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  1. Just buy it a seat :)

    Alternatively, check the dimensions of your case and check that against the airline's policy and the plane's above-head holding dimensions to see if it will technically fit. I've flown with a trombone that didn't fit up top before (Xavier's when we moved out,) but the FA was able to put it with some of their vertical storage up front and it was fine.

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  2. 2 hours ago, shellylh said:

    Nice!!!  Get a Fender Rumble.  The practice 50 is on sale for Black Friday. 

    I'll keep it in Mind; Fender is doing 12 Days of Deals right now, so I'm keeping an eye out for that too. I was seeing something about this Boss Katana 110 that has a bunch of effects and whatnot that seems interesting. I have a Line 6 for the guitar that's a modeling amp, and it's definitely cool to play with.

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  3. On 12/26/2021 at 6:14 PM, MexicanDragon said:

    Have a link to “slimmer fingers”?

    I googled it but I forgot to cut on safe search so…

    I think I should probably get a bass now, no?

    We all knew this would be a "yes", didn't we?

    Squier Classic Vibe '60s Jazz Bass Daphne Blue - Pix of actual guitar sent from Sweetwater. Never found those smaller fingers, so didn't make much progress with the pink guitar yet, but my son got it a few months ago and was noodling around. Well... turns out Fender is doing a promo where you get a "free" Squier starter kit + a year of Fender Play (lessons/app.)

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    Should be here in a few days, but going to hold off until Satanmas, as this may be "my gift" from the fam. We shall see.

    Probably need a bass amp (that cost more than this much-more-budget-friendly-than-a-PRS-guitar bass).

    This thing is going to hold SOOOO many clothes.

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  4. Finally got to break out the smoker for the first time since I bought it a couple months ago.

    @cetoole found pork shoulder for 99 cents/lb, so I got an 8-and-change pounder and broke it in.

    I had a cayenne and garlic infused garlic honey that I've liked before spread over it and rubbed in, along with some brown sugar. Let it rest overnight uncovered in the fridge, ground some salt over it today while the smoker was going through its initial burn in/up process.

    Have a learning curve (smaller-than-13-hour-hopper, so I ran out once), but... it doesn't suck.

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  5. Recently got to go see Arturo Sandoval at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley in Seattle.

    I posted a pic online and, well, a good bit of the band decided they'd post that picture as well, including the man himself!
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    Then we got to have a performance of Autumn Leaves by Deeds/Deedles/Diane Schuur (if anyone knows/of her).

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    First time at that jazz club, and won't be my last.

     

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  6. Gorillaz 20th Anniversary Tour

    Also spotted: a @909 in the wild!

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    Love this album so stoked it was represented 

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    Damon seems to truly care and is passionate in his performance 

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    Thought an Mmmm-Hale-Bopp mashup was coming, but no such luck

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    Uber drivers wouldnt let him drive, so we tried the monorail. They wouldn’t let him drive either. Idk why.

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    We were posted up in front of the sound booth. I think the sound guy noticed David has JH Audio custom earplugs so he got the set list!!! It’s now residing with me; love it!

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    This is the instrument I should have played growing up instead of saxophone. Alas. Perhaps in my next life/simulation.

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    Dig the venue

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    And the photographer was literally right behind us. Hoping to find some of those images soon.

    Had a good time; this was a bucket list band for me to see live

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  7. On 8/21/2022 at 2:00 PM, morphsci said:

    Got a picture of Peter with a few of his Class of 2026 friends.

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    He’s in the middle bottom of the C.

    Heh, so if he's in the mood for some decent-ish cooking, my daughter and her boyfriend just moved to Ft. Collins last week. The BF is going to CSU (both left ERAU, which seems to be in fashion these days) and Zoe's going to a CC out there as she tries to figure things out (major change, life,etc.)

    Class of 25 for them, in theory, but who knows...

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  8. RIP to an old friend of mine. We'd known each other since somewhere between 4 and 6 years old. Not really close anymore, but he was a fire dective (or something) when Kristen's mom burned down their house. We had Kristen's step-dad's ashes (Emma, the kids' aunt's father) inside and I was able to catch up with him and get him to go in and retrieve them. They were in a bag inside a cardboard box. He was able to save those before the fire reignited and would have taken the ashes (and some other things we got out with Matt's help.)

    His mom was my 2nd grade teacher back when my dad was principal. I heard a lot of chatter about the two who passed away, but woke up this morning to a message from my mom who let me know it was Matt.

    He's at least the 2nd or 3rd from that friend group who's died in the past few years (the other being my best friend growing up.) He left behind a wife and I believe two young kids. As someone who lost his dad when he was 10 (and my dad was just a couple years older than Matt and I were/are now), this one was sad.

    https://newschannel9.com/news/local/communities-mourn-loss-of-thp-trooper-marion-county-commissioner-in-helicopter-crash

    RIP Matt Blansett.

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  9. 8 hours ago, Aspirant Audiophile said:

    Does the ultra-compression and supposed lack of dynamics on Californication bug you at all? I remember loving that album, then I got startled when I read about it as a case study in a book about loss of detail in modern recording, Perfecting Sound Forever if memory serves. 

    When I got it I was listening through a Sony or Aiwa shelf system, Porta Pro Jr. headphones, or the speakers in my 1993 Chevy Blazer. I did get an LFF remaster of it back in the day which was a bit flat, and the original was… what it was. The emotions I have with it make up for the drawbacks. Plus, Porcelin is such a good song. 

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  10. I've actually been thinking about this all day. Not necessarily my top 5 albums/performances, but a couple of them are, I think. These, however, are albums that I could play on loop and not get tired of them. Ideally, Unplugged In New York would be a BluRay of the concert with lots of extra footage, but all of these albums have songs, if not an entire album, which can instantly take me back to an interesting time in my life where I have a lot of mostly-positive associations.

    In no particular order other than size of the image I randomly grabbed:

    Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
    Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York (2 LP) Reissue - Muziker

    Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds - Live At Luther College
    Dave & Tim - Live At Luther College

    Gorillaz - Gorillaz
    Gorillaz by Gorillaz on Apple Music

    Red Hot Chili Peppers - CalifornicationRed Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (CD) - Amazon.com Music

    Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
    THIRD EYE BLIND - Third Eye Blind - Amazon.com Music

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  11. 13 minutes ago, Grahame said:

    Mine are so old school they were called ER20's ( with the stems, unlike the new fangled stemless ER20XS's )

    You know, from the before times, when I might consider remaining in a crowded enclosed venue, for an extended period, while being encouraged to engage in strenuous breathing by chants of "make some noise" , or "I can't hear you", fun.

    Or maybe thats just me.

    I notice on https://www.etymotic.com/hearing-protection/ that the non Brents can now avail themselves of not just the plebian 

    PRO's  https://www.etymotic.com/product/music-pro/

    but the 1%'er (upcoming?) PRO ELITE's https://www.etymotic.com/product/music-pro-elite/

    Have they left room in the marketing space for the Apple compatible MAX PRO ULTRA ELITE's ? ( or some non copyright infringing combination / ordering of those superlatives)

    So I'm considering joining a community band again since I have a stable schedule so I was thinking JH Customs with various filters, but this may be a more expensive and more complicated option. I'm intrigued.

    Edit: Heh. I contacted Ety to ask a question or two. I now have a discount set up. Anyone up for a group buy on some Music/Pro and/or GunSport/Elite?

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