Was at the Gym tonight and CNN happened to be on the television and it was all the talk of John McCain's VP choice, Sarah Palin.

As far as women politicians go she is far more beautiful than you could ever hope for. Even i forgot for a moment that a senile rage prone war mongerer was standing beside her. I would call this pick an incredibly wise call... there are a few smart people running the world and they got that one right. She is for drilling for oil in the Alaska wildlife refuge, a completely insane and foolish position to have for the good of the earth... see global warming, if you believe in that... maybe GOD will come down one day and snap his fingers and clean up our mess... but i doubt it. It is a good political point to argue because either side could win given the gross ignorance of human voting populations. And She is inexperienced... the thing that they are trying to label the competition (Barack Obama)thus setting a "back-fire" trap. And you start thinking about that and you remember that you have spent a few minutes thinking about American Politics and you weren't wondering why certain members of the current administration are not in Jail serving multiple life sentences.

My point being you could argue her points and save John McCain from being exposed... after all he is an honourble guy who served his country.... yada yada.


Wasn't i to give a lecture about turning in your Band Bio on schedule?

I guess the bare bones are "just do it"... can i use that or does Nike one that phrase?

Excuses are a cancer to the cure. Probably the best advice would be to go and read the bio's of the success full bands in your genre and plagiarize. I Know that sounds negative but i remember reading a book about "how to write a hit song" and it basically said the same thing. I think the Music industry has it's waves and the idea is to be on your board paddling hard just before it breaks and then ride that fucker!

I didn't do that of course because for some reason it doesn't excite me. I turned in a bio and a one sheet... the bio is for the band and the one sheet is for the CD. I think the key thing is brevity.

What are these sheets of paper with words on them doing for you?

If you can get the CD into the hands of a person who has the power to expose your music to a larger audience (the ultimate goal of an artist... i would say) then the sheet of paper is there to intrigue that person into taking a listen.

That is why turning in a bag winded dog of a bio is pure suicide. If they want to know then they will ask and that is probably only if they listen to, and like your music... in which case the bio did it's job. A few strong points, or a quote to have within easy access so that if your song were to be played on the radio the dj could say "21 Tandem Repeats has been called one of the most important and successful bands in Vancouver and here is their latest hit "Robertson's Dream Orchard".

I owe the Mule a big thanks for being the Mule he is. Mule helps me look like less of an idiot than i am by reading over and "tweaking" things. I guess the real lesson there is "Be a good person and be forthright and honest and work hard and try to treat people right... that way when you need a bit of help it's not a big deal". By the way Mule i heard that A ghost to Kill again is playing next Thurdsay at the plaza... good chance A Ghost to Kill Again (a stellar 5 star band) won't get around to telling anybody.

so... Pick your day and get your bio's photographs, album cover JPegs in order. And what ever you do make sure your CD's will be pressed on time... you never know what will happen.