California Blonde
To supper with the Renaissance Couple this evening. I walked into the kitchen to find Ren Man playing with his new toy - a California Blonde . Just to be clear, this is a particularly sought-after make of amplifier, not a leggy lovely from Palm Springs. The Renaissance Man was positively effusive in his praise for its features. It certainly made an impressive noise. But did it, I enquired, have a volume control that went up to 11? Apparently it did. There was only one thing for it. A microphone was thrust into my hands. The next few minutes are a blur I'd rather not dwell upon. Let's just say that the world is not yet ready for my unique and challenging interpretation of Waterloo Sunset. Nor, if it knows what's good for it, will it ever be . . .
posted by Nick at 9:28 pm
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These rock gear names can be very confusing. A friend of mine was looking for a bass amplifier called, not unreasonably, a "Big Bottom". Google took him to some very dodgy sites.....
Ah, so that was the strange noise we heard from a far....
Dr John, I can confirm that a google search for 'California Blonde Big Bottom' will lead you to the threshold of some pretty unsavoury bits of cyberspace - readers, please don't attempt this at home.
VL - No, what you heard across the North Sea were the anguished screams of the audience . .
Lex - Six degrees of Nigel Tufnel? Dr John & I both have the (highly dodgy) distinction of a Kevin Bacon Number of 3. (Explanation available on request if anybody interested in such ephemera . . .)
Always found brunettes more appealing personally . .
OK, I'll try & get this right . . . Kevin Bacon appeared alongside Steve Martin in Novocaine (2001). Steve Martin appeared alongside Jeremy Paxman in The Kids Are Allright (1979). And Dr John & myself appeared alongside Paxo in University Challenge Reunited (2002). Purists will tell you this violates the spirit of the game. Complete nonsense, say I . . .
You'd better explain. BTW, there's a much ruder version of this game, called 'Lay-lines', invented by Richard wossisface & Esther Freud in the '80s, in which you have to calculate your Brigitte Bardot number on the basis of . . . well, you get the idea . . .
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