Happy New Year Everyone!

Linda and I want to wish all of you a very happy and safe New Year.

I also want to thank you Guys for making this place what it is. We might be a small group, but having all of You here means more to me than you will ever know.

Here's to a rockin' and bass-tremmin' 2010!

Cheers!

Hell yeah Eric, hope ya'll are having a good time.


2010, year of the trem!


I still lament the original forum, sometimes, lost memories........ but still, I think you got everyting back in buisness better than we could have imagined, so kudos to you Eric, and another year of fun on the forum!

yep, to all of you as well for 2010. Hope everyone still has a job, can meet their financial and moral responsibilities, and can rock in the basement/studio/stage and enjoy all the months to come in 2010.

maybe this year Eric will find his Yamaha BB on CL for 100 bucks and we will see him very happy. ( once he butchers it for a trem )

Happy new years to all!!!

Happy new year, guys!! How did you all celebrate last night?

We just stayed in and watched the countdown on TV, as we're not too crazy about being out and about in the insanity over New Year's.

happy new year everyone.

the 40wattsun new years gig was a success ... in spite of the crappy weather. not a huge turnout, but everyone had a blast!

i'll post pics when i download em. amy took lots of pics w/ her new camera.

Cool beans! I spent the day with my folks and my oldest friend. My mom's boyfriend caught and cooked three crabs the other day, so he brought them over and we had a dinner fit for a king. There isn't much else that tastes better than fresh Dungeoness crab drenched in melted butter on garlic bread. It was a very western Washingtonian dinner, topped off with a spinach salad with walnuts, dried cranberries, and a poppyseed vinaigrette (I like food and cooking...can you tell? ). After a quick game of chess and a laid back jam, I got picked up by three of my former coworkers (Kevin, Kaes, and Ashley), two of whom work at the Seattle Children's Theatre. We stopped by a party at another stage tech's house at the very south end of Seattle, hung out, and watched Doctor Who episodes and the South Park movie until about 20 til midnight.

Now, every New Year, they "blow up" the Space Needle with a spectacular fireworks show. The Children's Theatre is located about 100 yards west of the Space Needle (both buildings are located in an area called Seattle Center that has museums, amusement rides, theatres, and is the site of festivals such as Folklife in the summer). Of course, the Seattle Center is jam packed with people who are there to see the fireworks, news vans (this event is all over TV), etc etc. There is a porch on the third floor of the SCT that has an awesome view of the Space Needle and it's above all of the hubbub around the building. In other words, we got a box-seat view of the event. Parking is insane in downtown Seattle any day, but it was especially bad last night, so we just parked in the loading dock of the theatre. Kevin brought his Wii to pass the time after the fireworks show and another one of our friends, Don, an actor who performs in many SCT productions who we met up with at the party and followed us over to the theatre fetched his TV that he has been keeping backstage and Kaes brought taquitos. We watched the fireworks (and got tons of kickass photos), someone else on the porch gave us a mostly full bottle of champagne for helping them with something or another, then we headed downstairs to the green room. We set up the Wii, made some taquitos, and played Wii sports until about 4 in the morning. The intent was to play Wii until all the congestion and traffic thinned out, but it was too much of a good time to just do it for a little while.

Wow, Martin! It sounds like you had a great time!

And as fellow western Washintonians, both Linda and I can attest to the allure of fresh caught crab as only can be had here.

EricHaven wrote:

Wow, Martin! It sounds like you had a great time!

And as fellow western Washintonians, both Linda and I can attest to the allure of fresh caught crab as only can be had here.

Yep it was swell.

Mhmm there's nothing like it! It melts in your mouth.

hey now, we have fresh crabs on the east coast also they just come out of the Atlantic or out of the Chesapeake bay

Uh-oh! Do I sense an East Coast/West Coast crab-off?

JK. I do know that you Guys also have some awesome crab out your way.

the only thing I remember about lobster/crab is when we went to our favorite restaurant about 3 months ago, and the family at the table next to me was asked to come up and pick the lobster they wanted out of the tank, and the little girl was crying her eyes out that her daddy was gonna let the cook kill a living animal---

too funny!!!

Christmas was good up here, NYE was good ( no weather related incidents, no deaths in the family for the older folks, no wife still as my girl is still not looking to get married ), and it looks like everyone here on the board got a few musical goodies, and in 2010 we actually may see a bit more posting activity for mp3 clips and videos.

40WattSun is starting to progress, AlienProbe is on the launchPad, and my band CodeWhiskey is still together which is a miracle after a very rocky summer of 2009,and the kids on the board are not in any trouble that we know of.

one more thing, any clips you post on your myspace page that I say are g.r.e.a.t are, but are nothing like your Billy Sheenen sounding soloing. ( and you envy my talent --huh ) - I'll never get to the level of what you do best -

amimbari wrote:

the only thing I remember about lobster/crab is when we went to our favorite restaurant about 3 months ago, and the family at the table next to me was asked to come up and pick the lobster they wanted out of the tank, and the little girl was crying her eyes out that her daddy was gonna let the cook kill a living animal---

too funny!!!

hahaha My mom's folks are from around the DC area and OH YEAH....killer seafood. Such a different variety than what we have up here. I'm thankful to have spent another year in Washington--it's a perfect place for me right now.

[quote="amimbari"]Christmas was good up here, NYE was good ( no weather related incidents, no deaths in the family for the older folks, no wife still as my girl is still not looking to get married ), and it looks like everyone here on the board got a few musical goodies, and in 2010 we actually may see a bit more posting activity for mp3 clips and videos.

Here's to another great year!

amimbari wrote:

40WattSun is starting to progress, AlienProbe is on the launchPad, and my band CodeWhiskey is still together which is a miracle after a very rocky summer of 2009,and the kids on the board are not in any trouble that we know of.

Yet.

amimbari wrote:

one more thing, any clips you post on your myspace page that I say are g.r.e.a.t are, but are nothing like your Billy Sheenen sounding soloing. ( and you envy my talent --huh ) - I'll never get to the level of what you do best -

I can easily say the same thing about you, Bro. I will NEVER have the same level of understanding of the fretboard as you do, period. The fact that you can play flipped, and in so many different tunings shows what I consider to be true and honest talent. The stuff that I do....well....it's just jerking off, you know?

And fear not. As Alien Probe continues to evolve, you will hear some more of my off-the-wall crap come through.

wanking, not jerking...jerking is so uh, AMERICAN...lol

i love all kinds of crab. dungeness crab is more like lobster than crab ... or maybe i just never had it fresh.

but nothing compares to maryland blue crab! i recommend if your in that neck of the woods ... the crab trap, st. michaels, md. newsprint paper tablecloth, pitcher of beer, hammer, pick, nutcracker, and a 5 gallon paint bucket of crabs dumped right on the table ... heaven!

and ooooh. even tho i live nearby i am not a big fan of the city of philadelphia ... except for the good stuff like cheesesteaks. philly has the italian market. you can get bushels of blue crab, some of the best fresh linguini on the east coast and jars of gravy made by italian grandmothers with moustaches. take em home and make linguini and crabs .... heaven!

Oh, great....now we're talking about food....good food....good seafood....and I'm hungry....and we don't have any crab here!

And yes Mike....I suppose "jerking" is too domestic a term.

Wanking is good!

Does that make me a wanker?

ya wanking on the guitar or the bass is on the lines of these wanker clips