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  <div class="message">We describe our music as garage or industrial surf.&nbsp; But just what is that?&nbsp; Maybe it is a bit like pornography; it cannot be described but you know it when your hear it.&nbsp; We think of it as throaty with a twinge of a growl.&nbsp; It sounds a smidge dirty with reverb, some slap echo, and tremolo or vibrato.&nbsp; Occasionally overdriven.&nbsp; Our music gives the sense of playing on the verge of falling into a vat of muck and other industrial waste..&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>My Schecter gold top serves up garage surf very nicely.&nbsp; It defies the…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2632714/of-gold-green-and-the-growl">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2014-02-23T18:07:42-08:00" title="February 23, 2014 18:07">02/23/2014</span></p>

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  <div class="message"><br>Day jobs and rock ‘n roll fantasies do not fold together as nicely as we sometimes like.&nbsp; Demanding day jobs that we really enjoy can make the combination especially dicey.&nbsp; Working every day for three weeks uses up what creativity and energy might be available for rock ‘n roll, blog posts, etc.&nbsp; Tight, structured thinking and waves of projects do not allow for many free flow thoughts or mental meanderings. &nbsp;<br><br>But I am not going to let another week slip by without putting fingers to keyboard.&nbsp; If I tap away,…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2592239/cliche-blase-everybody-is-entitled-to-an-opinion">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br>The Sound Guy’s voice came through the monitors.&nbsp; “One more.”&nbsp; Huh?&nbsp; “You took a long time to set up.&nbsp; You’re done!”&nbsp; An ignominious end to a performance that began with no sound at the Blue Lamp.<br><br>By the time that the Sound Guy put a halt to our set, I had overcome the heat, coffee, tacos, nervous energy, and embarrassment of overlooking a zeroed knob on the amp.&nbsp; We started with Surf Rider because Robert needs a bit of a warm up before launching headlong into our more energetic stuff -- that, in Becky’s…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2503323/getting-the-hook">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br>Just when you think that you are becoming a seasoned performer, something happens to bring you back to reality.&nbsp; The other night at the Blue Lamp proved that I am far from seasoned.&nbsp; Old and grizzled, maybe.&nbsp; Seasoned, not at all.<br><br>Yes, Saturday night tested my cool, and my cool lost.&nbsp; We were second on the bill.&nbsp; To paraphrase Phil Upchurch, I could not sit down.&nbsp; We loaded in at 7:00 and stacked our instruments and equipment in a corner near the door.&nbsp; We hung out waiting for the other bands to show up.…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2483833/seasoned-think-again-buddy">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2014-01-28T21:07:11-08:00" title="January 28, 2014 21:07">01/28/2014</span></p>

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  <div class="message">Back in August, we quoted some from ZZ Top’s "Sharp Dressed Man."&nbsp; Today, we quote a bit more:<br><br>Clean shirt, new shoes<br>And I don’t know where I am goin’ to<br>Silk suit, black tie,<br>I don’t need a reason why<br><br>Unlike ZZ Top's sharp dressed man, we have a reason why.&nbsp; The January Beach Party is coming up this Saturday night at the Blue Lamp.&nbsp; Three bands:&nbsp; The Tiki Lounge Lizards, The Lava Pups, and The Funicellos.&nbsp; And each wants to strut its stuff.<br><br>Plus, the promoter -- Shonda Honkanen -- issued a challenge of sorts.…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2434495/what-should-a-sharp-dressed-man-wear-to-a-beach-party">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br>Saturday, January 25, we take the stage at the Blue Lamp.&nbsp; We follow the Tiki Lounge Lizards to warm up the crowd for the Funicellos.&nbsp; Mai Tais, Blue Hawaiians, and Madrases will help with the warm up.&nbsp; Billed as a January Beach Party, folks are encouraged to dress for the beach regardless of the weather.<br><br>A safe prediction is unseasonably warm and dry.&nbsp; Governor Brown -- Jerry in his second incarnation -- declared a drought emergency last Friday.&nbsp; His goal is for Californians to cut water usage by 20…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2426135/where-s-the-pole">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br>Does anybody remember back when all or most cameras had film?&nbsp; Way back then -- yeah, back in the 1990s -- a photographer snapped a picture.&nbsp; Then the film had to be developed.&nbsp; From photo shoot to final result could be a matter of days.&nbsp; Until the finished photo, you were left to wonder whether you truly caught what you thought you had.&nbsp; “Instant” photos were available, but they were poor quality.<br><br>Like much of today’s world, digital photography allows instant gratification -- or disappointment.&nbsp; No more…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2408465/muggin-for-the-camera-sans-sharkskin">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br><br>The Wailers’ photo always had a certain classic, but noir, elegance to me.&nbsp; Actually, when compared with other band photos and album covers of the day, it is not very artsy, provocative, or romantic.