Barr originally founded MXR and went on to develop some great things for Alesis in their early days (namely the Midiverb and Midifex)...Even though Dunlop apparently owns the MXR name and products now, this thing lives up to the quality of their classic stuff.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-45922361413981721932010-03-19T13:24:00.000-07:002010-03-19T13:31:36.314-07:00Fail<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJfUR9316h-GB3hgdJrY-2gWfhY6kQ049F80_-BxghwQkOe5ELm98AoIJpRrwWbR96Audw5628GNmLtShvz8YpoBe04ZdcQgjYPRLNTzN5Fi_SbBL6yofBiJUpgmIcDpJ-7rF6AqxtzQ/s1600-h/BILL_GATES_bsod.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJfUR9316h-GB3hgdJrY-2gWfhY6kQ049F80_-BxghwQkOe5ELm98AoIJpRrwWbR96Audw5628GNmLtShvz8YpoBe04ZdcQgjYPRLNTzN5Fi_SbBL6yofBiJUpgmIcDpJ-7rF6AqxtzQ/s320/BILL_GATES_bsod.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450444647366060290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I suppose if you're gonna have 3 important pieces of gear all fail at<br />once, it might as well be when you're in between projects, right?mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-49773562473750168852010-03-16T06:15:00.000-07:002010-04-10T11:59:01.143-07:00Thank fucking god<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bricasti.com/"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl4YmGom_IaDldLlfcDwGSCJGV96s3W0PXnP2R6h02IZnsQ5pbpTVyAuAhSbWH6KqeBby4kDMWPjDbEFCmxFW2rUHIyqvUez2bP9IrFWCZh0llWlZTA-YAj7o4FDcc9CLkEKxfXVMezv0/s200/BricastiLarge.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449221150699921458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's a pretty barren landscape in the world of high-end hardware reverbs at the moment. Lexicon is now essentially Digitech, it's hard to get parts for a 480, the 960 and TC M6000 are out of production and almost nobody is stepping up to fill the vacuum, except <a href="http://www.bricasti.com/">these guys</a>. This is the real, built and priced for professionals and it sounds fantastic.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-37577102265676222872010-03-16T05:49:00.000-07:002010-03-16T06:10:10.392-07:00Let me say this about thatI've always tried to look out for the possibility of new creative/collaborative situations where I saw the opportunity, the underlying idea being that if one can manage to produce some genuinely good work once in awhile, it will somehow balance out the uninspiring bullshit one has to put up with the other 98% of the time. It's a sad moment when your first thought of a potentially exciting collaborative circumstance is immediately quashed by the realization that the person you have in mind has, after many years, finally managed to piss you off to the degree that even your relentlessly idealistic desire to make something good can't overpower the weight of history any longer. It's a threshold I never thought anyone could really make me cross.<br /><br />I know this isn't exactly a news flash, but it's true-<br />Humans are poorly designed.mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-37103094157068268362010-02-17T02:39:00.000-08:002010-02-17T03:21:44.177-08:00Digital Flotsam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXYze3W9tPIGrAjbabpvKLZWt-0j-8O1vsumgWKRoP8x-UWjS2CcK6JRw8NvBT_j6caxJMFokOPX1z3v_HoStuyZWLm8PvfkTsecPjAlLmT4A-Y8zQKpCUpwXKzpaiyO3g2ojjLPOZFg/s1600-h/Systemizer.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXYze3W9tPIGrAjbabpvKLZWt-0j-8O1vsumgWKRoP8x-UWjS2CcK6JRw8NvBT_j6caxJMFokOPX1z3v_HoStuyZWLm8PvfkTsecPjAlLmT4A-Y8zQKpCUpwXKzpaiyO3g2ojjLPOZFg/s200/Systemizer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439170608930891618" border="0" /></a><br />...I just finished a significant amount of work. Now to send it where it's going and start the next chapter of things. In the meantime, it's time for (you guessed it) another narrowly-targeted technology mini-ramble.