rock and roll musings by Tim Byrnes

Been a Long Time Since I Rock and Rolled, Uh Huh

  Greetings, poetry lovers! I must apologize for my lengthy silence, it was not intentional. Due to recent heavy rainfall in my beloved Arkansas Valley, the library where I shovel this tripe was flooded and, as a result, closed for 2 months.

  Adding to that, my recent promotion at the Hippest Convenience Store on the Prairie has kept me busybusybusy and, although the new library opened last week (nice new digs, it's in the old school where the town once passed on opening a shelter for Katrina victimes, oh well) today's the 1st day my schedule allowed the opportunity to sit and spell a spell.

     So let's see what's up? Still don't believe in god but the job's got me to thinking that there might actually be something to the whole 'community' angle. Gathered up Kenny and Dan and played what very well might have been the last Flashback gig 3 weeks ago. (Hey, NONE of us are getting any younger, or healthier for that mater). Anyway, we hadn't played out in over 2 years and hadn't even rehearsed in over 6 months when we plugged into borrowed amps on a flatbed truck/stage in front of 250 or so end of summer partying drunks in the parking lot of a bar called the Buzzard's Roost in Lamar, Colorado.

    Sandwiched between 2, count 'em, 2 heavy metal bands, the 3 of us, w/a combined experience of over 150 years, smoked the young 'uns, got 2 encores and yr humble narrator even got slapped on the ass by a very cute waitress who's image I will take w/me to my grave.

    Now that my finances are starting to look almost like those of an actual adult, I hope to start recording new stuff w/decent equipment for a change and to also make and make available copies of The Instruction Manual and all the other stuff I've been promising for like 2 years now. What can I say other than I'm still climbing out of a hole I'd dug myself and hey, things take time.

     Animal news. Both Bleeker and Mac Dougal have taken off, although friends report seeing them around town so, while Ii miss them I wish them well. The reason they took off, I think is that Camille and her 4 kittens ALL turned out to be female and as a result my little grey hole in the ghetto is awash w/kittens and (in Bleek and Mickey's eyes, I'm a-guessin') just too damn many babymamas.

     Buster is still my best friend and confidant, although he's not too happy about having to take his morning walk at 3:30 am on the days I open the store. He keeps getting mud on his pajamas.

     Lynn is great, all the noisy neigbors have moved out for the time being so I'm actually getting some sleep. Not that any of this matters to anyone reading this but I've missed you. And maybe next time I get here I'll write something about rock and roll.

Posted by: timbyrnes at 18:04 | link | comments (11)

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#1  04 October 2007 - 14:41

 

been a long time since you did the stroll? good to hear from you. wouldn't have thought bleeker or mcdougal would have relocated on you, but . . . sounds like it was getting a bit crowded. been wondering about you and your critters. stay in touch!

limine

#2  11 October 2007 - 03:23

 

Tim, glad all is well. With all of that good news, you forgot to mention about The Rockies. Or are you not a sports fan?

Speaking of music, on Alice Cooper's DJ stint last night, he started with a tune from "Piper's at the Gates of Dawn", and I was totally blown away. I had never heard anything from that album before, and it sounded like something out of this world. had these crazy drums going throughout it. Prolly won't be able to afford a CD for a long time, but that one, I would really like to check out. Just the one song would be worth it, even if the rest of it was a disappointment, not that I expect it would be.

Jim

Anonymous

#3  11 October 2007 - 17:31

 

Limine: Hey! Good to hear from you, too. Yes I'm critter rich at the moment (found homes for 12 kittens, still have 8, plus the 4 'adults' and of course Buster) but they make me happy and their all happy so I guess I'm doing something right.
Jim: Not much of a sports fan, although Ii hope the 'boys' do well. Don't know how I'da rooted if they went up agaimst the Yankees (you can take the boy out of NY etc.) but that apparently won't be a problem. I don't follow sports at all, I watch the news and follow politics the way most guys watch sports. "Piper' is a great record, a rarity in being a non-embarrassing psychedelic record, IMHO. Barrett was a wonderful spirit and 'Piper' is his legacy, not 'Dark Side' or 'The Wall' or 'Wish You Were Here' or any of ther other tits of memory Roger Waters milked for years.

And when I said Syd was immaculate, I meant he was a sharp dresser.
tim

timbyrnes

#4  21 October 2007 - 03:44

 

tim

why don' you promote your own event....admission, bar etc. I'd loan you my cube 60, but it would be woefully inadequate...........

cheers

Anonymous

#5  01 November 2007 - 18:02

 

Actually I'm in the middle of organizing another open mic night at a bar that;s actuallyin my town. More reports as events warrant!
tb

timbyrnes

#6  18 November 2007 - 15:02

 

Tim,

If you've been following politics, then I'm sure that you're very impressed with how the insurgencey is fading from Iraq, Iraqis are siding with the US and taking up arms for themselves, and how there is talk of future withdrawls.

You gotta admit that Bush was right that the surge would help, because all of the media is admitting it now. All camps are admitting that Iraq is going much better.

You have to admit that deep inside you feel better having a US ally in the middle of the Middle East now.

Hussein gone, insurgency almost gone, freedom and elections in Iraq. Nothing short of amazing.

A heck of a lot of blood was shed, and we all hate that; but look at what's happening.

And as soon as people are free to think about religion objectively, that's when bad religions like Isalm get thwarted, and the terrorist organizations are diminished.

Jim

Anonymous

#7  19 November 2007 - 01:29

 

...but where's bin laden and the perpetrators of 9/11?

haha.

- david

Anonymous

#8  19 November 2007 - 05:14

 

They are probably not very encouraged wherever they are; that is for sure.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07322/834685-373.stm

Jim

Anonymous

#9  20 December 2007 - 20:03

 

Don't kid yrself, Bin Laden's playing Xbox in the Lincoln room. The surge is nothing more than murder and Jim, I'm sorry, but you've been duped. Merry fucking Christmas everybody!!!!!
tb

timbyrnes

#10  22 January 2008 - 02:50

 

Its a known fact that the surge worked. 75 perecent of Baghadad is now safe and alQaeda is on the run.

Bush was right, and the critics were wrong.

Jim

Anonymous

#11  28 January 2008 - 02:01

 

Hillary's gonna lo-ose.

Hillary's gona lo-ose.

Hillary's gonna

Hillary's gonna


Hillary';s gonna lo-ose.

Nee ner na ner nee noo.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

the hippy movemnet is ending.

The hippy movement is ending.

contraception lead to cha-os.

the Pope was ri-ight.

The hippy's were wro-ong.

Nee ner na ner nee noo.

Love,
Jim

Anonymous

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