The only thing left to do on the mosaic blue jay is screw in some hanging hardware, and where that goes depends on the angle at which it’s going to hang.
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Monthly archives of “January 2013”
Fishin’ Line
I happened on some bargain fishin’ line in my travels today, which I bought because I wanted to try it out as strings for the oil can banjo. Sure you can buy the fancy Nylgut synthetic strings that imitate the colour and feel and sound… Read More
Barlow Knife
Continuing our exploration of old time banjo and fiddle music, let’s look at a song called Barlow Knife. A Barlow knife is a style of folding pocket knife, invented in the UK and popularized in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries. Tom Sawyer… Read More
Soup Saturday
Since late fall, most Saturdays have been Soup Saturdays around here. I’ve been making all kinds of different hearty and delicious soups. Today’s soup was green pea. Here’s how I made it. I had a piece of bbq bacon from Starsky’s so I sliced it… Read More
A most interesting bit of television history
I was surfing around the YouTube machine, and this video popped up amidst the usual folky-ka-dolky music I like to listen to. It features Frank Zappa on the Steve Allen Show in 1963, and the gig was Frank playing the bicycle along with Steve Allen… Read More
Shaking Down the Acorns
I’ve been listening to this tune because I’ve been trying to play it in my own beginner way on the oil can banjo. It’s played in sawmill, or mountain modal tuning in the key of A. On a regular banjo that would mean playing with… Read More
Confessing to Oprah
Wouldn’t it be great if we all got a Confessing to Oprah card that could be invoked in the event of messing up in a really really big way? Now I know few of us will even have the opportunity to mess up in a… Read More
Tecumseh Valley
I was surfin around the YouTube machine and stumbled onto this performance of Tecumseh Valley by Townes Van Zandt with Nancy Griffith. This song stops me in my tracks every time I hear it. Sad. Beautiful. Just about perfect. This is like a desert island… Read More
311
We had a little basement flooding this morning after loads of rain overnight. Before called an expensive plumber, I decided to call 311 and see if maybe there was a city drain issue causing the problem. Within an hour, there was a City truck at… Read More
27th Street 