Seven 9s and 10s

High-res steelopus: Happy birthday, Bob Moog! August 18, 2003 : House of Guitars : Rochester, NY I fell in love with electronic synthesis back in 1998 during my undergrad studies.  Naturally, guys like Bob Moog and Don Buchla became heroes of mine as I began to learn the history of early synthesizers.  I was blessed to have access to an EMS VCS3 modular synth in the studio at school - to this day it’s still the most impressive piece of human engineering I’ve ever laid my hands on. Bob came to town on a promotional tour for the new Minimoog Voyager synth and there was no way I was going to miss it.  I grabbed the only piece of Moog equipment that I owned - the face of a Minimoog D that I found at a musicians flea market in Buffalo (where many Moogs were manufactured for a while in the 70’s) - and headed down to the (legendary) House of Guitars.  Bob gave a brief demo of the unit, which wasn’t all that impressive because, as he was quick to point out, he was an engineer, not a musician.  Then he took questions from the standing-room only crowd that had gathered amongst the dusty and cluttered isles of the store.  It was a hot day, as you can tell from the picture, but Bob stayed up there until every question had been answered, and then he stayed until each person that wanted to chat with him one-on-one was able to do so.  I shly approached him and asked him to sign the remnants of a once-great instrument and he happily obliged, commenting on the condition of the hardware and how surprised he was to see it preserved so well despite its missing guts.  I thanked him for everything he’s done and for his inspiration and went on my way.  He was truly kind, gentle, and engaging. Two years and one week later, Bob passed away after a short fight with a brain tumor.  I feel tremendously priveledged and lucky to have met one of the greatest inventors in history.  Despite how goofy I look, this will always be one of my favorite pictures. Happy Birthday, Bob. It warms my heart to see such a great tribute from Google today. The technology that powers it is as forward-thinking as that which he pioneered over 50 years ago.

steelopus:

Happy birthday, Bob Moog!

August 18, 2003 : House of Guitars : Rochester, NY

I fell in love with electronic synthesis back in 1998 during my undergrad studies.  Naturally, guys like Bob Moog and Don Buchla became heroes of mine as I began to learn the history of early synthesizers.  I was blessed to have access to an EMS VCS3 modular synth in the studio at school - to this day it’s still the most impressive piece of human engineering I’ve ever laid my hands on.

Bob came to town on a promotional tour for the new Minimoog Voyager synth and there was no way I was going to miss it.  I grabbed the only piece of Moog equipment that I owned - the face of a Minimoog D that I found at a musicians flea market in Buffalo (where many Moogs were manufactured for a while in the 70’s) - and headed down to the (legendary) House of Guitars.  Bob gave a brief demo of the unit, which wasn’t all that impressive because, as he was quick to point out, he was an engineer, not a musician.  Then he took questions from the standing-room only crowd that had gathered amongst the dusty and cluttered isles of the store.  It was a hot day, as you can tell from the picture, but Bob stayed up there until every question had been answered, and then he stayed until each person that wanted to chat with him one-on-one was able to do so.  I shly approached him and asked him to sign the remnants of a once-great instrument and he happily obliged, commenting on the condition of the hardware and how surprised he was to see it preserved so well despite its missing guts.  I thanked him for everything he’s done and for his inspiration and went on my way.  He was truly kind, gentle, and engaging.

Two years and one week later, Bob passed away after a short fight with a brain tumor.  I feel tremendously priveledged and lucky to have met one of the greatest inventors in history.  Despite how goofy I look, this will always be one of my favorite pictures.

Happy Birthday, Bob.

It warms my heart to see such a great tribute from Google today. The technology that powers it is as forward-thinking as that which he pioneered over 50 years ago.

High-res nicky36: Ain’t no party like an internet party because an internet party doesn’t involve talking to other people. It was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones this weekend. Thanks for being good people and for providing much-needed distraction and frequent laughter. I love you all.

nicky36:

Ain’t no party like an internet party because an internet party doesn’t involve talking to other people.

It was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones this weekend. Thanks for being good people and for providing much-needed distraction and frequent laughter. I love you all.

I decided the best tribute I could offer Jim Marshall would be to go down to the basement in my rock and roll sweater and my poorly fitting rock and roll pants and my SUPER ROCK AND ROLL SLIPPERS and plug my Les Paul straight into my Marshall half-stack and play some rock and fucking roll.

So here’s me playing Go! from FMGreen’s 3-2-1 Go! EP.

Volume at 5… turned up to 11 at the end just to make sure the residents of the neighboring county could hear me clearly.

(Side note… the mic on the iPhone is impressively resilient. The SPL meter in front of me was registering 120+dB the entire time.)

Day 3 Honestly, the pain has been completely bearable. When the Roxicet and the Ibuprofen are cooperating, this is hardly as bad as the dozens of bouts of tonsillitis that I’ve suffed from through the years. The nausea, however, I was not anticipating. I’m starving and I’m ready to start eating, but each bite of anything other than these Edy’s bars brings a wave of discomfort to my belly region. It’s a good thing these things are so delicious.

Day 3

Honestly, the pain has been completely bearable. When the Roxicet and the Ibuprofen are cooperating, this is hardly as bad as the dozens of bouts of tonsillitis that I’ve suffed from through the years.

The nausea, however, I was not anticipating. I’m starving and I’m ready to start eating, but each bite of anything other than these Edy’s bars brings a wave of discomfort to my belly region.

It’s a good thing these things are so delicious.

High-res Free to the lowest bidder! (1) PANTONE® Color Formula Guide “The PANTONE Color Formula Guide contains color standards, color identification names  or numebrs and printing ink mixing formulas for 1,012 PANTONE Colors, shown on coated and uncoated papers.” (1) PANTONE® Solid To Process “The PANTONE Solid To Process Guide displays 1,089 solid PANTONE Colors, each shown along-side its closest possible CMYK four-color process match. Printed on coated paper, this convenient fan guide serves as a means of avoiding unnecessary preproduction expenses where a solid PANTONE Color cannot be adequately matched in four-color process.” There are somewhere around a bajillion pretty colors in these little books with a lot of numbers and stuff. I figure they’d be helpful for a candy designer or possibly someone who operates the confetti cannons for The Flaming Lips. If you can use these things, just be the first to drop a note in my ask box with your mailing address and I’ll box them up and send them out, free of charge! Sold to flutternutt!

Free to the lowest bidder!

(1) PANTONE® Color Formula Guide

“The PANTONE Color Formula Guide contains color standards, color identification names  or numebrs and printing ink mixing formulas for 1,012 PANTONE Colors, shown on coated and uncoated papers.”

(1) PANTONE® Solid To Process

“The PANTONE Solid To Process Guide displays 1,089 solid PANTONE Colors, each shown along-side its closest possible CMYK four-color process match. Printed on coated paper, this convenient fan guide serves as a means of avoiding unnecessary preproduction expenses where a solid PANTONE Color cannot be adequately matched in four-color process.”

There are somewhere around a bajillion pretty colors in these little books with a lot of numbers and stuff. I figure they’d be helpful for a candy designer or possibly someone who operates the confetti cannons for The Flaming Lips.

If you can use these things, just be the first to drop a note in my ask box with your mailing address and I’ll box them up and send them out, free of charge!

Sold to flutternutt!