Friday, December 3, 2010
Can you believe the holiday season is upon us once more? Here at Pipehacker we love making it yourself, but sometimes there is no substitute for a well crafted, high quality item. This year, send your loved ones over here to Pipehacker.com as a (not so subtle) hint for gifts. Check back on upcoming Fridays over the coming weeks for lists of more Pipehacker-approved piping gear!
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
YouTube’s pancelticpiper is a true American pipehacker. I don’t know what I like more, the cool single stock chanter design or the living room sofa bag cover!
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
How much risk and uncertainty do you allow in your own life? We all have our own way of handling risk, and any artistic or creative pursuit involves risk. We never really know what kind of results our hard work will bring or even the best way to achieve them. The emotional investment in one’s chosen art brings with it a certain amount of uncertainty and vulnerability. Competition of any kind is a creative pursuit that involves psychological risk taking. And anyone who belittles the activity of bagpipe competition has likely never been involved in anything more psychologically arduous than buying a toaster oven. They have no idea how personally grueling it can be.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Morning Comix: PIPRZ—All dialogue authentically blawn!
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
A little Sunday afternoon piobaireachd, “A Flame of Wrath for Squinting Patrick,” expertly played by Roddy MacLeod.
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