tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57048122012-01-27T15:44:01.347-08:00Forward to Death: A Humanoid RantsReknowned Humanoid Ed Head relates the human experience through Blog and Rock and RollEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.comBlogger2771100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-69417873735428147912012-01-26T12:08:00.000-08:002012-01-26T13:16:46.719-08:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-36283349121167961842012-01-23T13:19:00.000-08:002012-01-23T13:22:46.189-08:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-10395854530302973232012-01-15T10:43:00.000-08:002012-01-15T11:41:02.836-08:00Man, my brain hurts! I've been goofing around in a great audio program called reaper for about a year now, mainly just "practicing" recording demo songs and band practice, but lately I've been making an effort to really wrap my head around DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) editing techniques. All I can say is - ouch! Maybe if I was 15 again, this whole transition to computer recording wouldn't be Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-43144284994736196542012-01-04T12:40:00.000-08:002012-01-04T12:55:45.759-08:00Dang, I love carrot juice, especially when it's free - so long as it isn't out-of-date and rancid/dangerous. A person who I was close to for many years used to dispense the following advice: There are only 3 modes in life: Input, Output and Make Money. I guess lately I've been solely in Input/Make Money modes. I input various foods, liquids and supplements into my body. I input music, art, Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-769771258180447612011-11-15T14:22:00.000-08:002011-11-15T15:26:13.104-08:00I haven't done this for awhile - here is something to pep you up for the afternoon:I can't complain. I'm actually NOT looking forward to death, at least not right now. I'm comforted by the fact that people are taking to the streets in various forms, decrying the injustices of the system I gave up so long ago. I don't know if what is happening now will last, or if possibly it is just a sign ofEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-61279154830794750372011-10-22T17:13:00.001-07:002011-10-22T17:24:59.196-07:00Well what can I say, it's been a great weekend and it isn't even over yet. Stuffed with late-afternoon-lunch super taco tacos and sipping on warm beer while the kids fuss and splash in their (supervised by mom) bath, I am in a warm and happy state. Last night was a fun night out with Dan Jones to go see the replacements documentary, Color Me Obsessed, which I recommend if you are a Replacements Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-71723029081928518812011-09-05T21:24:00.000-07:002011-09-05T21:53:01.908-07:00"19 fucking years!", I thought to myself, as I thought there in the dark, listening to Changes by Sugar for the millionth time. I've lived in this town 19 Fucking Years! I've never lived anywhere else for even half as long as that. (I probably spent the most time otherwise in Del Norte county, California, often between the years of 1975-1988) Husker Du was meaningful to me as I prepared to leave Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-7882196016468292632011-08-03T22:31:00.000-07:002011-08-03T22:59:51.582-07:00Finally, it seems that summer has arrived in Eugene. It took it's own sweet time this year. I've been out of town for 8 days in the arid heat of east-central California and coming back to Eugene was a breath of fresh air for once. Every year, Tina and the kids and I trip down to Jackson / greater Amadore county area to visit Tina's parents, Lou and Cathie. Most years we trip on over to Tahoe for Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-62992634530261557462011-05-30T20:15:00.000-07:002011-05-30T20:25:50.790-07:00Today is memorial day and the day of our favorite yearly party - the George and Georgia party out near Veneta. G&G are our good friends and landlords as well. George was Tina's boss for years when she worked at Poppi's Anatolian restaurant. The folks that attend are often connected to Poppi's or just local hippies and people often associated with the Country Fair or local food industry. There is Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-89298408382470085242011-05-19T11:19:00.000-07:002011-05-19T11:58:05.258-07:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-65754305492688597192011-05-09T12:41:00.000-07:002011-05-09T12:56:29.094-07:00LUNCH MUNCHThe results of my low-budget, monday-after-the-paycheck-lunch. It's a good thing I work at a place where potatoes and onions are usually to be found, rolling around on the floor. Not pictured: yummy avo and tomato chunks and hot sauce ....can you say a starchy mmmmm - MMMM!!! Free lunch = best lunch.Here's Pat's super-good looking soup: Brocolli, red flat onion, water, lemon juice and Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-57843021932814802632011-05-03T12:41:00.000-07:002011-05-03T15:09:25.743-07:00Watched the movie Treasure of the Sierra Madre over the weekend. Sometimes, it takes me two days to finish a flick and this one was no exception, but it was good all the way through for me. In a nutshell, its about two down-on-their-luck - gringos Bogart and Tim Holt - that meet a grizzly old-time miner in Mexico and forge an alliance and go together to the Sierra Madre (occidental?) mountains toEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-13530678134484532352011-04-29T11:28:00.001-07:002011-04-29T11:44:58.243-07:00Last night was a great time at Sam Bond's Garage in Eugene. Most of my friends and I had been anticipating Mike Watt and the Missingmen appearing at our favorite neighborhood pub and the show was satisfying on several levels. My good buds the Golden Motors opened the night with a concise, well-blended rock and roll set. They debuted several new tunes that were totally ace and reminded me both of Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-17443237473395203362011-04-23T20:42:00.000-07:002011-04-23T21:16:27.421-07:00I've been building quite a lot of wooden train tracks with the boys as of late. If you are ever shocked out of bed at 6:30 on a Sunday by a happy, babbling 16-month-old, just hunker down on the floor in your sleeping bag and dump out the Thomas the Tank Engine tracks and let the kid go wild. I usually wake up from time-to-time to check the little guys' progress. