Archive for October, 2010
The aftermath…
October 11th, 2010 | 
Author: good morning folks
It’s been a long time since I’ve done a written blog. I fell off of some of my routines because the last few months have frankly been batshit crazy. So! Im back.
Happy belated 4th of July to everyone. Im obviously not an american, but I had a blast last night wearing an american flag cape, blowing things up and watching other people blow things up with a cold budweiser in hand and a belly full of cheeseburger and cole slaw ( alright, maybe you didn’t need to know that but it completes the visual… contrary to non popular belief, I have team spirit for America) and running around in the driveway not exercising fire safety whatsoever. I realize now, that I didn’t really do a good job at all keeping in touch on the road and sharing on the website. I suppose I just expect everyone to have a Facebook and follow me on it which is incredibly ignorant of me, I know. So, I gathered some of the funnier and more important photos I took on this last tour and will post them in here and explain the chain of events to the best of my ability at 9:44am still only on my first cup of coffee surrounded by grumpy half awake people at starbucks.
This is Dan Ellie and I on our way to blow up Chicago, FL for a night. I told everyone to bring diapers.
Hair of the dog: day 7 of SBSF no sleep and sort of fueling myself to get through the last gig and last recording session.
Dan and I in the studio recording a song Angelo De'Augustine and I wrote at SBSF this year.
Eric McFadden and I at the last day of SBSF in the parking lot of the Holiday Music Motel
Dan, Ellie, and I in our hotel room before our first show at SBSF. It was a long night and Im pretty sure we smelled very bad by the end of it.
Ellie and I on a set break at a show in Madison WI. This day day 20 on tour.
Full band show in Chicago, IL at Liar's Club. Rock n Roll at its dirtiest. With Dan on drums and Ellie on bass.
The absolutely dreadful drive back from Chicago, IL to Madison, WI at 8am to get Dan back for work by 11am. Dangerous and reckless.
I found sparklers at Target so I got about 16 boxes of them. Dan and I sat up almost all night burning through all of them. No occasion, just cause.
The aftermath of a cherry slurpee.
Ellie got laryngitis the first day of tour. This was our idea of medicating it. The deodorant was just for prevention of smelling bad however.
So there ya go. This was a little bit of a recap of tour. A lot more sleepless nights happened than you can see here, but thats a given. I think out of 22 days I watched the sun come up 20 of those days.
I will do my best to write in here more often, until then keep up with me on Facebook.
<3 G
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Lincoln Park Zoo Adventures
Ok, so FINALLY the website is up again.
Sorry for being absent for so long off of here guys. I am computer illiterate and this stuff is way over my head.
To catch you up on current events, if you haven’t heard, I am releasing a new record called “Work is the Wolf” which I am trying to raise money to print on kick starter . And am currently on a Mid West US Tour. I was in chicago for a bit and went to the zoo. These are the friends I made. Polar bear and I are best buds now.
My friend the polar bear...i didn't give him a name
the guys in the middle was bummed, kept slamming his head on the wood
coming in for a kiss...or maybe he just wanted to eat us
sooooooooooo tall....i could barely take a picture of him
oh, and can't forget about the tiger, who thankfully was behind bars, though...i wanted to hug him badly
<3
On Loafing:
“ Loafing is harder than working. Ask the man who tried both. The heaviest burden is to have nothing to do. We get most tired standing still.”
I am on a roller coaster. Up and down, up and down, up and down…
I’m still writing a lot. Working through my health issues, working through my head issues, trying to figure out how I feel and how I should feel.
You know, we are all just human. At the end of the day, you can’t help the way the world effects you, it just does. No matter how you may see someone, they may be completely different.
I struggle sometimes with the balance between business, music, and my life. I am a very honest, very open person. I’d like to think that is what draws people to my music. So when it comes to me having a hard time, I know that the folks that are watching me can recognize it.
All I can say, is thank you for loving me, happy and sad, messy and organized, up and down…
I will be visiting friends next week in San Francisco, for some songwriting, relaxing and enjoying the company of good people.
i cant wait.
now i will go and begin work on this new EP. I will have it ready for you guys Nov 20th.
beat,
Geri X
Glass of Water
You know,
sometimes the hardest times in life turn out to be the best memories.
I am home, recovering, recouping, healing, but still working from time to time.
I’ve been writing a lot the last couple of weeks. I am thinking that possibly in a month or so I’ll put together a compilation of the new songs, home recording style, and release it.
This new material is a whole new stage in my songwriting. Its strange how I grow so randomly. But you know what, I feel it all. Surprisingly enough, I feel everything right now. I’m like a cotton ball in a glass of water, I’m soaking everything up and Im turning it into music.
This is it for now, sorry it’s been a while, it takes a lot of energy to sit down and actually figure out what I’m thinking.
love,
Geri