Nam got my computer working again, now with two ex…
Nam got my computer working again, now with two extra fans and a new case. It’s not noisier than it was before, but then it’s always been pretty loud. It did shut down and restart on its own this afternoon while I was capturing footage, but hopefully that won’t be a common occurance. Knock on wood.
The Muddy Basin Ramblers are back! We did a gig at our ancestral home of Peshawar on Saturday night and it rocked. No advertising, so the place wasn’t as packed as usual, but it was a full house nonetheless. The owner cautioned us about being too loud, and we only got in a couple of sets, but the stuff we were able to do was good. I was afraid we were rusty after so long a hiatus, but it turns out we were just getting antsy. I got asked a lot about the washtub bass, as usual, and one guy, a real bassist, even tried to play it. It’s hard, though, and I get a kick out of watching other people play the thing. David can, and Dana could when she was here, but everyone else does little more than a general thumping. We didn’t mic it this time, so in order to hear it I was bearing down pretty hard. So hard, in fact, that I wore through half a mic stand and almost a whole ballpoint pen. I’m going to have to get a titanium pic or something for nights like those.
We were halfway through a song when a huge cockroach ran towards me. Without stopping or (hopefully) missing notes, I stomped on it and spent the rest of the song wondering if it was stuck to the bottom of my duck shoes. Turned out it was. Ew.
That’s ok, though, as I’m not a prominent member of the band. Sandman had women calling out that they wanted him to father their babies, underwear is frequently thrown at the likes of Conor and Slim, David is simply too cute for many people, and Thumper, well, Thumper wears sequins, and besides, he’s married. But I stay in the back for the most part and play my tub and the horns without too much attention, so the whole roach thing wasn’t that big a deal.
We stayed until about 2 or 3 before catching cabs back to Bitan, where Sandman and Slim were accosted by a pack of dogs in front of 7-Eleven. Adoring fans, no doubt.
