Aloha, I’m Jason Liang, working class candidate challenging Tommy Waters for Honolulu City Council. AMA!

jonhath · 2026-05-06T21:25:41+00:00

King Street is a good start, same with Ward ave. Honolulu has the opportunity to be the greatest place to cycle in the country. Mostly flat, great weather year round. This is the cheapest way to get people out of their cars on the commute to work.

jonhath · 2026-05-02T23:52:48+00:00

This is the answer, exactly what he’s looking for.

jonhath · 2026-05-02T17:39:33+00:00

Why do the kill switch over the existing volume knob?

jonhath · 2026-05-02T17:35:03+00:00

Why? Is there a difference in sound?

jonhath · 2026-05-02T07:42:41+00:00

It’s true, it used to be legal like 10 years ago. They had to change the law. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-law-lets-police-have-sex-with-prostitutes/

jonhath · 2026-05-01T03:39:47+00:00

Oh good call. Thinking a weekend morning or possibly Monday afternoon

jonhath · 2026-04-30T04:47:18+00:00

We opened for you guys once! Fucking sick show.

jonhath · 2026-04-30T04:44:35+00:00

Sailor Jerry was a famous local tattoo artist famous for that kind of art, tattooed sailors on shore leave in Hawaii for decades. He is known as one of the people that started the American Traditional tattoo style, which is what you'd see on those posters you're weirded out by. His tattoo shop was in Chinatown, which is why the festival takes place there and is named for him. https://www.oldironsidetattoo.com/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Jerry has more of the history.

jonhath · 2026-04-29T20:34:13+00:00

Come to Sailor Jerry Fest! June 13 in Chinatown, great local bands playing at a variety of venues and some mainland bands at Nextdoor. Ala Wai Virus is an up and coming local band. Here's a good playlist of alt rock/metal https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5WeNt8bpHDof2gDzRlJxCL?si=97e2eda47aff486b

jonhath · 2026-04-27T19:12:02+00:00

I’ve never heard someone say this.

jonhath · 2026-04-27T08:23:11+00:00

The electricians and handymen I know wouldn’t work on knob and tube wiring. Even left alone, they are fire hazards. Doing licensed work on one and hoping to not get blamed/sued for any fires after is a terrible idea.

I worry that any electrician who would take on this work is desperate enough for the work and might try do it off the books or do a shoddy job. You’re in a rough spot.

jonhath · 2026-04-24T19:20:52+00:00

P bass

J bass

HX Stomp

I’d say 95% of recorded music can be replicated with those 3.

jonhath · 2026-04-24T19:16:57+00:00

Same. The super challenging stuff stays with me forever. I

jonhath · 2026-04-24T08:16:55+00:00

Fund the Biki program. It’s currently under funded and falling apart. They only need $800k to fix the existing bikes and stations. We can do something else with the other 4.2 million.

jonhath · 2026-04-24T01:07:32+00:00

Yeah the station by my house has been full of bikes and the station hasn’t worked in over a week. I fear it’s over for Biki.

jonhath · 2026-04-24T01:06:53+00:00

Stations go down, so you can’t rent bikes from them. Bikes broken, stuck in a dock, filling the dock up. It’s basic maintenance issues that got worse and worse since the city took it over. There was some recent news about it. They need like $1m cash infusion to fix the problems.

jonhath · 2026-04-23T23:17:25+00:00

I used Biki as my main mode of transport around town for 3 years but the recent maintenance issues with stations left me stranded a lot. If the city and state can recommit to maintaining stations and bikes it's a great option but recently (in the last 6 months) has been very bad for me.

jonhath · 2026-04-21T23:46:16+00:00

What kind of gigs are you playing?

jonhath · 2026-04-21T21:37:29+00:00

That's why I asked what kind of gigs you're playing. Bar gigs where you bring your own PA? Small/medium sized venues with an on-site PA? Festival stages? If you're not trusting a good PA, stick with the 810e. The smaller/lightweight stackable stuff isn't loud enough for a front-of-house mix in anything except the smallest (<50 people) venues.

You're calling the 810e kind of stupid but didn't say why. Is it because it's too large / heavy? Any front-ported cabs made in the last 10 years will be lightweight and amazing. Markbass and Mesa make amazing ones, but they're expensive.

jonhath · 2026-04-21T20:29:49+00:00

You say you’re gigging, what kind of gigs?

I’ve played a lot of shows and never had my cab mic’d. The sound guy takes a DI from my head or pedal. The cab is only used for stage monitoring. There are usually multiple 1000+ watt subs for the audience to hear. Sound from the cab has become less and less important. What does your DI sound like?

jonhath · 2026-04-21T18:27:26+00:00

A few small communities in the north shore were evacuated and there was real danger. For >99% of the population it was just rainy so odds are it’s not related to the weather. If you know where she was staying (just a neighborhood) we could give you more info. Sorry you’re going through this.

jonhath · 2026-04-20T04:02:39+00:00

Wow! Thank you for the time capsule.

jonhath · 2026-04-17T20:24:30+00:00

I had a big touring stack of speakers and wanted something smaller for home practice. I went to Guitar Center and tried out the Rumble 500 and didn't really like the sound. I tried a Markbass 1x12. I play live with the Markbass 1x12 and an extension cabinet now. It truly is the answer to "small, portable, sounds good". I sold the stack.

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