It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I know I need to do more of this, but whenever I get a hankerin’ to write about something…something else always comes up. I guess I just need more discipline in it.
So, it’s Spring. Yay! I admit I am tired of Winter. Of course after the gorgeous weather we had last week, it’s now crappy and rainy and cold again. I don’t mind the rain part of it, I just wish it was warmer again.
Summer, not my favorite season, is when everything is happening though. In a strange coincidence of things aligning, I’m going to see a lot of great shows this summer: Eddie Izzard, Swervedriver, Jimmy Buffett, Zappa Plays Zappa, Iron Maiden, Rush and who knows what else I’ll see. King Crimson is doing a small tour, but it’s just not practical for me to head up to Philly to see them this time around. Of course now they’re saying that this is it for the year. I hope not.
Still, I’m going to see my favorite band, Iron Maiden, in July. AND Rush. AND I get to see the great Ray White play with ZPZ. While I’m not thrilled with Dweezil & Gail’s attitude to other people playing Frank Zappa’s music (threatening them with lawsuits and stuff), any chance I get to see FZ’s music performed live I’ll definitely be there for. And Ray White will be part of the band. Holy crap I can’t wait for that.
For the Maiden show, I was originally hoping to see one with my friend Brian, but it didn’t happen this year. I’m psyched that Mastadon and I will see them together. It’ll be a great show, as well as providing us great material for the podcast. Speaking of the HML, we’ve been planning our latest episode for a few months now and if I have time today I’ll do some more preliminary work on it. We hope to record it soon and I think it might be our best one yet.
The band is playing a party at my house on Saturday night. Our friends Jenny & Cherish are coming into town so we’re giving them a special performance. It’s been an interesting few months for the band. Things looked great when my friend Josh started to play with us (he’s an amazing drummer), but that didn’t last long since his time has been cut short because of a second job. I hope we can still play with him in the future since he sounded amazing with us. We three did manage to record 4 songs for a demo so that’s something positive. I’m in the process of mixing/overdubbing so I’ll report on how all that goes and mention when they’re ready.
I went with Don last week to see the Two Man Gentlemen Band and they were fantastic. I’ll be writing the show review momentarily. I’ve been listening to their albums this morning (and while typing) so it’s put me in a good mood. Check out their new video on the youtube.
NP: Two Man Gentlemen Band - Heavy Petting
April 23, 2008, 
9:27 am
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