As the Table Turns
[ 2 Comments ] Posted on 03.16.04 in friends, music
Thursday evening, approx. 7:00 PM EST
Sharf is at the house, and after working since 3 on Kolhoff’s project thing (that we didn’t have to present anyways), the English homework, and the Math project, we decide to hang out in my room. Soon we’re playing with the turntable I bought a week ago for a dollar at my church. On was the Sound of Music soundtrack and, us being the curious teenagers we are, decide to speed up and slow down the turntable. Not such a good idea, because as we (in Doug’s words “tried to make Julie Andrews sound like Barry White”), the turntable stops completely.
Now, I’m no electrician, but I was able to dissect it and I found that a fuse blew inside the guts of the beast. So I spent all of Saturday night trying to find one of these bloody fuses that apparently haven’t been manufactured since 1974. On Sunday I ended up going to Radio Shack with Nikki and the fella there said, “I didn’t know turntables had fuses in ‘em!” Knowledgeable associate, indeed.
After getting a fuse with the lowest voltage they make, we decided to look for a thrift store to buy some tunes. As I should have known before, not many thrift stores are open on Sundays. Oh well, after 3 hours of searching, one open thrift store, and $9.15, here’s what I got:
Steve Miller Band – Fly Like and Eagle
Steve Miller Band – Book of Dreams
Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive!
Yes – 90125
Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass – South of the Border
Herb Alpert – Rise
Harry Belafonte – Folk Songs with Harry Belafonte
Bachman Turner Overdrive – Best of BTO
Electric Light Orchestra – Face the Music
I found $.95 a bit steep for used LPs, but who am I to complain?
Shoutcast
[ No Comments ] Posted on 03.11.04 in music
Now presenting:
The Least Sucky Radio Station on the Internet
…at least, when my Winamp’s playing.
My Father and Me: True Rockers
[ No Comments ] Posted on 12.29.03 in awesomeness, family, music
Today I’m riding with my family in the car on the way to the Adam’s Mark Hotel for the all you can eat prime rib buffet and someone pops in the REO Speedwagon Greatest Hits CD. My father, who is known for being aggressively anti anything that could reflect any effeminateness on his part, sits in the front seat.
So, naturally I comment to him that this isn’t the sort of thing we should listen to, and he quickly responds with, “Yeah, but I like that one song – you know – with the drums.”
“DADADADADADADADADAM!”
“What song is that, Dad?”
“I dunno – that one, you know – with the drums! DADADADADADADADADAM!”
After pressing “next track” on the CD player a few times, and with every song that begins inciting a defiant “Fag song” from my father, we finally get to it.
DADADADADADADADADAM!
And with that, my benevolent progenitor proceeded to serenade me with a fury of air guitar solos while at the same time attempting to play the fictitious drums that lie in his lap in our ’94 Maxima. All the while, succeeding in making a high-pitched yelp all to the tune of Roll with the Changes. It was the closest bonding moment we have ever had.
Yes, even while listening to “Fag music.”
REO Speedwagon Rocks.