And this about sums it up…

I’m not ashamed to say I have spent a great deal of time trying to emulate other artists. I think the artists I have pondered over were all fine choices, with little bits of all those ponderings contributing to what I do these days (which I would like to think is fairly original, but you [...]

When I was working on my parts for this tune, the last round of political violence to swept Bangkok. It was not a good time. Well, to be honest, I had a good time. Life since has been kind of boring… but then, people really were dying, so I shall be PC and say it [...]

Moog Music (I’m not going to say just ‘Moog’, seeing that would imply the man, who is I would like to think is shedding a quiet tear from the grave) has just put out this sin of all sins….

Originally, I was going to divide this into “non-fiction” for those issues I thought might be sortable with an OS upgrade, and “fiction” for those which seemed like hardware issues. Then I realized I don’t know dick about such things, so rather than worry about where I cum, I thought I would just cum everywhere [...]

Part ii) The Execution
Reviewing musical instruments is a stupid thing to do. Reviewing a claw hammer, now that is sensible. Hammer connoisseurs out there, knowing the finer points of claw hammers, will no doubt ear fuck you with opinions regarding the grip, the shape of the head, the angle and curve of the claw, and [...]

Gather round yee children and I shall tell y’all a tale.
Once upon a time there was an eager young man of the synth, with a wad of cash and a desire to buy something big. The young man had the umm and the errr and thumbed through pages of decrepit ‘mint’ rarities and modular death [...]

In continuation of Moog’s tradition of great gear with questionable names…

Like with my Virus review, I’m going to start my little thoughts with the story of how I got this thing into Bangkok.

Deceptive title, but all shall be explained.

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