Anything noteworthy happen to you today?

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polydigm - 1-3-2014 at 14:00

Cheers Bonny.

I've been letting my standards slip and baiting Cleon at zappa.com, it's not really that much fun, but he gets so ridiculous sometimes. Anyway, I've had enough and I'm thinking of coming clean and telling him I'm just taking the piss.

There won't be any time for stuff like that after this weekend, I just don't do anticipation very well.

BBP - 5-3-2014 at 10:55

B-day is approaching. First time in years I actually have something to ask for!

polydigm - 5-3-2014 at 15:18

Mine's just passed. 58. Awesome.

My courses have only just started but I'm already getting the feeling that my change of plan was a good idea.

BBP - 7-3-2014 at 12:01

Me at Carnaval.

BBP - 10-3-2014 at 23:15

Will have to go to the dentist tomorrow...

BBP - 13-3-2014 at 19:50

Dentist trip was fine! No cavities and I got to read a hundred pages from my book while waiting.

aquagoat - 13-3-2014 at 20:05

:puzzled: A hundred pages? how long was the wait?

BBP - 13-3-2014 at 22:09

Quite long since my habit of leaving early and his habit of letting me wait a little (which I once put as a request so I could stay away longer from school). Plus I'm a fast reader, even if the radio plays annoying shit. (I think Michael Jackson's Beat It was the best song I heard, and that says something.)

punknaynowned - 14-3-2014 at 07:53

glad you're okay B!

saw this at Doonesbury's website and thought, 'O Wow! The Dutch have got it together!'

BBP - 15-3-2014 at 17:57

Say what?

Not much adventure today... still working on elephants (and will post a picture of the Giant Elephant Mound that's growing here).
Good news from both Tim Curry-front (he's having a fan evening soon, tickets sold out but it will be recorded) and Dir En Grey-front (fresh DVD and single out, and new album coming in November).

punknaynowned - 16-3-2014 at 09:54

wopps forgot the link!

saw this at Doonesbury's website and thought, 'O Wow! The Dutch have got it together!'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwyV9o5ILF0&

BBP - 16-3-2014 at 11:38

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! :lol:

The nefarious Hovenring out here suffered a lot of construction problems. It swayed in the wind too much, needed extra anchoring, took lots of time and money. (all the while, an important road was closed for cars) It also suffered cracks in the asphalt and damage caused by a truck that had underestimated its size.

punknaynowned - 16-3-2014 at 12:01

I'm sure draining the swamps to make the dry land and canals, in Holland, didn't happen in a day, or without some expense

BBP - 16-3-2014 at 19:03

Let's say that, this thing's cost exceeding, during an economical crisis, causing a lot of traffic mayhem (= leading to extra traffic in residential areas and additional traffic trouble in places where drivers try to avoid queues/), getting closed down again and again thus causing all that traffic trouble again... that doesn't go down well. At the Carnaval parade in 2012 there was a float spoofing it, naming it "horrorring" (instead of hovenring)

punknaynowned - 16-3-2014 at 23:27

hahaha!
it's always so fresh to get the local perspective. Thank you!

We have so many broken things that we're all quite overwhelmed here. Making something new and useful is pretty low on the seeming endless list of chronic problems all over the place that need more attention.
Got to write a complimentary piece giving some context on the times of Desiderius Erasmus today. That was fun to do

that really remains a future research project. I'll get to it in time.
This week in 1494 Columbus the Genoan explorer came inland to the Janisco River as Santo Tomas: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Santo_Tomas after 'building the first road'.
I know, all the names are wrong...

KAPTKIRK - 18-3-2014 at 21:16

Nice Mardi Gras costume Bonny. I always love Carnival time! :cool:

I'm trying to get a roommate again. I have a nice Korean mom coming over to see if the room is acceptable for her son. They want him to stay with an English speaking person for 3 months while he takes a total English emersion class*. Well, 3 months is better than none and I could really use the bread right now. So today I'm cleaning everything, even the round corners and other hidden stuff in The Dangerous Kitchen at my house today!

