Playing 3 guitars???

I was doing my regular websurfing and found this guy who plays three guitars. Two of them with his hands and one with his foot. The song is a classic jazz song which I can't remember the title. This is totally mindblowing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ2L8k3sAcM

Regards,
Shaz

Macross Frontier

The latest installment of the Macross Series is coming soon, Macross Frontier or Macross F. Not sure which is it. You can check out the trailer here. The date is set at about 2070, after Macross 7 and it looks impressive although the Valkyries look a bit skinny. I guess cos of its neck. The VF-25 looks like a cross between the VF-0/1 (Macross Zero and Macross SDF) and the VF-19 (Macross Plus and Macross 7) which is pretty cool cos the F-14 Tomcat-like swing wing is there which is such an iconic feature of the Macross Series.
Also there are some scenes where they showed a front and top view of the Valkyrie which almost looks like the VF-17 Nightmare from Macross 7 although I may be wrong. If I am right then its cool cos I enjoyed Macross 7 (although not Macross Dynamite), really fun show, catchy song and plenty of new Valkyries. The only new Valkyrie after that was the Anti UN-Spacy SV-51 which was the bad guy anyway.

The show looks like a Macross 7 like theme with the Earth colony Megaload ships exploring space with computer design. Can't wait till it comes out. Cheers.

Shazli

Got emails from Vinnie and Cody

Hey guys,

I was so affected by Vinnie and Cody leaving so I decided to email them the following

Hey Vinnie and Cody,

I just got to know about you guys from several Yahoo
searches leaving, since they never showed the last
episode here and showing reruns. I've always loved
watching you guys build all the bikes from the very
first episode and the bikes were always awesome. I am
excited that you guys are following your dreams and I
am sure it will be successful. Keep those videos
coming on youtube so we know what u're up to :).

Your Malaysian fan,
Shazli

I didn't really expect any response but yesterday I got this response :

I can't thank you enough for your support and thank you for taking the time to write to me.you can't imagine how much it means to me to have so many great people behind me.The website is being worked on as we speak so please hold tight.Cody and me promise you some good stuff.We will be doing a online store as well to sell apparel.
Thanks again, Your friend
Vinnie

and another one from Cody

Thank you very much for taking the time to write us Shazli. Its nice to have people like you supporting us through our new journey.The website is currently under construction,but it should be up and running shortly so please keep watching...We will also have apperael available on the site..We promise to bring some creative new ideas to the industry!!

Thank you again for the support,
your friend, Cody
V-Force Customs

I'm really stoked about this and I'm pretty sure they'll be successful with V-Force customs. Good luck guys!

Vinnie and Cody has left OCC!

Recently I was doing my regular web surfing to the OCC website and I saw this job opening.

Job Opening - "Master Bike Assembler"

OCC has an immediate opening for a qualified candidate who would be responsible for the following:

• Final Assembly of Bike- must be able to assemble a bike from the ground up

We are looking for a professional chopper builder. The candidate must have at least 2 years of experience in the chopper industry. Prior work at other chopper shops a plus. Serious inquiries only please. Benefits and 401K available. Chance for advancement.

I just thought, " Wow! They must be building more bikes". Then, I was looking around YouTube and I just searched on OCC for the latest episodes or snippet and there was this one link with Vinnie leaves OCC. What !!!! This is surprising to say the least. I mean, he was the main bike builder for most of the theme bikes. Then I was looking at other links from the search bar and saw " Vinnie and Cody has left OCC" which was a double blow and the other discussion boards says that TLC are showing repeats of other episodes. From the YouTube video, it looked like Vinnie has had this feeling for a while and he's had enough although something must have happened on that day, either a big epiphany or a disagreement with the Teutuls, most prob Senior. Although, I could see that Vinnie and Senior just couldn't look at eachother in the eyes, kudos to them for not ripping eachother apart verbally or physically. Senior saying that "everyone is replacable" is a bit of arrogance on his part cos I don't think he would replace Junior or Mikey but this is the Senior that we all know and love. I guess the most heartbreaking thing was when video went into his truck came out again to look at Mikey and Mikey was going on his scooter cos it was emotional for him too which was sad cos Mikey and Vinnie are close and they joined OCC about the same time.

