Columbus is now under a Tornado Watch. Monday and Tuesday will bring a cold front with snow showers. Nice.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
anchor
A young naval student was being put through the paces by an old sea captain."What would you do if a sudden storm sprang up on the starboard?" asked the captain.
"Throw out an anchor, sir." replied the naval student.
"What would you do if another storm sprang up aft?" asked the captain.
"Throw out another anchor, sir." answered the student.
"And if another terrific storm sprang up forward, what would you do?" asked the captain.
"Throw out another anchor." replied the student.
"Hold on," said the Captain. "Where are you getting all your anchors from?"
The naval student replied, "From the same place you're getting all of your storms, sir."
This is making me hungry....
New favorite web site : The Crepes of Wrath
Cool recipes with great photos , and step by step instructions... The picture is from the recipe for Mongolian Beef (which was fantastic)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
200 people freeze in place on cue in Grand Central Station
"over 200 people freeze in place on cue
in Grand Central Station in New York"
You Tube - Frozen Grand Central
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tell me more
Prince battles sound problems on one-night tour. The article doesn't say what sound problems...
Monday, March 30, 2009
Drum Daze
We brought in PA and monitors for Columbus Percussions' 'Drum Daze' at the Vern Rife Center.I was fortunate to mix five of the best drummers on the planet, playing some incredible sounding kits...
Tommy Aldridge - Black Oak Arkansas,
Whitesnake (nobody puts on a rock show like Tommy...Yamaha Subkicks with Beta 52's double kicks = 80hz goodness )
Terry Bozzio - Frank Zappa / Missing Persons / Jeff Beck (what he does with just 4 toms is NOT possible...)
Ralph Peterson Jr. - Jazz Independent / Berklee (played the melody of a song that was unbelievable...)
Felix Pollard - Lionel Richie Tour (he has more feel than anyone I have ever heard)
Mike White - Touring / Session Guru (played the 'Three Legged Dog', has more talent in one
hand than anyone...)
Sunday, December 21, 2008
free DTV
So, I bought a digital converter box ($5.00 with government coupon) to receive over-the-air digital TV broadcasts. Now, my 'rabbit ears' connect to the converter box which connects via coaxial to my old antiquated TV, and it looks good, and it's free...
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
so tired...
I just finished 18 hours in the columbus convention center...
-it did not look like this-
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
have podium mic...will travel to Naples, Florida
have podium mic... will travel to Naples, Florida and I was thinking...- what do they mean when they say "the worlds most perfectly cut diamond" ? Are there varying degrees of perfection ?
- "oh... C.K. Dexter Haven" - great scene from a great movie... video clip here
- to fix a feline aural hematoma costs 393.00$ - just sayin'
- I like banana bread, but I hate bananas...
- I like apple juice, but I don't eat apples
- I eat ketchup, yet I despise tomatoes....
Sunday, November 23, 2008
guitarron
We provided Sound and Lights for the 'Latino Explosion Concert'...Featuring banda and mariachi bands that spoke very little english
"Banda (often referred to as banda sinaloense in Spanish in order to distinguish it from other types of bands, since banda simply means "band" in Spanish) is a brass-based form of traditional Mexican music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras..." more from Wikipediawith all kinds of instruments like the guitarron, tubas, clarinets, and some things I can't pronounce, it was another interesting event....
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Photos
LIFE magazine has posted millions of pictures online.... LIFE Photo Archive
The Library of Congress
We provided audio and video for a presentation
Sunday, November 16, 2008
JBL EON
We recently had a demo of the new EON by JBL.Stats :
- 450 watt Crown® Class-D Amp
- weighs 32.5 lb
- 15" Differential Drive® low-frequency driver
- 1" throat diameter JBL neodymium compression driver
- Built-in 3 Channel Mixer
- 100° H x 60° V asymmetrical
- Line level and direct microphone input capability
Conclusion : It sounds good, light weight, can be flown,
can be used as a monitor wedge... and did i mention....
it only weighs 32 pounds ?
more info here
Saturday, November 15, 2008
The Traveling Wilburys
Otis Wilbury (Jeff Lynne)
Lefty Wilbury (Roy Orbison)
Charlie T. Jr (Tom Petty)
Lucky Wilbury (Bob Dylan)
Nelson Wilbury (George Harrison)
"she wrote a long letter on a short piece of paper.."
ugly buidlings...
Web site VirtualTourist released a list of The World’s Top 10 Ugliest Buildings. This giant horseshoe that sits over a mall in Tuuri, Finland was number 3.
And the Number 1 ugliest building in the world is....Boston City Hall, Boston Massachusetts.....
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Were you at the Daily Grind...
Were you at the Daily Grind in the Grand Hyatt
reading 'Days of Cain' on September 14, 1998 ?
If so, I have your receipt for a large cup of coffee...
Sonoluminescence, Quasars, and the Prandtl-Glauert Singularity
just because i was thinking about sound, light, sonoluminescence, quasars, throat singing, and the Prandtl-Glauert Singularity :
Light :"snaps a specialized claw to create a cavitation wave that generates pressure levels of 218dB, the pressure wave is strong enough to kill small fish, and can also produce Sonoluminescence (the emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound....)" ... from Wikipedia
Deadly pistol shrimp that stuns prey with sound as loud as Concorde found in UK waters .... from Mail Online
"The brightest object yet observed in the universe has been discovered by a University of Washington astronomer and his colleagues.
The quasar (or quasi-stellar object) is 4 million-billion to 5 million-billion times brighter than the Sun. It is estimated to be more than 10 times brighter than any other quasar, and outshines the brightest galaxy by more than 100 times." ... from EurekAlert!
Sound :
"It took Dalhousie University professor Jason Brown six months and some advanced mathematical analytical techniques to crack the code behind one of the most mysterious sounds in music: the "prraaaaaangg" sound at the beginning of the Beatles' "Hard Day's Night." Guitarists have puzzled over how this chord is played for decades because it contains a note that would be impossible for the Beatles' two guitarists and bassist to play in one take, and experts have concluded that no multitracking was involved in this part of the song. The secret sauce, as it turns out, includes five piano notes apparently played by producer George Martin. Brown made the discovery by disassembling the sampled amplitudes into the original frequencies using Fourier transforms." ... from wired
Sound :
...interesting condensation clouds that form around jets as they fly at or near the speed of sound, (often called "going through the sound barrier" or "accelerating past the speed of sound"). Under the right conditions, and even at lower speeds, they sometimes cause a vapor cone effect. Understand that these Prandtl-Glauert condensation clouds can also occur at lower speeds, and are not really a visible manifestation of some kind of a sound barrier being broken... from Wilk4
Friday, November 7, 2008
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