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Entries from January 2009

The Airborne Toxic Event’s single »Sometime Around Midnight«

January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Music

This song from the rock group »The Airborne Toxic Event« has been playing quite a bit on the BBC Radio 1 here in the UK and it stands to be a hit. The group is from L.A. and has been put in the indie section of music tastes. There has, however, been some confusion about [...]

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Jamming with a Line6 foot pedal

January 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

I had the opportunity to sample a great studio-grade professional foot pedal from a company called Line6. The machine is called a POD XT Live and was lent to me for a few days by a friend. On the website the POD XT Live is described as an »uncomplicated, gig-ready tone machine that’s portable and [...]

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Another review of my blog

January 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

This is actually the first proper review of my blog, the first article about it was in regards to the tragic plane crash that happened in January 2008. Read the article on my blog about it here, here and here or go to the Drugi Svet website. This other review just popped-up yesterday and I [...]

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Guitar shopping – Cort EVL Z2

January 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Guitar, Music

The day was good, the sun was up and the road was clear, well just to Haverfordwest golf club, after that I got stuck behind the never-ending queue of cars driving 40mph on a 60mph road I’m not bitter. Really I am not. My final destination was Cardiff and Bristol although the latter was more [...]

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