Hey Tim

Bottomless Pit is in the new issue of Alternative Press as one of the 100 bands to watch in 2008. You guys were one of the few bands not compared to Under Oath, A Static Lullaby, Nuggets Of Hatred or Taking Back Sunday.

Hey Timmons, just a quick hit, then I'll hang up and listen.

I try to be at work around 5:30am as well, but haven't been getting there until a little after 6:00 lately. Mind you, I don't have to be there until 7:00, but I've been having trouble getting up in the morning. I am 30.

I, too, had a dream about you lately. It was also at T&G and we talked. I admired your shoes. Everything about the dream happened except the talking. I am wearing beige Simples right now.

Getting up is easier for me now than when I was younger. Liking my job helps. But I do drag ass by week's end.

Shoes, I have many pairs. I'm essentially female when it comes to shoes (I wear men's shoes, but I have maybe 40 pairs).

I have some purple Simples.

Were those the shoes I had on? Perhaps. They just made it to 'paint shoes' status.

hey tm,

we're playing our first show in a while tomorrow night in boston, following it up with a practice of new songs on saturday. brokaw and wussy are also playing the show and it should be a fun evening. both rob and i have bad colds. i almost have no voice right now. any advice?

-ew

Fisherman's Friend and hot water with lemon and honey. If your throat is fully fucked, maximum strength Sucrets, but those are the 'big guns.' And they may make you nauseous.

Hey Tim,

Something happened this afternoon and now I feel weird. What should I do?

I wouldn't worry about it. I doubt anyone noticed.

During which session was the song 'Ogilvie' recorded and was there any specific reason it never made it onto an album? That is such a goshdarned excellent song.

Thank you, tommydski.

Developer session. It just never fit in. It didn't fit in at all w/Developer, and it didn't fit in with Lifestyle, and by that point we were past it. I couldn't play it if you put a gun to my head.

Thanks for recording a station ID for my radio show last time Silkworm played Madison. Your ID was delivered with enthusiasm and you were all nice guys. Too bad Madison is sort of dumb and there was only a couple dozen people to see your set at the Annex that night. The ID reminds me I have not played any Silkworm on my radio show for a long time and should play that ID and rock one of your old band’s tracks. I am thinking about rocking “Treat the New Guy Right” next time I do radio. If you were a community radio DJ and Silkworm fan what one song would you play?

Also do girls really poop? Science leads me to yes, but they are really hot so it plants doubts.

Madison is sort of dumb in that not many people ever came to see the Worm or have come to see the Pit. However, Rog's show last fall was enjoyable, with Bottomless Pit and Dianogah.

If I was going to play one Silkworm song, I would play "Don't Look Back."

Girls and poop--some do. I agree, it is hard to believe certain of them do. I reckon they all do, but I suppose there is room for doubt.

Enough of that, I want to hear more about the Elf Culture.

What I don't know about elves.

I'm really concerned now, why do you have to be at work on 5:30 am? that's just crazy.

I work the markets. I have to be in early to make the computers don't make us do anything terribly wrong.

Remember the Chinese place we went to in NY, and the succulent chicken we ate? Remember the discussion about cooking techniques that ensued?

Yes.

Did you and Wig ever figure out what the name of the technique was for deboning chickens by massaging said bones out of the chicken flesh?

Every person I have recounted this conversation to thinks I am insane. I need to know I'm not insane.

You're not insane, but I can't remember what it is called.

Steve knows.

It is very pleasing that you will be playing in Austin in the not too distant.

I received my Bottomless Pit records/cd package a while back. It's a very beautiful thing. When I am in a sentimental mood, "human out of me" can bring a tear to my eye. Indeed.

I trust you received the spicy beef jerky I picked up in New Mexico. I bought 2 bags of it and ate one in the car. The pepper seeds burned my asshole when I shat them. Two times in my life I have mailed you beef jerky.

I'll be 40 this summer. I don't seem to mind at all.

Austin, not happening. Shows are canceled, I'm pretty sure. It's sad.

I ate the beef jerky. Thank you. I enjoyed it very much.

I will be 40 in December. It's fine. My wife will be 40 in a couple days. Also fine.

tm, who is the dude from Euphone?

No idea. I don't know these things about the music today.

Bottomless Pit is in the new issue of Alternative Press as one of the 100 bands to watch in 2008. You guys were one of the few bands not compared to Under Oath, A Static Lullaby, Nuggets Of Hatred or Taking Back Sunday.

Yes, I heard about this.

I don't know a thing about any of those four bands.

100 bands to watch! Wow! That's a hell of a lot of bands! I won't be watching more than...maybe...four.

100! Really, who has time for that? To really WATCH them. I'm not talking about looking at their album covers. I'm talking about following them. Even if the bands are all completely trivial and easily apprehended, no way you can watch 100 bands, even with a year to do it.

Hey TMidgett,

Why don't you post as much as you used to in the good old days?



You have x2 more shoes than me, and I used to work for a shoe manufacturer!

Those suede Simple shoes sure do last a long time don't they? Blue btw (not that anyone gives a shit). They just made it to "I don't mind if I piss on my own shoes" status.

Hey Mr. Midgett,

your shoe collection is worrying.

Thought you might like to know.

- Andy

Hey Timster,

I just bought 1,000 lots of GBP(£)/CHF (swiss francs)

my position is now worth about -$2,112.08
(not actually that much, considering capital invested was around $998,463)
[neither my money nor real money even in the vaguest sense]

can you talk the swiss franc into gaining some value?

or, if you no speak these way of, how you say, ratio talk, to this swiss franc who have it head down, she very depressed when look up at magnifico great british pound, if this eh 'persuasion' talk is style of meddling americano and no splendid italiano,

(followup question):

where should I set my stop order?

