This morning, I'm going to address two seemingly unrelated questions that are quite frequently asked of me: "Brendo, can you tell us a little something about bald eagles?" and "Brendo, why do you insist on repeatedly whipping out your junk during Scamper rehearsals?"
First, let me tell you a little something about bald eagles. Bald eagles build their nests in a really interesting way. The mother eagle puts down three layers: a soft layer of feathers and gook, a middle layer of jagged thorns and the top layer of comfortable downy goodness. When the baby eaglet is first born, it is too small to feel the thorns. But as it grows, it gets heavier and heavier until sitting in the nest becomes uncomfortable. You know what it does then?
It spreads its wing and flies.
This idea brings us to the aforementioned second question regarding my mysterious penchant for self-exposure during band rehearsal. Well, sometimes things get a little too comfortable down in the proverbial nest of my Somerville basement. Sometimes you need to jab your little eaglets with a proverbial thorn.
Why bring this up now? In short, our boy Nate is spreading his wings and flying solo tonight at the Abbey Lounge pub stage. It's 7pm and its free. The show also features two of my favorite human beings on the earth: Dave Mirabella and Jon Gorey, as well as Dan Cray who I don't actually know, but I hear is nice.
So as you watch Nate soar like an eagle on that pub stage, just remember: you have my thorn-covered penis to thank. And my thorny balls.
First, let me tell you a little something about bald eagles. Bald eagles build their nests in a really interesting way. The mother eagle puts down three layers: a soft layer of feathers and gook, a middle layer of jagged thorns and the top layer of comfortable downy goodness. When the baby eaglet is first born, it is too small to feel the thorns. But as it grows, it gets heavier and heavier until sitting in the nest becomes uncomfortable. You know what it does then?
It spreads its wing and flies.
This idea brings us to the aforementioned second question regarding my mysterious penchant for self-exposure during band rehearsal. Well, sometimes things get a little too comfortable down in the proverbial nest of my Somerville basement. Sometimes you need to jab your little eaglets with a proverbial thorn.
Why bring this up now? In short, our boy Nate is spreading his wings and flying solo tonight at the Abbey Lounge pub stage. It's 7pm and its free. The show also features two of my favorite human beings on the earth: Dave Mirabella and Jon Gorey, as well as Dan Cray who I don't actually know, but I hear is nice.
So as you watch Nate soar like an eagle on that pub stage, just remember: you have my thorn-covered penis to thank. And my thorny balls.
14 Comments:
a soft layer of feathers and gook
Racist!
Party! Hey! Party! Wooo!
wanker!
You're on a "start a journal one place and end it somewhere completely different" kick, arent you?
The one and only time I met Dan Cray, he drunkenly told me to never come see him play again because I was very intimidating to play in front of.
You're on a "start a journal one place and end it somewhere completely different" kick, arent you?
It's more a product of my sleep-deprived insanity at work than any aesthetic decision. But thank you for noticing.
And thank you for not ending your post in an exclamation point, like the other three wankers.
!!!!!!
Well, in fairness to dan i think you were napping on the bar at that point.
Well, in fairness to dan i think you were napping on the bar at that point.
This is very untrue.
Well, in fairness to dan i think you were napping on the bar at that point.
This is very true.
Anonymous said...
Well, in fairness to dan i think you were napping on the bar at that point.
This is very untrue.
Anonymous said...
Well, in fairness to dan i think you were napping on the bar at that point.
This is very true.
This is very compelling reading. Please continue with this GREAT argument.
I care a lot. Really, I do.
I am more popular than Scamper.
I am more popular than Scamper.
That's like the best review of Scamper I've read, and it's not even about Scamper.
FNX was actually just talking about it, but they only mentioned Dave and Dan.
I guess you guys are taking turns with the spotlight.
gebes rules
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