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Pahahahhahahaahhah!

This Nu-Metal's a fucking lark!

Guitar Experiment (1 minute, 2mb)

Just knocked this up in an hour over my last beer, having spent the evening ostensibly configuring a cheap MIDI control surface I've had since christmas, but haven't got full use out of.

I've configured the crossfader as a mute/gate... it's ace for chopping things (guitars!) in and out to whack a little freestyle punch into the mix.

I've even managed to make it sound like I can play the guitar!

Equipment:

* 0x (real) drums
* 0x amps
* 0x cabs
* 1x guitar (jason's)
* 0x particular ability to play guitar
* 1x PC
* 1x control surface
* 1x Set of plugins
* 1x beer.


ooh... Hey, Hal! Wanna come over and sing on this? a few breakbeats and I could make a proper track!

:D

I could get into this guitars lark!

Cell Dweller can stick it up his cock! I'm off to bed :D

cost of living

Canada Red Cross used HIV blood (which is old news from the 80s, but it's regarding the settlement)

More than 3,000 people have died since getting the tainted blood in the 1980s.

read to the bottom...

The Red Cross now faces a fine up to C$5,000 (£2,180) and will donate C$1.5m (£654,000) towards medical research and educational scholarships.

$500 for a Canadian life?

286 GB pounds?

That's pretty cheap.

(no subject)

Fear and propoganda at 11: Swallow the ID cards or the TERRORISTS will get you.

Barclays

Is anyone else with Barclays pissed off and suspicious that their recent "security measures" that now mean an intra-bank transfer takes a day, rather than being instantaneous is simply another excuse to make a few quid off its customers while it holds money in escrow?

Anyone do banking / bank security stuff out there that could tell me if this isn't just utter dirty-dealing?

I know, I know, a high-street bank ripping off its customers, who'd'a thunk it? I just had a reasonable relationship with them recently, now I'm fucking annoyed.

Personally, I reckon this bit of news here is going to lead to a surge in imaginary charges / fees over the next year as the establishments try to find new ways to wheedle money from us.

I've written to 'em to ask for an explanation. I might pop into a branch this week, let a sub-manager squirm for me for ten minutes.