road trippin with my 2 favorite allies
lyrics from a RHCP song...
song of the week: you got no right (velvet revolver)
so i did it... i went to the bar... i had sauce and i didn't smoke... i wasn't even tempted... and they let people smoke in the bar too..i wasn't to happy about that... but let me start from the beginning
ok so what was it thursday? no it was wednesday ...wednesday night... i was into sobers as usuall...i went in the booth with malcom and he plugged into the amp in question and played some licks and i just wanted to talk about the whole deal...i've been studing the ampeg catolog...i am just starting to get familiar with the names and what i'm looking for more...i know i don't want solid state for instance...i want tubes....so we talked about amps and people around town and their amps... i asked about warrenty and got different input about cabinets and stuff.... as i'm leaving the subject of the amp still being there when i came back from halifax was brought up.... i think it was tim who said an amp like that probably wouldn't sell like that...i was like ya i suppose...i mean when you spend that much money you should do your home work... don't buy something like that on impulse... then he said and even then we can always order you another one.. and i said ya but at that price...? he was like ya your right... anyways...the next day i woke up with a headache...i had actually gone to bed the night before with a small headache... so i slept in a bit to see if i could sleep it off... then i went out and pickup up miss maggies car for her to get it serviced...and my mom picked me up at the station... took me to the PO then i helped her get some pictured she was having framed...she paid an insane about for frame work....i couldn't beleive it... so then i said hey...let kill a few more mins... we can stop at sobers and i can show you what i'm quite certain on getting...... since i've basically made up my mind about the svt classic head...it's the cab i'm not sure about... do i want a 610 or which 410 do i want... so we go in... we make our way back to the booth and it's not in there... it was there last night... i says they must put it back out with the show room amps where i first saw it... nope... not there either... hmmm...i doubt they put it away for me...
the amp was behind the counter... i found that out after i asked where it was... hmmm... it had been sold... "tims deal" "i'll go get him"... so it turns out someone had come in thursday morning and started a financing of the purchase... that means this guy has to pay a rediculous amount of interest on this thing... he'd be better off with a credit card.... anyways... they said if he gets declined then i can still have the option of buying it...
so here's what i knew at this point.... the amp sells retail normally for 2800... they have it on for about 1000... i mean there was more in that figure but less than 100 so i will just say 1000...you get the pic.... the cab was retail at 1275ish... but going for 750ish? something like that... that's getting close to two grand after taxes...maybe even over...
so miss maggie got her car all fixed up for 17 dollars and my day was about done... i get home and i called the hotel and made a reservation... it was just going to be me orginally so i just got a room with 1 queen size bed... then i called music stop... i found out that there was no way he could ever sell an amp like the svt for less than 1700ish.... well holy...
alright...hmmm.... the cab he ca do for 775... ok that's about right...so why am i planning on going over...? well maybe ampeg isn't what i want... maybe they have a GK or somthing that will blow my mind or what ever...
so then woody calls me or i calls him... lets go for a drive...ok... i went a paid my rent... then i went to sobers...again... i talked to dave... ya man i'll make some calls and send some emails...
right one.. ok man... i'll see you when i get back...
so i says to woody...hey man you should come......nah...i only have 20 bucks he says... i says well you won't have to worry about a hotel i got that covered...you won't have to worry about the bridge or gas... i've already excepted that i'm paying... you just need to worry about food... and even then i can lend you some money... he starts to think about it... i says think about it and call me later...
my sister shows up later that evening... we worked on a bunch of songs.... then it was getting late...so i packed and went to bed... i didn't sleep very well... up at 9am..bed at 2ish? didn't sleep till close to 4 i think...
