I've always preferred modelers, but since I received that fuzz pedal, I thought I'd change things up and try pedals. I went to my local store's blowout section, just saw "Vox" and picked it up for $25. Turns out, it's a modeling pedal. I really like it though and it can be a mini practice amp too!

Got microwave for my office. Been fighting to get the door open after I cook anything. Went to throw the instructions away and apparently new microwaves come with a child lock that prevents you from opening the microwave after cooking without an extra step. The instructions show how to turn that off

Went to Texas Roadhouse the other day, and brought back two bags of the peanuts. Been unshelling them and snacking on them, went to unlock my phone, and roughed up my thumbprint so much with peanut shells my phone didn't recognize me

Just saw Microsoft is going to be raising Office prices again. Just a reminder that @libreoffice.bsky.social is totally free and works much better and the files are interchangeable www.libreoffice.org

I need one clear thumbtack/pushpin to straighten a frame that hangs off center (there's a cable behind it that throws off the balance). I found an extra one at work. Now I need to A) remember to take it home B) not poke myself or my cup in transit and C) remember to take it in the house and use it

I've never seen a Mission Impossible movie, nor do I have any desire to, but judging from the ads from every one of them, Tom Cruise travels exclusively by hanging onto the outside of airplanes or running really fast

"Hey baby. Are you a half cadence because I want to" *walks away* How to hit on music nerds.

I got a promotion at work (actually I'm the only one left in my department, so I inherited the new title) and now I feel obligated to actually read the tons of emails that come in everyday

Are there any artists that you aren't a fan of, but you went to see just because you had the opportunity and heard they put on a good show? For me some are: Tony Bennett Springsteen U2

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Just got my @premier-guitar.bsky.social Mystery Stocking today. I got a Maestro FZ-M fuzz pedal! That brings the total number of pedals I have up to 1! I've always been into modelers instead. I hope this doesn't start an addiction

I have an old Roland VS2000CD that I'm going to be selling on either eBay or Reverb and when researching which they're selling better on, I was floored at the price they selling at. Have they reached some cult status I don't know about?

Most major label band photos: One guy staring straight into the lens intensely The goof ball doing something "whacky" The one band member taking it seriously and just smiling The rebel guy away from the rest of the group, looking somewhere else, showing he's not participating *Bonus Bored guy

Insert a movie into another movie: Elephant Repo Man

Insert a movie into another movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Murder On The Orient Express Vacation

Doug Wimbush played on Grandmaster Flash's first album, which is sadly the closest Living Colour has been to being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (btw, yes, I know it was still Muzz on this song, not Doug yet) youtu.be/MQcPB1WkISI?...

I wouldn't Beethoven a Camper Van

Part of the fun of buying a cheap flea market Squier Strat and having a 3D printer, is being able to modify it at a low cost without worrying about destroying the value. Made these knobs to match the pickguard. Trying to decide if I want to do the pickup covers too, maybe matching their tone knob

What I'm wearing to the Bluesky Christmas Party.

I know there's the urge to say "I only use AI for my artwork, I do everything else myself". But if we do, we can't get mad if directors/music supervisor say "We only used AI for the score and background music, we did everything else ourselves". As artists we all need to support other artists

Happy Jaco's Birthday to all that celebrate!!!! (which should be everyone IMO) And thanks to Robert Trujillo for getting the Bass Of Doom back home where it belongs

Gave the valve trombone I picked up the other day a good bath, and was able to locate the source of the sticky valve that forced the previous owner to sell it and fixed the issue. Also cleaned my grandfather's 1928 trumpet while I had the valve oil and slide grease out

Toots Hibbert, Robbie Shakespeare, Bunny Wailer, Lucky Dube, Drummie Zeb, Steve Grizzly Nisbett, Bunny Rugs, Ibo Cooper, and now Jimmy Cliff. So many of the great ones I loved in my youth have since left us recently. Luckily Yellowman was able to cheat death and we still have him

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

When changing wipers, throw the old pair in the trunk. They're thin enough to not really take up much room. Once I had a limb fall on my wiper and crack it and another time one just fell apart from being on high too long in a bad storm. Having a spare (free) blade means seeing on your way home

Yesterday I learned Hall & Oates "Maneater" was actually about New York City

Heartbroken to hear Jellybean Johnson passed away

Scammers must be using AI, because the email I got makes no sense😭 "MHC AP BLOG Remit Advice" "To receive payment for the below referenced invoice(s), please click on the link below and charge the total amount of 41,250.00 (USD) on your assigned Visa account." Am I getting money or paying money?

