Dang time flies!

Man, I thought I just updated this thing

Well, shows have been going well, and not so well.. I had a week or so of great crowds, then a week of 9 people total over three shows…that and some of the other usual stuff of late made for a depressing week last week, but so far this week I’ve played to some great crowds, and been getting to a lot more shows by other artists. The Live Music Scene in SL is just amazing these days…a lot of competition at the times I’m able to play in, but there’s just so much great talent spilling onto the grid now. Check out a show whenever you can!

Now, for some Spacey news:

Last week, I was Resident Of The Week in The Metaverse Messenger. Check out my deepest thoughts about SL….hehe

I’m also in a couple YouTube Videos, Check out a short clip from Crazy Sharks here, and a full version of Throwin’ Stones from The Merry Prankster here. Sound could be better, but that’s on my end…I’m workin on it

And…shows, shows, shows!

Friday I’m at Crystal Sands at 5 (yay!) Saturday I have my regular slot at Crazy Sharks at 2 SLT, Sunday at 5 SLT I’m back at Bay Vista for the first time in more than 4 months….wrist injuries SUCK!! And of course, back at The Merry Prankster Monday at 5 SLT for Good Ol’ Grateful Dead Night.

That about does it for this episode…tune in next time!

Another weekend, another bunch O’ shows…

Hiya!

Well some shows this weekend, including a new aspect to Spacey…he’s a DJ too!

Thursday (tonight) at 5 SLT, I’m at The Smoldering Joint, which still has the best club name anywhere in my experience.

Tomorrow, I’m over at Crystal Sands again at 6 SLT. Hopefully I’ll be allowed backstage after last weeks debacle (again..sorry about the carpet, guys).

Then Saturday, I’m helping my dear friends Rose Farina, Irelyn Christensen, and Pukk Abel open their new sim “Ooohlala Mode“. The fun there starts at 1 SLT, with Niko Donburi, then Cylindrian Rutabaga melts us all at 2. At 3, I’m gonna DJ for an hour or so, take a well deserved nap, and come back at 5 SLT for a live set of the usual stuff…then Rose is gonna take over the Wheels of Steel and spin some tunes for us til the wee hours (or so she says).

That about does it for this weekend…see y’all soon!

Welcome back my friends to the Show that never ends…

Crystal Sands was a blast! What a great place to play…great crowd, even a backstage area to hang out and get plastered in before going onstage (sorry about the burn marks on the carpet, guys).

So a couple days off to make sure the wrist is doing OK…seems to be so far, so I’m happy…then a full weekend coming up:

Saturday at 1 SLT, I’m performing at The Abyss Museum of Ocean Science, a fantastic build in SL. The opening in November won New World Notes Best Educational event in SL for 2007. Run by a pair of the best sculptors in SL, this build takes you to the extreme depths of the ocean to meet some interesting creatures.

(UPDATE) Then at 4 SLT, I’m back on the stage at Crazy Sharks, instilling fear into the hearts of the evil bunnies that lurk there

Sunday, I’ve got two 1/2 hour shows…one at Sterling Vineyard’s Weekly Open Mic at 3 SLT, then at 5:30 SLT, I’m playing at The Merry Prankster’s 500th member party. That will have been going on for an hour or so once I get there, so please forgive any drunken nudity that may (or may not) occur.

That about does it for me….Thanks once again to everyone for all their support the last couple weeks. I wouldn’t still be playing without you guys.

I’m baack! :-)

Yeah, it wasn’t that long of a break after all…I found what I needed most was to play. So I started back at Prankster’s, did the usual Dead plus a few others. It was cathartic…some songs took on new meaning for me, others that had meaning really didn’t anymore…a very interesting experience. There were a few people there that knew what I have been going through, and that support and random IM hugs helped a lot

And why not go right back in tomorrow with another show…this time at Crystal Sands at 6 SLT. It’s my debut there, they opened right around the time my wrist started acting up and I never got the chance to play. Hope to see a lot of Spaceheads there, and maybe make a few new ones while I’m there…goodness knows there’s plenty of room in the group now

See ya!

