Dear band geeks

If you know me, you might know that I have been waiting for something. Well, here it is.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Less serious than my senior recital

is my band playing at Roy Days this weekend. Friday night from 7:30 until 9:30 is Classic Cheatwood, which means we'll be playing some songs you might be familiar with. Also, the group starting at 6 is pretty good too.
Saturday night from 6-8 is Cheatwood. This means that we'll be playing mostly originals, really jamming, dancy, and well-played music with some covers thrown in.
Bring a friend, date, nephew, niece, uncle, aunt, or anyone else you know or even don't know.
It will be rockin.
Cheers.

Non-sequiturs make me eat lampshades.

random fortune - some Deunglistch

  ACHTUNG!!!

Das machine is nicht fur gefingerpoken und mittengrabben.  Ist easy
schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und corkenpoppen mit
spitzensparken.  Ist nicht fur gewerken by das dummkopfen.  Das
rubbernecken sightseeren keepen hands in das pockets.  Relaxen und
vatch das blinkenlights!!!

The time has finally arrived. After all of your waiting ang waiting, my senior recital is now at hand. Don't miss it. It is on August 12th at 6 PM in BC 136 (the choir room). Hope you all can make it.

The Dark Knight

I give it a solid ***** out of five. Great great movie, and my personal favorite of the year. Heath Ledger is wonderful in it. I'm feeling to lazy to write anything else.

Verdict?

Andrew especially (being our resident expert) but also anyone else who has seen it, what's your opinion of Dark Knight?

wow

I realize many of you aren't music majors and didn't have to suffer through Group Keyboard or the Piano Proficiency rigmarole; but for those that have:









And perhaps you can all understand the urge in some way

Well, now

When you say "count me in" you need to see to it that I have your contact info.
Send it to theKobus at google mail commune.
Thence I will be able to connect you with the new blog and the google doc we're using to outline it.

Here's another question:
If you were to be tried in a court of law on charge of being a Band Geek, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
(Don't forget the statute of limitations)

Jingles Again?

Oi, Jarrett, ANOTHER movie involving crazy names, weird plots, silly props, and more declaring of our collective Nerdom/Geekiness?????

Three Words

Count.Me.In

You could use more females in your movie.

DEC=Pluto

( car + me )







+ Dee Events Center









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Charon + Pluto

Another Update

There's a full moon this friday night and so of course there's a hike in the works. I think it'd be way cool to do Mt. Ogden from the Snowbasin side (just a matter of ensuring we don't get gated in) as the light will be really strong there - the trail is quite wide and exposed, only about 4.5 miles, &c. Now hiking the east face means we can start earlier, around 6 or 6:30 we can meet up at the VBC and head out. I know that freaky people sometimes go up to snowbasin rd. on friday nights but I figure if we're actually on the trail (yes, cue Ferde Grofé) we'll have no trouble. As of now the weather is supposed to be good.

So that is my plan and I invite all interested parties to join me.

update

to the Jingles3la blog, view here

Alcohol

Alcohol turns normally good people into raving lunatics. I hate it when people drink!!! If you wish to know more about this, email me at either jason[dot]schill[at]gmail[dot]commando or jason[at]schillclan[dot]network. It's a great story.

Kristin and I would like to somehow be involved this time in Jingles3la. As I remember, we were not able to be involved in JinglesIIla because we were getting hitched. Well, the hitching has been done and the sequel has been released. So, if there is anything we can do to be involved, please let us know. I'm not sure if we will be in attendence at the fireworks show on the 13th, but I think it would be fun to help out anyway.

The Awesome Ness Monster Strikes Again

So here's the current plan. I think just about everybody is going to be at the lindquist plaza (read: "duck pond") concert and fireworks, given how many are playing at it; and so I suggest:
-that a Jingles3la meeting be held then and there, between the fireside and concert, with games and snacks of course - and possibly somebody's laptop and DVDs to catch up those who don't know Jinglesthula.
-that a camera be brought because a free crowd scene with fireworks is a beautiful and useful thing. I mean, we could do anything with that.
-also, that a few simple props be around
-that we feed Matt Kinney 100% nut-free cookies.
-that this great opportunity not be missed.
My usual statement will be repeated: I plan on being very close to the seating area for the concert; look for either a South African flag or the Jingly Roger flying proudly. Or listen for the sound of didgeridoos. Whatever.

