KEMMAN CD IS DONE

Hey! My band recorded a CD a year ago and we finally got the finished product delivered today. We are all very excited since this is our first real release after many, many years as a band. We don't have a record label; we're just doing all of this ourselves. And I must say, it ROCKS! If you are interested, please visit the band website (www.kemman.com).

Songs in my Head

I had a two hour conference call beginning at 9:00 this morning (made it to work on time for once!), and throughout the whole thing, I had the Kink's "Victoria" stuck in my head. Easily my favorite Kinks song, "Victoria" has a nice bouncy beat, a simple melody and an even simpler chorus: 1. Sing title of song 2. Repeat.

The only other noticeable song to enter my head today was the "Five Dollar Footlong" song from the Subway commercials. That song is certainly doing it's job. I got a Subway sandwich today (not a footlong) and inside the bag was a 3x5 ad promoting their $5 regular footlongs. But when I look at the ad (I hung it up in my office cube), I don't even see the words, or comprehend their meaning. When I look at it, it sings to me, "Five......five dollar......five dollar foot-long!!"

Band Room Final Pics

Finished up the painting in the "band room" and I'm pretty pleased. I might do a little more detail designing on the pole in the middle of the room, but not until I've finished painting the rest of the basement. See the pics. In the 3rd pic, the dark color to the left of the box is brown, not black. The same brown is seen in the last picture as the stripe in between the thin yellow stripe and the thicker red stripe.

Basement Paints

The contractors finished the band room Friday, so Sunday we started painting. Basically forever, I have wanted to paint a room with some interesting designs, instead of your average solid-color walls. Finally I had the chance to do that with this room. My friends and bandmates helped out, with everyone kind of taking ownership of a wall or section. We are almost finished and had a lot of fun doing it. Here are some pictures of the progress.

Update!/Songs in My Head

Holy smokes! It's been a while since I've posted, eh? Sorry to keep you waiting. News on the basement: it's almost done. Well, almost done being constructed. Then there is the furniture, flooring and painting (not in that order). I've started painting one room already, and I'll post some pictures soon. I enlisted the guys in my band to help me out (since it will be the Band room), and we're doing lots of interesting designs and things instead of your standard solid-color walls. I was up until 2:00 a.m. last night working on a mini-masterpiece on one section of wall.

We listened to some Husker Du, Megadeth, and defunct local punk band Oblivion while painting on Sunday, and busted out some Superchunk last night. But for some reason the song in my head right now is "F.M." by Steely Dan. I take a lot of heat from my wife for guiltily digging the Dan and Fleetwood Mac and some of that smooth 70's rock. I can't help it. The polished hooks just sink right in.

Anyway, look for some more basement photos soon.