Tuesday, June 23, 2009

lightning and other things

wiped out the stuff
we did yesterday... foolish me
i left the external hardrive
on and the power went out and
i hadn't saved my work... ah... i'm
such a nerd. i swear i swear
i swear. july will be a stretch
for a release... timmy is on his way
over and we will commence
recording at the completely
un rock and roll hour of 8 30 am.

so much to read... so much to do...

lawerence... i am reading your books
i swear it... kids i am reading my
brit lit. getting ready for the storm.

iran. holy cow. can you believe
that... can you believe the distrust
being riled up in america about
obama not being "tough enough" i guess
people are campaigning early this
time around... what do the people on
the teevee want us to do? storm iran
and overthrow the gov't.? ultimately
that's what they'd want obama to do, probably
it would end in failure and folks with
opposing view points can aim their
arm chair lasers at him and fire.

i think i'm done reading about these things...
it makes me sick... upset and just when
i was feeling better about my country these
opportunistic wannabe-machiavellian charlatans
step up to the digital plate and spew
conjecture, hot air, doubt, and panic.

although we feel entitled... we are not.
patience is important... i suppose.

grimm

Monday, June 22, 2009

senor dylan

the dylan tribute show was a success...
i must confess my sights were set a bit low...
as they may be for many reasons...
the patterson was packed and the audience set...
the venue was concerned that the june star
would be too loud for those folks... pish posh...
i joked that we were the dylan gone electric variation...
the audience laughed... i figured, they'll be cool.
they were...
something clicked for me... the divine guidance... and
i remembered all of the word to positively 4th street.
i didn't think it was possible... i crammed and crammed
back stage... when it came time to sing... the words were there... all
over the microphone... i don't think i took a breath
the entire time i sang.

june star tour coming up... july 30th through aug 2nd... two more
dates to book and i'll be good...

woohoo...

later

grimm

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

follow me if

you can. ha...
i'm in the
mood for music
slept well and
have eaten oatmeal...
not that instant
stuff, but the
real deal... quaker
oats looking prim
and proper... maybe
even a workout?
lemme see what
needs to be
done today... laundry
recording album... update
websites... practice...
grade a late
final... practice... you
see we have
this bob dylan
tribute show coming
up and i
must learn those
words... yes i must...
oooh... summer clean
up is here.
will post mortem
later

grimm

Monday, June 15, 2009

simply interesting

to see who
reads this blog...
from time to
time i run
into folks who
say they were
checking it out...
funny.

played a show
with wussy on
saturday night. good
times to be
sure. we were
loud but good...
comfortable playing songs
with the new
line up. patrick
was on vacation...
:( but butcher
filled in valiantly.
switching guitars swiftly
was fun too...
felt a good
pace was set.

friday night dylan
tribute... come see
us butcher the
rock poet laureate's
favorite tunes... although
i'd say that
i don't which
tunes he likes
best... but whatever.
here we are.

grimm

Friday, June 12, 2009

the devil went down to hampden

last night there
was a buzz
in the air.
you could not
escape it, it
was as if
it were your
breath. inside you
and so necessary.
palpable the cliche
would say, probably.
the buzz was
about june star.

it was june
star. emanating grandly
from the speakers...
tickling every cochlea
in a fifty
foot radius. shocker.
timmy noodled while
i emoted. sweetness.
the buzz grew
louder until we
were all intoxicated
by its rhythmic
simplicity.

while singing about
love, two things
occurred to me.

1. why call
it a humbucker
when the hum
was not bucked.
in any form.

2. why is
it that dimmer
switches produce a
sixty cycle hum?

grimm

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

sitting with dad

i'm off from
the schooling today
sitting with father
he has heart
stuff done yesterday
i oversee him
today. good talks
computers click coffee
hot. i'm missing
final exammies with
two classes. i
will, however, be
grading all day.
if i can
just get done...
that'd be great.
working on a
dream indeed springsteen.
holy frijoles tomorrow
night. are you
going? wussy on
saturday. hot stuff.
was listening to
their album "left
for dead" on
my way to
father's house. really
like the mood
and the texture
of the songs.
boy, they've gotten
some good press.
spin magazine to
note. welp. that's
what i have
so far. maybe
more later, maybe.

grimm

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

short timing

school is all
but finished... i
have had some
of the nicest
students in my
classes this year.
man, i'm going
to miss them.
i think about
my past 14 years
in public school
and i find
that i have
been quite fortunate
with my students
and so-called career.

this year was
easy in terms
of student interest
and academic commitment.

thanks students, you
are the best.

now on to
other things, the
church are coming
to rams head
tavern on june
30th. and i
am giddy... also
gonna see them
at the state
theater on june 28.

huzzah. what's so
great about the
church? I can't
figure out how
steve kilbey writes
his lyrics... where
he goes and
what he taps
into... "mechanical
bird of prey,
sing! for your
emperor." "in the
space between our
houses, some bones
have been discovered."

rad...

grimm

Monday, June 08, 2009

underscored

quick notes to
say i missed
you while on
my bloggity hiatus
i have a
quick minute to
exercise the typing
fingers and let
you know that
we expect you
at the shows.

fun is more
fun with you.
singing to you.
singing for you.
you know. i
bought tickets to
see the church
later this month.
anticipation is creeping
into my bones.
it's been some
time since I
have felt that
way. at all.
about seeing music.

do you feel
that way about
us... we'll see.

grimm

Sunday, June 07, 2009

a month beyond

hello friends... i
have come back
from the dead
to tell you
all that i
am not really
anything remotely
kind of close
to being hamlet.

j alfred prufrock
truly needs a
hug. and some
rubbing, apparently. sorry
to be absent
so long. i'm
winding the school
year down and
there is an
awful lot of
grading that needs
to get done.

june star is
rolling right along.
ep is out...
it is fantastic
and super awesome.
you should buy
two dozen copies.

you should come
to our shows
scream for our
new hot songs...
you should go
to a lynyrd skynyrd
concert and yell
"Sugarbird!" you should
tell your friends
about us... fun
shows abound ahead.

thursday night, timmy
and me will
be playing at
holy frijoles @ 10pm
get a quesadilla
and listen to
us tickle yer
ears with acoustic
versions of songs
you normally hear
super loud...

saturday june 13th
we at mum's
with Ohio's Wussy.

it will be
a party for sure...

full ep uploaded
to the myspace...
go listen and
weep for why
you didn't go
to the cd
release show and
buy your own copy.

grimm