Saturday November 25 2006
Melissa called and said could we rehearse at 5. I gave Posh a bath, and went to Jason’s studio and we worked on this Venus Hum/ Bees Christmas song. Jason said I was singing it too much like Nat King Cole, but then again, that’s not easy to do. But I think we got some good vocals, and I played some ukulele, which was fun. Took Posh to my mom’s and she gave her a haircut and she’s such a patient and good-natured dog. Then I left her there and went to rehearse with Melissa. Jonathan Trebing was there and Hags and it was good to see those guys. I was playing my dad’s epiphone and it sounded good. Went to the Family Wash and The Gypsy Hombres were playing and Jerry Flowers showed up. Warren Pash came too, and he said something bad was going on in the alley, and John and I went to go look and didn’t find anything. Then we played and I met Stew Kimball, and his family is from Massachussets. We were speculating about whether we could be related. He looked cool and had a pencil-thin mustache, so we had something in common. The gig went well, I thought, then I went to the Mercy Lounge to see David Mead and the cover was 12 dollars, and I saw about 6 songs, and they sounded good. Then I talked to Bill Demain, and Helen, and he said she calls him “Suede”. I played a little pool and I was kind of buzzed, so I played better. But I started to get woozy so I had get out of there so I went home, but at the last second I decided to check in at the basement, and I saw Jennifer Nicely and talked to her for a second, then went home. I took some Advil and went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night and drank a gallon of water, at least.