May 2007

May 28, 2007
A long drive but we're in Nova Scotia....got in yesterday afternoon. Great weather for driving....hit a raccoon. Freaked me out a little....little guy jumped in front of the car, looked up with a look on it's face that could only be read as "oh shit", and then Boom thud thud.
Ripped the front license plate right off the car.
And then we spent the night in Ormocto. Fun to say, fun to hear.
Got into Gold River about 2:30....unpacked, had a beer, started the bbq...
Today..rain. Crap...but still ok....went through some old LP's....played some guitar.....hopefully tomorrow there will be some sun, more bbq....more relaxing.  
May 26, 2007
packing my bags and heading to nova scotia for a week. Maybe do a little writing, do a little relaxing...that's about it.
May 20, 2007
Ribs are in the oven, got a mohito on the desk, learning some Amer Diab songs.....
That's my afternoon....I kind of wanted to sit on the balcony on the new patio chairs....but it's way too windy. (got new patio chairs yesterday)
That in itself was an ordeal...first went to Ikea to get the ones we looked at before...no dice, all gone. fine....off to Canadian tire to get the other ones we liked........no luck. Fine. Off to the liquor store then....linen's and things next to it....boom chairs....good. Buy two....thanks, ok...to the car....
these are not going to fit in the car. ok..no problem...I'll put the back seat down, put them in the truck and hold on to them until we get home.
...hello ladies and gentlemen.....I just drove in with some deck chairs, and boy are my arms tired.
ok..home, bring them and all the groceries up stairs...they don't fit through the balcony door.
ok..long story short, yes they do, but it's like the Rubik's cube getting them through.
So...today I'm learning songs and not doing much really....maybe a movie later.
The gig at holy joe's was ok......I like the room, but getting to it is a bitch...3rd floor, through two death metal clubs, and top floor there you are..acoustic heaven. The sound guy is a bit of a wise ass, but the barkeep taps and sings along with the songs.
Next up, that tv show with Jeff...and I think I mentioned that I'm looking forward to lunch afterwards. I really need to get out of the city and play. I'm not talking the tv thing mind you....just thinking. I miss up north, I miss the bar, I miss the smell, the vibe of it. I miss traveling down to the states, I miss the truck stops, I miss the casinos.....I miss playing in a hotel and talking with people I've never met.....hearing about what they're doing. I'm bored here. For a city with so many people, and so many things to do...it sure is easy to get into a rut.
there was a hawk on the smoke stack in front of our apartment last night.
May 16th, 2007
It's my Dad's Birthday......Happy Birthday Dad!
My dad can kick your dad's ass.....that's all I'm sayin'.
I had my first rehearsal with Amer Diab tonight......fun, nice, good songs, loud...my ears are ringing. My own fault...should have brought ear plugs...you know how these rockers are...they like to play loud. I have to get an amp....I borrowed Jeff Scott's....his Hot Rod Deluxe. I like it...but it gets...funny at loud volumes. (Don't freak Jeff...I didn't do anything to your amp...) I mean, that particular amp..in my opinion.....gets muddy when you turn it up. Mushy or something....so I get to go amp shoppin' on Saturday. It's frustrating....you have this sound in your head...but can't get it to come out of the amp......or your fingers half the time. It's like trying to say a sentence and forgetting the word....."what's that thing....the thing you put the coffee cup on....umm..in front of the sofa...oh man, it's right at the tip of my tongue........COFFEE TABLE! "
but then your solo is done and your in the third verse and it's all for not.
what was I saying?
gig tomorrow? oh yah, I do....thanks for reminding me.
Gig tomorrow at holy Joe's. ash...holy Joes. The big bop in another of my life times...oddly...I never went, but I remember an ex telling me how she went to the big bop...this was before I moved to Toronto....
wait...what was I saying? Gig tomorrow. Gotta remember that.....or I'll be at home watching tv, the phone will be ringing...( and those of you that know me know I never answer the phone...wish I didn't have it...but sometimes you want to order some food in.....).
