She Wears Denim Wherever She Goes or If I Lost My Mind, Would You Help Me Find It?

What is happening September 1st? I got it on my gig calendar but with no information and it's making me nutty! Anyone know? Friday was a rare night off. For some reason, I can't remember what we did. Saturday was spent cleaning out part of the garage for the arrival of bathroom parts. That night, I had a gig with Charlie Pickett at Alligator Alley. I usually use the drums there and bring my own stands and wouldn't you know it? The one night I get lazy is the night things are broken. I had to construct a cymbal stand with some parts and a mess 'o duct tape. It worked though and that's the important part. The gig was so-so. Rick was in the Keys with the Dillengers so his place was taken by a mess of people. Me being one of them. Since I've been blowing my ears out lately, I wisely decided to wear ear plugs. Earlier in the day, I bought some heavier-than-I-normally-use drumsticks (zildjian zak starkeys) so I wouldn't break them right away like I usually do. That didn't really work. Charlie plays quite loud so they were kindling by the third song.

John Salton and Kenny Lindvall(?) played lead first and then I was up. Bobby Tak from the Cichlids took over on the drums and I tried to keep up on songs i've never played the guitar to. Bobby left a trail of what was left of my sticks as he finished the night out. Debbie from the Cichlids took over on guitar and couldn't get it away from me fast enough. Sheesh! The best part of the night was my hanging out with Leslie and Karen. We talked music and records and stuff and it was great. Karen gave me a whole shitpile of Teenage Fanclub live cds and a DVD of some tv stuff I didn't have. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Leslie works at Blue Note Records and I found out they moved to Hollywood which is much closer....I can feel a road trip coming on....anyone up for it?

Today was a celebration of my family's August birthdays at Lucille's BBQ. That was fun seeing my Mom and Dad and sister and everyone. I got stuffed which mad me real tired but I had way too much work to do to nap. Tonight's Elwood's was almost completely unattended. It was hot as shit so I can't take it personally. We threw the game from the outset. Songs we've played for years were forgotten. Oh, well. I'm not gonna lose sleep over it this time. Just loaded the Ipod for this week with Soul Asylum and Buffalo Tom and that ought to hold me for a few.....minutes!