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Ok, I figured out I need to approve the comments on this blog and that there were three outstanding.

Sally Jay Gorce trips through the Paris Left Bank in the 50’s. Great fun.

Jeeves escapes marriage once again.

We picked this travel guide up during our recent trip to Seattle, it provided a couple of excellent walking tours for us.

A valuable reference work with significantly more hobo names than, say, the Encyclopedia Brittanica.

A transcript of Sagan’s Gifford Lectures on Natural Theology. Note to self: read more Sagan!

Jeeves has to cut short his shrimping holiday to save Bertie from certain marriage. Yes, that’s shrimping holiday. People did things differently back then.

Ok, my first recording. This is “Shake That Thing” which is the first song you learn in Stefan Grossman’s excellent collection of country blues songs. My “studio” is our second bedroom which is why you can hear the sound of a car screeching to a stop at one point. There are words to go with the song, but I’m not ready to sing just yet.

Shake That Thing

I started learning to play the guitar a few years ago and I recently decided to try home recording. I’m going to post my recordings here as I get comfortable with the equipment and learn how to use the recording software.

I’m happy to say that all my recording software is open source, running on my Debian Linux system. My limited experience with audio on Linux several years ago led me to believe I would have to get myself a Macintosh and some commercial recording software like Pro Tools.

Score!