so life has been good, i spent this past weekend running a concert series at the ice rink my father runs. about a week ago he came to me and asked me to take over the project because the guy whom was running it A) quit and B) had never set up a show before. Thursday i got to the rink around 3 and a crew from the Bank Atlantic Centre (the big arena where the Florida Panthers hockey club plays) came and froze a floor onto about 1/5 of the ice, then built a giant 20x16 stage on top of it. The sound guys were all in their 40s and 50s and still playing out regularly in their band, they were really nice and efficient. For some dumb reason the guy who set it up thought it would be a good idea to have a band play 2-30 minute sets, instead of getting a second band, and instead of researching the depleated music scene down here he just seemed to randomly select some bands... which included a band that had nice guys but sounded like Creed, and groups of 11-13 year olds playing covers... now don't get me wrong, some of those little kids were damn good at their instruments, but all together it needed a lot of work.
it was fun to be running shows again, it has been a long time. there is truly no real music community down here, but luckily i did a good job and the weekend ran smoothly so it looks like ill be getting to book 2 shows a month at the rink, which is exciting. another really cool prospect to come out of the weekend of working was i got offered a position managing the School of Rock (like the movie but less annoying, or more, depending on your mood.) the School of Rock is exactly as it sounds, a curriculum-based program that develops musicians of all ages. The owner was at a few of the shows and we had some nice discussions about the future of music. It is gnarly.
I have no idea why i have been ignoring this thing lately, i do still really love it. The last few months have been pretty routine, excersize [down to 178lbs! 8 pounds to go!] writing [not a ton, having a very large spell of writers block with this damn book] breaking up my band [http://www.punknews.org/article/42739], working feverishly on another [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_hz5B1ISCg], and battling the general nonsense of day to day life. i miss the road, but love my bed... i miss my friends, but love having to rely on myself to get my head straight.
also, i can't stop bumping the Hold Steady's "Boys and Girls in America" & "Stay Positive." The other records are whatever, but these two are fucking B A N G E R S. its been months, i cant stop, help.
it is june and my top list for 2011 is already stacked, and still to come are a ton of amazing records. good year for music.
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