My adventures since October/2001, when I left Diadema/SP. After nearly 6 years in Germany I moved to the area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Divirta-se ! Have fun !
Eu Palhaço
O Remmelento Humano
Mariluca
Tierra Kanatas
Ezkía y Carlos (panita/hdcp2605)
Fernando Lui e banda
Palavreiros
TO GIG OR NOT TO GIG
I might play a gig this Friday. It depends. The Phillies (local baseball team) is playing a series of 7 games against the Los Angeles Dogers. Right now the Phillies are leading 3 to 1. If they win tomorrow they are champions. If they lose, the series goes on and the bar will show the game and there will not be music. Therefore, as everybody here says:
GO PHILLIES !
I saw the Stone Temple Pilots a couple of days ago. It was a great concert, amazing songs, one of the bands I wanted to see the most for the last 15 years. Next month another 90's big name is in town: The Cranberries. I already have my ticket ! Echo and the Bunnymen will be here too, i plan to go as well. Pearl Jam is playing next week 4 nights in a row, closing the Wachovia Spectrum, but it is unlikely that i'll go due to the abusive ticket prices.
The Friday "gig" is with the psychedelic band Fluorescent Mantis (please stop laughing). The jam band, called Tidewater Station, is still looking for a bass player. Anyone willing to apply ? I just turned down an audition for a Neil Young tribute band. I have too much on my plate.
And talking about plate, mine will be quite full in december cause i have 3 weddings to go, including my sister. On top of that, there is christmas and new years eve. I have already started a diet !!!!
WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS
The highlights from the last couple of days:
- camped over the weekend on the Delaware’s shore. We saw dolphins on the beach. Very cool.
- spent 4 days down in Virginia Beach to enjoy the last summer days
- spent last week in Chicago on a business trip. I took the opportunity to revisit one of the blues clubs I had been to in the 2006 backpacking trip. Awesome !
- working today on weekend support. Life sucks sometimes.
- the good side is, next week I am going to Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon. Stay tuned !
- another good news is, I auditioned for a jam/jazz/rock/blues band and passed !!! incredible !! after 18 years playing this fuckin’ instrument finally folks are telling me that I am good ! well, let’s see what happens next
- my laptop is broken. Shit !!
HARD TIMES
I saw Creed last week. Very nice. Simple but very effective songs. This Thursday Blink 182 and Weezer are in town.
The recession seems endless. No jobs, no money, no ideas. Doors closed. This is the new America. Not the one I chose to move to.
Hopeless time
All dreams have been shattered
All hope is gone
All doors have been closed
And we are all alone
We went underground
Now we hide in caves
And wait for the moment
To rise and shout again
We gotta learn to live
In these hopeless times
Left with no purpose
We creep through the night
waiting for a miracle
To bring us back to life
It’s so sad to think about the end
I feel so sad when I think about the end
We have been denied everything
Even a chance to fail
THE AMERICAN MENTALITY
"Freedom is messy. In free societies, people will fall through the cracks — drink too much, eat too much, buy unaffordable homes, fail to make prudent provision for health care, and much else. But the price of being relieved of all those tiresome choices by a benign paternal government is far too high."
Read the full article here.
HI
we went to the water park. well it was fun indeed, but there are some drawbacks. first they charge you 15 for parking, then 35 to get in, then 12 for a locker... inside you have to rent a tube if you want to ride a creek around the park. and food ?... 15 bucks a hamburger. you do the math. the other problem is something common in amusement parks: lines. fortunately we got in early and made a few rides without any problem. however in the afternoon it was horrible. no way standing 15 minutes in line to ride 30 seconds ! come on.
there was a wave pool too, the best option to chill out. but... they stop the fun for 15 minutes every hour. everybody must leave the pool. don't ask me why.
there was an attempt to have another barbeque last weekend but the weather did not collaborate. i found out that beer is allowed in the delaware state parks. delaware is a small state south of pennsylvania. the closest park is a 30min drive from home.
when you buy beer they scan your id. your precise age - years, months and days - appear on the computer screen. buying beer here is almost like buying marijuana in a "normal" country. the beer stores look creepy and are always hidden somewhere, on the back of a building or so. if you like beer, this is not the place you want to be.
SUMMER OF 2009
The highlights:
- I saw sonic youth 3 weeks ago in Philly. What a trippy concert ! in their songs, you never know what comes next. They are a unique band.
- A few days earlier I saw the Lemonheads in a small pub. A band that brings me back memories from the 90’s.
- Creed is coming here next month, I wanna see them too.
- When I posted for the last time I was in Cleveland. Guess what ? I am going there in one month again, in another boring and senseless business tip. May God help me.
- I joined a psychedelic rock project with 2 other guys in Philly. The bass player had these songs and he is reforming the band. He is kinda picky and has a very specific concept for the band in his mind. Let’s see if it works…
- I finally got around to post clips from the historic jam. Listen to the first 3 clips here:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=92395
- The brazilian mafia finally organized a barbecue a couple of weeks ago. Held in a state park, alcohol consumption was forbidden. I think the last time I have been to a barbecue where I did not drink any beer I was 13 or something.
- It has not been a cold summer like in my german days, but also not a hot one. This weekend is promising, temperatures will rise up to 30C again and we might go to a water park in New Jersey.
Below a picture from the vacations in the Bahamas. Before you ask: yes, it was a real dolphin !
