Useless Thoughts

Minneapolis Beer Fest!

MelThorpe — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:45:14 +0000

Heading over to Beerfest in downtown Minneapolis Saturday night. Looks like it should be a good time. Beer, food and music! What more could you ask for!

http://www.mplsbeerfest.com

Wow… FINALLY!

MelThorpe — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:44:28 +0000

I can get my Seger fix on iTunes! Its about time Bobbie boy finally came around.

Cobain Signature Jaguar – Really?

MelThorpe — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:23:55 +0000

I really wish companies (or the family) would quit trying to make dough off dead famous musicians. Besides, from what I know about Kurt, he would have hated the idea of a “signature” guitar being sold with his name on …

Geddy Lee’s Isolated Track From Vital Signs

MelThorpe — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:35:10 +0000

I love listening to these isolated tracks. Its almost like listening to the player play their part in front of you. Cool!

New Van Halen album…

MelThorpe — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:51:33 +0000

Rumors flying around that the new VH album is done and mixed. Reminds of when I was a kid when a new VH album was announced it was dropping, I’m kinda excited. I hope it doesnt suck.

What its like to work in a music store

MelThorpe — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:59:33 +0000

Every once in a while I thought it would be cool to work in a music store, then I see things like this.

Mr Big having some fun…

MelThorpe — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:55:41 +0000

I love it when bands have fun live. Mr Big jamming on a cover of Smoke On The Water and everyone is playing an instrument other than their own.

Tracking Workouts on the iPad

MelThorpe — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:07:17 +0000

I’ve been looking for a decent app to track my workouts using my iPad. There is a bunch out there and most of them suck. The only one that I have found that has a simple interface which acts like a simple pad and paper, but also allows you to save a workout so you can repeat it is WorkoutJournal. For $2.99 its not a bad deal. Here is a screenshot of the interface:

There is another app that is very similar called My Workouts, but it doesnt allow you to save your workouts as a template so you can just copy it the next time you do the same work out. That was a big feature for me, I dont want to have to type all the exercises in each time I work out.

Behind the scenes of Eric Johnson’s Saucer Studios

MelThorpe — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:08:55 +0000

Pretty damn cool. I love watching walk through videos of different personal studios.

2012 Thin Lizzy Tour?

MelThorpe — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:12:49 +0000

Thin Lizzy announced a UK tour for early 2012 with Ricky Warwick, formerly of The Almighty, on lead vocals. Thin Lizzy already has a full touring schedule for the US this fall with pals Judas Priest. Thin Lizzy toldNME earlier this year they’re also considering a new studio album. If so, it would be their first since the death of frontman Phil Lynott in 1986.

http://epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=2726

Thin Lizzy has always been one of my favorite bands but this has to be one of the dumbest things I have read in a while. Without Phil, there is no Thin Lizzy. His voice was the signature sound of the band. To go out on tour without him is a joke.