Life and My little Man

Ain't he cute? already grabbing his junk....lol. Yea I was very upset to learn he was on the way, but now that he is here I can't imagine a life without him. Aside from a few bright moments here and there life still sucks. Our guitar player quit for reasons that i won't go into as they aren't worth the waste of space. But it left a hole...and made me remember why i got out of the scene years ago. However after he left i wrote a new song that everybody seems to really like and the remaining members and i are working on putting it down so everyone can hear it. The hunt is on for a new guitard....but perhaps we may just re-work the songs so that we don't need one. I have even decided to order a custom built pedal that emulates a guitar so i can carry the rhythm myself on bass. Essentially i will split my signal one cabinet will get the nasty distorted guitar sound, the other my clean bass.....It means i may have to dumb down a few of my riffs in some places, and pump them up in others. It is an adventure that I'm looking forward to tackling....hell I may fall on my face but what the hell right....I'm not a spring chicken anymore....it's all or nothing. Tyler has continued to show a penchant for the drums....and Having George "My Drummer" around has really opened up his spectrum. He has been rocking the electronic kit for weeks now. I hope he decides to stick with it...and i intend to encourage him instead of telling him that it is a waste of time like my dad did.

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Happy Birthday My Ass!

Well Today is my 40th fucking Birthday.....I not sure what exactly is supposed to be so happy about it. My hair is thinner and much more grey...as is my goatee. My back hurts, my hip hurts, my dick doesn't work like it used to, my waistline is bigger, and everyone expects you to act a certain way...and then gets all bent out of shape when you don't. Getting older sucks....the only things i look forward to anymore are taking a nap and sleeping in. On the band front,...we took some news pics and are currently working on new material. We expect to start playing out in public in May or June. Things are quiet on the home front...not sure exactly where i stand...When i came in this morning i found a few new shirts, a pair of new jeans, a small cake, some dark chocolate (my favorite) and a card from Niki and Tyler Langdon. The one thing about getting older is my head is full of 40 years worth of shit, and some of it is actually useful...lol. I say Fuck em all i have earned the right to try a few new things even if they are just new versions of old tricks....we're and handsome bunch no? all of us are between 37 and 40.....lol

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I'm Back

OK well all promises aside I just can't seem to keep up with this blog....anyway.....Ashley has moved out....she has decided that trying to hang on to her looser boyfriend is more important than her family....oh well shit happens. We still see the baby as Niki goes and gets him every morning that she is off work. We added another guitar Player, as well as changed our Name to Darqsyde.....long story but basically it came from a discussion about of all things....cookies.....

We still don't get along for shit...everything I say and or do is the wrong thing....we are still working different shifts and pass each other constantly. I am very hyper critical of all things liberal as of late....can you blame me....this country is headed down the road to socialism....and apparently everyone but me is OK with it...she thinks i going through some sort of mid life crisis...and maybe I am....but by making jokes and giving me a hard time about playing in a band again is not the way to win my heart......so we continue to occupy the same space and tolerate each other. I let little Langdon go with his sister today and apparently that was the wrong thing to do as well.....

Really hooked on a band called the Sword at the moment can't seem to get enough of them. Music has become my only saving grace in life at the moment.....and i intend to overdose

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Catching Up

Well we had a pretty god Yule Celebration....The baby had his first official holiday at a few weeks old. My main present was out of stock and got back-ordered. Mr. Langdon got a new Stereo, as well as a new Telescope. We got Ashley a new phone...and the wife and I got new phones as well...A Crackberry for Her, and a Pantech Duo Slider for me. The Band has been practicing and we have a few songs nailed down fairly well, but have decided we need another guitar player. I found this fairly cool site that allows you to basically have your own personal radio station tailored just for your personal listening habits. Here check mine out: http://www.pandora.com/people/herneofthehunt

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My Crushes...

From time to time i get what my wife calls a Crush....when in reality i simply find women that to me are worthy of my notice. Recently I came across a band called "Die So Fluid". Their lead singer and bass player calls herself Grog. She is a talented musician, that writes produces and generally runs the show, it doesn't hurt that she is a little easy on the eyes either....lol. If you like alternative/punk/Metal music i highly suggest you run out and pick up a copy of their most recent disk "Not Everyone Gets a Happy Ending" or hit their website www.diesofluid.net or their myspace page

www.myspace.com/diesofluid

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If You Build it They Will Come...

