Next Gig Announcement

Boys...or should I say men, specifically Ra-Men:

We are gigging from July 23-27

This is our chance to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory! Erm, the other way around

1. Mr. Big - Green Tinted Sixties Mind
   
2. K's Choice - Not An Addict
   
3. Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome
   
4. Rush - Freewill
   
5. Mr. Big - To Be With You
   
6. Captains of the Obvious - Madchild
7. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
8. Dream Theater - Under A Glass Moon
9. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
10. Skid Row - I Remember You

Songs we're doing well:
Not An Addict
Cumbersome
To Be With You
Green Tinted - sort of

Raf, kindly review the above songs with EJ. Just let me know when/where in school you can practice, or if you want to use my house, go ahead

Songs that Need Work
Freewill needs the solo
Lazy Eye needs to be played...
Kashmir needs to be played...

Songs we should NOT do
Under A Glass Moon - 1 month time limit
I Remember You - I can't do Bach's voice :(

The Procrastinator's Creed

1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already.
2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or to find excuses.
3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.
4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.
5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve from my obligations.
6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the amount of time given.
7. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesimally small, is never exactly zero.
8. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year.
9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.
10. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step, and/or write the first word, when I get around to it.
11. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the work that must be done prior to beginning the greater task.
12. I know that the work cycle is not plan/start/finish, but is wait/plan/plan.
13. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever.
14. I will become a member of the ancient Order of Two-Headed Turtles (the Procrastinator's Society) if they ever get it organized.

2 Inspirational Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

THE SUICIDE'S ARGUMENT

Ere the birth of my life, if I wish'd it or no,
No question was asked me--it could not be so!
If the life was the question, a thing sent to try,
And to live on be Yes; what can No be? to die.

NATURE'S ANSWER

Is't returned, as 'twas sent? Is't no worse for the wear?
Think first, what you are! Call to mind what you were!
I gave you innocence, I gave you hope,
Gave health, and genius, and an ample scope.
Return you me guilt, lethargy, despair?
Make out the invent'ry; inspect, compare!
Then die--die if you dare!

Battle Plan

Our Sabaw Leader is taking his mighty scholarship exam so we've moved the Magnet gig to July.

The MiniBoss, Lieutenant and the Commander have committed themselves to self-studying the songs then producing a recording when they do come together in a 2-part powerful Ramenspired 3/4 Unholy Band Practice. And yes, that was too many fractions for one sentence.

Our fervent hope is that the Sabaw Leader will drum along to the recordings after he has defeated the exam monster thus facilitating our future, complete practices, when, in the words of the Beatles, we "Come Together" once again.

*All hail the Ramen!*

Setlist

1. Mr. Big - Green Tinted Sixties Mind
   
2. K's Choice - Not An Addict
   
3. Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome
   
4. Rush - Freewill
   
5. Mr. Big - To Be With You
   
6. Captains of the Obvious - Madchild
7. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
8. Dream Theater - Under A Glass Moon
9. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
10. Skid Row - I Remember You