Excellent!
Hey, Misha, I liked your article. Any piece on software that can work in a Pynchon quote is a-ok by me.
You walk in worlds the others can't begin to imagine.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Hayden - Dec 12, 2005 10:53:19 am PST #1519 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Rio - Dec 12, 2005 12:01:14 pm PST #1520 of 10003
Are you ready to be strong?
Jon B. - Dec 12, 2005 1:12:27 pm PST #1521 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Sweet! Which one's your nephew?
Rio - Dec 12, 2005 2:32:35 pm PST #1522 of 10003
Are you ready to be strong?
Ben, the tall one on the far left.
Gandalfe - Dec 12, 2005 4:40:25 pm PST #1523 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Strange question: My son, who is 10, wants to get an electric guitar. Does anyone have any experience with such things, electric guitars for children, and can direct me to one that's A) small enough for him, and B) not just a toy?
tommyrot - Dec 12, 2005 6:27:24 pm PST #1524 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Can't help much, except to say that probably the biggest problem a child would have in playing a regular electric guitar would be lack of finger strength - i.e. he'd probably only be able play for a little while at a time. That being said, electric guitars are much easier on the fingers than acoustic guitars (with the exception of the classical guitar, which has nylon stings).
So, I don't know about buying the electric guitar itself, but you could get "softer" strings for it, which would help on the finger issue some. There are also little finger-exercising thingies that might help.
Michele T. - Dec 12, 2005 6:34:41 pm PST #1525 of 10003
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
Go, Ben! He sounds like a great kid just from the quotes.
Corwood, thanks for the kind words! I have that whole passage from Slow Learner up over my desk at home, is how much I love it.
DavidS - Dec 12, 2005 7:52:13 pm PST #1526 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Gandalfe, lisah was just out here and showed me some pictures of her band including one of her bandmates (who is very small) playing a child's electric guitar which made it much, much easier for her to play.
She said the sound was great too. It was a Daisy Guitar which was specifically designed for girls, but as you can see, not all the guitars are particularly girly. They're much lighter in weight, and have much more manageable fretboards for little hands.
sumi - Dec 13, 2005 5:43:39 am PST #1527 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Prince signs with a Universal and OMG! Prince is 47!!
Hayden - Dec 13, 2005 6:29:10 am PST #1528 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Rio: awesome. Your nephew is freakin' smart for his age, too.
Gandalfe: there's a number of 3/4 size guitars out there if your son is worried about playing a "girl's guitar." I notice that Johnson comes up when I google-search, and I'd warn you that Johnson is a Korean company with noticeable quality issues in other instruments. Your son may never be able to keep one of those in tune. I don't know anything about J. Reynolds (http://www.wholenote.com/store/product.asp?sku=MC.JR6MB&nav=m), but you could investigate the review database at [link] I used to play with a guitarist who played a tiny guitar because Zappa apparently used one, but I can't remember what those were called. Anyway, good luck!
Misha: Very cool. I love Slow Learner so much that I wanted to name my new band after it, but some NYC band beat me to the punch. We went with Parks and Wildlife instead.