Timothy Winton

The Day has finally come to repair and remodel my condominium from the shock of Hurricane Wilma over a year ago. I’ve pretty much been out of commission as a roving reporter at Krimson-News while I had most of my furniture removed and boxed up my belongings. All in all it should take about a month to complete and the expenditure for everything including appliances, furniture, new bathrooms, kitchen, carpet and painting, as well as association special assessments will set me back about $70,000.

While they rip my place apart, I’ve moved in with my Mom who has a nice house two miles from my home. The good news is that my high speed internet and digital cable boxes work at her house even though she has no account.

I’ve set up my computer and an electronic guitar rig in the bedroom assigned to me. I’m running a Roland capable Brian Moore i2.13 axe into a GR-33 guitar synth with effects loop for an ART SGX Nitro with X-15 foot controller. All this feeds into a Boss RC-50 Loop Station in stereo with a Crate and Roland Micro Cube practice amps. I’ve also MIDI’d up a Kawai K1 keyboard into an Alesis Quadraverb. This is a rather complex set up and first time I’ve tried such a rig, but it all seems to be working. The straight guitar tone is a bit thin and tinny, though. Time to dig out the manuals and learn how to use all this gear before I break it down and move it all back to my place around Christmas. I’ve got plenty of time to master this rig, since I am unemployed once again.

I’ve seen two more free concerts at the Hard Rock in the past two weeks. My friend Rich comped tickets to see INXS  and last night Larry the Cable Guy. The INXS show was only about a third sold, but J.D. Fortune (the new lead singer from the reality show Rock Star) was in fine form. The Southern redneck humor of Larry the Cable Guy was quite funny and he had about 4,000 attending for one of two nights. I’ve been fortunate to see seven free concerts now at the casino this year and feel particularly blessed. In fact the only concert I’ve payed for all year was Adrian Belew in a small bar. I guess it pays to have friends who are high rollers.

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