Eric's House Of Ego

Due to various circumstances, I will not be at Boheme Bistro on sunday nights for awhile. I'm bummed, but life being what it is.

I did just call to get crossed off the list and the person answering the phone went NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo !!!

So that kinda feels good, in a doesn't feel all the good sort of way.

The afternoon was spent in the studio, and I went to Boheme tonight. My fingers are a little angry at me at the moment, but it was a good set.

Trophy Wife (a request from ntrlstgrl who showed up tonight)
Bang My Bald Spot (who requested it? I couldn't tell)
How Can I Miss You? (requested by several people, including the above)
Nice Guys

It was a fun, if slightly sloppy set. I must go to bed now.

It's been a weekend. Here is the quick rundown

I was involved in a Lakota ritual for the dead, complete with a steam lodge. It was one of the most extreme, wonderful, painful and exhilarating moments of my life. I didn't make it to the end. I had to bail out of the lodge (after about 2 hours) as I was about to pass out. But it was amazing, life affirming and mind opening experience. My friend Susan is doing well, as well as she can be under the circumstance. I'll try to write more about this in a day or so, once I process the information a little more.

I was in a Karoake contest, at the urging of the wife. I won 3rd place. Singing Elvis Costello in a place that is mostly a country bar. Go figger ...

Went swimming with the mutants today and got sunburned. Another oddly exhilarating moment

My set at Boheme tonight was great. I played ...

Low Self Esteem
Trophy Wife
Bang My Bald Spot
Nice Guys

I stuck with the older stuff tonight, since I wanted to see if I could sell some CDs. I sold one ... cool

Regardless of some of the circumstances it was a great weekend.

Great set tonight ... I did three fast songs in a row and had no problems. I think I might have finally learned how to relax onstage. The audience went in and out, but mostly in ...

Low Self Esteem
Bang My Bald Spot
How Can I Miss You (complete with the Boheme Hillbilly Chorus)
Nice Guys

I needed a good time ... I really dod

Whew ... my fingers hate me

Nice Guys
Color Of Your Eyes
In Crosby Park
Oh Shannon (a request, the first time I had played it in awhile ... it was ... interesting)
WYSIWYG

I think I played something else ... but I can't remember what ... (edited above, I remembered just after I sent it)

It was fun, my voice is shot though

I'm glad I have the day off tomorrow

I need to work out what is wrong. Some nights I can barely play guitar. My voice is a wreck. I butcher songs I have done for years. I do however waltz through songs that I pull out of the hat.

Woman I Want - lazy and slow.
Color Of Your Eyes - I can't seem to play this song right anymore
Things You Never Know - perfect ... weird seeing as how I hsven't done it in months if not more than a year
Standards - so-so ...

still, I'm glad I went, but I have to work out what is wrong.

Exhausted, sore throat and general bad frame of mind makes for ... well ... an interesting set

I Want To Kill Everybody (Ed Haynes) - The "can I remember the words" version
Golden Age Of Silicon - See above for version
Hides - and again ... who needs to know the words to my favorite songs

All that and I still think it was an ok set ...

edit
Oh ... and someone complained that I didn't do How Can I Miss You ... it's nice that folks have favorite songs ... and xskittlezx who I have not seen in long enough that I couldn't remember who she was (which, if you know me means it could have been last week, I'm like that) showed up and said hi this time ...

Gun Sale At The Church (Buddy Blue)
I Want To Kill Everybody (Ed Haynes)
Nice Guys
How Can I Miss You?

It was a pretty tepid set, but I've played a lot of guitar today.

Only Coffee House
Color Of Your Eyes
Golden Age Of Silicon
WYSIWYG
How Can I Miss You?

I need to get my guitar worked on a bit. Needs a neck tweak, the nut needs some trimming. Maybe a fret job. Having some weird intonation problems.

I'm working on the new patter in WYSIWYG ... I went off a cheat sheet last week ... couldnt see it this week ... so the patter was a little odd. Golden Age was good, havent done it in a long time.

A good night. Now to sleep

I was going to go and do some serious songs, but changed my mind as I saw the make up of the room.

A pretty talented singer-songwriter kid was there with what looked like a bunch of frat boys. I decided to go with the hyper funny stuff.

Bang My Bald Spot - A tough opener, but I breezed through it.
Trophy Wife
How Can I Miss You? - faster and faster, trying to get it out of my system before some big shows next month
Nice Guys

I finished How Can I Miss You and Pete chimed in telling me to do one more song. Stopped the applause dead (he does things like that to me, knows I can take it)

I spent the afternoon in the studio working on the ATOY CD. I have a good rough mix set up now. I need to do one more rip to the computer tomorrow, the bass was too loud on the version I did today, but I have the levels now. It's turning out nice. I need to make a page about it soon. Once I am certain on the songs I'll get that done.

So between Ritual on friday and today, it's been a good musical weekend, how about you folks ???