<br /><br />It's interesting when random technological detritus from the "obsolete" pile of history can be repurposed in a modern context. Case in point:<br /><br />Please find enclosed one Oberheim Systemizer. An obscure MIDI box from the late 80s, it allowed an entire studio full of MIDI instruments to be marshaled conveniently and powerfully under the control of one MIDI controller, no matter how unsophisticated that controller was. For up to 16 MIDI instruments you could layer, create keyboard splits, positional and velocity and aftertouch crossfades, as well as a host of other musically powerful functions such as having each successive note you played be sent to a different instrument, just to name one example.<br /><br />These devices never really caught on at the time- While undeniably powerful, their cryptic programming method (via a cheap two-digit LED display that was common at the time for low-end MIDI devices) and dubious plastic hardware neither won friends nor influenced people. However, this quirky little box has proven interestingly useful lately when brought into the modern world of software instruments- It allows for some fascinating and unpredictable sonic possibilities, and cost precisely $40 on Craigslist. And interestingly, there is no readily available way to achieve the Systemizer's functionality these days without a significant amount of custom programming, which results in a certain potential for interest and uniqueness. Everything old is new again (again.)mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-10740722932303395092010-02-13T03:02:00.000-08:002010-02-13T03:11:45.554-08:00Soon the beast will live...The saga continues.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictTXxh0w8g_1MRUzS4SLu5hn6Q_9pmAbt3WyHu-wPe8u8htdIQj1knhxfWFGBHp5K3qlh9mEM13NYM2VTbsd5Y74zfwVY890KvN4bvj78m-K5C71QQ0dQ5LrY2DuQhLpNA7aF95PLK3M/s1600-h/SynclavPSMT-Build2.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictTXxh0w8g_1MRUzS4SLu5hn6Q_9pmAbt3WyHu-wPe8u8htdIQj1knhxfWFGBHp5K3qlh9mEM13NYM2VTbsd5Y74zfwVY890KvN4bvj78m-K5C71QQ0dQ5LrY2DuQhLpNA7aF95PLK3M/s200/SynclavPSMT-Build2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437683653929579698" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4x4kAlJ8nFX2av2N20lVy3lbusLtZtWV7QizjI2z6jOhXMLY_Z8MqP7PRjY7fF-cLFwcQ_lp7b41cxfl5VYn9BaFbjk-V0XF1Je3T2CzWs6DlbJKWsag_E5N1qxz0Vtkt_mt6w-zvPOY/s1600-h/SynclavPSMT-Build1.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4x4kAlJ8nFX2av2N20lVy3lbusLtZtWV7QizjI2z6jOhXMLY_Z8MqP7PRjY7fF-cLFwcQ_lp7b41cxfl5VYn9BaFbjk-V0XF1Je3T2CzWs6DlbJKWsag_E5N1qxz0Vtkt_mt6w-zvPOY/s200/SynclavPSMT-Build1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437683651602116338" border="0" /></a>mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3954879436467801913.post-76466970101094633942010-01-16T22:10:00.000-08:002010-01-16T22:11:49.587-08:00More is more.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YC1rJOoccqQUSTDBSwGB6gftx30OKBpPEIJ0TItHyGc8jE9NzYRvUvJt19KgO7NyuMsxKf3ovbh3_xdngjA4BrwrMqlSZtphGNZQaN9HCR_gbYansjR4lrs1sRv-54p1sPg4L_RprxA/s1600-h/DunDunMed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YC1rJOoccqQUSTDBSwGB6gftx30OKBpPEIJ0TItHyGc8jE9NzYRvUvJt19KgO7NyuMsxKf3ovbh3_xdngjA4BrwrMqlSZtphGNZQaN9HCR_gbYansjR4lrs1sRv-54p1sPg4L_RprxA/s200/DunDunMed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427587512141508994" border="0" /></a><br />...innit?mercurialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545365673855740821noreply@blogger.com1