Feels Like Sunday

Morning earworm: Black Velvet again. We're supposed to be learning it, so there is a legitimate excuse for the rerun.

A decent performance last night; sound was good in a difficult room, and the crowd was better than usual. The high point, of course, was picking up the new trailer and loading it, instead of the van. Somewhat less enjoyable was dragging it back over the mountain, but I'll get used to it.

Up early today, and much work done before the band arrived. The Bunker is as clean as it is going to get, short of emptying it completely and hosing it down (which I do intend to do, once the weather is more consistently cooperative). Everything not in the trailer is set up and ready to go for rehearsal.

... Which ended up not happening. Not a total loss, actually - we ended up spending the entire day outside working on the trailer and related gear items. Drummer and bassist went over the trailer itself, replacing several lights and wiring in a few new ones, while the other guitarist put the signage up on one side (still need to get the other side done) before he and I built a case for the mixing board. Still a few items to be fixed up, but for the most part it is ready to roll. Rehearsal has been rescheduled for an upcoming weekday.

As a passing note, I ended up just eating leftovers yesterday; thanks to the many replies, I still had a taste for some falafel, so I went there for dinner tonight instead. A good choice. Also, everyone ended up bringing hot dogs instead of hamburger, which was much easier to turn down and remain meat-free for the day. That said, there is some serious sausage waiting for breakfast on Monday :D

Black Light Syndrome

Morning earworm: Endless, Bozzio Levin Stevens. I could spent the whole post just rambling on about this; it's been a quiet few days, so I just might - lol. One of the cool things about most prog rock bands is that they are always doing side projects with each other - Transatlantic, Liquid Tension Experiment, heck, even Asia started out this way. BLS is another one of these, being the combined talents of drummer Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Polytown), bassist Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel - actually, he's played with just about everyone) and guitarist Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, the Atomic Playboys). Stevens is especially surprising on this album - having only heard his work with Billy Idol, I never thought much of him, but after hearing this, there is clearly far more to him than we realized. I would encourage anyone interested to check out the album Situation Dangerous, for some amazing instrumental work by three world-class musicians.

Back in the agreed-upon real world ...

She Who Lights My Soul has left on vacation for a few weeks, leaving a gaping hole in both my heart and morning chat schedule. Plenty to do to keep myself occupied, but Her absence is already felt.

Gig tonight, not particularly looking forward to - the crowd is usually decent, but the room is horrible. The Course Team in Italy has a performance tonight as well; given the choice, I would rather be at that show.

Needing to decide what to do for dinner. My usual stop at Burger King on the way to the gig isn't going to fly tonight. Might just leave early and stop at the falafal stand instead.

Also have to remember to repost this on the new mirror site at Blogspot. In the wake of the recent advertising scandal at AFF a number of disgruntled friends are jumping ship and moving their blogs in a mass exodus; I have opted to post there as well, to keep in touch.

A happy weekend to all :D

Space Filler

Just something to hold the place for a day or two. I will probably begin mirroring my AFF blog here, for the sake of those who are in the mass exodus from there but wanting to stay in touch :D