"10 Locals to Watch in 2010"

According to the Austin Chronicle:

Dikes of Holland, Smoke & Feathers, the Downtown Rulers Club, Way No Way, the No No No Hopes, Edison Chair, the White White Lights, Los Bad Apples, Legs Against Arms, Fingaar Bangaar

still going

http://www.101x.com/NextBigThing/blogentry.aspx?BlogEntryID=10077356

Friday WAS good.

Great show. Fantastic soundguy. Daniel/Michael's parents were there. The owner liked us. We played solid. I fell into that confortable vocal thing. A stranger came on to me hardcore. =P

San Antonio tomorrow night. The lowest of pressure shows. The highest pay. Go figure.

long term

We got together and skipped practice to talk business.

Looks like we are going to do a Texas tour in March, shows until late July.

Then we block off Aug-Sept to stage the LP... plan overdubs, additional parts, harmonies etc.

We are then taking off 2 weeks from our job in October to record said LP.

Future Perfect Radio

They are playing us here. Right alongside Phoenix, Animal Collective etc.

http://www.futureperfectradio.com/

Representing Chicago!!!

marathon -level dreaming

Last night was just a bunch of crazy ass dreams. Im exhausted.

snowball

more plays via myspace daily. Emails from strangers wanting to meet us. Showing up on peoples myspace playlist.

Pretty neat.

Good practice

Tonight was cool. We started out shitty. But somewhere in the middle of running the set twice we sort of fell into this zone. Its really hard to describe but its almost as if some other autopilot aspect of your brain takes over and suddenly everything becomes much easier and you relax and start singing and playing better. I was nailing harmonies, little dynamics of my playing were tasteful and solid.

My goal is to take those moments into our shows and bypass nerves and unfamiliar sound equipment to play like that every single time. Its really really hard. It has happened a handful of times since Ive been playing with these guys and I can only assume more shows will mean more experiences like that until they start happening frequently.

anyway weird post but its on my mind. I feel good. Friday will be good.

shhh

i am preparing something risky. 2010 here I come.

today I asked myself...

"What are you excelling at? Are you banging on all cylinders? What greater purpose are you shooting for with your abilities?"

something like that.

Well I had no answer. I'm treading water in a sea of unrealized potential. And I'm not happy about it. I know too many bright, talented people to not be among them with my own accomplishments and triumphs. I am too frequently happy with just enough.

Which way should I go? I see a few a few paths but I want to do them all. That's the express lane to mediocrity.

Jim Rohn - RIP

Speaker/businessman Jim Rohn passed away. A very inspiring man on life, business and achievement.

My favorite quote by him...

"We all must suffer from one of two pains... the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons."

I visited Grandma in the hospital both Saturday and Sunday evening. She is doing as well as can be expected after the surgery. Today I believe she is being transferred to a rehabilitation center down the street where they will begin strengthening her for moving to and from a wheelchair and finally how to walk on a prosthetic. Its going to be a long process Im afraid but if anyone can do it, she can.

The whole family visited and it was good to see them all. She is going to live with my aunt in Dallas for awhile so it looks like we will have Christmas there. I like having Christmas in Dallas and its good to know she is going to be taken care of during this tough period.

Good weekend but Sunday was mostly a waste due to a debilitating wine/beer/whatever hangover. Never again. I actually still feel slightly retarded from it. Hangovers are interesting to me. I believe that must be what it feels like to be very unhealthy. Poisoned. I dont like the feeling. After 24 hours I am still feeling awful.

2 years

This blog is offically two years old. Being that my grandmother is on my mind so much I though I would repost an old blog post about her.

http://meaningfullyabsurd.blogspot.com/2008/01/people-i-am-lucky-to-know-1.html

grandma

somber day. My grandmother is getting her leg amputated just below the knee. My concerns are numerous. I read about older people functioning fine with a prosthetic but there are many variables up in the air right now.

She is suprisingly strong about it and just wants the pain to stop. I just want her to be able to return to a normal life.