Malaysia Chinese school girls

 

Malaysia is a multicultural country similar to USA, but with an Asian flavor.

I got the blues about the blues... again

 

Oh, you had some trouble there at the blues festival.  Your microphone got shut off.  You dressed like you were expecting trouble.  Do you think they did it on purpose?

Perhaps.  Any blues circle makes life hard for "outsiders".  It might even be sexism.  What baffles me is why you care so much about them.  I'm sure most of those ugly men would rather be a beautiful woman who has money to spend.  Why would you allow yourself to get dragged down to their level?  You can play the blues anywhere for people who appreciate you.  Don't expect everyone to love you.  Don't expect everyone to respect you.  You can't force them, either.  You would get better results by producing a great blues album over trying to get the blues greats to sing your praises, being part of the "gang".

By the way, a Pignose doesn't have tremolo nor reverb!

I haven't received any donations nor financial help since returning to Malaysia 17 years ago, I have to live on whatever money my 87 year old mother gives me.  If I had received the donation money, I would have paid the zakat on it.  I'm not going to proceed with Shadowplay's next album until I upgrade my musical and computer equipment. InshaAllah. In the meanwhile, I want to master the Qur'an.

Happy 1st Anniversary

 

So how has the past year been for you?  You're definitely wearing much nicer clothes!  Look how scruffy you were when I found you!  I kinda wish you would stay 17, but I'll take you as you are now.  Happy Anniversary, beautiful girl!

Rock Star, not politician

 

I regret to inform you that you failed as a politician in Birmingham AL.  But you're not a politician.  You are a Rock Star.  Don't you ever run for political office, Grace.  Your place in the world is to play guitar.

You're damned right I care about your safety.  But I'm not there to keep you on a leash, so please keep yourself on a leash.  All it takes is ONE traumatic experience, ONE mistake, and you'll never be the same again.  Don't think the experience is necessary to create.  True creation is from God, everything else is selfish human shit.  So please be a pampered pussycat and keep away from risk.  You don't need it, and I love you.

Voodoo Child

 

How many pedals did Jimi use here?

Whatever happened to these guys, anyway?  Voodoo?

I want you to be the greatest electric guitarist ever!  Here's some homework for you, Grace.  Play these 2 videos back to back loud, so loud that you can't hear the snares rattle.  Then improvise along with them without doing the same thing over and over again and without pausing, play over them and drown them out.  If you can't do this, then these MEN are better guitarists than you.  Please post a video of your completion of this homework on the Internet so I can grade it.  Refusal to do this task means that these MEN are better guitarists than you.  You have one month to complete this assignment.

Witch Queen of New Orleans

 

Voodoo

 

We still have witch doctors here.  They go under the guise of Islam, and they can look like everyday people.  I guess we still have witch doctors everywhere.  Yes, those are crosses they wear.

The rule with pagan rituals is that when you participate with them, then you are one of them.  Don't cross that line, Grace.  It might appear when you're busy playing guitar.

Birmingham AL

 

Hurricane Katrina

 

The speed licker

 

Whatever the spin they present to you about something, witchcraft has one or two results:

1.  Self destruction (substance abuse, sickness, poison).

2.  Separation of husband and wife. 

Don't forget this.

Blue Note Tokyo posted a couple of your songs on YouTube.  Wow, the mix is clean.  That guy Bubby Lewis seems pretty damned loud, but the mix is so clean I can't really tell.  The problem with bass is that it can get overplayed.  People who love speed licks don't have a problem with that, but I'm a writer.  Plus I don't know anyone who can groove to a speed lick.  That he was waiting for you when you walked into the club tells me that they want to hook him up with your band.  Sure he doesn't speed lick all the time, but he doesn't fit in regardless.  He is a great musician, but he doesn't need to be part of a band.  He needs a band to back him up.

This is fun

 

Now remember that you can just hide in your bedroom whenever you feel scared, Honey.  You don't have to do a gig you don't want to do.  I envy you though, you are a REAL rock star.  I envy me too, however.  I don't have to go anywhere.  Except my Hajj, of course.  You're not ready to face the supernatural, but it looks like you're going to be tested on this immediately.  God is more powerful than witchcraft!  Don't let anybody con you that witchcraft is God!  Use this incantation when you need it: "I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected".  Do not accept jewelry or trinkets from anyone.

