Goodbye Spidey?

A while back, I talked about how I was a rock star, facetiously of course. I think I mentioned how my guitar was modified to look like Spider-Man's mask. Well, I think I also mentioned that I'd put a picture up some day. Well, now is a good time as any because I have decided to get a new pickguard. I kinda want to play a guitar that looks like an adult owns it. I still think it's cool, but you know. Have to get the pickguard custom made though, because the guitar is long since discontinued. Gonna go matte black, which I think will look nice with the the dark blue of the guitar. I saw the exact scheme on another guitar and liked it.

Well, anyway, here it is. Spidey, as he looks today.

Make a Band!

Found this over at Culture Kills. Thought I'd give it a spin.

Make a band meme

Everyone has been doing this, and well, it seemed fun.


Let’s Make a Band:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.

2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
(you might have to click new random quotes at the bottom)

3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

You then take the pic and add your band name
and the album title to it, then post your pic.

I actually had to do the name part like 5 times, because there was either no real article, or it was already a band name (once I got a bands page, too: Rush)

For those about to rock...

I salute you.

I used to be a rock star. Okay, not a star. GOLDEN GOD. Okay, okay, I was in a dinky outfit that made it's way up and down the Baltimore-Annapolis corridor. We did play with Good Charlotte, though. Back when they weren't caking themselves with fake tears and when they played good music. You know, before they cut a major label album. But that's a whole 'other story.

I miss it sometimes. Then I remember humping gear in and out of shitty little bars. The good camaraderie gets blacked out by the pissing matches. The fact that I can barely play. Okay, that was an underestimation, but I'm not that good in all honesty. Definitely overstepped my bounds by trying to solo, I'm strictly a rhythm kind of player. But even with all the negative crap, I miss strapping that axe on my shoulders, turning it up to 11 and having a good time.

I've thought a hundred times about getting together another band, a group simply for kicks. Maybe a punk cover band a la Me First and The Gimmie Gimmie's, sans the 'all-star' line up.

But then I remember that most days, when I'm not working, I'd rather be doing nothing. I got lazy in my not quite middle age. Heh. Got. Like I suddenly became lazy. That's a scam if I ever heard one...though why I'm busting my own balls I have no idea...

This picture is totally me, though. No lie, that's me rocking out with my...guitar out. This is my favorite picture of me from that time, because it really looks like I'm a shiny golden rock god. When in actuality there were about thirty people at that show, maybe a bit more, and we weren't even the headliners.