As of today...
- I am no longer eligible as a candidate of "The 27 Club". Actually, to even be considered for that acknowledgment, you have to be an overrated rock star and a habitual hard drug user. While I do consider myself to be a musician, I don't really have anything to "show off" other than my musical and creative abilities. And I was never cool enough to use hardcore drugs. (The "live fast, die young" philosophy was always too deep and over my head.)
It's weird to think many musicians in that "legacy" would have been old enough to be my parents - and grandparents even - had they lived. Yet despite being born before me, their "young-ness" is forever preserved by pictures, so I'm now technically "older" than them. Creepy almost.
Providing there's no tragic freak accidents or degenerative health issues (knock on wood), I hope my 28th is happier and a little more productive than my 27th ... or 26th or 25th for that matter.
Why did Dio (of all people) have to check out on this sacred day? First Jim Henson, then Sammy Davis Jr., now Dio? DAMN, DAMN, DAMN! FUCK!
- Out of boredom - not seriousness - I did an investigation on my 10 Year Class of 2000 reunion. I found out there's going to be two meet-ups, both on the same day: One is an afternoon BBQ at the manor of a fellow alum and his new family (I think the guy is the son of a state politician), and the second is being held at...are you ready for this...A VEGAN PIZZA PARLOR! Although I grew up in California, I graduated from high school in Oregon, which has a huge share of - well - those types. You know: Dreadlocks and beards, baggy pants, smacking of weed, worships Ralph Nader and Noam Chomsky (despite not knowing who Nader or Chomsky are) and publicly protests every little thing with a bandanna obscuring their face.
I can't remember anyone like that in my graduating class. I didn't know many people because I didn't live in Oregon for very long, but everyone seemed, for the most part, moderate.
However, because I didn't know many people (and I've mostly lost touch with the few people I did know) I don't plan on making a trip up there and attending. It's all kind of ironic, because as a credit elective, I designed and moderated the school's first (but now defunct) alumni website for meet-ups. That was my sole nobility (in addition to making these cartoons on VHS that got the attention of school administrators and made me a "cult icon" among some students, especially the trendy art-house types.)
Other than that, it was pretty boring back then. The past 10 years have been a little busier, but not the kind of busy I had hoped for.
It's weird to think many musicians in that "legacy" would have been old enough to be my parents - and grandparents even - had they lived. Yet despite being born before me, their "young-ness" is forever preserved by pictures, so I'm now technically "older" than them. Creepy almost.
Providing there's no tragic freak accidents or degenerative health issues (knock on wood), I hope my 28th is happier and a little more productive than my 27th ... or 26th or 25th for that matter.
Why did Dio (of all people) have to check out on this sacred day? First Jim Henson, then Sammy Davis Jr., now Dio? DAMN, DAMN, DAMN! FUCK!
- Out of boredom - not seriousness - I did an investigation on my 10 Year Class of 2000 reunion. I found out there's going to be two meet-ups, both on the same day: One is an afternoon BBQ at the manor of a fellow alum and his new family (I think the guy is the son of a state politician), and the second is being held at...are you ready for this...A VEGAN PIZZA PARLOR! Although I grew up in California, I graduated from high school in Oregon, which has a huge share of - well - those types. You know: Dreadlocks and beards, baggy pants, smacking of weed, worships Ralph Nader and Noam Chomsky (despite not knowing who Nader or Chomsky are) and publicly protests every little thing with a bandanna obscuring their face.
I can't remember anyone like that in my graduating class. I didn't know many people because I didn't live in Oregon for very long, but everyone seemed, for the most part, moderate.
However, because I didn't know many people (and I've mostly lost touch with the few people I did know) I don't plan on making a trip up there and attending. It's all kind of ironic, because as a credit elective, I designed and moderated the school's first (but now defunct) alumni website for meet-ups. That was my sole nobility (in addition to making these cartoons on VHS that got the attention of school administrators and made me a "cult icon" among some students, especially the trendy art-house types.)
Other than that, it was pretty boring back then. The past 10 years have been a little busier, but not the kind of busy I had hoped for.