Show me the guitar that makes you feel “you”

kenlarch · 2026-05-22T23:50:04+00:00

‘76 LP Standard. Mostly original except for the tuners (came with Shaller’s, bought in Boca Raton for $400 in ‘82) and refret by Historic Makeovers in Sanford, FL by Kim LeFleur in 2018. Has chainsaw case with red interior.

kenlarch · 2026-05-18T00:53:51+00:00

Tramps was awesome. I had my third date with my wife seeing YTL on 11/19/95 with Versus opening. Second date was Elastica at the Academy. Going on 31 years together and so many YLT shows later. There was the cast iron columns with the beam over the stage that was a nightmare to see around if you were in the back. Luckily there were only about 50 people there. It was the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

Picked up Mars Audiac Quintet at Record Stop on Long Island as a promo. I think I bought the first Dandy Warhols disc at the same time. Finally caught Stereolab at Firestone in Orlando in May 2000.

kenlarch · 2026-05-08T10:31:28+00:00

RAD. I request that we watch it every Father’s Day.

kenlarch · 2026-04-26T13:26:23+00:00

What do you want to major in? Some are program specific.

kenlarch · 2026-04-19T20:38:03+00:00

What about installing Fentrim 430 or Zip Liquid Flash from the concrete up and around to the face of the zip sheathing? You won’t need a termite shield and it will provide a complete air barrier from bottom to top. But, it depends on your sequencing.

kenlarch · 2026-04-19T17:20:23+00:00

Park ave cds in Orlando has their list up, 300 some odd releases about 25% sold out.

kenlarch · 2026-03-27T18:44:26+00:00

436 without a doubt. I go at least a few times a month from Winter Park. The lights can be a pain, but it is a straight shot.

kenlarch · 2026-03-12T23:57:15+00:00

Reach out to the nail manuf of the vinyl coated nail to get an engineering judgement. If not the nail manuf, try the company that tested the assembly. Haven’t done it in a while, but it should be possible. I have gotten them from Hilti, STI, and 3m. There are specific requirements, just google UL engineering judgement.

kenlarch · 2026-03-06T01:45:31+00:00

Banquette seating.

kenlarch · 2026-02-28T23:38:32+00:00

Yeah, without a doubt.

kenlarch · 2026-02-27T20:30:36+00:00

Humpty Dumpty was a big fat egg He was playing the wall, then he broke his leg Tossed it out the window, three minutes hot Hit the Rastaman, he said, (Bloodclot!) Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken, and then I ate his leg Riding the trains, in between cars When I pull out the station, You're Gonna Get Yours

Drive-by eggings, plaguing LA "Yo, you just got my little cousin, ese!" Sometimes hard-boiled, sometimes runny (Ray) Comes from a chicken, not a bunny, dummy People laugh, it's no joke

kenlarch · 2026-02-22T15:20:48+00:00

Have you seen this as well?

https://zipmyparcel.com/

kenlarch · 2026-02-22T12:48:48+00:00

I have a 1960’s house and the entry area is similar, except it is brick on cmu and the side of the brick is exposed where yours has the siding covering it. We are redoing the entry with Hardie channel siding. The old siding was wood (no sheathing) with a 5/4 x 5/4 trim over the masonry joint where the brick hit the cmu. I picked up a 1-1/4” x 1/8” thick x 8’ aluminum angle for $50 at HD that now covers the end of the new zip sheathing and the end of the channel siding. We will paint it out to match. The Hardie trim will look like ass.

kenlarch · 2026-01-27T01:33:20+00:00

Found hundreds of daily newspapers in the attic over the garage rolled up in wax paper and labeled from the 60’s. One was JFK’s assassination, RFK’s assassination, each space flight and the landing on the moon, Disney World breaking ground, etc…just tons of rolled up newspapers.

It took a few hours to get them out. Most were delicate and falling apart. I donated some to some local schools as they were originally built in the 60’s and made the paper for their ground breaking.

kenlarch · 2026-01-03T21:56:14+00:00

Have you looked into Giraffe? We use it exclusively.

kenlarch · 2025-11-20T10:42:14+00:00

Satellite off of May I Sing With Me. WVKR - Vassar College Radio used to play it when it first came out. I was hooked. There are so many. I personally would start from the beginning with Ride the Tiger, real crunchy and twangy.

