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A Flea in Her Ear: Only one month away.

10/18/2017

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Be sure to get your tickets!

A little self promotion: Come on our and see me in 'A Flea In Her Ear!' https://t.co/pM25tzU9TW pic.twitter.com/u0bwFqzfKg

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) October 16, 2017
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Considering acoustic guitars.

10/18/2017

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I really like how this guitar feels. One day I will own an acoustic again. One day. pic.twitter.com/LB89IN1aqh

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) March 4, 2017
I've been looking for an acoustic guitar for quite some time. The old acoustic I used was my wife's and went with her, so I don't have one around anymore. This is fine, but it's hard to write music in a quiet apartment when there isn't a no-nonsense acoustic around to use at moments of melodic inspiration.

The fact is, however, that I'm really, really picky about acoustic guitars. I hate the "dreadnought" design and avoid most crisp-sounding instruments. I like old, plunky, parlour-sized styled acoustics, and those seem to be getting harder to come by. Also, I've started looking for an acoustic with on-board electronics so I can easily plug in for live shows. So I'm more picky than usual.

There are plenty of acoustics I'm interested in. I tried out a few here:
And what I liked the most was this Gretsch archtop... that isn't really much of an acoustic in the first place. Go figure.

Some sloppy noodling on an acoustic guitar that I actually like. I aIways fear buyer's remorse (not that I can buy one any time soon). pic.twitter.com/RyQAkAnhrR

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) June 8, 2017
I broke down a few days ago and bought a cheap guitar of off of Craigslist. I bought it for $40, but already regret it. It's a dreadnought, so it's way too big. And it doesn't sound a thing like I want an acoustic to sound like. Because it's just plain a terrible guitar overall.

Here's my first half-assed attempt at making it sound respectable.

Spent $40 on a guitar I can take to campfires or to the school. It's not a good guitar. It's terrible. I hate it. But it will have to do. pic.twitter.com/2DBClKFaQu

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) October 16, 2017
Its action was way too high. But that's not what the guitar is for.

But I still hate it.

So today, after a meeting, I went out and got it some new strings. And I almost tuned it and tried again:

Jeff put new strings on this terrible guitar and tried to sing "Everybod... https://t.co/oAdvON3PJZ via @YouTube

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) October 19, 2017
So I did it. I have an acoustic guitar to try to write again. 

But all it makes me want to do is get a better acoustic so I can actually enjoy it. Today, it was this one, which sounds almost exactly like the guitar I picked for my wife:

My continuing search for an affordable acoustic I actually like. Perhaps this one day? pic.twitter.com/yLlVl8L6P8

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) October 19, 2017
But really I want this not-quite-an-acoustic that is much more my style, but a little too delicate for my to use at school or for campfires. This one:

This is the acoustic goal right now: something to write songs on again. https://t.co/4yA2QMQcT4

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) June 11, 2017
And I'm super-duper interested in this one, despite its lack of on-board electronics.

Really hoping to track down an affordable acoustic guitar one of these days (prolly a long way away). This seems to fit my overall style. https://t.co/WvfdsaK24h

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) October 5, 2017
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Brief road trip.

10/12/2017

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This past weekend, I drove up to Smithers, BC, to visit my kids. They're living up there and I had a 3½ day weekend, so I went up to visit them. It was good to see them and I'm grateful for the time I got to spend with them. It was also a little heartbreaking, considering the length of the drive and the typical things adults need to deal with in regards to today's kids: namely, screens.

Considering how difficult it is to get kids off screens these days, I'm not surprised in the slightest. #obesity #childhood #digitallife https://t.co/D0VS8edqDU

— Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) October 11, 2017
My kids do not suffer from obesity, but I find it difficult to pry them away from screens. I feel like this is a common Western parent battle, though; practically every screen-laden household needs to deal with this sort of thing. And we all have double-standards about how much screen time is too much, and when it's appropriate to use screens.

I need to regularly remind myself of how much television I watched at their age, even when "nothing was on" and I barely enjoyed it. I did this too.

But I can see how these screens mess with sleeping patterns, with relationships, with perception of the world. Because I deal with it too. Even now.

So who am I to say, "Get off the screen and pay attention to me..." when my own hand is also reaching in my pocket for my own personal screen? I may cast the first stone, but I do so as a hypocrite.

In my continuing battle against screens and digitization, I've been re-engaging more with film photography. Here are a few recent film photos from the trip to Smithers... and I digitized them in order to post them to the Internet. 

These are all photos taken on a Pentax K1000 that I borrowed from the school. Black and White Kodak C-41 film was already loaded in the camera.
https://jeffnords.tumblr.com/post/166342454201/there-scanned-the-negatives-instead-of-the
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Just a few photos.

10/5/2017

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I've been having a lot of trouble thinking about things I could write about. It seems like things are going crazy in politics, in society, in various social movements, but I have nothing to add to the conversation, nothing that somebody else can't say more effectively.

How did I once have so many things to write about? 

​So here are some pictures I've taken recently.

At Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, August 2017.

https://jeffnords.tumblr.com/post/165445343811/got-a-kodak-kodon-and-put-some-kodak-400tx-in-it

At Pride in Vancouver, August 2017

A few favorites from the old Nikon from today's #Pride parade in #YVR. #pridemonth #prideparade #vancouverbc #vancouver

A post shared by Jeffrey Nordstrom (@jeffnords) on Aug 6, 2017 at 9:44pm PDT

https://jeffnords.tumblr.com/post/165444814981/took-the-yashica-fx-3-out-to-vancouver-pride-on

At the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge a couple nights ago

https://jeffnords.tumblr.com/post/166033882336/hanging-out-at-midnight-under-the-agassiz-rosedale

I wonder how long it will take before I have something to say again?
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