EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!
"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things."
- 1 Corinthians, Chapter 13, verse 11
This other day, my editor at the City Paper sent me an email asking if it was true that the Dead Milkmen were playing a show at the Knitting Factory on April 25th . I told him that it was some sort of misprint, but I checked the Dead Milkmen message board, just to be sure.
This got me thinking: Since the Milkmen are never going to play again (don't get me wrong, I love Joe and Dean to death, and I think it would be great to re-unite for the occasional benefit show, but I doubt any of us have the time), why do I have all of this equipment cluttering up my house? Look, I got into music because I wanted to get women (this didn't really work) and because I thought I wasn't qualified to do anything else. Now I'm happily married, have well paying corporate gig and, although I might not look it, I'm going to be forty-five years old this May. My life today consists of work, writing, reading by the fire, and tiny plastic Roman soldiers. I can comfortably pack away my dreams of being a rock star.
That's why I'm selling off some of my musical gear (No, not my guitar. I'm not parting with that). If you live in the Philadelphia area and can pick this stuff, please email a reasonable offer for each piece of equipment you'd like to buy (or any question you may have about the gear) to rodney@rodneyanonymous.com and put "everything must go" in the subject line.
Remember; just because I've given up on my dream of conquering the music world (I now dream of conquering the entire world, but that's another story), doesn't mean you have to.
This is a rack-mounted EPS 16 Plus Sampler. It comes with a practically indestructible case (shown), the original manual, and about discs (I never counted all of them) chock full o' samples.
You can't operate that sampler without a controller, and this is the Excalibur of keyboards - my legendary Yamaha DX11! If this synth could talk, I'd have to kill it. 'Nuff said? Includes original manual, patch book, and a case that's guaranteed to survive the Apocalypse!
Finally we have an Alesis Midiverb and a Yamaha MT 100 II four-track recorder. And yes, I've got the original manuals for both.
Please note, that if I make enough money from the sale of these items, I'll probably buy a decent hurdy gurdy and start a new band, so some of that stuff I said earlier about giving up music may have been bullshit.
Comments
You should put that stuff on Ebay and let Dead Milkmen fans around the world know that they can have a piece of "Rock History" here! I bet you there are plenty of fans out there that would pay some good money for that stuff. Is that keyboard the one you played the violin part on for "Watching Scottie Die" on the Philadelphia in Love DVD? Great selling point!
I am sure I share the sentiment of millions of Dead Milkmen fans that we would love to hear your voice, and witty lyrics grace some kick-ass music again someday. But for now at least we have your blog.
Good luck selling your gear!
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February 12, 2008 10:14 AM
If I buy all that stuff, will you actually play that show?
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February 12, 2008 03:55 PM
If you buy all Rodney's gear, he will buy that Hurdy Gurdy. We'll call him the "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
I looked up that instrument on Ebay..pretty expensive, but pretty damn cool!
I would love to hear some of my Dead Milkmen favorites with some Hurdy Gurdy accompaniment.
Like say..."Brat in the Frat"!
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February 12, 2008 04:09 PM
I'm trying to start a band (well several bands...which ever one becomes somewhat successfull i shall stick with) The the main bands are AA!(Acoustic apocalypse) and D.S.L(dirty shoe laces). My band mates and I have written a few songs(AA! our acoustic band obviously and D.S.L is our Thrash/hardcore band )but do not have recording equipment! If you are willing to give us a fair price on that Yamaha MT 100 II four-track recorder I'm sure i'll be able to pick it up. My eeee-mail=Wolves613@aol.com. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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February 12, 2008 06:44 PM
Sir, you needn't have given up your dream because it came true. You were indeed a rock star... it just happened to be a smaller rock.
Please understand that some of us memorized your songs. Metaphysical Graffiti was a crest in Western civilization, especially when you think about all the rotten pop that came out around the same time.
You conquered some strange parts of the world, and maybe you didn't know that. But yes, some of us technically grown adults still think an album is incomplete if it doesn't have talking bits about Saint Swithen's Medical Facility and Pork Sausage Distillery or lowerin' children into open manholes.
To think I worked at IBM for years and yet I'd still club a baby seal to meet someone as witty as you... rawk on, sir!
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February 25, 2008 05:02 PM
I would like to buy that keyboard, especially since i heard it played live once in 1986, and this is not an april fools joke!
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April 1, 2008 12:09 AM