August 8, 2007

Paco Del Stinko · Post by **Paco Del Stinko** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:55 am

First off, I want to point myself out for not showing up at an in-town gig by Jim Tyrrell over a week ago. I blathered on and on about the teeny state we live in and all that and couldn't make it to his gig when he was 4 miles from my house. Lame, and no excuse save for medical emergency should work, so I will offer an apology instead. Jim, I'm sorry I'm such a lame-o. That said, for a guy who does nothing, uh, me not Jim, I sure have been busy lately and am finally returning to Nothingtown. And Songfight! too. Yipeee!

QOTD - Do you have an arch-enemy or rival? One that makes you squint your eyes and changes the direction your day is going in when you encounter him/her/it? I know we're all not superheros, some but not all, but who ya got?

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:55 am

Good morning. Its Wednesday and I'm technically working every day until next Thursday when Dre picks me up and we head the rest of the way to the ATL. So...yay and boo. I'm listening to the current fight and trying to feel pleasant but I feel 'blah'.

qotd: I do not have any arch enemies. In fact I'm pretty easy to get along with. The only person I hold any grudge against is the lead singer of one of my bands years ago because he stepped in and 'stole' my girlfriend of three years. I don't particularly LIKE the former bass player of Ghost Town Gridlock but not an arch enemy. Right now, the closest I have is Heather Redman, but thats not by choice... in this case though, she's the super hero like the power puff girls and I'm the fumbling inadequate villain Mojo Jojo.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:02 am

Konichiwa Songfighters,

Today is a crazy day so far. NYC is a mess after a huge rain has wrecked our underground. At the same time, we have the funniest news story I've seen recently: Peekaboo. I'm fine and looking forward to a day where I will probably be receptionist to a room full of no-one. Yay! I'll be working on Septemberian!

QotD: The Girls (my wife and housemate) would say that my nemesis is Suzy the guinea pig, who hates me with a passion. I would say my old boss Anthony. I usually get along with everyone but we were oil and water. Despite the fact that we had a lot in common, our personalities would always clash and we would get into HUGE arguments. Anytime he comes to visit my job, I still feel bile in my mouth and it's been 3 years since he last worked here.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:38 am

Paco: No apology necessary, man. I know how it gets. Still, very glad to hear you might be SongFighting again!

As for today, I'm pushing to get the work off my desk so I can take the next two days off in preparation for the Weird Al show. I went out to the venue last night (Alison Krauss was very very good) to check out the Second Stage. I've got some work to do. There's a lot of space to fill on that stage, and it's gonna be just me with my keyboard, a couple guitars, a laptop, and the PA. I've also got to finish up the backtracks. I don't know how much I'll use backtracks on my stuff going forward, but for this show it seems appropriate.

QotD: If I had an archenemy, it would mean I'm investing way too much of myself in someone I obviously shouldn't bother with. That's the theory, anyway. Truth told, some people rub me the wrong way (and vice versa). The occasional song has come out of it, in fact.

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:03 am

QotD: I'm afraid I have to say that my "arch enemy" would be the woman who was the pastor at our church from 2003 to 2007; when she came to our church, I was leading the contemporary worship service, and it just seemed like she came in convinced that nobody but her knew how to do anything. The very first time I sat down with her to talk about the service, I felt like I was being attacked, and within a few months, I decided I needed to resign as band leader so she could find somebody who could work with her. It seemed like she was going to make our church like the church she came from (without bothering to find out who we were) and anyone who wasn't happy with that needed to learn how to get out of their "comfort zone."

I'm sure there are multiple sides to every story, but I've heard from enough other people who had problems with her that I know it wasn't entirely my fault. We've had a new minister for a year now, who I really like, but I still feel like this other person brought a very negative spirit to our church that is still felt. I guess it didn't help that I got laid off a few months after I resigned as band leader, and I haven't handled life very well ever since, but I do feel like it all started goin' downhill with her arrival...

As a Christian, I know I'm supposed to forgive and move on, and I would like to think that I'm not the kind of person who makes enemies... but if I heard she was going to come back to our church, I think I'd be working on finding another church to be involved in by the time she returned.

So, anyway... we did a turnaround trip to Mexico on Monday to deliver some furniture for a guy who's starting college soon and needed everything...

All went well on the trip, though we got rained on in both directions going through Henleyville (Tucson). The most exciting moments in the trip:

- going down, we had to stop at customs to let them figure out how much duty we had to pay for the things we were taking into Mexico. There is a small parking area you have to pull into, and it's not a pull-through place, and while I'm capable of TOWING a trailer, trying to BACK UP with one is a different story altogether. So I just had to nose in, and then at some point when it wasn't real crowded, we unhooked the trailer, got it turned around and got the truck turned around so that when we were ready to leave, we were pointed out.

