Thursday, June 28, 2012
Dylan in his natural habitat
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What I open my eyes to
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Monday, June 25, 2012
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Me and my niece.
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Sunday, June 24, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Traveling
We flew to kansas city and now we travel west by motorhome to meet my mother's family for a reunion. Wilson lake is our old stomping ground from childhood. Very exciting stuff.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
On our way to adams family musical
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Glassy K
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Good morning
Saturday, June 09, 2012
Friday, June 08, 2012
Thursday, June 07, 2012
Simone the Survivor
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Of Many Mini Marathons
I've been thinking about energy and it's expenditure and time. I am more aware of the limits of time than I used to be. The awareness at times reaches a delicate paranoia. Tied to my awareness of time is an observance of the use of energy. I perhaps counted too many calories early this year. I think about what it takes to keep me moving, and I'm afraid of the days when I won't be able to continue the pace of life that I feel I need to maintain in order to accomplish the things I want to do in the time allotted.
Friday I brought a back pack to work with running clothes and I wore my running shoes. At the end of my work day I changed into my clothes and loaded up my pack and ran the 8.5 miles from the office in the San Fernando Valley to our apartment in Hollywood. I didn't realize how much difference a pack on your back can make. It was hot and it was pretty tiring while doing it. It felt great. I've decided a point a to point b run is far more satisfying than running a large loop.
After my run I took a nice bath and read from "The World According to Garp." It was nice to soak in the hello kitty bubble bath and be off my legs.
After my bath it was time to get back to work. With our debut show coming on sunday there was much to be done. I brought the bass drum up from the garage and used paint thinner to remove paint from the drum, which it acquired during this video shoot:
Angela had a plan for using Mod Podge and glitter to redecorate the tarnished set and bring it new life. I was skeptical, but as you can see for yourself, she did an excellent job. She worked on it from Friday night until Sunday morning, leaving just enough time to allow for drying.
Following the paint thinner fun I locked myself up in my room to practice all three musical sets for the show. I love feeling prepared, it makes the performance experience so much enjoyable.
Finally my Friday ended with dinner and part of a stupid movie on the couch. Falling swiftly asleep just after midnight.
Saturday morning I awoke to the sound of Angela working away on her drums. I pulled a pillow over my head and slept another hour. I pulled myself out of bed and got a cup of coffee. I read some news on the Ipad and Angela made waffles. A fine way to begin a busy day. After breakfast I cleaned the kitchen and saw to Simone. There is still daily medicine to give him and I know watch him eat. I have to protect his food from our other cat frusciante, the fat bandit.
I ran through the musical sets again and then lifted weights for 40 minutes. While I did this Angela drove to the craft store for more Mod Podge and Glitter. I showered and dressed and started locating the various amounts of gear required for the show. As soon as Angela returned I met her by the garage and loaded up all the gear. My truck is just big enough to haul all the items needed.
as we tried to pull out of the driveway my truck bucked and let me know that it was out of gas. It wasn't actually out of gas, it was just parked with the rear of the vehicle above the front which makes the gas slosh to the front and away from the intake. A stranger helped us push our overloaded truck onto the flat street where it then started.
setting up for rehearsal was stressful. The Palms isn't really set up for live bands, but I hack the sound together with what I have and at the end it's complicated as shit but it works. Several friends showed up just as Turbo was ready to run through out set. This made me far more nervous than I would have liked. It was actually better for show day that we got some of this out before, still tough. After Turbo we rehearsed the Invisible Material set and finally the Devin Tait set. Everything went well and sounded good to my ears. I was happy.
We got to store some gear out back on the patio after rehearsal, thus saving a lot of hauling. I had not been back to the patio/deck in many years. I have many strange and sometimes extreme memories of the beer bust back in the day, say 2001, 2002? The patio has fallen into disrepair, it was an odd sensation. Funny that Devin and I would be the ones to bring a Sunday beer bust back to the palms, even if just for a day.
Saturday night was chores, chores and more chores. I made dinner for Angela while she struggled away on her drums. We were both beat by the end of the day. I rubbed her feet and she fell deep asleep. I could not sleep. I read until my eyes were tired, and that still did not do the trick. Finally I just laid down and counted myself asleep.
The big day finally arrived. Angie was still working on the drums. I painted her headphones read for her. I went to guitar center for strings and while I was there I bought her a set of red glitter drum sticks, it just made sense.
set up at the palms went smooth, being able to rehearse at the venue was a big bonus. We did a quick sound check after set up and then prepped our selves in the dressing room below.
People slowly began to trickle in. I was surprised in the end by the turn out we had. As we took the stage I was thrilled to see so many of our wonderful friends in the audience. I was slightly nervous but I felt ready. Our first song started. I was not happy with my guitar tone/level. It was fine. I played well. Before our second song I turned up my amp. We played "I need a Priest" second. It went very well by all accounts. I was slightly behind my queue coming in on the second verse. Angela and I were probably the only people that could tell. Our third song "Welcome to the Fallout" was a slight disaster. verses fine but falling apart in the first chorus. My guitar somehow massively out of tune. I used the second verse to sing and tune. Second chorus slightly better. The rest of the song was then only OK. "Beat of the Broken Hearted" went well. I looked over at Angela singing, all blond hair and sequins and light. Stunning. We closed with "Doom Sensation" it felt great, tight. Relief.
No time for real relief. Change over for my Brother's band. I changed hats so that I could hide under the brim and just play bass. This plan worked perfectly. Devin's set was so much fun. People really got into his Mashup of Sweet Dream/Sunglasses at Night. I had fun.
Another change over and Invisible Material. I'm pretty beat by this point and not hearing so well anymore. We bashed out the set and that was that.
Tired, happy, thrilled with my friends, starving. Dreaded spaghetti of cords all over the floor. Wrap up, pack up and load out.
Some friends are going to a store opening down the street. I hear there is food and free drinks. I go for the food. There is no food. I get 2 free pairs of underwear. I'm happy. I'm tired.
Finally we drive home. We get a 6 pack which I really need. I unload the gear and Angela showers. I shower. We text people and watch TV and drink some beer. Angie makes tofu sandwiches. We eat and we watch TV and we finally sleep.
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Me
Saturday, June 02, 2012
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