Tuesday
Jul052005
4th of July
Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at 01:13AM
Well, happy Independence America. Hope you guys had a good time. How was mine? Oh, thanks, it was nice. I slept in at my own house, hung out with my wife and daughter, played my 12-string mando-guitar on the never-ending Caedmon's record, went to my brother-in-law's place for a cookout, played some Nerts and am now at home watching Conan while my family is sleeping. A nice, relaxing day. I have a session with Greg Adkins tomorrow, then have to finish up some Caedmon's and Indelible Grace stuff before our show in Wisconsin this Friday. Should be a good, short work week, but I don't know if I'm ready to get back into it. I've had a nice relaxing day and I don't want it to end.
This weekend we played at two big festivals, in Pennsylvania, I think, and in Dallas. We had three mornings where I had to get up in the 5 o'clock hour, and frankly, I don't do that very well. So I needed a slow, sleep-in day. This weekend I had a hotel room to myself every night, which was very nice. Having the studio and the busy-ness of the road and my family, I rarely get much time to myself. I think I'm an introvert at heart, and every now and then, if I haven't gotten some time alone for a while, I kind of have to disappear a little bit and regroup. So this weekend I went to two movies, Batman and Star Wars, and read some old science fiction stories that always crack me up. I liked Batman quite a bit, I must say. Very... believable? Anyway, I got to just be alone, read and write and clear my head. I think I could have used another day of it, but I'm grateful for the little respite God gave me.
Alison and I finished watching BBC's "The Office" right before I left for those shows. Man, I think I have to say that it was really one of the best things I've ever watched. Up there with M*A*S*H for a show unbearably funny, a little sad, and very vulnerably and emotionally real. I seriously have rarely laughed as hard, nor have I cared so much about characters as I have with this show. Now, if you have a hard time understanding British accents, and if you get easily offended (they can be a bit crass) this is probably not the show for you. I really loved it, though, and keep showing it to everybody around. It was honestly pretty inspiring. Good art always is.
There are only two seasons of the show, and each has just six episodes, then the series ends with a pair of Christmas specials. Very short. Brilliant. One of the later episodes leaves the main character at a real low, and he has this moment of honesty that you never see before. It brought me to tears, it was so true, and I stayed up playing guitar for an hour or so afterwards, just wanting to keep that honesty and emotion in the air a little longer. I am very fortunate in that some of the people whose art inspires me at this level are friends of mine, so when I have a moment with a piece like this I always want to call the person and tell them. Unfortunately, I don't know any of these people, and I never will, so they'll have to stay in the Bono, Bruce, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Tolstoy pile of people I'll hope to thank in Heaven.
Well, I should get to bed. Conan's almost done and my battery is almost out. Have a great week, feel free to say hello, and thanks again for reading.
This weekend we played at two big festivals, in Pennsylvania, I think, and in Dallas. We had three mornings where I had to get up in the 5 o'clock hour, and frankly, I don't do that very well. So I needed a slow, sleep-in day. This weekend I had a hotel room to myself every night, which was very nice. Having the studio and the busy-ness of the road and my family, I rarely get much time to myself. I think I'm an introvert at heart, and every now and then, if I haven't gotten some time alone for a while, I kind of have to disappear a little bit and regroup. So this weekend I went to two movies, Batman and Star Wars, and read some old science fiction stories that always crack me up. I liked Batman quite a bit, I must say. Very... believable? Anyway, I got to just be alone, read and write and clear my head. I think I could have used another day of it, but I'm grateful for the little respite God gave me.
Alison and I finished watching BBC's "The Office" right before I left for those shows. Man, I think I have to say that it was really one of the best things I've ever watched. Up there with M*A*S*H for a show unbearably funny, a little sad, and very vulnerably and emotionally real. I seriously have rarely laughed as hard, nor have I cared so much about characters as I have with this show. Now, if you have a hard time understanding British accents, and if you get easily offended (they can be a bit crass) this is probably not the show for you. I really loved it, though, and keep showing it to everybody around. It was honestly pretty inspiring. Good art always is.
There are only two seasons of the show, and each has just six episodes, then the series ends with a pair of Christmas specials. Very short. Brilliant. One of the later episodes leaves the main character at a real low, and he has this moment of honesty that you never see before. It brought me to tears, it was so true, and I stayed up playing guitar for an hour or so afterwards, just wanting to keep that honesty and emotion in the air a little longer. I am very fortunate in that some of the people whose art inspires me at this level are friends of mine, so when I have a moment with a piece like this I always want to call the person and tell them. Unfortunately, I don't know any of these people, and I never will, so they'll have to stay in the Bono, Bruce, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Tolstoy pile of people I'll hope to thank in Heaven.
Well, I should get to bed. Conan's almost done and my battery is almost out. Have a great week, feel free to say hello, and thanks again for reading.
Reader Comments (3)
That time to kick back is good. Make sure Alison gets some this week. ;)
NERTS!!!! Rock on man, I love that game.
I agree on The Office as well... simply brilliant.
Batman... i struggled with the same word when describing it. My family looked at me strange and laughed when i said, "a very believable story..." I don't think they'll let that one go for a while...