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Who Can It Be Now

A few days later I was working the register in the record store when a gangly long-feathered-hair type in three quarter sleeves sauntered up. “Michelle said I might find you here.”
“Yeah.” Do I know you? I didn’t say that, though, kept my face blank.
“Bart talked to me about coming to a rehearsal, like maybe next [...]

Posted 22 March 2010 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , ,

Waiting for the Man

By eleven o’clock, when we were supposed to play, Artie still hadn’t showed. About a dozen or so disinterested-looking New Yorkers had and the room looked a little bigger with people in it. Jeremy shrugged, indicating the empty stage with a jerk of his head. I held off until 11:15 when Ziggy stepped up on [...]

Posted 15 February 2010 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Another Lost Classic

I was just wadding up a piece of toilet paper and wiping it under my eye when the door to the men’s room opened, bringing a blast of club/bar noise with it: jukebox pumped through the PA, bottles clinking, people talking in that rowdy bar way. The wad of paper came away from my skin [...]

Posted 01 November 2009 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Invisible Touch

I always thought that eye makeup would be as garish and obvious to the wearer as it was to an onlooker—like horn-rimmed glasses or mirror shades or something. I was wrong; once the mascara and eyeliner and eyebrow pencil and whatever else were on, I forgot about them. Which meant that I got a mild [...]

Posted 01 November 2009 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

I Love Rock and Roll

(Yes, this is the first post. Have fun.)
After soundcheck me and Tollman and Doug smoked a little weed in the back room. That is, they smoked and I faked it. Tollman handed me the joint, and I cupped it and did what I thought was a pretty convincing inhaling act. Tollman wasted his toke talking [...]

Posted 01 November 2009 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , ,