I sat down to record an acoustic track – with vocals no less – but wanted to warm up my fingers with some improv first. That’s when the rhythm to “Peace Bus” appeared.
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Sidewalk Appraisal – demo track
May 18th, 2020 by Corey A. Edwards
Sidewalk Appraisal showed up on February of 2019. We’ve gotten to know each other quite a bit since and it has turned out to be a lot of fun to play.
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The Sand Bats of Manark IV – demo track
May 4th, 2020 by Corey A. Edwards
No, “The Sand Bats of Manark IV” (3:27) is not a long lost ST:TOS episode but the next installment of my ongoing “CAE – Curiosities from the Attic” recording project.
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HoDad Makin’ the Scene with a Six-Pack – Silly Surfers Model Build – Hawk Model Co.
March 23rd, 2020 by Corey A. Edwards
Hawk Model Company’s “HoDad Makin’ the Scene with a Six-Pack” plastic model kit from their Silly Surfers line.
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Lord of the Angles – demo track
February 27th, 2020 by Corey A. Edwards
“Lord of the Angles” (3:06) is a new instrumental work from my now reinvigorated CAE project.
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Fink Eliminator – Ed “Big Daddy” Roth Model Build – Revell
January 12th, 2020 by Corey A. Edwards
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s ‘Fink Eliminator’ plastic model – by Revell Model Company
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Satan’s Crate Weird-Oh’s Model Build – Hawk Model Co.
January 12th, 2020 by Corey A. Edwards
Hawk Model Company’s “Satan’s Crate” plastic model from their Weird-Oh’s line.
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Some Limericks (offered without apology)
December 31st, 2019 by Corey A. Edwards
the author caught in the act by his wife, Elizabeth Edwards
I recently picked up a small, second hand tome on the limerick (“The Lure of the Limerick – An Uninhibited History” Baring-Gold) and found myself not only amused but inspired.
One morning soon thereafter, I was startled awake by ‘smealm,‘ a truly disturbing occurrence, I can assure you.
The bluer ‘rotini‘ followed with rapidity as I hunkered over the keyboard.
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Angel Fink – Ed “Big Daddy” Roth Model Build – Revell / Atlantis
December 6th, 2019 by Corey A. Edwards
Revell & Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s ‘Angel Fink’ plastic model – reissue by Atlantis Toy and Hobby Inc.
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Wade A. Minut Weird-Oh’s Model Build – Hawk Model Co.
November 25th, 2019 by Corey A. Edwards
Hawk Model Company’s “Wade A. Minut – The Wild Starter” plastic model from their Weird-Oh’s Car-icky-tures line.
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Godzilla’s Go-Kart (The Go-Kart) Model Build – Aurora / Polar Lights
October 23rd, 2019 by Corey A. Edwards
Polar Lights reissue of the classic, Aurora models Godzilla’s Go-Kart – aka “The Go-Kart” model.
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King Kong’s Thronester Model Build – Aurora / Polar Lights
September 29th, 2019 by Corey A. Edwards
Polar Lights reissue of the classic, Aurora Models’ King Kong’s Thronester model.
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Chamber of Horrors La Guillotine Model Build – Aurora /Polar Lights
September 2nd, 2019 by Corey A. Edwards
Polar Lights reissue of the classic, Aurora models Chamber of Horrors La Guillotine model.
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Nail It Down
February 8th, 2018 by Corey A. Edwards
Some say they were born under a bad sign
Sometimes there is just a bad seed
When them Edwards boys come a-sniffin’ around
I tell you now, you better pay heed
I heard they stole some Matchbox from the Woolworths
Some Abba-Zabbas from the Alco
They took a whole damn register from Ben Frank’s
It just grew legs and walked out the door
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Chogokin Gimmickry
December 13th, 2017 by Corey A. Edwards
I rediscovered many of my toys while making the Chogokin Gimmickry video. I encourage you to occasionally play with your toys – especially your r@@@re and expensive, super-fragile, antique Japanese diecast toys from companies like Popy, Takatoku, Bullmark, Arklon, Eidi, and Marushin.
Jaywalking In Charleston
January 19th, 2014 by Corey A. Edwards
This collection of vignettes, observances, and rants accumulated over a four day period in Charleston, South Carolina where I was employed as a vendor at a trade show.
I don’t travel much. This is my first trip in that direction: approximately six hours in the air, southeast with a connection in Atlanta. It’s the farthest south I’ve been on the east coast, maybe on the continent.
Anyway: stuck on a plane, stuck in a hotel room, stuck in a booth, and stuck in my head, the urge to document and rant came. Short of screaming to the heavens, I felt the need to express myself, so into my phone and computer the impressions and observances went – mostly as they happened or shortly thereafter.
Now, with only the slightest of apologies, I present them to you.
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All the Newts That’s Fit To Print – Taricha granulosa
October 7th, 2013 by Corey A. Edwards
Outside a rarely-used side-door in our basement, there is a concrete stairwell that spends a good part of the year damp and mossy. It gets afternoon sun, if there is any, and because of this, it dries up and stays that way throughout the bulk of the summer months but, autumn to spring, it’s a pretty moist environment.
There is a drain in the bottom landing of this stairway: a hole covered by a round, metal grate tucked halfway under the concrete facade of one wall. Our neighbors live here: Taricha granulosa – rough-skinned newts.
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Ants and Yellow Jackets
September 12th, 2013 by Corey A. Edwards
[*note – this story was originally called “Ants and Hornets” – I have since realized these are yellow jackets, not hornets – very likely Vespula pennsylvanica – the ants look to be Formica obscuripes]
The other day I was out on the property with my daughter, hanging out beneath the arch of a tree and the hollow of some bushes: a little hideout where I keep a chair for quiet, measured snippets of novel now and again.
Anyway, I was there as I said, chatting with my daughter, when she pointed out a dark hole in the ground.
“Yellow jacket’s nest,” she said. “I wont sit in here, they’re all over.”
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A Flood of Memories – Part 1 of 3
The Big Thompson Flood of 1976
August 26th, 2013 by Corey A. Edwards
Big Dam Falls at Chasteen’s Grove
In the summer of 1976, when I was 7 years old, the river I lived near – The Big Thompson – suffered a flash flood of unheard of proportions. 143 people lost their lives in the rushing waters, five of whom were never found. My family, though living in the affected area, suffered little but inconvenience and shock as the human world around us reeled from one of nature’s little hiccups.
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An Open Letter To My Brain
July 18th, 2013 by Corey A. Edwards
You never stop and
though I love you greatly
it seems that it’s always
what have I done with you lately?
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