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star trek

Sun 2012 May 6

Oddly enough, I've never written a post exclusively about Star Trek, so I figured it's about time I did.

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brain candy
Mon 2012 Apr 30

Brain Candy is a movie from 1996 that came about as the result of The Kids In The Hall television show. This is one of those movies that has cult status to it and nothing more, because in all honesty, it's terrible.

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Guitars and synths don't mix, but I do both
Sat 2012 Apr 21

I posted a video an hour or so ago on the used BOSS DR-3 I just received. The first rating on the video was a thumbs-down, so I disabled ratings because there will be a bunch of negative ones, and I know exactly why - because my guitar fans will go "Eww!" and the synth fans who are into Roland drum machines will also go "Eww!" all at once.

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Songwriting: Drum Machines (or Screw the Computer)
Tue 2012 Apr 17

By next week (or late this week if it arrives early), I'll be in possession of a used (at a really good price I might add) BOSS Dr. Rhythm DR-3. That's a drum machine. I bought it for two reasons. First, my old Ensoniq SQ-1 Plus workstation synthesizer, which is over 20 years old, is wearing out. Second, I can't stand composing anything on the computer.

There is a distinct difference between recording and composing.

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Rich's Bad Guitar Lessons: Guitar Strings
Tue 2012 Apr 10

In a recent video I talked about guitar strings, and here is where you can get the right-now prices of them. Bundles of 3, 6 or 12-set are almost always available.

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