• The die has been cast. Harvest has officially came for me. While both combines are still down and we have yet to put the header in the wheat, the aches in my muscles tell me the fun has begun.

    Anyone know of a good bass player who won’t upstage me?

    Thanks to Josh for the place to set up and work during his party. Thanks to Egging for the help and the documentation. Now I can’t convince G it was all in his head.

    I made it back in time for Logan’s wedding. I scrambled home to change and begin working on the Masseys. We blew a header reel lift control hydraulic line on one machine and the other still has a broken header reel hydraulic pump. I put together the generator I bought Thursday at the auction. It finally started when I put oil in it. It didn’t work so well until I did that, though had I arrived at the realization a little earlier my arm would probably hurt a little less right now.

    I changed and went back to Medicine Lodge to catch some of Logan’s reception and some of the Dorfus Cracktractor show. Big crowd at June Fest…drunk hilljacks made up the better part of the crowd, but it was nostalgic nonetheless.

  • What a wild weekend
    Jefferson City
    Dr. Kyle Dohm’s wedding
    It’s weird to have your best friend get married
    I’ve known him since his mother taught us preschool
    Now he’s an optometrist and a Navy Lieutenant
    Tyler and Stan and I were the only guys in the wedding party without papers
    Weird. I wish I remembered the last hour of Saturday night. The stories I hear aren’t exactly becoming.
    I am becoming a big fan of bridesmaids, though. I wish more of my friends would get married.

    Today G and I drove to Sharon. We picked up the equipment for the Mike McClure Band show in Solomon on Friday. Everyone is invited. Email [email protected] or call 620.886.1538 for details and directions.

    We got back to town and knocked out one of G’s aforementioned sad bastard songs. It’s going to be good.

  • Had a rockin’ good time at Buster’s Saturday
    Last show before harvest break
    If you were in the crowd, you are mean
    We had a great crowd…in numbers

    We didn’t have any hecklers
    We didn’t have many clappers, though
    The first time they clapped I told them to take some penicillin for it
    I guess they did

    After hours was fun
    Buster’s Other Side
    Met some new people
    Randy Rogers was there
    Or at least someone who could have pass as him
    I kept trying to get him to play some tunes on my guitar

    Had a bunch of drunk show-booking requests
    I’m waiting by my phone

    There have been a lot of wrap-ups lately. I finished Angels and Demons the other day. I wanted to finish it and re-listen to DiVinci Code before going to watch the movie, but I don’t think I can wait. We’ll probably go watch it tonight. 24 had it’s season finale last night. Rock. I watched the last two episodes of Boston Legal as well. Fantastic. I’ll probably finish Alias tomorrow. It’s a shame they’re putting it to rest. I saw a teaser for Justice with Victor Garber. I’ll try to watch it, but he won’t be the same if he’s not Jack Bristow about to kill someone by creatively attaching jumper cables to someone in a dark room.

    Kyle’s wedding is this weekend. Back to the hills and trees of Missouri. I’ll be hiring a republican with a shotgun as a body guard. Maybe I’ll just take G.

    I’m looking forward to harvest break. Two weeks of solitude in, what is rumored to be this year, fast wheat. G and I are going to do some Had a rockin’ good time at Buster’s Saturday
    Last show before harvest break
    If you were in the crowd, you are mean
    We had a great crowd…in numbers

    We didn’t have any hecklers
    We didn’t have many clappers, though
    The first time they clapped I told them to take some penicillin for it
    I guess they did

    After hours was fun
    Buster’s Other Side
    Met some new people
    Randy Rogers was there
    Or at least someone who could have pass as him
    I kept trying to get him to play some tunes on my guitar

    Had a bunch of drunk show-booking requests
    I’m waiting by my phone

    There have been a lot of wrap-ups lately. I finished Angels and Demons the other day. I wanted to finish it and re-listen to DiVinci Code before going to watch the movie, but I don’t think I can wait. We’ll probably go watch it tonight. 24 had it’s season finale last night. Rock. I watched the last two episodes of Boston Legal as well. Fantastic. I’ll probably finish Alias tomorrow. It’s a shame they’re putting it to rest. I saw a teaser for Justice with Victor Garber. I’ll try to watch it, but he won’t be the same if he’s not Jack Bristow about to kill someone by creatively attaching jumper cables to someone in a dark room.

    Kyle’s wedding is this weekend. Back to the hills and trees of Missouri. I’ll be hiring a republican with a shotgun as a body guard. Maybe I’ll just take G.

