This is some great advertising.
Oh – and let’s ripoff the Four Seasons – or is that the Four Seasons singing a Holden commercial?
And some hardcore performance testing – dig the pushbutton radio!
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Squier Bullet Bass
This is it. Sunburst, 80’s made in Japan. This neck is better than most american fenders, IMHO. The unique thing about this bass is the vintage p-bass/telecaster bass headstock and mustang bass pickups as well as the non-contoured slab body. sounds and feels a lot like a 51 pbass.
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This is a post from Craigslist today that I found amusing, maybe helpful. I didn’t write it.
- 36 Rules for Bands -
1. Never start a trio with a married couple.
2. Your manager’s not helping you. Fire him/her.
3. Before you sign a record deal, look up the word “recoupable” in the dictionary.
4. No one cares who you’ve opened for.
5. A string section does not make your songs sound any more “important”.
6. If your band has gone through more than 4 bass players, it’s time to break up.
7. When you talk on stage you are never funny.
8. If you sound like another band, don’t act like you’re unfamiliar with their music (“Oh does Rage Against The Machine also do rap-rock with political lyrics?”)
9. Asking a crowd how they’re doing is just amplified small talk. Don’t do it.
10. Don’t say your video’s being played if it’s only on the Austin Music Network.
11. When you sign to a major label, claim to have inked the best contract ever. Mention “artistic freedom” and “a guaranteed 3 record deal”.
12. When you get dropped insist that it was the worst contract ever and you asked to be let go.
13. Never name a song after your band.
14. Never name your band after a song.
15. When a drummer brings in his own songs and asks to perform one of them, begin looking for a new drummer IMMEDIATELY.
16. Never enter a “battle of the bands” contest. If you do you’re already a loser.
17. Learn to recognize scary word pairings: “rock opera”, “white rapper”, “blues jam”, “swing band”, “open mike”, etc.
18. Drummers can take off their shirts or they can wear gloves, but not both.
19. Listen, either break it to your parents or we will; it’s rock ‘n’ roll, not a soccer game. They’ve gotta stop coming to your shows.
20. It’s not a “showcase”. It’s a gig that doesn’t pay.
21. No one cares that you have a web site.
22. Getting a tattoo is like sewing platform shoes to your feet.
23. Don’t hire a publicist.
24. Playing in San Marcos & Alpine doesn’t mean you’re on tour.
25. Don’t join a cover band that plays Bush songs. In fact, don’t join a cover band.
26. Although they come in different styles and colours, electric guitars all sound the same. Why do you keep changing them between songs?
27. Don’t stop your set to ask that beers be brought up. That’s what girlfriends/boyfriends and lead singers are for!
28. If you use a smoke machine your music sucks.
29. We can tell the difference between a professionally produced album cover and one you made with the iMac your mom got for Christmas.
30. Remember, if blues solos are so difficult, why can so many 16 year olds play them?
31. If you ever take a publicity photo, destroy it. You may never know where or when it will turn up.
32. Cut your hair, but do not shave your head.
33. Pierce your nose, but not your eyebrow.
34. Do not wear shorts onstage. Or a suit. Or a hat.
35. Rock oxymorons; “major label interest”, “demo deal”,” blues genius”, “$500 guarantee”, and “Fastball’s second hit”.
36. 3 things that are never coming back: a)gongs, b)headbands, and c)playing slide guitar with a beer bottle.
A Passion for Jazz! Music Studio
Ocean Beach, CA
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Always liked the look of this car. Great styling, way ahead of it’s time. Problem: the engines and reliability. It looked cool as a Corvette and drove like a Chevette. This guy has more information than any sane person would want to know even if you owned one. If I owned one, I would pray that it ran long enough to work and earn enough money to buy something else.
He has pix of the Pontiac Sunbird, Olds Firenza and Buick Skyhawk: Sisterships of this auto.
Here’s the link:
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Tags: Chevy, firenza, monza, skyhawk
This has got to be one of the very few songs that I have never tired of hearing. This is such a great performance. Cool Telecaster. Great footage.
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I didnt' write this list, but always wonered what cars I was Jackin fool.
I can't vouch for its authenticity, but a quick run through sounds as accurate as I could get.
