So, this past Friday night, we were hangin’ out in this cool little local bar in Scranton, near The Hardware Bar where we performing in that night. We often head over to this joint, when we’re in the area, to kill time between sound-check and the first set. On this particular evening, as we were laughing and carrying-on with our bartender-buddy at the end of the bar, a stereo speaker falls from the highest shelf above. It just misses the bartender, hits the bar, bounces up, hits me just above my left eye, and lands back on the bar (and my thumb)…spilling more beer in it’s wake than a short, saxophone-playing, rapper/singer (who will remain nameless) trying to navigate his way around a stage after misplacing his glasses (…again). John thinks it happened because I poke fun at Jesus and religion – I, on the other hand, think it happened because the speaker was probably not attached properly…I also think John is an idiot :o) Besides, if God was going to smite someone, it would most certainly be Dave – after all, if there is a God, he/she may or may not have a sense of humor…but he/she definitely doesn’t like Jerks.
I will say this though…it is curious how often bad things seem to happen when we play up in the North Eastern PA area. For instance, every time we play The Hardware Bar on the same night as a Phillies game…the Phillies lose. Not sometimes, not most times…ALL the time. And when the leaf-spring on our trailer broke…we were coming home from Wilkes Barre. Are these all coincidences? Probably…but it is weird – not quite as weird as a tall, ghostly-white bass player (who will remain nameless) who has a closer relationship with his bass than any single human being in his entire life…but still weird. I dunno, there wasn’t much point to any of this (much like playing Angry Birds…or trying to figure out why Kim Kardashian is famous)…it was just on my mind.
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