Jim Alfredson

Congrats, Michael! Post a pic with the statue if you will!

Either the date is wrong or it is not a B3. The model B3 was not introduced until 1955.

That would mean it's BIG O RECORDS!!! SAAAAWEEEET!

All the car companies are hurting now because demand is almost non-existent. So Toyota lost $3.9 billion. How much did Ford lose last year? Or GM?

Reminds me of a guy I saw at the post office the other day. The poor man had a severe hunchback and could barely lift his head high enough to see where he was going. In fact, I couldn't imagine how he can see where he is going, his head was basically perpendicular to his body. Of course he moved incredibly slow, but who can blame him? As I exited the post office I saw him getting into the driver's seat of an old BMW. "HOLY SHIT!" I thought, "The guy is driving?!!?" How can he even see the road?!? Scary.

Kevin, good to see you here. I love the Bill Stewart album you dig with Larry Goldings, Keynote Speakers. I've talked about that one quite a bit here and turned some friends on to it. Good luck with the gig!

Poor kid. A little too much of the good stuff, eh?

The simplest solution is the Zoom. They can sound pretty good if you place them properly in the room and take care of your levels (ie, don't set them to high unless you like distortion).

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Uhhhhhhhhhh . . . . . . . . . . yeah. But only on video. And also in person. So my wife needs glasses... I think that's the consensus I'm getting.

Sounds like he's not-so subtley cashing in on / ripping off this guy's version of Over The Rainbow. As for Steve Martin, The Jerk is one of the best movies ever made but he really hasn't been funny since he started doing those Parenthood movies.

Geez... do I really look that dorky? Tanfaster here I come.

A spammer originally brought this back up, but I deleted their post. BUT... I do think it's interesting that here we are a mere 6 months later and gas prices are less than half what they were. Less than half. I'll say it again: Supply and demand my ass! http://www.truthout.org/011809Z

My heart goes out to everyone in this situation. Times are tough and that's no joke. My wife has gone back to work part-time to help with our financial difficulties. The piano business is a good business, but it's a luxury service and things have been very slow. Gigs are getting hard to come by, as well. The good news, as I think I posted here before, is that the Cyclotron Lab at MSU just got a huge grant from the government. I used to work there, so I'm sure if things get really bad I can go back to work there. I'm also starting to assist at a local recording studio, which helps offset the lack of gigs and tunings. Shawn, you've mentioned several times whether it's "all worth it". I hope you're seeking some help for depression. Money really doesn't matter. Tell the creditors to go fuck themselves. What's the worse that happens? You file for bankruptcy and life goes on. Life is all you have, money comes and goes. My dad always used to say "Where there's a will, there's a way!" We went through some very tough times when I was a kid. We never had a lot of money and had hospitals calling all the time (I think my dad finally paid off the bill for my littlest sister's birth when she was 18!) Somehow we made it through. I guarantee things will work out! And if all else fails, you can come up to Michigan and be our road manager! There's no money, but you can hang out with the Alfredsons and we've got a guest bedroom!

Stupid ad. I would reject it solely based on it's stupidity.

Good to see you hear again, Joel. Are you up for a Scully Tour this year?

Dude, the Commodore 64 was a much better computer.

I'm sure we'll still get these threads even with a pin.

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=48383

Ah, the obligatory mall gig. I don't know whether to be humored or saddened that even the great Fathead had to play one of those. I hope it paid well! I'm still really sad this morning. But I am thankful that I got to see him up close and personal as many times as I did. I'll have to dig out that old photo of him and I together at this now defunct club on the north side of Lansing.

Pretty expensive for a 145. Then again, different market.

Damn. Damn damn. One of my absolute favorite tenor players. I had the pleasure of seeing him many times, often in very intimate settings and even play on the same stage (not with him, unfortunately). One of my best memories is seeing him with Mose Alison. On every tune, Fathead would only take a single chorus, and play some of the most heavy shit in that one chorus, leaving everyone desperately wanting more. Finally, after doing this again and again throughout the night, I just couldn't take it anymore and yelled out, "KEEP PLAYING, FATHEAD!" He just smiled and let Mose do his thing. A master. RIP.

BTW, I was just kidding about the pay; Ron and his family graciously put us up for a week while we did shows in Philly, Boston, Baltimore, and Virginia Beach and he also paid us for the show at his house. He's the man. organissimo is available for in-home concerts, btw. I hear Santa Fe is nice this time of year!

Hey, one of our best gigs in Philly was playing in Ron's living room for a party with parents from his daughter's school. It was a great evening full of wonderful people and hospitality. It didn't pay for shit, though.

Eww.