Michael Manring. Ever heard of him? Check this video - he plays a Zon Hyperbass. This isn’t your normal bass guitar. The hyperbass has a cam/lever system on the four tuning mechanisms in the headstock that allow the player to flip a lever mid-song and drop that string’s tuning anywhere from a half step to a fifth. There’s also a de-tuning mechanism in the bridge that allows the bassist to change the strings’ tunings from that end of the guitar as well.
Enjoy.
As some of you know, I’ve been on the planning committee for the Minneathlon v2.0 race that takes place today at Logic. In a nutshell, the Minneathlon is an adventure race/scavenger hunt type event. This year’s theme is “Brains vs. Brawn”, a nod to the fact that the race will include both physical challenges as well as a healthy dose of challenges to work the teams’ thinkers.
We’ve been planning this race for about a month now, and I’m quite excited that race day is here. Start time is at 8:30. If you’re interested in following along, we’ve set up real-time GPS tracking of all the teams. All of the race clues will also be posted as the race progresses (only after each team has successfully solved the clue, though). We’ll be out taking pictures along the race route, and I’ll be sure to post those after the race.
Bjorn received a letter last week from his Gammer (Grandma) Ruth. Meghan read the letter to him a few times following its receipt. A few days later, she discovered him reading it to himself. Very cute.
Bjorn reads letter from Gammer Ruth from Erik Anderson on Vimeo.
The first two videos are from last night. Bjorn and Meghan had made their weekly trip to the library and had returned with a stack of exciting new books. Bjorn wanted to read a few of them to me:
Bjorn + Tractor Book from Erik Anderson on Vimeo.
Bjorn + Tow Truck Book from Erik Anderson on Vimeo.
Meghan sang Andrew Lloyd Weber’s “Pie Jesu” last weekend at her sister’s wedding. As such, she’s been rehearsing the song quite a bit around the house. Apparently Bjorn heard it a few times:
Bjorn - “Pie Jesu” from Erik Anderson on Vimeo.
In December 2007, my employer put on an Amazing Race-type event around downtown Minneapolis. The event went off very well, and as such, we’re planning a Minneathlon v2.0, to be held at the end of the month. As a promo piece for the upcoming event, I put together this slideshow of some pictures from the v1.0 race: