What's Happening Dec 4, 2008
Rock and Roll Yard Sale - 1 to 5 p.m., Nu i's Space; buy gently used instruments, amps, pedals, recording gear and more; www. nuci. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Ouch, My Knee! Is There a Bike Fitter in the House? Nov 20, 2008
When the cyclist gets on the bike and pedals, they flash every 2. 1 milliseconds reportedly to deliver 29 full sets of body data" to a central computer. And yet, according to the very best bike fitters in business, it is the experience level of the technician, not the technology or the cost of the service, that most accurately determines fitting quality. We like to say that you can give a monkey a machine gun, but that doesn t mean he ll know how to use it, said Sean Madsen, a biomechanist at... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Two mates of note enthuse over the same woman Oct 30, 2008
Where the pair meets in this new quartet may loosely seem on the Lovano side of centre, in that Scofield's more crunching grooves are absent, but the blues are never far from the guitarist's fingers, and the aesthetics of rock are never far from his feet (via an array of pedals) ... This initially drew forth a more folkloric side of Scofield, before a couple of pedals were stamped on and psychedelia rained down like a meteor shower. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Concert Piano's Littlest Star Oct 10, 2008
It's a stretch to reach the pedals. A stretch for his tiny hands to play all the chords. (CBS News)
'A comfortable alternative' Sep 22, 2008
"Especially on a recumbent where you have to rely on the gears because you can't exactly stand up and torque on the pedals.". And then there's the whole mental aspect of riding a bicycle while essentially sitting down or lounging. (Florida Today)
Pianos, once churned out, now turned out Sep 14, 2008
Of the 3 pedals the sustain works. About 5 keys are out of tune. (Boston Globe)
Turn on the charm, baby! Sep 11, 2008
I m thinking more along the lines of a suite downtown, a huge Vera Wang basket on the bed, with the rose pedals, wine, Patrone, and fruit the whole nine. Check out a jazz club and do the Horse Carriage thing (We ve never done that since we moved here). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Katrina Miller's cross-country bike journal Aug 19, 2008
She asked to see my bike, so I showed it to her and showed how to clip into my pedals and all the stuff I have in my wedge and Camelbak. She was a fun kid. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
What would make cycling in Sydney easier? Aug 12, 2008
I've had times where I've slipped my pedals for about. 05 seconds and I've had motorists blaring horns and speeding around me. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Pan Mass Challenge 2008 Aug 12, 2008
It is such nice teamwork, heart and lungs to work the legs/ to spin the pedals/ to crank the front gear/ to drive the little gear/ to spin the rear wheel. It is a clickata clickata clickata whir while the world passes fast beside you. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
German town celebrates next chord in a 639-year concert Jul 5, 2008
This weekend, weights holding down the organ pedals will be shifted and the sixth chord change will occur, to much celebration in the town centre. If only Halberstadt could find a way of countering growing old - at least then I might stand a chance of hearing the final note being played in the year 2639. (BBC News -- Europe)
'Idol' Chatter: Live from Idols Live tour Jul 2, 2008
With Brooke pumping the piano pedals barefoot, her hair a tangle of Medusa curls, Let It Be garners probably most crowd standing yet. Amid cheers, she chirps, Wow. (USA Today -- Life)
June 25 Ford e-News Jun 26, 2008
There are three foot pedals, none of which are the gas. Instead, the accelerator is the lever on the side of the steering column where the turning signal would be - if there were a turning signal. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
My life without a car Jun 7, 2008
A lone bicyclist pedals past me near Mills Avenue. A handful of bus riders wait for the GrapeLine as I trek up Ham Lane. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
The Ting Tings at the Astoria, WC2 May 26, 2008
While she played a bit of guitar and dabbled with a keyboard here and there, and he added occasional guitar and backing vocals, they both plugged the gaps in the instrumental structure by using foot pedals to trigger various synthesised effects, sometimes including a full bass line. An ingenious and well-timed concept then, but as a musical conceit this was about as slender as they come. (Times Online)
Moving on with their lives ... May 18, 2008
"Aydan had this Cheez-It race car, but he was too short to reach the pedals, so my dad tied a rope and pulled it around the neighborhood," she said. Without his grandparents, Aydan is enrolled in full-time day care, but a good portion of his day is spent thinking about them. (The News-Herald)
Gas prices hit $4 mark May 17, 2008
Steve wrote on May 15, 2008 3:09 PM:" Rather than going back and forth insulting each other and blaming politics, remember that the price of gasoline (more specifically oil), like any commodity, is dependant on the market. Supply and demand is still in effect here. The problem is that consumption has only very recently slowed, and only a small amount (1.3% was the figure I read in the WSJ yesterday). We can all do things to use less gasoline and in turn buy less gasoline. I am not saying do... (Munster Times, IN)
Psychedelic Relics. May 7, 2008
- clad in an ultra-psychedelic Martin Sharp sleeve and Eric's guitar transformed with wah wah pedals and extended sustain into a psychedelic wail. Jack Bruce and Pete Brown's surreal lyrics further extend their move away from blues; imaginative arrangements and inventive production highlighting their exemplary musical skills. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Is the media contributing to driving the economy into a tree? May 2, 2008
Talk about the coolest thing on 4 wheels - the controls are all on the wheel - no pedals - and the wheel could move from left-hand drive to right-hand drive (very convenient for those of us who take the chunnel over to Europe). But the coolest of all. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
George Varga asks: Who made you God? Mar 21, 2008
