lay down

Was that the first time anyone ever fell asleep at Barb? My bad. I like how Josh and I almost came to blows over something, and I can't remember what it was... glad I can't remember, I already feel bad for dropping two beers. Keep me away from my right hand from now on, that thing could find alcohol anywhere. Thanks to the Lando for working so hard on the Jam and the Blog.

Blogging Makes Your Thingy Bigger

Location.
I think my house worked out well as a Barbarian Tide Venue. It's in Fremont, just yards from the original location (Will's house), so no one should have a problem getting there. Further, my garage is nice until 10pm, and the sunroom is nice for nighttime sessions. This should not preclude any jams in my absence, since I'm not home all that often these days.

Two Days.
An esteemed colleague suggested that we might benefit from a 2-day BarbTide jam since (a) it has started to take much longer to set up the gear to our increasingly high standards, (b) we all have less time to just hang out and play at this age, and (c) some fatigue sets in as the excitement and adrenaline wears off. These problems would all be resolved if one of has would sack up and buy a house with an extra room for a perma-studio. Until that happens, however, we can use my house to set up on one day, play for a few hours, and then do other things. The next day, then, we can return for the playing in earnest. We'll be fresh, we'll have some material from the first day, and the new day to devote entirely to playing (not setting up). Also, if you're busy one day, you should show up the other day. Or else face the wrath of us singing about you in your absence. Hey, those are the breaks.

I add one thing to this idea. Since the garage has a 10pm cut off, and a lot of our magic occurs after 10pm, we might try this 2-day session in my sunroom. That room is free of most time restrictions. Or, in the alternative, we can just try to limit the volume (with no acoustic instruments, this should be easy) in the garage so as to avoid neighborhood complaints.

Next Time.
I shall be home next for the entire end of May. Let's plan on incorporating the ideas above into that next session. My mommy will be home then too, so we'll probably have some excellent food to soak up all the beers. I hope my mom doesn't read this and see that I've volunteered her to cook for us 2 months in advance! Oh sh*t!!!

Post comments to this (in the Comments section)!! Let's see what you think!! Blogging makes your thingy get bigger. Ask Josh.

Got to check on the new jams

Looks like i missed a killer jam. Just the titles alone are peaking my interest....

New tracks posted

The tracks from the jam at sid's on saturday are up! Check 'em out and write some comments. Break the blog in... here's the tracklist:

1. lay down
2. double plays
3. wedding song
4. 404
   
5. done
6. rumour has it
7. holiday
8. its hard
9. clear your minds
10. something on your mind
11. chicken apple sausage

You can download them all from the music page
Just sort by album and look for Fremont, March 20, 2006

Barblog

After an excellent barbjam today, I felt compelled to post to my blog... then i realized - wait a second, I don't have a blog. So here we are: now we ALL have a blog. Have fun y'all...
Peace-
-Josh