Interviewing Bassists Stories Pt. 3

[Arthritic_Tom]

I haven't been able to follow this entire thread, but I am about halfway finished with Ghosts and Ballyhoo. It is a really tremendous read, and I am enjoying it immensely. Your brutal honesty in the book is refreshing. I hope you sell about a zillion copies of this!

Thank you!

The two companion volumes continue the themes of the memoir. In the novel, the characters you meet in the memoir are fictionalized, and I get to "right wrongs." The novel is how I wish my life had gone.

In the dream diary, the characters in the memoir are finally set entirely free, because they're no longer bound by law, nature, or reality.

What'll you read about my Gene Simmons and Scott Thunes dreams.

A teaser: In one Scott Thunes dream, I was both interviewer and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

The night my father died, I went to sleep at 6:00 a.m. and dreamed that Scott had reconstituted the '88 Zappa band and hired me as bassist.

Hilarity ensues!

 

[ArtechnikA]

Cool.

Thanks for the update on the process.

When the links appear, money will follow ;-)

I was a little apprehensive about the download site for Pink Things but it turned out to be painless, and is still a favorite... If the new stuff works as well, it'll be great !

 

[Arthritic_Tom]

Cool.

Thanks for the update on the process.

When the links appear, money will follow ;-)

I was a little apprehensive about the download site for Pink Things but it turned out to be painless, and is still a favorite... If the new stuff works as well, it'll be great !

Wait'll you hear the bass Scott recorded with my Sabre for the book trailer Tim and I are going to do.

If I can make a living selling books the way I want, then someday I'll tell the full story of writing Ghosts and Ballyhoo.

Once I no longer have any bridges to burn, I'll be completely free to out the many, many people who engage in shady business practices and who thought they could take advantage of me.

Some unsolicited advice to people who want to deal with me: I'm housebound with an incurable illness, and my late father provided me with financial security for the rest of my life. You think I have anything to lose?

I have absolutely no qualms about telling the world what you're up to. In fact, I'll enjoy doing it.

Just because I'm silent right now doesn't mean that I won't spill the beans later. As you can see in my memoir, I have nearly perfect recall.

Your time will come. When I'm ready.

 

[lucyfur]

For those of you (like myself) who hadn't been keeping up to date on the "news" on Tom's placeholder website, I would highly recommend you get over there. There are some stories that are every bit as good as anything in "Ghosts and Ballyhoo".

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[fearceol]

For those of you (like myself) who hadn't been keeping up to date on the "news" on Tom's placeholder website, I would highly recommend you get over there. There are some stories that are every bit as good as anything in "Ghosts and Ballyhoo".

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Thanks for the heads up.

Have just finished reading "Ghosts...." and would welcome more of the same.

 

[Arthritic_Tom]

For those of you (like myself) who hadn't been keeping up to date on the "news" on Tom's placeholder website, I would highly recommend you get over there. There are some stories that are every bit as good as anything in "Ghosts and Ballyhoo".

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Thanks for mentioning it. Since what I talk about over there isn't usually bass related, I felt I shouldn't post it here.

 

[Arthritic_Tom]

Thanks for the heads up.

Have just finished reading "Ghosts...." and would welcome more of the same.

Thank you.

Two more volumes--"supercharged sequels"--should be available in about a month or so.

 

[NWB]

Just because I'm silent right now doesn't mean that I won't spill the beans later. As you can see in my memoir, I have nearly perfect recall.

Your time will come. When I'm ready.

Uh oh. What'd I do now?

 

[Arthritic_Tom]

Uh oh. What'd I do now?

Hey, pal. You're immortalized. Even if I were to come after you (Which I can't, 'cause I'm housebound! Duh!), you'd live forever.

I'm talking about people who makes promises that are bald-faced lies, intended to shut me up.

People who loudly defend the indefensible and then quietly do things my way but without acknowledging that they were wrong and I was right.

And people who lie to get your business, disregard your specific, easy-to-follow instructions, and then fall back on the "We're just doing what we agreed on" fabrication.

In the case of the latter, I now document absolutely everything, and then e-mail it in, and the liars have to eat their words and do the actual thing we agreed on instead of the cheap, corner-cutting patch-job they tried to get away with.

I now look like this.

 

[NWB]

I'm talking about people who makes promises that are bald-faced lies, intended to shut me up.

People who loudly defend the indefensible and then quietly do things my way but without acknowledging that they were wrong and I was right.

And people who lie to get your business, disregard your specific, easy-to-follow instructions, and then fall back on the "We're just doing what we agreed on" fabrication.

In the case of the latter, I now document absolutely everything, and then e-mail it in, and the liars have to eat their words and do the actual thing we agreed on instead of the cheap, corner-cutting patch-job they tried to get away with.

I now look like this.

Those are the sorts I figured you were referring to. I just had to have some fun with it.

You've certainly had more than your fair share of greedy liars to deal with. Isn't it rather - fun - to catch those sort of people in their lies and put them in their place?

If it would cheer you up a bit, maybe I could send you some pictures of some non-housebound-places that I visit in this area?

 

[Arthritic_Tom]

Those are the sorts I figured you were referring to. I just had to have some fun with it.

You've certainly had more than your fair share of greedy liars to deal with. Isn't it rather - fun - to catch those sort of people in their lies and put them in their place?

If it would cheer you up a bit, maybe I could send you some pictures of some non-housebound-places that I visit in this area?

Sure.

I'll send you my e-mail by PM.

Thanks.

 

[NWB]

Hey, pal. You're immortalized.

Naw, those are just three letters that are immortalized. Who really even knows what sort of person is behind NWB?

And what the heck does NWB even stand for?

I did show my nine-year old son my couple of paragraphs in the book and he was quite thrilled with seeing his dada mentioned!

And I still haven't even finished the book yet! What's wrong with me? (This NWB is a bad procrastinator!) I'm most of the way through, but was delayed by a vacation.

 

[Arthritic_Tom]

And I still haven't even finished the book yet! What's wrong with me? (This NWB is a bad procrastinator!) I'm most of the way through, but was delayed by a vacation.

A likely story...

 

[MouseRat]

That beard...it's...glorious! I'm transfixed, but strangely want to shampoo it.

 

[MouseRat]

And you thought YOU had problems.

 

[Arthritic_Tom]

That beard...it's...glorious! I'm transfixed, but strangely want to shampoo it.

Fighting with Frenchmen over my Website, dealing with a certain, um, stressful house guest, and the family issues that have bubbled (roared) to the surface after Dad's death and Mom's bizarre state of suspended animation as she refuses to cooperate in her treatment have all combined to leave me in a state of--

No, I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine.

 

[Ayce]

I'm F.I.N.E.

(with apologies to Aerosmith.)

 

[Arthritic_Tom]

I'm F.I.N.E.

(with apologies to Aerosmith.)

Getting finer as we speak.

 

[miles'tone]

Tom you really do crack me up old chap , not least because you...

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[Stumbo]

.... Mom's bizarre state of suspended animation as she refuses to cooperate in her treatment....

I think she's grieving and possibly depressed. I suggest looking into some mental health treatment.

Hope she feels better.