I would love to induldge in this thread but I have asked tmidgett way too many questions in the past 19 months.

By the way, this is the funniest shit ever.

Hey Tmidgett:

My Traynor bass amp went snap, crackle, pop last week. Good thing is it has a two-year warranty and the amp is only a year-and-a-half old. The bad news is I spent the past couple nights tearing my house up looking for my receipt. Do you know where my receipt is hiding?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Tim,

if you weren't Tim and you had the chance to ask Tim a question, what question would you ask Tim?

Thought you might like to know.

- Tim

Tim, what should I do with my life?

Love and kisses,

Russell.

Hey Tmidgett,

I had a dream last night that I was trying to get a new reality show started. It would be like Top Chef, but instead of cooking for celebrity chefs you would cook for their dogs and the dogs would judge you. We had Anthony Bourdain's dog (a Pomeranian named Tony), Mario Batalli's dog (a mutt named Rollo), Padma Lakshmi's dog (a Chow named Model), and Bobby Flay's dog (a chihuahua, and I didn't care what it was called).

We were filming the first episode, and were discussing adding a scene of one of the dogs puking with CGI and maybe having some sort of romantic side story (also probably CGI).

Thought you'd be interested.

Tim,

You don't know me, but I purchased the Bottomless Pit album from the Web site. It arrived, and I like it very much!

Next, I ordered the album, "Libertine." I always wanted to hear it and could never find it in a store.

One day, a package arrived on my door step. I opened it. And what did I find? Not "Libertine." Not at all! It was another copy of the Bottomless Pit album!

It just so happened that that very day was the birthday of a good friend of mine, a fact that I had forgotten until that very day.

I gave my friend the record. Maybe I even lied, maybe I even told him I ordered it for him because I knew he'd like it. Well, it turns out, he likes it very much!

This slight problem that was encountered in processing my order ended up not being a problem at all.

Thought you'd be interested.

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

Wow. Well, were you were actually on Family Feud, or you were in the audience? If the latter, the live audience or just watching it on TV?

I think it means a lot more symbolically if you were onstage. Or even in the live audience.

But I don't know what it means beyond that.

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

Yeah, me too.

But WTF. A 4-band bill starting at 10PM is almost as ridiculous as a list of 100 bands you might want to check out this year. Flattered as we were to be on such a list.

I would love to induldge in this thread but I have asked tmidgett way too many questions in the past 19 months.

By the way, this is the funniest shit ever.

Hi Seth!

My Traynor bass amp went snap, crackle, pop last week. Good thing is it has a two-year warranty and the amp is only a year-and-a-half old. The bad news is I spent the past couple nights tearing my house up looking for my receipt. Do you know where my receipt is hiding?

Where did you buy the amp? Are you sure you need the receipt? If you got it at Guitar Fuckers--sorry, Center-- or similar, they probably have some kind of computer record of it.

Tim,

if you weren't Tim and you had the chance to ask Tim a question, what question would you ask Tim?

This is a hard question.

Honestly, I don't know. I'm tempted to say something like "why do you have so many tattoos?", but I don't really care about such things in other people.

Oh, I'd say "Tim, if you work so much, and have so little time to post on the Electrical board, how is that you are answering all these questions?"

The answer would probably involve addressing the ego boost inherent in people asking you anything at all about yourself and subsequently having to talk about yourself at length.

Plus, it's end of the week.

Tim, what should I do with my life?

Love and kisses,

Russell.

Uh, well, like Steve Albini once said, "Do something you like for ten years, and then you'll have a career." I read that in a fanzine.

Steve said a lot of good shit in fanzines. He has a few areas in life where he has succeeded unequivocally:

1. Almost independent of extraneous corporate influence. He's not Ralph Nader or Ian MacKaye, but he's as close as a non-ascetic consumer is likely to get.

