TV EYE ON ME !
Hello friends , greetings from another "stormy Monday" here in Seattle .
I'm sorry for the long period of silence , I had a busy week last week - performing with The Hope , designing a new CD cover for the new 'Praying Hands' release , rehearsing with various artists and more . Also , I've been preoccupied (like most)with the devastating news from New Orleans .
The latest news from the south prompted Anie and I to rejoined modern civilization (for better or worse.) We finally subscribed to cable television after going without channels for the last year .
The battle for remote control-control is on !!
Up until yesterday we lived a rather peaceful existence together - but already I can feel the "devil in the box" trying to turn us against each other ! Trying to exploit everything that WE DON'T have in common .
However , with that said , I'm determined to rise above this new challenge ! I will not let this "TV EYE" invasion tear us apart , I have decided to be the bigger person and let my girl handle the remote control during all commercial breaks !
Let The Turner Classic Movie Marathon begin and love will rule again !
Sangster and I go back to work today on new material , so far we're off to a good start , we should have enough songs rehearsed for a new CD within a couple of weeks .
Speaking of new CD's , my father , Tom Pickerel and I are designing the cover of the newly finished CD later this week , for those of you who don't know , my dad is an excellent and very accomplished artist who's work I will try and feature here on the site at some point in the near future . His work can currently be viewed in most grocery stores where his art graces the faces of all the Skipper's products: tartar Sauce , marinades etc.
Recent "live" viewings : Iggy And The Stooges , the best live show I've seen since Prince played Seattle last year . Iggy is a miracle , I hope he'll donate his body to science when he goes (if he ever does) because there's got to be something valuable for all to learn from this living legend . I've never seen such energy from another performer of any age . It was also great to see Mike Watt rock the low end , I haven't seen him look so happy or at home in years ! I was reminded earlier in the year just how talented Mike Watt is while watching the recent Minutemen documentary .
Mike was also a huge help and inspiration to the Screaming Trees who he took under his wing for over a year of touring the country , he literally taught us how to be a functional touring band . His influence on us (or at least me) can not be exaggerated ! It was great to see him shine again with the Stooges .
The show inspired me to finally go out and buy the newly remastered and expanded Stooges CDs .
Mudhoney opened the show and also made me proud to be from the same family of Seattle bands .
Morning Rotation (accompanied by Turner Classic TV Visuals)
Sam Cooke
Bobby Bland
Brook Benton
Benton Wood
Irma Thomas
Little Willie John
Johnny "guitar" Watson
MP
I'm sorry for the long period of silence , I had a busy week last week - performing with The Hope , designing a new CD cover for the new 'Praying Hands' release , rehearsing with various artists and more . Also , I've been preoccupied (like most)with the devastating news from New Orleans .
The latest news from the south prompted Anie and I to rejoined modern civilization (for better or worse.) We finally subscribed to cable television after going without channels for the last year .
The battle for remote control-control is on !!
Up until yesterday we lived a rather peaceful existence together - but already I can feel the "devil in the box" trying to turn us against each other ! Trying to exploit everything that WE DON'T have in common .
However , with that said , I'm determined to rise above this new challenge ! I will not let this "TV EYE" invasion tear us apart , I have decided to be the bigger person and let my girl handle the remote control during all commercial breaks !
Let The Turner Classic Movie Marathon begin and love will rule again !
Sangster and I go back to work today on new material , so far we're off to a good start , we should have enough songs rehearsed for a new CD within a couple of weeks .
Speaking of new CD's , my father , Tom Pickerel and I are designing the cover of the newly finished CD later this week , for those of you who don't know , my dad is an excellent and very accomplished artist who's work I will try and feature here on the site at some point in the near future . His work can currently be viewed in most grocery stores where his art graces the faces of all the Skipper's products: tartar Sauce , marinades etc.
Recent "live" viewings : Iggy And The Stooges , the best live show I've seen since Prince played Seattle last year . Iggy is a miracle , I hope he'll donate his body to science when he goes (if he ever does) because there's got to be something valuable for all to learn from this living legend . I've never seen such energy from another performer of any age . It was also great to see Mike Watt rock the low end , I haven't seen him look so happy or at home in years ! I was reminded earlier in the year just how talented Mike Watt is while watching the recent Minutemen documentary .
Mike was also a huge help and inspiration to the Screaming Trees who he took under his wing for over a year of touring the country , he literally taught us how to be a functional touring band . His influence on us (or at least me) can not be exaggerated ! It was great to see him shine again with the Stooges .
The show inspired me to finally go out and buy the newly remastered and expanded Stooges CDs .
Mudhoney opened the show and also made me proud to be from the same family of Seattle bands .
Morning Rotation (accompanied by Turner Classic TV Visuals)
Sam Cooke
Bobby Bland
Brook Benton
Benton Wood
Irma Thomas
Little Willie John
Johnny "guitar" Watson
MP
6 Comments:
can't blog now.. too busy watching scifi channel...
oh yeah, almost bought skippers marinade yesterday just because of your dad's artwork on the label.
Sangster session went great .
Currently listening to John Ramberg recordings , trying to prepare for my "audition" tomorrow . It should be cool , he writes great songs .
Picked up some CDs at Wall Of Sound .
CNN headlines just keep getting crazier by the minute , it's so sad and strange watching the "American Dream" drain in to the Gulf Of Mexico .
Remnants not refugees
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Is it true...Carl tells me Dan and his wife are visiting the same weekend of our final bout?!?!
Holy cow! I missed Sake's comment on this --I feel ashamed for not catching my faux pas earlier.
All I can say is don't believe the rumors and/or stories from Carl AKA Johnny Moped. Well, he may be right about the impending visit, but anything beyond that should be considered lies, conjecture, and general character defamation.
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