and NOW there's feedback

     
          SUNDAY 1/12/2020 7:16 PM--Butch (!) weighed in with a list of comments regarding Friday's FHB gig...He knows we didn't bring our "A" game, but he thinks we brought our "B" game...*I* think we brought a "C" game at best--a 7 on a scale of 10, maybe...Silly me, I actually thought Barnaby would apologize for his performance on SOMETHING, but he hasn't yet, as far as I know...and Butch...wow...maybe HE gets really nervous, like me...I'm pretty sure he drinks more alcohol than me, cause I never touch the stuff...
       The Combustibles practice was pretty bad in MY opinion...I think I can guarantee that Stephen (our temp Bass player--this week) is not telling any of his friends that he's playing with the Combustibles...and I don't blame him...or he's telling them "Hey, you should hear the crummy band I'M sitting in with..." That's possible, if not likely...
MONDAY 1/13/2020 5:07 PM--as far as I know I'm practicing with Ken and Lisa tomorrow...dunno when I'll be back home, hopefully by four o'clock or so...dunno if  the ACME Band Co. is gonna rehearse before our gig on the 17th at Leisure World...I don't think it would make any difference if we did...
11:46 PM--I got the gig set list from Dave...I had to manually create a Word document outta the spreadsheet that Dave sent me...but I need to focus on what Ken and Luisa are cooking up...
 1/14/2020 7:31AM--I'm not even 100% sure I wanna be in the Reverbs again...it's a good thing that none of the other bands I'm in are all that busy...I enjoy playing oldies in small doses; I wouldn't want the Reverbs to work more than twice a month, if that...and I can always use the money...
8PM-The Reverbs’  rehearsal went well enough…Ken has an almost identical keyboard to what I have...In other news, I just now found out that the January 10th gig that the ACME Band Co. had didn’t happen because the venue was double booked…so I didn't miss a gig after all...as for this coming Friday, I found out that ACME will be using a substitute drummer Friday night at Leisure World... From what little I saw on YouTube he might just happen to be in some ways a better drummer than Mike – which is to say he’s not afraid to hit ‘em...
       I suspect it’s going to be an interesting gig…I've gotta get on with practicing my keyboard parts...hoping to work on that at least a little tomorrow and a bunch on Thursday and Friday...I'll only go out Thursday night IF the roomie goes out...
WEDNESDAY 1/15/2020 5:35--actually, I'll be in Rockville tomorrow night, so I'll probably go out somewhere, probably the OTWC...Tish and Johnny V are scheduled to host...not gonna bring any of my stuff...if somebody wants me to play, it will be on borrowed gear...OR I can come back to Gburg have Dinner at Wendy's and go to Pete's open mic at the Grape Escape...after which I might be taking care of Dianne's trash...if nothing else, Pete's open mic will be easier on my ears and won't wear me out physically...at my age, that's important...
   11:51 AM--so I went to Pritchard to get the cables...spent $45 bucks...THAT was unexpected...Joe's  Daughter is pretty...I'm sure she thinks I'm a psycho...she might be right...because of the Pritchard purchases,  I might not be able to use the house sitting money to pay down my credit card account...but that's OK--kinda...