Isn’t that the way these things go?

So, as soon as my wrist felt better enough to start playing again, something else went awry that’s gonna keep me from playing for a while

To all of my friends that have poured out of the woodwork the last few days, I offer my heartfelt thanks. You know I would do the same for any and all of you, and that’s really all I can say about that. I’ll never forget it.

To all the Spaceheads that I so unceremoniously removed from the group, I’m sorry. I do need a break from playing to collect my thoughts and edit some of the song list, but I will be back soon. The Spaceheads group is still alive, so feel free to join whenever if you have a free group slot, or I’ll get ya back in next time you see me playing.

To Rose: You kept me sane this week. I have the discharge papers to prove it. Thank you.

And Yummie. I don’t think I need to say a word…just…

See y’all soon!

Well, I suppose that’s one way…

Yes, I don’t update my blog very often, I know…but a chain letter, Sunn? ;-D *FINE* .

My good friend Sunn sent me this…apparently I am now required by laws of the universe too complex for mortals to understand to post 8 random things about myself, then challenge 8 random friends to do the same about themselves on their blogs. There was one story in the note he sent me about Mrs. Sherman Q. from Lockridge, Iowa. She only posted 6 random things about herself. The next day, her husband left her for a lemur, her pastor converted to Zoroastrianism, and fingernails started to grow out of her nose. So……

1. I named my 15 year-old cat after my favorite Beatles song.

2. I have competed against the world record holder for Joggling 100 meters (juggling and running at the same time) in an official race (I lost).

3. I have a black belt in karate.

4. Although it’s a male name, my son is named after Cass Elliott’s daughter.

5. I’m not a fan of piña coladas, or getting caught in the rain.

6. I have a fortune cookie fortune taped to my monitor: “Your love of music will be an important part of your life.”

7. It only took me a minute and a half to find the “ñ” in “piña colada” on the Windows character map.

8. I used to put a cassette recorder in front of the TV and record episodes of The Monkees and fall asleep to them.

Welp, that’s about it for “Spacey at a Glance”. Tune in next month when we find out the answer to burning questions such as “What’s Spaceman’s favorite pasta topping?”.

I suppose I gotta post the 8 people I’m sending this to now…and since she hasn’t posted to her blog since September…I’ll start with Irelyn, then move onto Rose, and flip it over towards…..Rosa might like it, Grateful can do it on his MySpace, Jaycatt cuz I’m at a show of his as I type this, Dolmere cuz I don’t see it on his blog in the last few weeks, and….hey, look! Rez has a blog!

Anyone complains, I’m sending ‘em to you, Sunn…

Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow!

Well….I’ve officially gone two weeks without doing a show. It started a few weeks ago, when I felt my old case of tendinitis coming back. I’ve had it in both wrists since I was a teenager, and one or the other wrist flares up once a year or so. A few days of extra advil and a wrist brace usually do the trick.

Not this time. I stayed off the guitar for a while, canceled a few shows, but the pain kept getting worse. I finally went to the doctor a few days ago, and was diagnosed with De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis (affects under the thumb area) and Wrist Intersection Syndrome (affects the upper forearm). They put me on some anti inflammatories (nothing good tho…jerks) and gave me a cortisone shot. They told me the area around the shot might be sore for a few days, what they didn’t tell me was their definition of “sore” and mine are completely different. It felt like someone punched the same spot on my arm about 150 times.

After that wore off, it was supposed to feel better, but it’s not just yet. I’ve canceled my shows for the next week, and I’m just taking it easy on the wrist for now. Haven’t picked up the guitar since the day of the Dr. appointment, and I start physical therapy on it in 10 days. As soon as I start feeling better, I’ll post here, schedule more shows and be back banging on the strings…but until then…

Stay Spacey!

