Make them feel it

 

Hi Grace!  How are you feeling?  If you're scared Honey, hang on tight to your session with Mary.  You'll be fine inshaAllah.

I wouldn't have broken that string if I had a compressor pedal.  But all I have is an SG and a Belcat amp.  I couldn't get much definition and that's why I went back to playing with a pick, so I can force out the definition.  Poverty sucks, but I'm getting a lot of production ideas.

My computer tells me that sometimes there are too many listeners to my Qur'an reading that the stream gets congested.  Please be patient folks, and try back later.  It would be helpful that you contact the server (krolnet.pl) and ask them to accommodate for more listeners, or make the stream consistent for those who tune in first.  I don't want to bother them myself.  It is a free server, and I am grateful for their work.

Mary and Gwen getting real at the audiophile store.

What, no guitar input?

 

For me, old strings are utility not nostalgia: I love the sound and feel of rusted old guitar strings (conversely I hate the sound of old bass strings, but that's a different story).  So I threw the old strings away.  I had to change the whole set in order to maintain balance.  It's a good thing that I had a spare set of Extra Slinkys when I bought the strings 18 years ago.  The unwound strings had some rust to them, bonus!  I spent the night restringing my SG, I'll tune it up tomorrow.

Compare the old 18 year old E string to the new 18 year old E string.  The old isn't old enough!  I want to get a hold of electric guitar strings from a guitar that's been sitting around in someone's attic or basement since the 1950's.

Mary posing with a dummy microphone at a high end audio store.  Do any those tube amps have a guitar input?

Wah!

 

I broke a string!  I haven't broken a guitar string in decades!  I've had that string since 2008!  It's because of that pick.  The ball end flew onto the floor somewhere, and I couldn't find it.  So I tried tying it to the head of a cable tie, but the old string won't reach the peg!  Even if I had the ball end, it still won't reach the peg!  Wah!

Pay attention, Gwen!  I'm going to beat you this time!

Being there

 

Come on now!  Go on now!

Trying too hard

 

Trying too hard to be without emotion.

Emotionally fried.

Metal

 

The last time you were at a Paris fashion show, you were clearly unhappy with the outfit you had to wear even though it was beautiful.  This time it looks as if you dressed yourself up.  I have nothing negative to say about the style, and it's certainly nicer to look at than a T-shirt with the sleeves cut off.  I call your style "metal".  

Mary's having a tough time in upscale India.

Something for nothing

 

The "something for nothing" businesses like interest and cryptocurrency generated massive debt that they had to start a war so they can sell weapons, so they can make interest payments to the Mob. Plus, Allah isn't pleased with many of the Arabs. What we have is meant to be. Perhaps it can be diffused, and the world can have respite.  I see that Iran's propaganda is focusing on the Epstein files, which is very clever.  And valid.

Dance!