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Car Issues
Brakes went almost COMPLETELY out yesterday on my car. Then mysteriously started working again. Freaked me out. Took my car into the shop and they couldn't find anything wrong. They think that maybe some moisture got in the line, and since it was so friggin' HOT yesterday the moisture boiled off and left a gap in the brake lines. Make since, except ( Read more... ) -
Well, Hello there!
Hmmm. Just read Tempest's(meddevi) post and she mentioned that it seemed like people here on LJ were just doing quick updates lately. I actually check on my LJ friends posts almost everyday, but I've been way to lax with actually posting. I blame Twitter and Facebook. It used to be, I'd come here to do a quick update and wind up typing a novel. You can't ( Read more... ) -
Guitar Lessons...
I'm actually thinking of taking guitar lessons. I took about 6 lessons when I first started playing and two more about 5 years later. Everything else I know about guitar is self taught. I always say I know just enough music theory to get me into and out of trouble.
I like the fact that I'm mostly self taught because it's given me a unique sound and ( Read more... ) -
Joshy's Back On A Stage!
I'm looking rather forward to Abney Park's Seattle show coming up on the 9th. Joshy Georing is going to be playing guitar and Nathan(nathan-fhtagn) is going to be playing everything else. Joshy used to be in Abney Park and recorded the "From Dreams Or Angels" album along with Rachel(theblackdeer). He is one of the best guitar players I've ever heard! Civita did a gig with ( Read more... ) -
Tempest
Here is Laura aka Tempest(meddevi) performing to two of the songs we in The Nathaniel Johnstone Band have made. Paul Mercer from The Ghosts Project and The Changelings plays some violin on the 1st song. I love watching all my dancer friends performing to our music. I feel honored that they like it enough to want to work with the songs. All of you ( Read more... ) -
My Weekends
Man, I'm feeling so satisfied/tired. Had a couple of great weekends and now I'm looking forward to some down time. What made them so great? Why great friends and great music of course! Here's the lowdown.
Started out by driving from Tacoma to San Francisco with Nathaniel Johnstone(nathan_fhtagn) to play a show down there. I like road trips so I was excited. ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
I was feeling nostalgic earlier and was listening to some My Scarlet Life. Great Chicago band that broke up in the '90s. They shaped a lot of what I do with music. When I first started switching over to bass from guitar, I learned pretty much every Sky Cries Mary song, since their bass player was my teacher. And then I learned almost every My ( Read more... ) -
R.I.P. Mike Starr
Mike Starr's dead
Stay off the smack kids, that's all I have to say. R.I.P. Mike. No matter what, you were a fantastic bass player.
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Evil Stig
I never knew about this film. I got into the Gits because of Kurt Cobain believe it or not. I was hanging out at the bus stop by the Daily Olympian newspaper and the old Olympia community center, which was by Kurt's place at the time I think. Or maybe he'd moved by then, I don't remember. But I saw him on the street and he filled me in on them. I ( Read more... ) -
Maker Space
If there's anyone out there that needs space for projects, I'd like to suggest my friend Willow's place on 1st Hill. It's called Jigsaw Renaissance. Maker spaces are popping up in cities all over the country and Willow is the director of the biggest one in Seattle ( Read more... )
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