I can't play bass

Most of the Pants keep a low profile these days. Most of them have jobs, and most of them aren't very exciting.

The Pants are a large band - we have 6 people in the band, not including our various handlers, techs, roadies, managers, etc. As a result, frequently we are short one member. Sometimes we can get by, sometimes not. Nemo was out of town over the weekend and that meant I had to pick up the bass duties.

I have never been much of a bass player to begin with. On top of that, these songs were written a long time ago and I didn't even write many of the bass parts. Long story short: My fingers hurt today.

That said, I did a half-decent job of playing bass and singing at the same time. Maybe it's time for a Sid solo album...

A typical rehearsal

Just finished a typical rehearsal with The Pants. Some choice moments:

• The intense sound vibrations from our maximum new wave caused a beverage to upend itself into Nemo's bass rig. This was an emergency.
• The mighty low-end issuing from Max Rhino's synthesizer overheated the coils of our PA speakers, filling the room with the lovely smell of burning wires. Not an emergency, no flames visible.
• T What? spent a majority of the rehearsal perched on his guitar amp, preparing for a giant "rock jump".
• Practice actually started about 30 minutes after we had planned on starting
• Discussion of possible Berlin gig
• Candy and booze

And of course, we alternated between brilliance and near-chaos, like a limousine fishtailing down an icy road.

I love these guys. It's good to be back.

Blog back up and running

After many disasters, the blog is back up and on-line! I will be fillin' in some of the goings-on over the next few days. If I can figure out how to do it, maybe the other guys will post some tidbits, too.