3 Vermont

Bears Gone Bad now have a bad bass player (bad as in unskilled.) The first take of 3 Vermont was tolerable, but the MacBook ate it, so you'll have to settle for the much worse second take, which sounds like Radiohead doing Motown on a bad day.
3 Vermont

Elodie

Elodie arrived in January this year, while S was in Cambodia. This ES-339, a late Xmas present to myself, is supposed to combine the sound of an ES-335 and the size of a Les Paul. It's not a bad attempt. Calling her Lucille would have been pretentious (though she does nail BB's sound quite nicely) so we settled for Elodie.
Googling for Elodie and her friend Marshall revealed a troubling namesake, perhaps a French variant on cheesecake.

Café Society Public Service Announcement

In a probably vain attempt to oust "Michelin Energy 3A Tyres" as the top Google search hit for this blog, here are the best substitutes for Cheesecake ingredients.
In effect, in the land of 350 cheeses, Philadelphia Cream Cheese is not for sale, except at extortionate prices in shops for homesick American expatriates. The same applies to Graham Cracker Crumbs and to sour cream.
These three base ingredients for cheesecake can be directly replaced by:

- St Moret (industrial cheese found in any supermarket)
- Bridelice 15% cream
- Speculoos biscuits

NB: Despite our best intentions, we now have a full set of Energy 3A tyres. They're OK.