A New Topic

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:34 pm

Leaf wrote: Jack. It was a "new topic". And it was glorious.

ok leaf, this one's for you. kick things off in your typically nebulous fashion.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:53 pm

GOOD GOD.

So, you and I both know this is really a cheap blog right?

Ok, ok.

MUSIC. EGO AND ME.

I've spent the summer practicing guitar, cause I was sucking too bad at it. When I starting teaching drums two weeks ago for this season, I was VERY dissapointed with myself...even though I don't have infinite time to practice, even though I don't even have the INTENTION of practicing right now... cause I've been working the guitar.

So, I jammed on the drums after lessons, and I was just choked at myself. I come out of the lesson room, all bummed, and the girl at the counter (who is a drummer) says "what's wrong"?

I grumble about how much I suck.. and she says "sounded great to me.."

I remembered about 14 years ago, when I was taking lessons with Paul Delong (can't find a decent link to him...hmmm) and he played this absolutely wicked, mindboggling fill. Then he cursed. I said, rather quietly cause he was so damn amazing, "what's wrong"?

He grumbled about how much he sucked....

hahahah.

As fate would have it, at our band practice two nights ago, the drummer wanted me to show him a thing we were playing...we were covering a song a band I was in 10 years ago had done. The bass player in this band is the same guy from that band.. and MAN!! We hit it off instantly.. we were tight, it felt awesome.

I learned a valuable lesson that moment.. two actually. MAybe three...

I sum it up (and this is for me, but I share it cause I like to do that) as this...

It's more important that I like what I'm doing than if some other person qualifies it. A tough thing for someone like me to remember, but its seems much more healthy for my personality type.

I define my quality by my rate of progression, not by my performance... and that shit should stay in the practice room and NOT come out in performances.

When you play music with someone who you click with, (you is me, remember, for all those who get offended by advice cause they want to think everything up themselves) ... when you click together, you make each other stronger and better... I'll play stuff I didn't even know I could play.

And that's all I got on that topic.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:21 pm

That's cool. Keep it up.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:07 pm

HI LEAF HOLY CRAP I GPT DRUNK TODAY AFTER WORK I DON'T REMEMBER COMING HOME AND THERE WAS LIKE SOME TURKEY PIES IN THE OVEN TOTALLY BURNT AND 3 MESSAGES ON MY ANSWERING MACHINE WHEN I WOKE UP SHOULD I GET HELP???!! ANYWAY BYE THANKS FOR LISTENING

jack · Post by **jack** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:23 pm

4 more and your fluming leaf!

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:46 am

So what's this thread for? Should I be saying something? I'm already fluming!
-bill

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:31 am

Sven wrote:HI LEAF HOLY CRAP I GPT DRUNK TODAY AFTER WORK I DON'T REMEMBER COMING HOME AND THERE WAS LIKE SOME TURKEY PIES IN THE OVEN TOTALLY BURNT AND 3 MESSAGES ON MY ANSWERING MACHINE WHEN I WOKE UP SHOULD I GET HELP???!! ANYWAY BYE THANKS FOR LISTENING

Quit shouting, you'll wake the kids.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:58 pm

Album Cover Fight!

absolutely brilliant.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:47 pm

Band practice was AWESOME tonight. C'mon. Anyone else have a wicked band practice?

Band practice is like...

Post by **Spud** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:09 pm

We had a great practice on Wednesday night! We are gearing up for the CD release party for the Oingo Boingo tribute album on which we have a cut. Mad Dog and I are MCing the event, and Octothorpe may (keep your fingers crossed) get to play a few tunes, including our cover of "Tiny Guns". Ruiner of Klownhole is sitting in on bass while I play the horn and guitar, and fluffy has moved over to drums, where he is doing an outstanding job. The high point of the practice was Mad Dog dropping two (count 'em, two!) unopened Red Stripes onto the concrete floor, both of which exploded magnificently.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:30 am

Leaf wrote:As fate would have it, at our band practice two nights ago, the drummer wanted me to show him a thing we were playing...we were covering a song a band I was in 10 years ago had done. The bass player in this band is the same guy from that band.. and MAN!! We hit it off instantly.. we were tight, it felt awesome.

I learned a valuable lesson that moment.. two actually. MAybe three...

4. You need a new drummer?

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:39 pm

mean.

Funny but mean.

It is an odd beat... and while there are always players who can "get it" on their own, they don't live around here, and this guy's my good buddy...which is actually more important to me than if he can nail a beat right off. Plus, he got the beat.

.. and I gather your joking... but he's my friend, so I gots ta stick up anyway.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:56 pm

Spud wrote: The high point of the practice was Mad Dog dropping two (count 'em, two!) unopened Red Stripes onto the concrete floor, both of which exploded magificently.

video?

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:00 pm

Leaf wrote:.. and I gather your joking... but he's my friend, so I gots ta stick up anyway.

Totally. Just couldn't help it...

Post by **Spud** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:42 pm

jack wrote:
Spud wrote: The high point of the practice was Mad Dog dropping two (count 'em, two!) unopened Red Stripes onto the concrete floor, both of which exploded magificently.
video?

Alas, no.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:15 am

this might be the greatest rider ever written in the history of rock.

jack · Post by **jack** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:08 pm

The Sims 2 Soundtrack remix contest

if anyone is interested.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:21 pm

Quick question without making a new thread:

Now that Comcast has switched to Time Warner, what is the url to get to your home setup page? The page where you can setup port forwarding, etc.? I've googled around, but it's a weird thing to try to find.. Anyone?

j$ · Post by j$ » Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:33 am

This is from the internet somewhere

"Whatever you think of David Blaine, you have to admit that when he puts his mind to performing a new stunt he has the ability to make the world stop, scratch its head and mutter "He's doing WHAT? Oh Jesus, what a nobsack." In the past, David Blaine's exploits have involved him being frozen in ice, being dangled in a box in London and almost drowning in New York. And now David Blaine has launched yet another mental stunt for no good reason - this time David Blaine has decided that the best we he can postpone getting a proper job is to strap himself into a spinning gyroscope suspended 40ft above New York and try and escape by Friday. But the gyroscope stunt has a twist - if David Blaine succeeds, 100 poor children get to go on a special Christmas shopping spree. However, if the stunt goes horribly wrong and David Blaine falls 40ft to the ground and is then crushed to death by a heavy gyroscope, the kids get nothing."

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:57 am

j$ wrote:the gyroscope stunt has a twist

Puntacular!

j$ wrote:yet another mental stunt for no good reason

He's doing it to raise our consciousness. Everyone who read that piece thought "I hope the kids get nothing," and that's not very nice.

Thank you, David Blaine, for helping me realize the true meaning of Christmas.

j$ · Post by j$ » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:56 am

Actually the [i]guy j$ was quoting[/i] wrote:the gyroscope stunt has a twist

I didn't think "I hope the kids get nothing", I just thought it was a funny piece of writing. Although now you raise it, I don't believe DB is doing it to raise our consciousness. Maybe to raise our consciousness of him...

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:41 am

I too am now aware of the true meaning of Christmas David Blaine.

To exploit children and poverty in the name of entertaining the American public and further one's own personal gain.

Thanks Dave.

Where's a rival to sabotage this effort when you need one? Who is that mindfreak guy.. Chris something? He should offer to take 300 children on a shopping spree if Blaine fails. hahahaha.