&nbsp; It is just five guys and their instruments who look like they are having fun.<br><br>Later today, the Lava Pups will gather at the Doghouse to work on one 2014 (sorta) “resolution” -- a photo shoot.&nbsp; In an earlier post, it was described this way:&nbsp; “We could have a photo shoot with some cool looking shots.&nbsp; That would…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2383419/aloofly-aloft-no-way">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br>Ahead.&nbsp; Behind.&nbsp; Forward.&nbsp; Back.&nbsp; Future.&nbsp; Past.&nbsp; In Roman mythology, Janus looked both ways.&nbsp; During the front end of the month named for him, we have an opportunity to make lofty resolutions. &nbsp;<br><br>Experience teaches that most resolutions will be broken by February and forgotten by March.&nbsp; That alone is a good reason never to write out resolutions.&nbsp; Deniability generally is good.&nbsp; Of course, in this day of cell phone recorders and cameras, deniability is not what it used to be.&nbsp; Denial necessarily has evolved,…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2315437/more-janus-and-happy-new-year">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br><br>When you are young, jumping is natural.&nbsp; It comes easily.&nbsp; When you are carrying a bunch of extra weight on old legs, jumping no longer seems natural.&nbsp; It certainly no longer comes easily.<br><br>You may be thinking, “What?&nbsp; Is he going to kvetch about old age and being overweight?”&nbsp; The short answer is, “No.”<br><br>The New Year is visible in the windshield.&nbsp; Janus -- that’s right, as in JANU-ary -- was the Roman god of beginnings and transitions.&nbsp; He was the two-faced guy who always was looking back to the past and ahead…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2300108/janus-the-jam-and-jumping">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br>How is this for a rock ‘n roll resume?&nbsp; He is credited with inventing the power chord -- a staple of rock ‘n roll.&nbsp; He was one of the first, if not the first, guitarists to use distortion -- a staple of much rock ‘n roll.&nbsp; He had the first rock instrumental banned from radio airplay -- surely a sign of rock ‘n roll attitude.&nbsp; He influenced Peter Townsend, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Neil Young -- rock hall of famers.<br><br>With a resume like that, this artist should be shoo in first ballot inductee to…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2274514/rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame-to-power-chord-inventor-nope">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message">By now, loyal readers know Robert’s mantra: “Nothing teaches like playing live.”&nbsp; Somehow it gets twisted into a euphemism for “stuff happens.”&nbsp; This may be the right time to confess that Robert’s mantra is not as cockamamie as it seems. &nbsp;<br><br>As we packed up at Old Ironsides a couple of Saturdays ago, we were told “how tight” our playing was, that we have “come a long way,” and that we were “way better than before.”&nbsp; A talented LA musician said that we were “better than expected.”&nbsp; Of course, we who see the…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2232497/nothing-teaches-like-playing-live">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br>Subtle as a Flying Mallet.&nbsp; That describes the Lava Pups.&nbsp; Too bad that Dave Edmunds used the phrase in 1975 for an album title.&nbsp; We are the antithesis of subtle or sophisticated -- the anti-subtle -- or . . . . Subtle as a flying mallet!<br><br>The anti-subtle of the Pups and the subtle and sophisticated stylings of Surface Tension wrapped around a cupcake cake made for a rousing show at Old Ironsides.&nbsp; As the two bands loaded in starting at 3:00, the looks on the staff’s faces showed that they expected an…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2141758/half-a-millennium-and-still-rockin">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><br>Heading off to a warehouse on 19th between U and V to hear Surface Tension, I pondered, “Can anybody have a warehouse practice space more bitchin’ than the Doghouse?”&nbsp; Soon the answer was clear.&nbsp; Mickey Abbey’s custom glassworks warehouse is unimaginably amazing.&nbsp; It is the anti-buttondown to the Doghouse’s buttoned down order.<br><br>A diverse collection of artifacts, gadgets, and gizmos graces the walls, occupies the floor, and hangs from the rafters.&nbsp; Surface Tension’s practice area is backed by mannequins, cut…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2126533/introducing-surface-tension-sophisticated-subtle-and-eclectic">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message">"Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," the stage musical, stopped off in Sacramento recently.&nbsp; Sue had tickets for the Thursday night show.&nbsp; Loyal readers know that the Pups practice on Thursdays.&nbsp; Some people might ask, “You practice to play like that?”&nbsp; Or "You practice and play like that?"&nbsp; But this post is not about condescending skeptics of Pup music.<br><br>Knowing that Sue had a conflict, an email went out.&nbsp; What is a good night to practice?&nbsp; The consensus was Monday.&nbsp; Sue’s further response was, “Great, can’t…<span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/2103487/sue-s-new-uke-this-isn-t-your-parents-ukulele">Read more</a></span></div>
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