Comments | hirez: A frightful catalogue of haircuts and trousers

hirez

A frightful catalogue of haircuts and trousers

Jul 05, 2006 00:05

Prompted by a question about Dexion, I dug out the few old photos I've not destroyed and scanned the things. Lord alone knows why I didn't cleanse them with fire, but there we are.

Jon's probably going to come over here specially to kill me.

So. First we have this. Which features Jon programming the drum-machine in front of a Three Johns poster. ( Read more... )

antiques roadshow, b-boys, attack of the zombie eighties

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I really like this one thunderbox July 4 2006, 23:20:58 UTC

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Re: I really like this one hirez July 5 2006, 01:16:24 UTC

Um, jolly good. It's a bit Dumpy's Rusty Hawkwind, though.

(You'd wear anti-laser goggles if jarkman sent you a self-immolating musical rat-trap as a Christmas present, too.)

anonymous July 5 2006, 00:24:41 UTC

You managed to mention "Jon programming the drum-machine" without cursing and ranting uncontrollably. You've mellowed... or forgotten the horror of "the gig".

hirez July 5 2006, 01:14:37 UTC

I've carefully forgotten the skittle alley of the Farmer's Arms, Guiting Power. Yes.

The problem is that if I went on about (say) the SpecDrum, people would enthuse about 'cool lo-fi 8-bit sounds' and then I'd have to beat them to death with a Speccy, which would take a very long time.

edwards July 5 2006, 08:42:42 UTC

You could use a 128. Nice heavy heatsink on those.

Does anyone actually enthuse about SpecDrums? They're possibly the most unmusical device ever produced. Stylophones are better. Hell, Stylophones are better drums.

edwards July 5 2006, 08:40:52 UTC

I spy a TR505?

That Orion looks suspiciously clean, too.

hirez July 5 2006, 09:14:40 UTC

Yes. Shiny and new, then. And a Midiverb (God they were noisy), Bel BD80, Tascam PortaOne...

I used to get regular hassle from work if I didn't keep that Orion clean. Sounded like a tractor. Went like one, too.

oryctolagus July 5 2006, 10:45:51 UTC

I still have my TR505. And I'm still using it - albeit as a rehearsal click track.

I've just sent the Tascam PortaOne to the big studio in the sky. I paid a bloody fortune for it but it all wore out in the end :-(

edwards July 5 2006, 12:01:49 UTC

I was going to wax lyrical on missing the old kit but I realize I don't. Give me Garageband any day. Still doesn't make me sound like I have any musical competence though.

Head on over to www.myspace.com/itsadreammusic to hear two newish tracks using Garageband and two old things from JM and JHR. Dark Star is the "professional studio" version but Fungus uses (I think) all the bits of kit mentioned in this stream (and probably the kitchen sink). I was inspired to put this up on MySpace after Cutler passed and forgot to take it down again.

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eljaydaly July 5 2006, 12:16:04 UTC

1977 is some serious skinny!

siani_hedgehog July 5 2006, 13:03:01 UTC

for some reason i'd always pegged you as younger than that '77 pic implies.

also, i quite like the bad hair. it suited you.