Doing Things Wrong

Back to the '80s Again

Who didn't have this CD back in the day?
Mothers Talk
Shout
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Head Over Heels

The video was filmed at the Emmanuel College Library in Toronto, Ontario. The pouty librarian is Joan Densmore, a Canadian model, and that seems to be all anyone knows.

More than once I would get back from class to find my metalhead college roommates had taken their Iron Maiden out of the CD player and left this disc in. Tears for Fears - Songs From the Big Chair.


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This is a fret slot cleaning tool that I made from my old favorite steel packing strap in about 5 minutes. Once again, the inspiration is the StewMac catalog, where their tool is much nicer, and about $15. I ground the strap to a hooked point on the bench grinder and made the handle from popsicle sticks and tape. My tool is double-ended, very similar to my binding scrapers. The material is nearly the right thickness, a few passes on a file and it was perfect. The edges are all square, so the tip is a tiny chisel.