10 am i'm at my moms to pick up my sister...she's not ready... i'm supposed to be in amherst to meet my father so he can show me his apartment...at noon... i got off the bridge at 11:50am...at the same time my father calls me and says i was to late and he was leaving...i was like ya... sorry...next time... so at about 12:30 i pulled into my grandfathers yard in amherst and my father was there... it was neet to see him and my grandfather int he same room... and then also to see his reaction to seeing my sister...and woody...having worked with the company before...i dont' think they were on good terms last time they spoke... so that was interesting to see both of them smiling and being civil...not that they aren't civil but it could have been awkward... i wouldn't expect woody to give my father the time of day on the street...so you see what i mean... ya so my father left and i talk to my grand father and was entertained by my sister and woody and my grandfather and my step grandmother all interacting... we stayed till about 1:15ish... had to get to halifax fbefore the stores closed...and for all i knew that could have been 5...plus i wanted to get in swimming pool and relax a bit and get some food...
i drove there ...i had made up some good cd's thursday night so everyone was happy with the tunage...i was happy that was a success....we got into town...and checked in...then hit music stop... i get in there and automatically woody knows the drum guy... so i'm standing there and another guy goes can i help you... i says ya... i'm amp shopping... are yo kyle? y ahe says... cool i'm PEI chris... ok lets go make some noise... hmmm this booth is lackin... they had some guitar amps..and some bass amps... nothing speicall.. mostly practise specials i think... the svt head i wanted was not there... they did have a svt 3 pro.. which is apparently a modern version of what i wanted ... it has more power...i'm not sure about the amp setup... something about preamp tubes? sure ...ok... so i played it trough a couple cabs....then i tried a single 15 combo...abuot 100 watts i thinks... woody thinks it's great... weird...so ok...i'm done...now i have to ponder the applications of this svt 3 pro....maybe that's what i should get...it's rack mountible...? i need to get outta there and think...
then to cd plus and sam the record man...some nice vinyl.... then we got soem pizza...or food is a better term...i get a text message from brad the bass player for "the danny mainstreet band" am i in town?... ya i wrote him back...i told him i wasn't alone and there was a change of plans...he mentioned me and a friend are on the list at the door...as the were playin the attic that night...super cool....... then to scotia square and we got cider...well i did and kara did too...
back to the hotel... go get ice.... start drinking...it's about 6:30ish? i played some of the songs me and my sister had been working on and she sang her parts...woody thought it was great....so did i ...she's getting better all the time...4 drinks down and i want to swim... so me and kara went to the pool....it was all good... didn't stay to long though...back to drinking and had to shower... so it's getting late... we wanted to get a meal before we went in...and i needed to sober up a bit...i wasn't that late and i was buzzin pretty good... so we went to a place...the shoestore... nice resturant...good food and the prices were reasonable... my sister however forgot her ID...pfffttt...so she went to the hotel all by herself...she wasn't go long...then to the attic
we go to the door that we used many times before... access denied... gotta go in the door at the corner...ok... ahhh...hey...i supposed to be on the list... who are you? no your not on the list... ok... what ever...i'll pay to get in...it's only 5 bucks... so we make our way through the bar and find the stairs to the "attic"... get up there and they are on... ok... i see that there is another entrance... so i go over... ummm... can i see if i'm on the guest list... she says...it wouldn't matter if you already paid... i said i know.. i just want to know... yep.. you are...dang... ok...well i feel better cause i'm supporting the band... so i seen john bowman on sound...wow... they brought in the big guns for this show...heh....i also see daylene mcbeth...cool...then my sister comes up and says hey remember thia ( idon't know if that is how you spell her name) and i'm like ya...scotts sister... wow your all big...i mean grown up... although she was not that grown... she must be 5'5? and skinny....anyways... i'm here for the band...after the show i went and said hi to brad and said good show to the rest of the band... making a long story short...
get back to the hotel... chill for a few ...but on the tube... get ready for sleep... i don't know if woody would tell a different version or not of this story but basically sleep then awake to brightness at around 8 i think... back to sleep wake up again... hmmm... gas? aaaannnn... ok here we go... trot to the can... am i gonna hurl? i dont' have a headache...that's why i usually puke if i've been drinking... hmmmmm...no i puked ...this was gas i think...either way puked a bunch...then back to bed...poor sleep...i was cold and hot...the blankets kept sliding off the bed...arrgggg.... my sister is in the other bed with a pillow over her head...i think to block out the brightness...darknesses everybody......11 am wake up call...
