News from 1/29/03

Getting there. More X-Rays installed. Unsure if that was wise.

Also posted my self-important Top 10 of 2002 lists. I'm curious what you think.

News from 1/19/03

Busy weekend here at AcousticRoss.com: LOTS of new pages & updates, so go check 'em out. We've added the SHOWS, BIO & ALBUMS pages, and totally redesigned the News From Around The Bend index page & menu.

As of today, all the main pages here work except for CONTACT and PICS, and those are coming soon. And we're up to four X-RAYS, with more on the way. There should be some actual content on the NFATB pages soon too.

Sleep, though... we're trying to cut down on that around here.

News from 1/14/03

Updates this week: added LINKS page & menu buttons. Also some subtle format changes (thanks to further assists from chuck).

News from 1/9/03

The birthday party show tonight was a BLAST.

I thought we were just celebrating one birthday -- Elvis Presley, you may have heard of him -- but it turns out it was also Tom Skinner's birthday. Tom was the one who put (and held) this whole thing together tonight at the Hardwood Bar & Grill. The birthday cake (made by Debbie Spears) was a nice touch. And I have to say tonight's the first time I remember a woman ever asking me 'do you come here a lot?' (OK, it was the waitress, but it still counts.)

Anyway, WHAT A SHOW IT WAS. Seriously, you missed a great show, folks. Tom Skinner and the High Chaperones, they being Wes Gasaway & Don Morris & Rocky Frisco & Gene Reeves... (that was David Cooper on drums, right?) The Farm Couple. Don White. Mary Reynolds. Emily Kaitz. Scott Aycock & Empty Pockets. Stoney LaRue. Scott Taylor. DOZENS more. More talent than you could shake a stick at, except maybe Yours Truly, but surprisingly, no sticks were shaken. There were so many great folks on and off of that stage. Shame on you if you've never heard of any of them. Go, now, and rectify that lack of knowledge.

In a nutshell: Somewhere between rock and blues lies Elvis Presley. Somewhere between folk and country lies the Tulsa Sound. We hit about a hundred spots along that continuum* tonight. I had a blast. Can you tell? Stunningly, a few people even enjoyed my latest musical fiasco, "Talkin' Don't Pick On The Big Guy Blues," written especially for the occasion. Maybe you'll get to hear it on a B-sides/Rarities compilation someday. It was fun to write, and fun to play. Tom, thanks again for the gig, and happy birthday. Let's do this again soon.

OK. Other news. One other show on the books. It's in June. I'll give you more detail in a few months. Meanwhile, keep perusing this crappy website of mine. The 'NEWS' link works now, as of about 10 minutes ago, and the 'LINKS' page is almost ready. The deliberately mysterious 'X-RAYS' page will follow shortly after, and if I ever get some more gigs booked, the 'SHOWS' page will finally be there too, followed by whatever else is left. Some of the others already work, so go check them out now. Talk at ya soon.

-- RmG³, 1/9/03

*Editor's note: I couldn't think of this word for about 10 minutes. When I finally did, I said it aloud in 'Eureka' fashion. Unfortunately, the cassette in the stereo was between songs, so my saying 'continuum' so loud was quite surprising to my cats. I'm still laughing, and cleaning up the debris from all the scampering. Thus ends the one time this word will ever be considered by any creature to be 'scary.'

News from 1/4/03

I didn't win the Powerball jackpot on Christmas Day.

I didn't win the national college football championship, nor did I win a wildcard berth in the NFL playoffs.

And I didn't win the Duct Tape contest. But hey, it's an honor just to... um... spend the time and energy entering the contest. (Seriously, it was fun, and I got a dumb new song out of it, so it was totally worth it.)

Anyway, I did, however, make a ton of changes to the site. The bulk of the format change came from chuck 'no caps please' whittington, with tweaks from me mainly because I Am Incapable Of Leaving Well Enough Alone.

Not all of the stuff in the menu works yet, so you'll have to keep checking back on the dead links until they work.

More shows in the works, but currently the only thing on the gig calendar is the Elvis's Birthday show at the Hardwood Bar & Grill (11th Street, across from TU's Skelly Stadium) on Wednesday January 8th. I'm doing a song I haven't written yet. I don't know who else will be on the bill, other than the hosts: Tom Skinner & the High Chaperones. It's a special installment of Tom Skinner's Wednesday Night Science Project -- come on down and join the party. I think we start around 8ish.

-- RmG³, 1/4/03