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Musically I was aiming for Sondre Lerche. Lyrically, I was fresh off the experience of walking around the East Village, popping in to various music venues, and continually being the oldest, most boring guy in the room.
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at 11:22 AM on July 10, 2008
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Hotel recommendations needed for NYC. Ideally downtown. Not crazy expensive, but it's for my parents, so it needs to be fancier than a backpacker's hotel/hostel (eg, private bath, not too noisy, clean, etc). Many thanks!
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at 9:13 PM on March 2, 2008
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Reason, a Strat, a Vibrolux, and a Tubescreamer - what more do you need?
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at 9:02 AM on November 6, 2007
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A groovy little bluegrass-inspired solo acoustic guitar number.
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at 10:53 PM on November 3, 2007
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Long Island-filter: need to get from Sag Harbor to Port Authority on Thursday, 6/28, leaving Sag Harbor at 4:00 pm, need to be at Port Authority no later than 7:30. I think the LIRR schedule isn't very amenable to my needs. Can I make it by car? Will I be a nervous wreck the whole time, stuck in traffic, freaking out about being late?
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at 1:20 PM on June 1, 2007
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Macfilter: is it on it's last legs? My dual-1.25 ghz G4 running 10.3.9 with 768 MB RAM and 14 gigs of empty space on it's hard drive is acting strange. What should I do? How serious is this?
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at 9:51 AM on May 25, 2007
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How tricky/expensive is it to replace the headphone jack on a 2nd generation iPod?
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at 6:29 PM on April 18, 2007
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The last song from my new record, "
Beauty, Grazing at the Trough". Since I completed it last December, I've been posting a
song per week, and this is the last one. It's also the last song on the record. After
some aggressive,
loud,
dense songs (some of which are
not particularly chipper), I wanted to end things more simply. So this song is acoustic-guitar driven and uses only hand-percussion (including some triangle that I reversed in one spot, to cool effect, if I do say so myself). I also borrowed a friend's Gretsch for the electric guitar parts. Final word goes to a harmonica solo over some pretty arpeggios.
Site,
myspace.
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at 2:29 PM on March 13, 2007
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Loud, bombastic rock. Lots and lots of chords. I was aiming for "Down By The River", or "Polyethylene".
Site,
cd,
myspace.
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at 9:07 PM on March 5, 2007
The weirdest song on my
new record. Unrelated
harmonies, weird backwards
noise, weird melody, weird guitar solos. Tried to make the production fit, though.
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at 12:27 PM on February 26, 2007
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A mopey country ballad that someone once told me sounds like Townes Van Zandt. More info
here,
here, and
here.
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at 1:46 PM on February 20, 2007
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A little bit of "Sympathy for the Devil", guitars inspired by Jonny Greenwood and The Edge, a China cymbal, Reason, some backwards editing, some speeded-up and smashed together vox, some slowed down vox - let's just see where all this gets me.
Site,
cd,
myspace.
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at 9:56 PM on February 12, 2007
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I've been posting a song a week from my new record, "Beauty, Grazing at the Trough", and here's the latest installment! Loud, raucous rock and roll, lifted from Wilco lifting a groovy 70s vibe. "I see you in my dreams at night/sometimes in color, sometimes black and white."
Site,
cd,
myspace.
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at 10:36 PM on February 5, 2007
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A goofy romp in the spirit of Elvis Costello, with a sort of "All My Loving" kind of vibe to it. The bridge reminds me of the Beach Boys...
Site,
cd,
myspace.
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at 10:32 PM on January 29, 2007
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A groovy acoustic guitar riff, some drum programming, and vintage Fender gear, all in the service of yet another "good riddance" song - this one an homage to the frustrations of cell phone communication.
cd,
myspace,
site.
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at 10:39 PM on January 22, 2007
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An unapologetically moody ballad, aspiring to describe the intersection between Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Radiohead, and the Band. Any excuse to use a pedal-steel guitar and brass, really.
Site,
cd,
myspace.
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at 4:03 PM on January 16, 2007
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Going for sort of a "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", "My Old School" kind of vibe with the horns - plus some extremely difficult chord changes to solo over (not gratuitously, I hope).
Website,
myspace,
cd.
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at 7:21 AM on January 8, 2007
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I recently completed an album, and as a devoted (obsessed?) Mefite, I thought it only appropriate to share. The album is lyric-driven rock, this particular tune has a bit of a country flavor. More info
here and
here, you can preview and/or purchase the album from the fine folks at
cd baby.
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at 8:58 PM on December 25, 2006
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Bizarre-roomie/iTunes-filter. (It's kind of convoluted, so let's just leave it at...
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at 12:10 AM on December 19, 2006
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I've been offered a one month gig in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, with a US$85 per diem. Travel and accomodation are covered - I'm only responsible for food and fun. I know that Japan is expensive, but just HOW expensive is it? How far will this get me?
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at 8:47 PM on October 10, 2006
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Roommate-filter: I've been in the same apartment (without a lease) in NYC for 9 years. It's time for a new roommate. What can I do to protect myself from psychos and other difficult roommate situations?
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at 9:01 PM on August 20, 2006
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Dating-filter: She answered an add I posted looking for a roommate. I showed her the place, sincerely and with an open-mind...
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at 4:27 PM on June 28, 2006
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Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue the American hostages from the Iranian embassy in April of 1980, was clearly a deeply-flawed plan. Was it also hindered by foul play?
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at 1:21 PM on February 26, 2006
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ConcertSeatsFilter: I neurotically, obsessively bought two tix to the same concert at Madison Square Garden in an effort to get the best seat I could. Both are good for different reasons, so I'm having a tough time deciding which one to use.
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at 8:08 PM on August 29, 2005
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My DVD player (Sony DVP-NS325) hangs. The discs work okay on my computer. It's 2+ years old and is currently the source of a great amount of
agita in my life. My television is ancient, so I'm running the DVD player through a box that is supposed to allow me to connect multiple components (DVD, VCR, games) to a single television, although I don't have all the other components, so only the DVD player is running through it. Is it time for a new player? Will cleaning the discs help? How does one clean (um, and not DAMAGE) DVDs?
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at 6:20 PM on August 18, 2005
(8 comments)
Inspired by this
thread and this
comment, my mefite compadres, I ask you: what are your favorite guitar solos?
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at 8:42 PM on July 26, 2005
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MacFilter: Finally upgraded from my old 400 mhz G4 to a 1.25 ghz dual processor G4. I'd like to move the maxtor ata hard drive that I installed in the old machine to the new machine. Will I lose the data in the process? Or can I just take it out of one, put it in the next, and continue to access all my files as if nothing has changed?
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at 9:17 PM on February 5, 2005
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Can you eat too many carrots? (mi)
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at 10:28 PM on January 6, 2005
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How often do you get xrays at the dentist's office? Once a year? Once every two years? [mi]
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at 7:12 AM on December 17, 2004
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