Phantasmablogia Rock Music

Back in Cincinnati

Wed, 20 August 2008 8:08:41 -0400

Perhaps someday I'll come back here and get past the rental car place with something other than an SUV with a bumper sticker that says "I Swap Spit with Cheney" but I suppose I can live with the embarrassment for a short time. For this trip, it's a Ford Edge and I had no idea what that was but the car rental guy said, oh sure, it's a great car and I'm sure you'll like it. I go out to pick the thing up and, sure as hell, it's another feckin' SUV.

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Silas in the Wind

Tue, 19 August 2008 14:37:18 -0400

Access to computers will be hit or miss for the next few days and I'll update if I can. Otherwise, hopefully see you on Friday at Bay Vista!

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Jams at the Gaslight

Tue, 19 August 2008 4:10:46 -0400

I woke up about three in the morning and got some stuff set up to surprise Telia. It's two years today! It's amazing as she has become one of the best friends in my life and there's not the faintest chance we will ever meet each other.

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She's Home!

Mon, 18 August 2008 10:57:51 -0400

Check out the Born Again Pagans to see a pic of hexx's original guitars plus the now-safe Fender VII. It's really great to see her safe and sound as I was literally terrified over what six hours in the hold of a jet might do. It's pretty cold at 30,000 feet and who knows how cold it gets in the cargo hold! So, she's safe!

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Car 54, Where Are You?

Mon, 18 August 2008 7:29:05 -0400

Hmm, it must be mid-afternoon in Amsterdam but no word on the Lady so that can't be good. That would suck so ferociously if it doesn't show up today either. It sure will be good to know she's made it safely to her new home. Maybe you all can relate to this by sending your kid off to summer camp by packing up the little rotter in the cargo hold of an Airbus. This is scary stuff!

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Silas at Gilligans Island at 5:00 p.m.

Sun, 17 August 2008 15:52:42 -0400

The gig at Avilion was great as they really don't want to hear much mush over there at all. It was a great crowd and I'll check out the recording later to see if the sound was as good as it seemed. The next show is at 5:00 p.m. US Pacific Time and it will be for an opening for Gilligans Island.

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I Caught the Cricket

Sun, 17 August 2008 6:13:03 -0400

It was too funny in the gig yesterday at Cuddlers as there's been a cricket in the house for days and he (she?) was chirping his little heart out. The mike was picking it up so the cricket was singing for the world. But victory today as I finally caught the little rascal and he was sitting right on the top of guitar stand! (No, I didn't kill him. You go to hell for killing crickets.)

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Telia Sings Real Good

Sun, 17 August 2008 4:35:32 -0400

The new Godin is Telia just as the original one but they aren't precisely the same. They're both exactly the same model of Godin xtSA but the first one has a different twang bar that does not screw into position. The twang bar on the new one does screw in and it stays exactly where I want it. There's also no slack to take up when I do something with it. I doubt this would count as a warranty fix for the original guitar and doing anything to the bridge on a Godin would take major surgery as that's where the MIDI pickup lives. In other words, it would cost a fortune.

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Party at The Tropics

Sun, 17 August 2008 0:33:34 -0400

It was a great show and they've booked me for every week-end in October! Brian and Gina enjoy blowing it out and it's always a great party over there. It's a shame hexx and jsmn couldn't be there and actually I'm wondering what's become of them! It sounded like they'd be back today but there hasn't been any sign of them anywhere. I'm a great one for imagining the worst so I'll just shut up.

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Silas at The Tropics at 5:00 p.m.

Sat, 16 August 2008 15:12:13 -0400

This will be a two-hour blowout and hopefully hexx will be there to blow the place up but I've not heard anything from her today. It had looked so good that the guitar would show up today but it's about nine in the evening there right now so I guess no joy. I'm really not sure what's happening but I'll definitely be there for the gig at 5:00 p.m. US Pacific Time tonight / 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.

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Silas at Cuddlers Cove at 8:00 a.m.

Sat, 16 August 2008 6:27:03 -0400

This will be a return visit to Cuddlers Cove and for me it's late morning but for most of the people in the audience it's early evening. I didn't realize until just a minute ago that it was so early and this is after falling asleep on the futon watching a movie last night so I'm kind of scrambled. So, I shouldn't be sitting here typing, I should be foraging for food.

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Silas at Bay Vista at 8:00 SL Time

Fri, 15 August 2008 16:21:24 -0400

I have a late gig tonight at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time at Bay Vista. Certain things were chewing me up and deferring my flight to Tuesday was the right move as it will let me fly of here without looking back. I know I've been promising for days to come out and play but tonight I'll do it for sure as I've got time to eat and kick back for a while before the show. (Yesterday I didn't eat anything but a nasty Danish in the morning and was soundly chewed out by Telia for that this morning!)

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The Eagle Flies on Tuesday

Fri, 15 August 2008 9:55:39 -0400

Circumstances prevent flying on Monday but I will be going out on a late flight on Tuesday instead. I can't go into details as to the reasons as that is work stuff but it's unavoidable. The flight is confirmed with my sister and my ol' mother already knows so everything is good. If the tension level gets any higher I'll blow up into little tiny bits and this is the only way to prevent that.

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Everybody Wish Real Hard

Fri, 15 August 2008 6:36:47 -0400

It worked for Tinkerbell so maybe it'll get the 12-string Lady to hexx's place today. Since she's traveling by global mail, it's really tough to figure out where she is right now but she's not late. She's damn sure pushing it but she's really not late yet.

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Riding the Roller Coaster

Fri, 15 August 2008 6:09:04 -0400

As may not be too much of a surprise, yesterday was not a very good day! I was desperately tired and I know I'm dangerous when I get to that point so I just stayed away from everyone. It's improved somewhat today but none of this is to say that I'm backing off from anything I said as that is exactly the 'darkness' I've talked about previously that I want in what I do. It's never been to create darkness but rather to respond to that which is already there. I was getting death threats from the 'patriots' when I did it previously but the song that inspired it ("Freakshow") ended up getting listed on Neil Young's anti-war Web site and this was long before it was fashionable to be protesting the so-called war.

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