Sure, let's play at Max Fish. At 1 AM.

"We're almost out of money. Well, mastering doesn't really matter does it? Ok, we'll get {$total dong} to do it!"

HA HA HA!

HA!

ha.

(sob)

Some lessons are learned the hard way.

We used to have a DJ in our band, I shit you not.
Nobody will admit it was their idea, nobody even remembers asking dude to be in the band yet we played both the empty bottle and subterranean for the first times with a DJ going wick wick wack in the background.
The Empty Bottle show we also had a dude playing bongos. A DJ and Bongos. Yes. For real.
Too much weed for too long, you start to think stupid shit like having a DJ and bongo player in the band is cool.

Eventually we changed the name and kicked everyone out, but kept all the songs. We still play some of those songs, just sped them the fuck up and chopped about 12 minutes off each.

Marsupialized wrote:We used to have a DJ in our band, I shit you not.
Nobody will admit it was their idea, nobody even remembers asking dude to be in the band yet we played both the empty bottle and subterranean for the first times with a DJ going wick wick wack in the background.
The Empty Bottle show we also had a dude playing bongos. A DJ and Bongos. Yes. For real.
Too much weed for too long, you start to think stupid shit like having a DJ and bongo player in the band is cool.

Eventually we changed the name and kicked everyone out, but kept all the songs. We still play some of those songs.

You were missing only slap bass.

lemur68 wrote:

Marsupialized wrote:We used to have a DJ in our band, I shit you not.
Nobody will admit it was their idea, nobody even remembers asking dude to be in the band yet we played both the empty bottle and subterranean for the first times with a DJ going wick wick wack in the background.
The Empty Bottle show we also had a dude playing bongos. A DJ and Bongos. Yes. For real.
Too much weed for too long, you start to think stupid shit like having a DJ and bongo player in the band is cool.

Eventually we changed the name and kicked everyone out, but kept all the songs. We still play some of those songs.

You were missing only slap bass.

I shit you not, bongo dude brought a didgeridoo one day. I think that was the moment I started to see things clearly.

Marsupialized wrote:We used to have a DJ in our band, I shit you not.
Nobody will admit it was their idea, nobody even remembers asking dude to be in the band yet we played both the empty bottle and subterranean for the first times with a DJ going wick wick wack in the background.
The Empty Bottle show we also had a dude playing bongos. A DJ and Bongos. Yes. For real.
Too much weed for too long, you start to think stupid shit like having a DJ and bongo player in the band is cool.

Unconscionable.

sure, we should definetely move to Galway, Ireland in search of fame and fortune!

ginandtacos.com wrote:The girlfriends in my band would probably rather drink a steaming glass of lead paint than to get in our van. The thing smells like a V10-powered ape taint after we are in it for a few days.

V10-powered ape taint


would see.

the whole girlfriend thing

one of my most striking memories on tour is being sort of lost somewhere, everyone except the girlfriend has a map out, everyone's intent on finding our way, and ALL 5 OF US have come to the independent conclusion that we need to turn right as soon as possible. then the girlfriend, who was very possibly listening to music at that point yells out NO GO LEFT! and then actually starts to ARGUE the point, despite not having once looked at a map, never had been to the city we were in, couldn't have any possible clue where we were or where we were going, etc etc etc etc

i also recall bringing a band members' girlfriend to a festival we were invited to so she could basically ditch us for the weekend and use her free backstage bracelet to go watch other bands. i know it's petty to be irked by this, but the whole "and....... pick me up in three days here" line kind of bothered me. thank you's are important!!!

i also briefly recall a girlfriend who could NOT whisper. no matter what. should she, at 3am, when numerous bands are sleeping in an attic, choose to talk to her boyfriend about photography, we had no choice but to listen to her yell it out

davesec wrote:NO! GO LEFT!

something about that...it sounds awesome.