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 Martin-style single-acting truss rod. I built it years ago and never used it, and at this point, I never will. I am breaking it up for parts, so I thought I'd post a picture first. It consists of a 10-32 threaded rod in an aluminum channel. At the fixed end, at the lower left, the rod is set in a T-nut and the end is peened (hammered) over to keep it from rotating. The adjusting end is nothing more than a washer between the nut and the channel. Both ends are secured by bending the channel over them, then the center of the channel is cut down and everything is ground to minimal dimensions. You can find detailed directions online.