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If it's Janick's guitar, it seems very atypical. Tele knobs, Tele-switch on a Strat pickguard (at least)? Only thing screamin' Janick about that is the JB Jr. (or Lil' 59) bridge pickup. For me - playing a Candy Cola American Standard Strat with JB Jr:s looking like a slightly shinier and red...

What are you guys smoking? Yes, it's a powerballad. But poorly baked? The lyrics are a few steps above Axl. And if "Wasted Years" is about longing for home while being on tour, this one is about having a lot of meaningless sex. I'd say that's a pretty fresh take on the power ballad. For the...

Read This is How You Lose the Time-War (2019) by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. Interesting and headspinning science fiction. It took a while to get going despite the novella length. The epistolary format might have something to do with that, but in the end a great read. Also read Falling...

Haven't chimed in yet on the new songs, because I needed to let them settle a bit. I think they're quite good. Both of them. Was a bit put off by the production at first - I thought it would sound a lot more like Tyranny of Souls than it does, because of the same people involved. (That's my...

Yes, but they played new unreleased songs on their tours back in 2013 and 2015 and it took them until 2020 to have the second album out. I could see a new album done soon, definitely, but they have also taken a long time to get the previous ones out. Some songs on the debut were written like in...

Well, you already know the general differences in theory. Personally, I think once you know your stuff enough and what you want to hear, general guidelines aren't as valuable anymore. Any option to try and experiece the differences?

Got a new Fender Player Stratocaster. Shell Pink, Pau Ferro fretboard. FSR/Limited Edition. First Fender in a while, and I'm positive it's a good one. This series is like an old (2008-2012) American Standard but made in Mexico. It has a lot of similarities with the old Standard Mexico-built...

Just came home from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023). Pretty decent film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games prequel. There might be a few issues with pacing and characters, but still probably the best film in the franchise by a long shot. This is how you...

Read The Hike (2023) by Lucy Clarke. A thriller about a group of friends going hiking in Norway. Not amazing, not terrible. Somewhere in between. As a quick read - you could do way worse than this. Also read The Only One Left (2023) by Riley Sager. A gothic mystery thriller set in 1983, with...

I don't need wheels to move my board, but it's at about the upper limit of what this skinny dude can carry in a flightcase whilst also carrying a guitarcase...

Just got a Boss PS-6 Harmonist. It does a lot of things - octaves, harmonies etc. - but for me it was all about the Digitech Whammy-esque "S-Bend" feature. In a many times smaller and sturdier Boss-format. And I love it! (If you want the whole Whammy-experience, you need a separate...

Read Bone Silence (2020) by Alastair Reynolds. Third and final book of the Revenger-trilogy, following Revenger (2016) and Shadow Captain (2019). I absolutely adore the universe Reynolds has created with this series - and the final chapter does the usual Reynolds thing of providing a somewhat...

I didn't know we had Avicii fans here!

Saw The Creator (2023), directed by Gareth Edwards, at the pictures tonight. There isn't an abundant supply of good science fiction-films at the moment - so it's always nice to go and see and support the original ones coming out. This is a story about a war between AI and humanity, with a nice...

Saraya - "Tear Down the Wall" off When the Blackbird Sings Just recently discovered this 1991 record by female-fronted hair metal band Saraya. Insanely good record! Perfect production, great playing and the vocals are amazing.

Riffed and soloed a bit with my flanger tonight... I feel I should build another, smaller pedalboard to fit it permanently. My board is great, but the 11 pedals on it are put together in a way which is fairly limited in amount of available sounds - by design, to be user-friendly. I have my clean...

Early on when I first got into music in the 2000's I was a massive Randy Rhoads fan, and it would have been an easy choice - but today I don't know. Neither is among my top players anymore, though their influence is substantial on everything guitar. Eddie developed a great tone and style easily...

Finished The Last Astronaut (2019) by David Wellington. A first contact story which never really took off for me. Felt like a more boring Rendezvous with Rama without any new ideas which went on for too long. Also read Shadow Captain (2019) by Alastair Reynolds. A direct sequel to the...

Watched Promising Young Woman (2020). Excellent film, I think. Also watched Green Book (2018). Biopic/drama/comedy about virtuoso pianist Don Shirley and his bodyguard 'Tony Lip' Vallelonga - freaking great. Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, it is both feelgood and sad in its...