Month: June 2005

  • I’ve got… High Hopes

    Not more than 48 hours after the band breaks up, we are going full force in the direction that felt a long time off only 24 hours ago. You see – we had some ideas about where to look for a new singer and guitar player since we found out about Dave and Jason leaving.…

  • What’s next?

    Dammit all to hell… Just when I needed somehappy times, my laptop shows up. Only problem is, there seems to be a bad connection between the video card/mobo and the monitor. So instead of seeing my crystal clear picture, I get crappy blue smear all over the place. And letters on the screen and the…

  • A Tale of Two Cities

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… This weekend was awesome. Friday night, we had a final run through of our setlist for the show on Saturday night. Things sounded fine, and we knew that the show would be a success. And it was. Saturday night rolled around and we…

  • I’m On Call…

    What to do… What to do… The next couple of weeks will be interesting. First off, Jott just took off to Costa Rica for business for the next 2 days, leaving Abbi here (and due to burst any time). Not to mention that Chris is off to Alaska tomorrow morning, and my parents are in…

  • Summertime Spending

    It seems that the hotter it gets in Phoenix during the summer months, the faster money burns holes in my pockets. For one, there is usually 1 or 2 kick ass concerts that need to be seen. This summer it is Gigantour – a co-headlining tour with Dream Theater and Megadeth. Not to mention Fear…

  • The Redeeming Qualities of a song

    “Robert” really likes the Gwen Stefani song, Hollaback Girl. I think that the song sucks. It got me thinking to myself (and aloud), “What are the redeeming qualities of a song?” First, there must be music involved in the song somewhere. And I’m not talking ambient noise or arpeggios. Hollaback Girl has the arpeggios, played…

  • Full length review of Dream Theater’s “Octavarium”

    In a previous post, I had given a brief review of the new Dream Theater album, Octavarium. The reason I kept it brief was because the album had not yet been released and I did not want to give any spoilers away to the Dream Theater fans who may come across it. So now I…

  • Wanted… Dead or Alive

    I, along with John, went to the birthday party on Saturday night. I certainly didn’t add my 2 cents to the musical stylings while the party was hopping. I had to go see a friend’s band play, so I left the party early. But I did return. And also sang a very poor rendition of…

  • I knew I should have posted my weekend report sooner…

    I planned on posting a weekend update yesterday, but got caught up creating a flyer for the Phoenix Down show. And now that I am doing an update about my life, you’ll just have to trust me that I had planned what I am going to say before the **** (cow excrement – thanks Paul…

  • BEEEEEEP!

    Consider this post an apology. I, in a post which is now deleted, referenced a coworker. Nothing derogatory towards this person was said. But the FCC made it known that it should be removed. I don’t feel as though I did anything wrong, but probably should not have used the name of someone who doesn’t…