Lucky Dog Audio Post

At long last we've launched Pedal Talk, our new podcast devoted to talking about magic and mischievous guitar effects pedals. In this installment we focus on a quartet of stomp boxes currently residing in the esteemed pedal-board of Chris Michaels. Check it, in this episode we demo:

• MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay

• Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb

• Fulltone Supa-Trem

• Seymour Duncan Twin Tone Classic

These are some wicked boxes. It was a blast talking to Chris about how he uses them and what he likes/dislikes about each one. Which reminds me, if you wanna hear more from Chris, his new album Morning and Night is now available on iTunes and at the Max Recordings Store. Or you can catch him and his band, The Cranks, at 9pm this Saturday 11/14/09 at the Oyster Bar.

So, enough with the shameless plugs. I could go on and on about what a great guitar player Chris is but it's best to let the audio speak for itself. Without further ado, heeeerrrre's...

PEDAL TALK

I found this little photo album at an estate sale. It's someone else's trip to Yellowstone National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument, and the Trees of Mystery Redwood Highway cicra 1950s(?). I like the photo of the ox the best.

PS here's a link to Scott's vacation pictures circa July 2009.

I'm not allowed to share pictures from my vacation.

Saw these cool, retro-ish, whimsical, weird photos by Hugh Kretschmer in his Feature Shoot Q&A.

This prosthetic ear vocal booth caught my real eye's attention. This shot also kind of gives me the willies.

Back in May, I was lucky enough to be out front when Patriot Lady walked by. I asked her if I could take her picture and she obliged. I then asked her if it would be ok if we were closed on July 3rd since the 4th fell on a Saturday. She paused for a second and then said, "I think that would be just fine." So Scott and I are gonna take the day off tomorrow. We'll be checking email if you really need us otherwise we'll talk to you Monday.

Thank you Patriot Lady.

Summer is here which means it's time to break out my summer wardrobe.

Yeah... my "summer wardrobe." That means T-shirts.

So I was digging through my bureau yesterday and found some old Ts in my bottom drawer. I totally forgot I had these! Two were given to me, two were thrift store finds, and one I bought impulsively without proper inspection. Purchase/acquisition history aside, these are some real doozies. Wow. I really shouldn't wear these in public. What if I ran into another parent from my kids's school?

This one's pretty obvious. You just don't wear a black T during daylight hours in the summer. It's just too hot for that. Great album, btw. I really like the colors in this T. But wait. See the knife the guy on the right is holding? Yeah. I didn't notice that when I bought this. And then when I noticed the knife, I realized it was simply a reference to the OJay's song Back Stabbers. But then I also noticed that the T-shirt manufacturer had misspelled the name of the band. It's supposed to be spelled O-J-A-Y-S not O... And then I realized that this T-shirt is in really bad taste. Unfortunately the I'm-wearing-an-ironic-plush-toy-T-shirt thing hasn't really caught on yet. Discover Kymaerica? I don't want to talk about Kymaerica. Not that there's anything wrong with Kymaerica. It's just... well... what it is... Kymaerica is a land (and some waters) that somewhat co-existent with our linear world... Oh... Let's not go there. This one's too small.

for Tunanoodle:

Our couches have decided they're too cool for us. When they first moved in, these albino twins just stared blankly in different directions and sighed all day. We tried to get to know them but they shunned our advances. Sure, they were polite about it but we got the message. You can look but don't touch. No loitering. Buzz off. Get Lost. No ands, ifs, or butts.

We just thought they were bored. Little did we know that their ennui masked ambition. Clandestinely, they were making plans. Grand schemes involving networking, booking agents, and photo ops. They wanted more than a couched life. And they were willing to work for it. We have to admit, we admire their tenacity. Maybe one day they will land that most coveted of couch posts and bask in the limelight of couching by rising to that most hallowed of occupations as Couches-On-A-Talk-Show. Perhaps their recent work is nothing but a life in rehearsal for that day. But we can only make guesses. Our couches are too busy to talk to us.

Recent appearances:

Posing for book covers.

Hanging out with up and coming rock stars.

Forgot to add this to the previous post.

From Teenage Engineering via ISO50.

"I would be interested to buy a Styrofoam Turntable."

This reminds me of the styrofoam container face I found lying face up in the alley the other day.

Styrofoam, so bad for the environment, but yet, so versatile.

Having Fun with Money at Work

Like sleeve faces but more moneyish.

Via boingboing.