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 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

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

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.

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.

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.

Check out those Youtube videos. Weird. Futuristic things.

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.”