Bloggin On It

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Lately I've been working on my bloggin' abilities. I've got to say, I'm starting to really enjoy writing blogs and such. It's caused me to get real introspective and what not. I’ve always been a super-sensitive guy - just ask the ladies… But until now I’ve been afraid to really share my thoughts and feelings. I decided the time was now. Or “is” now. But to be clear, it happened in the past. I’m totally over the whole self-reflective phase.

I started by writing some new songs with the band. At first, the rest of the guys weren’t open to the subject matter I wanted to tackle. They seemed to think that a song about my phobia of any food that has bones in it would never sell. They also said my slow jam about the childhood removal of a large, impacted chunk of earwax was not “marketable” and lacked “widespread appeal.” But then, as I was tweaking the last verse of my song about how I accidentally got busted listening to a LaBouche CD in college, the band began to open up about their own issues.

Well, needless to say, we all ended up in a counseling session/teambuilding workshop. Our new band therapist is costing us $250 a week and on top of that, Brian gave himself a concussion trying to pull off a really flamboyant trust-fall.

So that’s where all this bloggin’ has gotten us. Maybe I’ll just keep my self-exploration to myself from now on – or maybe just between myself and the blogosphere.

Our New Site

Monday, March 9, 2009

So. Anyway... this week we set up a brand new site for our band. It's www.rascalred.com and it's pretty amazing, if we do say so ourselves. Actually, Rascal Red technically made us set up the site, but I think we were all on board on some level. The idea is that we can post some of our music for people to listen to, plus some footage from our band practices and performances. It's also supposed to allow us to start "blogging." I'm not sure what this "blogging" business is all about, so I've done some reading up and figured out what makes for a good "blog."

First, I'm going to go ahead and get annoyed by something. In my case, I'm sure I'm annoyed by the pressures of the media, or the wind chill factor, or both. So what's up with all the media pressure? I mean, can't the media just loosen up? And don't even get me started on the wind chill factor. It's one thing to be windy. It's completely different when the windiness starts changing apparent temperature. Am I right? Yes.

Then, I'm going to get political. How many times do I have to hear about the "Bail-Out" on TV? 44? 45? I'm already at 34 and I'm thinking the count is only going to go upwards. What about Barak Obama? Oh man, let me tell you about him. It's crazy what I have to say. Right guys? Eh?

Then, I'm going to talk about "new media" and comic books. The Watchmen is really over/under hyped right now. The blogosphere is exploding into the atmosphere with info on the Watchmen.

Anyway, that's it for the blog. Unfortunately, I'm out of time because blogging is time sensitive. Well, if you've found this blog as exhilarating as I have, let me know. Otherwise, don't.