Light for Life 1/25

On January 25, 2009 at 8:00pm in each country’s local time, thousands of people from over 30 countries lit candles and offered two minutes of silence for victims of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian War.

Thank you to all those who joined us. This is truly a testament that, despite wars and conflicts going on, there are still people who will go out of their way to do something for peace.

May Light for Life spark the desire to do other acts of peace.
May Light for Life be the beginning of a war’s end.

from http://lightforlife125.multiply.com/

I Mean Come On?!

So I don’t bother touching my blog for the past two months and I still get these very off google search terms that somehow lead to my blog. People think I deserve an award for this one. The years still early, folks. I’d like to think I can do worse.

G-g-guitah!

Bought me a new axe today. A vintage Samick Firebird copy. Thats just a schmancy way of saying its an cheap, old ass knockoff. Tis still a beauty though. I have dubbed thee “Oldie”. Inexpensive foreign copies of established guitars have quite an appeal on me. I so far own three. See a pic of my other main axe, Blackie, here. I think on and off Foo Fighter, Pat Smear summed it up best in an old Guitar World interview:

I just think it’s way cooler to buy a cheap guitar and spend money getting it fixed up than to buy a good guitar that everybody has.

I also think a great deal of responsibility gets lifted when purchasing. Wait, that makes me sound lazy. Lemme rephrase. The kind of guitars i like tend to exude a carefree feeling to the owner, which lends perfectly to the carefree music i like to play. As opposed to the nerve wracking over protectiveness of owning a pricey branded one. Plus I never pictured myself playing precision shred anyway. I want something i can sweat all over while rockin’ and not worry about it afterwards.

Rare knockoffs also tend to have a more interesting story behind it compared to a store bought axe. Oldie’s previous owner volunteered quite a few stories to me regarding who has past possessed this wonderful instrument. Can’t help but feel you’ll be adding to that history.

Awesome. I go strum me some Ted Leo songs on Oldie now.