About to depart on a mini vacation. Heading up into the North Carolina mountains and surrounding areas on
the bike. I’ll doubt I’ll have much net connectivity till Monday or Tuesday.
Monthly Archives: June 2005
more phasmatodea pics
Nathan has posted some pics from the Phasmatodea show on
his Flickr page.
I think my favorite is:
Just because it kind of looks like we set up in some sort of nonparallel wall bizarro room. Like the rooms you see that throw off your
depth perception and make one person look very tall.
Some of the pics make me want to setup a video camera at our next show. Just to see what if any stage presence I have. I sure “intensely staring at guitar neck and effects pedals” is exciting to watch.
more phasmatodea pics
Nathan has posted some pics from the Phasmatodea show on
his Flickr page.
I think my favorite is:
Just because it kind of looks like we set up in some sort of nonparallel wall bizarro room. Like the rooms you see that throw off your
depth perception and make one person look very tall.
Some of the pics make me want to setup a video camera at our next show. Just to see what if any stage presence I have. I sure “intensely staring at guitar neck and effects pedals” is exciting to watch.
mapping software
Anyone have preferences for mapping and route planning software? I’d prefer linux or osx based, but I know better than to expect anything useful.
I’d love to be able to add a bunch of intended waypoints and have something calculate the best route to get though them. Bonus points if it has options for suggesting particular roads or types of roads. If there is a web based site that allows that, even better.
Microsoft Streets & Maps? Delorme? Rand MacNally Atlas? Others?
new seat on the bonneville
Let the bolt on mods begin.
I changed the seat on the Bonneville to something with more of a “cafe racer” look.
I like it so far. We’ll see how comfortable it is.
Phasmatodea show
Phasmatodea played Friday night at Bickett Gallery.
Show went pretty well. We were having some odd technical issues that got me a bit more frustrated than it probably should of. Started a little late, but not too much. I played guitar all night, since playing stick wasn’t really practical with my wrist hurting. I took that Parker and the fretless, but played the fretless all night.
Some nice pics at base10’s flickr gallery
First set wasn’t bad, a little disoriented to start with, but thats not uncommon for that type of thing. Second was nice, very ambient and melodic.
Third was probably my favorite, if a bit odd. My part was mostly kind of growling vocalesque buzzing guitar lines (ebowed guitar with lots of modulartion via string bending, whammy bar, and bending the neck around so the strings fretout against the frets).
Then, someone in the audience started singing. Very loudly. Loud enough for me standing infront of the amp to hear it. I thought someone had turned on the house music at first, as a not so subtle hint to end. But a quick scan of the crowd didn’t seem to indicate anything. So I decided to get louder. And weirder. And annoying. So thats how the
set ended. No idea who was singing (aside from “someguy in a hawaiian shirt”).
Plumerari were the headliners, and were excellent. Kind of shoegazery pop with nice guitar work and very impressive vocals. Enjoyed the set alot.
show reminder, etc
Phasmatodea is playing a show tonight at Bickett Gallery. If you enjoy that kind of thing, you’ll enjoy it.
Managed to hurt my left wrist playing soccer. Or more accurately, after falling to the ground on it after someones foot magically teleported in front of my leg as I was beating someone to the ball. Being oh, 15 feet from the ball, I’m sure it was just an attempt to kick at the ball.
It seems okay this morning, but it might make playing somewhat interesting. It certainly made the ride home on the Bonneville interesting. The wrist seems to be feeling better, and I seem to be able to type with it now, so I should be okay. If not, well, we’ll improvise.
I was vaguely planning on taking off on another road trip this weekend, but I’ll probably skip that now. Some friends were heading to Myrtle Beach, but that might be a bit of a ride with a minor injury. We’ll see in the morning.
Phasmatodea at Bicket Gallery, June 24, 2005
Phasmatodea will be opening for Plumerai this Friday, June 24, at Bickett Gallery in Raleigh, NC.
ESST[1]: 9:30pm
[1] Estimated Show Start Time. May vary widely. Rock and Roll Standard Time may or may not be in effect. Show up early and drink some wine.
blue ridge ride gps map
The ride Saturday, up to the Blue Ridge Parkway, though I was only on the actual parkway for a couple dozen miles.
badger, you need a musical garden bench for your deck.