Tuesday, September 23, 2003
Swinging Out Of Step
What could be a better Saturday night than hanging out at a hip spot listening to some great tunes? A plug for one of my favorite local bands. (And by "local", I guess I better start specifying "Cincinnati", since it looks like I'm gonna be rambling back to Dayton in a bit.) The Stardevils are rock-a-billy, and I went to their CD-Release party on Saturday at the Comet Bar in Cincy's Northside. I guess there was a glitch in the CD production and a family emergency from the dummer, so the release party featured no CD's and no drummer. Dave and I went to Comet to snag a big-ass burrito, and stayed to hear the first half of the show. They rocked.
I first caught StarDevils as the opener for Junior Brown at Southgate House last winter. I like listening to a variety, but if someone were to ask me to word-associate "Rock-A-Billy", I usually think "Stray Cats". Star Devils makes Stray Cats seem like elevator music. As for the Comet, I started going there a few months ago, and wow what a place. It has a wide selection of brewskis, great local bands and DJ's, and a neat-o mix of alterna-folk. I went the first time with Dave's [former] friend Mike, during which he listed all the sexploits he's had with men, women, ...animals, etc.
On Sunday, I walked to the downtown library and got out books on scriptwriting and HTML coding. They have books for everything, and sadly true to form, I collected books with titles such as: Script Writing For the Soul and So You Want To Be A Scriptwriter. *sigh* There's one born every minute.
I have to move back to Dayton boo hoo hoo. When I returned from the library and out of the blue, M had left a message on my machine. His voice rhythm sounds like this: Uuuuuhhhhhmm, blah blah blippity blah blah. Uuuuuuuuuuhmm, blittitiy blittiy blah blah blah. Uuuuuuuhhhhmmm, blah blipiity blah blah.
I wonder whether I should call back. Have I mentioned I have trust issues? But I think I will: Have I also mentioned I'm a masochist? I've received an entry form for the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, and I thought maybe I could motivate myself to write a story based on my "dating" experience with M. But I wonder how it would play: Colorado Springs is only slightly more liberal than Dayton. (cynical laughter.)
Gearing up for a cold winter.
I first caught StarDevils as the opener for Junior Brown at Southgate House last winter. I like listening to a variety, but if someone were to ask me to word-associate "Rock-A-Billy", I usually think "Stray Cats". Star Devils makes Stray Cats seem like elevator music. As for the Comet, I started going there a few months ago, and wow what a place. It has a wide selection of brewskis, great local bands and DJ's, and a neat-o mix of alterna-folk. I went the first time with Dave's [former] friend Mike, during which he listed all the sexploits he's had with men, women, ...animals, etc.
On Sunday, I walked to the downtown library and got out books on scriptwriting and HTML coding. They have books for everything, and sadly true to form, I collected books with titles such as: Script Writing For the Soul and So You Want To Be A Scriptwriter. *sigh* There's one born every minute.
I have to move back to Dayton boo hoo hoo. When I returned from the library and out of the blue, M had left a message on my machine. His voice rhythm sounds like this: Uuuuuhhhhhmm, blah blah blippity blah blah. Uuuuuuuuuuhmm, blittitiy blittiy blah blah blah. Uuuuuuuhhhhmmm, blah blipiity blah blah.
I wonder whether I should call back. Have I mentioned I have trust issues? But I think I will: Have I also mentioned I'm a masochist? I've received an entry form for the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, and I thought maybe I could motivate myself to write a story based on my "dating" experience with M. But I wonder how it would play: Colorado Springs is only slightly more liberal than Dayton. (cynical laughter.)
Gearing up for a cold winter.