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Maybe the second cable saw what you were doing to the first one and was too scared to make much noise? ? Actually, I'm always impressed by people willing to make their own custom stuff. My attempts usually result in wasted time, effort, gear and the regrettable trip to Guitar Center to get replacement parts... ?

Side note, my friend August plays (and kinda looks like) Tommy Shaw in Dennis DeYoung's band, so they can play all the Styx songs. Thanks for that post cclarry! Definitely brought back some memories... My friend (noted above) was in a really good Styx tribute band called Grand Illusion (which is how Dennis found him). When I lived in So. Cal. I used to go see them a lot and even provided some gear with connections I had at the time. In fact, it was at one of their gigs that I got to meet Bob Moog! The same guys were also in a Boston tribute band called Smokin' (the only one in the U.S. as far as we, or Boston themselves, knew of). After I had moved to the Pacific Northwest, they got a double gig at a nearby casino to play Boston on one night and Styx the next. I pretty much supplied their entire backline and all backup instruments except drums. I even had duplicates of all their rack gear (they emailed me their setups). Well, everything EXCEPT one vocal processor that's used for one Styx song that requires a wide stereo ping-pong effect. Needless to say, that was the ONLY piece of gear that the PDX airport security managed to zap, so the keyboardist stood on one side of the stage while I was on the other each with microphones just to be the echos. It turned out well because the audience thought it was just a fun part of the act and not a last-minute solution to an "OH CRAP!!!" situation! LOL. ? Oh yeah, I got to be roadie the whole weekend, playing during the sound checks and including running onto stage during the initial intro to replace batteries in August's guitar remote pack. I finished a mere two seconds before he was supposed to hit the first chord! I have a lot of respect for real roadies after that. ?

Macs now support Windows!

An oldie, but a goodie!

[Non-compensated plug ?] Check out Nigel's new Devine Lies album in his signature! I heard the whole thing last night and it's really well done! ?

Well played!

Er, see S.L.I.P.'s reply above? ?

Somewhere Steve is downing a jar and thinking "Mission accomplished!" ?

One of my favorite sayings: "YOU are unique! ... ... ... Just like everyone else." ?

Is this thread back again?

Touch me -> Tócame (same but in Espanol!)

[pedantic] No Steve, this was the right forum. It was obviously your topic that was wrong. [/pedantic] ?

I'm waiting for the "Motown-scorned" Notes to chime in on this thread! ?

Just keeping with the random theme.

I was bowling a couple of weeks ago with my friend (he's a nurse) and a couple of female nurses. Between games he played one of those "use a crane to try and grab a prize" machines and he caught a tiny rubber duck. He gave it to one of the other nurses and she said "It's kind of small, isn't it?" Which, naturally, gave me that chance to say "You shouldn't judge a guy by the size of his duck." ?

[Insert inappropriate Michael Jackson joke here...] ?

Group: "Hi Vernon!" ?

Oh no!!!

Something from my favorite 4'9" singer. I met her once at a Licorice Pizza when I was "only" 6'3", that was interesting!