Juaquin Stick

[The Great Quail]

Rich writes,

>quail, my fine feathered friend, you're probably right--Tony Levin 
>plays a "Stick". I assumed they were the same.  A large sighful Doh! 
>to the group and to LA.

The Chapman Stick is a sort of bass-guitar like thing made famous by 
Tony Levin and Trey Gunn. A friend of mine plays one, and he could 
probably explain it better than I could, and would certainly be 
squirming if he knew I was comparing it to a bass. But that's what it 
sounds like to me, a slap-happy bass. It also makes Tony Levin look 
scary. I'm afraid of Tony Levin.

The Chapstick is played by Suzie Chapstick, who apparently skies a 
lot, from what I remember. I'm not afraid of her.

The Slapstick was once played by Charlie Chaplin, who seems to have 
no connection with any of the above. I am, however, afraid of Robert 
Downey, Jr.

This brings me to the weird coincidence that Chapman and Kaplan both 
shot Lennon and Lenin, respectively. No sticks were involved.

>Rich (and the stick is not featured apparently on thrakattack 
>either--batting 1000 here)

No, but I think the Warr Guitar is very similar. Maybe. But then 
again, I've seen Adrian Belew turn an electric screwdriver against 
his strings and make some pretty weird noises, so it's always hard to 
tell what is what during a Thrak attack.

Back to the regularly scheduled wacky PoMo hijinks!

--Quail

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