stoogeaphilia
about last night's stoogeshow:
1) my amp was in the shop at sessions, so zasko let me borrow richard hurley's old jtm-60 3x10 combo. i've never liked marshall combos, but beggars can't be choosers.
2) during soundcheck, my guitar died. chris fisher, who was running sound (and is about to go on the road for three months as gtr tech for the burden brothers, a.k.a. "those of whom we do not speak"), said it looks like the solder joint on one of the volume knobs is hosed -- a two-hour fix. marlin from the me-thinks (bless him) brought me his les paul custom to use. this, however, necessitated a period of waiting.
3) the mavericks game was on tv, so even after the replacement guitar arrived, we couldn't start until carl said there were only a few seconds left in the game. more waiting.
4) two songs before the end of the set, my borrowed amp died, so that was the end of the show. this has happened before, at the black dog, when jon broke his snare drum head. this band has broken more stuff than any other i've ever been in -- including four bass strings in one night, but then of course matt did that _intentionally_.
we're playing at fred's fest on sunday 5.6 at 3pm, then (if allah is merciful and fortune smiles) at the wreck (if they're still open -- i made forella promise me the date) on 6.28, which will be my 50th birthday. what better way to celebrate half a century on the planet than rolling around on the floor in front of a feedback-belching amplifier? after that, we're gonna sit down and discuss whether we want to continue this project. originally, we weren't even going to play out, then it was only supposed to be five shows. that was over a year and 17 shows ago. we'll see.
1) my amp was in the shop at sessions, so zasko let me borrow richard hurley's old jtm-60 3x10 combo. i've never liked marshall combos, but beggars can't be choosers.
2) during soundcheck, my guitar died. chris fisher, who was running sound (and is about to go on the road for three months as gtr tech for the burden brothers, a.k.a. "those of whom we do not speak"), said it looks like the solder joint on one of the volume knobs is hosed -- a two-hour fix. marlin from the me-thinks (bless him) brought me his les paul custom to use. this, however, necessitated a period of waiting.
3) the mavericks game was on tv, so even after the replacement guitar arrived, we couldn't start until carl said there were only a few seconds left in the game. more waiting.
4) two songs before the end of the set, my borrowed amp died, so that was the end of the show. this has happened before, at the black dog, when jon broke his snare drum head. this band has broken more stuff than any other i've ever been in -- including four bass strings in one night, but then of course matt did that _intentionally_.
we're playing at fred's fest on sunday 5.6 at 3pm, then (if allah is merciful and fortune smiles) at the wreck (if they're still open -- i made forella promise me the date) on 6.28, which will be my 50th birthday. what better way to celebrate half a century on the planet than rolling around on the floor in front of a feedback-belching amplifier? after that, we're gonna sit down and discuss whether we want to continue this project. originally, we weren't even going to play out, then it was only supposed to be five shows. that was over a year and 17 shows ago. we'll see.
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