Day 366 - May 24th - Time Slippery Time |
**** Special Alert ****
Shhhhh! Don't tell anyone but I got a bit laid back in my bloggery, like 4 weeks behind, yikes and easily the longest lag yet and during this lag something special has happened...
Posted by Dave Rat on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:51:00 PST |
Day 343a - As I Wander |
**** Ponderings ****
Great sound is just an opinion. As a sound engineer, it is very important not to forget that. Opinions are fluid and need no basis in fact or logic and with music, technically per...
Posted by Dave Rat on Thu, 24 May 2007 08:27:00 PST |
Day 343 - Sunshine and Music |
Out to the desert I head for a big huge music festival. Bjork headlines the main stage on friday, Peppers headline saturday and Rage Against the Machine on sunday. Plus there are 4 more stages and it ...
Posted by Dave Rat on Sat, 19 May 2007 08:26:00 PST |
Day 339 - The Stages and Reality begins to Seep In |
Five stages, each unique and each with a sound system to suit and being that this blog somehow relates to sound, I may as well cling to that for a while. The Gobi tent is the smallest yet small is a m...
Posted by Dave Rat on Sun, 20 May 2007 08:27:00 PST |
Day 336 April 24 - The Motion of Stopping |
So yesterday we flew home and enjoyed all the associated amenities that go along with trans-earth travel. Van rides, airport lines, shuttle busses, security lines, airplanes, more shuttle busses and f...
Posted by Dave Rat on Wed, 09 May 2007 10:38:00 PST |
Day 333 April 23st - Far Away to Home Today and Oh No! |
Oh, so I wake up in the morning and up and out for coffee and the local paper and hey look, there is a show review as the quite often is. Hey, wait a minute, that's not nice! Seems our little reviewer...
Posted by Dave Rat on Sat, 05 May 2007 09:28:00 PST |
Day 334 April 22nd - Auckland Bungy Jump Special!!, Again! |
Bungy jumping yesterday was so fun that we really had not much of a choice other than to go do it again. Plus, last night while out having some drinks with the Bungy crew, Roadie Daniel somehow agree ...
Posted by Dave Rat on Fri, 04 May 2007 10:34:00 PST |
Day 334 April 22nd - Auckland, The Rock Show |
So I just realized that I skipped a blog of the last show of the tour and I had a few lonely pictures. Looks like Josh is going to be joining us on and off for more dates as well.
And Chad wearing my...
Posted by Dave Rat on Mon, 07 May 2007 10:26:00 PST |
Day 333 April 21st - Mini Blog, Bye Bye Ground, Hello Air! |
So in an early morning excursion in time not lost, the decision was made to venture off. Strong presentations with hidden reluctance. The shells of confidence surrounding internal hidden apprehensions...
Posted by Dave Rat on Fri, 04 May 2007 12:02:00 PST |
Day 333 April 21st - Show 1 - Time to Rock in New Zealand! |
Before I even made onto the arena floor, Fletch walks by with smile and says "you are going to have fun tonight!" in his semi sarcastic gruff smirking way. Huh? "You'll see." he says and off he goes. ...
Posted by Dave Rat on Thu, 03 May 2007 06:30:00 PST |