OK…quick change of subject

Never mind I found what I was looking for…

Wait, you gotta update these things?

So there’s this guy, see…He told me I need to update my blog or he’d break my legs. Man, since blogger got bought out by Google they don’t mess around do they?

Well, not much to say, really. I haven’t been playing much the last couple weeks. I stopped doing the Wednesday Lily Pad shows at the end of July. My total attendance for July at The Lily Pad was 15, so completely stopping them was way better than getting depressed over playing for 2-5 people every week. Drift wasn’t too happy about it, which made me feel bad, but…

I dunno. My shows lately have been either hugely attended or not attended at all. Tuesday I played at Prankster’s at 5 to a large (for me) crowd, then ran over to a wonderful club for my first gig there and played for 3 people, one of which was a host, and another the co-owner. The third person must’ve just felt bad and stayed for me, which was nice of her, but…I’m tired of using the excuse that 6 SLT is real hard, there’s always so many other shows going on. Which is true, but I bet those shows have an audience (and frankly, I’m afraid to look).

Then on top of that, after the show, the co-owner (whose mix of text-speak and typos make her virtually impossible to understand. I hope English isn’t her first language, because if it is…….*yikes*) IM’s me and scolds me for talking about Who’s Song, saying (or trying to) “I don’t have a problem with it, but others get upset when you talk about that.” Well, if you’re the only one that doesn’t have a problem, why have I been doing it for 6 months and you’re the first one to mention it? Eh…it’s too bad, because the place looks like a great place to play.

So, that’s what’s up with me, music wise, anyways

Umm…shows, shows, shows….yes! I do have shows.

Who’s Song has been sporadic at best lately. We were finally going to have another one this week, then that dreaded Real Life came along and forced me to have to work this Sunday. I’m not sure if it’s canceled or not, so check events. It’s still fun without me

Monday, I’m at Sterling Vineyards at 6, Tuesday at The Merry Prankster at 5, and Wednesday at 6 I’m back at The Koffee Klub for Polka Dot Undies night

Thursday at 5 I’m at Orchard Music Park opening up for the lovely and talented Charles Coleman, and let’s hope that next Sunday, all will be well for Who’s Song Is It Anyway, at Crazy Sharks at 11 AM. (All times here are Second Life Time, or Pacific Daylight Time for you non SL’ers.)

I’ll try to update more, but…..ya know

So anyways, as I was saying…

Yes, yes I know. But that Project Open Letter was important enough to leave up for a while (not 2 1/2 months, prolly, but a while).

Anyways…let’s see. I’ve got many shows coming up this week, and I’m gonna post ‘em all too (who knows when I’ll update again?). I took the week of the 4th off to take a lil break, and now I’m missing it, so I’m rarin’ to go

Saturday, I play at Rocky Shores at 2 SLT. I love playing for Ticious, and I need to remember that standing invitation more often

Sunday is Who’s Song Is It Anyway? at Crazy Sharks at 11AM SLT. It’s been a few weeks since all four of us have been able to get together, so I’m gonna guess that we’ll be in very silly mode real quick.

I also have a RFL gig Sunday at 2 SLT. I’ll update with a landmark as soon as I have one.

Monday I’m back at Sterling Vineyards at 6 SLT, for my favorite stage view anywhere in SL.

Tuesday at 5 SLT I’m playing The Commune for an event-to-be-determined, but guaranteed to be fun.

Wednesday I’m at The Lily Pad at 6 SLT. The last time I was there, I DJ’d to an audience of zero for 20 minutes before I gave up. Let’s have a few more than that turn out this time, hmmm?

Thursday, I’m at Orchard Music Park at 5 SLT, and at The Merry Prankster’s Grateful Dead night at 6 SLT.

OK…I’ve done my part, and it’s been a long time since I’ve been heckled (and I know you’re out there, Mr. Heckler/Teacher), so get to it!