When this record first came out I thought it was lame and boring… WTF? I just didn’t have the right…. attitude. Yeah! that’s it! Seriously. Get it and give it a few listens and then realize what a genius Beck is. His swan song, fo’ sho. I’m blown away every time I put this on. This is The Beatles if they were still a band and kicked Paul out in the 80’s. Just my skewed analogy… give it a listen, again!
My pal Robin Ballard turned me on to many excellent records back when I went to SFA in Nacogdoches. Richard Thompson, Leonard Cohen, Big Star and Michael Hurley to name a few!! This is a classic record! Freak Folk before hipster Devandra Banhart was even born. Excellent review HERE.
Fed Ex dropped off the new Rega RP3 turntable this morning! I slapped on a Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge and let it spin some Earl Hooker for good measure. A baptism, if you will. Come hear it tomorrow! see below..
Join me at The Dive Bar, Thursday August 11th from 7-11pm. Bring a few of your favorite records to play on the new Rega Brio-R integrated and RP3 turntable! You’ll be one of the first in the US to hear it!! Swill a few drinks and enjoy the relaxing bliss of analog!
On Wednesday the 10th, I’ll be playing drums with my band Invisible Inks at the Mohawk. 10pm
Here’s Rega’s Roy Gandy ripping on his “Reguitar”. I also just got word that the new RP3 turntable will be shipping next week! $895. The TTPSU is extra. No price hike! Gotta love the lads at Sound Org. for keepin’ it real.
I just returned from Colorado where it averaged 70 degrees. Here’s Mount Whetstone where I got the name for the shop. When I was in my early 20’s, I lived in Crested Butte for a couple years “finding myself” after college. I used to gaze upon this mountain in various mental states listening to my little Mirage bookshelf speakers, Linn Basik turntable and NAD receiver, pondering my next move. A whetstone is also a stone that sharpens knives, “sharp audio”. Now you know!
On the way we stopped in Dalhart, Tx. for the night. It’s in the panhandle of Texas and smells like shit thanks to the feed lots. I renamed the town Dalfart. Anyway, my wife left her beloved Pimp Chalice, that the kids blinged up for Mother’s Day, in the room. She was devastated! After a frenzied call 50 miles down the road, they found it and kept it for safe keeping.
I’m glad to be back. There are about 600 people across the street from my house listening to a live Reggaeton band and I picked up the best Mexican food on the Planet feeding a family of four for $23 bucks. If Austin was 70 degrees year round I’d be in heaven. Hell, I’d be stoked it it just rained! The water coming out of the cold tap is hot. I can’t even take a cold shower! All the rivers we passed on the way home in the Texas Hill Country were bone dry. Do me a favor and break out a rain dance for us here.
It’s F@#KING HOT!!!!! I love Texas, but it’s been 100+ degrees now for a couple of months. Zero rainfall. Nada. My garden is burnt to a golden crisp. I need a break, my kids are about to kill each other. So, it’s time for the annual road trip to Colorado! The shop will be closed Friday, July 22 through Tuesday, August 2. My cell might work if I’m unlucky. Seriously, it’s cool to email me or send a text but the ringer will be off, as will the frontal lobe of my brain. I will check it now and then. I promise.
This is a picture of where I’ll be. Don’t be a hater..
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