OK well if you have been following my blog....I got back into playing roughly about a year ago, and i have been steadily building my rig. So here it is and although it is NOT my dream rig, it has the power to get the job done. I also managed to find a couple of guys to make some noise with...lol....currently we are calling ourselves...Fragments of Faith and playing what most people refer to as Stoner/Sludge music....and I'm having the time of my life. I have since changed up my pedal board since this picture was taken, I running in Stereo so my 4x10 on top is running dirty pushing all my high gain pedals and distortion, while the 1x15 on bottom is running fairly clean with an SVT emulation running. Playing in a three piece outfit i have to cover a lot of sonic space during the guitards solo's. I also recently discovered Traben basses. They are a new company but IMHO make on hell of a product, I have never played a bass that has so much resonance or sustain....

We are in the Process of trying to put together a decent set so that we can play out in Public, hopefully we will be ready just after the first of the year...

I will keep you all posted as we progress...

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The Goddess is Gone....

I remember the first time i ever saw Bettie Page....I was a teenage boy standing in a comic book shop in Downtown Sacramento California. I was scanning the comics on the wall looking for something obscure, when i can across a magazine called the Bettie Pages. I was absolutely dumbfounded....I'm still not sure to this day exactly what it was about Bettie that captivated me so much. Sure she is Sultry, sure she is attractive...but it's more than that...I think Bonnie Burton said it best when she said..."I'm a Bettie fan for the mere and simple fact that she's gorgeous. No other model has been photographed more than her, and for good reason: She's the best there is. I love Bettie because she sort of brought innocence back to sex. When you mention pinup models and men's magazines to most people, they think you're talking about porn or smut. With Bettie, you aren't embarrassed to appreciate looking at her, whether she's being spanked, trying on stockings, or playing in the buff on the beach. She makes sex seem okay instead of a sin. I think a lot of older fans left over from the 1950s appreciated that quality in her when she was in magazines like Playboy. She made you feel at ease with your sexuality, and most of all, she had fun with it.".... yep that says it all. She is gone now passed away on December 11th after having a heart attack. She was my first great crush, and the yardstick by which i measured all the women i have ever met. Even though she was in her 80's it was sort of comforting to know that she was still out there. There will never be another like her, they broke the mold when she was made....and she will be missed by many...

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Im a Feaking GrandFather

It is hard to believe that i have not posted to my own blog in almost 4 months....Life just seems to whiz by..

A lot has happened since the last time i posted. I have built two basses and sold them, gotten rid of all the gear i purchased last year and replaced it with all new and better stuff, as well as built my own Bass cabinets, and i managed to put together a new band (but more on all of that later.

Tonight I just wanted to tell the world that despite all my best efforts to keep it from happening i am officially and Grandfather at age 40. Here is a picture of the little fella just minutes old. Its a done deal can't stuff him back in...all i can do now is love the little fella and be here for my daughter

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Built One!!

Well she isn't exactly the most beautiful piece of hardware on the planet, but i did build her...lol This is the first in what i hope is a long line of basses built by me. It is a standard P bass style, but with the electronics set up in a P/J combo...it is solid black including all hardware. I did discover i have a lot more to learn when it comes to painting and finishing....but it is done and it was a good learning experience.....and she sounds great!

Im Back!!!

OK well as you can see it has been quite some time since (roughly three months) since i have posted to my own blog........there are many many reasons for this.....first the wife and I have been having a really really rough time.....after her father dies she simply shut down. Our 16 year old daughter came home pregnant, and we have been working opposite schedules......all of it made us simply drift away from each other and spend too much time apart, not doing anything together but arguing.....I actually moved out and in with a friend from work because i simply could not deal with being here on a daily basis.......I know! I know! you hear all the time that separation's never work, but in this case it may actually have done some good! It made us both realize as bad as things actually were, we did in fact love each other and were better together than apart. We actually started to talk to each other again....in fact I am learning to fall in love with my wife all over again.....We are actually looking at buying a house in town and starting over.........I realize now that some things in life are worth taking a risk for and sometimes you simply have to let go and trust....wish me/us luck and I'll keep you updated.......

So True!

This one just takes the Fucking Cake!!!!!

