Tired of your old DJ setup? Gardner Post is now selling its Baby Grand Master. The "piano" is equipped with some serious hardware: two Pioneer DVJ-X1 DVD players, Edirol V-4 Video Mixer, Allen &Heath Xone:92 Mixer and three Marshal LCD Monitors. As far as speakers, there's a dual 15" Subwoofers, 18" Subwoofer, 12" Subwoofer, 3 Bullet Tweeters and AB 1100 Watt Power Amplifier.
In case you're wondering what to get me for my next birthday, this would do nicely.
Yeah, I'm talkin' to you ... the dumbass camel who stood in my way while I was innocently on my way to Barracuda* to pick up 1400 dirhams worth of tax-free alcohol.
I honked my horn ... you just stood there. I rolled down my window and cranked up Andrew WK on my stereo ... still you didn't budge. I got out of my car to yell and madly wave my arms ... you charged me.
Ahmed ... what can I say? If your life wasn't worth more than mine in this country I probably would've run you over.
Don't ever leave the UAE.
* For those of you not from these parts, the Barracuda is a booze can about 70km north of Dubai in an emirate called Umm Al Quwain. Unlike Dubai, where expats need a special license just for the privilege of purchasing overpriced alcohol with a 30% tax across the top just for good measure, you can buy whatever you want at the Barracuda, 24/7, no license, no I.D., nothing. Consequently, on weekends it's always packed with Dubai expats.
For my return trip from Canada two weeks ago I had the pleasure of flying Etihad Airlines business class direct from Toronto to Dubai. A 16 hour flight is both cruel and unusual, but the fully-reclining chair/beds did mean you could at least sleep away much of the time. The state-of-the-art entertainment system on the seat in front with tons of new-release flicks also made a big difference.
Then sometime during hour # 13, while mindlessly flipping channels, I found this:
Don't you hate it when you're stuck on a plan and don't know which way it is to Mecca?
Then sometime during hour # 13, while mindlessly flipping channels, I found this:
Don't you hate it when you're stuck on a plan and don't know which way it is to Mecca?
Though there wasn't much time to relax during our stay in Toronto two weeks ago, we did at least manage to have a few Proud-to-be-Canadian moments. We may live in the sand, but we still bleed blue ... and did I mention they bring beer right to your seats?
Sadly the auction has just finished, but eBay item #320091605269 is amazing - a bass speaker from King Tubby's legendary late '60s Hometown Hi-Fi sound system. The history of dub has more about Hometown Hi-Fi: "He took it to a dance and played the vocal, which everybody knew, then played the dub plate of this rhythm track and people couldn't believe it." According to the auction, it was "Recently found at a yard in Water House, (Near to Tubby's studio [at 38 St Lucia Road]), by one of our record hunters" The speaker box sold for $617, apparently to a dub 7" collector from my home town of Bristol, who's now going to have to pay $400+ to ship it over.