Hi there blog fans.......it’s been a while ....well planet Jesters has been a hectic one and when I’m not practicing the Jesters stuff I’m doing my bass lesson homework (my sadistic bass teacher has given me higher ground by the Chilis....Flea I hate you!!!!!) On top of this I’m assisting with organising the school talent show....??!?!?!? yes I sat through 3 hours of auditions!.......some were brilliant ...some were well.... not so......but big effort from all. Wifey and I have been recording again as our alter egos Spriggan Mist and of course there is the endless editing of Videos and circulating that goes on behind the scenes at Stone Jesters rehearsals... so am I forgiven for not being so regular...(with the blogs that is as bowel movements have never been a problem for me ) I’m also in a job now that gives me no lunchbreak or little of one to write down my thoughts...... A job I am disliking by the day but none the less brilliant for being in a few bands and juggling children etc....so I’m putting up and shutting up!!!!! Then of course is the extensive social life of our children if it isn’t parties it’s piano lessons etc. etc...
Talking of which .....So there I was the other day in the car outside the Rock star’s (our 7 year old) piano lesson I had half hour to myself......I had come prepared........I sat in the car and carefully settled down for a stress free half hour of reading.......Ipod ...check .....switch on, select David Gilmore ..on an Island...smooth soothing ....bliss. Air con ...check.... on and cooling.........Book...check ......My Bass and other animals by Guy Pratt (very funny book about a bass player on the road with various bands like Floyd and Roxy ) ..drink........check.........ice cold Pepsi Max........money for the piano teacher.......check ...and as I groped around in my pocket found 14 squid I placed them on the dash ready to give to the teacher when she released my budding little Richard from his lesson...I settled down just to catch out of the corner of my eye a rogue one pound coin slowly rolling down the dash board...I reached out for the money with the speed of a thousand gazelles promptly knocked my Pepsi Max in to my lap dropped me book and deflected the coin under the passenger seat. I read a paragraph but my mind kept coming back to the coin...gotta find it so I rummaged around under the seat ....found a six week old cashew nut.......still tasted ok........a half mauled chewit...that wasn’t so good........but no coin. I was starting to get annoyed I opened the car door plonked me belly on the drivers seat feet in the air and had a good look under the seats....I had a real loose pair of shorts on and I couldn’t pull them up ...in fear that I was showing the street ...bum valley......I tugged at my shorts ....well I didn’t want the Piano teacher to come out and see me mooning now did I ?....and you never know someone might have wanted to park their bike?!?!?!?!?
So I decided I’d go round the passenger side and lean over that seat and look under there ......there it was the coin lodged in the most peculiar awkward position heavenly possible...........I tried to squeeze my fingers in but to no avail I was now half mooning to the houses on the other side of the road legs in air crack showing.........I took the wait off of the seat slightly which kind of forced a piece of plastic back and my fingers were stuck...........I’m now dripping in sweat...touching a coin I need to pay with but with my fingers stuck with my backside hanging out into the middle of the road...now what?........ I thought ....as I cursed being me and wallowed in self pity.........I finally managed to prise said fingers from the seat and with my book mark retrieve the coin.......I sat back in the chair and got settled again when out came rockstar!!!!!!!
Less than two weeks until the gig at the school we are nearly there!!!!!! Our stage will be in front of the beer tent ..............wahay!!!!!! all are welcome to come and there are a few people we need to send a firm response to...we are going to have a ball up there...we will be unveiling three new band members , the funky Padre, Scooby dooby do and of course re introducing the boy wonder The Holy one himself.....so come on down .......!!!!!
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