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October 08, 2004
SEANS NEW TOY
Finally we have some work to do today. Sean has some new guitar equipment and he and I will be in rehearsals all afternoon, programming his new toy and making the guitars sound good together. We both have rigs that enable us to have multiple guitar sounds going on, and we regularly meet up and run through the songs with just our guitars, to make sure all the different parts and sounds that we use work together. So with any new piece of equipment, we need to re-program and re-balance everything we do. (Its a fun excuse to stand in a room and play guitar really loud for hours!!)
Thank you all for your kind comments on the Robert Knight pics. I was really happy with the results - he really put me at ease, and shot some amazing stuff. We talked about doing a shoot with Doheny, and I think we'll make that happen. He loves the site and how we look, so hopefully we can arrange that soon. I'd love to see what he does with us. If he can make me look good, he'll make Sean look like he's 7 years old!!! I think my picture will be going up outside the Chicago Guitar Center - once I know for sure, I'll let you know. Any of you lot live in Chicago?
Spacemonkey and Karen have been busy in Photoshop, creating new Doheny artwork. I love all that stuff. One of these days, I will write a book (because it seems like thats what you do around here!! Tommy, Dave, Anthony....they're all at it!!) and I will put all the art work in the book, under the chapter "Internet Families". Maybe I should actually make a Doheny record, sell a few copies, and get touring first though!!! Jon is back from the UK next week, and we do the Orgy dates. I am trying to sort out some more shows for Nov and Dec, so hopefully we can finish our first year with some cool live gigs.
Karen is setting a chat room up for us here. Once it is up and we have tested it, we will agree on a time and date, and we will see about doing our first live chat with the band. I know Jon and Sean will both take part. Check out her clever word play in today's picture.
I'm going to get outta here and make the daily trip to Mecca.....uh, sorry.....Starbucks! But let me leave you with this thought. In the world in which we live, do you wanna be right, or do you wanna be happy?
Dont know why, but I felt like getting all spiritual right there. Its a good message. Take it with you today and keep smiling.
Peace
Billy
Posted by vivelerock at October 8, 2004 09:02 AM
Comments
I think we'd all like to be happy. As for "being right", it depends on what you mean by that. I'm just going to assume that you mean being a good person and doing the right things, I guess I would prefer being a good person and doing the right things.
That said, I also think that the way to find inner happiness is by being a good person and doing the right things, so I don't think that they are mutually exclusive.
Posted by: Suzanne at October 8, 2004 10:13 AM
If your happy and you know it.........hehe I couldn't resist!! Ahhh To be happy and right Aye?.. to be happy is my vote! Can we see Sean's new toy? some rehearsal shots please????? Peace n' luv to u's..whoohoo it's Friday, CFR tomorrow!!
Posted by: Colleen at October 8, 2004 11:51 AM
VERY grateful that you love the artwork...I just wish I had a more shots of Colin because I only have one photo of him to work from.
Karen: I'm jealous I didn't think of that first! ;-)
Many thanks again...
Posted by: spacemonkey at October 8, 2004 01:43 PM
I'd rather be right. I admit, I'm a little off, so righting me would make me happy...wouldn't it?
Although, ignorance is bliss and bliss it the ultimate happiness...maybe I'm ignorant and just not know it...
These deep thoughts make my head spin.
Posted by: Stacy at October 8, 2004 02:22 PM
I'd rather be left.
Posted by: Suzanne at October 8, 2004 04:13 PM
Suzanne~rofl. Now I've completely lost whatever it was I was going to post. Oo
dum de dum...what was it....
Posted by: ylais at October 8, 2004 04:29 PM
In my opinion, if I know I am doing wrong, I am not happy. For example, I have worked in both a mental health clinic and a cosmetic surgeon's office. If I knew I wasn't attending to something important as soon as possible, I was not happy. For example, let's say a patient needs an appointment badly but the insurance comes up ineligible. I would try to get it straightened out quickly so that the person can get the help he/she needs. So, in essence, if I know I am doing the right thing, I am happy. This all sounds like what I learned in my class on Hinduism. I About taking the "right" path. I think being right and happy is just a compromise we make every day. Because there are many decisions have made that were right, but still left me at least briefly unhappy. I would rather face those situations than that of making a wrong decision and being unhappy for years. I had to learn my lesson on that the hard way.
Posted by: Julia at October 8, 2004 05:40 PM
Thanks Spacemonkey for the compliment! That's what happens when you just get out of a typography class and Billy encourages Doheny logos, artwork, etc. ;-)
Posted by: Karen at October 8, 2004 09:29 PM
karen~that is cool what you did with the names, and letters, and got the website address in the middle. nice!
Posted by: ylais at October 8, 2004 10:16 PM
Billy~my younger sister lives in Chicago, okay my only sister, and she's only 18 months younger...I'll give her a buzz, and ask about that poster. Probably have to keep reminding her though.
Ahhh..I know how to get her to go see...tell her you played with the Cult! :D hee hee hee....
Her and I are so different now, but we used to go to concerts together.
Posted by: ylais at October 8, 2004 10:21 PM
Julia~I can so relate to what you said. I've left a job at a hospital after 2 weeks, because of, well basically ethics.
Being correct in an argument or something, or a game, that's different. I'd rather be happy.
But I feel I can't be really happy if what I am doing and what I think or believe is right don't match up.
Off to write a dissertation..:D
Posted by: ylais at October 8, 2004 10:29 PM
Being right isn't always what its cracked up to be. Happiness is the way to go. We should all strive to be happy with ourselves and our lives. When we are, we spread that happiness =)
Posted by: ZenTam at October 8, 2004 10:45 PM
karen: typography class?
oh I feel your pain...lol ;-)
Posted by: spacemonkey at October 8, 2004 11:28 PM
For some people, being 'right' IS what makes them happy...Go figure. I'd rather just be happy.
Posted by: flamingheart at October 8, 2004 11:59 PM
Hakuna Matata baby..
Happy is the way to go..
Posted by: electric mayhem at October 9, 2004 01:06 AM
I agree, happiness is the way to go for me as well. I almost always do what's right automatically, you know ethics and morals wise, what's right to me anyway, but I try to live my life in what makes *ME* happy, no matter it drives family and friends crazy at times. I'm too old to change now, and I don't want to change. LOL
Posted by: tina at October 9, 2004 05:35 AM