Today we had a "Thank You" lunch from the marketing department for our big rock and roll extravaganza. They presented us with 5 custom engraved metronomes, each with a brass plate that says, "You can't always get what you wnat" a song we played and dedicated to our customers. I was very touched. They are a good group or folks. It's a nice metronome, too.

So.. been a while, eh?



In the interim I've gigged on the boat again this year, taken my folks to Rome and had a fun Halloween here in the tract.



Boat Gig:



Once again this year we played the Motorola BCS User's Conference Evening Boat Cruise. Picture are at Rock and Roll Photos. It was a train wreck as far as I'm concerend but everyone else seemed to really enjoy it so I suppose that's all that matters. The big boss came up to us after two or three songs and told me he'd gone below decks and told everyone to come up. Turns out he had "enjoyed" the show a lot and he kept telling us. Over and over. And over. Our payment this year: a pretty cool Mot brnded USB memory stick (64 MB).



Rome:



I took my parents and my aunt and uncle to Rome and I think they had a good time but for me it was slightly mixed results since I felt obligated to show them a good time and it wasn't as good a time as I had hoped. Pictures at Rome, October, 2003 Photos. We had a great time with the Italiani, though, so that was worth it, anyway.



Halloween:



The street likes to do things for Halloween and Christmas. This year was no exception. The guy up at the corner had his coffin and graves and scary guy in a jumpsuit and the guy next door had his smoke machine and lasers and I had the 400 watt PA blasting sound effects at full volume for 2 hours. The neighbor with the smoke machine said he could hear up at the end another street, which is at least a quarter mile away. Pictures later.