If time machines are invented, I'm going to go to Woodstock and say "In the future, people will pay the equivalent of 2-10 months rent to go concerts where they watch giant TVs and buy expensive souvenirs" and see how many ask where they can find the same stuff that I took to come up with that crap

As a fan of the Marx Brothers, I was reading trivia. With today's prepared (usually insincere) apologies, it made me lol to see that when Freedonia, NY complained the fake country in Duck Soup was named Freedonia, the Marx Brothers replied "Change the name of your town. It is hurting our picture."

Found a cheap valve trombone that needs work yesterday, and wanted to get a stand. Sweetwater's were close to the price I paid for the horn, so I checked out Walmart, who was 30% cheaper. It said the order would be fulfilled by Musician's Friend, so I went to their site and got it even cheaper

It looks like Cubase LE 15 is free right now for anyone that wants to check out Cubase 🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️ 🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️

You entered a dance contest! Pick your partner.

PSA: Creators of all types are being contacted about being interviewed for a magazine/podcast then being told they HAVE to download an app to do the interview in. The app isn't in the App Store/Google Play and once it's downloaded it immediately steals info & passwords. Be safe out there everyone ❤️

Been busy with life and hadn't been able to get on here a lot in the past few months. Things have finally settled down. I don't know if it's quieter here now, or everyone is just talking about things on my blocked words list

Change one letter and ruin a candy Milky Wad

I was shaving with my electric razor the other morning in silence, my "Now Playing" app pops up and identifies it as a Tool song

Had an itch, so I found this 2000 Ibanez SA-160. Bought it strictly because I didn't have a purple guitar yet and it was cheap. Love the tonal options and feel! It always impresses me how high quality even lower price point Ibanez product is!

A little presumptive dontcha think? For all we know these could be dinosaurs in women costumes

Was watching some old TV clips from my childhood on YouTube. All the people I thought were "fat" back then are way skinnier than I am now

I have to admit @softube.com really has me with their Black Friday sale, doing different offers every week of November. Each week, I'm going "It's a good deal and I'm spending less than $100" I hate to see how much they'll get out of me by December. But I'm getting a lot of cool plugins!

The amount of time someone spends playing a guitar in the guitar store is inversely proportional to their likelihood of actually buying it

I walked in to a new local music store the other day. Some guy was playing an amp way too loud. Every time I asked the price of something, the guy would start playing as the person behind the counter answered, resulting in me having to ask several more times.

Did anyone see the Shark Tank with the 3D printed violins and cellos? They were completely flat (physically, not tonally). They seemed to sound OK, but I can't imagine playing violin/viola/cello/upright without an arched top

I'm not into sports at all. So when people say stuff like "Our team is doing really good this year if you take out all the games they lost" I just nod and smile and pretend that it makes sense and I understand (That's a real comment I was told two days ago)

I made this USB patchbay 6 years ago thinking I'd probably never actually use it, but it's very convenient when I do need it

When I built my computer I put 13 USB ports in it. I also built this USB patchbay thinking I'd never need it. I'm glad I did, because I started using it this week 🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️ 🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️

Another Google AI fail today. Had gift cards and I wanted to see if I could use them to pay on the store's app Google AI: "No, it's not possible to use gift cards on that store's app" Scroll past the annoying AI results to get real info Store's FAQ page: "Yes, you can use gift cards on our app"

I saw Super Troopers 3 trending and wondered what it was about. 1st AI answer said it was fake and I was thinking of Starship Troopers 3. 2nd AI answer said it existed and told me where it could be streamed. Finally after scrolling to real answers, I found out they're currently filming 3 now

It's ironic that many of the videos I've seen on the Will Smith/AI audience controversy, seem to be made with AI