Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

In the tradition of top ten lists, I've compiled my own Top Eleven Garage Listening Favourites.  Now these are in order according to as they come to mind.

11. All the old stuff! I've dug out some old cds by Oasis, The Who, Phish, Sloan, UK Subs, Voivod, etc and put them back into garage action!

10.  Ron Sexsmith- I didn't think much of this guy until I heard his music, and now I appreciate his strong sense of melody and well written lyrics.  The Long Player Late Bloomer album is a stand out.

9.  Trances Arc- I don't know much about this band, but I did have one song of their's, "Moto Guzzi", in heavy garage rotation.  Great song!  Especially nifty on those first few rides of the season on the V11.

8.  The Skydiggers-  Here again is a band that I never got into during their heyday, but after seeing them perform live last year I bought a few of their albums courtesy of iTunes and some used record stores.  Another garage staple for 2012.

7.  Brian Setzer- Stray Cats and solo stuff, but lately, mostly his solo stuff.

6.  Gram Parsons-  I found a copy of his GP solo record at my local vinyl merchant.  Good country folky rock.  And even better because its on vinyl!

5.  Scandanavian Music Group- Excellent band from Finland.  Interesting lyrics and great melodies and harmonies.  Well worth listening to, even if you don't understand Finnish.  Their Palatkaa Pariisiin album is their best.

4.  Samuli Edelmann- I just got his Maa on Niin Kaunis Virsia 3 album, and it is a great collection of new and old hymns from the Finnish hymnal.  Inspirational stuff!

3.  Ravi Zacharias- Let My People Think podcast- Ravi Zacharias continues to be an inspirational and thoughful/though provoking garage listen.  Highly recommended!

2.  Motorcyclist Radio- This highly entertaining podcast is often on in the garage.

1.  Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar- This old radio program about the man with the action-packed expense account has been in constant rotation from the past few months of garagery.

January Sign of the Month- Moto Guzzi Sign

This sign I did for a friend's garage and fellow Guzzi fan.

December Sign of the Month- 7 Up Sign

1970 BSA A65

Another look at Brother Tom's A65, with paint job by yours truly.

Moto Guzzi Drag Racer

49 Merc!

One of the nicest cars I've seen in along time.  I spotted this at this year's Cruise-In.

Charlton Comics Hot Rods and Racing Cars 1971

 

You gotta love these old comic books!

Harley Davidson XLCR

Here is a nice example of the 1970's Harley factory cafe racer effort. 

Custom Gen 1 SV650

Nice bike courtesy of svrider.com.

Viva Montesa!

November Signs of the Month; Visible Shell Gas Pumps and Vintage Mobilgas Gas Pumps

This set of four signs were quite fun to make and paint; they are based on old vintage gas pumps.  I'm going to have to make one up for myself to keep in the garage.