Guitar Safari

…Freak out in a Moonage Daydream Oh Yeah!  As if I don’t have enough to worry about.  I guess I just don’t get it.  I don’t know or really want to know who’s thinking about a  purple marshmallow 13 minutes ago.   All of this one sentence Cyber-Farting is getting me down.  I reluctantly joined MySpace just so I could connect with local musicans and it’s been pretty handy but there’s so much garbage being pumped into it now with advertising and the new “look at my banal observation”-style  messaging that it’s become hard to even think about logging on…then, now everyone else  has abandoned  last week’s  “latest craze” and is on the Facebook deal and basically saying nothing to each other all day long.  C’mon folks!  People constantly tell me that I need a Facebook page.  Why?  Here’s what I say…if you really have something to say, get yourself a Blog from WordPress like I use, or my good friend Alan who does a music commentary about all kinds of cool stuff and bands you might have never heard of.   You’ll find a link to it on my site.  It’s called…nowthat’swhaticallbullshit.  Then there’s the Cell Phone thing.  Remember when we had Pay Phones? You wouldn’t spend all day yacking about idiotic nonsense just to hear yourself speak…would you?  “Where you at Dog? ” “Who me?  I’m chowing a Big Mac in my Suburban right now and throwing the wrapper out the window.  Gotta  get me a Big Gulp to wash this shit down.  Where you at now Dog?”  The phone bill for talking to someone during the day on a pay phone away from your home phone was about 25 cents.  Or if you had a copy of “Steal This Book” by Abbie Hoffman, it was free!  All you needed was a paper-clip to rub against the pay phone coin box and the reciever, you could call anyone for free.  My apologies to Ma Bell.  I did it all the time.  Sorry to hear that the phone company is  nearly destitute due to my antics.  Why do we  ‘mericans love being railroaded?  Consumerism as a lifestyle is being shoved down our throats by corporate swine who have just stolen this  country, not to mention the financial state  of  almost the entire world.   Remember the recession?  Get out there and buy something or service you don’t need!  This is officially the end of this rant for the time being.  Now for something completely different…before the advent of the Internet, Cell Phones, (sit on my) Facebook,  and the “Deer in the headlights”-type kids who are forever transfixed to brainless, numbing video games… There was Glam!
Ladies & Gentlemen, Mick Ronson in better days.

Sorry, but now I gotta go sign up for Facebook. I can’t wait to tell everyone what kind of mundane  and clever thing I’m thinking about right this very second.  Or did I just do that already?

Howdy!  I’ve been so busy selling a pile of guitars for a friend who inherited over 30 from a dearly departed collector. Check my eBay auctions for more to come!  Do a search for bigmilk…that’s me!  Okay, so the Crazy Danelectros are in stock and everyone is flipping out about the look and feel of the new series.  C’mon down and take a test drive!

I had the privilege of recording a song for the new Reactionaries tribute record.  The Reactionaries pre-date the amazing, San Pedro’s own, MINUTEMEN.  I played the drums with  Mike Watt on bass and Jack Brewer (from Saccharine Trust) on vocals.  Kevin Carle played guitar.  It was very hot and sweaty but just about the most fun I’ve ever had.  The song we played is “1979” and is also the title of the record.  Basically the project consists of ten songs culled from a practice tape and names were drawn from a hat to see who would be playing on each song…how lucky can one man be?  Me?!?!!?  Not on your life usually, but this time I scored!

I sold about six Republic Resolians last month.  This is the most popular item I’ve had, ever.  New ones are arriving all the time so get your name on the list…these only last a day or two every time I get one in stock.

Now the good news!  The August Issue of Los Angeles Magazine just gave my humble shop huge props for being the place to be.  Check it out. Page 47! Yeah!  Thanks to those great folks for recognizing how much hard work goes into having a business and highlighting my efforts.

Remember! My Set-Up charge is half of what the other clowns are charging…and I do a good job!  $45.00 for new strings and a neck adjustment, fret polishing with the intonation set…what a deal!  Bring me your tired, your hungry, your huddled guitar masses…and I’ll do something with it to make your life better.  In closing I would happily welcome you to feast your eyes on Guitar Safari’s Official Spokesmodel Arielle in the latest series of eye popping photos featuring a 1957 Salmon Pink Gibson Lap Steel and a 1952 Gibson ES-295…WOW! Evil and lovely all in one package!  You can look but don’t touch!