I can't go into detail, but I'm surprised at how vindictive and evil fellow musicians can be. Even the stupid ones who don't do their homework before titling stuff. It's almost like they think we're "the man" and must be rebelled against, in grand punk tradition, instead of fellow musicians who are in the same boat as they are. They are mistaken as to who "the man" is, and if they are so blind that they can't even see that obvioius fact, then punk is truly dead.
There's a campaign afoot against us that is juvenile, and I feel like I'm being penalized for doing things the right way.
Friday, June 16
Sunday, June 11
Milwaukee fun
The Milwaukee performance has past. It was a nice time up there. We had the main stage, and I'm told it sounded great in front, even though they didn't have my pedal-triggered backing samples in the mains, which sort of makes me cranky, since I put a lot of fucking work into getting the coordination down. The samples are a new thing I'm trying, rather than playing with a prerecorded backing track. It gives us a little more control and flexibility, even though I have to work twice as hard onstage. But it's over and I have to let the fact that people couldn't hear them go. If nothing else, we looked fabulous up there! I'm going to try to get video from the show posted later this week or early next week.
It was also Jon's birthday today, so that was cool. We had some friends with us and we hung out at the fest for a while.
Roger Kuhn was playing on another stage, and after we finished our set, one of the stagehands came up to me and said there's a guy at the gate wondering if he could borrow some guitar strings. It turned out to be Roger, who'd broken a string onstage, and then broke his last replacement string as well. I just let him borrow my guitar, rather than strings. We wandered over to the stage he was playing on and got the hear the rest of his set. He's got a big voice, which was well suited to a big stage and sound system.
For the last few songs he did, he dedicated them to me. All of them. So for four songs, he said, "I'd like to dedicate this song to Timmy..." before each one. It was super cute and made me blush. He was definitely having fun with it. Afterward, he gave me a copy of his cd, which was very sweet. I'll get a chance to listen to it tomorrow, because right now, I'm just vegging, with no music whatsoever.
I finally got to meet David, the guy who organized the whole thing. I was surprised, since he looked like he was no more than 22. He totally had his shit together. The whole thing was organized very well, from the band's perspective. I don't know what the other bands thought, but I thought he did a great job. And he's a cutie to boot.
Speaking of cuties, I had the first model in the studio yesterday morning to shoot the first images of my abstract physique series. He did a great job, and was a real sport. The first pose was him sitting on his knees naked, and he had to stay like that for, I guess it must have been around half an hour at least. He's a former football player, and I noticed him fidgeting a bit and I asked him if he had bad knees. Of course, having played football for 12 year, he had bad knees. I felt pretty bad, so I tried to finish up those shots as soon as I could. The rest of the shots he was able to sit down on a stool.
Anyway, I am very happy to have the first shots in the can, and I can't wait to build more in the series. I might start putting them up on my site right away, since I have at least four great ones of Tim (his name is also Tim), and probably one or two good ones of myself from the test shots I did. I might have one other model in later this week.
It was also Jon's birthday today, so that was cool. We had some friends with us and we hung out at the fest for a while.
Roger Kuhn was playing on another stage, and after we finished our set, one of the stagehands came up to me and said there's a guy at the gate wondering if he could borrow some guitar strings. It turned out to be Roger, who'd broken a string onstage, and then broke his last replacement string as well. I just let him borrow my guitar, rather than strings. We wandered over to the stage he was playing on and got the hear the rest of his set. He's got a big voice, which was well suited to a big stage and sound system.
For the last few songs he did, he dedicated them to me. All of them. So for four songs, he said, "I'd like to dedicate this song to Timmy..." before each one. It was super cute and made me blush. He was definitely having fun with it. Afterward, he gave me a copy of his cd, which was very sweet. I'll get a chance to listen to it tomorrow, because right now, I'm just vegging, with no music whatsoever.
I finally got to meet David, the guy who organized the whole thing. I was surprised, since he looked like he was no more than 22. He totally had his shit together. The whole thing was organized very well, from the band's perspective. I don't know what the other bands thought, but I thought he did a great job. And he's a cutie to boot.
Speaking of cuties, I had the first model in the studio yesterday morning to shoot the first images of my abstract physique series. He did a great job, and was a real sport. The first pose was him sitting on his knees naked, and he had to stay like that for, I guess it must have been around half an hour at least. He's a former football player, and I noticed him fidgeting a bit and I asked him if he had bad knees. Of course, having played football for 12 year, he had bad knees. I felt pretty bad, so I tried to finish up those shots as soon as I could. The rest of the shots he was able to sit down on a stool.
