Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Back in time



Hey Journey - that keyboard works better when it's attached to the cement wall.

Blue Oyster Cult rocking "I'm burning for you" in the LA aquaduct in front of a burning car.

Holy lord I'm sitting in my parents' house watching 'Classic VH1' 80s music videos and I seem to remember doing this 20 years ago. Old Elvis C from the Armed Forces days, the Furs, Men at Work ... The folks got a big fancy TV with lots of channels and I plan on mastering the remote control over the next four days. This is my vacation dammit and I plan on making sure nothing of consequence gets accomplished. Oh, and there's about 12 inches of snow here.
Read a book on the plane about a 90s power pop band that breaks up, then gets back together to achieve world domination while in their late 30s after a teenage blog chick posts them on her site.
But where oh where is RANDEE OF THE REDWOODS?

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

1-2-3-4

OK I'm officially bringing it.
New bass player has arrived. I know I lost the potownrecords site, but it should reappear soon under a simpler moniker.
Now for the test, we've been operating under the name 'The Cripes.'
But other possibilities are on the table. Vote and send me an email:

The Cripes
The Makeshifters
The Brand Spanking News
The Chops
Chop Suey Louie

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Take that

Worry is of no use. We toss and turn at night, all thoughts of a tranquil, peaceful place coming back to that thorn in the inside we fear to face. Yet worry does no good at all. It rides on top, inside and in the back with every breath and thrusts itself into every situation. Yet we can do nothing about it. There is no thing in the mind that worry will erase. It will just eat us up and drive us mad.




I would rather be shot in the gut. I would rather be cut open, bleeding and severed than have worry of mind and pain in the soul and existential sickness.
When I'd be lying on the hospital bed the docs would say 'Okay, stitch this here, and don't poke it.'
'Don't put your hand in there and wear a helmet.'
'Don't swallow that whole.'
Fix it , doc.

That kind of pain is easy to face and easy to fix if you're not too messed up.
Heart and soul hurt require remedies not easily as bandaged and stiched. Worry rides shotgun.
And you end up realizing you're riding the scary-go-round just before sleep can take over.
Ouch.