Gotta Love the Liberal Morons...

Saw this.....there are no words...excpet ha ha Moron!

More Good Stuff

Man somebody out there just keeps wanting to make me laugh....

Came across this one today as well!

Funny Stuff!

Somebody was obviously upset with their Phone carrier (note the memo section of the check)

You Tell Me!

I'm a big golden age of Hollywood Fan...... to me the women were just more graceful and glamorous than the actresses of today....anyway i saw my wife across the room at a restaurant (before she was my wife) and that was the first thing that popped into my head was that she looked like Veronica Lake. One of the main reasons i fell for her.....well that and her lovely backside...

what do you guys think?

Funny as Hell...

Just random surfing and came across this picture...

struck me as funny...

Enjoy...

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Alternate Reality?

So If you have been reading my blog you know that life around here has been...well...shitty.... for some time now.....But all of a sudden i find myself in love with the world again. I'm not entirely sure i'm awake...so if i'm sleeping don't call me (lol). The wife and i have had wonderful and glorious sex for three days in a row!!!! While things are still not perfect, the sudden realization that our 16 year old is pregnant has somehow brought us much closer together. I'm sure we are in for some rough weather, and a few dark days ahead, but i think with our new found resolve we can handle it together, the way it was meant to be....

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Finally Decided...

Well I finally decided on a name and logo for my new budding bass building business (say that three times fast!)....It's a variation on the word basically, spelled the way it sounds. I decided on this name for several reasons...1. because it is clever (IMHO) 2. Geezer Butler has a bass solo called Basically just before the song N.I.B. (Geezer is the reason i picked up a bass in the first place) 3. It pretty much says it all...basic and simple
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Well....

I really need to put down my feelings more often...

Well, where to start? Life hasn't changed much around here....still in a holding pattern. We have our good days and the bad ones as well. We still fight about sex, i want it she doesn't. I have pretty much given up on the whole idea anymore, its not worth the bullshit and the fights that go along with it. I'm just going to use that energy in other areas of my life. I have decided to start buying old cheap basses and bass parts and modify them into better instruments and then re-sell them, still trying to decide what to call my/this little endeavor. I have also started working out again, it has been roughly two weeks and I'm really starting to notice a difference in my arms and chest. The tummy however is a different story, very slow progress there.... Ashley quit her job about six weeks ago, she basically decided that fast food was not for her...lol And now for the BOMB...she is also pregnant at 16! Doesn't do me any good to get upset and all bent out of shape about it whats done is done...only thing i can really do is fasten my seat belt and hold on tight....cause I'm more than positive it is going to be a bumpy ride. If I'm still alive, married and sane in 9 months it will be a freaking miracle...

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Life Still Weird...

I want to write her all the time and then i pause....and when i pause for just a moment the urge to write is gone....

We are still at odds....Ashley spends every weekend away from the house.....this is Nikki's solution to the problem....keep us apart we won't fight....

Ashley got a job last Monday at the local Dairy Queen....I am proud of her for following through and actually executing an idea....I'm hoping that a taste of the "real world" will do he a slight bit of good and possibly make her understand how life really works...maybe a few weeks of slinging greasy burgers and fries and dealing with asshole customers will make her realize how important school really is...I doubt it but i'm hoping...

again I am really proud of her for getting a job and sticking with it...

Had fantastic sex wednesday with the wife.....but no life since....she is back to not wanting to hug or kiss me again

Money has been tight around here lately work is just now starting to pick back up...but i did mange to pick up a few CD's for the wife for Valentines' day along with the usual chocolate and sweets.....she says she liked the gift but who knows

She did give me a card on Thursday that actually made me cry...on the front is a yin and yang symbol and the cation reads "To my other Half" you open it up and it reads "Without you I would not be complete." followed by a simple I love you...lately i really began to wonder and or doubt if she did actually love me anymore

Work sucks as usual

I have an add up that says Bass Player seeks band....a few nibbles so far but no bite as of yet....

Tyler and I just got done Jammin "Hand of Doom" and "Blitkrieg Bop" he likes to play but i think he gets bored with the technical side of playing...he also gets frustrated with not being able to play what he wants....but at 9 he does not want to put in the time to learn technique......hopefully that will change as he gets older...

Time for Pizza and a good Lovecraft of REH story i think i'm getting sick.....