Tales of the Treadmill
Tales of the Treadmill
How the Hell to Raise Funds? Part Two
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Well, the whole show thing is already getting completely fucked up. Angie wanted us to do them in April or May and had started setting that up. Then, we looked at our schedules and figured out that the earliest we could possibly do them in August/September 08. I guess that blows recording in June. Maybe we can at least get started somehow though.
We’re also trying to get a website up, which isn’t going so well either.
To top it off, i’m pissing everyone off as usual. Tony and I are arguing about stupid shit - I think it has to do with Gamecock football somehow... We’re reverting!
email from Tony:
I'm sensing the possibility that an old dynamic might be creeping into this little bit of sunshine that we're a part of.
translation: ‘ang- you’re a dickhead.’
Noted and true. I can’t help it man. I have no patience with beating around the bush. I can’t tell you how many people that I deal with who just think I’m such an ass. My wife dreads every time we start to do business with a new company or person, because she knows it’s just a matter of time until they hate me. It’s getting worse with age too. I find myself saying things to like, the bank lady- that are so goddamn rude, especially now that I’m back in the south where politeness is more of a custom. But, damnit- I just can’t take it anymore. And, I’ve become completely obsessed with standing in line. Always have been really. Standing in line is the most humiliating and dehumanizing thing I can think of. I’ll do anything not to do it. And then, added to the humiliation are the people who don’t understand the rules of a line. Like, you know- the people who stand at an odd angle so you’re not sure if they’re in the line or just standing there? And you’re not sure if you should stand behind them, or stand where the line should be. And then, there’s the people who don’t move up when the person in front of them moves up. There’s that maddening uneven space in the line that makes me grind my teeth and tap my foot to keep from grabbing the post holding the velvet line rope and bashing the persons skull. Then there’s the person behind you who gets right up on your ass while your standing there. I swear to God, I’m going to fucking kill someone someday, and it will happen in a line. I promise you that. Jesus, this issue goes back a long way now that I think about it. There’s a tee shirt that someone had on at the Rock’s show- a really old Root Cellar tee shirt from like 1991 or something, that says- ‘If I had a machete, none of this would be happening.’ And I remember, that quote came from standing in line at the Columbia DMV.
email from heidi to ang & tony:
You guys wear me out.
Yeah, Tony and I have the kind of relationship only two people with as much history as we have could. We’ve had our serious ups and downs. There was a time out on the road there for awhile where we didn’t speak to each other for weeks and weeks. Those were the best weeks of my life. (kidding!) I remember it though - it was brought on in some crap club in I think Gainsville Florida where we got into an argument about him setting up to forward on the stage. And it just escalated into this insane weird fight that must have had all kinds of other deeper issues tied into it. Anyway, we can really push each others buttons when we want to. As long as we just shove it deep down inside and never ever talk about it, it’s fine. But, there’s also this mutual respect, musically and also I think we have always been absolutely on the same page from the very start with what we wanted to accomplish and what we had wanted the band to be. We’re also both very anal and painfully particular about the way things happen. Which is a good thing, but it can drive people crazy too. Plus, he’s a sick ass drummer. That’s a bonus.
The only good news this week is that I have four visual artists on board for the projection project. I thought I’d contact the visual artists first, and maybe if the motion graphics peeps see their work, they’ll be interested too. But we have to get the website up before I can start this whole thing. The problem with this blog thing, is that all this shit we’re trying to do that doesn’t work out, you folks are going to know about.
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