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-12671219389439950652010-12-16T13:26:00.000-08:002010-12-16T13:34:57.429-08:00Hey, check out this great compilation of foods and herbs/spices that all have strong cancer-fighting properties: cancerisdead.com/I wish I had more time to fluch out this post - I'll just try to highlight a few events from recent days: 1. Yay! I'm at work. Why am I happy? Because I have a goddamned job and it ain't so bad.2. the kids have been cracking me up lately, although Henry has been wagingEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-14379488678760876592010-12-09T11:45:00.000-08:002010-12-09T12:02:17.536-08:00Here's a pic of me and the boys playing at Sam Bond's last Friday as the closing act for Hot Drama's cd release. We had a great time, although our set was a little on the sloppy side - I guess that's what happens when you have to wait all night until your slot comes up, killing time by drinking too many beers (at least that was my case.) I think I've finally figured out at this stage of my life Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-83954807316543744882010-12-02T14:00:00.000-08:002010-12-02T14:18:48.842-08:00Start this post with a little shot of some of my favorite NY R n R - Dick Manitoba's Wild Kingdom featuring Dick and Ross the Boss from the Dictators. Shitty quality, I know, but at least the guitar cuts through. Nothing to complain about in my sphere. I've been doing the regular life-thing - working as little as possible (too much for my taste but grateful to be employed), spending time with theEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-59342290568201846122010-10-31T12:05:00.000-07:002010-10-31T12:24:33.444-07:00Too many inputs. Too much stimulation. When I log on to my computer and take in my view of the world on a computer screen, I forget that I am neglecting a real, physical world that is just outside my office door. People are real, friends are real, even if they live in another time. I spend a considerable amount of time with my friends from the past, re-living moments that happened then but stillEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-16076376340368738142010-10-18T15:01:00.000-07:002010-10-18T15:20:09.806-07:00Well, damn it, another friend has died. Joe Brooks, a friend to many, a well-respected man in these parts, has died, leaving behind a grieving family and many saddened friends. Joe was like family in a way, since he was married to my former wife, Spirit and he was the step-father of my son Cosmo. His death has hit his family hardest of all, and my thoughts go out to Spirit, Cosmo and Joe’s Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-84156825466496874612010-10-11T16:09:00.000-07:002010-10-12T10:05:37.100-07:00Okay, this is my first post in a few months. It’s kind of funny to have an old (nearly dead) blog. I’ve been doing most of my internet-sharing on facebook and I still lurk on myspace a little bit, but I like checking in to my few friend’s blogs to see if they are still active. Dan Jones of course always stays relatively busy and posts a lot of his comings and goings on his blog. Justin Hrabe, theEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-23553766494705435452010-04-06T16:18:00.000-07:002010-04-06T16:22:37.429-07:00What grown men do for fun on a monday night:
Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-92067519665151014962010-04-01T09:56:00.001-07:002010-04-01T11:20:34.715-07:00I only tend to blog when I have something to write about, which I suppose is better than going on and on about nothing. I enjoy the fact that the blog world seems a little more anonymous in this day and age, due to the popularity of the social network interacting that most internetizens are doing these days. It's nice to know that the pressure is off of bloggers - almost no one gives a shit and Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-75825757111233452642010-01-18T13:25:00.000-08:002010-01-18T13:34:24.011-08:00The Underlings' record release party went off without a hitch on Saturday. I have to say, I was blown away by the amount of cool friends, old and new, who showed up to support us. Yoyodyne from Portland and Dan Jones' new band, the Golden Motors, rocked the house and provided a great rock 'n pop soundbed for the evening of fun. My friend Eric took the above pic, which pretty much sums up the Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-61442477906839087792009-11-22T10:41:00.001-08:002009-11-22T10:58:15.038-08:00I've recently considered writing a book on procrastination, but I found myself stalled at the first paragraph. Went to make some coffee, put on a record, went to work for a couple of weeks, caused a couple of pregnancies and now here I am, back at square one, so I'll blog about a show I saw last night at the Oak St Speakeasy in Eugene.I'm a fan of Testface, basically my friend Dave Snider and a Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-85260789882023954622009-10-07T16:52:00.000-07:002009-10-07T17:10:08.542-07:00I have to say that I’ve really been diggin’ this nice fall weather that is blowing through right now - sunny and warm during the day; cold and menacing at night. Our front yard pumpkin patch is the envy of the neighborhood, with 9 jumbo pumpkins turning from green to orange; let’s hope some high school hoodlums don’t get the wrong idea and stomp ‘em, lest there be hell to pay.I