Anyway, I am very happy to have the first shots in the can, and I can't wait to build more in the series. I might start putting them up on my site right away, since I have at least four great ones of Tim (his name is also Tim), and probably one or two good ones of myself from the test shots I did. I might have one other model in later this week.
Friday, June 9
picasso
I start shooting a photo series tomorrow morning. I'll be using a technique I've been developing that plays with perspective like Picasso did with some of his sketches. I've been planning this for a while, and I'm exited to get it started. It's been tough finding models to sit for these photos, since there's no money involved. Oh, and they're nudes. I've had people respond to my craigslist ad, and i'd meet with them, and now many of them are waffling. Bummer.
I've been testing my setup using myself as a model, which is a giant pain in the ass. I think I've come up with something pretty cool. And a little creepy. Yay! All this will lead up to an eventual shoot where I'll be mimicing some of the actual Picasso sketches.
I've been testing my setup using myself as a model, which is a giant pain in the ass. I think I've come up with something pretty cool. And a little creepy. Yay! All this will lead up to an eventual shoot where I'll be mimicing some of the actual Picasso sketches.
Thursday, June 8
oh those sleepless nights
It's now about 5 hours past my normal bed time, and I am about as wide awake as I was at 5 pm yesterday. I guess I shouldn't drink Moroccan coffee at 9 pm.
Jon and I ran the set and then went down to Marrakech Expresso to see Roger Kuhn play. He's playing PrideFest this Sunday right after our set, but on a different stage, so we won't be able to catch each other's set. I'd never met him, except on myspace, and wanted to see what he was all about.
I saw 'Eraserhead' for the very first time this past week. Don't know why I never got around to watching it before now. I don't think this is the reaction David Lynch was intending, but my sympathies were all with the baby. When it got sick, I felt horrible for it. It was just an innocent little thing, and his parents were freaks. Sucks to be a mutant baby in a David Lynch film. Remind me to not be that when I grow up.
Jon and I ran the set and then went down to Marrakech Expresso to see Roger Kuhn play. He's playing PrideFest this Sunday right after our set, but on a different stage, so we won't be able to catch each other's set. I'd never met him, except on myspace, and wanted to see what he was all about.
I saw 'Eraserhead' for the very first time this past week. Don't know why I never got around to watching it before now. I don't think this is the reaction David Lynch was intending, but my sympathies were all with the baby. When it got sick, I felt horrible for it. It was just an innocent little thing, and his parents were freaks. Sucks to be a mutant baby in a David Lynch film. Remind me to not be that when I grow up.
Tuesday, June 6
off my ass and into Milwaukee
Jeez it's been a long time since I've gotten off my keister and updated this thing. Sorry! Lots going on. The first of which is that we are playing in Milwaukee this Sunday at the Pride Fest. We go on at 11am on the Miller stage. Don't as me how we got the main stage, but I'm not looking that gift-horse, etc etc. We've been rehearsing like fiends, and I'm incorporating some samples triggered via the midi pedals for this show. Let's hope my coordination doesn't fail me!
Aside from the show, we're continuing our hunt for a bass player and drummer. Jon's decided to be our front man, and he's ditching the bass. If you know any rockin' drummers or bass players, pop us an email at panic at the nancys dot com.
We've had some t-shirts printed up and we'll be selling them at shows, and eventually (once I fix the shopping cart) online. I might put the cd's up for sale on our site again as well, but then again I might just let cdbaby handle all the physical sales. They've been doing a great job.
We did another open mic last week, and had a blast. That might become a monthly thing.
I was amused by this graphic. It's me when I'm trying to print stuff on deadline:
Aside from the show, we're continuing our hunt for a bass player and drummer. Jon's decided to be our front man, and he's ditching the bass. If you know any rockin' drummers or bass players, pop us an email at panic at the nancys dot com.
We've had some t-shirts printed up and we'll be selling them at shows, and eventually (once I fix the shopping cart) online. I might put the cd's up for sale on our site again as well, but then again I might just let cdbaby handle all the physical sales. They've been doing a great job.
We did another open mic last week, and had a blast. That might become a monthly thing.
I was amused by this graphic. It's me when I'm trying to print stuff on deadline:
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