Vinyl Grove, Record Store of the Month.
Vinyl Grove – Declared Record Store of the Month in The Netherlands.
A half a page article has been published in the printed version of Revolver’s Lust For Life Magazine (http://www.lustforlifemagazine.nl).
The text is extracted from an interview they did to my hubbie (the Sheriff rules the place!!) and it is in Dutch.. however I thought I would share with you how good it looks.. and …
Charlie aka Birdy
This is our Jack Russell, Charles Birdy Parker, aka Charlie.
We adopted him last Saturday and already by now is like he had always been with us.
He’s a smart little guy.
His previous “owner” had the fantastic idea of naming him “Brouwnie”, spelled like that.
Why would you name a dog “Brouwnie” ???
We have named him, obvious, after the sax genius, Charles Par…
Vinyl Grove Sneak Preview.
Ok, so we opened for a few hours yesterday before the official commercial opening today. This means it is not the “opening for friends and colleagues”, we’re talking business here. Today is the first Saturday in weeks I can take a break and stay home chilling and cooking, so I took some time to fix this update.
We haven’t finished yet but the Grove is operative and we don&…
Heavy Metal Diorama.
Let me throw this out:
The word diorama can either refer to a nineteenth century mobile theatre device, or, in modern usage, a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model.
Well, this is my diorama.
Full band on stage: Ozzy. Tony, Robbie, Angus, Animal.
Full band on stage visible vinyl record ceiling.
View of empty stage dimensional effect.
Lights close-up. Or “how to fix miniature lightning to cop…
Tests in progress for the I AM THE BAND challenge.
Heavy Metal Finger Puppets. The videoclip stage diorama.
These are the starlets, but they’re still in auditions for the drummer.
It all happens in shoeboxes.
This is the experiment I came out with. Now I am at the test phase. I still need to work on the simple electronics for the lights, so for now testing with simple cord-lights.
This should be my submission for the I AM THE BAND challenge…
Room for Art of Sound and Music.
So I am not so much around here lately and it is not only because working for the man keeps me long hours in the office behind a computer, fixing other people’s life. I know, it is difficult to beat the daily excitement of being a P.A. in an oil corporation. And the fact that I am studying Dutch and now getting into a serious level is also taking some time off my evenings lately but the main reas…