Posted June 2nd 2003
Howdy dudies and dudettes, here's me and there's you and once again we meet here in the relative safety of two dimensional space. For all I know you could be painting your toenails or fanning your taluba. And for all you know I could be sitting here naked with a pink pith helmet on my head. Anyhow we're just days away from our next gig at the Sit-n-Bull in Maynard. We do have a few surprises and a couple of new tunes for your listening pleasure so when you get to the club, prick up your ears (say that 3 times fast) and pay attention. Now as to this weeks' column, it's not about anything in particular, it's kind of a 'random thoughts' clean out your drawers type of thing. So here goes: First of all, (in answer to many of your questions) yes I do know Meg and yes she is a babe. Not only that but so is her older sister and get this- -her mother once appeared in Playboy (aug.'72). And, legend has it that her grandmother once went out with Clark Gable. So it's no surprise, these are good bloodlines we're talking about.... (I like using these little periods...almost as much as I like using parentheses)...I've gotten a few angry e-mails from people who claim that in last weeks' "How to make beer" column I neglected to tell people, well, how to make beer. I'm sure you're mistaken but just in case you're not, I'll give you the recipe again at the end of this weeks rant...and while we're on the subject, some people spend more time hunting down special bottles at flea markets to place their home brew in than they do in making the beer. To me that's a waste of time and money. If it's good beer your stomach doesn't care. And if it isn't, as noted animal lover Joe Holaday once said, "You can spend all day puttin' lipstick on a pig, but at the end of the day it's still a pig."...Joe, by the way, is also an avid gardener. This past week he planted gelps and drayvids in his back yard and is hoping for a bumper crop...."Never plant gelps, especially blue gelps, before Memorial Day" says the nutty bass player... and guitar player Rich Bartlett, just back from Hawaii where he was a celebrity judge for a "Miss Hawaiian Tropics" beauty pageant says of this year’s contest, "It went right down to the wire, I was up all night every night going over and over the contestants.".... tough work...Stacey Pedrick is getting quite a 'kick' out of his Tai Chi classes. "I can now put my big toe in my nose while balancing on three fingers" says the nimble guitar player...and drummer Leo Black, no stranger to balancing tricks himself, is putting the final touches on our upcoming re-release of World Dance Party...."Is there some way we could put out a braille copy" asks the ever-thoughtful Blap (I mean Black). And finally, people want to know about Jeff-the-web-guy. What's he like? What makes him tick? Perhaps a story will illustrate. Years ago I brought my then girlfriend (yes Brittany there were others before you!) to Jeff’s' house for a visit. I should start by saying that Jeff is nuts about dogs and he must have like about 20 of them. Well this one hyper little dog just wouldn't stop trying to hump my girlfriend’s leg. Perhaps I was jealous (or something) so I said, "geez, can you tell your dog to stop humping her leg?" "No I won't" said Jeff, anyone can see she's been coming on to him all night!" So that's Jeff. However misguided he may be, he is still a man of conviction and dedication and we're happy to be associated with him. Now was there anything else I was going to tell you...hmmm...can't think of anything...so I think I'll get dressed and take this pink pith helmet off my head...until next week (see you at the shows)...adios amigos Mike
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