Holy Joe's. Tomorrow night....bring some money for drinks......get ready to stay up late...hell, I am......and we can be tired at work on Friday...deal with it. It's the weekend right after that....really..suck it up...and it's a long weekend......
No excuses.
a) Drinks
b) music......free music good dare I say.
c) DRINKS MAN......
ok..that's it.the ball is in your court. I'd like to see you there. I'm personally inviting you to come...
so it's the top floor...don't pay a cover at the 2nd floor...you say, hey I'm going upstairs
May 10, 2007
hmm..the fountains outside my building turn off at 11 pm, and apparently turn on at 7am...useless info I guess. Sorry. Although, if I didn't have a place to live I'd be all over that.
I have not started rehearsing for these gigs coming up with Jeff.....not a note. I'm getting into "I'm screwed" country. And we have a TV thing coming up....I think I mentioned that down there already.....I have no idea what I want my song to be. (we're doing on each you see...). I'm more looking forward to a day off work and lunch afterwards. Although, that coffee was pretty good there last time....ok...the coffee, day off, and lunch.
I have some gigs coming up if you want to check out the shows page....I don't have all the info for all of them yet....(I put them up there I'd say about 75% for me so I can check quick and not double book myself.
Bought some blinds for the windows in here....half for sound, half for privacy.....I don't think anyone can really see in, but if I feel the urge to lay down some guitar tracks down in my underwear....well, let's just say no one wants/needs/has to see that.
I went to home depot last night and got a drill bit, and some hooks and things too....ahhh...feeling very manly until I got to the hooks department....
me, (holding a big hook, and a little hook): "do you have any hooks in between these sizes...I can't seem to find any."
home depot dude: "yup, there right...(walks a few steps), over here.........idiot"
me: "did you just call me an idiot?"
home depot dude: "no, no sir...I said....nice drill bit"
me: "uhhh....oh, umm, ok...thanks for the help"
home depot dude: "need some help finding your ass too rockstar?"
me: "I'm sorry...what???!?"
home depot dude:" I said....do you need some help finding your ass as well.....??? I only ask because the hooks you were looking for were right in front of your eyes....I thought you maybe couldn't find other things that were, to the common eye, pretty obvious........."
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ok..it didn't really go down like that....I asked, he showed me the hooks, and was really quite friendly about it.....I felt like an idiot, because really, they were right around the corner from where I was....(I think hidden....only moments before though.
....I could probably use some coffee.

May 8, 2007
I just had "Picture Pages" in my head...not sure why...the theme song. Do you remember that, with Bill Cosby?....I think in the middle of Capt. Kangaroo. I don't think anyone under 32 comes to this site...so you should.
Some new shows coming up...the Holy Joe's one on the 17th...me and Jeff, then another on June 16th in new market...another one of those Roger's tv things on June 11, (that's me and Jeff as well...)..and a gig with Amer Diab on June 22 at Mitzi's Sister. Brad Holy from Surf's Up is in that band as well...should be fun....and I actually get to play some guitar, and not have to worry about remembering lyrics so much. We're going to need a bigger amp.
I've been sticking things up on the wall in the studio....."studio"
That implies that I actual do some recording in here..which I have only started on a bit yesterday...and that wasn't the most focused effort I've effort made. Anyway...that's sort of the reason for putting crap on the walls. It started out as an ill fated idea to put up some black studio foam.......not a great idea. Then I have some nice bamboo deals from Ikea....(I don't have to put a link in to Ikea's website do I? I'm sure you internet savvy people can find that....heck, it's probably just Ikea dot see ayyy. (for my Canadian friends..dot com for you international folk. )
Where was I? I don't know..something about a studio....oh yah...I'm getting nothing done in that recording area. I am working on a new web site....and learning songs and getting ready for the summer....(I'm playing bass with surf's up....that's going to be new....)
that's surfsup, not surfsup