Hey punknay, that link took me too a jibberish wiki site. Didn't understand a word of it! :roll:

*Won't they be surprised when I start speaking Zappaneze! :lol:

Edit: I rented the room out! I have a little room to move around in now, financially speaking.
The Hovenring thingy in Eindhoven looks like the same person designed it that designed the Sun Dial bridge in Redding, CA.. It too ran way over budget.

[Edited on 10/10/10 by KAPTKIRK]

BBP - 19-3-2014 at 12:46

Congrats Kirk!

Election day today.

KAPTKIRK - 19-3-2014 at 21:12

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Congrats Kirk!

Election day today.

Thanks!
Who are you voting for?

BBP - 19-3-2014 at 23:27

My dad of course!

KAPTKIRK - 20-3-2014 at 00:40

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

My dad of course!

Your not gonna buck the electorate vote at your own house? Good for you! Does he have his victory speech ready yet? :singer: Four score and seven years ago...oops, wrong country!

BBP - 20-3-2014 at 09:46

His party didn't get any seats in the councl unfortunately, but looking at the percentage they did pretty well for a new local party.

KAPTKIRK - 20-3-2014 at 14:49

A rock to build on so to speak. Good for them!

BBP - 21-3-2014 at 17:41

Still on my elephants...

BBP - 22-3-2014 at 11:43

My Jelliclemail has finally ended service today, half a year after the first announcement. I'll miss it.

BBP - 24-3-2014 at 21:55

All go here today... Dad's ill in bed, so I was cooking, was just about to roll meat balls when my sister phoned to tell me my ex-uncle died. She phoned me later for an update, during the rolling of the balls, and then the doorbell rang. Was a bit of a hassle.

Meat balls turned out great BTW.

KAPTKIRK - 24-3-2014 at 23:29

It's all in the rolling of the balls. What spices did you use if any? I like to use sourdough bread crumbs with some red onion and a little celery all chopped up pretty fine. Add a dash of pepper and start rolling. They seem to cook better the rounder they are for some reason. You'd think it wouldn't matter if they were a little oblong or in squares.
I'm glad they turned out good. :cool:

BBP - 25-3-2014 at 15:06

Wow, sourdough... No, regular breadcrumbs, coriander, pepper, ginger and... can't remember.

Card came in, funeral is on Monday.

BBP - 26-3-2014 at 09:39

Hey, is Zappa.com down or something?

BBP - 31-3-2014 at 18:52

Missed out on a cremation, of an ex-uncle who committed suicide. Heart bleeds for my cousins...

polydigm - 1-4-2014 at 00:12

Just coming up for air to say hi. Being an almost full time student again is going well so far. Hope everyone's going okay.

How does one become an ex-uncle? Ex husband of an aunt? I've never heard that said that way before. I have a soon to be ex brother-in-law and my kids will always see him as an uncle.

BBP - 1-4-2014 at 11:27

I don't see him as an uncle anymore. He was a guy whose company I enjoyed a lot as a kid, but he was an army doctor and got sent to Kosovo and came back with PTSS and a morphine addiction. He did lots of unforgivable shit in that period of time. So the uncle I once had died a long time ago and now the monster is buried with him.

BBP - 3-4-2014 at 09:31

Hunting for a good cake recipe...

BBP - 4-4-2014 at 20:29

Had two friends over for my birthday, was awesome!

BBP - 6-4-2014 at 21:32

Cooked lental soup and worked in the garden.

BBP - 7-4-2014 at 18:13

I never thought this site would be so quiet on my birthday...

aquagoat - 7-4-2014 at 19:18

Happy birthday Bonny, sorry for not being more present in here.:shy:

BBP - 8-4-2014 at 11:24

{hug}
Finished my Murakami book and am already engrossed in Zappa The Hard Way. Had those for my B-day, great reads!

KAPTKIRK - 10-4-2014 at 02:22

I'm sorry, I forgot to wish you a happy B-Day here Bonny. I remembered on Zappa.com though.

BBP - 10-4-2014 at 15:50

{hugs}

Good news for artists, bad news for downloaders: illegal downloading finally becomes illegal in The Netherlands.

