Caught the 4th quarter of the Bears' opening game against the Vikings with Roy and Jet. They looked really sharp, and had a spectacular finish. Traffic after the game was horrendous though. I know where to steer clear of now, though.
I tried getting in touch with my brother Alex (who just started his first year at Oberlin) as well as with J (no, not this J or that J =) ), but ended up leaving messages with both. Otherwise, it was mostly just a ho-hum day, though I have lots of freshly laundered clothes now.
Covers
Well, the current plan (as of last practice) for a cover for our set was Elvis's Suspicous Minds. Only thing is it never seemed to click. I haven't given up on it yet. While driving home last practice though, I heard Tommy James and the Shondell's I Think We're Alone Now and thought that that could seriously rock as a punk-ish sort of cover (which seems to be what Steve is aiming for). At one point, he wanted to do Screeching Weasel's Veronica Hates Me - I think any number of songs off of that album (My Brain Hurts) would work well too. *shrug* Anyone else have any ideas? [05:30]
Dude we played it like two times, and without a drummer to boot, the bassist didn't know the chords and you didn't have a part down yet! I think your pronouncement of "didn't click" is premature.
Posted by: vince at September 9, 2002 8:57 AMI'd be careful with "I Think We're Alone Now". A certain someone we know has a thing for red-haired chicks, and if you start sounding too much like Tiffany he might come chasing after you.
Just a warning.
Posted by: freesia at September 9, 2002 12:23 PMI think you have too many J's. You need to come up with an anonymous identifier scheme that doesn't require such explicit explanations or just give it up all together.
Posted by: Your Insatiable One at September 9, 2002 12:40 PMDang, feel the negative vibes. Anyway, I realize all that Steve - that's why I said "I haven't given up on it yet"! Still doesn't mean it didn't not click then.
Man, am I really being so antagonistic lately?
Posted by: mlee at September 9, 2002 3:05 PMYES! YES! YOU DIRTY BASTARD!
Actually, no. I think people are just feeling cranky recently. Must be a full moon or high tide or something. We're under the constellation of Barbara (the daughter of Mick Jagger and Britney Spears, remember?) and she is the constellation of secrecy, mystery, and misunderstanding. This, too, shall pass.
Posted by: freesia at September 9, 2002 5:52 PMYes, any number of songs would work, because that album rocks.
Posted by: worm at September 11, 2002 10:23 PMIsn't it? It's a shame that Steve's never heard it - he'd only heard Veronica because of Kill the Musicians. I'd be greatly amused at covering their cover of "I Can See Clearly" in particular.
Posted by: mlee at September 12, 2002 12:06 AM