Everyone: please welcome back Rattus Brittanicus (with the valve issue) :>
On 2/27/08, miceinmymellotron <markstuartwallis@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi folks, Wallis here, long time no squeak. Glad to see you're all happily
> munching away at
> the cheese of life.
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> I'm fine as is dear old M400 151. What with trying to nurse a kit-fixing
> business into life
> and suddenly being in several bands I hadn't got round to the actual
> technicalities of
> jumping ship, i.e. remembering my Yahoo password. All going well, this year
> I'm actually
> making a living and have a nice backlog of work.
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> The murine references are most appropriate. At Hockley Street Studios we
> have a mouse
> problem- they've been nibbling at cables (all types!!), mixer knobs, even
> the feet of an ARP
> Odyssey that I've just repaired. Little bastards. It's personal now. If
> they start on my tapes..
> Actually, they'll probably wait until she gets some fresh ones..
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> Once I dismantled a Leslie 700 that I'd left in my Dad's greenhouse to find
> that the fabric
> drive belt had been severed by tiny teeth. Tiny paws then took the stolen
> threads and
> proceeded to weave the most perfectly round nest on top of the Rotosonic
> drum. Just as
> well that they'd disabled the thing by eating through the belt.
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> Chorale= dizzy mice
> Tremolo= minced mice
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> Incoming joys include 2 more BIRD organs (Yes, I know, there's something
> wrong with
> me..) for my collection of old rubbish and a pair of Cadey multitracks to
> look after and
> indeed use. You'll probably find the Cadeys interesting, they're British 2"
> tape machines,
> one 16 track and one 24 track. Full of valves, apparently made of cheese.
> Cargo Studios
> had a 16 track in the 80s and recorded Joy Division on one amongst others.
> Full spec and
> pics later- I still need to shift them from a garage in Coventry to our
> place in Birmingham.
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> Anyway, time to run back up the curtains. I shall now draw a bath.
> Unimpressed by my
> draughtsmanship, the boiler will reward me with a real bath full of
> lukewarm water.
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> Love and Scones,
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> msw
> x
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