Over the last two days I have had this weird compulsion to do an impression of Jimmy from South Park. I mean, come on. Is there anything funnier than that?
This might be the first true sign that I am losing it a little. I mean, come on. It’s the stir crazy madness.
I was just watching TV and some commercials came on. One was for some diaper brand and the background music was a song that Lizardfish covers. I tried to play along but it was only 30 seconds long and I didn’t get my guitar case open in time.
I think I need a band practice.
The next commercial used a David Bowie song. I don’t know if it was the original version or a cover/sound alike deal but if it was the original it means I just heard Robert Fripp in a television commercial. It made me kinda throw up in my mouth a little bit. There was a lawsuit recently where the Bowie estate tried to remove Fripp’s name from the rights to the song. I wonder if this is the reason, or just a result.
One last thing about TV commercials. I am getting a little sick (furious) over companies trying to market to the quarantine. Burger King… really? A tax prep company that made their add look like it was shot on a web cam? They are so the same as us, right? I guess all that federal bailout money gives them all the money they’ll ever need to use people dying as a marketing plan, am I right or am I right?
My plan from the moment I woke up this morning was to put in a solid day’s work, then have dinner with the family, then hang out with the family for a little while, then record guitars.
By the time I made it to dinner I was dead tired. I thought the rest of the night was going to be a fail.
It wasn’t.
There are only two songs in progress right now but as of a few minutes ago they both have all of the rhythm guitars. I planned on using my little Fuzz Face pedal for all of the guitars. That lasted about 12 bars into the first take of the first song. I guess I am not going to re-fall in love with the Fuzz Face. Instead I broke out my Keeley D&M Drive. That’ll be my one pedal for April.
I wanted to play some gitter tonight but I don’t think it’s gonna happen.
Two mic’s on one speaker. I’m so silly.
I’ve been holding this one back for a while but it’s been an issue since day one.
I’m looking at the calendar trying to remember which day this started. I think it was the first day that Jen’s company sent everyone home. March 11th? I think? It might have been the 13th but I’m not sure. Let’s go with that, Friday the 13th. It has a nice ring to it.
Everything was still open but the signs were showing that everything was about to shut down. Before I left for work I told Jen I was planning on making a couple of stops on the way home. As it turned out I didn’t make any of them. Everyone was worried, everyone was starting to react. I decided I would not add any extraneous contact with the outside world and instead of running my errands I went straight home to be with my family.
One of the errands on my list that night was a haircut. I was already a few weeks past needing one. It was getting shaggy and it was starting to bug me a little. Just a little. I was actually trying to be proactive and get it done a little earlier than I usually do. I didn’t go through with it though.
Now it’s April 2nd. Sweet Christmas, does Roberto need to get himself a haircut. Two words: Cousin Effing It. It’s long enough in the front that when I get out of the shower I can’t see. I’m not kidding about the Cousin It. I don’t just feel like him, I look like him. It’s beyond rigoddammeddiculous at this point.
I can honestly say that I spent a couple of minutes on ebay searching for Flowbees in a non-ironic fashion.
Two songs underway. Both with a full song form. Both just bass and drums. One song has the bass riff in 7/4 time over drums in 4/4. Zaniness ensues.
The guitar gear plan is either the Les Paul or the SG into the Bassbreaker 15, just like the March project. This time I’m allowing one pedal, the Fuzz Face Mini. I also might mess around with two mics on the amp. We will see if that plan sticks or not.
What’s worse than dealing with a global pandemic?
Having some piece of dog shit steal your credit card while you’re social distancing.
Jen found a few charges on our account that definitely didn’t come from us. Hooray. They were placed on my card, not hers. She called the bank and cancelled. I went to the bank for a new card. The fraud department called back and let us know what was going on.
Oh, happy quarantine.
The CPAP machine. I started using it in June. How long has it been?
Nine months. I’ve been using it for nine months and I still try to scratch my nose while I have the mask covering my face.
Almost every day.