You and Tal look like you should be in the same band.  She has her own agenda though, I doubt she would follow your path.  It's always nice to hear a new approach, and these girls of Nout seem like they're having fun.  The flutist is incredible.  I don't think the rock riffs work well for them, though.  Maybe they need a Marshall stack or something.  I'm not impressed by the posturing over effects pedals, anybody can do that.  But you gotta have fun somehow.

The KEXP concerts have that awkward silence to them.  Traffic would sound better than that silence.  Make sure you bring some fans along when you do this gig, Grace.

Cashews

 

Ah, the cashew tree is finally bearing fruit.  We don't eat cashew nuts around here unless it's already been processed.  But the flesh is sweet and refreshing.  Doesn't last long, though.  I have a lot of fruit right now. mangoes and jackfruit.  God gave me some high quality stuff this year.  But I can only eat so much fruit before I feel nauseous.  I guess I'm not that fruity.

Wife is a fan

 

Beware of jealous husbands.

Don't be wasteful

 

Don't waste the lives of righteous young men by sending them to battle carrying guns supplied by the enemy.  The firearm trade controlled by the Jewish and Italian (al Rum) mob needs to keep the Palestinians fighting so they can make money.  Muslim countries must manufacture their own guns to be equipped by Muslim soldiers that match or beat the quality of the Israeli arsenal.  Then the Palestinians can spend aid money on food.

Leftovers

 

Hi Grace, what happened?  I hope your eye is better.  Please don't eat anything sweet because sugar slows down healing.  It's leftovers for me.  I'm so broke right now.  I haven't received any donations nor financial help since returning to Malaysia 17 years ago, I have to live on whatever money my 87 year old mother gives me.  But Allah taught me how to cook, and there are a few fruit trees in the yard.  I'm not going to proceed with Shadowplay's next album until I upgrade my musical and computer equipment.  InshaAllah.  In the meanwhile, I want to master the Qur'an.

At least I'm not living in Gaza.  A lot of money gets donated to those poor people, but they get little to none of it because of the "middle man".  Namely, the firearms trade which is controlled by Jewish and Italian gangsters.

The death of Randy Rhoads

 

Hi Grace!  How do you feel?  It looks like you are having a blast being a rock star.  I always pray that Allah grants my wife a great and righteous life, and a magnificent dowry.  Please help me by keeping yourself safe, faithful and clean.

This is the last of the series of plane crashes I want you to learn from.  Do you like Randy Rhoads?  "Crazy Train" is a fabulous song which I'm sure you can relate to.  Check out the video below.  What an awesome guitar tone!  His guitar was so loud at that gig.  That is what you call "aggressive guitar" and I challenge you to match or beat it, Grace.  I want you to be the best electric guitarist ever, and not just settle.  Yes, I saw your trying to hold on to the tremolo arm while you pick.  Don't give up.

Randy didn't like to fly.  Now what possessed the bus driver to stop at that house and start buzzing around in a small plane?  Of course he needed to gain Randy's trust to get him on that plane, so he took that woman as "hostage".  I notice a definite connection in the cases of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rick Nelson, Jim Croce and Randy Rhoads.  Which is that the pilots behaved as if their loved ones were being held for ransom by gangsters.

The death of Jim Croce

 

This is an interesting one.  Jim had a gut feeling and changed his schedule.  He called the 57 year old pilot who ran more than 3 miles to get to the airport.  The plane then hit a pine tree at the end of the runway.  It's so bizarre, I guess the moral is "don't trust your gut feeling when you're Jim Croce".  A grueling tour of coffee houses playing folk music seems like a nightmare to me.  Maybe he went mad and the plane crash was a blessing that kicked his music to success so his family could get a better life.  The money probably went to the record label, though.

The death of Rick Nelson

 

And another band that bought their own plane and of course, it had to be an old beat up piece of shit.  But forget about the crash, because they managed to crash land without immediately killing everyone.  The burning question is, why didn't the pilots unlock the door to the cockpit?

Oh Grace, you got your own star at the Underdog!  Of course, I'm proud of you.

The plane crash of Lynyrd Skynyrd

 

Here's another band that bought their own plane and of course, it had to be an old beat up piece of shit.  This time, they ran out of fuel.  How dumb is that?  It almost seems like suicide...

The death of Otis Redding

 

Otis was the bandleader.  Yup, the bandleader.  He bought a cheap old plane to get his band to the gigs, and challenged the weather.  He needed every dollar to pay for his music and family, and couldn't afford to miss a single show.  That was how he died.  Easy to kill.

