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Seen that Futurama episode where the Prof comes in and says “Good news everyone! Back in the 20th century, Fry logged onto AOL and the ‘Welcome’ screen has just come up”? So it’s not just me, then. AOL has made me a practically non-participant onliner. As a Sky TV subscriber, I can have much the […]

Hello to all G-siters, regular and occasional. I’m apologizing for my total silence over the past month; especially for any queries etc in the bass cat. My home internet access is absolutely appalling and even basic email is like I’m on a 14k modem. For once, I’m not going to blame AOL. My son has

Conclusive proof comes from this auction for a solid-state AC30: http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/d7/e6/fda7_1.JPG http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vox-ac30-top-boost_W0QQitemZ130196009898QQihZ003QQcategoryZ10171QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Now I don’t feel so bad about lugging my 4xEL34 heads around the place.

Good idea, embedding a Youtube clip into a Fleeb auction and the Kalamazoo is an underrated, underpriced combo that deserves a demo. HST, click on the piclink to see exactly how not to do it. Oh, and watch it all the way through for the “hey everyone, a ’67 SG” waggle at the end. http://cgi.ebay.com/1965-Kalamazoo-Model-1-One-Amp-Overhauled-and-Restored_W0QQitemZ160155706739QQihZ006QQcategoryZ10171QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I don’t know if this is visible to non-AOLers, but this Gervais/Martin duet never made it onto the programme. If it isn’t viewable to all, you’re not missing something hysterically funny anyway; but it’s something for Gervais fans: http://video.aol.co.uk/video-tv/1868740

As some regs will know, I’m a bit of a valve-amp nut. So is my mate in California. I’m always bidding for obscure valve amp bargains and, even more often, the Mullard, Brimar, Telefunken valves/tubes that used to go in them before they all disappeared and were replaced by (not as good) Russian, Chinese etc

Scrounging round YouTube, I came across this description of 80s insomnia-cures, Mr Mister. I quote: [quote]1985. A product of the L.A. session-musician community (which also produced the harder-rocking Toto)[/quote] 😯 . “The harder-rocking Toto” ❓ ❗ Can anyone find other ludicrous phrases out there, such as “The more pleasant to work with Mark E Smith”?

Have a look at the description concerning shipping costs. Given the other spellings, I don’t think this was a deliberate joke: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12-Celestion-G12-30-speaker-from-Marshal-cab-8ohm_W0QQitemZ110069044170QQihZ001QQcategoryZ121165QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem I think the seller meant contiguous 😆

I don’t usually put up a link to a vid, but this is just hysterical. Good music, too. If you’ve seen it; apols. If you haven’t; enjoy: http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_gay_ref-p1.php

As you’ve probably read elsewhere, wheezy harmonica-snorting Bawb can’t remember a decent sounding album in the last 20 years (coincidentally, he’s got a new one out). Now, I’m the first to admit that some of his songs are quite good when other people do them. Secondly, he was talking more about production and recording techniques