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What wood is best for metal?

Other Yogi Berra quotes: http://www.rinkworks.com/said/yogiberra.shtml

The pound shop down the road sells 1.5 metres for 99p.

Yes probably. They're ace and cheap and really nice though.

Yes probably. They're ace and cheap and really nice though.

You can spend considerably less for fantastic quality at http://www.orchid-electronics.co.uk/ (but no one ever seems to).

I was into Shadow Hoax before they were cool.

Really.

Well arseonics to that then.

You should get rid of one member and rename the band...

Hoodoo Broomstick are an all-female pensioner-age skiffle band (though the rhythm flautist is a lad aged no more than nine or ten) playing Edwardian-esque post-industrial hadcore roots nursery-rhyme ska-based folkdub in a post-pop tiddly-pom sort of style, with that classic brass-band edge to what is an unmistakeable flamenco-driven easy-listening groove, inspired by the short-lived underground disco yodelling scene that took off in and around Kidderminster in the spring of 1972. Something like that

Such a Minefield is a great name for a band. or even suchaminefield sugarmine field suck your mind feel Suture My N-Field Mein Field ist das Suchen Such a such a such a

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1367574399' post='2067040'] good musicians are confident enough to recognise talent in others and maybe learn from them... [/quote] Bad musicians are too. And non-musicians. Anyone, really. It's possible (and usual!) to appreciate how wizard somebody is at something, to understand what they do, and still not be moved by it.

So there's being in a band, which is like being in a band, and there's actually being in a band, which isn't like being in a band, because it's not about being in a band, it's about actually being in a band.

Yes exactly. I'm a drummer more than a bassist (though I'm not much of a drummer), and goodness me, who ever wants to listen to a drum solo? Not bloody me. My girlfriend is an actress in musical theatre, and she gets hacked off at people doing their wailing around the note of a lyric in an effort to impress with their riffing. "Sing the note!" she shouts. It's a bit like that. Sort of. Except it's not, for some people. Whereas for others it is. A bit. Ish.

Well I just listened to the Joni Mitchell Des Moines track that someone recommended. The bass was quite good. As were the drums, the horns, the singing, all good. I didn't get worked up about it either way. So, er, I'm on the fence.

Is there anything like a definitive Pastorius song? One to make me go... ahhh, wow, yes, that's good. One with, well, you know, a tune. None of the ones here seem to be doing it -- and I don't mind a bit of fusion (though the less guitar the better). Did he write Birdland? I think he played on it, didn't he.

And tits. You need tits. Or legs.

It's all about the beat, isn't it. And the vocals.

I'm idly curious about the money side of it. How much declarable income would you like/hope/expect to make out of those hundred gigs a year?

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1367323532' post='2064124'] Just make your own, it's so easy (and cheap)! I used Van Damme cable and Neutrik jacks from studiospares. [/quote] Orchid Electronics will do them cheaper than buying the bits yourself. At least that's what they told me. They buy Neutrik jacks and Van Damme cable in bulk and pass the savings on.

By way of example, a three-metre Orchid lead with Neutrik connectors and Van Damme "Pro Grade" cabling cost me nine pounds delivered.