Friday

Pete Fiore did finally die in North Carolina. Wolf's in charge of getting some flowers, I guess they brought his body back up to somewhere downstate for burial. Don't have too many details. Sad situation.

Have been given an interesting opportunity, but it involves moving to the Philly/NYC/NJ area, which we all know is really the asshole of the USA. Ah well, will know more in about a year, this is a long term type thing, if one can consider complete upheaval and replantation/reinvention over a year. Maybe New Jersey isn't as bad as I've always heard. Don't know how that will go, but as for opportunities, it's a once in a lifetime thing so I'll probably jump on it.

The Hoey wedding is tomorrow, that should be fun. Wonder if Gary's coming in, haven't heard from anyone besides Cathy on it. Reception's at a bar, so it's gotta be alright.

Kevin (the bastard) said he was partying with one of the guys from Saxon and Herman Rarebell last night. Fucker. Polish fucker.

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Have I mentioned before how much I dislike Fender guitars? Was reduced to playing one today and it was just crap. Cannot stand their fretboards. Don't know what it is, they feel so damn blocky and I can't find anything on them. Even a really nice one and things just aren't where their supposed to be. Ended up on a beater Ibanez and it was miles better. Not as good as my PRS but at least the frets were where they were supposed to be. The Fender was bugging me no end. I don't get how a $300 Ibanez can feel so good and a $3,000 Fender can be so shitty. Don't get me wrong, in the right hands it sounds great, but it wasn't for me.

Had the (dis)pleasure of dealing with Geoff Barton today. Bragging about phoning up to Birmingham like it was such a hassle getting PW in between his doctor's appointments. To quote the mighty PW: "I can take any drugs you give me. I’m quite prolific on that subject. Give me all the fucking drugs you want, pal. I’ll show you." He is fighting, at least on the public front. Alls well that prints well. Probably will be printed next week sometime.

Thunderstorm coming through.