what a day

what a day….. this day carries weight to many people for dif reasons. some people will say today’s tragedy happened 10 years ago, for some the worst just happened 2 days ago.  unfortunatly some people haven’t even felt their worst tragedies yet. life is full of these extremes- up, down ,then get ready to do it all again and again and again. enjoy those ups and downs cause i guess thats called livin.  i heard a friend say that she doesn’t understand why it takes death to appreciate life.  isn’t that always the way, i guess you never know what you have till its gone(which in this case is a bit too late). sometimes we can lose perspective as to what really is important and thats why we need days like this to remind us how precious life really is. 

  where does a band fit into this heaviness?  i mean a band is really just a group of friends who “band together” for a common goal of making music together. it’s what we choose to do with our time and energy while on this earth that matters- at the end of the day the band matters less than the music, it is the music that brings us all together anyways . a band is just another of the many relationships we tend to have in life and for me has always been the hardest part of having a band- the people.  again this is an important time for me to keep my eyes on what really matters and thats the music. luckily i’m more in love with the music now than ever …. maybe i’m just a little more aware of the expiration date than some others

  Potsie is alive and well- the album is done  recorded and heading towards duplication so each of you can get your own copy on Black Friday- Nov 25th- the day after Thanksgiving. we hope all our favorite people will come and help us celebrate all the hard work we as a band have put into this record- it has been a hell of a year and it is one hell of a record too!  i can say as the songwriter that some great memories have gone into those songs…. some of the songs perhaps a little more bittersweet. the song “Jeremy” stands out in my mind- “Jeremy you wanna sneak out tonight?” – and of course he sticks out in my mind , he was one of my great bad -influences as well as just another in my long list of tragedies.  “The Good Die Young” is another song which illustrates just how tenuous our grip on life really is- “i don’t know if you’re the luckiest or unluckiest guy in the world?” says a reporter to a 19 yr old vet with no arms and no legs and the vet answers, ” a little bit of both i guess”.

   life is nothing if not bittersweet . right now i can feel the weight of it- like its in my hands or on my shoulders physically.   as i get older i seem to lose more friends…. today my thoughts are on those friends who are only here in spirit and i will celebrate you guys when i’m doing those mundane everyday things we don’t even realize matter.      remember today, do not  take anything for granted – something as beautiful as life can’t be forever, nothing is. SRG