everyone got their routine done...and we left... woody and kara went for bfest... i was starting to have a turn for the worst so i stayed in the rig while they ate... half way through the wait i burped and a little better... i tried to sleep till they got back but i didn't...so i just faked it when they couldn't get in the jeep... anyways... it was agood drive back...good music...
i was going to go see my cousin robert.... and i feel bad that i didn't... but i was in no condition to see family ...especially since i haven't seen them in so long... or never before... and i was wanting to play some pool with him too... good luck if i could hold a cue straight...let alone stand straight to aim it... i will have to make a special trip just for him...maybe when the boats start running.... we made good time on the way back...not speeding... which is a change... perhaps not my favorite allies... but 2 of them... that is for sure...
now i'm home and steve is home for his march break.... he is coming over and so is billy...woody might too... i don't know... i made this plan after i dropped him off...actually he drove back...so that explains why we didn't speed... and it was the first time he ever drove with me in a vehicle... and the first time he ever drove himself to where he is currently living... i think woody is pretty happy about getting off island for a change... he misses halifax or big city mentality i guess... kara was happy to be out and about and not worring about school...and not worring about her other drama's...women...heh... so here it is... long story short... trip was a success i guess...and life just gets better...expescially after i get some food into me... that's a lot of typing... i'm done...i think i'm getting carpet tunnel syndrome
song of the week: you got no right (velvet revolver)
so i did it... i went to the bar... i had sauce and i didn't smoke... i wasn't even tempted... and they let people smoke in the bar too..i wasn't to happy about that... but let me start from the beginning
ok so what was it thursday? no it was wednesday ...wednesday night... i was into sobers as usuall...i went in the booth with malcom and he plugged into the amp in question and played some licks and i just wanted to talk about the whole deal...i've been studing the ampeg catolog...i am just starting to get familiar with the names and what i'm looking for more...i know i don't want solid state for instance...i want tubes....so we talked about amps and people around town and their amps... i asked about warrenty and got different input about cabinets and stuff.... as i'm leaving the subject of the amp still being there when i came back from halifax was brought up.... i think it was tim who said an amp like that probably wouldn't sell like that...i was like ya i suppose...i mean when you spend that much money you should do your home work... don't buy something like that on impulse... then he said and even then we can always order you another one.. and i said ya but at that price...? he was like ya your right... anyways...the next day i woke up with a headache...i had actually gone to bed the night before with a small headache... so i slept in a bit to see if i could sleep it off... then i went out and pickup up miss maggies car for her to get it serviced...and my mom picked me up at the station... took me to the PO then i helped her get some pictured she was having framed...she paid an insane about for frame work....i couldn't beleive it... so then i said hey...let kill a few more mins... we can stop at sobers and i can show you what i'm quite certain on getting...... since i've basically made up my mind about the svt classic head...it's the cab i'm not sure about... do i want a 610 or which 410 do i want... so we go in... we make our way back to the booth and it's not in there... it was there last night... i says they must put it back out with the show room amps where i first saw it... nope... not there either... hmmm...i doubt they put it away for me...
the amp was behind the counter... i found that out after i asked where it was... hmmm... it had been sold... "tims deal" "i'll go get him"... so it turns out someone had come in thursday morning and started a financing of the purchase... that means this guy has to pay a rediculous amount of interest on this thing... he'd be better off with a credit card.... anyways... they said if he gets declined then i can still have the option of buying it...
so here's what i knew at this point.... the amp sells retail normally for 2800... they have it on for about 1000... i mean there was more in that figure but less than 100 so i will just say 1000...you get the pic.... the cab was retail at 1275ish... but going for 750ish? something like that... that's getting close to two grand after taxes...maybe even over...
