Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information, hasn't been accounted for. But it's believed he found a new Public Relations job elsewhere. Complete news conference is here.
Playing in LG revitalized my urge to play music. With it's demise I find myself trying to fill the void. Nothing else really fits that need.
Looking for another band might not be worth it. You have no idea how many struggling bands I've been in. I don't mean struggling in the financial way (although this is also true), but struggling to find solid members, transportation, equipment, etc. LG already had those things established long before I started, so it wasn't a concern. I just have no interest in teaming up with any dumbass who thinks banging away on equipment is somehow "good punk music." I don't want another episode of Resist & Exist, Autonomy, A//E, Apostacy, etc, etc.
Here's the problem:
In the unlikely event I find suitable people, I would end up holding them back. Why? Mostly because I can't tour. Living in a van is ok by me (I did do 3 months in a tent afterall), but it won't happen because I have a kid to support. Quitting a job every year to tour isn't worth it and there is no way playing gigs all over is more important than my son. At the most I could probably swing a few out of town gigs during a vacation.
So I need people who:
Can actually play SOME level of music.
Have decent equipment.
Transportation to practices and gigs.
Money to chip in for studio time.
Are not interested in touring for more than 1 or 2 weeks a year.
Don't want to be a standard Discharge rip off.
Don't want to be a standard Exploited rip off.
Don't want to be a standard
Avoid the typical "we are punk, we hate gov't" speech/poem inbetween every song.
That cuts the the options down to almost zero. So now it looks like I may be stuck writing and recording stuff on my own (like the good old days). So be it. I guess that's all that can happen now.
I really think so.
When Ed introduced me to sushi I thought it was an interesting new experience. Now I'm craving it. When I see slabs of halibut at the market I no longer think of the pain they suffered. I think of how some idiot will ruin them by COOKING them. Never would I have guessed my favorite food would be Japanese fresh water eel.
This must be what junkies go though.
