The band-episode two empire strikes back

So here's Adam. Adam is an enigma. He is stubborn and hard to work with and knows that you are an ars*h*le in the first 30 seconds of meeting you. He also is one of the smarter persons I know. He treats his friends extremely well and started this band and has threatened to finish this band on many occasions. When he started getting interested in music he wanted to emulate the rough, raw sound and bring elements of arena rock, pop and pure poetry to the forefront. Even though the forefront he was trying to bring it to was about 3 friends. He does it outta love for playing, creating and throwing a chink in the works. He has learned more from magazines and websites about recording than I learned in 2 years in a recording studio. He is the producer, lead singer, songwriter and much, much more to Ohio Briars.If there is a fire in the guitar parts, he throws jet fuel on it. If there is too much mutual congratulations, he suggests we do something to muck up the works. He is not happy with mundane. It works great for me and I couldn't think about being in a silly cover band.(unless I am making a bundle) His lyrics and placement are the best I have ever seen & I hope he wants to keep doing this until I am old(er) and grey(er). Here's to you Adam...up yr but joe boo!!!!---sf

We need "Earthquake Glue"

In honor of the recent earthquakes-which I've slept through- I have been listening to Guided by Voices-Earthquake Glue. I like to theme my music sometimes, not like listening to Jimmy Buffet when I go to the beach theme, but more on whatever is going on in my world theme. At the start of the Iraq thing-alot of early U2-War & Boy, Lunar eclipse R.E.M.-Feeling Gravity's Pull, when my dog died, Blue Mountain-Dog Days and after my mother was here, The right rev. Al Green-greatest hits. I dunno, music, for me, is more of a feeling than the lyrics. That may be why I don't bow down at the alter of Bob Dylan. Don't get me wrong, Bobby's great but his music does nothing for me. Same for Billy Bragg. I like my angry lyrics with a sense of melody. I'll take Joe Jackson and Elvis Costello over those guys anyday. As for the beach music, well, about 18 years ago I went down to the gulf, on a whim, listening to Steely Dan all the way. My roommate & I crashed at a guys house he barely knew and we saw the best Steely Dan 3 piece cover band in the world, back when Destin was a tiny fishing village with a few overpriced condos. Ahhh...Maybe if I could think more about what needs to be done around here and less about the beach, I could afford to move there. I think a long weekend is in order. See you at the beach-SF