My friend and I used to talk in our notehand class, so we got separated,
but we developed our own kind of notehand. We called them "illegal
notes," and they consisted of a tiny torn piece of notebook paper that we
wadded up into a tight, wee little ball, and when the teacher wasn't looking,
we'd throw them across the room at each other. They were usually just
random one liners or doodles with captions to make us laugh, and that's
how we got one over on the system, because laughter is a good form of
medicine. They were way better than text messages, because we got to
aim and throw and be stealth about it.
Now look where it's gotten me. Writing Notes From The Studonym to you,
and trying to keep it up on a weekly basis, like trying to turn homework in
on time.
For those in OKC on Sept. 2nd, the Gardes (an alternate version of) will be playing
at VZD's with the Gussissin. Come on out.
but we developed our own kind of notehand. We called them "illegal
notes," and they consisted of a tiny torn piece of notebook paper that we
wadded up into a tight, wee little ball, and when the teacher wasn't looking,
we'd throw them across the room at each other. They were usually just
random one liners or doodles with captions to make us laugh, and that's
how we got one over on the system, because laughter is a good form of
medicine. They were way better than text messages, because we got to
aim and throw and be stealth about it.
Now look where it's gotten me. Writing Notes From The Studonym to you,
and trying to keep it up on a weekly basis, like trying to turn homework in
on time.
For those in OKC on Sept. 2nd, the Gardes (an alternate version of) will be playing
at VZD's with the Gussissin. Come on out.
Should be an experience of some sort. The line-up on this particular night will be like the previous show, except we'll have Dereck Hecksher filling in on the drums.
There will be a stripped-down duo version of the Gardes heading to do some dates along the west coast after this: Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, we shall see. We were hoping to have more of the band along and make it fuller, but, in all honesty, when it comes to this band or idea of a band: a) we don't have a van or anything like that b) our bass player doesn't own a bass... yet. c) our drummer that's playing this show with us is his first time playing live with us... and we've never played with him before, period, but we're not too worried d) previous players have spread out to different parts of the country, and they have a real job and/or go to school full time because the music business is terrible. e) one of our ilk was originally intended to meet up and go with us on the west coast, but is now being sent to Detroit at the same time- bad timing. f) we thought we'd go ahead and hijack the name (not really) since we just put out an album, it's getting some favorable reviews (read latest review here), we're getting booked, we wanted to go on a road trip, so we'll just duo it up, and maybe next time we'll be fully formed or maybe we'll always be this higgledy-piggledy. (I don't think I've ever used that word, especially while talking out loud. Am I turning British?) Maybe we'll do more tour rounds and come fully formed. I don't remember if I wrote this before, but if anyone's ever confused like me about what the Gardes is or who is in it, then I'll say, though I always wanted a steady group, and we've had some steady runs for certain periods, if you've ever been a comic book nerd or are familiar with it, then, as a group, we're kind of ever-changing like the X-Men.
Other than that, the website seems to have hit puberty.
More soon.
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