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The Cutter

We played until about one in the morning when Colin came down and said he had to get up for a temp job at 8am. Bart and Michelle went home and Christian and I watched half of a late night movie before he fell unconscious on the couch. Of our other two housemates, there was [...]

Posted 08 July 2010 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: ,

Don’t Stand So Close to Me

The press conference was over but I was thirsty and jittery and my face still felt hot, like I’d gotten sunburned from the bright TV camera lights. I went into the men’s room and splashed my face with water. I slid the elastic out of my hair and let the uncut strands fall over my [...]

Posted 04 June 2010 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , ,

Alone Again Or

At midnight Christian and I returned to the hotel, wired on espresso-latte-bombs, and everyone else seemed to be conked out. Except Ziggy, who was nowhere to be found.
I spent an hour trying to read the contract and decided, yeah, I would definitely have to get a lawyer to read it. Maybe Watt could recommend someone. [...]

Posted 03 May 2010 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: ,

Putting Out Fire With Gasoline

(Thanks to reader donations topping $25 this week, here’s a third post for the week!)
We all went gawking at the usual things, the stars in the sidewalk and landmarks and what have you, and a photographer from the record company came along with the assistant road manager and a driver. When Bart had said “sightseeing” [...]

Posted 10 April 2010 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (4) ° Also tagged: , ,

Blinded By The Light

A lot of the time when I play, it’s like my brain shuts off. Later, I kind of wake up in the middle of a song and I can remember everything that has been going on, but it’s almost like someone else was doing it. I don’t realize it when I’m slipping into that state, [...]

Posted 08 March 2010 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,