Toadroller

Doin’ Alright.

Very 1985 tonight. Lots of reverb and delay. But some good popular songs. Saw John Parr open up for Heart at the Worcester Centrum in ‘85

Been spinning a lot of vinyl lately. Got a new preamp* that slams the bass ( and is astounding in all other areas ) in the phono stage. tonight was Maria McKee’s eponymous album. To Miss Someone? Damn. Early 90s Nakamichi CA5. Ding, dang!

I love the playfulness between the two, and the excellent use of stereo panning at the end of the song. Just a coquettish bit of fun, kind of a non-Christmas-y "Baby it's Cold Outside.."

Energy! Joy! Enthusiasm! Entertainment!

Great fun when doing serious hi fi rig listening

My brain hurts when I try to teach it a new coordination like that. I literally can't sit still. I experienced this with learning the basics of drumming, or with a new juggling trick. I could get in about five minutes of trying and then would have to stand up and walk it off. Eventually, suddenly, it clicks and it's like tying your shoes. But getting the brain to accept it? Ouch!

Hey, I used-ta have that EP! Things disappear through the years. I must have lost a box of albums in a move. Everything Works if You Let It is another great CT soundtrack song, up there with Reach Out and I Must be Dreamin' from the Heavy Metal soundtrack.

Been playing some old records...

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Thanks for this. So much of finding new music is a recommendation like this. I downloaded one of her albums and was streaming in while shooting pool, really digging it, when Mrs. Toadroller asked just who I was listening to. I started to explain the "What's Spinnin'" thread and how this came up and... "No. Who is it?" "Oh, the name is Janelle Monae. Do you know her?" "Yeah- she was in that video by Fun. Their producer is in that other band, and he produced some Taylor, and he did Lorde's most recent album and..." ...and I'm definitely not hip to the current music scene, despite having three of the six young Toadrollers in the teenage phase. Enjoy some Fun, featuring Janelle Monae. The video is a hoot, too.

I learned how to change chords better by practicing this song. Not that I can remember how it goes now... But a great song and album.

Today @tomteriffic's Beatles Special begins its journey home, but it's taking the long way round, stopping in with @tommy p for a while to sit in on some gigs with his Cheap Trick tribute band. Best of all worlds- TommyP wanted some time with it and we were able to work it out pretty easily.* I hope we get some gig shots! *We also discovered you could have multiple people in a PM message, making communications a snap. Tip-o-the-hat to our admins! Donate today!

Look at that! The two of them together a thousand miles away and a couple of years back.

That can be arranged, if you'd like. Same price as when you sent it to me, whatever that was. It was reasonable, as I recall.

^^^^^ From Gene waaaaay back at the beginning. It's got a Hamer headstock and a whole lotta *character* to it. Let's call them second cousins. Twice removed.

Oh, He’s just hanging out with his younger cousin. The *ahem* acoustic voice is really sharp, upper register. Plug him in and that volume knob will keep driving your pre-amp tubes harder, and harder, and harder. An ugly duckling to be sure, but that's the point. A rocker.

...And the Pirate is safely in port up here in Maine. Heavy sumbitch! That case is a thing.

And those horns!

This came up on social media this week and has been stuck in my ear ever since.