Also for anybody interested we're gonna busk in SLC on saturday night - it's the Jazz festival - probably on 4th south someplace.

Well now

You see, Andrew, had you checked the blog a week ago you would have seen the announcements.
Coming to Corps Encore? Of course we'd love to have you on the project. The more the merrier. You want to be a villain again? Jon, give me a list of emails of those who post on the blog so the notifications and access to the new jingles3la blog can be more universal.
There are two possibilities. One, we have a meeting after (during?) Corps Encore - I guess that's tomorrow; or this Saturday night (at Jon's or the planetarium); or Sunday afternoon while waiting for the fireworks show &c &c. If you can (this goes for everybody) attend any such events and we will begin the process.

Andrew, email me your contact info - theKobus at gmail dot communal. I will see to it you're informed. Heck, we'll inform you of other stuff too. You're a citizen of the Band Hall, it's time to exercise those rights!

For serious?

Not Another Jingles Movie will be filming in a neighborhood near me and I wasn't invited to the par-tay?

Having successfully completed my film degree some time ago, and substantially honing my craft in the past while, I think I might make a valuable contribution to Jingles Part Trois. I would LOVE to be involved in some small way at least! Seeing how much fun we had with the previous incarnation and all...

BK recording tonight, Troopers tomorrow

If anybody is interested, the Blue Knights will be recording tonight at the stadium using the IsoMike and the Troopers will be there tomorrow. Actually, if I remember right, they do it around dusk, before the lights come on in the stadium so that there is no buzz but I don't know the exact time they'll be doing it. I heard that they let people sit in the stands during the recording that BK did last year so I don't see why it would be any different this year but if you go and they don't let you in, I'm sorry.

Also, the Blue Knights are currently over at Roy High. Usually all drum corps rehearsals are open rehearsals but every once in a while, there is a closed one. But from what I heard from the dad of a kid in BK, it's an open rehearsal.

Um, Okay.

Well, I think it's funny

join us... or dye

or go to the DI?
or get a DUI?
no, don't do that. Just join us.

Announcing: a new blog, for planning the Jinglesthula II sequel - that is, the long-awaited Jinglesthreela.
visit us at jingles3la dot etc.

also if you want to post but aren't a google user (shame on you!) bug me and I'll get you the username &c for an account I set up for bandgeeks to use.

Jon, do your thing.

OM GURU BRAHMA GURU VISHNU GURU DEVO MAHESHWARA GURU SAKSHAT PARAMBRAHMA TASMAI SHRI GURAVE NAMAHA.
This means: Guru is creator Brahma; Guru is preserver Vishnu; Guru is also the destroyer Siva and he is the source of the Absolute. I offer all my salutations to the Guru.

Toooooooo much

Don't get me wrong, violin is an super awesomely cool instrument to play, but these guys are trying way too hard to make the violin look cool. Cage dancing in the desert? Moshing? Oriental lady wearing fake dreadlocks surrounded by real Jamaicans dancing on the hood of an oriental car? And that's the first two minutes. Oy. It like every MTV video ever made. Combined into one. With solo violin. I'm sorry. Violin is not MTV. It just isn't.

There's a surfer dude and a music major somewhere in each of us

I give you Surf-fége:

Dude
Way
Man
Far out
Sweet
Lame (or Like, or loose[how you should hang])
Totally (or Ten, what you should hang)
and that brings us back to Dude.

and the arpeggio:
dude-man-sweet-dude-sweet-man-dude

Have some

cake

Yup, it's true!

Saturday, July 5th, there will be festivities at Jon's pad.

Thus far, there will be the watching of a live drum corps webcast from Stanford, CA (which starts at 6:30 p.m. in CA so 7:30 here) as well as watching whatever other drum corps shows we want to get us hyped for Corps Encore. Oh and I do mean whatever shows we want! I signed up for the DCI Fan Network which has streaming video of all the top 12 drum corps from 1975 to 2006 plus a ton of other features. Plus, from what it sounds like in Jarrett's post, there will also be the hazing of some Band Hall newbies.... excuse me, we will be "indoctrinating" some newer Band Hall citizens. Should be tons-o-fun!

Plan on it starting at 6 p.m. Jon and I talked earlier today and suggested pizza (just like $5 pizza from Little Caesars) and snacks. Jon said that he'd provide the drinks. If ya got any questions, you can ask either Jon or myself and maybe Jarrett?

Jon, I forgot to ask... Where is your place? I've never been.