today. Yesterday I even managed to break up the ice rink that had formed on the front porch weeks ago. The ice was four inches thick in places. I had planned to go to the stores this morning but after yesterday’s shoveling and snow removal I was a bit tired. I think the auger in the snowblower needs adjusting because it doesn’t kick in when it should, making the job even harder. In the last snowstorm it picked up some flat rocks which got jammed in the mechanism and fucked the whole thing up. That’s the best way I can describe it. The problem now is getting it to the repair shop. It’s not exactly small and I think I brought it home on the back of my truck which is 300 miles away.
Then again I can always visit Youtube university. There’s always some genius who knows how to do these things. Sometimes you have to wade through a few videos of not geniuses who think they know how to do things, but they don’t. That’s the risk, but hey, if it saves money…
I’m thinking I might go to Aldi after all. I need some milk for my caffe latte. I have to make one every day, and if I don’t have it, nothing happens. I mean nothing. I don’t have withdrawals or anything like that. It’s just a thing. A habit if you will. I can live without coffee, but I choose not to. I hardly drink alcohol, I don’t take drugs. Hell, I don’t even take Asprin if I get a headache, and I’ve got packets of Aspro Clear, which is far superior to the stuff they sell here. I do have a pain in my right shoulder, but then I’ve had that for at least ten years since I started playing guitar a lot. It comes and goes, but I don’t take painkillers for it. It’s not that bad.
The company that now owns D’Angelico acquired Supro Amps in 1990 . Jimmy Page had one.
Living is pain, let’s face it. Religious people talk about hell. This is fucking hell right here on this planet, in case you didn’t know. What’s not hell? I don’t know. Live one day at a time, that’s my motto. Last night I picked up my D ‘Angelico guitar and played through a few tunes. They’re made in New York (Asia) and the headstock is particularly nice. It has a silver cut out of the Empire State building on it, and some beautiful pearl inlay. I didn’t play it much because it kept going out of tune, but it seems to be ok now.
D ‘Angelico was founded by master luthier John D’Angelico in 1932, in Manhattan’s Little Italy. His first guitars followed the bracing design of a violin. From the age of 9 he had been apprenticed by his uncle Raphael Ciani, an expert violin and mandolin maker . The first D’Angelicos had no pickups. They were built largely to be sturdy and loud enough to be heard in the context of a jazz big band. I’d love to hear one in action.
There’s a lot more to the story here if you’re interested. Many famous artistes have played D’Angelico guitars including Eric Clapton, Bootsy Collins, Kenny Loggins, Chet Atkins and others. I’m missing from the list though. I need to speak to the manager of Wikipedia.
Good Day
I got a slight headache and I got a pain in my shoulder – with the D’Angelico