so miss maggie got her car all fixed up for 17 dollars and my day was about done... i get home and i called the hotel and made a reservation... it was just going to be me orginally so i just got a room with 1 queen size bed... then i called music stop... i found out that there was no way he could ever sell an amp like the svt for less than 1700ish.... well holy...
alright...hmmm.... the cab he ca do for 775... ok that's about right...so why am i planning on going over...? well maybe ampeg isn't what i want... maybe they have a GK or somthing that will blow my mind or what ever...
so then woody calls me or i calls him... lets go for a drive...ok... i went a paid my rent... then i went to sobers...again... i talked to dave... ya man i'll make some calls and send some emails...
right one.. ok man... i'll see you when i get back...
so i says to woody...hey man you should come......nah...i only have 20 bucks he says... i says well you won't have to worry about a hotel i got that covered...you won't have to worry about the bridge or gas... i've already excepted that i'm paying... you just need to worry about food... and even then i can lend you some money... he starts to think about it... i says think about it and call me later...
my sister shows up later that evening... we worked on a bunch of songs.... then it was getting late...so i packed and went to bed... i didn't sleep very well... up at 9am..bed at 2ish? didn't sleep till close to 4 i think...
10 am i'm at my moms to pick up my sister...she's not ready... i'm supposed to be in amherst to meet my father so he can show me his apartment...at noon... i got off the bridge at 11:50am...at the same time my father calls me and says i was to late and he was leaving...i was like ya... sorry...next time... so at about 12:30 i pulled into my grandfathers yard in amherst and my father was there... it was neet to see him and my grandfather int he same room... and then also to see his reaction to seeing my sister...and woody...having worked with the company before...i dont' think they were on good terms last time they spoke... so that was interesting to see both of them smiling and being civil...not that they aren't civil but it could have been awkward... i wouldn't expect woody to give my father the time of day on the street...so you see what i mean... ya so my father left and i talk to my grand father and was entertained by my sister and woody and my grandfather and my step grandmother all interacting... we stayed till about 1:15ish... had to get to halifax fbefore the stores closed...and for all i knew that could have been 5...plus i wanted to get in swimming pool and relax a bit and get some food...
i drove there ...i had made up some good cd's thursday night so everyone was happy with the tunage...i was happy that was a success....we got into town...and checked in...then hit music stop... i get in there and automatically woody knows the drum guy... so i'm standing there and another guy goes can i help you... i says ya... i'm amp shopping... are yo kyle? y ahe says... cool i'm PEI chris... ok lets go make some noise... hmmm this booth is lackin... they had some guitar amps..and some bass amps... nothing speicall.. mostly practise specials i think... the svt head i wanted was not there... they did have a svt 3 pro.. which is apparently a modern version of what i wanted ... it has more power...i'm not sure about the amp setup... something about preamp tubes? sure ...ok... so i played it trough a couple cabs....then i tried a single 15 combo...abuot 100 watts i thinks... woody thinks it's great... weird...so ok...i'm done...now i have to ponder the applications of this svt 3 pro....maybe that's what i should get...it's rack mountible...? i need to get outta there and think...
then to cd plus and sam the record man...some nice vinyl.... then we got soem pizza...or food is a better term...i get a text message from brad the bass player for "the danny mainstreet band" am i in town?... ya i wrote him back...i told him i wasn't alone and there was a change of plans...he mentioned me and a friend are on the list at the door...as the were playin the attic that night...super cool....... then to scotia square and we got cider...well i did and kara did too...
