Category Archives: technology

Just when I thought I was out

Posted on 15/08/2011 by rick

… along comes a new piece of software to pull me back in. It happens every. Single. Time. In this case it’s an acoustic guitar emulator called Spicy Guitar that has me replacing the acoustic guitar tracks on Downwind, which … Continue reading →

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Three hours and counting

Posted on 11/07/2011 by rick

So after a week’s worth of scavenging online fora and pulling my hair out trying to get the LaCie drive to mount and function (remember that I am bald by choice and please don’t ask me where I pulled the … Continue reading →

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I give up… how DO you record a show…

Posted on 02/09/2008 by rick

… with the microphone turned the wrong way? My unheralded post of 7 April included a tidbit in the first paragraph that I had played a show (it was Gilo’s in East Hartford with the Steve Montano Band) and recorded … Continue reading →

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I missed my birthday!

Posted on 27/02/2008 by rick

OK, not my birthday, but the first anniversary of this blog’s first post. In that time I’ve changed the name of it three times and had to migrate the poorly-read opinions and observations twice in order to reflect project name … Continue reading →

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Oh yeah, huh, I have a life too

Posted on 15/02/2008 by rick

I’ve been hanging out at Panera Bread quite a lot lately, in part because the aforementioned Chicken Pomodoro on Sesame Semolina Panini bread is to die for, in part because they offer free soda refills, and in part because they … Continue reading →

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Yeah, I know

Posted on 21/06/2007 by rick

I’ve been scarce. The reason is that I’ve been looking for work. Just minutes after my last post here on May 31 (not the one I just posted) I got an e-mail from my contract company telling me that my … Continue reading →

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Cycles

Posted on 03/04/2007 by rick

Maybe there is no relationship. Maybe I’m just waiting for the caffeine to kick in. I wondered if having that NY&CH album in my head all day long for a soundtrack wouldn’t be a hassle. Not really, it’s been quiet … Continue reading →

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Re – ak – tor

Posted on 03/04/2007 by rick

I’m in search of a correlation between these two occurrences of the term in my private cranial relational database. I actually quite liked that Neil Young album when it came out. I guess in retrospect it wasn’t a disappointment in … Continue reading →

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Luminous City: Anybody got a GPS?

Posted on 21/03/2007 by rick

Oh, if only a GPS existed back in 1996. If only one existed now that could help you find your way out of internal disillusion back to emotional well-being. I posted a few days ago about having had the “living … Continue reading →

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Exactly the wrong time to start a blog

Posted on 07/03/2007 by rick

I should have seen this coming. A couple of days ago I mentioned CAPE. That’s starting to take my life over, now that I’ve also gotten into the routine of guitar classes on Mondays and hatha yoga on Tuesdays. Choir … Continue reading →

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Luminous City: building 55 minutes in a dozen years

Posted on 22/02/2007 by rick

I’ve been telling myself for the last couple of weeks now that Scenes From A Luminous City, Fulcrum’s first album, is 99% complete. The first thing holding me back from signing off on it is the packaging. I’ve got the … Continue reading →

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