Weird dream from this morning:

Dreamt I was playing Room 710 (RIP) w/Shandon Sahm. Super Heavy Goat Ass and maybe Southern Gun Culture were on the bill? Was a very good crowd, type of crowds that would attend shows like this back in "the day" (mid 00's). Russell (SHGA) was warming up behind a curtain in the back and I was messin with him, singing his name like King Diamond and throwing the horns. I kept doing this, Russell looked back from the curtain a few times laughing.

Shandon playing after SHGA, thought that was weird. Worried we would clear the room. But Shandon's game plan was to play "You're Gonna Miss Me" (Roky Ericson cover) for 30 minutes as our entire set. Fine by me. Setting up was weird, Gary had his drums in the corner originally and I wondered where I was going to put my half stack. Noticed that Brent (SHGA) left his bass case along the front of the stage, hope he didn't forget it. Played and my signal was getting faint and fainter. Some stage hand guy behind me said my amp was pushing up against the PA or something cutting my power. Moved it forward and powered back up. Seemed like an eternity til it came back but it did and jumped back into the song. I was feeling it, crowd seemed into it. It was raining outside and rain was somehow coming in along an exposed AC duct, I moved forward to keep from getting wet. Thnik I even peeped outside a stage load in door at Red River street.

Tearing down after the show I was very happy to have played that stage again. Me to someone: "If they haven't changed anything since shutting it down, why the hell did they shut it down in the first place?!?" Moving gear to the side there was a girl that was I guess our new bassist. Tried to say something about the set but she and her boyfriend went off together. Wanted to get gear stowed so I could go back to the hotel.

Vivid dream, had to write it down before I forgot it. Details still coming back. Had a few others that segued from this one, involving travel and hotel rooms. Common theme in my dreams.


Yesterday re-did the bass on "Sidewinder". Sounds much more together now, might have to revise most of the rest of that material, it was recorded so quickly to get it all done by end of February (RPM Challenge deadline).

Went by Precision Camera and bought an Epson V300 photo scanner as an early birthday present to myself. Met up with Triniti with my new toy to have lunch and brainstorm on the 710 book. We are still in the initial planning stage, but things are in motion and that is good.

Trying to decide what to do right now.

Would like to go running either now or later. Guess I'll try to reach Gian and see if a jam today or tomorrow will happen. Brandon is down tho, maybe have him over and at least work on drums (not a bad plan since I'd like to re-record with an actual drummer). Need to get together with Triniti and get crackin' on the 710 book as well. Also need to call Adobe Support and find out what the fuck is up with my Photoshop.

Last night played some bass for a long time, using the Pocket Rockit to play along with my iPod. Went over Charlie Daniels "Caballo Diablo", the intro to "Long Haired Country Boy", "Georgia" and "New York City." God that shit is fun to play! Then went over the whole Mother Truckers "Let's All Go To Bed" album. About 90 minutes of straight playing. Felt good.

Went to Nebula at Emo's later in the evening, got there about 11:30 and Nebula was just setting up. Out back bumped into Ving (Black Earth) and Isaac (Rank And Revue mag). Had a good talk about staying busy and about Red River in general. When I brought up the 710 book idea he echoed everyone's sentiments, that I'm the perfect man for the job ("You've been documenting it all since about the beginning"). Can't let this opportunity slip away due to unmotivation. This needs doing. Sucks that I'm working thru some personal shit that is dragging me down and sapping said motivation. Anyway, he is about to move to greener pastures in Portland OR. Told him to keep an ear to the ground for me, you never know where the next opportunity will arise.

Nebula sounded good, wasn't blown away but I still dig 'em. New rhyhthm section (well, new to me... haven't seen them in a few years). Mostly stuff off the new album, not anything I recognized. Decent crowd but a typical slow Tuesday night.

Nebula @ Emo's





About mid set walked over to Friends on 6th Street to say hi to Erin Jaimes. Got there and she's outside smoking a cig watching thru the window. She was on break and had some other cats onstage. Bought her a blacktooth grin and shot the shit with her and Doug Day (also taking a break). Wound up sitting in for 3 songs, Erin really wanted to introduce me to Tony the guitar player (knows Josh and Teal from the Truckers). Great player, fun sitting in. He asked if I knew how to play "Long Haired Country Boy".... nice! I gave him a serious look and said "Yes. Yes I do!" heh. Felt weird playing Erin's bass (old 60's Tele bass with a baseball bat neck and flatwound strings, strap pretty high on me) but it sounded cool.

Good times! Shot the shit for a bit then ran back to Emo's to catch the end of Nebula. Who were done and packing up. Damn! Also the bar was closed (1:20am?!?) and I wanted one last beer. Well shit. Talked to Eddie Glass for a bit, mentioned Southern Gun Culture playing with Nebula in Albuquerque back in '03. The guy talking to Eddie was like "Hey, I remember that show!" Nice. Gave Eddie a card so I could get some pics to him, went back to Friends for one last beer.