Recent content by TravisW

Congrats, Glenn!!!

Just got done spinning the first 3 Maiden records. RIP Clive. There was sort of a rolling feel that he had going that I've never heard from anybody else.

Most memorable was probably Iron Maiden on the Brave New World tour.

175-200, unsigned. That was mostly at shows and through a couple of stores.

I've noticed bands where they've obviously copped a huge amount of inspiration from one or two other acts, but then wind up taking a blend of something else so that it's different enough to be enjoyable without seeming terribly derivative - even though the influence is obvious. In some ways...

I've been listening to metal for 20-some years, and interest waxes and wanes - that's only natural. Most of my new music purchases of the past 5 years have been bands that I've listened to for years. It's been a long time since I found something new that I really liked on store shelves. To be...

HAHAHAH!

I think that's a great idea. Considering the number of posts, and some of the sheer gold in them, it could be a double album.

That sucks - he cracked me up on a regular basis.

See if you can find a schematic or diagram for that car. Did the lighter in that work regardless of whether the key was on or not?

My thoughts exactly.

That looks really nice. I don't want you to see a photo of my workbench right now...it's abysmal.

Yeah - just finished one. Here's the build thread over at MyLesPaul.com: http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/luthiers-corner/177708-longest-build-thread-ever-probably.html I need to build a new workbench - or actually clean mine up after the guitar project.

Fair enough. I think the other rationale for "mike" vs. "mic" is that English pronunciation generally favors a short i in "mic", and if you throw an e on the end to lengthen the i, then the c goes soft. If you don't lengthen the i, then you're teasing the Irish and they get all hacked off...

I don't think we're on the same page about what an abbreviation is. I guess if you're going with a very narrow definition, that only allows for the truncation of a word, then you're correct that "lb" is technically an acronym for "libra pondo". At that point, "Dr." isn't an abbreviation, but...