The Night Shift

[WildcatOne]

Here's a pic of me and Debby at Magic Island last week...we went to her ex-boss' Christmas dinner there. Lucky me! Life is good! WC1

[Rapid Randy Baker]

Neat looking Couple!!

[pro70z28]

Cool Deal WC

[WildcatOne]

Debby. She'll be there tomorrow night at Bojangles for New Year's Eve with the Pee Wee Bowen Band. It'll be black-eyed peas, cabbage and champagne. Should be a major hoot. I invited David and Vicki Holroyd to bring Debby down ("Down" being NASA Rd 1 at the Galveston Bay Highway)...I'm taking George early, gotta put on a tux...also bringing Sylvester the trombone player...also working a full day tomorrow.

I'm working on soundproofing (it ain't gonna happen no matter what I do) the garage, where Nick practices drums and plays with Blastula. A lady across the street a couple of doors down has called the cops on us a couple of times, at 2 in the afternoon...gotta keep trying. One more call and we get a citation. Yesterday I was whacking a strip of 3M tape that was covering 2 layers of flattened-out cardboard boxes that will stand behind a wall of foam and pillows. I missed, and the rug knife dug into my left hand, in the palm below my thumb. Blood, pain and more blood and pain. It's bandaged. Debby dressed the wound. I should be good to go tomorrow night, but right now it's pretty tender. It was a deep cut, not long but the blade just about buried itself in there. Compliments to Debby...the cut stopped bleeding almost as soon as she got on it.

Getting ready to go to Galveston and visit my folks. Long story there, but Debby baked a platter of Cornish Hens and made a stack of Cranberry Nut Bread to take down...guess I'll kick back and fall asleep watching the Pokes and Skins go at it. My Dad's getting ready to sell the house there (I sure hate to see that happen, but things happen the way the Lord wants them to) and move into an assisted living facility. He and my stepmom are not able to take care of that house and each other anymore. Debby's going to the Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. area for 7 weeks starting next weekend, to help her CPA sister through tax season. I'll miss her, but she'll be back for the Spring Thaw. The band has 7 gigs this month. 1 local, 6 regional, 5 public, 2 private. The private parties pay large coin, the club gigs aren't bad, but we make great money at the private parties. Life is good. WC1

[draglist]

Happy New Year, Cat. You're doing what you're doing and we are enjoying the ride. Kiss Debby for me and have a kick ass time tomorrow night. bp

[Rapid Randy Baker]

WC, sounds like you got it all going on buddy. Have a great New Year like BP said, and stay safe.

[WildcatOne]

We played a great show last night at Bojangles, this band keeps getting better and better...Pee Wee got a letter from the president of the Texas chapter of KKOA (Kustom Kemps of America) telling him they're interested in us playing for some or all of their car shows this year. Their shows are pretty much nationwide, from California to Pennsylvania. The places he listed were Solvane, Ca, Salina, Ks, Gettysburg, Pa, and Dennison, Tx. They have Edd "Kookie" Burns, George Barris, Gene Winfield, Bill Harris, stars from "American Grafitti" and John D'Agostino as guests at these shows. The Texas guy is going to pitch our deal to the main man in California and we'll see what comes out of it...Damn...I wish I didn't have to WORK! I'd just be doing this all the time! However, reality dictates that I must have that weekly paycheck coming in like clockwork or we'd be living in Ludwig...anyway, it was a nice offer. Hopefully we'll be playing for them with no problems on the home front. Here's the KKOA website:
http://www.kustomkempsofamerica.com/
As for Mr. Bojangles, he cut our pay down at the end of the gig last night and Pee Wee was shocked and dismayed...what started out as a big money gig for us ended up being less than an ice house would have payed us, and if the guy doesn't come clean with Pee Wee, we're going to move on from our deal there. I personally can't stand the overbearing and tasteless sound system at that place. I take breaks outside (where it's cold...but quiet). Other than that, we rocked the house and 2008 looks great to me. Cheers, WC1

[Gator]

Sorry about the foreflusher 'Cat.

Happy 2008 !

[Rapid Randy Baker]

Exactly what Gator just said

[draglist]

Glad you had a good show, Cat, but I'm sure Pee Wee won't deal with short payments. bp