It’s definitely time to replace the speakers in my PA… but why did Samson make an “all-in-one” system where the amp is capable of blowing the speakers? Doesn’t that seem weird?
Anyway, here’s the P22.
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Have You Heard
The personal site of Jack Baruth
Month: April 2014 (page 1 of 2)
So. Two days before Christmas I bailed a friend of mine out of jail. Unfortunately, he didn’t stay out for long and unless I’m misreading the details of his case online my thousand dollars is now gone with the proverbial wind. While trying to track down his belle du jour on Facebook to inquire about the possibility of getting my money back, I saw this photo and the associated comment. (NB: The guy in the photo is not my friend, although they share a “race”.)
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Talk about a narrow escape.
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Disaster almost struck when my local Post Office lost a couple of Spaceman pedals on the way from Portland to Powell. But as you can see, they’re safe and sound with their brethren.
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Good news, everybody: the NBA is going to investigate Donald Sterling for racism. Mr. Sterling was outed as a racist the other day when… um, he was on the phone with his girlfriend, who is at the very least biracial (to use the current popular phrase) and might actually be Black by some measures. In the phone conversation, Mr. Sterling tells his girlfriend that she is free to sleep with Black guys. Still waiting for the racism? Don’t worry, we’ll get there.
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This was waiting for us when I got back from New York. Not the kid, although he was, in fact, waiting: the guitar.
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“I was born here, you know.”
“You’re gonna die here, you know. Convenient.”
Well, I was born in Brooklyn. This week, I had a chance to return — and to spend some time in the parts of the city that aren’t Manhattan.
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As fate would have it, I spent a fair amount of time at the New York talking to the current Jalopnik guys — Hardigree, Okulski, Patrick George, et al. No matter what you think about their content, it’s impossible to deny that the Gawker cars-and-drunk-girls-and-planes-and-construction-equipment-and-accessories-and-watches-and-whatnot site has the lion’s share of the available mojo remaining in the autojourno “space”. Much of what they do is pretty good.
Every once in a while, however, something happens to remind you what could have been.
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My readers have asked, more than a few times — “What ever happened to V. McB, your boon companion of the past few years, itinerant hairdresser and bad girl?” Well, she’s still around, she’s still cutting my hair, and she is currently working on opening her own hair salon. We’re no longer dating but I remain committed to her personal success and well-being.
A little-known fact about the lady in question is that she was raised a Mormon in Twin Falls, Idaho. Her brother is a well-known conservative radio host and commentator in the area. He went to Bundy this past weekend to see what was going on in what many called “the beginning of the Second American Revolution.”
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Okay, I admit it: this is a great album. Their best yet. And a Brubeck-caliber shot back at the people who say you need to experience hard times in order to make brilliant art.
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