Darren Danger and Musical Gear

Lyndy took this picture of me this evening hiding behind some of my musical gear. 

Stacked on the left are my Pearl Export drums, with the snare drum at bottom center.  Behind the snare are a couple of guitar cases. 

The guitar on the left, a 1987 Gibson Les Paul, is leaning against a small Fender Sidekick 15 Reverb practice amplifier.  The middle guitar is a 2003 Fender Jazz Bass.  On the right is my 1989 Fender Stratocaster.  These two guitars are leaning against my 1998 Fender Hot Rod Deluxe guitar amplifier.

I am leaning on a Yamaha EMX 88S club mixer/amplifier.  It is sitting on top of one of it's two speakers.

On top of the EMX is a lamp that I bought at an auction in the early 1990's, and a bronze sculpture of a guitar player that my Mom gave me for Christmas this past December. In the back right, Darren Danger himself is a 1963 model.

A Snowy View Out Our Window

A couple views from our balcony of the lovely snowscape.  It's pretty the way the snow is stuck to every limb of the trees, but it's getting harder to appreciate all the time.



Hutchinson Kansas Trip

I'm writing this in the lobby of the Ramada Inn hotel in Hutchinson, Kansas.  Lyndy, Evan and I are in town for a family getaway.  We are mainly here to see the Cosmosphere.  We did that yesterday.  Today we drove downtown and visited some antique malls.  We left there, stopped to eat, and were headed toward our hotel when our Jeep started making a bad noise and then suddenly the surpentine belt that drives everything on the Jeep engine broke, along with one of the pulleys. 

Lyndy's insurance has roadside assistance, so they sent a truck to tow the Jeep, and some guys from the local Jeep dealer came and got us and took us back to the hotel.  They are repairing the Jeep at this very moment.  We are hanging around in the comfortable seats in the sunny lobby waiting on the call from the shop that they are done with the Jeep.  Meanwhile, I am posting here some of the photos we have taken so far.

All but a couple of these were taken by Lyndy.  I've been focusing on video for the upcoming theatrical release.

Our hotel in Switzerland, I mean Hutchinson.

The actual seat I am writing this update from.

Joe Cool Evan in the hotel parking lot.

The next photos were taken at the Cosmosphere.

Evan pretending he's about to get ejected.

Two famous Americans.

This is part of the Berlin Wall.

Lyndy and Evan in front of one of an Apollo Capsule.

These next photos were taken this morning downtown.

Evan and Darren Danger in the snow downtown Hutchinson.

Snowscape downtown.

The Jeep at the place we last saw it.

Snow Drive: A Photo Journal

True to the meteorologists predictions, late this morning it began snowing. I went out at lunch and it was barely starting to stick to the ground. But by the time I got off work at 4:00 there was already enough snow to cover my car. I had my camera with me so I decided to document my drive home. I present the highlights for you here. Please enjoy the photos, click on them to enlarge.

About to face it: Looking out door to leave work.

Looking past KDOL sign to 4th and Topeka.

Side of my building from the parking lot.

My car, pouting, covered in snow.

View out of car on way home.

And I made it, parking next to my snow pile.

Reports of Snow

The Weather Channel says it -6 degrees out, my thermometer appears to say -4.  This is the morning the bad car batteries out there drop out of the race.  According to the National Weather Service there is snow on the ground in 49 of the 50 states.  Which one has no snow?  Florida!  And yes, Hawaii has snow, on the Mauna Kea volcano.  With a summit at close to 13,800 feet, snow is common on it and it's neighbor, Mauna Loa.  Meanwhile, it's a winter wonderland pretty much everywhere.  Dress warm!

Europe 2003

I've been looking at the photos I took in Europe in 2003 and decided to throw a few of them up here to share.  Lyndy and I flew to Amsterdam, Holland in March 2003.  We spent a week driving about in a rental car (actually more like a van).  We drove a total of 900 miles in Holland, Germany, and France.  Here are some sample photos.  Please click to enlarge:

Yes, there really are windmills in Holland.  Lots of them.

Darren Danger at a sidewalk table in Haarlem, Holland

Every other street in Amsterdam is actually a canal.

One of the huge plazas in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam

Road sign in Holland.

Darren Danger in Amsterdam.

A bus stop sign in Germany.

Heidelberg, Germany.  Note castle ruins on hill.

Another view in Heidelberg.

Road sign in Germany.

A castle we toured in eastern France.

View from tower of castle looking straight down.

Sign in France near German border.

Narrow street in Strasbourg, France.

Half timber buildings in Strasbourg.

Darren Danger representing the Chiefs in France.

Back in Action!

Darren Danger's computer has been fixed!  You will eventually see it on CNN, but I'm announcing that my computer is repaired and I hope to get the new year started right by getting more articles up.