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what a perfect day for sleeping in after back to back gigs - i didn't get out of bed until after 2pm.
overcast all day. threatening to rain, but no rain ever seriously materialized - warm, very warm for this time of year...a good day for doing nothing, which was the exact opposite of what i'd planned.
bukowski said, "sundays kill more men than bombs...". i know exactly what he meant.
i have work (both work work and home work) hanging over my head, that i'd planned on taking on today - i have piles around my desk that require my attention; they're still there. i made it in to work today and restarted the problematic ODBC server, and then wendy and i went to cracker barrel for dinner. we came home, abandoning thoughts of going to see jackson browne here in town tonight, and have done nothing in the time since getting home.
now, i know that there are days that you set aside for downtime, and to rest and recover from your week, but i just end up feeling like i've pissed time away when i let myself do that. especially when i've got so much stuff to do.
i had a guardian angel step in at the eleventh hour and save my ass on friday afternoon before i left work. he'll probably never read this, but thanks, man. i appreciate your help.
the place that stone road played on friday night is becoming one of my favorite places to play - we're still having trouble bringing people in there, but it's such a cool room....it's the kind of place that probably used to exist all over reading, in various corners, but due to the urban rot that's settled in on the city, almost all of them have either moved out or shuttered. this place has been here for a hundred years, and in the room where we play, there are pictures on the walls that are easily pre WWII, and you just know that the paneling hasn't changed since general ike was in the white house. i love it. the people that do show up there love us, and it's gratifying to play for them. we kicked ass, too. both friday and saturday, we played very well. i was a little disappointed yet again on saturday with the vocals - i don't know why this is proving to be such a thorn in our sides, because it's not an insurmountable problem, but for some reason we rehearse it one way and play it another way live. it's really starting to piss me off.
the good news, though, is that the instrumental rappore between donnie and i is getting stronger - we pulled off some pretty slick stuff this weekend that we didn't anticipate or rehearse, and it felt good. i really felt good standing in front of my amp this weekend, too - there were some flaky things going on with my overall sound a couple of weeks prior that have been ironed out in the time since, and i think my rig sounds about as good now as it ever has.
a very musically satisfying weekend - taskwise, there's a few things hanging over my head that i need to come up with some solutions for within the next couple of days.
what a perfect day for sleeping in after back to back gigs - i didn't get out of bed until after 2pm.
overcast all day. threatening to rain, but no rain ever seriously materialized - warm, very warm for this time of year...a good day for doing nothing, which was the exact opposite of what i'd planned.
bukowski said, "sundays kill more men than bombs...". i know exactly what he meant.
i have work (both work work and home work) hanging over my head, that i'd planned on taking on today - i have piles around my desk that require my attention; they're still there. i made it in to work today and restarted the problematic ODBC server, and then wendy and i went to cracker barrel for dinner. we came home, abandoning thoughts of going to see jackson browne here in town tonight, and have done nothing in the time since getting home.
now, i know that there are days that you set aside for downtime, and to rest and recover from your week, but i just end up feeling like i've pissed time away when i let myself do that. especially when i've got so much stuff to do.
i had a guardian angel step in at the eleventh hour and save my ass on friday afternoon before i left work. he'll probably never read this, but thanks, man. i appreciate your help.
the place that stone road played on friday night is becoming one of my favorite places to play - we're still having trouble bringing people in there, but it's such a cool room....it's the kind of place that probably used to exist all over reading, in various corners, but due to the urban rot that's settled in on the city, almost all of them have either moved out or shuttered. this place has been here for a hundred years, and in the room where we play, there are pictures on the walls that are easily pre WWII, and you just know that the paneling hasn't changed since general ike was in the white house. i love it. the people that do show up there love us, and it's gratifying to play for them. we kicked ass, too. both friday and saturday, we played very well. i was a little disappointed yet again on saturday with the vocals - i don't know why this is proving to be such a thorn in our sides, because it's not an insurmountable problem, but for some reason we rehearse it one way and play it another way live. it's really starting to piss me off.
the good news, though, is that the instrumental rappore between donnie and i is getting stronger - we pulled off some pretty slick stuff this weekend that we didn't anticipate or rehearse, and it felt good. i really felt good standing in front of my amp this weekend, too - there were some flaky things going on with my overall sound a couple of weeks prior that have been ironed out in the time since, and i think my rig sounds about as good now as it ever has.
a very musically satisfying weekend - taskwise, there's a few things hanging over my head that i need to come up with some solutions for within the next couple of days.
posted by tom at 22:37
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