[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0 …You can make awesome music, like guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, from Mexico City. They have a trash metal background, and turned it to the acoustic guitar; he does the picky bits, she does the bass/strumming/percussion – all on guitar. Here they cover Stairway to Heaven. It’s a bit slow at the beginning, but…
Sundays chez moi are reserved for three things: Laundry, housekeeping, and cooking. I get these three things done and it will last me a week or more; I don’t, and I start scrambling around Wednesday. So my Sunday cooking usually consists of a huge pot of spaghetti sauce or pumpkin soup plus something sweet. Culinarily…
One of the most enduring wood-chopping images in my mind comes from one of my favourite movies, an MGM musical from the 1950s called Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. In the beginning, our hero (the wonderful Howard Keel) is singing a description of his ideal wife. See, he and his six brothers are living like…
One thing I’d never guessed from Lord of the Rings: New Zealand can be a damn cold place. Their builders have never heard of insulation, and I also live in one of the highest high-altitude areas on the North Island. With the onset of winter (today we had our first snowfall, and two inches of…
End of content
End of content