: I am not a crook
Well, I hope I haven't let the team down, but I didn't get out this weekend. I was too excited and busy putting up decorations and baking my Presidential Seal Cake. This magical day only comes but once a year! So hard not to get swept up in all the holiday spirit.
Not exactly true, mind you. In actuality I had to venture over the mountains to a quaint North Carolina village called Lewisville. I had a hot gig Sunday morning at Shallowford Presbyterian Church. It was their annual Jazz Service Sunday. I got to sit in with a great bunch of players and we played boppin' arrangements of some holy day standards. How they found 5 Presbyterians with enough rhythm to form a jazz group, I’ll never know. The day’s activities also got me way ahead in my church service attendances, having been to three in the last six months. The band was hot, the place was packed, and the cover was optional. Although the bar was a bit lacking, I put my stamp of approval on Jazz for Jezus Day. I sincerely thank those kind folks for letting me in on that.
Now, speaking of things presidentialish, today is a very important day for you to do your civic minded duty and vote. For me. For real. The first day of judgment is upon us. Having little to no shame, I feel no hesitation in begging for your vote. What does a vote for Straps get you, the mild mannered patron of the 520? Peace of mind and security. Imagine the horror of a Tuesday afternoon interweb surf turned ugly because, heavens forbid no post from the Lad. Have the terrorists won? What’s going on? I feel dizzy.
The power to prevent this is in your hands. What will you say to the children of tomorrow when they look up to you and ask “Mommy/Daddy, who was Strapping Young Lad?”
When you have to look into those little eyes, holding back your own tears, and explain the untimely demise of a blog that went before its time, you will have to think “I could have done something. Why didn’t I vote?” I wouldn’t wish the weight of that burden on anyone. Ask not what Straps can do for you, but what you can do for Straps.
Actually, in the honest spirit of Abe-y Baby that we celebrate today, I am sure all of the Ultimate Survivor folks appreciate everyone out in cyber-land that have taken the time to read our little entries. Please take the time to figure out how to vote for the one you like best.
Monday Night Picks: I think I’m going with Matt Urmy at the Preservation Pub for some introspective singer/songwriter goodness. If you can, check out Luminescent Orchestrii on WDVX’s Blue Plate Special today at noon. I am kicking myself for missing them last night, but at least I can enjoy a webcast of them today. I also think everyone that goes out tonight should sport beards and a stove pipe hat. It will look like the day the Phil Pollard clones took over K-town.
Til next time, My Fellow 520ers, I Am Not A Crook,
-The Occasionally Honorable Strapping Young Lad.