Finally hooked up the Sony Linear amp I got from Wally. I used to marvel at the items in his house way back when, and now whenever he wants to see what his old house looked like, he can simply stop over for a visit. It's truely become one of my prized possessions after listening to it for the past 4 hours.
Why is it so special? It's a DC amp. Simply put, and that also explains why it weights so much. I even ran new speaker cable to all the speakers in the house so it wouldn't be using old cable.
So, while waiting for my family to come back from Troy, I've been rocking out to the new King's X (very good), Injected, and a whole bunch of Letters to Cleo. It was weird seeing Kay Hanley on Leno in a Starbucks a few weeks ago. I remember seeing a show in Royal Oak around 1995 or so right after 'Wholesale Meats and Fish' came out. I picked up a shirt that looked like the AC/DC logo but said CL/EO instead. I think the AC/DC lawyers caught wind of it and only a few of them were made. I could be wrong, but I never saw them for sale again.
I just have a soft spot for rock chicks, especially ones that take the time to cheer on the opening band in the audience. Totally unassuming, and totally cool. That band was always so nice to their fans.
People just remember them for 'Here and Now' and maybe their Cheap Trick cover from 10 things.. but there was some seriously good guitar rock on those albums. I miss that band.