Today I finally got my musical gear set back up at home, a full week after I played in Cincinnati, in preparation for which I had to tear it all apart. That and cleaning up the living room took nearly all day, and I'm still not done with the living room part yet.
I worked on a song last night called "She is the Soggy Biscuit", named after the title of a piece of porn spam e-mail that once showed up in my bulk e-mail folder. I recalled the title to a couple of co-workers who sometimes trade their favorite X-rated film titles that come in. This one got a laugh, so I figured I'd better write it into a song.
My favorite site of the moment, www.kristinawong.com
Favorite album played today: Burt Bacharach (A&M SP 3501; 1971).
Foolish thought of the day (forwarded from "Friendster"):
This has nothing to do with anything, but just a
slice of life thing I wanted to share with all of
you.
My wife is a big Chicago fan (so am I - Bob Lamm
used to be one of my best customers in LA and we
used to chat a fair amount.) Anyway I was playing
the first Chicago albun, "Chicago Transit
Authority" for the Mrs. as she'd never heard it.
All the familiar songs on the first disc she
know. Then it came to the second disc and Terry
Kath's "Free Form Guitar" solo. She said "OK -
this is bad."
I laughed, 'cause I know, and we know (and even
the band would agree) it's the best thing on that
first album!
How'd it go in Cincinnati? Great! Can't wait to play out again, and haven't felt that way in a long time. The last three performances I'd done before that were all dogs, but this one worked. I ran into people I hadn't seen in a long time. I also took complements from people I'd never met who had heard my show on the radio in the past and had known me only that way. Who'da thunk it? Some choice comments "When I was 16 or 17 your show was the thing I looked forward to every week". "I've been hearing your name since I was about 16". "Thanks for your bravery."
Uncle Dave