Earlier this week I tweeted that I was going to have to resort to optimistic existentialism, which in a sense is a pithy way of talking about suffering. I have talked about suffering in the context of the Timbers before, and I have no doubt I will do so again. It is the nature of the beast when it comes to supporting a club. Continue Reading…
iMaschine – Cheating at the Speed of Tap
When I was young and impressionable, I purchased an SGX 2000 digital effects processor, made by Applied Research & Technology. ART was right on the bleeding edge at the time. The SGX was one of the first all-in-one digital processors/amp emulators/one-slot solution to all of your effects needs. It was really a gig-worthy piece of equipment. Not that I used it as such. Mostly I noodled. Because me, noodling, with that processor in between me and my amp, made me sound like the reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix had a baby with Robert Fripp in the back of Trey Anastasio’s van. I was suddenly an unbelievably good guitarist.
That’s the danger of effects, you see. Continue Reading…