back to the hotel... go get ice.... start drinking...it's about 6:30ish? i played some of the songs me and my sister had been working on and she sang her parts...woody thought it was great....so did i ...she's getting better all the time...4 drinks down and i want to swim... so me and kara went to the pool....it was all good... didn't stay to long though...back to drinking and had to shower... so it's getting late... we wanted to get a meal before we went in...and i needed to sober up a bit...i wasn't that late and i was buzzin pretty good... so we went to a place...the shoestore... nice resturant...good food and the prices were reasonable... my sister however forgot her ID...pfffttt...so she went to the hotel all by herself...she wasn't go long...then to the attic
we go to the door that we used many times before... access denied... gotta go in the door at the corner...ok... ahhh...hey...i supposed to be on the list... who are you? no your not on the list... ok... what ever...i'll pay to get in...it's only 5 bucks... so we make our way through the bar and find the stairs to the "attic"... get up there and they are on... ok... i see that there is another entrance... so i go over... ummm... can i see if i'm on the guest list... she says...it wouldn't matter if you already paid... i said i know.. i just want to know... yep.. you are...dang... ok...well i feel better cause i'm supporting the band... so i seen john bowman on sound...wow... they brought in the big guns for this show...heh....i also see daylene mcbeth...cool...then my sister comes up and says hey remember thia ( idon't know if that is how you spell her name) and i'm like ya...scotts sister... wow your all big...i mean grown up... although she was not that grown... she must be 5'5? and skinny....anyways... i'm here for the band...after the show i went and said hi to brad and said good show to the rest of the band... making a long story short...
get back to the hotel... chill for a few ...but on the tube... get ready for sleep... i don't know if woody would tell a different version or not of this story but basically sleep then awake to brightness at around 8 i think... back to sleep wake up again... hmmm... gas? aaaannnn... ok here we go... trot to the can... am i gonna hurl? i dont' have a headache...that's why i usually puke if i've been drinking... hmmmmm...no i puked ...this was gas i think...either way puked a bunch...then back to bed...poor sleep...i was cold and hot...the blankets kept sliding off the bed...arrgggg.... my sister is in the other bed with a pillow over her head...i think to block out the brightness...darknesses everybody......11 am wake up call...
everyone got their routine done...and we left... woody and kara went for bfest... i was starting to have a turn for the worst so i stayed in the rig while they ate... half way through the wait i burped and a little better... i tried to sleep till they got back but i didn't...so i just faked it when they couldn't get in the jeep... anyways... it was agood drive back...good music...
i was going to go see my cousin robert.... and i feel bad that i didn't... but i was in no condition to see family ...especially since i haven't seen them in so long... or never before... and i was wanting to play some pool with him too... good luck if i could hold a cue straight...let alone stand straight to aim it... i will have to make a special trip just for him...maybe when the boats start running.... we made good time on the way back...not speeding... which is a change... perhaps not my favorite allies... but 2 of them... that is for sure...
now i'm home and steve is home for his march break.... he is coming over and so is billy...woody might too... i don't know... i made this plan after i dropped him off...actually he drove back...so that explains why we didn't speed... and it was the first time he ever drove with me in a vehicle... and the first time he ever drove himself to where he is currently living... i think woody is pretty happy about getting off island for a change... he misses halifax or big city mentality i guess... kara was happy to be out and about and not worring about school...and not worring about her other drama's...women...heh... so here it is... long story short... trip was a success i guess...and life just gets better...expescially after i get some food into me... that's a lot of typing... i'm done...i think i'm getting carpet tunnel syndrome
posted by niffty friggins at 8:15 PM
4 Comments:
good point lisa... one more thing... i ended up staying at the citidal...
the parking guy was a hoot too... i said to him... i want to check in... where do i park... he goes into a very discriptive direction to basically park almost right where we were... half way through he looks at my sister and says i'm good i know... heh... he was... at the end he says "checkin in (points) right there... boom boom... it was pretty cool... super nice...
cool, my name in your blog, even if it's in the comments.
Sounds like a great trip for all. Too bad about puking, but hey, that's the name of the game. Kudos on not smoking in a smoky bar. So are you back on the sauce now or was that just because it was a special occasion?
Your trip sounds great..wish I could get off this rock! You should do it more often. Enjoy yourself with your family and friends.
Phewf! Long post! Glad you had a good time in Hali
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