u/cboehmig

As most of y'all probably know Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus with Needles came out in 1995, and I became a Flaming Lips fan in 1999 or so, so I’ve been hearing it for over 25 years. It’s on one of my favorite albums, so I’ve heard it a thousand times.

But whenever I’d try to play it, or my old band would try to cover it, I could never figure out the timing of the intro. I thought it was just kind of like they were randomly floating around and knew to come in off of some cue or something. But then I was watching some old live version of it, and I immediately realized I had been hearing the intro “wrong” this whole time

What I thought was the 1 is not the 1 at all. It’s the “and” of 4. And two things happened: 1) the timing of the intro makes perfect sense now, and 2) no matter what I do, I cannot hear it the way I used to. Like, once I realized how it actually counted, I can’t go back. Even though it’s the exact same audio, obviously, it sounds completely different....

Thanks to everyone for the guitar repair advice last week - I got it sorted! Now a couple amps are giving me trouble. I'm disabled and can't drive so I'm looking for a spot that's not too far from South Austin (South Congress / Stassney area) to keep Uber costs down. I'm familiar with South Austin Music but want to explore other options too! These are tube amps (a Carr Telstar and a Savage Macht 12).

Cheers!

I have always liked searching GC's used section for cool items and deals, but found the interface clunky. I built this tool for my own use, but thought others may find it useful. I have shared it around and gotten some good feedback on it. It's free to use, no ads, and I don't collect or sell your data. I don't make money off the site, though at some point I may explore using affiliate links or something.

You can use it as a guest or create an account to save / watch items, save searches, set favorite stores, etc. Check it out! Feedback welcome (though before you ask, I don't currently have the ability to set up e-mail / text alerts for new gear matching your want list...)

Here it is: GC Gear Tracker

Note: this thing has dramatically increased my pedal intake so use with caution... it can be dangerous to your financial well-being.

I got a guitar that needs a good fret level. The guitar isn't worth the cost of the Plek from Straight Frets and a good old fashioned human leveling should do just fine. What do?

Mods - please remove if not allowed...

I search the GC used section pretty much every day but was frustrated with its limitations and how generally out-of-date the design feels. So I made my own little web tool for searching. Originally I made it just for myself but after sharing it with a few friends and getting positive feedback I decided to flesh it out and let others use it.

Here it is: GC Gear Tracker!

A few notes:

• I'm not making any money off it, at least not yet. I explored getting affiliate links or something added and might at some point, but nothing now. And definitely don't want to put ads or otherwise enshittify the experience.
• If you make an account or log in with Google, your saved searches / want list / etc. will transfer from device to device, but you can also just use it as a guest.
• I welcome suggestions for improvements or bug fixes, but since I know it will be the first suggestion: I don't have the ability to set up e-mail or text alerts (at least not yet).

Enjoy!