Do More, Get Less

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Monday night I cut in the inlays and installed them. It took a long time, and they're not perfect, but I got them done.Small chisels. Patience. Perseverance. Today I glued the fretboard to the neck. Lots of clamps.Read more

Movie Review: Invitation Only

Declinethe invitation. The Movie Night gang saw this at Elements rather than Dynasty due to a scheduling issue.

Which is unfortunate since this has Dynasty written all over it.

A Taiwanese shot- on-video production, it's the ROC's first slasher movie.

Which means, generically, that you're not looking for airtight plausibility.

But Invitation Onl...Read more

Ads, Fans and Razors

Seen this advert in the MTR lately? I have two responses.1. I didn't know 'fan service' was popular outside Japan. 2. I guess it isn't only men who have to shave before they go to work...

Don't get me wrong, I'm as joyously hetero as the next (straight) guy, but this strikes me as gratuitous.

Like this one does:Read more

Even More of Less

Monday, June 21 -

I hit the workshop at 9:00AM. All weekend I was thinking about curves on bodies.

Which is why I left my good camera at home and had to take pictures with my phone...Using a random orbital sander, I carve a curvaceous top onto this guitar body. Watch:

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More Making Less

Friday, June 19.

I got to see Mr. Chan today. He runs the workshop for the fine art students. Well, during summer, there are no students. But the workshop is still there. Sanders, saws, tools... my kinda place!

Mr. Chan lets me use the workshop to build guitars. I think he gets a kick out of it. I know I am exceedingly grateful.

Mr. Chan also speaks no English. So you can imagine our 'conversations.'

But today, I found out he's an Eddie Cochran fan.

If you don't know, you better ask som...Read more

New Project: the 'Less Paul'

This is Les Paul.He's on the left. The woman is Mary Ford. He invented the guitar with the same name.He's holding one.You could say he's holding himself.

Which is a pretty racy concept for the 1950s.Lots of people play Les Pauls. Lots of famous people too: Read more

What's Left After This?

I had the greatest (male) interview of my career on Monday. I was lucky enough to have an audience with the Jing...

I'm currently doing research on the mahjong film genre (and I even have a research grant to do so), and let's face it, there's really only one place to start: at the top.

Or, in my case, the 31st floor of the EGL Tower in Kwun Tong, which is where the offices of Wong Jing are located. I got to spend 30 minutes with him. My interview was sandwiched between meetings with Ann Hui and another...Read more

None More Black

I have previously written about this project, something I bought cheap at Tom Lee's Factory Blowout Sale. It's the same frame as a volume pedal, but needed new electronics.

So I bought a volume pot and had it shipped to my mother's house in FLA, and picked it up while I was visiting. Read more

Stating the Obvious

File this under What Happens in Lan Kwai Fong: If it weren't for drinking before kissing, I'd probably still be a virgin.

Movie Review: Plastic City/

Okay, big disclaimer time:

I slept through a lot of this movie.

But I was very grateful to do so.is more like it.(蕩寇), with HK's own Anthony Wong Chau San, was one of the most confounding, pointless, infuriating wastes of time I have been through since I was married.

All I have to say to 'director' Yu Lik Wai is "You lick ass and I don't care why....Read more