might as well blogEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-37916967322282545772009-07-31T14:29:00.000-07:002009-07-31T14:37:57.696-07:00Summer has been nice so far. Aside from the usual gig business and family dogpile-action, I've been working a ton, actually feeling useful for the most part, servicing various Willamette valley growers with supplies as well as keeping a keen eye out for systematic flaws that can be neutralized. But, I am off for two weeks starting tomorrow, yay! We've got a few rural and/or family and/or Rock andEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-33709263584129678912009-07-09T11:18:00.000-07:002009-07-09T11:32:03.830-07:00Check this cool poster that Sean Goblin made for the Underlings - rad! He has a flickr photostream here.I am burnt out on work this week. I'll be glad when Country Fair madness comes to an end. Every year, tons of folks pile into the parking lot of the organic produce warehouse and load up on anything and everything that isn't tied down - bins of watermelon, pallets of oranges, boxes of pineappleEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-72601807356072747132009-06-30T12:10:00.000-07:002009-06-30T12:11:24.466-07:00ScottK pointed this out to me on BoingBoing yesterday. Awesome!Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-34838822010103554002009-06-21T11:54:00.000-07:002009-06-21T12:13:50.478-07:00The Underlings went to Salem last night to play at a crusty college-aged party, complete with a backyard teepee, hobo kids and vegan sausages frying in a pan in the World's Dirtiest Kitchen. Yes, there was a PA and, thanks to Dan Jones' buddies Les Nunes, there was also a microphone. Dan played a great set of mostly new songs on his acoustic - Panther Girl, Pink Pansies, the Doggie Song and a Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-61093697931753973612009-06-14T10:12:00.000-07:002009-06-14T10:48:41.339-07:00I watched Emperor of the North for the first time last night, the movie that my friend Slayer Carl refers to most often as his favorite movie, and he's seen a lot of movies, so he should know a good flick. I loved the trains and the sadistic hobo-beating character played by Ernest Borgnine. I loved the fight scene at the end - so f-ing brutal! And believeable, with no crappy special effects to Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-88774542254354369052009-06-09T10:18:00.000-07:002009-06-09T11:13:39.190-07:00Posting in between bouts of counting in the 36-degree f apple cooler - blueberries, peaches, pears, cherries. Summer is on, baby, and it feels cold to me! Exercising the fingers bringing the life back inta these old hands.Reading Dan's latest blog post, I laughed myself silly. Perhaps because I've been watching too much Bert and Ernie during my morning routine with Louis AND complaining (like an Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-86173861926195176902009-06-04T10:58:00.001-07:002009-06-04T11:01:31.330-07:00No one really reads these blog posts anymore, save a few die-hards who are not yet enmeshed in facebook, myspace or twitter. I'm considering moving all my informational dispatches to either smoke signals or conch shell. Or perhaps Morse code. dot-dot-dash-dash-dash-dot-dot-dot-dash-dot-dash-dash; in other words,Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-61827990727512592362009-05-24T15:42:00.000-07:002009-05-24T15:44:02.467-07:00Kraut Rock in the workplaceEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-56009356133816466442009-05-20T11:57:00.000-07:002009-05-20T11:58:26.362-07:00vid from Yeltsin's performance at the Cuthbert Amphitheater on SaturdayEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-22700790704572781522009-05-18T20:17:00.000-07:002009-05-20T11:59:45.524-07:00New cool stuff happening all the time. Work is great - I love the business that comes along with the advent of warm weather in Oregon. I get to deal with several different farmers, all of them eccentric and most of them funny as hell, as I put together their supply orders. I make reams of labels for organically grown vegetables and send them off to farms. I eat and sample fruits, vegetables and Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-65764903708046258382009-04-17T20:30:00.001-07:002009-04-17T20:30:25.300-07:00Exclusive Cole-house content:Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-75892526030685547152009-03-31T11:00:00.000-07:002009-03-31T11:11:43.886-07:00Blogging has taken a backseat to pounding my head against the Facebook wall. Things in the life of this humanoid are well. Tina, Cosmo and I went over to Chez Random for a splendid feast on Saturday night. My memory is not the best, but let me recall for you now some of the delicious items we dined upon: mussels on the 1/2 shell, cheesy puff-balls, scrumptious mixed greens salad with warm goat Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-46206026068910053432009-03-05T09:45:00.000-08:002009-03-05T09:56:32.014-08:00I really enjoyed this band I saw in Dan and Tracy's living room last night - Gather Round Us from Portland:Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-48579203470336783602009-03-03T17:08:00.000-08:002009-03-03T17:17:52.140-08:00Interesting it is, being at this stage of my physical existence. This weekend, I attended an organic convention in Portland, straining the limits of my cynicism control mechanism. The food and drink was delicious, as were some of the folks and the accommodations. While waiting for a music store to open(so's I could return some rental gear) I embarked on a nice long walk of the PDX neighborhoods Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-64574141628240962572009-02-09T11:36:00.001-08:002009-02-09T11:50:13.426-08:00Yesterday was the Eugene Record Convention at the Eugene Hilton, an event I prefer not to miss. I made it this year and it was totally rad. The vibe was right and the tables seemed