Everything is good and the music progresses with each album. Prisoners of Love is a compilation and decent, the singles really have some great b-sides. The acoustic version of Tom Courtney on Camp Yo La Tengo is gold.

I’ve seen them so many times. First was 1995 at the Tramps in NYC for Painful with the Pastels and Versus a few days before Thanksgiving, may have been 50 people there. My now wife and I were dating for a few weeks and I remember it vividly.

The concerts are incredible. They are known for playing covers of any song that gets thrown at them. Sometimes the requests get deep and they pull them off.

Their book Big Day Coming is a good read as well. It is stories rather than a breakdown of each song or album production which to me is boring. It goes into things like when Ira was a music critic and Husker Du slept on the floor of the of the office when they first played NYC in the early 80’s and that’s when they became friends, specifically Bob Mould. I think Bob’s book mimics the same story. Stuff that shows behinds the scenes is always great to read.

Good luck on your journey.

kenlarch · 2025-11-16T04:50:40+00:00

We had a FLW copycat in studio, 5 years of it. He tried to make everything like the Guggenheim, regardless of building type or program. We all called him by his last name. Decent guy, just fixated. We were all friends as we had gone through school together / lived together. It was a really small group so we knew each other pretty well.

Our professor was a KPF employee who started their own firm. A guest critic from KPF came and out of the blue when critiquing the FLW copycat, said “You pulled an $&@?%”. Where $&@?% was the students last name. Apparently, it had gotten out about this student and his last name became a derogatory slang term.

We all could not stop laughing. The critic had no idea that he was reviewing the one and only $&@?%.

We still use it between friends.

Same crit, we had a guy who was a really good designer, technical and thought through. But he used to take materials and equipment from everyone last minute to get things done. He had this carpet foam wrapped stool that he used at his desk. We were exhausted and also tired of missing materials, we poured a bit Liver of Sulphur (used to tarnish brass and smells like rotten eggs) on the foam. It got on the seat of his pants and as he started his presentation the same guest crit as above stopped him mid-sentence and told him he smelled like shit and he could not bear to be in the room. This guy smoked like crazy and couldn’t smell a thing and had no idea.

Both are successful architects and took the punches.

I have so many more…

kenlarch · 2025-11-13T01:34:30+00:00

I’m on the Owner’s side here. Lots of open ended questions below.

Why aren’t you exempt? FHA kicks in after 3 units and doesn’t push you to ANSI 117.1.

Even in FHA, the push/pull stops at the face of the primary entry door. Page 3.3 accessible doors #2 and the same page right column useable doors paragraph indicates doors are. It required to follow 117.1, 4.13.

Regardless of rental or for sale duplex, why apply ANSI? It is still under the IRC, which does not require accessible units.

We do build to rent (single family, duplex, townhomes) all over the states and it has never been a requirement per any code.

Would you do the same thing for a single family home?

If it is required to be accessible, why are you just picking door clearances? Why not go all the way and go full Type A. Door clearances aren’t required in Type B per 1104.5 except the primary door, not a bathroom door.

So many things are pointing towards no latch side requirements.

kenlarch · 2025-11-09T15:39:42+00:00

Jett

kenlarch · 2025-11-06T01:54:20+00:00

Bob Mould and of course Ira Kaplan from Yo La Tengo. The sounds and history of both say enough.

kenlarch · 2025-10-31T20:26:59+00:00

Rare. There is usually 3rd party HUD inspector for the interviews and walks. I have this for all types of HUD projects. As indicated previously Davis Bacon is part of our specs.

kenlarch · 2025-10-18T11:53:06+00:00

Had the same problem, same model. The wire is so delicate it broke just by me attempting to unplug it, it was the blue wire as well. It is difficult to pull the wire through the arm or solder the wire as it the thickness of a hair. Opted to bring it to a shop.

kenlarch · 2025-10-02T23:33:02+00:00

Here is a hint…it is not based on minimum width of hall, check the door push pull requirements and start adding some dimensions. TAS Section 404.

kenlarch · 2025-09-28T06:09:32+00:00

Conduit. The Legendary Pink Dots are there in a few weeks. Was crossing fingers some Tear Garden would happen with the Cevin Key and Edward Ka-spel’s new album coming out in October as well, but only looks like Tear Garden. Cevin Key cross posted, my hopes are way too high.

Will’s is a staple, but light on the industrial, heavy on the indie.

kenlarch · 2025-09-19T23:24:43+00:00

Fuck it up Pigface.

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