Explorers Log Day II 4-29-09
Our troops are disheartened by the loss of Kathy and Lyn; however we did get word from our West Coast troops late last night. Their search proved unfruitful as well and they plan on joining on our search this morning in the early hours.
This morning, the fearless leader was the first to hear the calls of the phone, not once, but three times. Our worries yesterday were unfounded, the phone sickness was not so much a sickness, but our own delirium induced our unsuccessful searches.
Still no word on Kathy or Lyn and our troops are starting to wonder if leaving them behind was the best method considering it was our insanity and not theirs that left them for dead. Alright, maybe not dead, we left them for crazy.
Finding cases today seems to be easier, although the elusive phone calls are still hiding. It appears, the larger the group the more mysterious the phone calls are. I wonder if our expedition would be better if we broke off into small groups.
After poising the question to the troops, we decide to split into smaller parties. Luckily both Lyn and Kathy have found their way back to the group. We’re still not sure how they made it back as we tried to lose them late yesterday afternoon, but the hunger of finding a phone call seems to have brought them back to us.
Each split party split into separate groups. I aptly named them Empower, Tech and Business. The Tech pod was kept as a fairly large group still to keep the other two search parties to a very low number.
Our early morning search proved uneventful, however the afternoon proved successful for the Business Group and the larger Tech Group. The Empower Group didn’t have a lot of luck locating the phone calls even though they were a small group.
Thankfully our luck was better than yesterday. With tomorrow being the weekend, I think that we shall reconvene on Monday to continue our search.
You fearless leader
5.29.2009
5.28.2009
Explorers log 4-28-09 3:25pm
Explorers log 4-28-09 3:25pm
It’s an over cast day here on the east coast. It's unseasonably cool, but the hunting is just right. The troops are bright with anticipation...
Today we are tracking the elusive phone call. If we sit very still and listen very quietly, we may be able to catch one in it's rarest of form. Be careful of the shrill sound it makes... It may scare you into hitting your ear and saying "Hello!"
Oh no! We are down an explorer. It appears that Kathy has heard the rare sound of the phone bird. Sadly, they are poisonous and she seems to have been caught in the trap. You can hear her crying out from the tell-tale warning signs, "How can I help you?" and "What seems to be the problem?".
While in hot pursuit, another phone rings, but who's? Oh no! It's the fearless leader. Her sickness begins, "Customer support, how can I help you?" Her strong will takes over, "Hello are you there?" A brief moment of silence before she regains her full strength. "I'm sorry I can't hear you, please call back." Her struggle was brief, but she overcame the sickness. Unless it decides to come back again. Let’s hope not.
We continue our search for the cousin to the phone call; the email and a far distant cousin, the "case". In our prior journeys we’ve found that "cases" tend to be a sickness that builds up fast and lingers for a while. However today, everything is eerily silent, a calm before the storm if you will.
Suddenly a buzzing is heard. We quickly turn around. We hear "Lovely" , before Ben was able to fend off the phone sickness. His recovery was quick, but not withstanding. Sadly, appears that Ben may suffer all day with sporadic re-occurring fights with the phone sickness.
Off in the distance we hear Lyn besieged, "Let me hop over and take control." The poor girl is delirious. Her laughter fades in the distance as we try and forage on. We contemplate what the future holds for her. We pay our respects by leaving gray yarn, knitting needles, plastic eggs and cat nip. May the knitting be with you Lyn.
Well, adventurers, we did manage to find a couple of phone calls today, even if the cases seemed to elude us with every step. The casualties are at 50% today with the loss of Kathy and Lyn.
Perhaps our search will do better tomorrow for that ever elusive phone call and perhaps we will hear from our search party in the west as we have not heard word from them in days now…
Your fearless leader
5.14.2009
5.10.2009
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-MetalRose
5.08.2009
Volbeat again
-MetalRose
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Joey Sky with the bass player of Volbeat.
This was a test as I'm trying the mobile blogging thing. Looks like more to come!
-MetalRose
5.04.2009
Bringing the house down
On Friday night, my son and I went to the Webster Theater (gag) in Hartford to see Nightwish and Volbeat.
I've never been a big fan of Nightwish. Musically they are great, but I didn't like Tarja's voice and although Annette's is slightly better, she's still not great. And the down side to her... I don't know if the band took away her mirror or what, but she looks really really rough. Her extensions were horrible and her roots were showing big time.
Regardless, enough of the personal attacks.
