{"id":69,"date":"2009-09-08T02:17:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-08T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/?p=69"},"modified":"2009-09-08T02:17:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-08T02:17:00","slug":"so-whats-the-word-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/so-whats-the-word-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"So what&#8217;s the word this week&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mother Nature is a cruel BITCH.<\/p>\n<p>Our gig on Friday got rained out. In the driest summer in recent Austin history (AFAIK). First a light sprinkle that didn&#8217;t seem like it was going to lead to anything that lasted for a while, then slightly more driving rain, followed by immediate deluge, Florida-style. We were set up outside on a deck next to a pool in a really dangerous thunderstorm. Needless to say, lightning hit really close, scaring the shit out of us more than once.<\/p>\n<p>Seems like everything&#8217;s okay &#8211; we went to a dry garage (thank you Greg) and toweled everything down. Fortunately it&#8217;s supposed to be really hot all week, so the stuff should dry out well.<\/p>\n<p>My biggest bummer was not getting to use my new bass. I got a great deal on a used Carvin B5 bass, and so far, at least at home, I&#8217;m loving the thing. It&#8217;s a little &#8220;loved&#8221; (way more loved than I expected based on the pictures on Craigslist), but worth the money I spent on it, for sure. It&#8217;s light, very flexible in tone, and an utter joy to play. Here are some pictures:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_7oYQrI171qo\/SqXAJLGANHI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/BOvDvjYE9Bw\/s1600-h\/DSCN0302web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_7oYQrI171qo\/SqXAJLGANHI\/AAAAAAAAABA\/BOvDvjYE9Bw\/s320\/DSCN0302web.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378916593793250418\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_7oYQrI171qo\/SqXAI2sK81I\/AAAAAAAAAA4\/8CWTXRUNwE4\/s1600-h\/DSCN0301web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_7oYQrI171qo\/SqXAI2sK81I\/AAAAAAAAAA4\/8CWTXRUNwE4\/s320\/DSCN0301web.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378916588316193618\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Public gig this Saturday night at Hayashi up in Cedar Park&#8230;it should be a gas!<br \/>TMS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother Nature is a cruel BITCH. Our gig on Friday got rained out. In the driest summer in recent Austin history (AFAIK). First a light sprinkle that didn&#8217;t seem like it was going to lead to anything that lasted for a while, then slightly more driving rain, followed by immediate deluge, Florida-style. We were set up outside on a deck next to a pool in a really dangerous thunderstorm. Needless to say, lightning hit really close, scaring the shit out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/so-whats-the-word-this-week\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalschizo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}