Thoughts Pictures Bring to Mind
I’m still sick today. I had planned on having tea tonight with friends but waking up at 8am and not feeling any better than yesterday made me cancel plans for tonight. Man this sucks! I’ll try not to gripe too much about that though.
Since I woke up early and had nothing better to do, I looked at a box with old photos and found some funny ones that brought back some fun memories. The one picture that really isn’t such a great photo brought back the most nostalgia.
[I'm the one on the top right grinning ear to ear]
This picture above was snapped at a party at my old drummer’s place. It was a live viewing party for a TV show we were on. They had a projector set up and there were probably about 150 people all jammed into the living room (which explains why i’m standing on top of some sort of table). I only knew a few of the folks…I don’t know where everyone else came from…I’m guessing it was friends of friends. I noticed right around this time was when we started getting all these new people popping up and hanging out at shows. Most of those people vanished when the record deal vanished …funny how that works but it helps to know who your real friends are.
In any case, I was happy for the short-lived attention the show brought. A small taste of fame, leaving me wanting more. The only way I can describe it is…it’s like a drug. Once you’re bitten, you become this sort of vampire hunting out more of it.
I’m learning that if I stick with it, the Merry-Go-Round (if I’m lucky) comes back around but it’s twice as hard to get there again.
I think things came way too easy the 1st time. It was literally a script from some Hollywood movie. I moved to California…started a band…made a CD…at our CD Release Party we were lucky enough to have someone in the audience hand off our CD to an A&R guy …who then put us on this TV show….and then 2 days after shooting…they offered us a recording contract that was pretty dandy. This part of the story ended with the Record Company going under before we had a chance to sign the damn thing but the tornado spinning around us up until this point was a pretty strong one.
The whole ordeal was actually pretty surreal but one of the best times in my life. Funny how one of the best times in my life was followed by the worst. That whole saying of "the harder they fall" is really understated. I’ll skip the story about everything falling apart just as fast as it came together but you get the idea. The good thing about everything crashing and burning just made me realize that if i could pick myself up off the ground after that, I could live through anything 
I’m not sure where this post is headed but It’s just thoughts that this picture brings to mind. I just hope that one day I’ll get a notch higher on the ladder of success. Good things have happened since then but so far none have been as exciting as the 1st time. I hope to change that 
Well…I guess that’s enough nostalgia for one day eh?
Last night’s American Idol was a shocker… I thought for sure that Gedeon would have stayed on the show a bit longer. Poor Ayla…it was as if she had never failed at anything in her life up until this point. I felt bad for her but I do think the top 6 girls are the correct ones. I wish I could say the same for the top 6 guys. Kevin’s not going to be on the show much longer. He’s a likable underdog but to say he’s a better singer than Gedeon is a joke. Looking forward to next week’s show though.
Well…I should go back to being curled up in a ball on my futon and cocooned with my blanket. Happy Friday!
There’s nothing like being sick, having nothing to do so you drag out all the old photos and start feeling sorry for youself which makes it even worse. May as well rent “Valley of The Dolls” and become completely suicidal. The first time I was fired I was about 28 years old and I thought the world had ended. Some asshole producer needed a scapegoat and I was it. I was gonna swallow some razor blades and slice my wrist with a bunch of pills (yeah that’s how stupid I was). But a few years down the road I went on to win 5 Emmys and the asshole producer eventually died of liver failure from alcoholism. So what is the moral of this cheesy anecdote? Swallow the pills and use the razor blade to slice your wrist.
As for American Idol, I really hate most of them mainly because they don’t know how to pick songs. Picking a song that your grandma likes? Gag me! I guess at such a young age, their repertoire is very limited. The day someone sings “Moon River” is the day I strap on a bomb vest, become an audience member and blow the place up.
Not feeling sorry for myself ..just feeling sick and putting my mind some place nice
I’m going to pass on the razor blade offer but thanks for the uplifting words
I really doubt any of those AI people even know the song Moon River.
Val that’s a great story
Bob, hope you get better soon, but these flu bugs normally take a few days. Normally I recommend drinking lots of beer to flush out the bugs/virus. It doesn’t really work but it makes you feel better for a while
LOL
ya know, at this point…i’m willing to try beer as the answer
day 4 of coughing up junk…not fun!
Aw, come on, man! As much as you hang out in front of your computer, maybe you got a virus from that… digitally… or a video game virus? But wait… does a Lord of the Sith get a runny nose? Do Sith Lords even have noses?