Joey Sky and I arrived at the venue at about 8:00, give or take. Kim called me and let me know that parking was a bear. Normally I park on the other side of the parking lot on the street. It took us about 20 minutes just to find a spot. The line was wrapped around the venue and I ended up parking about 3 blocks away.
On the way into the venue it started to sprinkle and Kim was already inside with our tickets. Since Joey Sky and I didn't get a chance to stop for dinner as I promised, we were in line to get a quick bite at the venue. As we were in line, Kim tapped my back. I asked if we'd missed Volbeat and she said, "no, their stuff didn't arrive though..."
Knowing it was the first night of the tour, I freaked thinking their gear didn't arrive and they wouldn't be playing. Turns out it was their merch that didn't turn up. Right at 8:30 we heard the crowd start getting a little roudy. Joey Sky and I walked into the venue and found a good place right on the stairs. He stood on the top one so he could see above everyone's heads. I stood one stair down so I could see as well.
I don't recall the order of their songs, but they played: The Gardens Tale, Sad Man's Tounge, River Queen, Radio Girl, Soul Sweeper , We, I only Wanna Be with you, You or Them, A momnet forever and The Human Instrument. I was sad they didn't play Caroline Leaving. That was the one song I wanted to hear. *Disclaimer, I may be missing a song or two, but I was in such a state of eurphoria I'm surprised I even remembered one song.
It's been a while since I've seen a singer have such fun with the crowd. And every time I turned around Joey Sky had a huge smile on his face. It's been a long time since I've see him have that much fun at a concert.
After the last song, the crew at the Webster tore down Volbeats gear so fast. Even though the crowd was chanting their name, there was no way they'd be able to come back on and play. The speakers and amps were off the stage even before the singer said "Thank you Goodnight!"
Since their merch wasn't there I didn't think they'd be at the merch counter, but I had hoped to get a chance to talk to the band.
The change over from Volbeat to Nightwish was unreal. Even though all the gear was changed over, all the instruments were tuned, they didn't come onstage until almost 10pm. A good 30 minutes later. Now I understand there are only 2 bands and they want to fill time, but that was not the way to do it. The crowd chanted NIGHTWISH at least 4 times, and there were several false starts....
When they finally came on, they came on with an instrumental piece. While it was pretty, my patience was wearing thin. I really like the music of Nightwish, but never have been into the vocals. I wanted to give it a shot live to see if there was a difference. After Annette came out looking like she just walked off the street corner, we listened to about half a song and then decided to take off.
On my way out the door, I noticed Volbeat's guitar player by the bus chatting with some people. I nudged Joey Sky and said, "Guitarist" and we went over to talk to him. After a few minutes, the drummer came out, then the vocalist. Joey got an autograph from all the memebers of the band, but was itching to talk to the bass player. When Michael the singer asked him why, Joey said, "I'm a bass player and I want to ask him some questions."
Michael asked how old he was, Joey Sky said, "Ten." Micheal then said, "If you work really hard, when we come back, and in 5 years, we'll call you up to play on stage with us. How does that sound?" He then handed him a guitar pick and said, "Take that as our word." Joey Sky's jaw hit the ground, we then went and talked with the bass player and he confirmed the same thing. Practice hard and come play on stage with us. I think his poor little fingers were bleeding yesterday....
I spent a good deal of time chatting with the vocalist and the bassist. The bassist had us all in stitches. He was re-telling a story about their tour manager and the airport. Since the tour manager is from Puerto Rico, he's got darker skin. He said that everytime the tour manager would sneeze they would all point and yell "PIG FLU" and run away.
While he was telling this story, Joey Sky and some girl were in front of the tour bus on the side walk singing Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast and reciting Spaceballs.
At the end of the night I did invite Volbeat to hang at my house that night or the next time they were in town. I gave my phone number to the bass player and we headed home.
The next morning I spoke with my mom about Joey Sky playing with Volbeat in a few years. She pointed out, "For all the people you know, you can set this up anytime." While I agreed with her, I think it means so much more for a band to reach out to a fan and invite him on. Even though I'm a rock and roll mom, how cool would it be for him to say, "Dude I'm playing with Volbeat... yeah my mom set it up." Having your mom set up gigs for you is so not rock and roll.
-MetalRose
I've never been a big fan of Nightwish. Musically they are great, but I didn't like Tarja's voice and although Annette's is slightly better, she's still not great. And the down side to her... I don't know if the band took away her mirror or what, but she looks really really rough. Her extensions were horrible and her roots were showing big time.