Huck_Phlem - 12-4-2014 at 07:34

Sorry I missed your birthday! Happy Belated! :bouncy:

BBP - 12-4-2014 at 16:10

{hug}

Worked in the yard, got injured as usual with allergic reactions and a nasty thorn in my finger, and filled an elephant with Genuine Icelandic Wool that we got from the Late Great Aunt House. I had a lot of that Icelandic wool, over 400 grams, but it's unusable for knitting as it tears apart too easily. And now I'm covered with bits of wool. Already vacuumed myself, didn't help much.

KAPTKIRK - 15-4-2014 at 01:12

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

{hug}

Already vacuumed myself, didn't help much.

Betcha' it felt good though!

BBP - 15-4-2014 at 20:26

Nope, sorry.

A couple of times I jokingly suggested on this forum that I could censor the word "the" and have all instances of said word replaced by the word "zwembroek". Somehow I thought that was very funny and original, but at yesterday's Bob & George marathon, somebody gives his friend a birthday present: "the Bible for atheists, in which the word "God" was replaced by the word "pea soup".

Huck_Phlem - 16-4-2014 at 02:18

OMPS! I like it!

BBP - 16-4-2014 at 15:56

Ha, that took me a little too long to get...

I'm considering making transcripts out of them and translating them (mind you, there's a lot of So Incredibly Lame Puns It's Hysterical jokes I could not translate, like the paard-time hoefsmid).

Huck_Phlem - 20-4-2014 at 03:16

Puns to some are champaign. To others they are a champ pain.

[Edited on 20-4-2014 by Huck_Phlem]

BBP - 20-4-2014 at 09:33

Happy Easter everybody!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5jwLb1R0qE

aquagoat - 21-4-2014 at 06:33

happy easter, Bonny.:grin:

BBP - 21-4-2014 at 21:16

Making a drawing for Mrs Plook...

BBP - 25-4-2014 at 19:05

Inadvertedly caused an explosion in the microwave. Was poaching an egg.

aquagoat - 26-4-2014 at 07:22

haha, must have been a mess.

BBP - 26-4-2014 at 20:19

It was, but fortunately the glass was still intact, so...

Been digging myself underground to make sure I get as little to do with the Dutch national holiday as possible.

BBP - 29-4-2014 at 11:11

Still nothing new... Kanji is progressing. I now know 130 kanji. When I found a Chinese language course at the second-hand shop yesterday, I managed to recognize 3 symbols on the box. Out of 15.

BBP - 2-5-2014 at 17:35

Losing my patience over installing the Internet Explorer update.

aquagoat - 3-5-2014 at 18:21

computer updates can really be a pain in the ass, sometimes.:swear:

BBP - 4-5-2014 at 12:48

Oh yeah!

Anyway, new Miyazaki is out here, it's got rave reviews... am thinking of going either Monday or Tuesday... Monday's a bank holiday out here (WW2 liberation). Today's Remembrance Day, with the 2 minute silence at 8 o'clock.

BBP - 5-5-2014 at 19:49

Before I forget...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh8yIkrdV9g

BBP - 7-5-2014 at 23:24

Went to the cinema for the first time in... (browses web) 8 years. To Miyazaki's final work The Wind Rises.
I miss the theatres of yore... the Rembrandt that had a curtain in front that would open at the start of the film... EuroCinema where I saw many a Disney classic... the old Plaza Futura with the tiny little arthouse settings that were so cosy... Plaza was forced out of their old location and into a new one, because the municipality wants to develop that area in the centre of town, but the move is problematic: they are no longer able to host theatre, furnishing is expensive, and worse: the electricity bill doubled because of heating problems. They had a net loss of 50,000 euro last year, hope they'll pull through.

punknaynowned - 8-5-2014 at 01:29

random funny:
Moon Zappa on twitter, twelve minutes ago:
"My car got a flat so I bought a new bicycle. Reckless like that."
~

BBP - 8-5-2014 at 09:09

Cute!
I wonder how Gail is... Moon was our only source on that...

punknaynowned - 10-5-2014 at 07:55

no news, I guess, isn't bad

happy eurovision contest...

