Valentine's Day dinner/dance @ KofC[not KFC]last night, night after Valentine's dance party at snowbird retirement community tonight in PSL. Sunday-unknown.
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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I have fond memories of a Knights of Columbus hall in the early 1960’s. It was an old building even back then. The huge creaky stage was like an old theatre with multiple curtains and ropes, it had back stage passages, and trap doors.
The first time I was there, I was a actor in a play. The stage projected voices, there were no mics, you had to speak up loud and clear. That’s where some of the voice drama that bad actors have came from. There was an old funky piano against a wall in the audience. The passages behind the curtains took you into a massive white tiled kitchen with wood stoves.
Funny how you recall things from so many years ago.
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That's what we're doing. Valentine's Day in a restaurant is just nuts around here, with lousy service, to boot (you with). Although, we did go out Thursday evening, in very cold, icy conditions for a pre-VD dinner at Pacific Grill.
What else were you expecting from Dominos?
That stuff is usually best for desperate college students. 
When do the B-O-T gig bags start to show up at the stores?
My grandfather had a couple for making caps, back in the century. They may have been gas powered.
Did it have tacks on the hammers? And, just exactly what kind of hall was it, really? Like, one of them Old West dance halls ?
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Funny how reading this I recall being on stage, alone, in front of actual people, by the time I was 8 or 9. Let's call it 9.
For ValDay Abi and I made beef enchiladas, using home made carne asada and fresh home made corn tortillas. Then home made cheesecake.
Hubby and I did something we rarely do on Valentine's day. No, not that. We played a gig together last night.
Friend of ours that we used to play with had a show scheduled and his bassist bailed, so he invited us out. I was dreading it as I thought it would not be much fun, but it turned out about 1000 times better than I had expected. Unfortunately, I found out that this venue has gone pay-to-play; they are now charging the bands for the house sound and the doorman. I have one other show booked there next month with a different band and I don't think I'll agree to play there again.
Valentine's day sucks. Our friend who stays with us recently broke up with his girlfriend and he stayed home last night. He would have come to the show but he said he didn't want to be seen all alone on Valentine's day.
I have a rehearsal here today and after that we will have some time to go out and get a nice dinner if we so choose.
Friend of ours that we used to play with had a show scheduled and his bassist bailed, so he invited us out. I was dreading it as I thought it would not be much fun, but it turned out about 1000 times better than I had expected. Unfortunately, I found out that this venue has gone pay-to-play; they are now charging the bands for the house sound and the doorman. I have one other show booked there next month with a different band and I don't think I'll agree to play there again.
Valentine's day sucks. Our friend who stays with us recently broke up with his girlfriend and he stayed home last night. He would have come to the show but he said he didn't want to be seen all alone on Valentine's day.
I have a rehearsal here today and after that we will have some time to go out and get a nice dinner if we so choose.
Thankfully, there's only one(so far)place that does that here and when we play there we bring our own PA. If they start charging us we'll happily ask them if the letters F.O. mean anything to them.
I choose to play for free in a community concert band. It keeps my reading 'chops' up. I left another one that charged a "membership" fee. Nope!
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I found out about the new charges when I saw the bandleader hauling his PA in and asked him why there was no soundman that night. I had just played there two weekends ago and out pay was dismal, now I know why. We had brought half a PA there already and could have saved the $50 by just bringing some house speakers and stands, but no one told us we'd be charged for sound. I'm assuming that why our pay was awful, despite a pretty good turnout. If the place is struggling so much that they can't afford the basic expenses of bringing bands in, they should shut it down.
Unless it's a really great place to 'showcase', the bands should talk to each other and tell this @$$bucket to shove the venue. Or they could charge $.50 more for drinks and pay the bands........Nah, that makes too much sense.
And here I was thinking that it was the bulge of their manhood that attracted you girls.
I'd rather call it Lucinda if that's ok....
I remember standing on a stage when I was five wondering what I was supposed to do. We had a musical family and would play concerts at Old Peoples homes and the likes. Eventually my dad said sing and I did. After the applause near lifted to roof.
Reminds me of the time I was in Nursery School and I could be a little naughty. Florie Lucas, the Head Mistress, called me the boy with the voice of an Angel and the heart of a devil!
Actually, it was the man on page 602. Gotta be a GOF to know the reference.
And here I was thinking that it was the bulge of their manhood that attracted you girls.
I do see what you mean by v neck will take a little getting used to. If not, I'll reshape the neck I was quite surprised by the tones coming out of this thing.Dunno if you've heard of the "V" profile on some of their necks?.......Actually made my thumb blister and I'm not a hard pusherdownerer........
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