I know that I'm very busy at work, but still. That's no excuse. The three people that read (or maybe, used to read) my blog demand more.
Some random news:
- Gig tonight at Oldfield's on High. We have one more next Thursday at Shi Sha Lounge, which will be an "unplugged" show and should be fun. After those two, we have nothing until December 15th at The Basement. The plan is to head into the studio and record as many tracks as possible for our demo. We also got a nice little press kit photo taken, finally:
- In other band news, there's a slim chance that we will be opening for BON FUCKING JOVI on November 9th. Apparently, they've booked most of their tour without openers, and each venue/city finds a local band to open for them. We obviously have no more shot than any other band entering this "contest" with the exception of the fact that our intrepid guitarist Steve has ins with two people on the Ohio Union Activities Board who will be lobbying for us to play this gig. Holy fuck, I don't know what I'd do with myself if we got to play a show that big.
- The White Sox won the World Series. Meh. Couldn't have happened to a bigger bunch of pricks. Seriously. They had a 15 game lead, and the Tribe cut it to 1.5 games. And then when the Tribe couldn't make the playoff push after all of that, he has the fucking nerve to do this. Asshole. Not to mention that their catcher is in the top 5 list of athletes whom I cannot stand.
- In other World Series news, you know who has to be suffering the most? Not Astros fans. Cubs fans. Their team hasn't won a World Series since 1908! Until one year ago, they had company (as misery LOVES company). Both Sox (Red and White) hadn't won a World Series since 1918 and 1917 respectively. Now, in a one year span, Cubs fans have to watch both of those teams win World Series titles in succession. Now, as a long-suffering Cleveland fan, I can relate. But damn... can you imagine being a Cubs fan in your 60's or 70's, even? You've lived your whole life and not seen your team win. Then, the other two teams who can relate to you suddenly both win theirs back to back. I know I'd shoot myself. The even worse news is that now, the team behind the Cubs for longest drout is none other than my very own Cleveland Indians, who have been close-but-no-cigar since 1948. Add in that Cleveland's last sports title was 13 years before I was born (1964 Browns, baby), and I just realized that it really SUCKS being a Cleveland fan. Thanks, Mom and Dad.
- And, wrapping up our World Series coverage, I find myself wondering if Brad Lidge recovers from this post-season... He was lights-out in last year's post-season and early in this one, but from game 5 of the NLCS on he was very mortal, and looked like he had no confidence. He gave up 3 games in the span of 6; he gave up a 3-run BOMB to Albert Pujols with the Astros 1 out away from the World Series. He gave up a walk-off game winner to a guy who had ZERO home runs during the regular season, spanning 507 at bats. He gave up the lead in a 0-0 game, a game that his team ended up losing and thus lost the series. I'm sure he'll have plenty of time this off-season to think about it. I mean, it never affected Byung-Hyun Kim, right?
- The Browns. Oh, the Browns. Get to 2-2, have 4 chump teams coming up, and then go in the tank. Lose your #1 cornerback. Have your veteran quarterback start sucking. The Browns continually think of new ways to take years off of my life. Every year.
So, that's what's going on.
Shot through the heart, and you're to blame. You give love a bad name.
Bad name.