This List was taken from: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/574/574107p1.html
Hermes - `51 Mercury Club - `86 Volkswagen Golf Majestic - `85 Buick Regal Emperor - `92 Infinity J30 Glendale - `68 Plymouth Fury Greenwood - `87 Chrysler Fifth Avenue Bobcat - `82 Chevrolet S10 Broadway - `54 Caddilac Sadler - `60 Ford F100 Savanna - `64 Chevrolet Impala, `63 Chevrolet Bel-Air (In my opinion, the best cars of all time) Banshee - Viper RT/10 Sentinel - `91 BMW 5251 Stretch - A BMW converted into a Limo, could possibly be a `92 Lincoln Town Car Admiral - `89 Mercedes Benz 300D Esperanto - Cadillac El Dorado Primo - `87 Toyota Corolla Phoenix - `79 Pontiac Trans Am Infernus - `91 Honda NSX Premier - `91 Chevrolet Caprice Huntley - `92 Range Rover ZR 350 - `91 Mazda RX7 Walton - `60 Ford F100 Tornado - Front: `57 Chevy Bel Air Back: `58 Bel Air Comet - `90 Porsche 911 Elegant - `92 Buick Roadmaster, but the front is a bit off Regina - `77 Ford LTD Stationwagon Trashmaster - Peterbuilt (thanks Justin) Cheetah - Ferrari 512 (Thanks Pac_NS) Cabbie - Checker Cab Voodoo - `62 Chevrolet Impala Vincent - `92 Mercedes Benz E120 Tampa - `66 Chevy Corvair Bullet - OBVIOUSLY A Ford GT40, a blatant copy. Blade - `70 Chevrolet Caprice Droptop Sabre - `78 Oldsmobile Cutlass Elegy - `91 Nissan Skyline R32 Tahoma - `84 Chevrolet MonteCarlo Nebula - `87 Buick Century Feltzer - `90 Mercedes Benz SL Convertible Perennial - `67 Chevrolet Nova or `71 Holden TF Wagon Bravura - `92 Mercury Cougar Blista Compact - Honda CRX Sunrise - Late 80's Honda Sedan Manana - 80's Dodge Aries Rancher - `80 Ford Bronco Merit - `92 Mercury Grand Marquis Jester - `92 Toyota Supra and 360 Modena Back and sides (thanks Justin) Willard - `91 Dodge Dynasty Hustler - 30's Ford Hotrod Clover - `78 Oldsmobile Cutlass , but with missing door panels. Stratum - `93 Dodge Stratus Fortune - `92 Ford Thunderbird Turismo - `90 Ferrari F40 Intruder - `91 Chevrolet Lumina Alpha - `91 Dodge Stealth ( thanks Pac_NS) Oceanic - `58 Dodge Coronet, closest. Sultan - `91 Subaru WRX STi Virgo - `80 Lincoln Mark 7 Stratum - `97 Holden Commodore StationWagon Slamvan - `68 Chevy CST ( thanks Logan Thorpe) Super GT - `91 Mitsubishi 3000GT Remington - `76 Lincoln Mark 5 Solair - `92 Honda Accord Romero - `82 Cadillac Hearse Picador - `68 Chevrolet El Camino Stallion - `65 Ford Mustang Mach (or Mark?) 1 Washington - `89 Lincoln Mark 7 Uranus - `91 Mitsubishi Eclipse Buccaneer - `73 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Cadrona - `89 Chevy Z24 Cavalier (thanks Pac_NS) Moonbeam - `92 Chevrolet Astrovan Stafford - `74 Rolls Royce Shadow Taxi - `89 Holden VR Commodore Euros - Front of a Nissan 350Z and back of Nissan 240SX, thanks to Alexander. Landstalker - `89 Jeep Grand Cherokee Flash - `90 Honda Civic hatch Windsor - `66 Jaguar XKE Previon - `88 Nissan Pulsar Buffalo - `90 Camaro with Scoop Mesa - `90 Jeep Wrangler
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Gibson Les Paul Bursts – $500k
Well – I guess those of us without Billionare Parents will have to settle for buying one of those little ol’ $2000+ new model bursts. A genuine 58-60 can be worth half a million – that’s more than a condo in Venice. And I worry about my LP thats maybe worth $1500. I don’t think I could handle owning a guitar worth that much.
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El Kabong Videos
El Kabong Cartoon
Beware advised: Commercial in the beginning. This is Vintage Hanna Barbera goodness. Episodes:
El Kabong El Kabong Stikes Again! Masking for Trouble
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