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Not visible in my photo was the precipitous dropoff right behind me. One step back while playing and I'd fall right down the stairs!

Last Friday night in downtown Naperville IL:

Boo is right! That's the only thing I don't like about my CDP-S360. I even took off the bottom panel one day to see if I could replace my 1/8" jack with a 1/4". Apparently, not without unsoldering it from the circuit board.

Yep, it's Don, Simon McBride, Carl Sentance (of Nazareth, Krokus and others) on vocals, John Finnegan I think on drums..... Etc. There are lots of videos on Youtube but they're all from Germany, Russia, Slovakia, the Netherlands etc. I don't know if they have toured in the US at all.

+2 Specifically, he was Don Airey's guitar player for a bunch of years. His was a group I was always hoping to get to see, but never have..... I don't know if they ever toured in the US. Maybe someday.

Our 20-something music director is always picking songs for the kid's groups, so my favorite gag line is "Hey I've got that on cassette if you need to borrow it" but he never takes the bait. I guess the appeal hasn't trickled down that far yet! Maybe I should say I have it on vinyl (which I don't, I was always a cassette guy). But yeah, I kept all my cassettes, minus a few that got ruined, lost, or my little brother threw out the car window because he hated my taste in music. I pretty much only listen to them in my Fiero, because it still has a cassette player. Yes, I have a Fiero. I lead a strange life!

I just ain't talented enough to play exactly as it is on the recording, especially given the limited time constraints we have before a show. For example, "Southbound" by the Allman Bros.... I could spend the rest of my life trying to learn the Chuck Leavall piano solo exactly as it was written, or I can use the simplified version he makes available on his website (which was an ENORMOUS help). But as long as I get the feel of it right it is going to sound pretty good.

It's the round knob..... Can't miss it!

I'll have to list myself in the "wait and see" category. Like you said, buying one brand new will appeal to those who value having a warranty just for the peace of mind. I grew up using film so I would find myself preferring something a bit more full-featured; you know, like a real manual mode and interchangeable lenses. The choice of a half-frame format is a curious one and I can't help but wonder if it is in no small part because it is the same (vertical) format as a smartphone. I'll also point out that the choice to have zone focusing saves them the cost of developing either a TTL-style focusing system or a rangefinder to focus with.

I'm, uh, 50+ but I've only been playing away from home for a couple years. So hopefully that buys me some more time in the golden years. My big KB is a Casio CDP-S360 and it's pretty slim so it isn't too heavy. I haul it every Friday to our practice room at the school where I replace the school's KB with my own.... And theirs is a real porker. I'm glad I don't have to move it any great distance. My little KB is a featherweight in comparison.

Have fun everyone! I wish I was there..... Glad I'm not in that heat wave! Be sure and post some pics when you get back Ken!

Just to watch him die! How mean-spirited!

+2 I've seen a lot of tripods which don't offer a full range of adjustments. Be sure it can tilt as well as aim up and down. I'll never forget exploring an abandoned building with a couple folks who were using cheap department-store tripods. Every photo set-up they did took about an hour each time because there were constantly fiddling with one of the tripod legs to level up the photo, or to aim it up or down. Adjustments that could be made in seconds with a good 3-way or ball head. But hey, I am sure they made good use of their fancy geared center-column raising-lowering crank mechanism. On another note, beware of placing the tripod in deep snow. Especially with the legs spread wide, the snow can sort of push back up against the tripod and make it unsteady. My worst experience with this was years ago in Colorado where the snow was so deep the tripod was best used as a stake; poke it in as far as it'll go, understanding it won't reach the ground. Probably wouldn't have worked with long exposures. I am also leery of having a camera strap hanging there to be whipped by the wind. Could that ever matter? Perhaps. But if it's windy, it's better to take the strap off and leave it in the car so the wind won't use it to shake your tripod. Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever attached the strap to my D750.

I've never heard of Lauryn Hill, Frank Ocean or Kendrick Hill.

We worked on some Allman Bros. material, a genre I am totally out of my element playing.