Regardless, enough of the personal attacks.
Joey Sky and I arrived at the venue at about 8:00, give or take. Kim called me and let me know that parking was a bear. Normally I park on the other side of the parking lot on the street. It took us about 20 minutes just to find a spot. The line was wrapped around the venue and I ended up parking about 3 blocks away.
On the way into the venue it started to sprinkle and Kim was already inside with our tickets. Since Joey Sky and I didn't get a chance to stop for dinner as I promised, we were in line to get a quick bite at the venue. As we were in line, Kim tapped my back. I asked if we'd missed Volbeat and she said, "no, their stuff didn't arrive though..."
Knowing it was the first night of the tour, I freaked thinking their gear didn't arrive and they wouldn't be playing. Turns out it was their merch that didn't turn up. Right at 8:30 we heard the crowd start getting a little roudy. Joey Sky and I walked into the venue and found a good place right on the stairs. He stood on the top one so he could see above everyone's heads. I stood one stair down so I could see as well.
I don't recall the order of their songs, but they played: The Gardens Tale, Sad Man's Tounge, River Queen, Radio Girl, Soul Sweeper , We, I only Wanna Be with you, You or Them, A momnet forever and The Human Instrument. I was sad they didn't play Caroline Leaving. That was the one song I wanted to hear. *Disclaimer, I may be missing a song or two, but I was in such a state of eurphoria I'm surprised I even remembered one song.
It's been a while since I've seen a singer have such fun with the crowd. And every time I turned around Joey Sky had a huge smile on his face. It's been a long time since I've see him have that much fun at a concert.
After the last song, the crew at the Webster tore down Volbeats gear so fast. Even though the crowd was chanting their name, there was no way they'd be able to come back on and play. The speakers and amps were off the stage even before the singer said "Thank you Goodnight!"
Since their merch wasn't there I didn't think they'd be at the merch counter, but I had hoped to get a chance to talk to the band.
The change over from Volbeat to Nightwish was unreal. Even though all the gear was changed over, all the instruments were tuned, they didn't come onstage until almost 10pm. A good 30 minutes later. Now I understand there are only 2 bands and they want to fill time, but that was not the way to do it. The crowd chanted NIGHTWISH at least 4 times, and there were several false starts....
When they finally came on, they came on with an instrumental piece. While it was pretty, my patience was wearing thin. I really like the music of Nightwish, but never have been into the vocals. I wanted to give it a shot live to see if there was a difference. After Annette came out looking like she just walked off the street corner, we listened to about half a song and then decided to take off.
On my way out the door, I noticed Volbeat's guitar player by the bus chatting with some people. I nudged Joey Sky and said, "Guitarist" and we went over to talk to him. After a few minutes, the drummer came out, then the vocalist. Joey got an autograph from all the memebers of the band, but was itching to talk to the bass player. When Michael the singer asked him why, Joey said, "I'm a bass player and I want to ask him some questions."
Michael asked how old he was, Joey Sky said, "Ten." Micheal then said, "If you work really hard, when we come back, and in 5 years, we'll call you up to play on stage with us. How does that sound?" He then handed him a guitar pick and said, "Take that as our word." Joey Sky's jaw hit the ground, we then went and talked with the bass player and he confirmed the same thing. Practice hard and come play on stage with us. I think his poor little fingers were bleeding yesterday....
I spent a good deal of time chatting with the vocalist and the bassist. The bassist had us all in stitches. He was re-telling a story about their tour manager and the airport. Since the tour manager is from Puerto Rico, he's got darker skin. He said that everytime the tour manager would sneeze they would all point and yell "PIG FLU" and run away.
While he was telling this story, Joey Sky and some girl were in front of the tour bus on the side walk singing Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast and reciting Spaceballs.
At the end of the night I did invite Volbeat to hang at my house that night or the next time they were in town. I gave my phone number to the bass player and we headed home.
The next morning I spoke with my mom about Joey Sky playing with Volbeat in a few years. She pointed out, "For all the people you know, you can set this up anytime." While I agreed with her, I think it means so much more for a band to reach out to a fan and invite him on. Even though I'm a rock and roll mom, how cool would it be for him to say, "Dude I'm playing with Volbeat... yeah my mom set it up." Having your mom set up gigs for you is so not rock and roll.
-MetalRose
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