Still need to post more, but this’ll do for now:
— No news from the hospital on my wife’s tests.
— I am, at last, feeling a bit better. The fog I’ve been in for the last few weeks seems to be lifting a bit, so maybe I’m finally adjusting to these dosages.
— I’m late with the column today and might not get it up on gotpoetry until tomorrow, mainly because I’m so damn buried at work that I haven’t been able to devote lunch hours to it. (Deal.)
— I think there will, at last, be a posting of one of the Fugue State poems soon.
— I will, at last, be returning to the Java Hut on Sunday for Mike McGee’s feature. First time I’ve been there in close to two months.
— It’s my birthday next Wednesday. I think I need a new guitar. Anyone got a great way to rationalize such a purchase when I already own, like, 17 of them?
Dark Matter 
February 27th, 2004 at 2:04 pm
Re: in advance…
um…
lemme think about that*yeh*!February 27th, 2004 at 11:50 am
Re: in advance…
a BIG smile appeared on my face while reading about the canjo. Too damn cool.
February 27th, 2004 at 11:31 am
Re: in advance…
I know, it’s digusting. It’s my penchant for antiques that gets me.
I could be off by a few. Let’s see:
Washburn jumbo, 1991 (all solid woods, cedar/walnut — main instrument, amazing guitar)
Yamaha FG-330, 1993 (paid 60 bucks at flea market — mint condition, my beach guitar)
Yamaha FG-230-12, 1975 (solid spruce top twelve string)
Yamaha C90 (nylon)
Regal Archtop, 1948
“Blackie”, a 1920s slothead used for slide
“Stella”, a 1925 pre-Harmony Stella 12 fret slothead used mostly for fingerstyle blues
3 other no-name 30s slotheads that each need minor work, but are still playable — they just don’t get played much
Martin Backpacker
Portuguese 12 string “guitarra de Lisboa”, 1908 — used for fado playing. Picture a mandola sized instrument with a fan shaped head stock. Very cool.
New Danelectro 59DC, the Jimmy Page model, except in bright red
So that’s 13. I was off.
Also:
Custom Appalachian dulcimer my wife had made for me
Ukelele
Kay Banjo at my sister’s house (but soon to be in Sou M’s hands if Rob gives it up)
“Canjo” — a single string banjo made from a can of Grandma Brown’s Baked Beans, by the guy who made the dulcimer — it’s GREAT!
Two Plains flutes — 1 in red cedar, 1 in rosewood
Sarangi — antique bowed sitar from North India (decorative more than playable)
Kalimba (thumb piano)
A bunch of harmonicas
I also have Acid Music on the computer and fool around with techno for fun.
Just sold: Peruvian Charango, 1920 Gibson Mandolin
February 27th, 2004 at 11:09 am
Re: in advance…
you have 17 guitars?! holy smokes! it would take 20 minutes to figure out which one i wanted to play.
February 27th, 2004 at 9:41 am
Re: in advance…
Thanks, Sou!
While I’m on the subject…I might be getting rid of the Danelectro at some point (if I do go ahead and convert the archtop to electric and then like the conversion). You interested?
February 27th, 2004 at 9:38 am
These
are excellent rationalizations. Thank you.
I feel both patriotic and justified in wanting one now.
And I especially appreciate that you’ve given me a reason to get 27 guitars on Wednesday, which will bring me to my age’s quota of 44.
Can’t wait for 100!
February 27th, 2004 at 9:27 am
in advance…
It’s my birthday next Wednesday. I think I need a new guitar. Anyone got a great way to rationalize such a purchase when I already own, like, 17 of them?
umm… birthday’s as good an
excuseas any for another guitar =) yum!!in case i don’t get to talk to you before then, happy brithday!
February 27th, 2004 at 9:21 am
You can take this a few different ways, but I think the most pressing concern is that you do not have enough guitars. From now on, you should begin a tradition of having one for each year you’ve been alive. (Storage space may become a problem in a few decades but…)
Way two: it’s your birthday. The end.
Way three: you are saving a guitar from the musical equivalent of an orphanage by taking it home with you. Poor, orphan guitar! Current guitars want a new baby brother or sister. (I may have just taken that one too far. But even guitars need company, right?)
President Bush supports you getting another guitar, because spending stimulates the economy and that’s… good. And let’s face it– with his economic plan, we need all the ‘good’ we can get. In short, do it for your fellow American.
February 27th, 2004 at 9:06 am
Re: happy birthday early!
Happy birthday to you too!
I will try that guitar rationalization, although I seem to recall it hasn’t worked in the past. 😉
And I’m hoping we get some info soon too…thanks…
February 27th, 2004 at 8:11 am
happy birthday early!
mine’s tuesday!
guitar rationalization: “um, it’s just so COOL.” anybody will accept this thinking.
hope you and your wife don’t have to wait too much longer to get some useful information. know that the waiting deeply sucks. (i’ll tell you some time about my nightmare of waiting for results when i got tested for huntington’s chorea).