Last Thursday night was band practice for The Haywards, and it was the second practice with new member Gabe. Also, Mike Schottlekotte sat in, as he's apparently in the band now as well (or, "again", as he was in the Haywards a few years back). So, the lineup now is:



David: acoustic guitar, vocals

Gabe: electric guitar

Mike: 6 and 12 string acoustic guitars

Montana: drums and keyboard



We went throught the same set that david and i have played for a while now (almost identical back to when we played in NYC in january), with a few additions. mike played a little here and there, but he was really just getting the feel of the songs, as we don't have in our set any of the songs from his era of the band. Gabe, for whom this was the second practice, was still trying to work out what he should do and when. What he was doing (and Mike, too, for that matter) sounded good, albeit unpolished. This will (i think) turn out very well, once we get things down.



We have a show on thursday at the southgate house, in the lounge. i dont think mike will join us, but it should be good, regardless. the show is in support of kerry for president, and is actually put on by an organization called "republicans for kerry", which is in itself an interesting concept that really says something about our president.



Anyway, that was thursday. Oh, except that gabe had a blowout on the way back from practice, which ran late anyway, so i didnt get home until 1:30 am. no karaoke for me, i guess.



Friday after work i went to Shake It!, as they'd called me to let me know they had received the most recent Björk release on double import vinyl and were holding one for me. i picked it up (at a whopping $30), as well as Fahrenheit 9/11 and a used copy of Fight Club on dvd. i also got various pieces of vinyl, including a 12" of "Grab It" by L'Trimm and a late '80s 12" by Lords of Acid (on the Kaos label, even); i think it was this one, though it didn't have a picture sleeve, and the track list was slightly different. (if you really care, i'll check. :)



After Shake It!, I picked up Baby Kitty from work (she works at the CAC, across the street from a former employer of the The Toast). We watched Fight Club, as she'd never seen it. I like the film a lot, but I'm not really sure which parts are David Fincher (the director) and which are Chuck Palhaniuk (the author, though i can't be arsed to check the proper spelling at the moment). I decided then to download (uh... i mean borrow) the audio book to see (hear?) for myself (i like parenteticals, apparently) (that means bad form in writing, apparently).



After the movie, Baby Kitty went home to sleep, and I went to my girlfriend's apartment. We broke up.



More later; I have to work.