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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These three pieces will go together as shown to make a very strong angled headstock. This construction, known as a 'scarf joint', sandwiches the headstock between the neck and the fretboard. Unless the glue fails ( which has been known to happen ) this joint will never break. It also has the advantage of being very economical, as the neck piece only needs to be as wide as the neck, not the headstock. You can use 2-1/2" (3") lumber for the neck and 5-1/2" (6") for the headstock.