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Monthly Archives: April 2007
Low Price Guarantee
Has anyone besides me noticed that the so-called Low Price Guarantee has a LOT of homes? A google search for “home of the low price guarantee” turns up 374 results. If I had that many homes I would sell some and buy some really awesome cars, like a 66 GTO.
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FedEx
Well, I’ve been had by FedEx once again. They have begun to employ ninjas as their delivery people. No longer do they conspicuously knock on your door and then get you to sign for your package. Instead, they sneak quietly up to the door and put a sign on it stating that you didn’t answer, [...]
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Running
Have I ever mentioned how much I love running? I just went for a little over three miles and I feel like a new man. I really, really needed that. THANK YOU, LEGS! Come out and catch me this weekend at CJ’s Landing Donkey Party. It’s a lot of fun. I will be playing a [...]
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Kaoss pad in the mix
Johnny was moving back and forth between the Kaoss pad and a micro Korg synth, and Wonder was on the decks. “We need to get another one of these for this thing,” JC mused, referring to the Micro Korg. “Or I could just run the whole mix through it so you could use it for [...]
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More of the Johnny Colt Experience
So, I was hired to put this thing together somehow. I didn’t know how the hardware worked or how the software worked, but I plugged it all up and started screwing with it. After numerous phone calls to various experts, some of whom were less than thrilled to be fielding my questions, I got it [...]
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How I got hooked up with the Johnny Colt Experience
I work at a company called Avatar Events Group. They are a backline rental and rehearsal facility company, which means that if you are a traveling musical act and you need some gear for a gig or a place to practice in Atlanta, you call them. My friend Kenny runs the place and I help [...]
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Compound with the Colt
Here I am in the booth at Compound in Atlanta with JC in the background figuring out the Kaoss pad. We await the much-heralded arrival of Rob Wonder. Good times!
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Johnny Colt Experience
I am up early to go meet my new friend Johnny Colt for his radio interview. My stated purpose is to run around the radio studio with a video camera while he’s being interviewed. Yes, I get paid for this sort of thing. Ridiculous, isn’t it?
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Goodbye Blue Monday
Well, Kurt Vonnegut is dead. So it goes. Thanks for writing my favorite book, Mr. Vonnegut. I hope I realize myself as well someday.
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It’s going to be a good summer