- coming back, we had been sitting in line for about 45 minutes and were approaching the U.S. border, and just as we were about to turn into the inspection station, there's a knock on my window; it's the pastor of the church we had just been at, and she was saying, "Pastor Mari (the minister at another one of the churches in Agua Prieta) needs to get to Tucson today, can you give her a ride?" So here we are right at the border and suddenly we're bringing a Mexican (entirely legal, but...) into the U.S. with us. As it turned out, Pastor Mari had to walk across so she could fill out some extra paperwork, but just as we're coming into view of the border crossing, there we are loading this huge suitcase into the back of our Suburban. The two of us in the truck agree that if the guard asks about it, we'll just tell the truth: it's for a minister who we're meeting on the other side and taking to Tucson, and as far as why she's walking across rather than riding with us, we really didn't know. So I figured we'd be spending a couple hours in the secondary inspection area, letting the big German Shepherds give us the thrice-over. But... the guard looked in the truck, saw the suitcase, and didn't even ask about it; he didn't even ask the question they usually ask every time: "are you bringing back anything from Mexico?" So I don't know if this was a miracle or what, but we were pretty relieved to get across as easily as we did...

And it's two days later, and I'm still getting unpacked for the trip; I think today is just going to be a day of working on the W2K computers I picked up a week or so ago, doing some housestuff, making phone calls, etc. I do have a couple lyrics that sound like they would work as "Wobble" songs (my pseudonym equivalent to KA for my church-y songs), so I may do a little studio stuff... or not.

Charles (KA)

P.S. - I know today's entry is way longer than most of my roll call posts, and my roll call postings tend to be more wordy than most... but, y'know, if you're not interested, you can skip to the next post. I guess I enjoy telling the stories and showing the occasional picture... and I also make a point of keeping any pictures I post small...

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:27 am

QOTD: Myself. We are our own worst enemies, and our best allies as well. To assign the responsibility and absolution of blame of "nemesis" to anyone else is, well, a bit silly to me.

All that said, there are many people that honk me off out there

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:26 am

Hoblit wrote:Right now, the closest I have is Heather Redmon, but thats not by choice... in this case though, she's the super hero like the power puff girls and I'm the fumbling inadequate villain Mojo Jojo.

This cracked me up! Whoo hoo, but only if I can be Buttercup!

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:36 am

Heather. Redmon. wrote:
Hoblit wrote:Right now, the closest I have is Heather Redmon, but thats not by choice... in this case though, she's the super hero like the power puff girls and I'm the fumbling inadequate villain Mojo Jojo.
This cracked me up! Whoo hoo, but only if I can be Buttercup!

ha ha, absolutely..she's my favorite one.

<font size="1"> Sorry about spelling Redmon wrong, I shoulda checked...but I got lazy.</font>

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:42 am

No problem! It's a common mistake, that and adding a "d" to the end.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:43 am

PowerPuff Songfighters f/ Bjam, Anti-M and Heather Redmon vs. Hoblit Mojo Jojo. Someone, quick to the Photoshop.

drë · Post by **drë** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:49 am

Rabid Garfunkel wrote:QOTD: Myself. We are our own worst enemies, and our best allies as well. To assign the responsibility and absolution of blame of "nemesis" to anyone else is, well, a bit silly to me.

Wise words from a wise duck.

Can’t say I have many or any known enemies. But then again I live life inside of my head.

Weirdo.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:58 am

Niveous wrote:PowerPuff Songfighters f/ Bjam, Anti-M and Heather Redmon vs. Hoblit Mojo Jojo. Someone, quick to the Photoshop.

...i'm sorry

Billy's Little Trip · Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:26 am

QOTD:
My wife, whom I hate. She knows too much about me. She'll have to be removed....when I get around to it. Other than that, nope, no emineez.
j/k, I love my wife.

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:44 pm

QOTD:
Maybe not quite nemesis level - but my musical tastes do seem to be completely diametrically opposed to Frankie Big Face's (as illustrated in my signature line quote). It is possible that he is some sort of bizarro-world anti-Caravan Ray sent here from another planet....not likely, but possible.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:15 am

jimtyrrell wrote:
Niveous wrote:PowerPuff Songfighters f/ Bjam, Anti-M and Heather Redmon vs. Hoblit Mojo Jojo. Someone, quick to the Photoshop.

...i'm sorry

I look like that NOT as to say that I do not look like that! If one were to say "Hoblit", that is not the image that one would think of because I do not look like that image that you have created of me. I would look different than the picture you have created because that does not look like I would look if a real picture of me was taken because I would look different.