With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy - I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.
I enjoy paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.
August 31, 2003 - 1:22 a.m.
Another long gap since I last updated. I guess that’s for the best, not much is happening in my life and not many people are reading this any more. I’d like to change both of those.
I went into this weekend without any plans and I wasn’t happy about that. I found out on Friday afternoon that I actually had plans for Friday night, Sunday, and Monday. I am going to see the Mets those days. That is a lot of times seeing a team that isn’t going anywhere but it is better than doing nothing. The best part is I won’t be alone, I’ll be with Alan.
The Mets have actually been on a hot streak but they lost last night. I predicted it and therefore won the predicting game with Alan and Larry, both of whom picked the Mets to win. I spent a lot of the game picking Larry’s brain about bridge. He is my guru.
Tonight I went to the bottom line for a triple header. I didn’t even know about the show before I got an email from Eric Schwartz. He was the middle act, the other too were Massacoustics and Bootleg Remedy.
I knew it wasn’t going to be crowded so I didn’t have to get there early. Doors at the Bottom Line are at six and the first show starts at 7:30. I left my house around six and by the time I ate and got to the club it was 7:10. I went inside and I was the only one there. I went over to talk to Larry the bartender. We were talking till about 7:45. when I realized the time I asked him why they hadn’t started and he told me that it was an 8 O’clock show and there was no late show. So even when I tried to not be early I was. Which explains why Eric said I was early when I got there. I had no idea what he was talking about.
It was an interesting evening. I don’t think there were more than 40 people in the house and a great many of those were family and friends of the performers or Alan Pepper, the owner. Massacousitics were better musicians than they were songwriters. They were fun to hear and watch though. One guy was on guitar and the other was the rhythm section. He simultaneously played the drums, maracas, and bass. I don’t quite know how he managed it. He only used his left hand on the bass. All the while his feet were marking time and playing a tamborine.
Eric did a number of songs I had never heard including Jesus Envy Which would be perfect for What I Like About Jew. I am going to email Eric and see if he knows about that. He belongs in the show. I’m trying to remember if I have seen Sean Altman at an Eric show. Sean runs WILAJ. When I finish this I’m going to email Eric and suggest it. I mean he’s a Jew in New York, what else is he going to be doing on Christmas Eve, eating Chinese and going to a movie?
Bootleg Remedy was my find of the evening. After one song I thought they were a hillbilly band complete with banjo, saw, and washboard. They are actually quite eclectic ranging from Jazz to pure neuromusic. They had the toys to make me happy, a lap steel guitar, melodica, and kazoo. I’d love to see them open for They Might Be Giants. I think they have a certain kinship.
In the afternoon I was torn between seeing that show and an Irish band I head on WFUV today, the London Lasses. One big factor was I thought this would be an earlier evening. I was wrong, each band did an hour long set so with the breaks I didn’t get out of there till after 11:30. It was short ride home though so it wasn’t too bad.
Leah is not updating so I better write about her again. There is a lot going on. The big news is that she has a boyfriend. Not only that but he is running for the NJ state assembly. Check out his campaign page. She actually met him in person. Is that still allowed? I thought you could only meet people online. Now I can’t actually write too many details or Leah would shoot me. The thing to do is to bug Leah to update and tell you herself.
I had a big relief tonight. I finally got a call from school about teaching next semester. This always happens, she doesn’t call to the last minute but I always get nervous that they won’t ask me back. I’ll call tomorrow and get my schedule. I just hope I don’t have to teach Thursday nights. If I do then I’ll be missing DVN and Natalie MacMaster.
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