Day 7 Lesson: Check Who Your Message Is Addressed To Before Pressing Send
Day 7 in Malaysia began, as usual, with a good hearty laugh. Ben picked Rafael and I up from the hotel, and as we got into his car, he handed me his phone, laughing.
I quickly realized why.
Alvin Lee had intended to send his wife a message, but as often happens in our media-(over)saturated world, he sent it to
someone else.Read more
2012. It’s a new year, and that means one thing: Chinese New Year (CNY) movies! While some films are released around Chinese New Year, other films are literally made for the holiday. Most often, the traditional New Year films are very family-based, frivolous, and light hearted (at least by the conclusion of the film).
They’re ...Read more
Once I build the neck for this guitar, I will have to attach it to the body. Normally, the N4 uses a neck plate, although it’s not your standard neck plate.
They are curved and use 5 screws instead of 4.
Strange that they’re not really
pointing the pistols at each other.The Viral Factor/逆戰 is the first ‘big’ Chinese film of 2012, and Dante Lam’s attempt to break into the Hollywood blockbuster league.
Featuring ...Read more
2012 has not started well.
I didn’t want to look forward to The Great Magician/大魔術師, even though it has a great cast and a director whose work I frequently admire.
When you look forward to something, you have
expectations...Read more
The job at hand is to build a neck that fits this guitar body:
The Washburn N series use the Stephens Extended Cutaway system to join the neck to the body:
This entry will be about two types of coverage. One of which is much more visually interesting than the other.
The guitar body is unsealed wood. Since I am going to paint it, I need to seal it. There are several ways to do this, and I decided to use a simple method: clear lacquer. I have some, it’s easy to do, and it takes only a few minutes.
Here’s the body as I received it:
More like slow devils.2012 starts with a resounding thud.The Gang of Film (電影人幫) even saw
Speed Angels/極速天使 at Olympic, since the Dynasty wasn’t going to work. Which was a shame.We all knew this movie was going to be bad, but not
thisbad.I could go into excruciating detail, but its really not worth it. Just believe me when I say its a stupendous train wreck and failure.Read more
To be honest, I am not sure if these photos/events are from Day 6 or 7. But does it really matter?
Don’t be nervous. We’re here to help you.
Day 6 in Malaysia was, as usual, a blast. As previously noted, we basically rolled around the city in fantastic cars and told jokes, entertaini...Read more
If we don't support the movies that deserve it, we get the movies that we deserve.