Thank you all for your kind words, thoughts, prayers, whatever. It means more than you know. 
Updates:
My mom is having surgery today to remove the clot -- it'll be done under a local, so it's not such a big deal. Wouldn't be any concern, except when you're 87, everything becomes a concern....
Piebald (our dog) is back home for now, thoroughly doped out on benadryl as well as some stomach protectants. She'll stay that way until next Wednesday, when she's scheduled to come in for evaluation and (hopefully) surgery to remove the tumor. We won't have any good feel for her prognosis until after the surgery when the tumor is checked out by histopathology. They will grade the tumor and that will best determine the prognosis. Keep your fingers crossed for a grade 1 tumor!
We're playing a little gig tonight at the local public library (this is a brass ensemble for those who missed it), so that should be fun. I'm not sure whether or not we'll rehearse afterwards. I'd normally suspect not, but we might given that we perform again at the local "twilight festival" on 6/8. I guess it will depend on how tonight goes....
Art in the Park is barely a week away now, so I'm starting to sweat about getting everything done in time. I do have 4 full days to work on it, however (Sat-Mon and then next Fri), so hopefully I'll git'er done.
It looks like I get to spend money on new studio lights... The old cheapo Briteks are starting to flake out. I'm going to go with Alien Bees this time. LOL So.... I need your help in selecting the color of lights to get. The choices are: Star White, Deep Space Black, Mello Yello, Alien Green, or Martian Pink. Just to be clear, that's the color of the flash unit, not the color light it produces. LOL
I'm WAAAAAYYYYYY behind in the Afterbirth Top 100 Band listing... so here's a long update:
70 The Yardbirds
69 Blue Oyster Cult
68 The Association
67 Elton John
66 Jimi Hendrix
65 U2
64 Boston
63 Buffalo Springfield
62 Jim Croce
61 The Young Rascals
60 Steely Dan
59 The Box Tops
58 The Coasters
57 Huey Lewis & the News
56 Survivor
55 Journey
54 The Allman Brothers
53 Marvin Gaye
52 The Pretenders
51 Ray Parker, Jr.
50 The Righteous Brothers
49 "Weird Al" Yankovic
48 Foreigner
47 REO Speedwagon
46 Cream/Eric Clapton
45 Nirvana
44 Earth, Wind & Fire
43 Sly & the Family Stone
42 Lynyrd Skynyrd
41 Little River Band
40 Santanna
39 George Thorogood*
38 The Doors
37 The Eurythmics
36 Moody Blues
35 Yes
34 Otis Redding
33 Aretha Franklin
32 The Lovin' Spoonful
31 Credance Clearwater Revival
*more properly, George Thorogood and the DELAWARE Destroyers. He was a "home town boy" from Newark Delaware, where I went to college. You could walk past his place at 2 AM and hear the band practicing. One time, at a local coffee house late at night, he and a couple of the band came in and started playing folk songs on acoustics. My goodness but he is an UGLY man!
Even as I was typing these I was thinking "How did you ever put X above Y????" so don't give me any shit, ok?
Now be honest.... how many of those 40 bands have you NEVER HEARD OF?
Good God, I'm old.
"One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer"
Updates:
My mom is having surgery today to remove the clot -- it'll be done under a local, so it's not such a big deal. Wouldn't be any concern, except when you're 87, everything becomes a concern....
Piebald (our dog) is back home for now, thoroughly doped out on benadryl as well as some stomach protectants. She'll stay that way until next Wednesday, when she's scheduled to come in for evaluation and (hopefully) surgery to remove the tumor. We won't have any good feel for her prognosis until after the surgery when the tumor is checked out by histopathology. They will grade the tumor and that will best determine the prognosis. Keep your fingers crossed for a grade 1 tumor!
We're playing a little gig tonight at the local public library (this is a brass ensemble for those who missed it), so that should be fun. I'm not sure whether or not we'll rehearse afterwards. I'd normally suspect not, but we might given that we perform again at the local "twilight festival" on 6/8. I guess it will depend on how tonight goes....
Art in the Park is barely a week away now, so I'm starting to sweat about getting everything done in time. I do have 4 full days to work on it, however (Sat-Mon and then next Fri), so hopefully I'll git'er done.
It looks like I get to spend money on new studio lights... The old cheapo Briteks are starting to flake out. I'm going to go with Alien Bees this time. LOL So.... I need your help in selecting the color of lights to get. The choices are: Star White, Deep Space Black, Mello Yello, Alien Green, or Martian Pink. Just to be clear, that's the color of the flash unit, not the color light it produces. LOL
I'm WAAAAAYYYYYY behind in the Afterbirth Top 100 Band listing... so here's a long update:
70 The Yardbirds
69 Blue Oyster Cult
68 The Association
67 Elton John
66 Jimi Hendrix
65 U2
64 Boston
63 Buffalo Springfield
62 Jim Croce
61 The Young Rascals
60 Steely Dan
59 The Box Tops
58 The Coasters
57 Huey Lewis & the News
56 Survivor
55 Journey
54 The Allman Brothers
53 Marvin Gaye
52 The Pretenders
51 Ray Parker, Jr.
50 The Righteous Brothers
49 "Weird Al" Yankovic
48 Foreigner
47 REO Speedwagon
46 Cream/Eric Clapton
45 Nirvana
44 Earth, Wind & Fire
43 Sly & the Family Stone
42 Lynyrd Skynyrd
41 Little River Band
40 Santanna
39 George Thorogood*
38 The Doors
37 The Eurythmics
36 Moody Blues
35 Yes
34 Otis Redding
33 Aretha Franklin
32 The Lovin' Spoonful
31 Credance Clearwater Revival
*more properly, George Thorogood and the DELAWARE Destroyers. He was a "home town boy" from Newark Delaware, where I went to college. You could walk past his place at 2 AM and hear the band practicing. One time, at a local coffee house late at night, he and a couple of the band came in and started playing folk songs on acoustics.
My goodness but he is an UGLY man!
Even as I was typing these I was thinking "How did you ever put X above Y????" so don't give me any shit, ok?
Now be honest.... how many of those 40 bands have you NEVER HEARD OF?
Good God, I'm old.
"One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer"
VIEW 14 of 14 COMMENTS
Cool list, I have heard of all, but 4, of the bands.
good luck.
Let me know how everything turns out with your mom! Ohh and of course I choose Pink!!!