At the moment I have five tracks available, here is a link to my playlist:

This is a photo of me taken around the time, playing my trusty old Explorer affectionately called “The Bullworker” due to its weight guitar made for me by Melvyn Hiscock who is the author of the fine book “Make Your Own Electric Guitar”

Martin Bird Virginia Doesn't

Track list:

Miss Cream Tease (pictue by Nursey Bang Bang)

Thanks to Nursey for the kind mention and link for the track “I Don’t Need No Microphone” I did with Miss Cream Tease

Here is a very interesting delay from VanhallaDSP , they say: “Bode-style frequency shifter + analog echo emulation = skull melting chaos. Perfect for dub, Dr. Who and all of your psychedelic needs.”

Set Phasers for stun and engage warp drive! (also available as VST for PC)

This [mp3] famous Mac startup sound (still installed in every new Mac) was recorded Jim Reekes, and first used on the Quadra 700, which launched in 1991 costing $7,000.which had these staggering specs:

• introduced 1991.10.21 at around $6,000; discontinued 1993.03.15
• requires System 7.0.1 or later; highest version supported without a PPC upgrade is Mac OS 8.1.
• CPU: 25 MHz 68040
• performance: 11.9, relative to SE; 7.61, MacBench 2.0 CPU; 16.2, Speedometer 3.06; 0.89, Speedometer 4; 22 MIPS

  see Benchmarks: Quadra 700

• ROM: 1 MB
• RAM: 4 MB on motherboard, expandable to 68 MB using a single bank of 4 80ns 30-pin SIMMs; can use 1 MB, 4 MB, 8 MB, or 16 MB SIMMs (can only recognize 64 MB of memory)
• video: 512 KB VRAM, expandable to 1 MB or 2 MB; internal video does not support 16-bit mode
  • 512 x 384: 16-bit @ 512 KB, 24-bit @ 1 MB
  • 640 x 480, 832 x 624: 8-bit @ 512 KB, 24-bit @ 2 MB
  • 1152 x 870: 4-bit @ 512 KB, 8-bit @ 1 MB
• L2 cache: optional, PDS
• ADB: 2 ports for keyboard and mouse
• serial: 2 DIN-8 RS-422 ports on back of computer
• SCSI: DB-25 connector on back of computer
• hard drive: 80, 160, or 400 MB
• two NuBus 90 slots (one is aligned with PDS)
• one PDS slot (one is aligned with a NuBus slot)
• size (HxWxD): 11.9″ x 5.5″ x 14.4″ in vertical orienttion
• weight: 13.6 lbs.
• PRAM battery: 3.6V half-AA
• Gestalt ID: 22
• addressing: 24-bit, 32-bit
• upgrade path: Power Mac PDS card

Anyway gertting back to Jim Reekes, his most famous pop-culture moment was the scene in Jurassic Park where the park’s computers are all rebooted with his sound. But it’s most awesome musical use is as the bassline in Transformer di Roboter’s ace cover of ‘Stranger in Moscow’ - here [mp3]

“Under the microscope, I found that snowflakes were miracles of beauty; and it seemed a shame that this beauty should not be seen and appreciated by others. Every crystal was a masterpiece of design and no one design was ever repeated., When a snowflake melted, that design was forever lost. Just that much beauty was gone, without leaving any record behind.”

image: snowflakebentley.com

Here are a few ‘prime cut’ examples:

‘I consider, that you are mistaken. Let’s discuss it. Write to me in PM’

‘I need an real working automated forex robots’

‘It is a pity, that now I can not express - it is very occupied. I will be released’

‘In my opinion you commit an error’

‘What magazine do cats like to read? Good Mousekeeping’

‘It agree, very useful idea’

Hmnnn, So it goes on day in and day out, indecently can anyone inform me what a ‘forex robot’ is?

So for all you spammers here is a real spam recipe for you from the official ‘SPAM®’ website, careful you don’t over do the ‘Marmite’

Spam Curry

Or how about this spam guitar rig from Cigar Box Nation?

Whilst reading the horror section I was interested to learn of the Frankenstein (1910 film) version.

A quick look on Wikipedia gave me this information:

Made by Edison Studios that was written and directed by J. Searle Dawley. It was the first motion picture adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The unbilled cast included Augustus Phillips as Dr. Frankenstein, Charles Ogle as the Monster, and Mary Fuller as the doctor’s fiancée.

Shot in three days, it was filmed at the Edison Studios in the Bronx, New York City. Although some sources credit Thomas Edison as the producer, he in fact played no direct part in the activities of the motion picture company that bore his name.

You can download it at ‘The Internet Archive’

Frankenstein 1910

I’m off to see Avatar later with all its massive expense and CGI quite a contrast!