So Dave and I got pretty drunk at the concert on Saturday and decided that we should start our own band. Being idle drunk talk, it was a pretty serious planning session. Number one, it would be purely to pick up girls. We're not teenage dropouts who start a garage band, linger in obscurity for a few years, then grow old and become carpet salesmen. We're already financially secure, so this is a side gig for kicks. We quickly decided on the standard 4-piece drummer, bassist, guitarist, and lead singer layout. I later suggested that we should have a growly female vocalist to front the band. Like Brody from the Distillers, suggested Dave. Yes, perfect. Do yourself a favour and go watch the Young Crazed Peeling video on their page at Epitaph records. No, really, do it now. And turn your speakers up nice and loud.

The next big question was of course the name. We both wanted a mildly obscure pop culture reference that didn't make us sound like posers. It's important to make sure we don't look like posers because we're aiming for an old school sound, not one of these sell-out pop-punk bands like Blink 182 or Green Day. Anyway, I think Dave has the best idea so far, but I think part of being a good punk band is changing your name two or three times before you catch on, so I'm not sure I want to use that one just yet.

Somewhere in there, we briefly addressed the issue of who plays what instrument. Dave wants the bass because the bass player always looks cool. I suspect it's just because there aren't as many notes to play. But really, Joey Ramone only ever learned three or four chords to play guitar and he carried a hell of a melody. It's the energy that's important.

We eventually sobered up and went for donairs. I'm sure Evan will tell you Edmonton's donairs aren't as good as Halifax's or whatever, but it's all just near-rancid meat and mystery sauce. Then I went home and washed off the cigarette stink and the blue gunk that unfortunately shows up a lot better on my bath tub than in my hair. The point of this story? I don't know, I need a hobby?