to be teaming with cool albums, spilling out in piles of faded, thrift store covers, musty smell and all. Some dude selling dvds in the back was blasting horrible music - Skynyrd, Allman Bros, Cream - stuff that was Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-35661196400017841052009-01-21T10:49:00.000-08:002009-01-21T10:58:12.413-08:00I had a great time last night at the Meat Puppets show at WOW hall. I have to admit, I was not expecting the show to be the interstellar return to form that it ended up being. The last real Meat Puppet shows I saw were in 1988 and this show blew those away. Having the Kirkwood brothers in the same room playing music is like tripping on peyote while riding a dirt bike - totally freaked-out, Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-24612711496903567122008-10-07T19:32:00.000-07:002008-10-07T19:37:19.615-07:00Geez, I can't believe I haven't checked over at the Dave Shack for awhile now. He's written some nice entries, logging our shows and pics and various what-nots. Check it out, ya'll - but try not to get any bbq sauce on your lapel.Otherwise, life is grand. I took the night off from work so we can go down to the McDonald Theater and see Gogol Bordello, who we also saw when we sat down to dinner at Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-67907647317738393712008-10-01T13:34:00.000-07:002008-10-02T09:21:08.327-07:00Life keeps moving forward in mysterious ways. THe Underlings CD project, which has consumed so much time and thought, has finally come to fruition. After the cds came back in five big boxes on my porch and I hurriedly ripped open a box, sliced open a cd and reviewed the contents, all I could think was, "well, that wasn't so hard after all." It only took one garage band two years of gig money + Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-20417098135596907342008-09-03T10:21:00.000-07:002008-09-03T10:29:43.391-07:00Somehow, on Sunday evening while I was at work, Louis broke his little baby leg. Tina called me around 8 or so and said he was acting "in pain" after she retrieved him from being baby-sat by a friend. The babysitter didn't have a clue over what might have happened, which was, to say the least, utterly frustrating. According to the doctor at urgent care, Louis has a fracture in his lower fibula Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-64611437465011042472008-08-20T16:28:00.000-07:002008-08-20T16:44:52.209-07:00Here are a few pics from the last couple of days:Extended Underlings band during the Joe Strummer tribute show we played on Saturday. L-R: Alex Fletcher, Dave, Bryant on drums, Reed Gilchrist, myself and Stephen Mathys on the mandolin and bg vocals. Totally, big hella funCosmo, Louis, myself and Tina at Jed Smith state park in Nor Cal, on my favorite river, the Smith.Louis, me and my highschool Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-31190432064505653762008-08-15T23:28:00.000-07:002008-08-15T23:29:55.192-07:00So much has been leading up to this moment. My band has been preparing for thi sJoe Strummer tribute since March and now, we ar eon the verge of the whole damn thing. Tomorrow night, August 16th at WOW hall, we play our set at 8:50. CAN'T FUCKING WAIT!love ,EdEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-15182887062613198252008-07-26T15:45:00.001-07:002008-07-26T15:45:45.570-07:00Here's a bit of video I took during part of Yeltsin's set last night Yeltsin at Sam Bond's Garage 7/25/2008 from Ed Cole on Vimeo.Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-51128133194124353192008-07-25T16:50:00.001-07:002008-07-25T16:59:11.880-07:00I went to see the Melvins play at John Henry's last night, along with my friends Slayer Carl and Gobbles. I arrived late, so I missed the majority of the Melvins' set, but what I did see was delightful - about 3 sludge-y songs plus a guttural version of the Star-Spamgled Banner. Here is an excerpt of that song: Melvins/Star-Spangled Banner excerpt from Ed Cole on Vimeo.The crowd Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-88535554297363628842008-07-22T13:20:00.001-07:002008-07-22T13:25:55.397-07:00I've added a sidebar link to the Underlings mp3 practice blog - mainly for hosting mp3's for my bandmates to listen to, but feel free to check 'em out at your own risk:edhead101.wordpress.comOccasional, I guess I'll probably post live tracks or whatnot, and probably make it look nicer or something.Last night, we had a semi-full rehearsal for the Joe Strummer Foundation benefit show that we're Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-32506813953206413472008-07-16T10:50:00.000-07:002008-07-16T11:21:56.279-07:00We've had a busy stretch of family visitations over the last two weeks. First, Tina's parent's came over for Louis' birthday celebration. Then, we were graced with the presence of my older bro, Darrow and his wife, Cynthia and their two kids, age 6months and 4 years, which was totally awesome, since Louis had never met his young cousins before. Here's some video footage of Louis and his cuz, Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-67311859198621072952008-06-28T21:53:00.000-07:002008-06-28T22:12:07.304-07:00(Louis and Louis)So many things to report - let's see if I can hit a few of the more important happenings:Louis had his first birthday yesterday. He stayed pretty well entertained the whole time, thanks in part to Tina's parents, Big Louis and Cathie, who came up from Cali to observe the event. We had BBQ steak and cake and then went to go see Cosmo play some baseball, out the old Elmira way. HisEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-89467403311485424482008-06-07T12:19:00.001-07:002008-06-07T12:44:52.842-07:00 The Underlings live at Luckey's 6-6-08 from Ed Cole on Vimeo.Video taken by Mr. RandomEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-47090259374724451602008-06-06T12:53:00.000-07:002008-06-06T12:57:17.628-07:00Holy