Of course, I’ll keep it this place going. It’s what I ALwAYS do because I am so fucking predictable. True, you have to do it for youself, and I like this place as a reference point for the gigs I go to. When the Missus mentioned the previous blog entry, she just rolled her eyes at me and said “Yeah, right. You always say that, but you’ll continue.”
True. But wouldn’t it be nice to be brave enough NOT to be bound to this. Maybe a paper diary would be an option? Nah, I always forget to keep them. At least with this, I write entries when I am avoiding work or should be doing other things. So I guess I’ll just dig deep and find the money. But then I’ll have to write MORE in this blog to justify the cost.Grrr…
Meanwhile, I am suffering from a bout of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) which is a condition that afflicts anyone who is stupid enough to buy a guitar or other musical instrument. GAS makes you look at the newest guitar on the block and say “Ooooh, I’d like one of those” or at the latest guitar FX unit and drool “Oooh, that sure looks purty”. The downside to GAS is that it costs you. It costs you hard. I normally offset these costs by selling other stuff to pay for my acquisition.
With the GAS, I’ve recently been interested in buying a Chapman Stick on eBay (I blame last week’s visit to the Blue Man Group for this). I saw a really good offer, but by the time I’d import it and pay the duty tax on it, it would still cost a fortune. So I’ve kind of given up on that dream. Plus it would involve learning a new instrument and I can’t really claim to be able to play the guitar yet. So I’ve got my eye on one of these instead. It’s a Godin xtSA and the thing about this guitar is that it has all the electronics to run my Roland VG-88 and GR-33 already built into it. It also has a feature (a tranducer pickup) that makes the guitar sound like an acoustic, while actually being an electric guitar. Man, I’m dribbling just thinking about it.
Man, I need to sell a kidney. Anyone need a kidney? Only one feckless user…good value…credit terms available…