24th of Thrimidge 2014

While I have a few "up here" posts roughly written, they're similar to stuff I've already posted this week, so I'll save those for next week so you don't get too tired of reading about books and games.


24th of Thrimidge

Bird update: I observed the mom in the nest last night.  I really don't want to disturb them, but I had to chase away a giant white tom cat that was snooping around my truck.  I'm sure the cat was all "what? I wasn't doin' nothin',you jerk" but I know cats better than that.  I will not be snapping any more pictures because I'm sure the baby is large enough that it would disturb it as well.  The baby, or babies, should be out by next week though, so my rooting at home this week will not be without results.  I just hope I still have the motivation I found last Monday to get out and do my plans.

I've known for a while about the "Woman Tone" of Eric Clapton.  Sounding like something you know is a strong motivator when you're learning guitar.  Learning the beginning to Ramjam's Black Betty is what launched me into 70's rock.  Learning the starting parts of "Wind Cries Mary" got me playing alot more clean/OD Hendrix blues stuff.  If you're aware of Clapton's stuff in Cream and his 70's stuff, then you should attempt the "Woman Tone".  Its simple really.  Play a humbucker with the tone control rolled all the way off through a low gain, but higher distortion amp.  It works with a Fender amp using a fuzz pedal, but was originally done with a Marshall.  If you use the neck pick up, you'll get that perfect "White Room" tone.  Later, Clapton did switch to a Stratocaster but his taste in tones was still similar in the 70's.  Because of this, if you use the bridge pickup on a Gibson and roll the tone off, you can get a "Wonderful Tonight" or "Cocaine" sound pretty easily.

I would really like to finish God of War II before I go headfirst into my new round of media consumption, but any time I boot up the old PS3, I play guitar instead.  I'm searching for my next "show" in the mean time, and I have not watched any Anime in a while, so I think I'm going to look into that.  I do need to see the 2nd series of Gundam, the old 80's one, because its a direct continuation of the first series, which I liked overall.  I have watched all of 08th MS team and MS Igloo, which are Gundam series that happened at the same time as Series 1.  I've also watched a few of the alternate reality Gundams(the ones that are more serious and less silly) and so I'm a pretty big fan of the political thriller anime.  But... Attack on Titan is huge right now, and I can't for the life of me imagine me liking the series... so I'm thinking of watching it.  I like surprises.  A 3rd option is Avatar.