Shameless plug!

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:26 pm

Thanks for the great review Paul! Glad you had a good time, and I was really glad you were there!

Translator are actually from San Francisco, it's kinda funny, I never made the connection of the name of their record company, 415!

I'll post some pics when I get around to resizing them!

stubby · Post by **stubby** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:48 am

Hey, 'zoukis have 8 strings, not three! Rick-A-Laika indeed. Don't you remember Dr. Zhivago? He played a Rick-A-Laika, a model 832v63 I think. It was modified though - sure, it had the classic "R" tailpiece but he had inserted the third pickup and replaced the knobs so, of course, it wasn't a true Rick-A-Laika. It was bloodredburst on white, remember?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:59 am

Translator have the New York vision thing down pat. Underweight, underfed, carefully disheveled appearance...

Oh, you're right, that's San Francisco, too; mostly the SoMa art crowd...

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:15 am

I thought Translator were from NYC for years as well, they also had that early 80's almost british accent thing going on too when they sang, it wasn't till I met them that I found out the were from SF.

And boy, they are skinny! Looking at the old albums it's almost silly, even now they are still pretty thin.

I guess that's the difference with SF "alternative" 80's rockers and NYC ones, Translator stayed thin, and Pat Dinizio of the smithereens got fat?

(yes, I called him fat, as a fat guy I get to say this!)

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:01 am

John, you are not fat.

You're magnificent.

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:21 am

Yes, seriously, of all the IPO bands I saw, I felt John's band was miles ahead. Well written songs. And his bass playing is very fluid and imaginative. He was the only one I saw with a rick, and that sound was on another level.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:36 am

I agree. John takes full advantage of the Rick's potential as an instrument. "Fluid and imaginative" describes it perfectly.

The Rick really cuts; no mistaking that sound. Translator had a typical Fender Jazz, in which one note blends into another in perfect cotton-muffled sonic mud.

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:09 pm

Wow, you guys are awesome... where do I send the checks again?