Reunionizing

Not too much exciting things happening this week other than making Capone very grumpy by hanging out with Pilot on Wednesday night who was in town for work. We had some supper at Cactus Jacks Club (delicious) and then headed over to the Blackrose Whiskey Club. It's a nice little place. Unfortunately there were only four people to play some music, two of which were setting it up. Oh well. I still got to see Pilot play some sick riffs. He nailed it!

"But, Navigator!" I hear you saying, "What did you guys talk about the rest of the time?" Well, lucky for you, I recorded the whole meeting and have created a transcript.

Pilot: Hello.

Navigator: Hello.

P: You? Family? Dogs?

N: OK. Belligerent. Good. Yours?

P: Fine. Incapacitated. Reckless.

N: Noted.

P: Indeed.

N: I have enjoyed this discussion.

P: As have I. Till next time.

N: Indeed.

- End Scene -

Every time I listen back it sends shivers down my spine. We had so much fun!

But, joking aside, it was fun. As much as I like to stay home, it is nice to get out of the house once in awhile. The last time I went out for an evening and the wife stayed home was when Pilot came to town for CLUTCH.

The open mic itself was a little underwhelming with how many people played. In the end though they were all good enough to listen to and have reminded me that I need to play my guitar more. I pick it up about once a week and walk around with it but I should do it more. I enjoy it and maybe I could learn a thing or two. And practice barr chords more. I fucking hate those things! They are the main reason why I never play an F chord. I just find it difficult to position my index finger properly.

I'm not saying I'd end up playing an open mic. I'm perfectly happy staying out of the limelight, I just pluck around for my own enjoyment. I could stand to know more theory and proper chords though. I think part of the reason I probably don't play as much as I used to is that I've stagnated a bit. I haven't learnt anything new in a long time and my skill level is at a point where I'm decent but can't play along to most of the music I listen to. I can't remember the last time I learnt an entire song instead of just a cool riff I heard.

I'd love to get into some more electronic stuff like NIN but there are two problems with that. A: I don't have a computer good enough for it and B: I am too lazy to learn how to do it all. I will absolutely sit down once, not be good enough and walk away. I've done it twice before.

Stupid needing to practice to be good at stuff.

While I'm not the best guitar player around, I am good enough to figure stuff out and learn more chords and improve myself while still playing some decent stuff already so that doesn't happen. And I know I get better with practice as I have been there before. When I played with The Criminal Kid I was the best I've ever been at guitar because I practiced those riffs all the time.

Hmmmmm......maybe I should buy a new guitar......