Music

Camper Van (and honestly, I'm much more of a Cracker fan) is getting by with a little help from their friends, access to e-mail, and a desperate plea to borrow instruments for their next gig in Detroit. Yes, they've put out an e-mail that says: The emergency shipment from Gibson is taking a little longer than expected.. Anyone heading to the show in Detroit at the Royal Oak Theatre and have a guitar? Anyone want free tickets to the Detroit show and "more"? ("more" hasnt been decided yet) Is it like one of the ones listed here: http://www.campervanbeethoven.com/gearstolen/ Can you do the band a special favor? Send two things to this email: gear@campervanbeethoven.com 1. a brief description of the guitar 2. your phone number (hopefully a cell number) After you do that... something will happen .. we're not quite sure just yet though. Someone in Toronto just happened to have a Charvel Surfcaster last night and that is the guitar David Lowery used ... Now, that's rock 'n' roll!

But it's not Cracker that I'm working on this weekend. I'm trying to get the best of the 9-disc collection "The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968" onto my iPod, which takes a while, since I haven't listened to these in a while, so other than the no-brainers (Otis Redding, most of the Bar-Kays, some Rufus Thomas), I need to go through and listen to each one to see if I want it on my iPod. (Nice little script called "Needle Drop" does the trick, playing each song in a playlist for as long as I specify.) So far, through disc 4. Can your monkey do the dog?! My heart is chained and bound! Gee whiz it's Christmas!

Be forewarned, when I go into a Stax mood, I don't come out for a while.