Friday, February 23, 2007

Math Quiz:

1 Giving up caffeine for Lent
+1 3:30 am vomitting toddler
+1 Head cold
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1 Erik tired as f%^&

Thursday, February 15, 2007

This whole Police reunion has got me going. As of today, the closest they are coming to ATL is St. Louis. I have actually convinced my wife that the $100 fan club membership, $100 tickets, gas, and hotel to go are worth it. I refuse to miss this. There are rumors of more dates in the U.S. and I really hope ATL is one of them. The Police do have a bit of history with the old Omni...

In doing some research I found out a cool factoid. Most people don't know that Henry Padovani was the original guitarist for the Police. They actually played as a quartet for a while after Andy joined. Story goes that Henry was so bad (outside the 2 chord punk early stuff) that Stuart would actually record the solos. Anyway, Henry went on to be a big exec. at IRS records after a few weak attempts at his own band. Cool story is that in 2006 he released a new album. Featuring this song. Playing bass is Sting and playing drums is Stuart Copeland. This is the first time since Nothing Achieving (1977) that the original members of the Police have recorded together.

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Monday, February 12, 2007

The following are sentences I always prayed for or dreamed of hearing, but never thought would come to fruition. they are in order from most important to least:

  1. Honey, Jesus is here and he'd like you to come with him.
  2. We're the Police and we're back!
  3. Honey, Angelina J. is here. I didn't catch everything she said, but it was something about someone being naughty and needing a spanking.
  4. Joining us, in finals performance, from Hoschton, GA...

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Friday, February 09, 2007

Hey, I'm Bu'wheat. 'Amember me?

I know I've been gone a while, so I may have no readers left, but here I go- con bullitz.

  • GMEA was fun. The clinics that I hosted went well and were well attended. I do not delude myself to think that it was anything I did, but have M.C. here was great. I love to hear him talk. I learned some things I never even thought about- color wheel stuff. Food was good.
  • I had 0 (zero) drinks at GMEA. This is a 1st for me. I don't plan to continue it, but it was nice to need to be fresh and want to go to things. Every night we would go "want to go out? No, I have to be at _____ at 8:30." Usually there is nothing that I want to go to...
  • This is a great music week for me. Prince at the SB and the Police at the Grammy's! Damn! My two favorite pop artists in the same week. Sweet!
  • My indoor drums and guard had good first shows. I am very happy with what's going on here. I know most people don't want anything to do with these things, but I truly enjoy them both. It is another creative outlet for me and I get of on the planning and watching it come together.
  • I got my marching band music for next year. I am very impressed with what our arranger was able to do. I was flipping through and noticed that no one's part is hard, but the whole thing is so intricate and complex it's unbelieveable. I am excited about what we should be able to do next fall.

All right, that's enough. I will try to be better about getting on and chatting.

w0rd,

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