I don’t know, I just felt like writing an inane Buzzfeed-style listicle a few weeks ago, and I’m tired of looking at this in my drafts folder. Please don’t be offended if one of your […]
Category: gear
Sonor Phonics are something else
As I mentioned, I just picked up a Sonor Phonic bop set, which I had been coveting for a couple of years. My overwhelming impression is that this is really the Tiger tank of bop drum […]
Got my Chick cymbal
The original, signed by Roy Haynes. The nice thing about Paiste cymbals— most of them— is that when you hear a sound you like, you can duplicate it almost exactly by just buying the same […]
Sewing day
Backstitch — makes a strong seam [UPDATE: My sewing job survived the tour, despite being tested fairly extremely; I had to lighten my rolling duffle before checking it, and put my snare drum stand (a […]
More on Pinstripes
The distressed font indicates rockingness to me. Ever since reading T. Bruce Wittet’s piece about the drumming equivalent of the fusion mullet, the Remo Pinstripe, I’ve been sort of half-determined to try to them out […]
Some observations on a Brian Blade performance
Last night Brian Blade played in town, and I thought I’d share a few impressions from it. I can’t promise they hold any sway outside of that concert as perceived by me from the side […]
Best values in used cymbals
By the way, during this recent bout of eBay-trawling, I noticed that the best deals on used cymbals appear to be: Dirty, filthy old Paiste 2002’s – A lot of drummers have the bad habit […]
Three Paiste cymbals
UPDATE: I think I’ve correctly ID’d one of the other cymbals. I’ve been on a vintage Paiste cymbal-buying kick recently. Here are the findings on my finds: 22″ Formula 602 Dark Ride – circa 1975-76 […]
Cymbal post coming up
We don’t write much about gear around here- there’s something of an epidemic of misplaced priorities surrounding the topic. But I’ve been on a cymbal-buying kick the past couple of weeks- a heavyish vintage Paiste […]