13 posts tagged “vox hunt”

Moe Berg

In honor of Canada Day, show us your favorite Canadian.

There are several vying for that honor, but at the end of the day I think it goes to the mighty Moe Berg, chairman of The Pursuit of Happiness.

You rawk, Moe.

Show us a flag.

Flag Day

Show us your guitar.
Submitted by Sean J. O'Rourke.

I can't believe I'm not putting my Vox here--so appropriate, especially with that subject line--but it's late and I grabbed what was closest. Maybe later.

Early 90s American Stratocaster. Hum-cancelling Duncan bridge pickup, stock Fender Lace Sensor, Jackson neck pickup, and Roland GK-2 synth pickup. Whammy that I seldom use, with roller nut. Pretty blue metallic finish that is lost in this half-assed picture. I also have a black one.

Blue Stratocaster

Failure is inevitable... Show us some failure.
Submitted by Connie.

(My third and hopefully final response to this question.)

OH NOES1111@11111

Behold the Red Ring of Death.

Xbox 360 RRoD

According to Microsoft:

You see three lights on the Ring of Light (RoL) flash red on the front of your Xbox 360 console. The upper-right quadrant light is the only light that does not flash red.

Bingo.

The good news? They extended the warranty to three years. We are in receipt of postage-paid shipping carton, and within a couple of weeks should be in receipt of once-again-working Xbox.

Yes, well, we all knew this would happen.

Failure is inevitable... Show us some failure.
Submitted by Connie.

Response #2 to this question: closed Don Pablo's restaurant, Symmes Township, Ohio.

Don Pablo's

Failure is inevitable... Show us some failure.
Submitted by Connie.

I was going to post a picture of myself, but that shtick seemed a bit obvious. So instead:

Rent-A-Tool

Okay, maybe they didn't really fail; for all I know they just moved. But the name of the business is pretty funny, and in more than one way. (Can I rent Danny Carey for some recording?)

Audio: Share a song with powerful lyrics.

 Ah, I couldn't resist.

I'm 99% certain this is the video I used to see on MTV, Back In My Day Before You Goddamn Kids Blah Blah Blah. Always loved it when it came on. Ritchie Blackmore is the MAN.

Don't know how the video got so far out of sync with the music, but whatever.

Since today's Vox Hunt question is "Share your life anthem," consider this my response, as well as the Song of the Month from my old band The Practical Man's 1998 CD Chaos Town.

This is not, mercifully, my life anthem now, but it was once. It's about shitty jobs you take just to pay the bills, jobs where your skills aren't used and your boss doesn't care. It questions the ethic that any work, no matter how asinine, is automatically good for you and the world as long as it pays something. You've gotta eat, but don't let that keep you from looking for something better.

• The Practical Man: "After the Dawn"

[Updated 2/2/2008: Vox audio file added.]

After the Dawn

Show us a corkscrew.
Submitted by Scott.

Why, how funny you should ask!

Happy Corkscrew

For more about our smiling friend, see this post. And don't miss the backstory here.

Show us your favorite doctor.

Dr. Neela Rasgotra, as portrayed by Parminder K. Nagra. Hands down. Hot, hot, HOT.

Parminder Nagra

Of course, she doesn't dress like that on ER, but who the hell cares?