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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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I see that you aren’t wearing a mask.
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Masks aren't required [at this joint] when seated.
Okay I relent. I'm kind of happy with it. For a homework assignment. I agreed to come up with a groove in 6/8 time on this chord progression. And did that.
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Cheers! How I wish I could still tolerate alcohol.
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Really nice job! See that you're playing the new Acinonyx! Also nice.
I'm so used to the bass in the center and drums spread across the panorama, that it took me a sec to align with bass left and drums/backing track right. Reminds me of the early Beatles stereo recordings that were recorded on a 4-track desk designed for orchestras (left, right, and two solo inputs). Those recordings also have things placed oddly because of that.
I still have the TT but have not rode it for about 20 years, now.
The video sounds great! As does, your new love in your life.
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very grateful ...
what I find is the confidence I wore like Prada in my newspapering days is way low. This is the first video I ever posted here at TB and I suppose that could be some Monk Dunkel. What I feel within the cohort is I'm actually learning how to play bass. I know, weird, innit? The distinction I'm making is the difference between being someone who plays bass and someone who is a bass player. And seeing this in everyone here
is very much like posting these videos to our cohort. We've got fresh beginners and lifelong veterans of the stage.
My recording ... well it's not primitive but yes it's primitive. DI -> 2 channel DAW -> Win10 Camera. The point being more about committing to a video or videos, and submitting it. It's a powerful learning tool!
I still have the TT but have not rode it for about 20 years, now.
The video sounds great! As does, your new love in your life.
Now I'm getting embarrassed
yeah huh this is the first video I ever posted here
Yeah, mine was a 6G12-A.
Monk Dunkel...has a certain ring to it, dunnit, like Milt Famey.
It sounds like your new bass certainly agrees with you. Congrats on the new bass and the video.
Good job. Nice tone.
You're literally phoning in the story. STOP
The technology has changed from the old days. STOP
If you ever write a song for class, you can call it Stop The Presses. STOP
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I regret selling some gear over the years. I had a connection with all of them and sometimes wonder what was I thinking.
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I feel this is an important point. We do make a connection with things in our world.
Gave that Raleigh International of mine a good think. Not over beer. What holds focus that is not a bike as I consider a Monk Dunkel is the gentleman to my left who is making as if I'm going to invite him to my table.
Within the narrative of the "my life" timelines, it seems more than casually doubtful that I would have held on to that bike for 50 years. Too many places, too much terrain covered ... in fact
In fact I made a conscious decision to jettison everything that wasn't everyday essential right now. Travel light is what I cultivated, both in material and non-material ways. To me there is freedom in a life of one carry-on. Freedom in the life where everything I own fits in my car.
And yet
There are a couple things I miss. A few books I think about. 20th Century Webster's Unabridged, Chaucer's complete works in Middle English, my copies of Ulysses and The Magic Mountain. Doubtful I'd ride the bike if I had it still. Just now realizing what heels I wore when I was 18
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It's interesting how even for those who recognize that life isn't really about things, that certain items have an almost mystical ability to recreate a moment or represent a portfolio of experiences that brings joy beyond their material value or usefulness.I feel this is an important point. We do make a connection with things in our world.
Gave that Raleigh International of mine a good think. Not over beer. What holds focus that is not a bike as I consider a Monk Dunkel is the gentleman to my left who is making as if I'm going to invite him to my table.
Within the narrative of the "my life" timelines, it seems more than casually doubtful that I would have held on to that bike for 50 years. Too many places, too much terrain covered ... in fact
In fact I made a conscious decision to jettison everything that wasn't everyday essential right now. Travel light is what I cultivated, both in material and non-material ways. To me there is freedom in a life of one carry-on. Freedom in the life where everything I own fits in my car.
And yet
There are a couple things I miss. A few books I think about. 20th Century Webster's Unabridged, Chaucer's complete works in Middle English, my copies of Ulysses and The Magic Mountain. Doubtful I'd ride the bike if I had it still. Just now realizing what heels I wore when I was 18
Yes. In 1987 or 88 I got a Macintosh Plus. I really jumped in, learning everything I could about it and the operating system. I could mess with it for long periods, not really doing much, but learning lots. I first went "online" to a bulletin board system with a 300 baud modem. It was like magic. I could type something, and within a day, someone might reply. A couple of years later I realized that I felt love for an inanimate object, that Mac. I had added RAM (that made it scream), a huge Jasmine BacPac 40 meg hard drive, and a second floppy drive. What a setup. After a while, though, I needed upgrades -- faster processors and modems, more memory, bigger hard drives, so newer models came in, and the Mac Plus went back into its original box. I kept moving that box from house to house, and only got rid of it about 15 years ago. And it was tough to see it go. There are items now that I value, but none has ever affected me like that first little Macintosh.
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It is on account of a certain Colombian I learned of the Cuban sandwich. Just eated the half of the Cuban sandwich I didn't finish last night. I'll have to call it breakfast as I didn't thaw a new package of English Muffins. And I know you [plural you] know English Muffins are unknown in Europe.
Growers' Market today to buy two bones for Odin. It's gone up to 7C and I'll get dressed when Odin comes in. He loves his time in his yard in the mornings.
That Colombian is still in Miami. I know I can visit any time but he's kind of ... well I think I would need a greater reason to be in Miami again
We've been getting rid of stuff the past few years that really had no sentimental value, we didn't use them (like Mom's Xmas dishes), and were mostly things used to store our dust collection. Clothes that haven't been touched in a couple of years or longer. Speaking of which, I haven't seen my white/green Coors t-shirt in a long time. Last time I saw it was 1988. Have to ask the wife about that. Sold or recycled old stereo/electronics stuff. I thinned out the bass and amp inventory over a few years. When we moved from StL to here there was stuff in boxes that hadn't been opened from a prior move. Guess it's safe to toss that stuff! Haven't missed any of it. On the other hand my tool inventory and scrap wood collection has increased.
There are a few things that we will never part with. As you say, they bring joy beyond any usefulness.
On a related note (see what I did there?), on my scooter trips or our car trips, I take lots of pics and keep a trip log. I can go back to those and pretty much remember what each day was like. I have a lot of friends who ride but very few who take pics and none that keep a trip log. I don't understand that. These trips at times and places are almost a religious experience - like seeing the Tetons, Redwoods, Yosemite, Crater Lake, oceans, or a road that stretches to the horizon. I get great pleasure from these things and revisiting the experiences from time to time. Living in the past? I don't think so. Okay, enough Phil O'Sofical stuff for today.
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