Behind the Scenes - Ed & Red's Night Party

This a documentary film I directed and edited that gives you a look at the silliness and goings-on backstage at the show.

It's hot outside

I totally need to get my own microphone. My very own cordless microphone. Even just rehearsing on a corded mic last night was ass. And I look at like my microphone is like any other musician's equipment: a guitarist doesn't borrow a guitar from the club, right? So that's it. I need to buy a microphone.

But microphones are expensive! I guess I'll have to get it financed. And just weeks ago that would not have been an option, but last week I just got a credit card! My first one! For most people it's just a matter of course, but for me this is a big deal. With all of the mayhem and chaos in my past, I feel pretty proud of getting my situation sorted out to this degree. Now I wonder if my credit is good enough to get approved for the financing on an e-bike. That would be fun to ride around on, composing new raps in my head.

Fuck, it is so hot today! I remember when last summer was like this every single day from June to September but this summer has been pretty tame where the heat is concerned. Which is just the way I like it. I'm not a big fan of the heat, I like the milder temperatures. My favorite is mid-Autumn when you've first got to start putting a jacket on.

publish test (robot)

I am a robot.

Up and down

There are times that make you feel like right proper rock star, and there are times that remind you that in the grand scheme of things, you ain't but a speck of dust in the breeze. You ever had one of those nights when everything that can go wrong does, and you can't really be upset about it because you're just in awe of the sheer magnitude of the fuckery? That was my night last Thursday at the U.S.S. CD release show. That just made me double my efforts and give an even more slamming performance, but it still took a couple of days to shake it off.

Sunday was a different story. I sat for a photo shoot with Ana Cop (sorry Ana, I don't know how to do the C with the accent-thing on top!), one of the greatest discoveries I've made in ages. She's really good. And I was lucky enough to have her photograph me in... well I don't wanna say what the concept was because the pictures are going to knock you out. But I will say that the abundance of leg and ass was a real treat.

Staying up late

The show's tomorrow. I am so ready. I want it like a vicious cartoon dog wants an exaggerated T-Bone steak, and I will tear it up exactly the same. The energy in the room at rehearsal just blows the roof off!

Weights and fifty minutes of cardio today. That was pretty fun. There's TVs on all of the machines so while everyone else is watching stock quotes, I'm watching cartoons.

Just for kicks, I went to an audition for voice-over work. That would be fun to do once in a while, a voice-over job.

I've been shooting all kinds of great footage and I so badly want to edit it into something fun for the blog and the podcast. I've gotta make time for that.

Girlfriend pt. 2

OH, look! It's Avril's new single! It's... Girlfriend. Again. The remix this time. Is this like Street Fighter 2 back in the day, where they just keep trotting out various versions of SF2 instead of moving on with Street Fighter 3?

Talking with a couple of friends after seeing Transformers the other night about future Batman movies. You know who I would pick for Catwoman? Fairuza Balk. Know who I would pick for Poison Ivy? Gwen Stefani.

I also mentioned how I can't wait until the current fad of casting kids as superheroes passes, and then they go back to casting grown-ups.

On 'going out for a smoke'

I am working most of the time, and I am very busy. So when I go out, it's typically an outing I've organized. When I get asked "Wanna go out for a smoke?", I would usually go out just to be good company but now I don't do that. Now people ask me "Wanna go out for a smoke?" and since it's an outing I've arranged, the thing we're going out for is something I want to be a part of so my answer more and more is "No, I don't want to go out for a smoke." Going out for a smoke makes you change gears, and it almost seems like it's a release valve to make sure one doesn't have too much fun. It always feels like the mood of the situation is just getting good when someone wants to go out for a smoke. And when I don't go, I always get a look like it's a surprise or like I'm a jerk. I've always said that a smoking habit is a thing that keeps you from thinking too hard because your thoughts will only go so far before something makes you think of a smoke, and you go "that's a good idea!", and it's smoke time again. If something's important enough to interupt my work for, I'm interested enough in it to pay it my full attention, not five minutes worth at a time.