BBP - 10-5-2014 at 09:52

I don't think I'll be watching... there's not a single nice song in the bunch. And it's about 90% ballad, that's tedious. Oh, and that earbleed Polish song who got through on cleavage - that's another Eurovision rumour disspelled.

punknaynowned - 12-5-2014 at 04:52

that Polish gal is so pretty. Why would she feel the need to get big fake tits? I don't get it. I know americans probably started it but is that the way the world is going, selling false fantasies just for money? :forumsmiley145:

BBP - 12-5-2014 at 11:02

Everybody!
Peeeenisss Diiimeeeensionnnnn!

BBP - 12-5-2014 at 21:07

Bumped into a car that was standing still today.

BBP - 14-5-2014 at 13:39

Checked out that the car should never been parked there. I still have a headache though.

BBP - 15-5-2014 at 11:43

It's the 15th, so happy birthday Ahmet!

aquagoat - 17-5-2014 at 07:23

Never slam the car door on your index finger, it hurts an awful lot. Now I know it.:crying:

[Edited on 17-5-2014 by aquagoat]

BBP - 17-5-2014 at 14:07

I did that by accident to my sister once. She didn't talk to me for hours.

aquagoat - 18-5-2014 at 18:30

I can understand that reaction.

BBP - 18-5-2014 at 20:20

Found a replacement copy for Dub Room Special at the flea market. Finding Zappa at a flea market is pretty rare, let alone something you're actually looking for...

BBP - 20-5-2014 at 15:40

Discovered that tuning zithers is pretty much a nightmare.

aquagoat - 20-5-2014 at 18:29

haha, I'm not astonished, with all those strings. Tuning is always a pain, anyway, whatever you tune.:swear:

BBP - 20-5-2014 at 22:15

It's a lot worse with zithers and other instruments where you directly tune the peg.At least with guitar and bass (ok ok, there are also 5 strings on my orchestral zither that have tuning pegs, but it has 30 that don't) you have an extra wormwheel to finetune. Even the slightest twist of the key can cause your tone to jump more than a semitone.

punknaynowned - 21-5-2014 at 20:24

a zither! wow!

right now Jimmy Page is talking about the recording of first Zeppelin albums...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frUavIOFPOM
so far pretty neat!

BBP - 22-5-2014 at 09:35

I tuned my mini-zither as fully as I can get it now. Two of the strings broke, so I tuned all the strings above it a little lower to compensate. And I'm looking for new strings for it.

BBP - 29-5-2014 at 19:44

Assumption day today...

aquagoat - 30-5-2014 at 07:09

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

I tuned my mini-zither as fully as I can get it now. Two of the strings broke, so I tuned all the strings above it a little lower to compensate. And I'm looking for new strings for it.

how do you tne that? I mean, what are the notes?

BBP - 30-5-2014 at 09:15

I'll see if I can find a scheme... it's tuned in fifths and has a section of 5 strings with a fretboard that are tuned separately.

Tilt your head and zoom in! Or visit the page and download it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd4zTroAiCM
Is what they sound like when you have the skill. You may notice he doesn't use the lower snares at all except for the lowest C# at the end.

[Edited on 30-5-14 by BBP]

BBP - 30-5-2014 at 17:26

Oh, and the mini-zither is 15 snares: I tuned in C major starting with the lower G. Alternatively you can tune them to G or F.

Cleaned mildew in shower.Lungs hurt.

aquagoat - 1-6-2014 at 08:31

Thanks for the info, BB,I really like the sound of these instruments, I'll probably try to get one sooner or later, with a dulcimer, a sitar and other stuff.

BBP - 1-6-2014 at 20:42

Count about 3 euros per string... They still make new ones, that's still preferable over those antiques. And, ideally, you'll need a thumb ring with a pick attached to it.