Get better soon, buddy! Evil MUST triumph at last!
yeah…perhaps i caught the flu from the Playstation?
i sure hope not
Too bad we live a half continent apart, I would like to give you some of my homemade Wisconsin Chicken Soup it may not cure the flu, but it would make you feel all warm and fuzzy.
I agree with your comments on AI, I can think of two other guys that should have left before Gedeon, but thats the way the ball bounces, nothing is guaranteed. Take care and get well.
how is *Wisconsin Chicken Soup* different from CA Chicken soup?
Larry, its good we don’t live too close, he’d have so much chicken soup in his freezer that he might start clucking and scratching at the ground with his feet. Who knows, could replace break dancing or whatever the newest dancing fad is.;) That’s the trouble with us nurturing types. We wanna stuff chicken soup and orange juice down every ones throat.
i started feeling better last night, only to wake up today coughing and feeling crappy again…but i do think i’m getting better. All i can say is, i’m sick of being sick
You don’t keep chickens in your bathtub or on your balcony do you? Got to look out for avian flu!:roll:
Thats why chicken soup works, kill the chicken and boil the germs!:mrgreen:
yeah…i feel like i just might have the bird flu
Actually, i think i caught this from another guy who said he was feeling sick on the hockey team (grrrr)
Bob,
Tell your friend Val, GO BUY A NEW CAR or something. What a kill-joy!
Next time he comes down to visit you should too. We would love to meet you. Before you become the next Big ROCK AND ROLL KING.
George
sometimes you have to look back where you’ve been to keep yourself focused on where you’re going.
i’m reading, i just haven’t had much to add lately… this is a busy time for me.
oh, and myspace sucks, so i deleted my account. it’s for the young and pretty. i’m neither.
yeah My Space can be a drag at times. I just use it as a networking place. It’s good for musicians to get their stuff out there though
Yeah! An AI buddy. Now I have someone to compare notes with:)
I pretty much agree with what you said, and that makes me feel better considering you’re a singer and I’m well, NOT.
I think the judges are hard on Melissa. She’s rough aroundt he edges but I actually think she did that song really well, better than most of the girls that night.
I think Katharine is probably the strongest vocally, but hasnt wowed me yet.
My faves are also Chris and Taylor though. It should be a very interesting season on the horizon…
yeah..i read your AI posts and thought the same things you did for sure
I rememeber watching Melissa perform and thought..”hey that’s not bad”…(or at least it was better than some of the others)….and then Simon said she should be packing. Perhaps it sounded different live than it did on TV? i dunno…i thought she was pretty good though i doubt she’ll win it.
Trying to post, does it work?
yup, it works Shelly
i have a spam blocker on the comments so it takes a little before the comment actually shows up
Bob,
My wife Amber just recently found your my space account, and its great to hear everything is going good. If you remember (I am one of Stimler’s friends) I was there for that wild ride you accounted for in this blog. I have got to tell you that my wife and I always hear new music on the radio, and we almost always reference you. We say “Bob’s music is better than this.”, or “if this is on the radio there is no way Bob’s music can’t make it.” I guess what I am saying is that we were there for that moment in time as well as Moisture’s last show, and as a friend and fan, we will be there in the future. We are here for you and are the lucky ones to be be blessed to hear and see you live and party it up together. Rock on Bob, you’ll get it!!
Wow, thanks Chris…your post made me feel pretty good
Those last few shows Moisture played were pretty fun. Were you at the show at *The Shack* in OC? We also had a reunion show up here at *The Gig* about a year after that one. We were starting to get in back together and then it fell apart again. GRRR
I still talk to Mike and Kevin…Mike’s getting hitched next month in Florida and Kevin’s back in school.
That last show was a fun one for sure!
Thanks again for the great words! Hope to see you guys soon at aother show of some sort
We were at both shows, and if I remember right the show at The Gig in Hollywood had a good female singer after you with the same last name….must be in the genes. Yeah I heard about Mike…miss that tubby old guy. Take Care!
yes! i’d forgotten all about her until you just mentioned it.
Mike’s b-day in April 6th… reminds me i should send him a note or call him
a simple photo can hold such great memories and stories.
it’s that old saying *Every Picture Tells a Story*
This picture has about 100 stories attached
Aww…hope you’re feeling better, Sweetie. *husg*
And as for that retro pic…you looked just as adorable as ever.
I was sure feeling good in this picture ..i know that much
hugs!