rock and roll musings by Tim Byrnes

Please Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

     Hello again and sorry it took so long. Here's the deal; the day before Election Day (and, yeah, Viva Obama) I started getting sick and it hung in there, in various degrees of severity until just after Xmas. First it was the flu, then strep throat, walking pneumonia and finally sinusitis.  Truth is, I still feel like crap, have probably lost 15 pounds and have yet to clear either my throat or my not so insubstantial nose. Yeah yeah yeah, poor me. Not looking for pity. I treated it, as I always do w/caffeine and nicotine and I'm doing just swell. Just wanted to let y'all know that I didn't give up or capitulate to the Mad Typist That isJim.

     As for the promised Killers piece. It's coming. I know I've said that before but this time I mean it. I've got 37 handwritten pages in a notebook at home. The Killers aren't even mentioned until page 18, so it's gonna need a little whittlin' when it's done. That's right I'm actually rewriting and editing. Apparently the synthpop rage of the 21st Century cause me to ask myself interesting questions about the randomness of nature, the question of commitments to - among other things - excellence and why I rarely write about my alcoholism.

   This one might actually be worth a wait.

     Hope everybody had good holidays. My gift to y'all was NOT writing my annual Xmas Pissoff. I haven't changed my mind, I'm just keeping some stuff to myself in an effort to, I don't know become a better person.

     Curse you, Barak Obama. Blew the curve for EVERYBODY!!!!!!

     The date for the Tension Envelope reunion has been set. April 4, 2009 Valley Theater, Fowler Colorado. Be there. The gig will be digitally recorded thanks to my good friend Elaine who got me a Tascam MR8 digital recorder for Xmas. I'm still learning how to use it and will post a new tune here as soon as I can.

    Not much to report. Only that I hope this page can one day be my 'celebrate Mott the Hoople' place again. Or at least that the rancor stops. It truly can be a new day. Just like every other day, the choices are ours. Me, I'm gonna shut up now.

Obama in '12
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