BBP - 2-6-2014 at 21:27

Went to visit my blind friend again. She now has 2 pianos in her living room.
I'd brought my zithers along and demonstrated them to her. We had a nice little duet of Bach/Gounod's Ave Maria with me on my mini zither.

punknaynowned - 3-6-2014 at 12:24

so six months ago I finally plunked down the money to get Hammersmith Odeon.
It sat in a stack unopened until last week. I opened it, listened to it over a couple days.
The third cd has been in the player since.
I keep playing the watermelon (prequel).
this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK_D6GnPlHg
It's pretty, gentle, sublime.
Is it worth $50 for a four minute song?
Maybe.
Some enjoyment is priceless, right?
Had no idea it was on youtube.
I didn't read the booklet or play with the goodies.
It's nice to hear it in such clear sonics
and this one isn't at zappateers

BBP - 3-6-2014 at 17:56

Great huh? I played some tracks over and over myself. Mainly Trying To Grow A Chin, which I continue to adore. Terry's a powerhouse!

BBP - 5-6-2014 at 22:42

Went to a guitar shop. A small cosy one, four workers and no customers. The lady at the till was very charmed by the little zither, she used to have one of those as a kid. She took me to the restorer, who measured the thickness of the old strings and gave me two possible steel guitar strings. Had a nice chat with him: when I told him about the problems with the concert zither, as in amount of strings needed which will cost, he replied he is having the same trouble with a harp he acquired.
Anyway, found a little place to remember!

BBP - 6-6-2014 at 18:55

Since we've been having moth problems, I cleaned my piano thoroughly. And I do mean thoroughly. Opened the top, removed all the panels, the hammer mechanism and even all the keys.

If reincarnation exists and you come back as a spider or moth, move into a piano.

My piano was a present from a family I befriended. They apparently hadn't cleaned it thoroughly for the longest of times either. Plus, the kids sometimes used the instrument as a table to do their crafts on. Underneath the keys was a massive slab of dust, a lot of little paper clippings, some little things like pins and washers, a little old misplaced memory card, and money. Three guilder quarters and a good old Dutch dime. 'Course we don't pay with those anymore but it was a nice trip through memory lane.

aquagoat - 7-6-2014 at 07:54

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Since we've been having moth problems, I cleaned my piano thoroughly. And I do mean thoroughly. Opened the top, removed all the panels, the hammer mechanism and even all the keys.

If reincarnation exists and you come back as a spider or moth, move into a piano.

My piano was a present from a family I befriended. They apparently hadn't cleaned it thoroughly for the longest of times either. Plus, the kids sometimes used the instrument as a table to do their crafts on. Underneath the keys was a massive slab of dust, a lot of little paper clippings, some little things like pins and washers, a little old misplaced memory card, and money. Three guilder quarters and a good old Dutch dime. 'Course we don't pay with those anymore but it was a nice trip through memory lane.

little paper clippings, pins and washers, little old misplaced memory card, money? This piano was clearly prepared for John Cage's music.

BBP - 7-6-2014 at 10:38

:grin: Good one!

BBP - 8-6-2014 at 08:48

Off to Amsterdam today, to meet my sister...

BBP - 10-6-2014 at 08:54

Brought back my 4-string fretless. It definitely needs a better paintjob - the borders look all splotched, like someone didn't want to use masking tape. Not to mention the paint still rubs off on your fingers.

punknaynowned - 10-6-2014 at 15:57

been listening to Road Tapes, venue 2, Helsinki, 1973.
A great addition over all. The JLP bits are nice, but I could understand him seeing his part as session musician.
The early instrumental numbers especially with JLP are a treat, and it is good to get this band documented officially doing Eric Dolphy, Dog/Meat, + RDNZL!
But it is the loose feel for Dupree's Paradise, extending over 26 minutes that makes me pay attention.

There are many extended versions of this and, in this year, with Montana. This one they veer off into a standard vamp and Frank gives us lyrics from PoJama People. "One night only, here in Helsinki, The PoJama People", which gives us all the indication we need that he is referring to the band.

I've listened to all of these Montana/ Dupree's Paradise that exist out here in the existing world, on zappateers, and this one from Helsinki (which is not), really is as good as any of them. And it sounds good! You can tell what they are doing!

