Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

Ah. LBA said that it will work with any 9v power supply, as long as it can output at least 350mA of current. My Godlyke puts out at least 1000 I think.

Minimum 350mA. So running about 2mA at the plate for total dissipation (both sides) of 1W. Heaters would draw another Watt. Not shabby.

I once saw a small guitar combo amp (unbranded) that was running a pair of 12A?7s at the output section for total power of about 5W. Sounded terrible because of the terrible little speaker in it. With a decent speaker it probably could have sounded pretty good.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Self-proclaimed experts are one of the banes of existence. And some males are really, really good at it.

Well you know how it is. There were the Musos who hung around the Musos' Club and then there were upstarts. I recall I went into the Musos' Club once for some reason and you could have bottled the hostility. How dare a girl violate their sacred temple? Anyway ... there was a series of programs on the local AOR radio station (4XO) in which the presenter and various local 'experts' railed against these terrible young bands with their disgusting original songs -- how dare they presume to deviate from the standard repertoire, etc, etc, blah, blah, fvcketty blah... You know what they say about the last laugh? If there was a NZ 'Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame', I would be in it. Not seeking to big myself up here, merely extending a couple of post facto digits to those experts.

 

[dukeorock]

Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke? They are Yazoo. This is Yazz.



The Comsat Angels are the Comsat Angels.

Just saying, they were called Yaz here in the States, for some goofy reason. And I’m certain that Comsat Angels were made to release a record as CS Angels, for (I’m assuming) equally goofy reasons

 

[JJR58]

A little hungover and strung out and mostly confused except when talking about music?

That should be me by the end of the night.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

Thanks! No This is a roundwound situation.

Ken Smith makes really nice 55-115

 

[Engle]

When I was a young bass player all those months ago, patronising [bees]dicks would tell me, in that way that they are always so entitled to do, distortion is wrong on bass and don't play so hard. Of course I listened to them.

Apparently they never heard of these guys:

 

[RedVee]

Playing a wedding in the redwoods today at this very cool place..
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The wedding party is from Australia and they are a wedding (the odds) band (Evergreen Collective) as well.


The groom is the bass player so they are going to get up and do a few. Love when that happens. I even found a bass for him!...

Hope it went well.

^ filmclip seems to show quite a large wedding ^

 

[Thumper]

On a more topical subject, close to pulling the trigger on a T5

 

[Engle]

He would say the same thing. Oh did you mean The Beat? BONUS points for the NR Bird.

Argggh! a whole room of people clapping on 1 & 3. Reminds me of last time I went to church

 

[JJR58]

All work and no play makes Jeff a dull boy. Onto the next watering hole. Where I’ll park my sorry arse for a spell. Listen to some music.

 

[Dr_Feelgoood212]

One of the radio stations I frequent has been playing a cover of Smooth Criminal the past few days and it got stuck in my head... I must pass on the ear worm...

 

[JJR58]

Kind of a groovy scene.

 

[dukeorock]

In St. Louis tonight. I love this city. Playing after the Cardinals game at Ballpark Village...which is about as rock and roll as the name suggests

Glaring view from the hotel room. Can’t see the arch. Someone’s getting fired

 

[JJR58]

In St. Louis tonight. I love this city. Playing after the Cardinals game at Ballpark Village...which is about as rock and roll as the name suggests
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Glaring view from the hotel room. Can’t see the arch. Someone’s getting fired

Don’t they know who you are?!

 

[dukeorock]

Don’t they know who you are?!

Clearly not! Heck, I don’t even know!

 

[fasterpussycat]

Clearly not! Heck, I don’t even know!

Have another drink, it will help you to remember.

 

[dukeorock]

Have another drink, it will help you to remember.

I’m drinking water at the moment. Rock fail.

 

[fasterpussycat]

I’m drinking water at the moment. Rock fail.

As long as it's in a Jack Daniels bottle no one will ever know...

 

[MCF]

'English Beat' -- never heard of.

Sorry, I should stop being so continent-centric. By any name, they’re still great!

 

[RedVee]

There's an interesting little rabbit hole. Established bands who have been obliged to change their names, at least in part, because America.

The Beat (UK)
Flowers (Aus)
Shihad (NZ)

Squeeze -> UK Squeeze

Other Aussies as well but in a world context not sure they rate as established ‘enough’.

Sherbet -> Highway ( but maybe that was to toughen the image lol )

Finch -> Contraband