Yeh, I'm a little behind the times - apologies to the Gilrein's crew!  We are DEFINATELY ON FOR SATURDAY NIGHT!!!  Get to Worcester because of a few reasons:
 
1.  It's Clutch Grabwell.
 
2.  You're gonna need a drink or 20 after the work week you're gonna have this week.
 
3.  Nothing better than some horn blasting rock in your ear while you drink those drinks and try to mack on the ladies.
 
4.  No bass solos.
 
5.  If you live in Worcester County or the greater Worcester area, it's easier to get to than Springfield or Quincy.
 
What else can I tell you.  Come on out and I'll see you in the city of Seven Hills.
 
Love and Russian Roulette,
Jeff
 
 
 

Yeah, I know it's been awhile, but what can I tell you?  It takes me about 3.5 hours everyday to get back and forth to my miserable day job, so by the time I get home, the last thing I want to do is write on the band website and bitch about it ... but what am I doing right now?  Sorry, folks.
 
So we're back at Theodore's in Springfield on the 17th.  I would highly recommend the trip, not because driving to Springfield is fun, but because Theodore's is a pretty sweet joint.  Plus you could make a day of it and go to Six Flags and pay $100 to get in and spend 7 hours waiting in line to ride three rides ... ugh ... but I digress ...
 
The other thing we've been busy on is the CD, and we'll be releasing it in a few weeks ... yes, we are finally weeks away!  Hopefully people haven't forgotten about us and moved on to such quality performers as Michael Buble  ... please help me here, what is going on?  This guy is the John Mayer of cheesy 40-year-old unmarried broads who can't find a guy that will put up with their crap but it's not their fault because they just haven't met you yet.  It's so contrived and obvious it makes me cringe then it makes me angry.  Do you think if I started a wannabe Sinatra group and wrote songs about how you've met at least one quality guy but you decided to wait it out for the guy with the money and the car and the job and the looks and the money and the house and the kind demeanor and the money?  I could call it "... and the money" because that's what it's all about.  Dammit why do you people make me do this?
 
Everything has it's obvious signs - like the car in front of you with one of the "TC" license plates.  "TC" stands for "the children" and it means that some jackass spent an extra $25 to the state so they can show their support for the children.  You know it's going to be some gray haired lady with one of those awful lesbian haircuts going 30mph in her Tercel, holding me up from getting home and drinking myself into a stupor so I can dull the pain of this mortal existence and listen to "Formation of Damnation" by Testament.
 
Man, what a broken record I've become ... work sucks, people suck, blah blah blah.  These may be constants in life, but I can also say that this band is a blast and you guys that support us make it all worthwhile.  Not to get all Michael Buble on you or anything, I just love that you guys come and listen to our stuff and then try to ply me into a DUI with tons of Bud Lights.  Luckily my immunity is pretty high.
 
Back to the bitching - can we talk about used cars?  See, the Towncar went to the scrap heap a few months ago, so I'm looking for a new gig wagon.  WHat makes somebody think they can ask $4000 for a truck with 220,000 miles on it and rot all over the quarters?  It's not a 69 GTO, jackass.  Seriously, check it out on Craigslist ... the other thing is, who do they think their fooling when they throw up a 2006 Yukon Denali with 50k for $3400?  No thanks Luis or Angel, I think I'll stay out of the illegal fencing game or setting up a time to meet you so you can rob me.  Man, I miss the Towncar ... I found another one of the same huge, boxy design, and some dude is looking for $2500 ... um, what?  Howsabout I throw you $500 and you can thank me later ...
 
That's it.  We've got a lot of work to do for the CD release.  Stay tuned and we'll keep you guys informed.  Enjoy the 4th of July and be careful not to get busted by the Staties while you're shooting bottle rockets at boats on the lower basin of the Charles ...
 
Yours in Shame,
JC
 
 

 
That's right, we'll be playing at Johnny D's in Davis Square in Somerville this Saturday night - do not miss this show, because there's gonna be some suprises in store, maybe some stuff you haven't heard in awhile ... here's a hint: the mighty Duke Robillard is in the building for a show at 7PM and we've been known to pull a few of his songs out once in awhile ... I'm not gonna say which ones, but does anybody remember Treat Me Donuts in Worcester?
 
Also, I can't guarantee that the cover model depicted above will be there, probably because she's about 70 now, but that is and always will be one of my favorite album covers ... a hell of a thing to come across in the racks at Quincy Records and Tapes ... or the more strange Jason's Luggage and Music.  Who the hell was Jason and why did he think he could making a living selling suitcases and records?  Ah, the old Quincy Center before it became downtown ... uhh, forget it ... back to "Whipped Cream and Other Delights" - was there a better album cover?  Maybe the Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers' for the ladies?  Scorpions "Love at First Sting"?  ActuallY, the Scorpions "Blackout" was awesome, with the dude with the forks over his eyes ... although Roxy Music's "Country Life" cover still makes me nervous ...
 
All right, enough of that crap - get over to Johnny D's this Saturday!!!
 
See ya
 
 

That's right ya'll, Clutch Grabwell meets Johnny D's only this time there will be no Confetticini Alfredo!  This is going to be a hell of a show, so make your plans to head to Davis Square and have some fun!
 
Do it.
 
 

A large, heartfelt thank you to everyone that came down to Scituate and the River Club this past Saturday.  I did not see the Giant Chicken, but I saw some other large things, so that was pretty sweet.  I hope we'll be back down there soon, maybe with Duff so we can blow everyone's eardrums to shreds.  Whaddaya say?
 
A few things to comment on:
 
- Ronnie James Dio: if you don't know Rainbow, Dio or Heaven and Hell/Live Evil era Black Sabbath, look it up.  Good stuff, even if he was a creepy little guy.  I was truly bummed to hear that he had passed away - short, ugly band members around the world have been inspired by Dio's success, and he will be missed.  A 4' tall Italian guy from New Hampshire singing about being the Man on the Silver Mountain ... and I'm not talking about the show you saw in Cambridge last week ... but wait ... Ronnie James Dio lives a pretty straight life, writes "Holy Diver" and gets stomach cancer, but Ozzy snorts Tommy Lee's pee, writes The Ultimate Sin (which had one good song on it - Shot in the Dark) and makes millions and has a tv show?  I don't get it ...
 
- This Andrew Wheeler/Harvard guy.  So, this kid gets bounced from Bowdoin and fakes his way into Harvard where he gets $50Gs in grants and gets to his senior year before any of these jackasses figure it out?  And he gets arrested and charged with fraud by the Mass DA?  But, the last three speakers of the house in Massachusetts are indicted and the DA has nothing to say about it?  Really?  This is criminal in Massachusetts?  So, a smartass guy swindling the private university with the largest endowment in the US out of $50G is more of a threat to society than a politician accepting bribes or covering for his serial killer scumbag brother.  Uh huh, OK.  I think the world needs more of these kids to prove that college is a big effing joke unless you become a scientist or a doctor or something.  English, history, psychology?  Please.  Welcome to Walmart and shut the hell up.
 
The CD is done.  Now we need to package it and all that stuff.  Feel the burn, people ...
 
Later.