Walt Fowler, Tom Fowler give great solos. Frank has to retune his guitar in the middle of it but it turns out alright and representative of time and place.
All Skate Dun-Dun Dun is an on the spot improv, starting with Ian playing w/ synthesizer knobs before the band goes ahead w/ a blues jam. Frank takes the solo and the whole for several minutes sounds like a contemporary JJ Cale and Leon Russell session: like this some years later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm-euFpRLMg

Still, I prefer the second disc of this set. Getting it documented and released is great! The slightly earlier versions of Echidna's Arf and Don't You... w/ JLP! are splendid enough and make up for the sad start on this version of Village of the Sun. George Duke's voice is nice to hear. Don't You Ever ... ends w/ an Allman Brothers-type coda. Really.

Big Swifty is extra big here. Bigger than what used to be my favorite, the roxy version on YCDTOSA 1. And this is because Frank gives a solo like he only rarely did, anywhere. Next up, Farther O'Blivion, after the header, JLP gets to drive the epic Chicago-Only-Just-Beginning-outro section - and then the Fowler Brothers go back and forth, w/ more and more instruments added til it it sounds like a cartoon. With monsters in it.

BBP - 10-6-2014 at 19:42

Looking into the possibilities of painting my bass entirely.
It's that cheepo Stagg that has the finish on the neck rubbing off onto my fingers when I play it. When I had a good look yesterday, I noticed how poorly the edges were done, like someone had attempted them freehand. Besides, it's all black and boring.

I've found a nice How To Paint Your Guitar tutorial on Youtube, but that all refers to the body, not the neck. Luckily I won't have to worry about frets, it's a fretless.

aquagoat - 11-6-2014 at 20:34

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Brought back my 4-string fretless. It definitely needs a better paintjob - the borders look all splotched, like someone didn't want to use masking tape. Not to mention the paint still rubs off on your fingers.

Fretless bas, that's a cool instrument, I'd like to get a 7 string fretless guitar made one day.:guitar:

BBP - 12-6-2014 at 11:28

That does sound awesome...

No my instrument is unfortunately a cheepo. Today I'll try to find some paint remover and perhaps a bit of lacquer to get the neck paint over and done with.

aquagoat - 14-6-2014 at 18:02

If you do it, don't forget to take pics of the process, I adore those build/modification types threads.

BBP - 14-6-2014 at 20:52

I'm definitely going to do that, it's hilarious how bad the paint job is!

Spent some time looking for a good father's day gift, didn't find anything. For some reason every shop now seems to be selling that Loom stuff, you know those little rubber bands that you can braid? Drives me nuts.

BBP - 16-6-2014 at 21:36

Joined a bass forum for help on fixing that fretless. But it's a terribly sexist place, which made me check out some of the sites collecting that.

Seriously, when you see they sell separate pink-princess-for-girls and blue-pirates-for-boys EGGS, recorders (as in - flute type), frisbees, marzipan... you know something's deeply wrong.

BBP - 17-6-2014 at 17:39

Made a start on removing the fretboard paint.
Dismantled the bass to a degree - removed the strings and unscrewed the neck. Took the neck outside and splotched it with paint remover, waited thirty minutes, and started clearing it with putty knife and 400 grit sandpaper.
Work barely progresses. Huge black slobs do come off, but they continue to appear.
Do the paint remover thing again, work with putty knife and 240 grit sandpaper.
Although progress is more visible after the second leg, I give in when the water I put on it becomes as black as ink. For a third time I put on the paint remover, and now I switch to 180 grit sandpaper. Wood is clearly lighter, but unfortunately paint still comes out of the grains.
After a few hours of work and a massive back-ache, I give in.

aquagoat - 17-6-2014 at 20:49

Removing finish on a guitar is quite long and boring, I've never tried to do it with paint remover though. I'd avoid putting too much water on that neck, though, it can absorb it and twist the wood.

edit: oh, yes, also: pics or it didin't happen!

[Edited on 17-6-2014 by aquagoat]

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