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You know how I love Craigslist?
 

Well, my buddy Greg just linked to this site by a guy who spends his free time messing with people on Craigslist.

This one is hilarious.

Some of them are less funny. Maybe I should’ve linked to those first, then that one. Oh, well.

Drummer from the Sword offering drum lessons
 

I think this might be a joke, but I can’t tell. Maybe it’s an outward expression of an inside joke.

Drummer from the Sword posted this:

I’ve totally lost my mind and decided to offer drum lessons here in Austin.
My rates are very economical starting at $40/hr.

I am only interested in SERIOUS students who want to WORK and learn how to really destroy on both the mental and physical planes.

Here’s my email:

wingoschool@​gmail.​com

DO NOT:
1.) REPLY TO THIS POST.
2.) ABUSE THIS EMAIL ADDRESS - ONLY THOSE SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN INSTRUCTION SHOULD CONTACT ME - THIS IS NOT FOR FAN TRIVIA.

Best Regards,
Trivett Wingo

Shawn Knight’s Beard on Ebay
 

Happy Bidding!

 

Come to the Lager House Saturday, and see if a local bidder wins it.

Ted Weber
 

You probably haven’t heard, but Ted Weber passed away last Friday. 

He was a speaker builder, the founder of Weber Speakers, and quite an innovator when it came to guitar tone. I’ve got 3 of his California Series speakers in various speaker cabs. They sound great.

Here’s a link to is obituary

The best part is that he was a hobbyist. Unlike Seymour Duncan or Bill Lawrence who were better known for their playing, before they started designing gear, Ted Weber worked at GM most of his life. He built a few guitar speakers for friends, and then things took off.

Coincidentally, Weber Speakers is in the midst of a 10% off sale.

So, you think you can party (rats)?
 

Did anyone see the most recent episode of “So You Think You Can Dance” on Fox? They all had Party Rats on. Seriously. They had full Party Rat outfits. It was awesome. I am jealous.

Hey, are any of you musicians into skulls? Or perhaps dark imagery?
 

If so, you might be interested in this.

Young Widows Tonight!
 

Child Bite will be performing with Young Widows tonight at the Lagerhouse. We’re all pretty lucky, because Young Widows rule.

Do me (and yourself) a favor, and just check them out. Even if you can’t come tonight. Just go here and check out “Old Skin,” maybe even watch the video. It’s a short song, only a 2-minute investment.

Let me be honest, I wasn’t thrilled with them at first. Clance talked them up a ton, so I was pumped to listen to them, but not sold upon my first few listens. But then that awesome thing happened, where I kept finding myself wanting to hear them. In the last month, I’ve gone to their myspace page and listened to the same five songs almost daily. So, needless to say, I’m very pumped to see them tonight, and to buy their record.

And that’s another benefit to not illegally downloading or pirating music (a practice I decided to put an end to in my life). That buildup. I haven’t felt that build up for a while. Because in the past, pretty much every record was immediately available to me, but this one isn’t. Clance has it on his ipod, so I got to listen to it on a recent weekend outing, but generally, it’s been something that I’ve really wanted but “couldn’t” have. I checked a couple record stores, couldn’t find it. I could order it, but it’d take a couple weeks, and I knew I was going to see them anyway. So I’ve been forced to wait. And it’s awesome, and I’m excited like a teenager.

Do internet petitions mean anything?
 

I’m not sure.

But try to save the Halfass anyway. (Via eatthiscity, via Lightning Love)

I like that place. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a bad show there.  Saw Mirah, Hey Mercedes, Jason Anderson, Larval, Nymb, Cobra Youth (remember them?), lots of bands there. Probably saw Fred Thomas there, too. Anyway, it’s a unique venue, all ages, student-operated, not-for-profit. A good place to keep around.

Crazy synthy drum thing
 

Oooh, Shawn Knight needs one of these.

Check out those Youtube videos. Weird. Futuristic things.

Cascading errors
 

First there was a story about the auto industry in the paper. It was about Chrysler and GM possibly teaming up together.

Then janesvillejohn wrote: Wow now there is a brain storm of an idea! Two loosers getting together!

To which Jamie9427 responded: Yeah lord knows we dont want two LOOSERS together… Idk what a LOOSER is but it certainly sounds like something we dont need. lol. bwahahahha. Check your spelling before you put down and entire industry and way of life dude.

And of course, seeing a golden opportunity for putting someone down for misspelling a word, as they were putting someone else down for a misspelling, dggibson1 chimed in:
Check your spelling dude. It’s “an” entire not “and”.

And then I was like, “Yeah right, great quote usage, ROFL. The word ‘entire’ should go inside the quote and so should the period, you stupid worthless idiot. OMG, people are soooooo duuuuumb.”

Saturday, March 27th
Javelins, Those Transatlantics, Empty Orchestra
@ Rubbles (Mt. Pleasant, Michigan)
21+, , Doors at 9PM


Wednesday, April 21st
Javelins, Aloha, Pomegranates
@ The Pike Room (Pontiac, Michigan)
All Ages, 10 Dollars, Doors at 8PM


Saturday, April 24th
, Arranged Marriage, The Cold Wave, Solitary States
@ The Majestic Cafe (Detroit, Michigan)
21+, Free, Doors at 10PM