Recently my creativity has been fired up somewhat, having been asked by the members of my band to write for the group's MySpace blog. I decided I'd cut-and-paste the posts into this blog, seeing as how I can't seem to muster the inspiration to do anything else with it. And besides, I'm pretty happy with how the MySpace blog is turning out.
The band's name, as you already know if you read the last post here, is Jubal Modine & the Love Handles. Jubal Modine is a fictitious entity, and the running joke is that he's always off somewhere else doing something else when we have a show. When we get t-shirts made they are going to be emblazoned with only two words: "Where's Jubal?"... The fun part is that I, being in charge of the blog, get to make up the particulars of Jubal's whereabouts and shenanigans.
So without further hesitation, here is the first blog post at MySpace from Jubal Modine & the Love Handles:
Welcome to Jubal Modine & the Love Handles MySpace blog. Sorry it's taken us so long to get around to it but there has been a whirlwind of activity ever since we first got together last month. With Jubal's permission (forced from him via the use of some particularly spicy Louisiana Hot Sauce) we've decided to use this first blog post to let you know what's gone on in the first 5 weeks of our existence.
FEB. 3.....Everyone had been called and all agreed that we wanted to play in a band together again, so on the third we congregated for our first rehearsal. Jubal, our guiding light, had stated beforehand that he might not make it, but that he would be deeply offended if we didn't go on with the rehearsal. As it turned out, indeed he did not make it, as he had to officiate the semi-finals of the International Hamster Races in Little Italy, NY. We were not deterred, however, and our first practice session was exceedingly fruitful. We threw together almost 20 songs and our confidence level was high that we were ready to begin performing after we listed at least 20 more that we could do without rehearsing.
FEB. 7/FEB. 8.....Our first gig, a Wednesday/Thursday night affair at Dietrich's Club in Shawnee, Oklahoma (known worldwide as the hottest party spot in the entire Tri-City area). The first night went off very well, we had a great time and the crowd was supportive. The second night we were joined by ex-Barrelhouse singer Eddie Harding, who sat in for the whole show and sang some of his signature songs. It was a lot of fun, and it's just too bad that Jubal didn't make it...he had decided to spend both days revelling at the Tulsa County Nudist Association's 44th Annual Prickly Heat Convention.
FEB. 18.....A few days after the first gig Jubal called us from his hospital bed where he was sorely paying the price for his 2 days at the Prickly Heat Convention. He said he had a "grand idea"..."Why don't you guys talk to the management at Dietrich's and see if you can work out some kind of weekly Sunday afternoon Jam Session? It would be great rehearsal for you and who knows but that their business might experience an upswing as a result?" Well, it seemed like a reasonable idea, so we made it happen, and on the 18th of February a tradition was born. We played a couple of sets and we had a few musicians come up and add their flavour to the brew. By this time Jubal had been discharged from the hospital, but he had taken a fancy for one of the nurses so he cracked his head with a beer bottle just so he could be admitted again. Crazy Jubal. He did, however, get that nurse's phone number. Too bad he missed the jam.
FEB. 25.....The second jam session, practically overrun by the members of EZ Street, a local band, who wound up playing almost two sets worth of their show (new rules: 4-5 song MAXIMUM). A couple of other musicians jammed as well and all in all it wasn't too bad. Jubal missed again, as he and his new nurse girlfriend had hopped on a plane and flown to Miami, covering their bodies with fake tattoos, pretending to be bikers and sticking their tongues out at everyone on the sidewalk.
MARCH 3......We played a one night stand at the Watering Hole, just north of Shawnee on Hwy 18. Jubal had expressed excitement about playing "the Hole", as he had heard that it was a hoppin' lesbian bar. Alas, he was unable to attend once again...in his on words he told us, "I'm goin' to Barlow to pick flowers and eat the wild honeycomb...tell the lesbians I said 'Howdy'"...Well, as it turned out the Watering Hole was NOT a lesbian bar...at least it sure didn't give that impression to us as we played (maybe one or two possibly lesbian couples who stayed for a little while...the rest were yer typical pool-playing beer-swilling heteros). That was the only disappointment, though, as the evening proved to be quite enjoyable for band and audience alike.
MARCH 4.....The third jam session. Our bassist James couldn't make it out because he was still battling some serious congestion, but we made it happen anyway. Mutual friend Lynn brought his bass rig and played a few, and EZ Street showed up again. A little more scaled down than the first couple of jams, but a lot of fun anyhow. Jubal called in and said he couldn't make it because he'd just gotten a part as an extra in a movie about "The Domestication of Sasquatch" and his part was being filmed that day, so surely we'd understand...the man was on his way to Hollywood stardom. "But Jubal", we asked him, "won't that interfere with your role in the band?" "Oh, no", he said, "you know that the band is my first love, my highest priority, the dream I most want to come true...see you next Saturday..."...and of course we have a gig on FRIDAY.
That Jubal.
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