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We had a station wagon.
April 1, 2007
We had a Station Wagon. It was the shizzle. A 1986 Colony Park Mercury Grand Marquee Wawaweewa. More than that, it was owned by a priest before us that thought it would be cool to have the top of the line Ford stereo put in (8 speakers), 4 wheel independent electronic suspension and a sunroof. So when I mean we had a station wagon, this was the death star of all station wagons… which was actually what we called it. The Death Star. We also called it The Shaggin’ Wagon, and The Beast, and The Boat, The Tank and most of the usual nick names people call their beloved wagons.
Families that own wagons are of a certain breed. One that transcends all car manufacturers. Didn’t matter if it was a Ford, a Chrysler or a Buick… even the Volvos. This was a bonding of all things 70’s and 80’s. And as the 80’s did roll around, it gave us all one thing that we subliminally would stand up to. Something to rise against as children of that big brown wood-paneled mother of a car: Mini Vans. Haha yeah, we got rides in our friends’ mini vans and didn’t complain. We were probably even mildly impressed by the captain’s chairs and high cielings. But when it comes time to make your own car purchase, there’s no way in hell you’re gonna get one. Even though it’s more practical, and cheaper in a lot of cases, you’re still a Wagon Child, and always will be. Who really wants to trade front wheel drive for a car that can pull a dozen consecutive doughnuts in the snow?!
We once got 16 of us into that thing.. and when my neighbour was walking his dog the look on his face grew more and more contorted as the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th person poured out of the vessel. It also had a trailer hitch on the back which left its mark on every road we back onto. You could sleep like 4 people in the back if you put folding seats down. It was so diverse: great for late nights pulling doughnuts on the highschool football field, and had lots of room for long trips on cottage weekends. We even put a subwoofer in there to “pimp” it out a bit. That was hilarious.
Well, it’s melted down to someone’s soup can now but cudos to you: The Death Star. I’m sorry we didn’t give you the death we originally planned.. and that you deserved.. sending you off a huge cliff. I sometimes dream of you flying off of it in slow motion, waving goodbye to us… and then somehow flying away into the setting sun. You were an integral part of what everyone should have - a happy childhood.
Darth Vader’s is falling apart…result is radical looking and gnarly sounding music gear.
March 26, 2007
A few weeks ago I went to the Moog Store (www.moogaudio.com) and purchased what I swear fell of Darth Vader’s chestplate before he was burned on Endor. It’s called the Korg Kaoss Pad 3. It’s got a bunch of knobs, some sliders, some inputs and outputs, and then it has a touch sensitive pad that lights up with red LEDs. It’s pretty rad. You can connect it to your computer via usb, or you can have it attached to your recording rig (I have it hooked up to Ableton Live and Logic Pro right now) or your turntables to get some ridiculously awesome sounds. Hell, if you were the guitarist for MUSE you would even have one installed in your guitar to get ridiculously awesome sounds on stage live.
If you want to see what the KP3 is capable of, check out all the vids on youtube and be prepared to see some neat-o type of stuff.
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=kp3+kaoss
If you’re looking to make a costume for Halloween next year and the only piece you are missing is the chest plate for the Sith Lord, then go blow $400CDN on this piece of kit.
