Archive for August, 2007

Canada’s own John ‘JD’ Roberts08.31.07

Now I grew up watching this guy when he was one of the first Video jockeys in Canada. He talked about and interviewed many of the days greatest bands of our time. He was always soft spoken and very intellectual in my eyes. Now a days, he is a anchor person at CNN. When I [...]



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More on my 1959 Fender Duo Sonic08.30.07

This baby was first introduced to us in mid 1956, the original Duosonic (two pickups) were Fender’s 3/4 size, student model, 22.5″ short scale beginners guitars. With the switch in the middle position, the two pickups are in series, giving a humbucking pickup type sound. These short scale student models were made to the same [...]



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Glenn Gould’s secret lover08.27.07

Thank God for that little area beneath the current newspaper that holds the previous days editions! I was shopping with my wife this past Sunday and I was stopped in my tracks by the front page news caption ” The Secret Life of Glenn Gould“. I just had to have a copy of this article [...]



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