Sick Honeymoon was amazeballz. Just fantastic. The lingering flu/head cold ever since? Not so much. Music I'm pretty fired up about starting a punk band. Old school punk, ranging from Fear, Stiff Little Fingers, Descendents, PotUSA, The Damned, The Runaways, The Sonics, etc. The idea is that everyone in the band (maybe a 4-piece?) is over 50 years old. So we are called "Pissed and 50", or "Pissdy", or "Pi55ed", or "Fed Up and 50", or something playing on the idea that shit today is fucked up, and we are gonna sing and make noise about it. Interesting thing is that, for the first time in my life, I am a songwriter. I'm actually writing both words and music! Which is weird. Usually I am a bass player, and a collaborator. I take other people's good ideas for songs, and help them massage them into actually good songs. Now, I seem to be writing songs. I'm still adjusting to that fact. So I bought a Telecaster (Modern Player version, with the extra Stratocaster pickup), and a Vox tube amp (VT40x), and an extra-long guitar strap, so I can hang the guitar down low and look the part. Sorta... My friend has a rehearsal space for basically $10/hr in the south end of Seattle, so I'm gonna post a message to some friends and see who shows up. Maybe it'll be a thing. Maybe I'll bring down Trump with my insightful lyrics and powerful chord structures. And maybe I'll just have an outlet for my punk urges. We shall see...
Stiff Little Fingers. I'm the only one in real life that I am aware of that has even heard that band exists. I wish I could have seen them live. (looks online) OH SHIT THEY STILL EXIST. Now I have to look for a US tour. I think Hubski needs to take a listen.
