eek! it's been over a week. NO GOOD. i was pretty busy this past week. last monday and tuesday were i think pretty vacant, but on wednesday and thursday i had jesus christ superstar practice in hood river. those practices are really fun! i've been having more fun than i thought i would. the music is really fun to play; it's rock, but it's also ( Read more... )

pugs show at ella st. on thursday. we kicked ass. we hadn't practiced at all for it, except for a shabby run-through before we loaded up. we thought we were gonna suck, but we did not. i used ky's little vox practice amp because my vox ac15 is still laid up, had the sound guy mic it and it sounded surprisingly good! martyn and jesse from the ( Read more... )

been a mostly boring past couple of days. got a really good response so far from fans and the local weeklies about "mystic misery." however, nick wasn't happy with me for leaking it! i knew there was a chance that he might be upset with me at first, but i really just wanted to get a morsel out there to see what might happen on a bigger scale. nick ( Read more... )

yesterday me and alyssa and her parents drove to my parents' house in hood river for our mostly yearly git together. my dad made some rad BBQ meatloaf and alyssa's mom enthusiastically narrated a maui slideshow from her facebook photos that my dad put together. but seriously, my dad barbecued some freaking amazing meatloaf. there's not much to say ( Read more... )

yesterday i had jesus christ superstar practice. i really wasn't in the mood for it before leaving for hood river, but randy bell (the drummer) was there for the first time since i started practicing with the band, so i had lots of fun. even though JCS is a musical, it's still mostly rock music, which means you need fucking drums! so i had lots of ( Read more... )

yesterday was jesus christ superstar practice in hood river. when i got there, i found that MY AMP DIDN'T WORK. it was only my second practice and i was already having issues. dumb. i love that amp so much; as much as one of my cats. it's basically a cat to me. luckily, there was a shitty practice amp in the music room down the hall, so at least i ( Read more... )

it's been way too long since i've posted, but it's mostly because posting about nate's bachelor party last saturday seemed too daunting. because it was so insane. i had a really great time, but everyone went so hard so fast that the party was basically over by 11. i feel like i've learned how to drink well, and how to pace myself. i haven't vomited ( Read more... )

yesterday my mom called with some bad news. i immediately knew it was bad news because my parents NEVER call me out of the blue like that (we're an email kind of family). my grandma died last night. apparently she had a small heart attack on tuesday and was doing well, until she had another heart attack yesterday that was too much for her body to ( Read more... )

yesterday, did some banana stand stuff. downloaded the tiger house tracks. they sound rad. i was somewhat worried about separation at the show because it was so damn loud, but surprisingly, it all sounds really clean on the recording. i have to mix other stuff first, but i'm looking forward to doing their set. i know how to mix tiger house. well, ( Read more... )

yesterday i, joe and mayhaw watched a bad movie at joe's place called trick or treat. mayhaw's starting a bad movie podcast with joe as his co-host and me as the producer. yesterday's movie was pretty painful, and not in a good way. but it will be a good starting point. if we can do a podcast about THAT movie, we can do one about any bad movie. i ( Read more... )