Shit!!!! This vid re-charged my batteries and now I am ready to take on the day:Meat Puppets live, probably from 1986/87/88Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-8436355619016922312008-05-21T00:51:00.000-07:002008-05-21T01:04:39.456-07:00When I was a kid, I stayed over at my friend Bar's house a lot. Bar had a big family with lots of older and younger siblings, so it was a real zoo - people always stealing each others socks and constantly walking in on each other while in the bathroom. I was basically an only child, since most of my sibings head left the house by the time I was ten, and I loved the chaos that happened at my Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-89815264807557952042008-04-30T11:25:00.000-07:002008-04-30T11:46:46.272-07:00Things are good. Tina is still painting the house and it is looking great in here. Hues of dusty yellow, olive green, light-ish blue and spring green are all around. It is very nice to live inside a color-aquarium.(Yeltsin rocking Pee-town)We went up to Portland over the weekend, where Tina was working with her Ovulators on their upcoming CD. The bit I heard was sounding great to my ears; can't Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-46646113949288802612008-04-17T11:18:00.001-07:002008-04-17T11:33:04.188-07:00Tina is painting the house this week, so shit's all askew. Furniture here, piles of books there - it reminds me of the way I used to live when I was a single man. I much prefer our more common state of ABSOLUTE ORDER around the house. True peace of mind can only enter when all things are in the absolute right place; no stray pins or discarded eyebrow hairs. ORDER! Soon, I will be tranquil again; Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-58956231283522377852008-04-07T10:45:00.001-07:002008-04-07T10:57:05.693-07:00I have not been 'feeling it' lately. Too much real life stuff going on to feel like rotting my brain in front of www radiation. I think that several others in my blogosphere are in the same state of mind. Myspace is the ultimate time-waster, yet I still login for band stuff and friend communication. I like reading Dan' s and Justin's blogs and I always check out Ken's various pages; that and Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-17161289761460118862008-03-14T11:03:00.001-07:002008-03-14T11:30:37.732-07:00I went with my bros Zookie and Carl down to John Henry's to see the most recent incarnation of Agent Orange on Tuesday night. It was also Slayer Carl's birthday, so drinks were had and spilled, fun was splooshing in the night. Agent Orange were not bad, although I always have mixed feelings about older punk groups re-forming for glory and money (haha not a lot of $$$). Mike Palm's guitar playing Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-39233579908650240512008-02-29T12:19:00.001-08:002008-02-29T12:26:07.818-08:00Keep waking up into"life"like un-dream. Eyes open.Time=running. Clock tick-tick-ticking, into the future. Leap day and I haven't yet.I can't wait for 3:66pm today - I'll be at Museum of Unfine Art, hoping to trade time for space.Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-1263873933935696142008-02-19T12:22:00.000-08:002008-02-19T12:32:05.334-08:00NEWS FLASH: Local Space Money May Not Be The First Space Money! An unfortunate Google search revealed that some nefarious forces of finance in the U.K. have already been pioneering the combination of Space Money with old-fashioned, corrupt, Planet Earth Time-Money!You can read about the bogus concept of money for the super-rich space-tourists of the future here.Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-19761952347095596042008-02-11T10:29:00.001-08:002008-02-11T12:35:26.183-08:00This year's Eugene Record Convention was a blast. Cosmo and I rolled out of bed at the un-Godly hour of 9am and picked up Mr. Zook and dragged our greasy asses down to mingle with the great unwashed masses of collector nerds from our local music community. I saw too many friends to mention and made some good scores on albums that I'd never had. Among my faves this year were an original press of Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-19423611522767561782008-01-25T17:20:00.000-08:002008-01-25T17:33:16.362-08:00I was putting up flyers, as per usual, and doing my route around town, to various establishments and bulletin boards, when I walked into the Museum of Unfine Art and learned from Shawn about Prudence the Pug's passing. I am deeply saddened that a much-loved pug has left our community of artists, musicians, weirdos and general Good-nics. Prudence was a friend of mine; she often licked my hand and Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-62084634926132642882008-01-21T11:05:00.000-08:002008-01-21T11:16:23.446-08:00Man, I had a great time going out to see the Circle Jerks last night. I have to admit, they've never been my favorite band, but I've always appreciated their humor, energy and old-school punk credentials. It was cute to see all the punk kids, with their freshly-shaved mohawks, going at it like animals. The mosh pit was big but relatively friendly. I saw a few people really hit the dust, and one Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-79922601485585648722007-12-12T21:49:00.000-08:002007-12-12T22:05:05.730-08:00Life is a blast. I like to have a good time, all the time.Last weekend, we had Mr. and Mrs. Random and Dawn Baby and Zookie over for a lovely dinner on Saturday night. I had to leave early for my gig down at Luckey's, which was a fun evening of rock. We played with the thick-sounding Filthiest People Alive (pop songs with a hard, dual-guitar attack, keys and technical drums), and a side-project Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-27205448345359670132007-12-02T19:50:00.000-08:002007-12-02T20:07:36.025-08:00It's raining outside. It is raining like the clouds really mean it. And the wind, it is a'blowin. I love