It's nice that at a time when Jess
and I can't really do anything for each other's
birthday - it can still be memorable. She ate ostrich.
I swear, only in LA at a 50's Diner, can you get an
ostrich burger. Here's the receipt
for proof. Funny...a little hole-in-the wall diner out
here will still run you $25 with a tip.
A cheeseburger and fries. (sigh) And to show how
ASS backwards this city is - OSTRICH is only
50 cents more than a regular burger. Anyway, the
ostrich was basically like any game - just a bit
stronger than ground beef. Tasted like deer to me.
Well, it looks like we'll have
some new readers from this point on. Let me welcome
all the columbusmusic.com
readers to the site. The site wrote a nice little
paragraph on my site and my adventure out here -
providing a link to me. Hard to believe I'm nearing
5000 hits already when 4000 was just a month ago. The
site also asked me to write a weekly column about
"making it" in LA. Sounds cool, but I'm a bit unsure
as how to differentiate it from my entries. I'd
obviously take some of the personal stuff out...then
again...that's the fun stuff. That's really the point
of all this. I'd read so many "making it" type
articles that just tell you to be determined or
aggressive...but it never helped because you could
barely relate. You can relate to the journey section.
Anyway, I'm waiting for word back from the webmaster
on how the column should be written. So to you new
readers, I would suggest if you have a broadband
connection that you run through everything from the
beginning. It'll provide a funny couple of hours to
you. Also, drop me your email address and I'll provide
you a link every time I update stuff. There's quite a
bit in the works lately.
And if you could, fellow
supporters, download some of my selections at
columbusmusic.com?
I'm at #5 most downloaded. It would be nifty to pass
up a few guys.
Speaking of support...I just
realized that it's the end of August and people
haven't been voting in the second round of the
Hollywood Screentest Contest for the MTV Commercial.
Probably because I haven't mentioned it. It's all so
screwy....I promise by next week I will tell you
exactly what you need to do so I can win. It sure
would be cool to be on MTV, even if it's just an
ad.
Well, with HST helping me upgrade
my motherboard (very cool of them), I chipped in
the rest to buy a new computer. I can strip my current
computer and put together a slightly faster one, and
let Jess have the stripped one for all her stuff.
She's getting into mystery shopping out here.
Companies basically hire you to go to their
store/restaurant/whatever and rate everything. They
reimburse you and usually throw you a couple bucks.
Very cool. So anyway, hopefully this solves my
computer problems. I bought the computer online for
$100 cheaper than anywhere else - I'm telling you the
internet is going to undercutthe "brick and mortars"
if they don't watch out. Unfortunately I need to put
my current video editing on HOLD until I can get
the new computer and transfer everything. So I'm
STILL not making any money which sucks...but to
tell you the truth - I've really enjoyed having a few
days off. For the first time out here I've been able
to relax. The money situation is actually much worse
now, as debt enters the picture, but I'm dealing with
it better I guess. Bottom line is...something ALWAYS
happens. I take a quick overview of my life, and every
single bad situation I've had, works itself out to
become better than before. Stronger
Than Before...heh heh. So I
guess I have a bit more faith. And I REALLY think
I'm gonna win SOME place in the Howard Stern contest.
LOL. Oh yeah...
Had a show last night - it was
awesome! May have a casino contact out of
it:
Friday,
August 25th, 2000 - 8-10
PM
LULU'S BEEHIVE
7
THE PERFORMANCE
& REACTION
SET
1:
HARRY
- LOVE - RHYTHM -
BREAD
SET
2:
LIFE
- PARODY 2 -
SLIDE
Well
I had to play early once again
because there's comedy afterwards. No
biggie, I understood that coming in. The
first hour is still rather stupid
though...but one guy seemed to like it.
The second hour freakin'
ROCKED though. I look up and all
the tables are filled and people are
LAUGHING at "Day in the Life" - like
almost too hard. It was hard for me to not
laugh during the show. It had been so long
since I actually had an audience...it
was really nice. What started as a dreaded
night, and me wondering why I'm even still
doing this, turned into an envigorating in
which afterwards I'm ready for a second
PUSH for shows in LA. I guess I just
forget how cool 4tvs is sometimes. When
you gig once a month,
SOOO MUCH happens in between
shows. When you see people's reactions to
it for the first time it really gets
exciting. I am now ready to burn one DVD
disc with all the sets. For probably $100,
and another $119 for the player, I improve
my show so much, it's incredible. No
tape...instant access to every song and
set...whew...the show would FLY. But how
do you justify ANY $$$ on something that
hasn't brought in money since
December?
After
the show a guy gave me his card from a
casino that he runs near palm springs.
Could be a nice gig for me. Overall
everyone was soooo receptive. Old people
walked in during "Washin' Up The Genitals"
and they even laughed. It was very strange
there for a second.
So
it was a good show, and the next 3 shows
there will hopefully be later in the
evening. I'll look into the DVD thing and
hopefully it can be pulled off for
relatively cheap.
So 4tvs
lives on for now...
Oh and by the way, I'm a
moron...LOL. So I'm in Columbus and I wanted to show
somebody the site. Show them all the clips of the 4tvs
sets. I realize that in the transition of the site
(7.5.00), I forgot to put ANY links to the
SETS section. LOL. A HUGE section with tons of
movies and info, and it's completely unattainable. So
then I go to link back up to it and I see it's still
in the wrong color scheme with those ugly ass
logos...so I had to redo everything. So I
introduce a brand new section of fun: THE SETS
Ahh, and I must mention the
Nintendo Gamecube being unveiled. Though it won't be
released for another 14 months here in the US, I still
felt all giddy seeing the first pictures of it and the
movies of the future games and such. It's funny, I'll
be 26 when this thing is out, and it all feels exactly
like it did when I was 12. I think I'll
always want to play the next Mario and Zelda game, and
relive those feelings of being a kid. It must be a
generational thing because my dad thinks I'm nuts. He
sees absolutely no reason to sit in front of a tv for
4 hours (very modest estimate) and try to find that
87th star on level 13 in Mario 64. I on the other hand
felt my heart RACE when I heard the system was
announced just to see pictures of what I pray
I can afford in a little over a year. I know
the PS2 is coming out soon, and the X-Box has specs
that blow the Gamecube away...but no one designs games
better than nintendo. It sucks too, because as a
company they BLOW. They're constantly delayed, they
don't understand the US market for shit, they insist
on making BAD hardware decisions (freaking 1.5
gig DVD mini-disc?)...but their in-house
games are unmatchable. They make everything else look
generic. Check out igncube.com
for all the cool specs and movies if you
care...
Well, I was going to
announce it on this entry, but I'll make
you wait until next time. I've been
spending all my free time putting
something together that's just gonna
FREAKIN' ROCK. AHHHH I want to tell
everyone so BAD. Fans of the WTVN Late
Show will freakin' LOVE me, and a few
of the CD101ers should remember this as
well. Anyway, it'll give you something to
look forward to for entry #70.
The
video is just a
hint...