Stinkin' Thinkin'

Once again it seems that my thoughts are starting to back up in my head, so I need to unload them onto paper. Well, in this case, convert them into 1s and 0s.

1st things 1st, I would like to thank each and every one of you that made it out to the last Insatiable Stallion Brothers show at the One Star Ranch Sunday night. (Krista, Skelly, Brandi, Brandi's kids, Yoga-D, Metal Jenn, UndieT, Joey, Ashlee, Sean, Skip & Tyson...Thanks).

It was a fun and interesting gig. We were set up in the parking lot which was a bit strange. And even though the sound people were having a time with the sound, All my peeps said that the sound was incredible. I had a great mix in my ears, but I was only using one ear with vocals, horns and my bass. everything else was coming ala natural through my right (human) ear. Once again a lot of good locking in with Larue. That guy is an incredible drummer. In my 25 or so years of playing bass at gigs I have been blessed with grooving with some really fantastic drummers and Larue is certainly one of them.

We ended the gig early it seemed, but I think that was because it was getting dark and there were no lights in the parking lot for tearing down. HA!!! The food there was pretty good. On the break, I was admiring Yoga-Doc's Brontosaurus Rib. That thing was huge. Once I figured out that the rest of the band was ordering food, I went ahead and ordered mine. I got the pork plate. No rib tonight. The Q was good, but unfortunately we had to go back up almost as soon as I got mine, so I got Krista to box it up for me whilst I tended to the bass playing matters. In the end I had to eat it cold and because I was the last one to order, the rest of the band had used up the tab for free food... I ended up having to pay for my food.

Oh well. (For more on the Stallions, various members will probably be posting blogs on our band myspace page in the near future.) http:myspace.com/theinsatiablestallionbrothers.

ok, next thing.....For those of you that have had the pleasure of meeting my 40 pound pet rat, Roxanne, she is a year old this month. That's right my puppy is becoming a dog. I think she will always be my puppy though. I don't know her exact birthday. ON paper we are saying May 6th, but I think we are going to celebrate it on May 17th. Why may 17th? Petapalooza at the Town Center Park. Should be fun.

While I'm on the Roxanne subject. She has gotten in the habit of eating her toys. Yep, anything that can be chewed up is getting chewed up and swallowed. strands of her plush toys are showing up in her poop. Any suggestions for good HARD RUBBER toys are now welcome. Thanks.

ON a good note, somehow, without the aid of the CPAP machine (which bites ass by the way). I only woke once in the middle of the night that I know of. Today I feel more rested than I have in a very long time. No yawning and no nearly falling asleep at my desk. Maybe why I am finally catching up with some blogging. Sleep Apnea update: The CPAP works, if I can just leave it on my head through the whole night. I take it off in my sleep. It's not so comfortable. It looks like I am going to opt for the surgery. Basically it's out-patient, it will hurt to swallow for about 10 days, and I will have tubes in my nose for the first three allowing me to breath through that very same nose. FUN!!!!

Rock Mafia:I am thinking about getting bowling shirts made up with the Rock Mafia logo on the back and out names on the front. And I'm not just talking about the band.....I am talking about the regulars, the ones that sing the ones that just watch and drink from buckets, anybody that wants one. Well, you have to pay for your shirt but I was thinking about finding a custom bowling shirt company and getting these made for anyone that wants one. The back would be our logo, your name in the front over the breast pocket. I will be posting another blog with more info about this later, but in the meantime if you are interested, please comment or send me a message. the more idea of how many we would buy, the better idea I can get of a price. Also, if any of you avid bowlers know of a good place to get this done, please let me know.

Ok, now that I have written a novella, I better get back to work. Still need to update some projector prices, print some RM setlists and add a couple of playlists to my iPod.

Till next time,

OJJ

Richard Edward Arnold

When I was just a wee lad (Then they called me Tangerine Julius), I remember having a stack of record LP's (vinyl for those born in the 80s) that my dad let me play on his old record player pretty much when I wanted to. One of those was an album called Cattle Calls. It had a song on it called Cattle Call that I used to love to play and sing along with.

The artist was Eddy Arnold. During his career Eddy had 145 charted songs, 28 of them reaching number one. Second only to George Jones.

Other than Cattle Call, I remember other hits of his....... Just Call Me Lonesome, The You Can Tell Me Goodbye, and probably his biggest hit, Make The World Go Away. That song made him an international star. Of course all that happened before I was even born, but I dug it just the same.

Early in his career, Eddy was managed by Col. Tom Parker, who as most of you know, would go on to manage the King.

I write this today because I just heard on the radio that Eddy Passed away this morning. He was 90 years old. Not bad. RIP Mr. Arnold.

And for those of you that just don't know me and are going, "OJ? Country?" You g**damn right! As a good friend of mine once said, "Every style of music has its own version of a groove. You just got to open yours and find. once it makes you tap your foot, your hooked."

later,

OJJ