What results can be a horrific squall of ear-splitting sound that is rendered even more severe as Yeldham processes it through a laptop computer and electronic distortion pedals he wears on a belt. But those willing to look beyond this tummy-turning spectacle may discover there is a method to his completely improvised madness. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Resisting the urge to race the dogs Feb 4, 2008
One writer, immune to the racing bug (so far), climbs back on his bicycle and pedals into the wind. Seth Kantner lives in Kotzebue and can be reached at. (Anchorage Daily News)
Music Gifts for Lonely Valentines Jan 6, 2008
He pedals on the same chord in the verse, seeming to change, but never really moving, in the same way that time lingers when one wants only for it to pass quickly, and to take the pain with it. Wildest Dreams by Moody Blues. (Suite101.com)
Climate Consensus Busted? Dec 22, 2007
As analogy, you learn to drive a car from within the car, by operating the wheel and pedals, not by watching cars drive around. In the case of climate, the feedback systems might take generations, but that doesn t discredit the method. (New York Times)
Home, sweet home Dec 20, 2007
The keys and pedals actually move. On top of the house, Santa drives his sleigh pulled by reindeer over the chimney. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Exclusive: Jesus & Mary Chain Readying New Album Nov 26, 2007
"My guitar pedals kept f---ing up. I thought we were going to do the same thing in front of 50,000 people." But onstage in the desert, with actress Scarlett Johansson guesting on "Just Like Honey," the ship was righted. "Once the first couple of songs were under our belt, we knew where we were going," Reid says. (MediaWeek.com)
Gravity of speeding is all part of fun for racers Nov 14, 2007
Look Mum, no pedals ; a gravity bike takes a corner ... Look Mum, no pedals … a gravity bike takes a corner. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Sentimentality rule over Jimmy Eat World...again Oct 24, 2007
However, the band has added more ambient synth, violin, effect pedals and background vocals that give more atmosphere than previous albums. This may turn off some fans who treasure some of the rawer sounds of earlier J.E.W.. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
July 6 editorial: In tune with the community Sep 8, 2007
Critic: wrote on Aug 21, 2007 8:12 AM:" In spite of the nickname I have chosen, I have not come on here to insult the artists who perform in this area, especially those who have posted in this particular forum. My main purpose for writing was to address the venues and lack of venues in this area. J.M. is correct in the respect that many business owners who are trying to boost their sales of alcohol and food turn to having live entertainment as a means of attracting a crowd. The problem with that... (News Enterprise Online)
GOING THE DISTANCE Aug 26, 2007
Full/Part-time, All shifts Downriver areas. Must have valid drivers lic. (The News-Herald)
Free spirits congregate in Copenhagen Jul 28, 2007
Then, as if from another age, a man pedals his wife on a Christiania Bike -- two wheels pushing a big utilitarian rounded bucket. You'd call the couple "granola" in the USA -- they look as out of place here in Copenhagen as an Amish couple in Manhattan. (CNN -- Travel)
Weekend's best bets: Jul 23, 2007
"The distortion pedals were pretty much on all the time," Mercer said of playing with Flake. "And I was really getting into music from the '60s not the hippie stuff so much, but RRuenced mod music.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
Hidden treasures Jun 29, 2007
With expression pedals, he can also use his feet to make the music louder or softer. All around the keyboards are stops resembling knobs or tabs. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Get inside Bonnaroo with on-site insights Jun 18, 2007
Listen Up - Category Archives - USATODAY.com. Other USA TODAY blogs. (USA Today -- Life)
He's come back from the depths May 12, 2007
He sells the catches on the streets of this bustling port city, where he drives around in a battered 1991 Cadillac with 275,000 miles on it, using a crutch to prod the gas and brake pedals. His only regular audience when he swims now is the sea lions and dolphins with whom he shares the waters of Bahia de Todos Santos. (Los Angeles Times)
Junior Brown May 11, 2007
" Brown, however, might be accused of making his name on a couple of great gimmicks. In the early 1980s, Brown dreamed up a double-neck guitar -- a "guit-steel" -- that allows him to play blazing single-note leads and then flip the instrument into a horizontal position and make a separate set of strings weep and moan under the slide of a steel bar. By the early '90s, when he broke out of Austin, where he and his band were regulars at the Continental Club, Brown had added more novelty to his act... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Interview/Is Carina Round The Next PJ Harvey? Apr 29, 2007
He buys all these crappy looking effects pedals and you'd just think that nobody in their right minds would buy that for a good effect but he just manages to get these fantastic sounds out of them. The bass player plays double bass but he uses a lot of effects on it and like I say, the drummer is really into hip hop and jazz and the kind of skewed things that come to him naturally I think really worked on the record. (VHI.com -- Virginmega.com Music News)
So embarrassing! Blushing makes readers see red Apr 6, 2007
When he turned to leave, I pushed off on my bike pedals, beaming and elated, sure that everyone who noticed must be thinking, Whos that girl. Upon takeoff, surrounded by my adoring new fans, I promptly flipped right over the handle bars and crumpled to the ground with my bike on top of me. (MSNBC -- Health)
Derivative, but what a howl Mar 8, 2007
Funny thing about them doing Communication Breakdown: It was a malfunction in Stockdale's array of guitar-effect pedals that had ground the concert to a crawl, taking away the built-up momentum ... One wonders why Stockdale even requires the pedals. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
CES Notebook: Game controllers, Travelling mouse, Wireless music Jan 11, 2007
Fixed handlebars allow one to swing right, left, forward and backward, while pedals and buttons take care of other moves. Whatever way you look at it it's a better, healthier way to play, he said. (Globe and Mail)