    I’m looking forward to harvest break. Two weeks of solitude in, what is rumored to be this year, fast wheat. G and I are going to do some colaboration on some new songs with hopes of finally getting into the studio. Look out. Here come the sad bastard songs.on some new songs with hopes of finally getting into the studio. Look out. Here come the sad bastard songs.

  • We hit it hard Tuesdee
    G and I, Bohn, Annie, the crew…
    Single malt samplers
    Little Apple style

    We ended up at Gumby’s
    I was talked to by a gorgeous girl who seemed to know me
    I recognized her the next day
    Oh, what a jackass am I

    Watched the West Wing finish Sunday
    What’s next? Aaron Sorkin’s West Coast.

    Tried to upgrade a server tonight
    I failed like a Republican foreign policy

    Check out Angels and Demons
    Dan Brown is a genius

    "The entire network of news anchors hired to be the press secretary…"
    -John Stewart, The Daily Show, referring to FOX News

  • We had one hell of a time at Neighbars in Hays. Exposed to a bunch of people.

    Jim’s wedding was good. I got to see a live polka band. I thought they were all dead.

    We played Bobby T’s on May 2. The pre-party was good and the show was better.
    It was the most packed that bar has been on a Tuesday in four years.
    They told us we could have any Tuesdays we wanted.
    Any musician reading this can see the humor in that.
    A big thanks to Bobby T’s, though, for hosting a great party.

    Trevor’s bachelor party Thursday night was an interesting time. It was good to see so many I hadn’t seen in so long.
    Thanks to Pete for driving and getting out of the ticket after the casinos. Dusty, you missed a hell of a party after the casinos.

    I woke up in Lawrence on Friday
    Made it to KC by noon to get my truck
    Back to M-town by 3:00pm in time for Dr. Deloyce McKee’s party
    I left G’s sunglasses
    Left for the Shades of Gray [sic] show
    Big party, big party
    The boys with the blue shirts and silver stars waited until 12:30am this year to shut down the big one
    That’s a whole 3.5 hours longer than it lasted last year
    They were cool about it
    Let Greg off with a noise violation

    Last night Josh and I went to Trevor’s wedding in Kansas City. It was a very nice wedding with the most fancy reception I’ve ever seen. I’m sure you’ll hear the details once he gets his website functional again.

    I’ve been worthless today
    Cleaning, eating, working on the websites
    Listening to Angels and Demons
    Dan Brown’s book before he put out Da Vinci Code
    I made it through the first third today
    It sounds just as good as the next one
    Who cares about truth?

    I only have three more weddings this season
    Down south they have hurricanes
    Here, we have wedding season
    I think the new rule is that weddings should be between January and March
    Stay away from harvest
    All of you thinking about inviting me to your wedding
    Consider yourself warned

  • So G tells me it’s a retarded cat, not a blind cat. I’d have corrected myself sooner, but I just can’t write anymore. I’ve been keeping up with Trevor’s audioblog. You should check it out.

    I’m headed to Jim’s funeral. I mean wedding. G and I are playing tonight with Shades of Grey at Neighbars. I was thrown out of there, once, with the Mad Cows. I haven’t been back. We’ll see how loud we can get tonight.

    Thanks to everyone who came out Wednesday to the show at Duffy’s Thanks to Daffy for reminding me about the Irish drinking songs that Josh gave me a few…many years ago.

    Rock me mamma like a candy cane.

  • Well it was a so-so Easter
    Jesus came out of his cave
    Saw his shadow
    Now we have 40 more days of Lent

    We played a band show Saturday night at Buster’s. Thanks to everyone who came. I appreciate Dusty sitting in with us. I think we may just have to keep him around for a while. You know, if we hire enough people, I can just run sound.

    This week brings another practice with Chuck, auctions Thursday in Manhattan and Saturday in Hutchinson, a bachelor party in Hays Saturday night, and a show in Lawrence on Sunday.

    What do you think of the new website?
    Tell me at [email protected]

  • What a n00b am I
    We were 1 for 2 last night
    Revamped the website, score
    Send email without breaks, whiff

    Sitting at G’s, chillin’, grillin’ and waitin’ on Quillan
    I never thought I’d ever write something like the above

    Biggity-big show on Saturday
    EasterBuster – and you know how often I decorate my text with bold and emphasis

    We’re going to start a band pool
    Betting on when we run them out of Bud Light
    I’m going to say 10:45