For American Chopper fans, it will be tough to adjust cos he was there from the first episode of the series ( not sure about the Jet bike episode ) and he should have been in the opening theme songs along with the Teutuls. For him to be so patient and sticking to it for the 5 years he was there was real class act. He was the one of the skills there to make the Teutuls and OCC look good. And Cody, he was there since he was 15 and grew in front of the TV in front of us. Since he was the youngest, he was the one taking the brunt of the jokes and he would have been the one taking over Vinnie's place as the senior fabricator. But just building choppers was not for him cos he does like speed with motorcross and he was doing wheelies with Vinnie. Providing that anyone else doesn't leave like JQ, Poole, Christian and especially Rick, they should at least be able to build some insane bikes although its gonna be hard to see Junior rely on anyone else besides Vinnie since they go way back when they were kids. I would still watch American Chopper since most of the entertainment come from the Teutuls anyway and if they play this angle right, it could improve the ratings. Maybe they can do like an American Idol bike builder competition but replacing Vinnie is impossible.

Vinnie and Cody do have a big loyal fan base and we're all rooting for them on the future with vforcecustoms. From the site, it still in Rock Tavern, so close to OCC so that will be weird and it looks like they will be doing more on high performance machines rather than theme bikes but since Vinnie and Cody are seasoned chopper fabricator, who knows. A TV series maybe? I would watch that but please don't do it like American Hot Rod cos the chemistry is not there and the cars look alright but nothing great. Judging from Vinnie's YouTube's, it looks like they're having fun with taking the Corvette for a spin and wheelieing on their scooter ( although they would have been impressed with the rempits in Malaysia). I guess its best for everyone that the dynamic duo left OCC since now V & C can do whatever they want and with the fan base, they should have no problems getting customers. And for OCC, rather then having 2 disgruntled employees, they have a chance to freshen up the shop and with the World Headquarters coming up they need to address this really quick so as not to lose their fan base and keeping the business growing.

So here's to the future!V&C, I'm glad you guys are following your dreams and keep us updated with what's up with you guys. To OCC...... good luck!

Welcome back to earth astronauts

A triumphant mission ends for STS-120. Can't wait for the next adventure
Discovery Astronauts Return to Houston

From nasa.gov
Image Above: Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts glided to a flawless landing Nov. 7, 2007, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After spending the night at Kennedy, the crew members boarded NASA jets for the flight back to their homes in Houston. Image credit: NASA


A day after making a perfect landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crew of space shuttle Discovery took to the skies again, this time aboard conventional jets headed home to Houston.

Mission STS-120 Commander Pam Melroy, Pilot George Zamka and Mission Specialists Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli boarded NASA jets before taking off from the same runway they landed on less than 24 hours before.

NASA's Johnson Space Center planned a welcome ceremony for the crew in Houston.

The agency administrator and the astronauts said the mission's successful work on the International Space Station stood as a testament to NASA's ability to solve problems and move ahead quickly. Discovery's crew had to repair a torn solar array on the International Space Station during an unscheduled spacewalk. They also attached a new module called Harmony to the station.

"It really was a beautiful moment for NASA," Melroy said. "What you saw is who we are at NASA."

AME Motorcycle show October 21st

I know its a bit late to post this but better late then never. There was chopper show in KL and I had to go see it seeing my favourite show is American chopper. No, the Teutuls didn't come but that's ok. The hall wasnt that big and there were about 20 booths. But nonetheless, it was still awesome seeing all the choppers and got to take a photo with my bike ( yeah rite). The top right photo is me with Russel Mitchell. This is the legend behind Exile motorcycles and if you see Biker Build Off, this is the man behind the cool old school choppers. I got some pics of other bikes there. Now, I need some loose change get me one, hehe.