[Eel Bonjack]

its so nice to know that there are kids not being
raised on Spice Girls, Hanson, Britney, the boy bands,
etc. and appreciate stuff that is actually
music.......

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> ATTACHMENT part 3.1 message/rfc822 
> From: "Beth Curran" <bcurran@columbus.rr.com>
> To: "'C-ko Linde'" <spinifex@speakeasy.org>,
> <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
> Subject: RE: [Powderworks] re: what have I done??
> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:02:20 -0500
> 
> Yeah, a friend of mine played the drums, so I knew
> about the practice
> pads.  I figure if he continues to be interested,
> we'll go for the real
> thing.  I guess I might as well be hung for a sheep
> as for a lamb - his
> brother wants to play the pipes.  Ouch. - Beth
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu
> [mailto:powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu] On Behalf
> Of C-ko Linde
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 1:14 PM
> To: powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
> Subject: [Powderworks] re: what have I done??
> 
> As a former drummer, there is a wonderful invention
> that lets
> percussionists 
> practice without breaking local noise laws -
> practice pads. Usually,
> it's a 
> rectangular or round thick piece of rubber that you
> can hit, bot doesn't
> 
> make any sound. It also has a similar 'bounce' to
> regular drums, when
> the 
> stick hits the head, etc. It'll feel more real than
> electronic drums
> will, 
> at least for technique.
> 
> Also, enroll him in drum lessons! Once he has a grip
> on the
> fundamentals, 
> he'll have more skills, and he can more accurately
> be 'Rob Hirst' when
> the 
> mood stikes him. 
> 
> We should form an army of Rob Hirst zombies,
> C-ko
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> ATTACHMENT part 3.2 message/rfc822 
> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 20:08:43 -0500
> From: Rhonda <kayak@sympatico.ca>
> To: powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
> Subject: [Powderworks] Re: What Have I Done???
> 
> Beth & Kate,
> 
> Well, girls, maybe our munchkins could start a band
> (Mini Oils?), except
> there's going to be an overabundance of drummers.
> 
> My 6-year-old twin girls are also huge Midnight Oil
> fans, especially
> Leighanne.  She loves bashing away at my drum kit
> (if I've stocked up on
> my Advil beforehand).  I got each of them a
> harmonica and a kids' guitar
> for Christmas; one acoustic, and the other
> "electric."  Maybe I could
> steer them in the Moginie / Rotsey direction instead
> to save my eardrums
> and sanity (and get my kit back!).
> 
> I think I saw some Garrett-esque dancing in the back
> seat of my car the
> other day too....
> 
> Cheers,
> Rhonda
> 
> >
> >
> > Subject: Re: [Powderworks] What have I done??????
> > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 21:31:53 -0500
> > From: Kate Parker Adams <kate@dnki.net>
> > To: "Beth Curran" <bcurran@columbus.rr.com>
> > CC: <powderworks@cs.colorado.edu>
> >
> > Well Beth, looks like we should get our four year
> olds together!  Put
> > my six year old up there in front and they will
> have a band.
> >
> > Ian has a bit of a Hirsty fetish too, and likes
> the Ghostwriters more
> > than the Oils (in fact, he put two and two
> together when the Oils
> > split and is now expecting more Ghosties songs to
> come of it).  He has
> > the little electronic drum kit he requested from
> Santa last year
> > (Rockin' Rhythms drum set from KB Toys - a HIGHLY
> recommended
> > furniture saving device), but he is spending more
> time with our
> > keyboard these days.
> >
> > Older brother Nicky gets cheezed because I won't
> end Ian's turn if
> > he's got a good groove going.  I don't know how
> that little kid gets
> > all that big noise out of that thing, but he just
> does it and it
> > usually works.
> >
> > He's been noodling around with the electric guitar
> laid flat on the
> > futon lately.  He calls for my husband when it's
> out of tune.  I
> > wouldn't even know.
> >
> > In our household these things are left laying
> about the art and craft
> > room for discovery purposes. They get discovered
> by and by.
> >
> > At 05:48 PM 12/15/02 -0500, Beth Curran wrote:
> >
> >
> >> I suppose we all have our favorite Oils member. 
> From the day the
> >> 20KW DVD was released, my four year old, Scot,
> has been fixated on
> >> Rob Hirst.  Now he wants to be a drummer.  He ll
> turn anything he
> >> can find into a drum his sticks are the magic
> wands my husband made
> >> them after we read the first Harry Potter book. 
> Typical scenario:
> >> Mom sits down at the kitchen counter to decorate
> about a gross of
> >> gingerbread men, and here comes Scotty, dragging
> a chair, toy
> >> xylophone, and his brother s CD player. 
> Announcement:  I m gonna be
> >> Rob Hirst now.   The xylophone goes on top of the
> kitchen trashcan
> >> lid, the headphones go on, and from that point it
> s nonstop singing
> >> and whacking.  I don t have the heart to stop him
> since he looks so
> >> blissfully happy, so on it goes.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> For an hour and a half.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> So somebody tell me why the hell I bought Scot
> one of those
> >> electronic drum pads today?  What was I
> thinking???????  I remember
> >> some vague thought that at least it had a volume
> control.
> >
> 
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