The Greatest Invention Known to Man
Okay, I promised Jeff I'd post a good old Okay Samurai Factoid, but for the longest time, I couldn't think of one. But one did pop in to mind while I was waiting in line at Best Buy at 5:00 in the morning for their Mega 6am to 12 noon sale. Was it worth it? Let me describe my experience to you in Credit Card Terms: Samsung DVD Player - $50, Italian Job on DVD - $12, Getting your foot runover by a shopping cart because some lady wanted to snag the last copy of Britney Spears' latest album - Priceless. Now on to nostalgia.
Okay Samurai Factoid #263: I was always one for inventing musical things, ie - my sony stereo/bass amp, my old hit stix drum set/speaker box, and of my course my g string/G-String. But my greatest invention was one that surpassed all that came prior. I got the idea from an old Ram Jam Concert I went to where this guy was playing the keyboard except it was like the one's from the 80s, strap and all! It rocked and so I decided to go straight to work. After months of research and intense reverse engineering, I found an old Casio 8190 keyboard along with some screws and a strap that went to my cello case. I worked long into the wee hours of the night, but it paid off. The next day at Jam Practice at the Werners, I presented my new invention. It was called...."Strap Keyboard." Unfortunately it didn't get alot of airplay because 1. There were no audio outputs to plug it in and 2. I think the one speaker it did have was blown out so it was just all distortion. But if you guys still have it, let me know.
Monday, December 1 at 8:56 AM
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