guitar – ME SO HUNGRY

Today, I grabbed a Steam Roast Pork Bun on the run at Lunch Box Buffet. I was headed to the AES convention to check out the latest audio nerd gear. I was surprised how good the bun was. Very pillowy bread. I wonder if I got a fresh one. A lot of bread did stick to the bottom paper that I couldn’t get off. But really good bun here.

Lunch Box Buffet -Â 257 W 34th StÂ (btwn 7th & 8th Ave)Â New York,Â NYÂ 10001

As far as the AES convention, some cool mics. I really liked the Cascade microphone booth. They list their prices! Why don’t the other booths do that? I don’t want to talk to anyone. Anyway, the Cascades had some cool old-school ribbon mics –looked sweet, sounded pretty good and cheap. I should’ve taken a photo.

I got to play the new Gibson Firebird X high-tech robot guitar. I couldn’t figure out how to turn it on. Had to wait until another guitar was free that was already turned on …and then I got on it and accidentally turned it off. I love the new technology and really wanted to love this guitar, but too many sliders, knobs and switches that didn’t tell me what they did. I did figure out how to tune it using the robot tuners. I was so proud of myself, I taught it to the guy next to me because he couldn’t figure it out either.

I met up with David who I met a few days ago at the 4Knots Music Festival. He got me into see EMA at Mercury Lounge tonight for her first NY concert. She’s got a lot of buzz going and the place was packed for this early evening show. She was pretty good, like a 90’s Alternative Rock combination of Portishead, Nirvana, Courtney Love, Sonic Youth and The Blow.

Then David, friends and I went for beer and Minca Ramen. Got the Toroniku Pork Belly Ramen. Three big blocks of delicious Pork Belly in my bowl. So good and big. I could only eat half. I’m working on my Captain America/Chris Evans figure, so half was plenty.

Minca -Â 536 E 5th StÂ (btwn Avenue A & B)Â New York,Â NYÂ 10009

On the way back home, I saw this guy Ben Simon play the craziest guitar (Guitar2D2) that he built himself. It sounded interesting (more so live than in this video).

I thought I learned a good lesson tonight that I was hoping to share with you guys —If the L train is running on one track during late-night construction, you might as well jump on even if it’s going the other way (and ride it back, securing a spot and standing in AC) …Because nothing sucks more than being on a packed platform and being the only one (seriously, the only person) to not get on the train. Lesson learned –I got on the next train going the opposite way 30mins later. There was even a cute girl that I was hoping to see on my way back and she’d be like “Whoa! How’d you do that? Let’s make out.” All was great, until I saw the another train going back into Brooklyn while I was still on the 8th Ave bound train at Union Square. So I got off at 6th Ave and waited another half hour on the sweaty hot platform to go back to Brooklyn. It took me 2 hours to get home only 4 stops away.

I’m trying to think what lesson I learned in all this. There’s always a lesson to learn in all of life’s struggles according to the self-help and development audio tapes I’ve been listening to these past 4 years. I couldn’t think of any lesson I learned out of this. It was just bullshit. I can’t believe the L train instantly fucked up all these years living optimistic and happy. FML …I get it.

Fuck everything, I decided I’m going to eat a balut.