Recent content by pgm554

Try calling Guitar Center San Jose off of Cherry. $200 new .

You mean this?

Sabian FRX. What they do well is open up and give you the full character of the crash at a lesser volume level. You don't need to bash them to get a crash.

I remember McNamara saying he and LeMay would have been brought up on war crimes charges if the US had lost the war. Pretty candid stuff(though not a war movie per say)

Read the Exorcist many moons ago,then saw the movie. Missing a few sub plots here and there as opposed to the movie. The setup for verisimilitude was also a lot more detailed in the book.

Actually the best war movie I ever saw was Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory.

Dogs of War Where Eagles Dare Guns of Navarone The Wild Geese Deer Hunter (language warning) As intense as it gets.

Seen the same deal at some of the local GC's here too.

Then there's the one about a drummer standing at the gates of heaven waiting to be let in. As he is standing there he hears drumming coming from the other side of the pearly gates. He asks St Peter who that is cause it sounds a lot like Buddy Rich. St Peter just fluffs him off saying nah, that's...

Heard this one from Colaiuta back in Jr high. What does a buck toothed cow say? Mooth

When Bruford was asked what a drummers job was in a band,he replied somebody that takes their shirt off while ringing a bell with their teeth.

My dealing with CP was when I bought his Venus snare and found out it had a well known throw defect from the factory. I wrote his management,they called Ludwig and asked them WTF. He was sorry to the point that his management gave me free passes to his US tour with Yes and Todd Rundgren. So not...

Joe Namath said he was at a party with a drunk Carson and he slapped one of the Jets linebackers in the face saying you think you're tough?

Fame is a funny thing. You want to be noticed ,otherwise you wouldn't be in showbiz,but the negative aspect of rabid zealot fans is the downside. I was at SFO back in the day to catch a flight,saw Narada Walden and said I dig your drumming. He was polite,friendly and introduced me to bass player...

Nope.Her name was Darlene. Vince got bent out of shape as he thought it was an insult to his new wife's morals,but she was a legit Playboy bunny. Damn bud,you're living the dream. Funny thing is 2nd wife was named Darlene too.