April 2010
Washboard App for iPad
5 April 2010, 12:13
I’m not much of a Mac lover, or Windows either, and I don’t own an iphone or ipad so I guess this app isn’t for me. But I really had to laugh when I stumbled on this video this morning!
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San Fran Bicycling to Work
6 April 2010, 20:30
A ride through my favorite city, filmed by one of my best friends, this one’s for me! :-)
Sun-Bleached Ox Rib Bones!
10 April 2010, 18:21
When Bone Dry Music received a whole new batch of whole sun-bleached ox rib bones a couple of weeks ago I decided to completely ignored the fact that monetary resources are low and order a few, after all a choice of good rhythm bones will get you through hard times a lot better than uh, well, many other things I’m sure…Jeff Golden - Time of the Season (Zombies)
11 April 2010, 09:55
Les Mont de Baulmes
17 April 2010, 10:52
Last week I took a walk above the village my folks live in, with Elstir – their Shetland sheep dog – and made a couple of quick sketches. The one here on the right is of the Baulmine, a stream that has its source about 3/4 of the way up the mountain.It has been highly canalized over the years because of the amount of water that comes down with the spring thaw as well as during big storms. The size of the rocks the water can carry during those moments is quite impressive, but its a bit late in the season for that now. I’ve drawn it off and on now for nearly 30 years watching the stream bed and its environment changing with time, tamed by man; or at least it seems…
Electric Washboard
20 April 2010, 21:12
Piezo mic, volume pot, guitar output jack, a bit of work and presto: electric washboard!But why? you may ask. Because… why not? For fun? A spark of the old punk spirit? Perhaps. Last fall, friend Blaise gave me a piezo mic that he had soldered via some wire to an output jack. A fun thing to have around since you can stick it on to whatever you what with a piece of tape and see what sounds you can make. And it was to put on my washboard but till now, the nagging question: then…
Last Of The Snow & Going Ons
25 April 2010, 20:47
Almost summer weather today so I walked north west, up and out of town, just over the crest were one can look over to France’s Franch-Compté region. I like it better than the view of the Alps that you see if you go up the opposite way. Less dramatic, an invitation to walk with your mind across the hills.On the way up I saw a small white butterfly, probably the first Ive seen up here since spring comes a month later than down in the Plain (which is what they call the central area of Switzerland that is not the Alps or the Jura). Nice to get some air after three days of facing the dust that had accumulated in my studio over the winter.
Tuesday I practiced with Dave, the two of us will be playing locally…
Back To Borneo
27 April 2010, 08:03
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Mississippi Rag
27 April 2010, 13:21
And now for some real old time banjo & bone playing