the onset of winter, with its intensity, coldness and menace. Weather like this makes me appreciate staying indoors, cranking up the heat and having some coffee while listening to punk 45's through a one-speaker stereo. I also got some cleaning done.My friend, Justin Hrabe, singer from my old Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-46648238580376908952007-11-13T08:09:00.000-08:002007-11-13T08:23:19.878-08:00The baby is asleep; time to blog!I am stoked to be going into the studio with my boys on Saturday and Sunday. We've been practicing hard, working out the loose ends of our tune-age. I think the coolest thing about being in a band is just working with other people. Creating music is a collaborative art-form. The music is really just a by-product of the personality mesh of the membership of the Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-11102627823544870542007-11-11T18:25:00.000-08:002007-11-11T18:30:35.839-08:00I've been blowing my brain out, listening to Husker Du mp3's on Seeqpod. The Huskers' music has really been hitting me in a good way, lately.I noticed this blog as a result. I love the way mp3 blogs are making once hard-to-locate music available to listeners. I love the way the music industry is shaking under the duress of the changing nature of commercial music consumption.It's a Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-13094784288355920882007-11-06T21:36:00.000-08:002007-11-06T21:37:19.910-08:00Sometimes, you need a little Eugene Chadbourne to help you make sense of it all:Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-22975685894934409542007-11-03T18:20:00.000-07:002007-11-03T18:33:13.766-07:00 Uz Jsme Doma at WOW Hall 11/01/2007 from Ed Cole on Vimeo.I had a great time at Uz Jsme Doma a few nights back at the WOW Hall. I am a total geek for my favorite Czech band. It was sad to me that there were only about 25 other folks in attendance, but I always come away from an UJD show feeling inspired and re-charged. Next time, don't be a rock slacker - turn off the television, Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-47948097604909294382007-11-01T09:49:00.000-07:002007-11-01T10:03:56.623-07:00Thank Dog for Halloween! My favorite (mostly) non-denominational holiday. I rushed home from work, bags of candy in tow and then proceeded to assist the wild assortment of trick-or-treaters that came by our place. Totally corny, but absolutely fun.Tonight, I'm going to see one of my favorite bands, Uz Jsme Doma, who hail from Prague. I can't recommend them highly enough - like NoMeansNo mixed Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-71397410337224246302007-10-29T18:26:00.000-07:002007-10-29T18:32:07.916-07:00Another valid day of employment has ended. Workers, grimy, bitter and slightly smelly, are amassing to decide which watering hole to souse their brains at after a hard day in the dirt factory. Strains of butt-rock echo in the dark emptiness of the loading dock. The lights go off. Nobody's left to fill your order, so don't call.Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-81869924203298839742007-10-23T22:18:00.000-07:002007-10-23T22:22:29.880-07:00Every day is the same but different. I wake up with people I know and love, drink coffee, go to work with people I like, drive my car on a road with people I hate, drink with people I hardly know. Check into my virtual world to see if any other people I don't know are doing things that are interesting or are trying to contact me. Hmmm...Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-21251677634266349202007-10-14T20:45:00.000-07:002007-10-14T21:00:38.334-07:00Slow-motion fall is taking over - or is it fast-motion? Everything is a blur of warmth and goodness lately. My band had a great show last week at Luckey's with Hot For Chocolate and Swallows from PDX, probably our most solid and inspired appearance to date. The other bands were great and made for an evening of coolness.Baby Louis is a real bag of baby-fun. I love chillin' with the little guy, Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-82590008307694971392007-10-11T10:13:00.000-07:002007-10-11T10:19:27.079-07:00Things exist and so do I. The Underlings played a fun and furious show on Saturday at Luckey's. The crowd was digging and so were we. Swallows from PDX and Hot For Chocolate both turned out great sets. Another classic and fun Eugene show.Work has been fun. I love working in the produce warehouse when the weather starts to change to fall. I get to bust into my collection of classic hats and Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-77066848950605294392007-09-20T10:03:00.000-07:002007-09-20T10:15:47.286-07:00I've been re-reading Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, the expanded edition. It's a trip to go back in time and think about my teen-aged self reading the same book some twenty years ago. I used to meditate at my bro's pad's LA swimming pool and pretend I was deep, ha ha ! Not much changes - or everything does. As a teen, you have a bunch of grandiose ideas and fuzzy certainties about how Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-46074492612874802072007-09-19T23:31:00.000-07:002007-09-19T23:37:44.780-07:00Blogging is an interesting place to be. I haven't really taken the time to disperse my thoughts online for awhile, so here goes:THE END IS NEAR - REPENT!Throw all your worldly rags in a big bag and light them on fire!Break loose from your self-imposed chains! Shake your ass to a new groove and bust a move! Wrap your boss in plastic and UPS' him to Chicago! End only yellow-colored foods, read Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-26906905190774163252007-09-17T12:37:00.000-07:002007-09-17T12:47:21.013-07:00It's been awhile, but we're back in style. Material existence consumes my thoughts. All I can think of are "things" to "posess". New instruments of destruction in my war on customer service. Music is a service industry with a warped sense of economics.We bought a new car last week - 1997 Subaru wagon. It feels so yuppy to have a car that's only 10 years old that has working electronics, a stereo Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-80248162685596631022007-08-08T09:34:00.001-07:002007-08-08T09:35:29.182-07:00 A yeltsin vid a day keeps the doldrums away. YELTSIN pt 2 Slam Bondage from Ed Cole and Vimeo.Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-17052563041817148382007-08-06T11:18:00.000-07:002007-08-06T11:26:24.801-07:00Damn! I haven't had much time to write lately. Having a one-month-old baby sure can put a dent in one's blogging, but then again, so can a kitten, a rainbow, a unicorn or season 5 of the Sopranos.Little baby Louis has been really kickin' ass, doing the things a baby does - mainly sleep, eat, cry and poop. Oh, and also he's really good at being cute.We had the Randoms over for a Sunday brunch Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-76210725886020619382007-07-07T14:32:00.001-07:002007-07-07T14:57:32.442-07:00King Louis had his first bath today. The kid has been hanging in there for a multitude of new experiences. Yesterday, I held him in the sprinkler for a moment in the peak heat of the day. He didn't like that as much as he did his nice, gentle bath. So it goes...life ain't a bowl of roses, Louis!I'm pretty excited to hav a day off. This was a brutal work week. I wish I'd had a few more days (or Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-89205673078595509932007-07-04T11:11:00.000-07:002007-07-04T11:13:04.920-07:00The baby is now a week old. Things are going great. Little Louis has been nursing, peeing, pooping and crying; all the things a little baby should do. I am constantly reminded of that one Talking Heads song about the baby, ya know, the one that was a hit in 1985?Here's a secret video of Kelani's new song:KelaniSong1 from Ed Cole and Vimeo.Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-67481359402976643572007-06-28T12:03:00.001-07:002007-06-28T12:10:33.682-07:00Whoa! We were taken off guard when Tina went into labor yesterday at 2am. We were expecting to be ready closer to the due date (July 13th) and didn't have our bags packed or anything. It turns out we didn't need too much - just an outfit for the baby and some snacks.We went into the birth center at 8am and Louis was born at 10:50am, a bouncing baby who came out screaming. Here's the non-explicit Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-53363965183544476352007-06-16T16:37:00.000-07:002007-06-16T16:55:01.415-07:00I went to the John Doe show at Sam Bond's Garage the other night. A night like many others, it blended into many other similar moments from the past of Sam Bondage. How many times to you get to see one of your favorite rock heroes play an intimate show - in a half-filled room, no less - and it just blows you away in a wonderful way? I liked all of his material, but "White Girl" and "New World" Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-32318446000813554642007-06-05T14:03:00.000-07:002007-06-05T14:11:49.515-07:00I had a great time at Dan Jones the Squids CD release show at Sam Bonds on Friday. All the bands were great. Chance Became Fate were new to me and I liked them very much - they had sonic elements that put them in the Sugar/Husker Du/Hard, Pop mode.I enjoyed playing a short set of favorites with the Squids - Now I Wanna Be Your Dog was awesome & some old Activator-related tunes came out energized Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-63094495694844397012007-05-28T21:56:00.001-07:002007-05-28T22:18:18.274-07:00Valiant Arms debut at Slabtown.(R-L: Diane Rios, Eric Jensen, Rob Jones)U-lings darkly rockingDan McClure and myself.Some things never change. Like spending nights in a club with your friends and your friends' bands, rocking out in an art-filled room filled with (thankfully ventilated) smoking people, sipping beers and scarfing fries.We (the Underlings)had great fun driving up to Portland to playEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-9833449587588884142007-05-25T13:36:00.000-07:002007-05-25T13:53:38.036-07:00I'm excited to go to Portland and play a show at Slabtown tomorrow night with the Valiant Arms and Wow and Flutter. I haven't had a band road trip to Portland in, like, two years or so. It is nice when working at meaningless slave-jobs to have a vision in one's mind of getting away from the routine things in one's life - like work - and playing riffs loudly in a cool room with the ears of others Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-2604996198036410162007-05-23T09:22:00.000-07:002007-05-23T09:29:13.748-07:00I often think of how hokey this whole modern rock-promotion shtick has become. Everyone is entitled to have their own band page on myspace and promote themselves - I do it; you do it - but what is this all about, really? 10+ years ago, when you did a gig out of town, you called all your friends in that town, sent your press kit to the local paper and hoped like anything that your song would get Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-88608279235119072932007-05-04T22:29:00.000-07:002007-05-04T22:35:30.738-07:00Pat and I watched We Jam Econo tonight. I highly recommend. I know I'm sounding old-mannish here, but what the fuck has happened to all the kids these days? Why aren't they totally pissed about the generic music that is making i's way onto their ipods and computers? It's a different world than it was in the 70's and 80's , when groups like the Minutemen and Husker Du and Mission of Burma and WireEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-35560075860288331022007-05-02T10:40:00.000-07:002007-05-02T10:47:12.636-07:00I might complain about my job, but I actually enjoy working all the time - at least in the sense that I'm contributing my time and energy to a working-class cause (Organics) that I actually care about, with people that are cool. I've always identified strongly with working class ethics and people, more so than white-collar, business-types, as necessary as they are for the structural integrity of Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-53704038655830864532007-05-01T10:19:00.000-07:002007-05-01T10:37:27.918-07:00Our show went smashingly well last Friday night. I often hate being a self-promoter, but you do what you gotta do to get people down to the clubs. After numerous emails and myspacey postey things, we actually had a good amount of people down to see us. The Crosswalks from Portland were excellent - really good dynamics and three-way vocals. I highly recommend them if you get the chance.Other than Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-16735514286589211562007-04-24T12:09:00.000-07:002007-04-24T12:15:32.228-07:00We only have this show and one other scheduled May 19 at Luckey's Club Cigar for the time being. Please come on down to the Tiny Tavern and support your local Underlings. Let us assist you to.ROCK!!Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-73963186899030768282007-04-20T08:39:00.001-07:002007-04-20T08:51:25.037-07:00Werk has been all-consuming lately. I know it is oh-so-common to say so, but at this stage of my life, I've been hurling myself into my job, few complaints necessary, in order to earn the almighty paycheck. Someday - mark my words - I will not be the typical, broke-as-a-motherfucker Eugene musician that I am at the present. All told, though,I realize that I actually like my job and love all of myEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-74966687801247894632007-04-08T11:35:00.000-07:002007-04-08T12:05:45.376-07:00Alright, not to be a copycat or anything, but following Mr Random's lead I set up my own Ed Cole Vimeo page right here. My first post is a nicely exploded-sounding clip from Mission of Burma at WOW Hall last September that still sends shivers down my spine. I hope you enjoy. Mission of Burma 9/17/06 on VimeoI realize it's annoying to rant about myspace like I did last week - I just think I've Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-13400860437131151712007-03-22T21:36:00.000-07:002007-03-22T21:42:47.877-07:00AAARRRRGGGHH!!!!I hate myspace! It has sucked my brain dry. Why do I ever check that stupid stuff??I guess being in a band and all, I figure it's good to keep up on networking, etc... but this stupid myspace thing has gotten out of hand. I swear, it's just another instrument of The Man to anesthetize and distract us all while the underlings of The Man go raping our civil rights and burning all ofEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-61046654535420994842007-03-14T14:48:00.000-07:002007-03-14T14:59:02.866-07:00I applied for a new job position at work and got it! Is this good or bad? Good, ultimately. I've come to the decision that it is easier to have a full time job to support my (and my family's) ass(es) and have insurance benefits than not. All I know is, I love going to school, working fullish time, playing in a band, doing sound and spending time with my family, but it's really hard to do all thatEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-84260160768314300132007-03-11T21:47:00.001-07:002007-03-11T21:54:06.409-07:00Crazy fun show on Friday night. Dan Jones and Squids/Underlings/Femurs. Same old comrades rockin' in new decades. Sometimes, change happens slowly and is imperceptible, except one moment you notice...things are different. The Squids have turned into the Who! I've seen them so many times that I haven't noticed until now that something new has happened to them. High kicks, rock stances, sweat and Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-72044698746690293222007-02-22T17:15:00.000-08:002007-02-22T17:40:03.337-08:00Still sluggin' my way through the school term. I'm keeping up in my classes, although I often have paranoid confidence lapses regarding grades and late assignments. I think I'll still be able to pull off some good grades this term; keeping my fingers crossed, tho'.I had the pleasure of interviewing the illustrious Mrs. Random for a class assignment the other day. It seems like every term, in someEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-74406065901135394832007-01-25T11:55:00.000-08:002007-01-25T12:00:39.277-08:00I have been really enjoying my group vocal class that I am taking this term. It seems as if the other students have taken this class one or more times before. Many of my fellow students are apparently from the drama department and many are amazing singers. In addition to singing in Italian from a vocal workbook, we each have to sing 5 times solo in front of the class during the term. Today was myEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-91672870160304485392007-01-22T13:03:00.000-08:002007-01-22T13:09:53.545-08:00We had a really good time at our wetlands show on saturday. The Underlings' set went by in a flash, but it felt really good. Everyone stayed on track and played with guts. The fun was large.Yoyodyne from portland were a good guy/girl power trio with an edgy, pop sound. Good songs and good arrangements. Worth checking out if they are playing in town.The Squids and Dan kicked out their slippery Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704812.post-4671353147907067742007-01-19T23:17:00.000-08:002007-01-19T23:27:00.233-08:00I have been experiencing anticipation and excitement for the debut of my newest Underlings. Tomorrow night feels like it could be an explosive and unique event. The energy level is high. My fingers ae sore from playing large amounts of guitar.Today, I had my one-and-only guitar student over for a lesson. The hour before he arrived, I realized that I had better come up with something cool to teachEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06498282466430232969noreply@blogger.com0