Jim Alfredson

The master.

The melody has been used before, I'm almost certain of it. It isn't unique to Coldplay or Satriani. That said, they will probably lose this one if it goes to court.

How does he know he's not gay? Is he 100% certain all the vehicles are female?

Most forums I visit either have no avatars or a 75x75 limit, so I think ours is rather generous. Also, the auto-sizing feature is annoying because it has to wait for the image to download, which.. if the image is hosted on some slow-ass server and/or is extremely large ... causes all the posts to be crammed up against the right side of the screen while some moron's 2400 x 1680 jpeg loads and then gets re-sized.

He would've been 83 today. Long live the master! RIP!

Cool stuff!

I tell you what... just a few months ago it was costing me $125 to fill my big conversion van. This weekend I filled the tank (36 gallons) for around $40. Damn.

And isn't the melody to Twinkle Twinkle et al actually based on a piece by Bach?

And the ABC song. Unoriginal bastards.

Makes you want to put a 500 gallon tank in your garage, doesn't it?

The last repair guy probably saw that and most likely decided to wait until it became more of a problem.

What's funny is that Satriani song reminds me of that Santana / Michelle Branch tune... rhythmically, at least. The first part of the melody is quite similar. I wouldn't be surprised if a court rules in his favor, though the melody itself has been used before.

At least he got a ticket. "I just hit a slick spot." Right... going too fast, which threw your car out of control. Dumbass. When we were driving back from your sister's benefit on Sunday we had a lot of people passing us. I feel quite a bit safer in that big ol' Ford E150 conversion van than I do in my little Plymouth minivan. When big semis pass us (and spray all that snow and slush all over the car), it doesn't freak me out near as much in the big van. Thankfully gas prices are low so it's not such a burden to drive that thing anymore. I filled up for under $45 last night! 28 gallons! I'm glad you're all right, my brother!

Today would've been my dad's 68th birthday.

I'll never forget driving back to Ann Arbor in the December of 2000 during one of the worst snowstorms of that year. You literally could not see the road. I drove by watching the reflectors on the side of the road. I was driving a '96 Intrepid (nice, wide wheel base) and I lost count of how many SUVs and trucks I passed in the ditch. People can't seem to comprehend that just because you have a truck doesn't mean you're impervious to ice. I'm glad you're ok, Randy. I drove back from Detroit last night. You know how crazy those fools are on the highway. Luckily it wasn't icy. So did the dumbass wind up in the ditch or did he keep on driving?

How about this guy? Police arrest Mich. man for car wash vacuum sex Sat Oct 18, 7:56 pm ET THOMAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Police say a Michigan man has been arrested after "receiving sexual favors from a vacuum" at a car wash. The Saginaw News reports the 29-year-old Swan Creek Township man was arrested Thursday in Saginaw County's Thomas Township, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit. Police Sgt. Gary Breidinger says a resident called to report suspicious activity at the car wash about 6:45 a.m. An officer approached on foot and caught the man in the act. The suspect, whose name wasn't immediately released, is being held in the Saginaw County Jail.

Correctomundo! I was just experimenting with mic placements and configurations. The Blumlein technique sounds really nice in this instance, imo.

I was farting around with some new ribbon mics I purchased recently (Blumlein pair... fun stuff!) and tracked this tonight while the babies were sleeping. Name that tune! http://www.organissimo.org/pub/music/ACM3test.wav

Look for the "options" box towards the upper right. Click on that and choose "standard" from the display modes.

It's that time of year again! Check out the first post of this thread for free holiday music.

You think about some weird stuff, Alexander. I mean that with love.

There's a local drummer / bandleader here in Lansing (I shall not name names) who told me a story once about renting a porno when his wife was out of town, turning it on, and being blown away by the hip jazz organ playing underneath the "film". In fact, he said he quickly forgot about the "action" and was just listening to the music. Turned out it was Bill Heid providing the soundtrack.

He had a mental illness, for sure. It's a shame he wasn't helped before it took control of him. Then again, maybe he wouldn't have been such an innovator without it. In any case, RIP. And I don't blame him for the plethora of bad imitators that came afterward (and are still spawning).

Partially, but it's also due to the field coil woofer used in the 31H / 21H series of Leslies. Judging by the tone, I'm almost certain it was a big old 31H tallboy.

Anything released on Blu-Ray is going to look better than it's DVD counterpart since the resolution is so much greater. It's like listening to an mp3 vs. listening to the original 2" master tapes.