Reminder to self: practice slowly.

Playing fast and wrong over and over hoping to play it right the next time does not work. Slow down.

Tele wiring. What connects to where?

Help.

To Tell The Truth - Yoko Kanno - performed by Randy George, theremin

Behold a guy playing the theremin, an instrument I had heard of, but never before understand until I heard an old interview with Robert Moog, the inventor of the synthesizer and a guy whose company still builds theremins today. The theremin is an electronic instrument that uses electromagnetic fields that the musician controls by moving her hands without touching the instrument. I thought about buying one, but I understand it is a very difficult instrument to master.

I found this very funny for some reason.

I am learning to play in this style

I love the sound of BB King's guitar.

Collard green kitties

Another bloomin day

How to Make $75,000 In One Day

Mighty low Mississippi

Low Water at The Chain of Rocks

Here is a slideshow of pictures that I shot of the low water in the Mississippi River. You can see the catfish having their convention in a couple of the pictures.

Catfish convention

Guitar anxiety when people are listening

Live bridge project cameras

Check out all of the views,but especially the view from the Missouri side facing east in the late afternoon or early evening. Click right here to see the live cameras.

Ultraman intro

Nostalgia

First Kindle Fire Video. Part 2 is below.

Second video

1959 Fender guitar factory

I thought this was very interesting. Workers making Fender guitars in 1959. It makes me wonder about the stories of each of those old guitars after they left the factory, and the stories of those workers. How many are still alive? I will never know.

The National Blues Museum

...is going to open in St. Louis next year. I love this music.

Rainy dogs

Lost dogs?

These guys seemed friendly but cautious.

Yes, I remember rock and roll radio under the night time blankets in the 70's

NO! Not a Cooper's Hawk. So much better.

The beautiful bird in the below post is not a Cooper's Hawk. It is a Peregrine Falcon! Here is the text of an email sent to me from Ray Brown, host of the weekly radio show, Ray Brown's Talkin Birds: Hi Tom, Thanks so much for sending that fine photo. I wonder, though, if you're sure about the ID--I'm thinking it's maybe an adult Peregrine Falcon (the head color, the color around the eye, the bill color, and the grey/black streaking on the lower breast and belly suggest that to me. Take a look at a photo of a Peregrine and see if you agree). Meanwhile, please send us your mailing address and we'll get a pound of Dean's Beans Birdwatcher's Blend coffee sent out to you. Thanks again, Tom, and best wishes, Ray

Cooper's Hawk: A Revelation

This hawk is a celebrity and has a purple leg band on the right leg to prove it. Click below where it says "Click here to view these pictures larger."

Click here to view these pictures larger

Windy hawk day

Angry birds

Okay, More Bird Stuff

Click here to see a live webcam of a Red-tailed Hawk's nest, complete with three hungry chicks.

The birds

Go here and click on Alarm Call to hear what the hawk described in the above post sounded like.

Frankie is not normal.

Guitar Teacher

This is a video of my guitar teacher doing a lesson on a blues song by Jimi Hendrix.

No onions? No problem, just eat these onions.

My day of lectures.

Good thing my cats aren't this smart.

Here is a thing.

Don't touch that water.

Circumstantial evidence

Nice song. I am learning this on guitar.

This is nice.

How bout some chamber music? This sounds nice to me.

I thought that this was an interesting story about St. Louis.

And it was the BBC that published it.

Pelicans and hockey

Testing, testing...

Oops. Sorry about that, bicycle. Also, what a nice song.

I was turning my bicycle over to clean the underside on Saturday evening, and I clumsily lost my grip and dropped the bike hard on what is called my stationary trainer. That bent one of the spokes on the back wheel so badly that the spoke pulled out of the wheel, splitting the metal rim and ruining the wheel. The guys at the Urban Shark bike shop came through for me again. The manager offered to split up a set of wheels and to sell me only the back one and at a reasonable price. The mechanic installed the new wheel in minutes, on a Sunday, and had me riding safely in time to get to the pub after lunch. The Urban Shark has been very good to me.
Click here to hear a really nice song. I learned the guitar chords, today, and they are beautiful. They sound to me like jazz chords.

Hartford to Downtown St. Louis the Long Way (Again)

Bike ride to St. Louis the hard way.

Hartford to Downtown St. Louis the Long Way

I rode a new route, today, to avoid riding what I am sure was a muddy stretch of my usual path along the east levee of the Chain of Rocks canal. Click here to see the route. On the map, click on Map Options and choose Satellite. You will see a little box in the upper right of the map that says 3D. Click on that box if you want to see a virtual flyover of the route.

Bike Ride to Downtown on Saturday, 11 February, 2012

Late night downtown at the pub

Hockey night in St. Louis

Oops.

Well stated.

Read here.

Listen to the Audioboo just below this entry.

This is the coolest guitar in the world. It is a type of acoustic guitar known as a resonator.

Bikes and guitars

Check out this beautiful owl

I would love to see one of these birds.

Broadbandboo

Delta Blues Slide Guitar.

If only I could play like this.

Blame the Cat.

Here is the story.

Hit me baby one more timeboo

Cool spoken word stories

Stephen King: brilliant.

Waterford(?)Crystal

Pub

Cold Jeff Fisher crab cakes

St. Louis Zoo penguins go on field trip

Cold