Whew, what a couple of weeks. The holidays have passed (take down the damn house lights, nobody wants to see them in July), politics are crazy, and we have a whole new year to tackle. Hold on, it's going to be a bumpy ride, but music will help see us through it all as always.
Last week I posted the following but it was late and deep in the thread, so I thought I'd post it again to get us started.
This week I'd like to feature a young woman of amazing skills many will know as Biff, TheBuddha's wife and resident covergirl (lucky bastard). She started out in the FNGT known as EH (Eldest Hoodlum).
This awesome woman has only been playing a little over 2 years now and in that time has become an outstanding guitarist, bassist, and audio engineer. She mixes and masters all of The Biff and TheBuddha Band tracks you hear in the FNGT. She also performs and does the master sound/boardwork for their regional live band.
Under TheBuddha's tutelage she quickly assumed the dedication of hours of daily practice, and the results are evident. She had adopted the idea of a quote by Freddie Mercury - "I won't be a Rock Star. I will be a Legend" - and, in my book, she already is.
So let's get started with a track by her she composed and performed barely 6 months after picking up a guitar.
Midterm (clyp.it)
Oh, she does enjoy roses being thrown.
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Entirely off-topic...
I'm watching Motor Trend (the TV channel). They've got guys putting shit together from boxes and crates.
That's fine. You can build a pretty fucking awesome car that way.
Except, they keep calling themselves fabricators and builders.
No. Just no. No...
They're mechanics. They're not engineering anything. They're just assembling. They are working on a 57 'Vette. They put in a new frame - that they purchased. They put in a brake kit, that they purchased. They didn't even have to fabricate the brake lines. They're just bolting shit together.
That's fine. They can do that. It even requires skill - and even requires skill in making sure you get the right parts. They're good at it. They obviously are good at it, they've got a show on Motor Trend.
But they're not fabricating a goddamned thing. They're not building a car, they're assembling a car.
Shit, I bet they send it out for paint.
It's otherwise a great show. It's informative and the overwhelming majority of people should follow their guidelines to make their collector car dreams come true. But, they're not builders or fabricators. They're direction-following parts-assemblers. Don't put lipstick on a pig and tell me it's Ms. America.
Also, I hope you're enjoying your day.
I'm constantly reminded how fragile people's ego's are. As in this, portraying themselves to an elevated status, even though the correct description is sufficient for praise. I understand it somewhat, it's hard to stand out when everybody else is doing the same and everyone wants to feel special (just like everybody else).
There was a post yesterday asking people if they played a musical instrument, and what it was. I noted almost all that replied I didn't recognize from the thread. That doesn't mean they aren't being truthful but makes me question why they answered the post but still don't have a desire to share their music. As if they want to be known as a musician but don't "prove" it by joining an opportunity. I did see 2 users I recognized, one even commented by only posting a link to the thread.
Oh well, I'm far from exempt from issues myself and shouldn't judge others. I cite it as an example of the topic.
I'm anticipating my kids coming at 2 pm and think I have all prepared. These are the days I enjoy the most.
Again, unrelated - but possibly of medium importance...
If I disappear, it's the goddamned hotel's internet going down again. It went down at 11:50 and was restored at 13:57. (I happened to look at my phone, so I know the time.)
Seriously...
This is a goddamned luxurious hotel. How the fuck can they not keep the 'net up and running?!?
Also, I learned that I'm technically not in Norfolk. There's a greater metropolitan area, including Virginia Beach, and I'm not actually in Norfolk. Huh... Things I learned.
I'm still gonna say I'm in Norfolk, 'cause that's ingrained and close enough.
What they were doing was perfectly acceptable, respectable, and takes quite a degree of skill to do properly.
I wanna be a lion.
Everybody wanna pass as cats.
We all want to be big big stars,
But we got different reasons for that.
Ah well...
It's 'cold' here and will be for a while. It's like 40° here. It'll warm up to a max high in the low 50s at the end of next week. Other than that, it's expected to be below 50° until Thursday.
(lucky bastard)
Damned right.
Yo that shreds!!
This is fucking rocking the house. We got this playing on 11 and they are headbanging!
Reminder: You have the thread this coming Friday.
thanks for the reminder cause I completely forgot
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