In other news, my source informs me that car break-ins in the US are increasing, and the perpetrators are strong and well-armed.  Please guard your stuff and your car, especially in the Bay area.  Maybe get some bulletproof windows.

The death of Stevie Ray Vaughan

 

Stevie Ray's death was caused by his schedule, which was made by his management, who could only blame the pilot.  What a helpless way to die.  Death by contractual obligations.

But you have to stick to schedule when you're a professional, so the fans know you care about them and the music.  I guess Stevie Ray should have traveled with his brother, I'm sure Jimmy got to the gig on time.  But how would Stevie Ray known that he was about to die?

The death of Buddy Holly

 

The death of Patsy Cline

 

I suppose you have figured out to watch the weather before flying.  You can't gamble against the weather, you can only prepare to be immersed in it.  For example, when I ride my motorcycle to go downtown against a potential thunderstorm, I can bring my raincoat and get ready to be drenched.  When you fly against bad weather, then be ready to die.  Put whatever fear you have in Allah.

Note that this plane crash wiped out Patsy Cline AND HER ALLIES.

Ever wonder why so many rock stars die in plane crashes?

 

Don't be conned by people who say aviation today is safer than it ever has been.  Nothing has changed for the better.  Rather, there are more aircraft than ever so combine that with media glut and you have countless plane crashes you never hear of.  Kind of like deaths of unknown musicians...  Sure, death is sure.  But stay away from small planes and helicopters, Rock Star.  I'm going to post a series of famous plane crashes, and I want you to study them.  Especially the sequence of events leading to the boarding of the aircraft, so you avoid the management errors that cost the lives of you, your loved ones and the music.  And put your fear in Allah.

The long day

 

In Rock and Roll business, things don't get easier when you become more successful.  It gets more dangerous.  Please don't overlook security precautions and routines.

Viral

 

Sliced cheese

 

Unfortunately, I can't afford nice ingredients.  Dairy products are luxury around here, things like butter and cheese.  I can still make pizza but right now, it's with sliced cheese.  But sliced cheese isn't sliced cheese.  It's actually sliced cheese flavored grease.  So I have to cook pizza without cheese first, then gently melt the sliced cheese on top.  You can see below, a part of the cheese layer that's about to become a puddle of grease.

One day inshaAllah when you are with me, there will be real mozzarella, and some pineapple for you.

Stuffed wontons

 

Are you wearing eyeliner in bed in the morning?  You don't really need makeup to match the clothes you're wearing, plus you are already too darn pretty.  Try putting on a cocktail dress instead.  Makeup shouldn't distract from your natural beauty.  If you really wanted to match makeup with that outfit then just use foundation, powder and Chapstick.  I love the riff!  You have become so fluid.  I envy your skill.  Stay fluid on the guitar!  Flow like a river or swell like the ocean.  No interruptions!

On the menu for dinner last night was stuffed wontons.  You would like my wontons, Grace.  Stuffed wontons are very dainty, perfect for girls!  However, there's nothing dainty about eating 100 of them in a sitting, which I could.  But last night I only ate 57.  I didn't put any pig in the stuffing like the guy in the video.  Instead I used fish cake and tofu.  I like the way he shaped his wontons, though.  I think I'll try that next time.

Basil

 

Hi Grace!  Are you having problems with fake friends again?  Well you are kinda social, so you're always going to have that problem.  Or you can be a hermit like me: I don't have any fake friends because I don't have any friends besides Allah.

At least I know how to cook.  Allah taught me how to cook, because Allah is my only friend.  I had to harvest my basil, so last night was spaghetti night.  It wasn't anything fancy, I just added lots of basil and some tomatoes to canned spaghetti sauce.

Keow teow kerang

 

Hi Grace!  Are you feeling OK?  Things have been manically paced lately on both sides of the world, so I hope you know how to give your heart a break.  After all, you're not under any contractual obligations or deadlines, not any I'm aware of at least.  Time should be on your side so act like a boss Honey, and let them know that you do business according to your own pace and comfort.

I'm spending these days in the kitchen.  I ate other people's cooking for a month, and I really miss my own cooking.  Sure I'm grateful alhamdulillah (praise God), but I've had enough.  Today, I fried up some "Keow teow kerang" (flat noodles with cockles).  Cockles aka blood clams is risky food.  That's because they love sewage.  But the flavor is so thick that humans love to eat them.  I have to make sure they're cooked thoroughly twice, and not eat too much.  This type of recipe is best when the quality is slightly above average.  That's because the goal is a familiar flavor.