2. Highest standard of competence as a recording engineer.

3. Truly ape-like arms.

4. Genuinely unique guitar sound and method of fastening guitar to body (far as I know).

5. Best fanzine quotes of all time. I don't say that lightly.

Hey, that's more than a few! That's a handful!

Hey Tmidgett,

I had a dream last night that I was trying to get a new reality show started. It would be like Top Chef, but instead of cooking for celebrity chefs you would cook for their dogs and the dogs would judge you. We had Anthony Bourdain's dog (a Pomeranian named Tony), Mario Batalli's dog (a mutt named Rollo), Padma Lakshmi's dog (a Chow named Model), and Bobby Flay's dog (a chihuahua, and I didn't care what it was called).

We were filming the first episode, and were discussing adding a scene of one of the dogs puking with CGI and maybe having some sort of romantic side story (also probably CGI).

Thought you'd be interested.

I am interested. It's probably a reasonable idea. You know that guy's TV Funhouse thing on SNL? If that was funny, it would be good for them to do that.

You don't know me, but I purchased the Bottomless Pit album from the Web site. It arrived, and I like it very much!

Next, I ordered the album, "Libertine." I always wanted to hear it and could never find it in a store.

One day, a package arrived on my door step. I opened it. And what did I find? Not "Libertine." Not at all! It was another copy of the Bottomless Pit album!

It just so happened that that very day was the birthday of a good friend of mine, a fact that I had forgotten until that very day.

I gave my friend the record. Maybe I even lied, maybe I even told him I ordered it for him because I knew he'd like it. Well, it turns out, he likes it very much!

This slight problem that was encountered in processing my order ended up not being a problem at all.

Thought you'd be interested.

I sent you Libertine, though, didn't I?

Please let me know.

These things do happen. I'm the only one who does the orders, and sometimes I make mistakes.

I'm glad he likes the record.

Hey Tim Midgett,

Balls. I've pulled a 60ish+ hour week and so has the wife. We have not had a chance to see each other much, or even talk since Wednesday. Finally today I get her on the phone, finally, and we manage to confirm that we are to have a rock date tonight to see the lovely band of majestic Cohen, brawny Orchard, snappy Wig and thou.

"OK" I say to wife "OK, you we hang up and I'll buy tix." I buy on-line and do the last 18 things of the day and then leave and call the Magic Rezvani to see what's what and then learn the sadness.

Balls.

----

Anyway,

Just thought that you know that my wife, despite all this noise, she is a beautiful woman.

Also, these pretzels are making me thirsty.

WTF. Did no one tell you that it is still too cold to commute on motorbike in Chicago? Although, impressive.

Just thought you might want to know this.

Mr. Chimp wrote:Hey Tim Midgett,

Balls. I've pulled a 60ish+ hour week and so has the wife. We have not had a chance to see each other much, or even talk since Wednesday. Finally today I get her on the phone, finally, and we manage to confirm that we are to have a rock date tonight to see the lovely band of majestic Cohen, brawny Orchard, snappy Wig and thou.

"OK" I say to wife "OK, you we hang up and I'll buy tix." I buy on-line and do the last 18 things of the day and then leave and call the Magic Rezvani to see what's what and then learn the sadness.

Balls.

This is the kind of thing I hate about having to cancel a show!

Shit!

There was a long explanation on the other thread, but I reread it and decided it was self-serving, so I deleted it.

From what I hear, you will enjoy yourself at this show anyway!

Just thought that you know that my wife, despite all this noise, she is a beautiful woman.

Not to put too fine a point on things, but yes, I believe you when you say this.

Also, these pretzels are making me thirsty.

Love pretzels.

WTF. Did no one tell you that it is still too cold to commute on motorbike in Chicago? Although, impressive.

It wasn't too impressive when I was getting the shit sleeted out of me the other afternoon! That. Sucked.

OK, have a good time, and say hi to the guitar player for Monotonix for me (Yonatan).

Hey Tmidgett

What are you going to do tonight instead of playing that four band bill?

Also would Bottomless Pit have played if the show had started at 8 pm?