Groove Neuter’s blog

State of the Groove

2008-08-08T00:08:34Z

I find myself in the unlikeliest of predicaments. I do not want to tell my friends how great parenting can be, for fear that their experience will not be so swell and make them feel lesser. I do not want to tell my friends how awful parenting ca...

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So long Alex... and thanks

2008-08-03T22:51:43Z

Alexander Solzhenitsyn has passed. I will remember him, fondly, for "One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich". I don't remember much of the book. I remember the girls. It was high school, hot, almost summer in a SW Arizona Honors English class...

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But do you know what it means?

2008-07-30T15:55:24Z

It's always a tricky course to navigate when a performer sets out to cover a song written and performed (usually made famous) by another artist. A good cover version requires that the artist performing it puts their own stamp on the work without ...

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Tapping, Hammering-on, Pulling-off as done by John Frusciante

2008-07-28T15:17:51Z

For my next little guitar noodling self-lesson, "Don't Forget Me" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers The girls love the Youtube video for Anthony and John freaking out and spinning. I dig the non-speed metal application of hammering-on and pulling-off...

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Baby Buckethead

2008-07-28T15:09:19Z

My 2 year old was in the shower with one of her baby dolls and a cup we use to wash her hair and she uses to fill up and dump out. When suddenly with impish twinkle, she jams the cup on the dolls head and screams, "Baby Buckethead!"

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Looked for Country, stopped at Bluegrass, found Rock

2008-07-13T23:08:25Z

The wife and I got a sitter last night and decided to stroll the Music Row honky-tonks, tourist-style. The downpour began just as we'd parked in an outdoor lot, a few blocks over from Broadway. Our first attempt to escape the precipitation nette...

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Babyback Ribs: 2 and a half for 2 and a half

2008-07-10T21:29:11Z

Easiest fall-off-the-bone pork baby-back rib prep ever. Place 2-6 rib racks on foil-lined baking sheet with at least a small lip. Pour a cup of BBQ sauce on the ribs. Optional: pour additional 1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce on ribs. Cover rib...

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Original Recipe?

2008-07-10T00:03:43Z

My 4 and 2 year-olds can now navigate youtube to go from video to video... of BUCKETHEAD! He is their absolute favorite and they run around in a circle screeching, "It's buckethead! He's silly cuz he has a bucket on his head! He's playing guita...

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Where do we go now?

2008-07-09T23:12:15Z

Her hair reminds me of the last time my fingers hurt this bad trying to play this song. The first song back I attempted, over and over today:

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Tender-tips goes a lookin' for a callus, finds only blisters

2008-07-09T23:03:05Z

I pulled out the guitar from the closet today. Fingertips are now very red, tender, and slightly swollen. Takes me right back to high school. I want to get my callus' back.

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