P.S: amateur question: does period live outside parenthesis or within?

Hey Tim.

As you know, I am a mostly broke, nearly homeless, underachiever. I have recently began dating a woman who is wealthy and accomplished. Though our relationship is very young, I would like to get her a gift. What should it be?

This gift should be:

1. inexpensive
2. something that she doesn't already have, isn't planning to have, or wouldn't think to purchase
3. something that expresses the gooey, amorous feelings that I have for her but can't describe since my Fake Italian has been toggled OFF in favor of Fake Generic Asian.


This woman's interests include, but are probably not limited to:

1. Foreign and independent cinema
2. Mopey singer/songwriters in the Tom Waits/Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley continuum.
3. Baseball
4. Travel.
5. Wine.
6. Corporate law.

What to buy, Tim?

FMajcinek wrote:This woman's interests include, but are probably not limited to:

1. Foreign and independent cinema
2. Mopey singer/songwriters in the Tom Waits/Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley continuum.
3. Baseball
4. Travel.
5. Wine.
6. Corporate law.

I am not tmidgett, but I'm pretty sure you ought to borrow Andy's car and take the lady to Milwaukee for the Brewers' home opener. The whole way up, play the Will Oldham catalog while squirting Sangria into her mouth from a leather wineskin with "Spain" stenciled on its side. When you get to the ballpark and take your seats in the nosebleed/makeout section, get her to fish your cock out for a handie during the National Anthem -- at which point she will see that you have written with "Herzog" on it with Sharpie. When you induce disgusted glances from your neighbors, shout, "So sue me!"

Why don't you post as much as you used to in the good old days?

I have a lot of work to do and a child to care for, and the rest of the time I try to play music.

You have x2 more shoes than me, and I used to work for a shoe manufacturer!

Those suede Simple shoes sure do last a long time don't they? Blue btw (not that anyone gives a shit). They just made it to "I don't mind if I piss on my own shoes" status.

These shoes have taken a beating. If I hadn't started taking them off w/o untying the laces, they'd probably never have worn out.

Hey Mr. Midgett,

your shoe collection is worrying.

Thought you might like to know.

- Andy

Thank you for your concern.

Hey Timster,

I just bought 1,000 lots of GBP(£)/CHF (swiss francs)

my position is now worth about -$2,112.08
(not actually that much, considering capital invested was around $998,463)
[neither my money nor real money even in the vaguest sense]

can you talk the swiss franc into gaining some value?

No, I cannot.

Wait, wait...you bought the GBP/CHF spread? So you bought GBP and sold CHF?

Is that right? It wouldn't make sense that you want the CHF to go up, though. So it must not be.

or, if you no speak these way of, how you say, ratio talk, to this swiss franc who have it head down, she very depressed when look up at magnifico great british pound, if this eh 'persuasion' talk is style of meddling americano and no splendid italiano,

(followup question):

where should I set my stop order?

I have no idea.

In the long term, the CHF should appreciate a little against the GBP, I would think. It's the only gold-standard currency among the big guys, and gold will go up in the long run. I don't know if it will be going up in the near term, however.

I'd have to bust out the technicals etc to have a better idea.

P.S: amateur question: does period live outside parenthesis or within?

I put it outside if the parenthetical is part of a sentence and inside if the parenthetical is a genuine aside (outside the sentence).

As you know, I am a mostly broke, nearly homeless, underachiever. I have recently began dating a woman who is wealthy and accomplished. Though our relationship is very young, I would like to get her a gift. What should it be?

This gift should be:

1. inexpensive
2. something that she doesn't already have, isn't planning to have, or wouldn't think to purchase
3. something that expresses the gooey, amorous feelings that I have for her but can't describe since my Fake Italian has been toggled OFF in favor of Fake Generic Asian.


This woman's interests include, but are probably not limited to:

1. Foreign and independent cinema
2. Mopey singer/songwriters in the Tom Waits/Leonard Cohen/Jeff Buckley continuum.
3. Baseball
4. Travel.
5. Wine.
6. Corporate law.

What to buy, Tim?

Has she ever seen The Flowers of Shanghai? It's probably on DVD now. This movie, she is one of my favorite movies of all time. It would be an ideal film to purchase for such a person. I think.

The only other thing that occurs to me right off the top of my head--it's hard to know if she is analytical enough to appreciate it, but The Physics of Baseball is one of my favorite baseball books. You could look through it and see if she might like it.

There you have an appeal to the senses and then to the intellect. Not so bad.

Dear Mr. Midgett,
I had a dream about Richard Dawson last night. Col. Klink was on Family Feud and Dawson, the kissing bandit was as shit faced and charming as ever. I can't remember what the category was that was being asked. What does that all mean?

Thanks for you help.

Sincerely,
Chubby MidWesterner Hoosier

P.S. Sorry you will not be playing rock tonight.

steve wrote:I am not tmidgett, but I'm pretty sure you ought to borrow Andy's car and take the lady to Milwaukee for the Brewers' home opener. The whole way up, play the Will Oldham catalog while squirting Sangria into her mouth from a leather wineskin with "Spain" stenciled on its side. When you get to the ballpark and take your seats in the nosebleed/makeout section, get her to fish your cock out for a handie during the National Anthem -- at which point she will see that you have written with "Herzog" on it with Sharpie. When you induce disgusted glances from your neighbors, shout, "So sue me!"

You're right... you're not tmidgett.